The 2016–17 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 19th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 2016 and will end in 2017.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season2016–17
ChampionsApertura:
Antigua (2nd title)
Clausura:
Municipal (30th title)
Champions LeagueNone due to FA suspension
CONCACAF LeagueNone due to FA suspension
Top goalscorerTBD (12)
Biggest home winTBDl 6
TBD 0
(2015)
Biggest away winTBD 1
TBD 3
(2015)
Longest winning runTBD (4)
Longest unbeaten runTBD (7)
Longest winless runTBD (10)
Longest losing runTBD (3)

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.

Apertura

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The 2016 Torneo Apertura began in July 2016 and will end in December 2016.

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC   Rafael Arreaga   Mauricio Tapia TBD Pegamex
Deportivo Carchá   Douglas Delgado   Javier Martínez TBD TBD
Cobán Imperial     Ariel Sena Puma TBD
Comunicaciones   Pedro Portilla   Iván Franco Sopegno TBD TBD
Guastatoya     Amarini Villatoro TBD TBD
Malacateco   TBD   Ronald Gómez TBD TBD
Marquense   TBD   Néstor Emilio Soria TBD TBD
Mictlan   TBD   Sergio Guevara TBD TBD
Municipal   TBD   Gustavo Machaín TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa   Mynor Morales   Ramiro Cepeda TBD TBD
Suchitepéquez   TBD   Enrique Maximiliano Meza TBD TBD
Xelajú   TBD   Rafael Loredo RetoSports TBD

Table

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Municipal 22 13 5 4 36 19 +17 44 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Antigua GFC 22 11 5 6 28 19 +9 38
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 4 7 26 20 +6 37 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Malacateco 22 10 6 6 29 23 +6 36
5 Guastatoya 22 11 3 8 26 19 +7 36
6 Cobán Imperial 22 10 4 8 26 19 +7 34
7 Xelajú MC 22 8 5 9 24 29 −5 29
8 Marquense 22 7 5 10 25 30 −5 26
9 Petapa 22 7 4 11 23 31 −8 25
10 Suchitepéquez 22 6 6 10 28 41 −13 24
11 Mictlan 22 7 1 14 19 31 −12 22
12 Carchá 22 3 6 13 16 33 −17 15
Updated to match(es) played on 2016. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Positions by round

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Results

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Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Municipal 0 2 2
4 Malacateco 1 0 1 4 Malacateco 1 0 1
5 Guastatoya 0 0 0 1 Municipal 1 1 2 (4)
2 Antigua GFC 2 0 2 (5)
2 Antigua GFC 0 1 1
3 Comunicaciones 1 1 2 3 Comunicaciones 1 0 1
6 Cobán Imperial 0 0 0

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guastatoya 0–1 Malacateco 0–1 0–0
Cobán Imperial 0–2 Comunicaciones 0–1 0–1

First leg

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Cobán Imperial0 – 1Comunicaciones
Soccerway   55' É. Chinchilla
Attendance: 1,287
Referee: Walter Alexander López Castellanos

Guastatoya0 – 1Malacateco
Soccerway   24' J. Leroyer
Attendance: 2,584
Referee: Mario Alberto Escobar Toca

Second leg

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Comunicaciones1 – 0Cobán Imperial
G. Tinoco   66' Soccerway
Attendance: 5,435
Referee: Mario Ramírez

Comunicaciones won 2–0 on aggregate.


Malacateco0 – 0Guastatoya
Soccerway
Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra

Malacateco won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Malacateco 1–2 Municipal 1–0 0–2
Comunicaciones 1–1 Antigua GFC 1–0 0–1

First leg

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Malacateco1 – 0Municipal
Edward Santeliz   48' Soccerway
Attendance: 6,549
Referee: Jonathan Polanco

Comunicaciones1 – 0Antigua GFC
E. Lopez   78' Soccerway
Attendance: 7,656
Referee: Oscar Reyna

Second leg

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Municipal2 – 0Malacateco
E. Guerra   35'
Janderson   46'
Soccerway
Estadio El Trébol, Guatemala City
Attendance: 5,825
Referee: Sergio Armando Reyna Moller

Municipal won 2–1 on aggregate.


Antigua GFC1 – 0Comunicaciones
A. Herrera   81' Soccerway
Attendance: 6,525
Referee: Bryan López

1-1 on aggregate. Antigua GFC progresses as the higher seed.

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Antigua GFC 2–2
5–4 (p)
Municipal 2–1 0–1

First leg

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Antigua GFC2 – 1Municipal
A. Galindo   11'
M. Russell   68'
Soccerway   26' C. Félix
Attendance: 5,215
Referee: Walter Alexander López Castellanos

Second leg

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Municipal1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Antigua GFC
G. Puerari   61' Soccerway
Penalties
4 – 5
Attendance: 8,765
Referee: Mario Alberto Escobar Toca

2-2 on aggregate. Antigua GFC wins 5-4 on penalties.


 Apertura 2016 champions 
Antigua GFC
2nd title

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
Deportivo Petapa   Pablo Centrone Sacked May 2016   Ramiro Cepeda May 2016 th (Clausura 2016)
Xelajú   Carlos Jurado Contract not extended May 2016   Rafael Loredo May 2016 th (Clausura 2016)
Deportivo Carcha   Daniel Orlando Berta Contract not extended May 2016   Javier Martínez June 2016 th (Clausura 2016)
C.D. Suchitepéquez   Douglas Zamora Sacked June 2016   Enrique Maximiliano Meza June 2016 th (Clausura 2016)
Cobán Imperial   Héctor Julián Trujillo Sacked June 2016   Ariel Sena June 2016 th (Clausura 2016)

During the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD   TBD Resigned 2016   TBD 2016 th (2016)
Deportivo Carcha   Javier Martínez Resigned 2016   Héctor Julián Trujillo 2016 th (Apertura 2015)
Deportivo Marquense   Néstor Emilio Soria Sacked 2016   Sergio Pardo 2016 th (Apertura 2015)
Deportivo Guastatoya   Roque Raúl Alfaro Sacked 2016   Amarini Villatoro 2016 th (Apertura 2015)
TBD   TBD Sacked 2016   TBD 2016 th (Apertura 2015)

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in 2016-2017 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.

Clausura

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The 2017 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2017 and end in May 2017.

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC   Rafael Arreaga   Mauricio Tapia TBD Pegamex
Deportivo Carchá   TBD   Daniel Orlando Berta TBD TBD
Cobán Imperial     Fabricio Chapa Benitez Puma TBD
Comunicaciones   Pedro Portilla   Iván Franco Sopegno TBD TBD
Guastatoya     Ariel Sena TBD TBD
Malacateco   TBD   Nelson Mauricio Ancheta TBD TBD
Marquense   TBD   Juan Melgar TBD TBD
Mictlan   TBD   Sergio Guevara TBD TBD
Municipal   TBD   Gustavo Machaín TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa   TBD   Pablo Centrone TBD TBD
Suchitepéquez   TBD   Walter Claverí TBD TBD
Xelajú   TBD   Hernán Medford RetoSports TBD

Table

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Municipal 22 8 12 2 19 10 +9 36 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Petapa 22 10 4 8 27 24 +3 34
3 Guastatoya 22 8 8 6 22 16 +6 32 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Comunicaciones 22 7 9 6 21 16 +5 30
5 Suchitepéquez 22 9 3 10 24 28 −4 30
6 Xelajú MC 22 8 5 9 30 25 +5 29
7 Cobán Imperial 22 7 8 7 17 15 +2 29
8 Marquense 22 6 10 6 19 16 +3 28
9 Malacateco 22 6 10 6 17 20 −3 28
10 Mictlan 22 7 7 8 14 25 −11 28
11 Antigua GFC 22 6 9 7 28 30 −2 27
12 Carchá 22 5 5 12 11 24 −13 20
Updated to match(es) played on 2016. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Positions by round

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Results

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Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Municipal 2 1 3
4 Comunicaciones 0 0 0 5 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1
5 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1 1 Municipal 0 2 2
3 Guastatoya 0 0 0
2 Petapa 1 3 4
3 Guastatoya 2 2 4 3 Guastatoya 3 2 5
6 Xelajú MC 2 0 2

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Xelajú MC 2–4 Guastatoya 2–2 0–2
Suchitepéquez 1–0 Comunicaciones 1–0 0–0

First leg

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Xelajú MC2 – 2Guastatoya
W. Zapata   13', 58' (pen) Soccerway   5' J. Márquez
  41' J. Vargas
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Attendance: 5,298
Referee: Oscar Reyna

Suchitepéquez1 – 0Comunicaciones
G. Tinoco   81' Soccerway
Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez
Attendance: 3,308
Referee: Mario Alberto Escobar Toca

Second leg

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Guastatoya2 – 0Xelajú MC
Á. Rodríguez   31', 66' Soccerway
Attendance: 1,615
Referee: Mario Ramírez

Guastatoya won 4–2 on aggregate.


Comunicaciones0 – 0Suchitepéquez
Soccerway
Attendance: 2,850
Referee: Sergio Armando Reyna Moller

Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Suchitepéquez 1–3 Municipal 1–2 0–1
Guastatoya 5–4 Petapa 3–1 2–3

First leg

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Suchitepéquez1 – 2Municipal
G. Tinoco   32' Soccerway   22' G. Puerari
  26' C. Félix
Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez
Attendance: 8,278
Referee: Bryan López

Guastatoya3 – 1Petapa
J. Vargas   13', 38'
Á. Rodríguez   32'
Soccerway   9' Juliano Rangel
Attendance: 1,440
Referee: Mynor Velásquez

Second leg

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Municipal1 – 0Suchitepéquez
  90+1' M. Pappa Soccerway
Attendance: 10,115
Referee: Mario Ramírez

Municipal won 3–1 on aggregate.


Petapa3 – 2Guastatoya
Juliano Rangel   15'
C. Girard   22'
P. Samayoa   65'
Soccerway   78' F. Orellana
  90+1' Á. Rodríguez
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Jonathan Polanco

Guastatoya won 5-4 on aggregate.

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guastatoya 0–2 Municipal 0–0 0–2

First leg

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Guastatoya0 – 0Municipal
Soccerway
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Ever López

Second leg

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Municipal2 – 0Guastatoya
C. Félix   30'
G. Puerari   64'
Soccerway
Attendance: 14,548
Referee: Sergio Armando Reyna Moller

Municipal won 2-0 on aggregate.


 Clausura 2017 champions 
Municipal
30th title

Aggregate table

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Three teams would have qualified for CONCACAF club competitions, but due to FIFA's suspension of Guatemala, these spots were given to other Central American countries.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Municipal 44 21 17 6 55 29 +26 80
2 Comunicaciones 44 19 12 13 56 31 +25 69
3 Guastatoya 44 19 11 14 44 36 +8 68
4 Antigua GFC 44 19 11 14 65 59 +6 68
5 Malacateco 44 16 16 12 46 43 +3 64
6 Cobán Imperial 44 17 12 15 43 34 +9 63
7 Petapa 44 17 8 19 50 55 −5 59
8 Xelajú MC 44 16 10 18 54 54 0 58
9 Marquense 44 13 15 16 44 46 −2 54
10 Suchitepéquez 44 15 9 20 52 69 −17 54
11 Mictlan 44 14 8 22 33 56 −23 50 Relegation play-off
12 Carchá 44 8 11 25 27 57 −30 35 Relegation to 2017-2018 Primera División de Ascenso
Updated to match(es) played on 2016. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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