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2019–20 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

The 2019–20 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 22nd season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top football league in Guatemala, in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season will begin in July 2019 and will end in May 2020.

Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season2019–20
DatesJuly 2019 – May 2020
ChampionsApertura:
Municipal (31st title)
Clausura:
Cancelled, not awarded
RelegatedMixco
Siquinalá
CONCACAF LeagueMunicipal
Comunicaciones
Antigua
Top goalscorerTBD (TBD) - 0 goals

Team information edit

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Location of the 2019–20 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2017–18 Primera División.

Deportivo Petapa and Chiantla were relegated to 2018–19 Primera División the previous season.

The relegated team was replaced by the 2018–19 Primera División winners. F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and Deportivo Mixco.

Promotion and relegation edit

Promoted from Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2019.

Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2019.

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt Sponsors
Antigua GFC   Víctor Hugo García   Juan Antonio Torres   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Coban Imperial   Jimmy Morales   Jorge Rodriguez   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Comunicaciones   Juan Garcia   Mauricio Tapia   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Guastatoya   Léster Rodríguez   Daniel Alberto Casas Lago   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Iztapa   Mario Mejía   Alberto Salguero   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Malacateco   Carlos Gutiérrez   Ronald Gomez   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Mixco     Julio Gomez   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
CSD Municipal   Gerardo Villa   Horacio Cordero   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa   TBD   Francisco Melgar   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Sanarate   Jahiro Otzoy   Rafael Díaz   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Siquinalá   Juan Pablo Godíne   Antonio Acosta   Kelme TBD
Xelajú MC   Francisco Santos   Walter Horacio González   TBD TBD Tigo, TBD

Managerial changes edit

Beginning of the season edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Iztapa   Resigned May 2019   Alberto Salguero May 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Guastatoya   Amarini Villatoro Resigned May 2019   Daniel Alberto Casas Lago May 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Sanarate   Ariel Sena Contract finished July 2019   Rafael Díaz July 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Coban Imperial   Fabricio Benitez Resigned May 2019   Jorge Rodriguez June 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Comunicaciones   William Coito Olivera Resigned May 2019   Mauricio Tapia May 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Santa Lucía Cotz   Ramiro Cepeda Resigned June 2019   Francisco Melgar June 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Siquinalá   Otto Rodriguez Resigned June 2019   Antonio Acosta June 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Antigua GFC   Juan Antonio Torres Resigned June 2019   Roberto Montoya June 2019 th (Clausura 2018)

During the Apertura season edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Municipal   Horacio Cordero Resigned August 2019   Sebastián Bini August 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Guastatoya   Daniel Casas Sacked September 2019   Fabricio Benitez September 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Mixco   Julio Gomez Sacked September 2019   Walter Claverí September 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Izatapa   Alberto Salguero Sacked September 2019   Ramiro Cepeda September 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Xelaju MC   Walter Horacio González Resigned November 2019   TBD November 2019 th (Clausura 2018)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD   TBD Resigned July 2019   TBD July 2019 th (Clausura 2018)

During the Clausura season edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD   TBD Resigned July 2019   TBD July 2019 th (Clausura 2018)

Apertura edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cobán Imperial 22 12 5 5 34 23 +11 41 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Municipal 22 12 4 6 32 23 +9 40
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 6 5 33 21 +12 39 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Antigua GFC 22 11 4 7 30 23 +7 37
5 Sanarate 22 11 4 7 27 24 +3 37
6 Guastatoya 22 10 5 7 29 22 +7 35
7 Malacateco 22 9 4 9 29 24 +5 31
8 Iztapa 22 9 4 9 28 26 +2 31
9 Xelajú 22 7 7 8 26 27 −1 28
10 Santa Lucía 22 5 7 10 21 29 −8 22
11 Mixco 22 4 4 14 18 41 −23 16
12 Siquinalá 22 2 4 16 20 44 −24 10
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results edit

Home \ Away ANT LUC COB COM GUA IZT MAL MUN MIX SAN SIQ XEL
Antigua GFC
Santa Lucía
Cobán Imperial
Comunicaciones
Guastatoya
Iztapa
Malacateco
Municipal
Mixco
Sanarate
Siquinalá
Xelajú
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs edit

Clausura edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 13 8 4 1 26 15 +11 28 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Municipal 13 6 5 2 17 12 +5 23
3 Guastatoya 13 6 3 4 13 10 +3 21 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Iztapa 13 5 5 3 19 18 +1 20
5 Antigua GFC 13 5 4 4 15 11 +4 19
6 Siquinalá 13 4 4 5 17 17 0 16
7 Mixco 13 4 3 6 14 14 0 15
8 Santa Lucía 13 3 6 4 13 18 −5 15
9 Xelajú 13 2 7 4 12 15 −3 13
10 Malacateco 13 3 4 6 9 14 −5 13
11 Sanarate 13 4 3 6 13 17 −4 12
12 Cobán Imperial 13 2 4 7 8 15 −7 10
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results edit

Home \ Away ANT LUC COB COM GUA IZT MAL MUN MIX SAN SIQ XEL
Antigua GFC
Santa Lucía
Cobán Imperial
Comunicaciones
Guastatoya
Iztapa
Malacateco
Municipal
Mixco
Sanarate
Siquinalá
Xelajú
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs edit

Aggregate table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 35 19 10 6 59 36 +23 67 CONCACAF League preliminary round[a]
2 Municipal 35 18 9 8 49 35 +14 63 CONCACAF League round of 16[b]
3 Guastatoya 35 16 8 11 42 32 +10 56
4 Antigua GFC 35 16 8 11 42 35 +7 56 CONCACAF League preliminary round[c]
5 Cobán Imperial 35 14 9 12 42 38 +4 51
6 Iztapa 35 14 9 12 47 44 +3 51
7 Sanarate 35 15 7 13 40 41 −1 49
8 Malacateco 35 12 8 15 38 34 +4 44
9 Xelajú 35 9 14 12 38 42 −4 41
10 Santa Lucía 35 8 13 14 34 47 −13 37
11 Mixco 35 8 7 20 32 55 −23 31 Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso
12 Siquinalá 35 6 8 21 37 61 −24 26
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ As Clausura champions (GUA2)
  2. ^ As Apertura champions (GUA1)
  3. ^ As runners-up with better aggregate record (GUA3)

List of foreign players in the league edit

This is a list of foreign players in 2019-2020 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. [1] Archived 2018-07-29 at the Wayback Machine

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.

References edit

  1. ^ "¡El Deportivo Mixco es de Liga Mayor!". May 31, 2019. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.

External links edit

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