2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

The 2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala, also known as Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 72nd season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season began on 3 August 2024, when the Apertura 2024 tournament started, and is scheduled to end in May 2025 with the Clausura 2025 tournament second leg final.

Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season2024–25
ChampionsApertura:
Clausura:

Competition format

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Same as previous years, the season was divided into two short tournaments: Torneo Apertura (opening) and Torneo Clausura (closing), each of which crowning its own champion. Both Apertura and Clausura tournaments were played under the same format which consisted in a Classification phase and a Final phase.[2]

In the classification phase, teams played each other twice on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top eight teams at the conclusion of the classification stage advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stage.

The final phase was played on a single-elimination format and consisted of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. All rounds were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-ranked team in the classification phase of each tie hosting the second leg. The quarter-final pairings were pre-determined based on the teams' final position in the classification phase. In the semi-finals the teams were re-seeded based also on their final position in the classification phase in order to determine the two pairings. The quarter-finals and semi-finals matchups were determined as follows:

Both champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments plus the best placed team on the aggregate table (excluding the two champions) at the end of the season qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.

Teams

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A total of 12 teams took part in this season: the top ten teams from the aggregate table of the 2023–24 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2023–24 Primera División season.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
Achuapa El Progreso Winston Pineda 6,000
Antigua Antigua Guatemala Pensativo 10,000
Cobán Imperial Cobán Verapaz 15,000
Comunicaciones Guatemala City Doroteo Guamuch Flores 26,000
Deportivo Zacapa Zacapa Estadio David Ordoñez Bardales 8,100
Guastatoya Guastatoya David Cordón Hichos 3,100
Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000
Marquense San Marcos Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada 11,000
Mixco Mixco Santo Domingo de Guzmán 5,200
Municipal Guatemala City El Trébol 7,500
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,220
Xinabajul-Huehue Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340

Torneo Apertura

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The Apertura 2024 tournament began on 3 August and scheduled to end on 23 November 2024. Comunicaciones were the defending champions, having won the Apertura 2023 tournament at the previous season.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Municipal 9 5 4 0 16 5 +11 19 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Xelajú 10 4 5 1 14 4 +10 17
3 Xinabajul 10 5 2 3 17 14 +3 17
4 Cobán Imperial 9 4 3 2 15 8 +7 15
5 Antigua 9 4 2 3 17 15 +2 14
6 Comunicaciones 9 4 1 4 13 12 +1 13
7 Achuapa 10 3 4 3 11 11 0 13
8 Mixco 8 3 3 2 8 8 0 12
9 Malacateco 9 2 4 3 5 8 −3 10
10 Marquense 11 2 4 5 10 18 −8 10
11 Guastatoya 10 0 6 4 5 11 −6 6
12 Zacapa 10 0 4 6 2 19 −17 4
Updated to match(es) played on 12 October 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots.[2]

Results

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Home \ Away ACH ANT COB COM GUA MAL MAR MIX MUN XEL XIN ZAC
Achuapa
Antigua
Cobán Imperial
Comunicaciones 1–1
Guastatoya 0–0
Malacateco 0–2
Marquense
Mixco 0–0
Municipal
Xelajú 3–1
Xinabajul 0–3
Zacapa
Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

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The Clausura 2025 tournament is scheduled to begin in January and end in May 2025. The defending champions are Municipal, who had won the previous Clausura 2024 tournament.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Achuapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Antigua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cobán Imperial 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Comunicaciones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guastatoya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Malacateco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Marquense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mixco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Municipal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Xelajú 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Xinabajul-Huehue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Zacapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots.[2]

Results

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Home \ Away ACH ANT COB COM GUA MAL MAR MIX MUN XEL XIN ZAC
Achuapa
Antigua
Cobán Imperial
Comunicaciones
Guastatoya
Malacateco
Marquense
Mixco
Municipal
Xelajú
Xinabajul-Huehue
Zacapa
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

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The aggregate table is used to determine the third qualified team for the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup, besides the Apertura and Clausura champions, and the two relegated teams to the 2025–26 Primera División.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Municipal 9 5 4 0 16 5 +11 19 Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup
2 Xelajú 10 4 5 1 14 4 +10 17
3 Xinabajul 10 5 2 3 17 14 +3 17
4 Cobán Imperial 9 4 3 2 15 8 +7 15
5 Antigua 9 4 2 3 17 15 +2 14
6 Comunicaciones 9 4 1 4 13 12 +1 13
7 Achuapa 10 3 4 3 11 11 0 13
8 Mixco 8 3 3 2 8 8 0 12
9 Malacateco 9 2 4 3 5 8 −3 10
10 Marquense 11 2 4 5 10 18 −8 10
11 Guastatoya 10 0 6 4 5 11 −6 6 Relegation to Primera División
12 Zacapa 10 0 4 6 2 19 −17 4
Updated to match(es) played on 12 October 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Banrural se convierte en el orgulloso patrocinador de "La Liga Guate Banrural"" (in Spanish). CRN Noticias. 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "2022 REGLAMENTO DE COMPETENCIA LNFG" (PDF). ligagt.org/ (in Spanish). Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. 7 July 2022 [Approved on 27 June 2022]. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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