2012–13 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

60th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala May 2013 Liga Nacional de Guatemala 2012–13 Apertura:Comunicaciones (25th title) Clausura: Comunicaciones (26th title) Champions League Comunicaciones PetapaJuventud Escuintleca 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 60th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2012 Clausura and the 2013 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams. 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 finishes 1 and 2 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 quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion. Teams Guatemala 325 right Location of the 2012–13 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams Guatemala 14.625764 -90.510489 Comunicaciones left Guatemala 14.312877 -90.783267 Escunitleca bottom Guatemala 16.981838 -89.903973 Heredia bottom Guatemala 14.9 -92.049722 Malacateco bottom Guatemala 14.967560 -91.791139 Marquense top Guatemala 14.333333 -89.716667 Mictlán bottom Guatemala 14.625764 -90.510489 Municipal top Guatemala 15.314722 -91.476111 Peñarol right Guatemala 14.5 -90.566667 Petapa left Guatemala 14.531531 -91.509042 Suchitepéquez left Guatemala 14.586667 -90.548056 USAC rightfor Guatemala 14.845833 -91.518889 Xelajú right TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity Comunicaciones Guatemala City Cementos Progreso 16,000 Escuintleca Escuintla Estadio Armando Barillas 3,000 Heredia San José Julián Tesucún 8,000 Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000 Marquense San Marcos Marquesa de la Ensenada 10,000 Mictlán Asunción Mita La Asunción 3,000 Municipal Guatemala City Mateo Flores 30,000 Peñarol Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340 Petapa San Miguel Petapa Municipal 7,500 Suchitepéquez Mazatenango Carlos Salazar Hijo 12,000 USAC Guatemala City Estadio Revolución 5,000 Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000 Penarol La Mesilla changed their names to Halcones FC for this season. Apertura The 2012 Torneo Apertura began on 15 July 2012 and ends in December 2012. Standings main WDL Q COM Comunicaciones MUN Municipal XEL Xelajú HER Heredia PEÑ Peñarol MAL Malacateco SUC Suchitepéquez MAR Marquense PET Petapa MIC Mictlán USC USAC ESC Juventud Escuintleca 15 5 2 39 16 11 8 3 46 23 11 3 8 34 29 10 5 7 33 24 9 6 7 30 24 7 7 8 26 25 7 7 8 36 40 6 8 8 24 27 7 3 12 27 43 6 4 12 22 40 5 6 11 33 39 5 4 13 23 43 #FFFFCC Qualified to the Quarterfinals QQF QQF QQF QQF QQF QQF QQF QQF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 25 November 2012 Standings Results main FBR grey COM PET HER ESC MAL MAR MIC MUN PEÑ SUC USC XEL Comunicaciones 1–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 Petapa 3–3 3–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 Heredia 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 Juventud Escuintleca 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–4 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 Malacateco 1–2 5–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 Marquense 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 Mictlán 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 Municipal 1–1 3–0 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–1 6–2 0–0 6–1 4–4 2–0 Peñarol 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 Suchitepéquez 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–4 0–0 3–3 1–3 3–1 4–1 2–1 Universidad de San Carlos 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 7–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 Xelajú 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 4–0 29 July 2012 Results Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Comunicaciones 1 2 3 5 Marquense 8 2 0 2 Xelajú 3 0 3 3 Malacateco 6 5 0 5 Heredia 4 1 5 6 Peñarol 5 3 1 4 Municipal 2 1 3 4 Suchitepéquez 7 1 3 4 Comunicaciones 1 0 2 2 Malacateco 6 0 1 1 Heredia 4 1 2 3 Municipal 2 1 3 4 Comunicaciones 1 3 1 4 Municipal 2 0 0 0 Comunicaciones qualified for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League. Clausura Standings main WDL Q COM Comunicaciones HER Heredia MAL Malacateco SUC Suchitepéquez HAL Halcones MAR Marquense USC USAC XEL Xelajú MIC Mictlán PET Petapa MUN Municipal ESC Juventud Escuintleca 13 5 4 30 14 11 6 5 44 25 11 5 6 24 18 10 3 9 31 30 10 3 9 29 28 10 2 10 37 26 9 3 10 28 32 9 3 10 26 31 8 5 9 23 30 6 6 10 21 31 5 5 12 19 27 6 2 14 18 38 #FFFFCC Qualified to the Quarterfinals QQF QQF QQF QQF QQF QQF QQF QQF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 2 June 2013 Standingshttp://www.lnfguatemala.com/index.php?showPage=13&cache=1 Tabla de Posiciones Liga Nacional de Futbol de Guatemala Spanish 30 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20140419035642/http://www.lnfguatemala.com/index.php?showPage=13&cache=1 19 April 2014 Results main FBR grey COM PET HER JUV MAL MAR MIC MUN HAL SUC USC XEL Comunicaciones 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 Petapa 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 Heredia 3–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 4–2 2–0 5–0 Juventud Escuintleca 0–3 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 Malacateco 2–1 0–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 Marquense 0–1 4–1 3–4 3–1 4–1 5–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 Mictlán 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 Municipal 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–2 3–2 1–3 0–1 Halcones 0–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 Suchitepéquez 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 USAC 4–3 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 Xelajú 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 5–1 4–0 July 2012 Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Comunicaciones 1 2 2 4 Xelajú 8 1 1 2 Malacateco 3 0 3 3 Marquense 6 2 3 5 Suchitepéquez 4 1 1 2 Halcones FC 5 3 1 4 Heredia 2 1 2 3 Universidad San Carlos 7 2 0 2 Comunicaciones 1 1 2 3 Marquense 6 1 1 2 Halcones FC 5 2 1 3 Heredia 2 0 4 4 Comunicaciones 1 2 0 2 Heredia 2 1 0 1 Aggregate table main WDL QR COM Comunicaciones HER Heredia MAL Malacateco HAL Peñarol La Mesilla/Halcones FC XEL Xelajú MUN Municipal SUC Suchitepéquez MAR Marquense USC USAC MIC Mictlán PET Petapa ESC Juventud Escuintleca 28 10 6 69 30 21 11 12 77 49 18 12 14 51 43 19 9 16 58 52 20 6 18 60 61 16 13 15 65 50 17 10 17 67 70 16 10 18 61 53 14 9 21 61 70 14 9 21 45 70 13 9 22 48 74 R 11 6 27 41 81 R inherit Qualification for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage CLGS #FFCCCC Relegation to the Primera División R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 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