2015–16 Guatemalan Liga Nacional
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Apertura: Antigua (1st title) Clausura: Suchitepéquez (2nd title) |
Champions League | |
Top goalscorer | Carlos Kamiani Félix (19) (Apertura) Carlos Kamiani Félix (15) (Clausura) |
Biggest home win |
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Biggest away win |
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Longest winning run | TBD (4) |
Longest unbeaten run | TBD (7) |
Longest winless run | TBD (10) |
Longest losing run | TBD (3) |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
The 2015–16 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 17th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season was used. The season began in 2015 and ended in 2016.
Format
[edit]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
[edit]Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
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Antigua GFC | Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez | Pensativo | 9,000 |
Cobán Imperial | Cobán, Guatemala | Estadio José Ángel Rossi | 15, 000 |
Comunicaciones | Guatemala, Guatemala | Cementos Progreso | 16,000 |
Guastatoya | Guastatoya, El Progreso | David Cordón Hichos | 3,000 |
Malacateco | Malacatán, San Marcos | Santa Lucía | 7,000 |
Marquense | San Marcos, Guatemala | Marquesa de la Ensenada | 10,000 |
Mictlan | Mita, Jutiapa | Estadio La Asunción | 3,000 |
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 |
Apertura
[edit]The 2015 Torneo Apertura began on 13 August 2015 and ended on 21 December 2015.
Personnel and sponsoring
[edit]Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
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Antigua GFC | Rafael Arreaga | Mauricio Tapia | TBD | Pegamex |
Cobán Imperial | Irasema Melendez | Fabricio Chapa Benitez | Puma | TBD |
Comunicaciones | Pedro Portilla | William Coito Olivera | 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 | Gerardo Villa | Gustavo Machaín | TBD | DemosPro |
Deportivo Petapa | TBD | Pablo Centrone | TBD | TBD |
Suchitepéquez | TBD | Walter Claverí | TBD | TBD |
Universidad SC | TBD | Roberto Gamarra | TBD | TBD |
Xelajú | TBD | Hernán Medford | RetoSports | TBD |
Managerial changes
[edit]Beginning of the season
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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C.S.D. Municipal | Enzo Trossero | Sacked | 2015 | Mauricio Wright | 2015 |
Deportivo Malacateco | Emilio Umanzor | Sacked | 2015 | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | 2015 |
Marquense | Carlos Washington Blanco | resigned | 2015 | Juan Melgar | June 2015 |
Xelajú | Nahúm Espinoza | 2015 | Hernán Medford | June 2015 |
During the season
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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Universidad SC | Roberto Gamarra | Resigned | September 2015 | Ramiro Cepeda | September 2015 | 12th (Apertura 2015) |
Deportivo Malacateco | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | Resigned | November 2015 | Ronald Gomez | November 2015 | 12th (Apertura 2015) |
C.S.D. Municipal | Mauricio Wright | Sacked | November 2015 | Gustavo Machain | November 2015 | 7th (Apertura 2015) |
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Xelajú MC | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 41 | 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 | Guastatoya | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 34 | |
5 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 34 | |
6 | Petapa | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 33 | |
7 | Municipal | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 31 | |
8 | Marquense | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 29 | |
9 | Cobán Imperial | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 28 | |
10 | Mictlan | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 26 | |
11 | Universidad SC | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 18 | |
12 | Malacateco | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 17 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Qualifying stage | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Xelajú MC | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Guastatoya | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Guastatoya | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Suchitepéquez | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Guastatoya | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Antigua GFC | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Comunicaciones | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Petapa | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Antigua GFC | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Comunicaciones | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Comunicaciones | QF1 | Petapa | 0–0 | 3-0 |
Guastatoya | QF2 | Suchitepéquez | 3–3 | 0-0 |
- † Order of legs reversed.
First leg
[edit]Petapa | 0–0 | Comunicaciones |
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Suchitepéquez | 3–3 | Guastatoya |
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Wilson Morales 15' Ángel Prudencio 16' Sergio Targua 72' |
Víctor Solalinde 41' Henry Suazo 48' Edi Guerra 62' |
Second leg
[edit]Comunicaciones | 3-0 | Petapa |
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Jose Contreras 10' Rolando Blackburn 15' Emiliano Lopez 72' |
None' |
Comunicaciones won 3–0 on aggregate.
Guastatoya | 0-0 | Suchitepéquez |
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None | None |
1–1 on aggregate. Guastatoya advanced on the away goal rule.
Semifinals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Xelajú MC | 2-5 | Guastatoya | 0-3 | 2-2 |
Antigua GFC | 4-3 | Comunicaciones | 3-3 | 1-0 |
First leg
[edit]Guastatoya | 3-0 | Xelajú MC |
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Tomas Castillo 10' Wilson Pineda 70' Nery Oliva 78' |
None |
Comunicaciones | 3-3 | Antigua GFC |
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Emiliano Lopez 22' Brayan Ordóñez 65' Jairo Arreola 78' |
Alex Diaz 32' & 76' Manfred Russell 86' |
Second leg
[edit]Xelajú MC | 2-2 | Guastatoya |
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Kevin Arriola pen 54' Junior Andrade 79' |
Tomás Castillo 33' Fredy Orellana 91' |
Guastatoya won 5–2 on aggregate.
Antigua GFC | 1-0 | Comunicaciones |
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Edgar Chinchilla 91' | None |
Antigua GFC won 4-3 on aggregate.
Finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Guastatoya | 2-3 | Antigua GFC | 2-1 | 0-2 |
First leg
[edit]Guastatoya | 2-1 | Antigua GFC |
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Juan Manuel Klug 16' Edi Guerra 86' |
Alejandro Díaz 49' |
Second leg
[edit]Antigua GFC | 2-0 | Guastatoya |
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Oscar Isaula 19' Edgar Chinchilla 74' |
None |
Antigua GFC won 3-2 on aggregate.
Apertura 2015 champions |
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Antigua GFC 1st title |
List of foreign players in the league
[edit]This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2015. The following players:
- have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
- 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.
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Clausura
[edit]The 2016 Torneo Clausura began on 2016 and will end in 2016.
Personnel and sponsoring
[edit]Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
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Antigua GFC | Rafael Arreaga | Mauricio Tapia | TBD | Pegamex |
Cobán Imperial | Fabricio Chapa Benitez | Puma | TBD | |
Comunicaciones | Pedro Portilla | Iván Franco Sopegno | TBD | TBD |
Guastatoya | Francisco Melgar | TBD | TBD | |
Malacateco | TBD | Rónald Gómez | TBD | TBD |
Marquense | TBD | Néstor Emilio Soria | TBD | TBD |
Mictlan | TBD | Sergio Guevara | TBD | TBD |
Municipal | Gerardo Villa | Gustavo Machain | TBD | TBD |
Deportivo Petapa | TBD | Pablo Centrone | TBD | TBD |
Suchitepéquez | TBD | Walter Claverí | TBD | TBD |
Universidad SC | TBD | Ramiro Cepeda | TBD | TBD |
Xelajú | TBD | Hernán Medford | RetoSports | 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 |
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Comunicaciones | William Coito Olivera | Sacked | December 2015 | Ivan Sopengo | December 2015 | th (Apertura 2015) |
Guastatoya | Ariel Sena | Resigned | December 2015 | Francisco Melgar | 2015 | th (Apertura 2015) |
Deportivo Marquense | Francisco Melgar | Resigned due to personal reason | December 2015 | Néstor Emilio Soria | December 2015 | th (Apertura 2015) |
Suchitepéquez | Walter Claverí | Resigned due to become head of the national team | January 2016 | Douglas Zamora | January 2016 | th (Apertura 2015) |
During the season
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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Cobán Imperial | Fabricio Chapa Benitez | Sacked | 2016 | Héctor Julián Trujillo | 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) |
Guastatoya | Francisco Melgar | Sacked | 2016 | Roque Alfaro | 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) |
Xelajú | Hernán Medford | Resigned | 2016 | Carlos Jurado | 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) |
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 39 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
2 | Municipal | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 36 | |
3 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 32 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
4 | Malacateco | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 31 | |
5 | Antigua GFC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 31 | |
6 | Marquense | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 31 | |
7 | Guastatoya | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 31 | |
8 | Mictlan | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 30 | |
9 | Universidad SC | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 29 | |
10 | Xelajú MC | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 24 | |
11 | Petapa | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 23 | |
12 | Cobán Imperial | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Suchitepéquez | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Malacateco | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Malacateco | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Antigua GFC | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Suchitepéquez | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Comunicaciones | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Comunicaciones | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Marquense | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | CSD Municipal | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Comunicaciones | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Deportivo Malacateco | 3-0 | Antigua GFC | 0–2 | – |
Comunicaciones | 4–3 | Marquense | 3–3 | 1–0 |
- † Order of legs reversed.
First leg
[edit]Antigua GFC | 2–0 | Deportivo Malacateco |
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Alexis Matta 35' Óscar Isaula 58' |
Marquense | 3–3 | Comunicaciones |
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Kevin Elias Castellanos 17' Fank De León 35', 61' |
Rolando Blackburn 30' Emiliano López 58', 85' |
Second leg
[edit]Comunicaciones won 4–3 on aggregate.
Malacateco won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semifinals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Suchitepéquez | – | Deportivo Malacateco | 2–1 | – |
CSD Municipal | – | Comunicaciones | 0–1 | – |
First leg
[edit]Deportivo Malacateco | 1-2 | Suchitepéquez |
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J. Valenzuela 71' | O. Salazar 9' G. Esquivel 62' |
Comunicaciones | 1-0 | CSD Municipal |
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Jairo Arreola 2' |
Second leg
[edit]Suchitepéquez won 4–1 on aggregate.
Comunicaciones won 2-2 on aggregate.
Finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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– | – | – |
First leg
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Second leg
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won – on aggregate.
Aggregate table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Suchitepéquez (C, Q) | 44 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 72 | 50 | +22 | 73 | 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League group stage |
2 | Antigua GFC (C, Q) | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 69 | |
3 | Comunicaciones | 44 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 69 | |
4 | Municipal | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 67 | |
5 | Guastatoya | 44 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 65 | |
6 | Xelajú MC | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 65 | |
7 | Marquense | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 60 | |
8 | Petapa | 44 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 62 | 71 | −9 | 56 | |
9 | Mictlan | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 56 | |
10 | Cobán Imperial | 44 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 51 | |
11 | Malacateco | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 48 | |
12 | Universidad SC | 44 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 48 | 76 | −28 | 47 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
List of foreign players in the league
[edit]This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2016. The following players:
- have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
- 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.
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