2014–15 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 16th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season was used. The season began on 19 July 2014 and ended on 23 May 2015.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season2014–15
Dates19 July 2014 - 23 May 2015
ChampionsApertura:
Comunicaciones (29th title)
Clausura:
Comunicaciones (30th title)
Champions LeagueComunicaciones
TBD
Matches played120
Goals scored300 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Ruíz (12)
Biggest home winMunicipal 6
Coatepeque 0
(September 21, 2014)
Biggest away winXelajú 1
Comunicaciones 3
(August 24, 2014)
Suchitepéquez 1
Deportivo Petapa 3
(August 31, 2014)
Longest winning runMunicipal (4)
Longest unbeaten runMunicipal (7)
Longest winless runAntigua GFC (10)
Longest losing runCoatepeque (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.

Teams

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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

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The 2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 20, 2014.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 match(es) played on November 19, 2014. Source: Guatefutbol- Estadisticas Liga Nacional
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away 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 match(es) played on November 9, 2014. Source: Guatefutbol - Central de partidos: Campeonato Apertura 2014
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
5 Deportivo Petapa 0 2 2
4 Suchitepéquez 3 1 4
1 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
4 Suchitepéquez 0 1 1
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4  
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
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Quarterfinals

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First leg
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Antigua GFC1– 1Municipal
Roberto Carlos Pena   35' Claudio Albizuris   43'
Attendance: 5,223
Referee: Mario Escobar

Deportivo Petapa2 – 1C.D. Suchitepéquez
Adrian Apellaniz   89'
Marbel Aragon   90'
Emiliano Ariel Lopez   35'
Attendance: 1,388
Referee: Rueben Castellanos
Second leg
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Municipal1 – 0Antigua GFC
Kevin Santamaria   45' None
Attendance: 2,587
Referee: Oscar Reyna

C.D. Suchitepéquez3 – 0Petapa
Carlos Barrios   54'
Hugo Prieto   66'
German Esquivel   85'
None
Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango
Attendance: 5,256
Referee: Jonathon Polanco

Semifinals

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First leg
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C.D. Suchitepequez1 – 1C.S.D. Comunicaciones
Luis Mora   46' Joel Francisco Benitez   75'
Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenang

C.S.D. Municipal3 – 0Deportivo Marquense
Maximiliano Callorda   40'
  71'
Kevin Santamaria   43'
Second leg
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Deportivo Marquense1 – 2Municipal
Kevin Norales   59' Hamilton López   6'
Osman López   39'
Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos

Finals

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First leg
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Municipal1 – 1Comunicaciones
Maximiliano Callorda   64' Joel Francisco Benitez   69'
Attendance: 12,175
Referee: Mario Escobar
Second leg
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Comunicaciones2 – 1Municipal
Agustín Herrera   4', 25' Cristian Jiménez   71'

Top Goalscorers

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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

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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

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The 2015 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2015 and ended on 23 May 2015.

Personnel and sponsoring

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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

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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 12th (Clausura 2015)
Universidad SC   Francisco Melgar Samayoa Sacked 2015   Roberto Gamarra 2015 9th (Clausura 2015)
Deportivo Coatepeque   Héctor Julián Trujillo resigned 2015   Sergio Pardo 2015 12th (Clausura 2015)
Deportivo Coatepeque   Sergio Pardo Sacked April 2015   Otto Muñoz April 2015 12h (Clausura 2015)

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 match(es) played on 15 March 2015. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away 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 match(es) played on 2015. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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First leg
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Deportivo Malacateco0– 0C.D. Suchitepéquez
None None
Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía, Malacatán
Attendance: 1,077
Referee: J. Polanco

Club Xelajú MC1 – 0Antigua GFC
Luis Javier Guarino   86' None
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Attendance: 4,455
Referee: O. Aldana
Second leg
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C.D. Suchitepéquez1 – 0Deportivo Malacateco
Emiliano Ariel Lopez   13' None
Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango

Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.


Antigua GFC3 – 0Club Xelajú MC
Oscar Isula   41'
Alejandro Galindo   47'
Oscar Isula   54'
None
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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First leg
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Antigua GFC1 – 5C.S.D. Comunicaciones
Alejandro Galindo   30' [3] Jairo Arreola   9'   77'
Carlos Castrillo   11'
Agustin Herrera   23'
Ruben Morales   43'
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

C.D. Suchitepéquez0 – 0C.S.D. Municipal
None None
Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango
Second leg
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C.S.D. Comunicaciones1-1Antigua GFC
Carlos Fernandez  24' b  29'
TBD

Comunicaciones won 6-2 on aggregate.


C.S.D. Municipal3-1C.D. Suchitepéquez
Carlos Ruiz   40'
Cristian Noriega   50'
Mauro Portillo   88'
[] Emerson Cabrera   26'
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores

Municipal won 3-1 on aggregate.

Finals

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First leg
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Municipal0 – 2C.S.D. Comunicaciones
Report Jose M. Contreras   40'
Agustin E. Herrera   43'
Referee: M. Escobar (Guatemala)
Second leg
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C.S.D. Comunicaciones2 – 3Municipal
Jose M. Contreras   77'
Agustin E. Herrera   82'
Report Maximiliano Callorda   15'
Carlos Ruiz   21',   89'
Referee: W. Lopez (Guatemala)

Comunicaciones won 4-3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Emiliano Ariel López C.D. Suchitepéquez 12
2   Rolando Blackburn CSD Comunicaciones 11
3   José Manuel Contreras CSD Comunicaciones 9
4   Carlos Ruiz C.S.D. 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

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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

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  1. ^ "Guatefutbol- Estadísticas LNF: Tabla de Goleo". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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