2014–15 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

Football league season
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)

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.

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

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Locations of the 2014-15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala 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 20, 2014.

Standings

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

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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
5 Deportivo Petapa 0 2 2
4 Suchitepéquez 3 1 4
1 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
4 Suchitepéquez 0 1 1
5  
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
7  
2  

Quarterfinals

First leg
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
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

First leg
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
Deportivo Marquense1 – 2Municipal
Kevin Norales 59' Hamilton López 6'
Osman López 39'
Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos

Finals

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

Top Goalscorers

As of November 19th, 2014
Rank Player Club Home Away Goals[1]
1 Guatemala Carlos Ruíz Municipal 8 4 12
2 Argentina Fernando Gallo Halcones FC 9 2 11
3 Argentina Emiliano Ariel López Suchitepéquez 8 10
Guatemala Wilber Pérez Petapa 7 3
4 Uruguay Adrián Apellaniz Petapa 5 4 9
5 Panama 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.

Antigua GFC

Deportivo Coatepeque

  • Panama Jose Calderon
  • Uruguay Miguel Lavie

CSD Comunicaciones

  • El Salvador Paolo Suarez

Guastatoya

  • Colombia Diner Cordova
  • Mexico Jose de Santiago
  • Paraguay Victor Solalinde
  • Paraguay Lelis Roman

Halcones FC

  • TBD

Deportivo Malacateco

  • TBD

(player released during the season)

Deportivo Marquense

  • None

C.S.D. Municipal

Deportivo Petapa

  • Argentina Juan Lovato
  • Uruguay Adrian Apellaniz

C.D. Suchitepéquez

  • Belize Shane Mooney Orio

Universidad de San Carlos (Guatemalan football club)

  • Argentina Fernando Gallo
  • Honduras Sergio Mendoza
  • Uruguay Guillermo Reyes

Club Xelajú MC

  • TBD

Torneo Clausura

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

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC Guatemala Rafael Arreaga Argentina Mauricio Tapia TBD Pegamex
Coatepeque Guatemala Eduardo Avila Guatemala Manuel Castañeda Puma TBD
Comunicaciones Mexico Pedro Portilla Uruguay William Coito Olivera TBD TBD
Guastatoya Guatemala Uruguay Ariel Sena TBD TBD
Halcones Guatemala TBD Costa Rica Ronald Gomez TBD TBD
Malacateco Guatemala TBD Honduras Emilio Umanzor TBD TBD
Marquense Guatemala TBD Uruguay Carlos Washington Blanco TBD TBD
Municipal Guatemala TBD Argentina Enzo Trossero TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa Guatemala TBD Argentina Pablo Centrone TBD TBD
Suchitepéquez Guatemala TBD Guatemala Walter Claverí TBD TBD
Universidad SC Guatemala TBD Guatemala Francisco Melgar Samayoa TBD TBD
Xelajú Guatemala TBD Honduras 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 Guatemala Manuel Castañeda Sacked Feb 2015 Argentina Héctor Julián Trujillo Feb 2015 12th (Clausura 2015)
Universidad SC Guatemala Francisco Melgar Samayoa Sacked 2015 Argentina Roberto Gamarra 2015 9th (Clausura 2015)
Deportivo Coatepeque Argentina Héctor Julián Trujillo resigned 2015 Chile Sergio Pardo 2015 12th (Clausura 2015)
Deportivo Coatepeque Chile Sergio Pardo Sacked April 2015 Guatemala Otto Muñoz April 2015 12h (Clausura 2015)

Standings

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

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

Quarterfinals

First leg
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
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

First leg
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
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

First leg
Municipal0 – 2C.S.D. Comunicaciones
Report Jose M. Contreras 40'
Agustin E. Herrera 43'
Referee: M. Escobar (Guatemala)
Second leg
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

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

Antigua GFC

Deportivo Coatepeque

  • Panama Jose Calderon
  • Panama Armando Polo
  • Brazil Augusto César Gómez
  • Costa Rica Roberto Porras

CSD Comunicaciones

  • El Salvador Paolo Suarez
  • Paraguay Joel Benítez
  • Panama Rolando Blackburn
  • Mexico Agustín Herrera

Guastatoya

Halcones FC

  • Brazil Evandro Ferreira de Moura
  • Brazil Ismael Soares
  • Honduras Romel Murillo
  • Argentina Fernando Gallo

Deportivo Malacateco

  • Colombia Ricardo Mina Romero
  • Mexico Leonardo García
  • Mexico Ricardo Rocha
  • Honduras Orvin Paz
  • Honduras Randy Diamond

(player released during the season)

Deportivo Marquense

  • None

C.S.D. Municipal

Deportivo Petapa

  • Argentina Juan Lovato
  • Uruguay Adrian Apellaniz
  • Brazil Lucas Marçal

C.D. Suchitepéquez

Universidad SC

  • Argentina Fernando Gallo
  • Honduras Sergio Mendoza
  • Uruguay Guillermo Reyes

Club Xelajú MC

  • Brazil Juliano Rangel de Andrade
  • Uruguay Javier Guarino
  • United States Aslinn Rodas

References

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

External links

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