The 2017–18 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 20th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 28 July 2017 and will ended in May 2018.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season2017–18
ChampionsApertura:
Antigua (3rd title)
Clausura:
Guastatoya (1st title)
Champions LeagueTBD
CONCACAF LeagueNone due to FIFA suspension
Matches played72
Goals scored174 (2.42 per match)
Biggest home winComunicaciones 5-1 Marquense
(23 September 2017)
Biggest away winMarquense 0-7 Municipal
(2018)

Format

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The format for both championships are identical. Each championship will have two stages: a first stage and a playoff stage. The first stage of each championship is a double round-robin format. The teams that finish first and second in the standings will advance to the playoffs semifinals, while the teams that finish 3–6 will enter in the quarterfinals. The winner of each quarterfinal will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.

Managerial changes

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Beginning of the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Malacateco   Resigned May 2017   Mauricio Wright May 2017 th (Clausura 2018)

During the Apertura season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Sanarate   Héctor Julián Trujillo Resigned October 2017   Horacio Cordero October 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Deportivo Marquense   Óscar Ulises Sosa Sacked September 2017   Gabriel Castillo September 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Cobán Imperial   Ariel Sena Sacked August 2017   Fabricio Benitez August 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Municipal   Gustavo Machaín Sacked Oct 2017   Ever Hugo Almeida Oct 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
C.D. Suchitepequez   Walter Claverí Sacked Oct 2017   Erick González Oct 2017 th (Apertura 2015)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Municipal   Éver Hugo Almeida Contract finished December 2017   Hernan Medford December 2017 and Runners up (Apertura 2017)
Suchitepéquez   Erick González Contract finished December 2017   Agustin Castillo December 2017 (Apertura 2017)
Sanarate   Horacio Cordero Resigned December 2017   Pablo Centrone December 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Siquinalá   Jairo Pérez Sacked December 2017   Daniel Berta December 2017 (Apertura 2017)

During the Apertura season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Suchitepéquez   Agustin Castillo Sacked February 2018   Eduardo Méndez 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Xelaju MC   Ronald Gómez Sacked February 2018   Walter Claveri February 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Malacateco   Mauricio Wright Resigned February 2018   Ronald Gómez February 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Comunicaciones   Ronald González Sacked February 2018   Willy Coito Olivera February 2018 (Apertura 2017)
Marquense   Gabriel Castillo Sacked April 2018   Aldo Da Pozzo April 2018 th (Clausura 2018)

Apertura

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The 2017 Torneo Apertura began on 28 July 2017 and will end in December 2017.

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC   Rafael Arreaga   Mauricio Tapia TBD Banrural, Horcalba, Pepsi
Cobán Imperial   Irasema Meléndez   Ariel Sena TBD TBD
Comunicaciones   Pedro Portilla   Ronald González TBD TBD
Guastatoya     Amarini Villatoro TBD TBD
Malacateco   TBD   Mauricio Wright TBD TBD
Marquense   TBD   Néstor Emilio Soria TBD TBD
Municipal   TBD   Gustavo Machaín TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa   Mynor Morales   Ramiro Cepeda TBD TBD
Sanarate   TBD   Héctor Julián Trujillo
Siquinalá   TBD   Jairo Pérez
Suchitepéquez   TBD   Walter Claverí TBD TBD
Xelajú   TBD   Ronald Gómez RetoSports TBD

Table

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Antigua GFC 22 11 5 6 35 16 +19 38 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Petapa 22 11 5 6 35 19 +16 38
3 Municipal 22 9 8 5 24 18 +6 35 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Xelajú MC 22 10 5 7 30 27 +3 35
5 Cobán Imperial 22 9 8 5 28 25 +3 35
6 Guastatoya 22 9 7 6 33 21 +12 34
7 Comunicaciones 22 9 7 6 28 20 +8 34
8 Malacateco 22 7 5 10 29 29 0 26
9 Sanarate 22 7 5 10 14 22 −8 26
10 Suchitepéquez 22 6 4 12 24 43 −19 22
11 Siquinalá 22 6 2 14 19 38 −19 20
12 Marquense 22 5 5 12 18 39 −21 20
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2017. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away ANT COB COM GUA MAL MAR MUN PET SAN SIQ SUC XEL
Antigua GFC 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0
Coban Imperial 1–1 3–2 4–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Comunicaciones 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Guastatoya 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–0
Malacateco 0–3 5–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–2
Marquense 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1
Municipal 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1
Petapa 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
Sanarate 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–0
Siquinalá 3–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–4 1–0 2–0 2–1
Suchitepéquez 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 4–1
Xelajú MC 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 4–0 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2017. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Cobán Imperial 1 0 1
4 Guastatoya 1 0 1 1 Antigua GFC 0 1 1
5 Municipal 1 2 3 Municipal 1 1 2
Antigua GFC 1 2 3
Municipal 2 3 5
3 Cobán Imperial 1 2 3 2 Petapa 1 0 1
6 Xelajú MC 1 2 3

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guastatoya 1 – 3 Municipal 1 – 1 0 – 2
Cobán Imperial 3 – 3 [3] Xelajú MC 1 – 1 2 – 2

^ Cobán Imperial wins on away goals


First leg

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Guastatoya1 – 1Municipal
Mejía   73' Report Pérez   63'
Estadio David Cordón Hichos

Cobán Imperial1 – 1Xelajú MC
Álvarez   85' Report Albizures   15'
Estadio Verapaz

Second leg

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Municipal2 – 0Guastatoya
Lopez   31'
Suénaga   64'
Report
Estadio El Trébol

Xelajú MC2 – 2Cobán Imperial
Brand   45+1', 68' (pen.) Report Guerra   19' (pen.), 38'
Estadio Mario Camposeco

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cobán Imperial 1 – 1 Antigua GFC[4] 1 – 0 0 – 1
Municipal 5 – 1 Petapa 2 – 1 3 – 0

^ Antigua GFC wins on away goals

First leg

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Cobán Imperial1 – 0Antigua GFC
Lombardi   62' Report
Estadio Verapaz

Municipal2 – 1Petapa
Suénaga   42'
Lopez   48'
Report López   60' (o.g.)
Estadio Mateo Flores

Second leg

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Antigua GFC1 – 0Cobán Imperial
Herrera   74' Report
Estadio Pensativo

Petapa0 – 3Municipal
Report Reyna   3'
Martínez   63'
Pérez   87'
Estadio Municipal de San Miguel Petapa

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Municipal 2 – 3 Antigua GFC 1 – 1 1 – 2


First leg

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Municipal1 – 1Antigua GFC
Baloy   83' Report Lopez   47' (o.g.)
Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Walter Lopez Castellanos

Second leg

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Antigua GFC2 – 1Municipal
Mena   16'
Díaz   52'
Report Reyna   41'
Estadio Pensativo


 Apertura 2017 champions 
Antigua GFC
3rd title

Clausura

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The 2018 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2018 and end in May 2018.

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC   Rafael Arreaga   Mauricio Tapia TBD Pegamex
Cobán Imperial   TBD   Fabricio Benítez Puma TBD
Comunicaciones   Pedro Portilla   Willy Coito Olivera TBD TBd
Guastatoya   Lester Rodríguez   Amarini Villatoro TBD TBD
Malacateco   TBD   Ronald Gomez TBD TBD
Marquense   TBD   Aldo Da Pozzo TBD TBD
Municipal   Gerardo Villa   Hernán Medford TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa   TBD   Ramiro Cepeda TBD TBD
Sanarate   TBD   Pablo Centrone
Siquinalá   TBD   Daniel Berta
Suchitepéquez   TBD   Othoniel Arce TBD TBD
Xelajú   TBD   Wálter Claverí RetoSports TBD

Table

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sanarate 22 11 7 4 29 14 +15 40 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Cobán Imperial 22 12 3 7 32 21 +11 39
3 Guastatoya 22 11 5 6 27 18 +9 38 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Antigua GFC 22 11 4 7 42 34 +8 37
5 Xelajú MC 22 9 4 9 31 31 0 31
6 Siquinalá 22 8 7 7 20 22 −2 31
7 Comunicaciones 22 8 5 9 22 26 −4 29
8 Petapa 22 9 2 11 27 33 −6 29
9 Municipal 22 8 4 10 34 28 +6 28
10 Suchitepéquez 22 7 4 11 29 36 −7 25
11 Malacateco 22 7 4 11 25 32 −7 25
12 Marquense 22 4 5 13 16 39 −23 17
Source: [citation needed]

(May 07, 2018) Publication of the date=15/04/2018 page 60

Results

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Home \ Away ANT COB COM GUA MAL MAR MUN PET SAN SIQ SUC XEL
Antigua GFC 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–3 4–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–3 3–1
Cobán Imperial 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 4–2 2–1
Comunicaciones 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Guastatoya 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1
Malacateco 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 2–2
Marquense 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–7 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
Municipal 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–3
Petapa 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–0
Sanarate 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Siquinalá 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Suchitepéquez 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–1
Xelajú MC 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–3
Updated to match(es) played on 2017. Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Sanarate 1 1 2
4 Antigua GFC 0 0 0 Xelajú MC 2 1 3
5 Xelajú MC 2 1 3 Xelaju MC 1 0 1
Guastatoya 1 2 3
Cobán Imperial 0 0 0
3 Guastatoya 1 4 5 Guastatoya 1 0 1
6 Siquinalá 1 0 1

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Antigua GFC 0 – 3 Xelajú MC 0 – 2 0 – 1
Guastatoya 5 – 1 Siquinalá 1 – 1 4 – 0


First leg

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Xelajú MC2 – 0Antigua GFC
Mario Castellanos   14'
Jorge Mario Ortiz   18'
None
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango

Siquinalá1 – 1Guastatoya
Oscar Martinez   72' Jose Corena   14'

Second leg

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Antigua GFC0 – 1Xelaju MC
None Juan Carlos Silva   90'
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

Xelaju won 3-0 on aggregate.


Guastatoya4 – 0Siquinalá
Angel Rodriguez   13'   65'
Fredy Orellana   74'
Jorge Vargas   84'
None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

Guastatoya won 5-1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sanarate 2 – 3 Xelajú MC 1 – 2 1 – 1
Cobán Imperial 0 – 1 Guastatoya 0 – 1 0 – 0

First leg

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Xelajú MC2 – 1Sanarate
Mario Castellanos   39'
Jorge Mario Ortiz   44'
Erickson Pinzon   76'
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango

Guastatoya1 – 0Cobán Imperial
Omar Dominguez   88' None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

Second leg

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Sanarate1 – 1Xelajú MC
Kevin Elias   60' Jorge Mario Ortiz   70'
Estadio Municipal de Sanarate, Sanarate

Xelajú MC won 3-2 on aggregate.


Cobán Imperial0 – 0Guastatoya
None None
Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi, Cobán

Guastatoya won 1-0 on aggregate.

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Xelaju MC 1 – 3 Guastatoya 1 – 1 0 – 2


First leg

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Xelaju MC1 – 1Guastatoya
Héctor Moreira   47' [6] Ángel Rodriguez   64'
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango

Second leg

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Guastatoya2 – 0Xelaju MC
Jorge Vargas   23'
Fredy Orellana   70'
[7] None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya


 Clausura 2018 champions 
Guastatoya
1st title

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in 2017-2018 season. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Guatemala national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have five foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Antigua GFC 44 22 9 13 77 50 +27 75
2 Cobán Imperial 44 21 11 12 60 46 +14 74
3 Guastatoya 44 20 12 12 60 39 +21 72 2019 CONCACAF Champions League
4 Petapa 44 20 7 17 62 52 +10 67
5 Sanarate 44 18 12 14 43 36 +7 66
6 Xelajú MC 44 19 9 16 61 58 +3 66
7 Municipal 44 17 12 15 58 46 +12 63
8 Comunicaciones 44 17 12 15 50 46 +4 63
9 Malacateco 44 14 9 21 54 61 −7 51
10 Siquinalá 44 14 9 21 39 60 −21 51
11 Suchitepéquez 44 13 8 23 53 79 −26 47 Relegation to 2017-2018 Primera División de Ascenso
12 Marquense 44 9 10 25 34 78 −44 37
Updated to match(es) played on May 7, 2018. Source: [8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

CONCACAF Champions League playoff

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After the suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala was lifted by FIFA in June 2018, it was decided that the representative of Guatemala in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League would be decided by a two-legged playoff between the 2017 Apertura champions (Antigua GFC) and the 2018 Clausura champions (Guastatoya).[1] The draw for the order of legs was held on 27 June 2018.

Antigua GFC0–1Guastatoya
Rodríguez   85'
Guastatoya0–0Antigua GFC

References

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  1. ^ "Antigua y Guastatoya jugarán la "serie definitiva" para ir a la Liga de Concacaf 2019". publinews.gt. 27 June 2018.
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