2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala

Season	2014–15
Champions League	Comunicaciones TBD
Matches played	120
Goals scored	300 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Ruíz (12)
Biggest home win	Municipal 6 Coatepeque 0 (September 21, 2014)
Biggest away win	Xelajú 1 Comunicaciones 3 (August 24, 2014) Suchitepéquez 1 Deportivo Petapa 3 (August 31, 2014)
Longest winning run	Municipal (4)
Longest unbeaten run	Municipal (7)
Longest winless run	Antigua GFC (10)
Longest losing run	Coatepeque (3)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 16th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on July 19, 2014 and will end in May 2015.

Format

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.

Teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Antigua GFC	Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez	Pensativo	9,000
Coatepeque	Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango	Israel Barrios	20,000
Comunicaciones	Guatemala, Guatemala	Cementos Progreso	16,000
Guastatoya	Guastatoya, El Progreso	David Cordón Hichos	3,000
Halcones FC	La Mesilla, Huehuetenango	Comunal	5,340
Malacateco	Malacatán, San Marcos	Santa Lucía	7,000
Marquense	San Marcos, Guatemala	Marquesa de la Ensenada	10,000
Municipal	Guatemala, Guatemala	Manuel Felipe Carrera	7,500
Petapa	San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala	Julio Armando Cobar	7,000
Suchitepéquez	Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez	Carlos Salazar Hijo	12,000
Universidad SC	Guatemala, Guatemala	Revolución	5,000
Xelajú MC	Quetzaltenango	Mario Camposeco	11,000

Torneo Apertura

The 2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 14, 2014.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Comunicaciones	22	13	4	5	34	15	+19	43	Qualified to the Semifinals
2	Marquense	22	13	3	6	30	19	+11	42
3	Municipal	22	11	6	5	37	19	+18	39	Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4	Suchitepéquez	22	9	4	9	28	28	0	31
5	Petapa	22	9	3	10	35	32	+3	30
6	Antigua GFC	22	7	9	6	24	21	+3	30
7	Xelajú MC	22	8	6	8	29	29	0	30
8	Universidad SC	22	7	5	10	25	28	−3	26
9	Malacateco	22	5	11	6	21	24	−3	26
10	Guastatoya	22	7	4	11	20	31	−11	25
11	Halcones FC	22	6	5	11	24	42	−18	23
12	Coatepeque	22	3	8	11	15	34	−19	17

Updated to games played on November 19, 2014.
Source: Guatefutbol- Estadisticas Liga Nacional
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1]

ANT

COA

COM

GUA

HAL

MAL

MAR

MUN

PET

SUC

USC

XEL

Antigua GFC

1–1

0–2

2–0

4–2

2–0

0–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–2

0–0

Coatepeque

0–2

0–1

3–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

0–1

2–0

0–0

0–0

2–3

Comunicaciones

3–0

2–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

5–0

1–1

3–3

0–1

3–0

1–0

Guastatoya

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–0

0–1

2–1

1–0

3–0

3–2

1–0

Halcones FC

1–1

3–1

2–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

3–1

3–2

1–0

1–2

Malacateco

0–0

0–0

0–1

3–1

2–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

Marquense

1–0

3–0

1–1

2–0

4–0

4–0

4–0

4–1

2–1

2–0

2–1

Municipal

0–0

6–0

0–2

2–1

5–1

1–1

1–0

4–1

3–1

1–0

4–1

Petapa

1–2

1–0

2–0

4–0

6–1

3–3

3–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

Suchitepéquez

2–1

4–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

3–1

2–1

1–2

1–3

2–1

4–1

Universidad SC

2–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

2–0

3–2

2–0

0–1

3–1

0–0

1–3

Xelajú MC

1–1

1–2

1–3

3–0

4–2

0–0

0–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

Updated to games played on November 9, 2014.
Source: Guatefutbol - Central de partidos: Campeonato Apertura 2014
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	5	Deportivo Petapa	0	2	2
	4	Suchitepéquez	3	1	4
								1	Comunicaciones	1	1	2
								4	Suchitepéquez	0	1	1
	4
	5
															1	Comunicaciones	1	2	3
														3	Municipal	1	1	2
	3	Municipal	1	1	2
	6	Antigua GFC	0	1	1
								2	Marquense	0	1	1
								3	Municipal	3	2	5
	2
	7

Quarterfinals

First Leg

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Second Leg

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Semifinals

First Leg

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Second Leg

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Finals

First Leg

Second Leg

Top Goalscorers

As of November 19th, 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Home	Away	Goals[1]
1	Carlos Ruíz	Municipal	8	4	12
2	Fernando Gallo	Halcones FC	9	2	11
3	Emiliano Ariel López	Suchitepéquez	8		10
	Wilber Pérez	Petapa	7	3
4	Adrián Apellaniz	Petapa	5	4	9
5	Rolando Blackburn	Comunicaciones	7	1	8

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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.

Torneo Clausura

The 2015 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2015 and will end in May 2015.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC	Rafael Arreaga	Mauricio Tapia	TBD	Pegamex
Coatepeque	Eduardo Avila	Manuel Castañeda	Puma	TBD
Comunicaciones	Pedro Portilla	William Coito Olivera	TBD	TBD
Guastatoya		Ariel Sena	TBD	TBD
Halcones	TBD	Ronald Gomez	TBD	TBD
Malacateco	TBD	Emilio Umanzor	TBD	TBD
Marquense	TBD	Carlos Washington Blanco	TBD	TBD
Municipal	TBD	Enzo Trossero	TBD	TBD
Deportivo Petapa	TBD	Pablo Centrone	TBD	TBD
Suchitepéquez	TBD	Walter Claverí	TBD	TBD
Universidad SC	TBD	Francisco Melgar Samayoa	TBD	TBD
Xelajú	TBD	Nahúm Espinoza	RetoSports	TBD

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Deportivo Coatepeque	Manuel Castañeda	Sacked	Feb 2015	Héctor Julián Trujillo	Feb 2015	th (Clausura 2015)
Universidad SC	Francisco Melgar Samayoa	Sacked	2015	Roberto Gamarra	2015	th (Clausura 2015)
Deportivo Coatepeque	Héctor Julián Trujillo	resigned	2015	Sergio Pardo	2015	th (Clausura 2015)
Deportivo Coatepeque	Sergio Pardo	Sacked	April 2015	Otto Muñoz	April 2015	th (Clausura 2015)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Comunicaciones	22	15	3	4	50	14	+36	48	Qualified to the Semifinals
2	Municipal	22	12	6	4	31	16	+15	42
3	Suchitepéquez	22	11	5	6	33	30	+3	38	Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4	Antigua GFC	22	10	5	7	25	19	+6	35
5	Xelajú	22	8	7	7	28	24	+4	31
6	Malacateco	22	8	5	9	29	37	−8	29
7	Deportivo Petapa	22	7	7	8	24	31	−7	28
8	Marquense	22	6	9	7	22	29	−7	27
9	Universidad SC	22	6	8	8	19	24	−5	26
10	Guastatoya	22	6	4	12	19	25	−6	22
11	Halcones	22	5	5	12	24	34	−10	20
12	Coatepeque	22	5	2	15	12	33	−21	17

Updated to games played on 15 March 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1]

ANT

COA

COM

GUA

HAL

MAL

MAR

MUN

PET

SUC

USC

XEL

Antigua GFC

1–0

1–0

1–0

4–0

2–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

2–0

2–0

1–1

Coatepeque

0–1

0–2

0–2

2–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–1

0–1

0–1

1–0

Comunicaciones

0–1

4–0

1–0

3–0

1–1

2–1

0–2

1–0

7–1

5–0

2–0

Guastatoya

0–1

1–0

3–3

3–1

1–0

3–0

1–1

2–0

0–2

0–2

2–2

Halcones FC

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–0

5–2

2–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

0–0

5–0

Malacateco

2–3

4–1

0–3

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

3–0

2–0

3–2

Marquense

0–0

2–1

0–2

1–0

1–1

3–1

1–4

3–0

1–1

0–0

2–3

Municipal

4–2

3–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

0–0

0–1

4–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

Petapa

1–0

1–1

0–5

1–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

3–1

4–0

1–0

2–1

Suchitepéquez

2–1

1–0

1–5

4–0

2–1

4–0

5–0

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

Universidad SC

2–0

0–1

1–2

1–0

3–0

4–2

1–1

1–1

2–2

0–0

0–2

Xelajú MC

1–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

3–0

4–0

0–0

1–1

3–1

2–2

0–0

Updated to games played on 2015.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First Leg

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Second Leg

Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First Leg

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Second Leg

Comunicaciones won 6-2 on aggregate.

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Municipal won 3-1 on aggregate.

Finals

First Leg

Second Leg

Comunicaciones won 4-3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Emiliano Ariel López	CD Suchitepéquez	12
2	Rolando Blackburn	CSD Comunicaciones	11
3	José Manuel Contreras	CSD Comunicaciones	9
4	Carlos Ruiz	CSD Municipal	7
5	Luis Javier María Guarino	Club Xelajú MC	6
6	Adrian Apellaniz	Deportivo Petapa	5
7	Jonny Brown	Deportivo Marquense	5
8	Agustín Herrera	CSD Comunicaciones	5
9	Oscar Isaula	Antigua GFC	5
10	Wilber Perez	Deportivo Petapa	5

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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.

References

External links

• http://www.prensalibre.com/Deportes/FutbolNacional