2014–15 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

62nd professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala October 2014 Liga Nacional de Guatemala 2014–15 19 July 2014 – 23 May 2015 Apertura:Comunicaciones (29th title) Clausura: Comunicaciones (30th title) 120 300 Carlos Ruíz (12) Municipal 6 Coatepeque 0(September 21, 2014) Xelajú 1 Comunicaciones 3(August 24, 2014) Suchitepéquez 1 Deportivo Petapa 3(August 31, 2014) Champions League Comunicaciones TBD Municipal (4) Municipal (7) Antigua GFC (10) Coatepeque (3) HalconesCoatepeque 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 62nd professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2014 Apertura and the 2015 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 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 Guatemala right 400 Locations of the 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams Guatemala 14.5675 -90.738056 Antigua bottom Guatemala 14.691189 -91.873287 Coatepeque bottom Guatemala 14.676203 -90.488387 Comunicaciones top Guatemala 14.501936 -90.558028 Petapa right Guatemala 14.860047 -90.071915 Guastatoya top Guatemala 15.616667 -91.983333 Halcones right Guatemala 14.911881 -92.060194 Malacateco bottom Guatemala 14.966988 -91.791748 Marquense top Guatemala 14.616911 -90.5348 Municipal right Guatemala 14.531599 -91.509129 Suchitepéquez bottom Guatemala 14.586605 -90.547761 USAC left Guatemala 14.842086 -91.517057 Xelajú right TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity Antigua 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 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 USAC Guatemala, Guatemala Revolución 5,000 Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000 Apertura The 2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 20, 2014. Standings main WDL Q COM Comunicaciones MAR Marquense MUN Municipal SUC Suchitepéquez PET Petapa ANT Antigua XEL Xelajú USC USAC MAL Malacateco GUA Guastatoya HAL Halcones COA Coatepeque 13 4 5 34 15 13 3 6 30 19 11 6 5 37 19 9 4 9 28 28 9 3 10 35 32 7 9 6 24 21 8 6 8 29 29 7 5 10 25 28 5 11 6 21 24 7 4 11 20 31 6 5 11 24 42 3 8 11 15 34 #FFFFCC Qualified to the Semifinals QSF QSF #FFFFEC Qualified to the Quarterfinals QQF QQF QQF QQF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. November 19, 2014 Guatefutbol- Estadisticas Liga Nacional Results main FBR grey ANT COA COM GUA HAL MAL MAR MUN PET SUC USC XEL Antigua 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 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 USAC 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 November 9, 2014 Guatefutbol – Central de partidos: Campeonato Apertura 2014 Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Petapa 5 0 2 2 Suchitepéquez 4 3 1 4 Municipal 3 1 1 2 Antigua 6 0 1 1 Comunicaciones 1 1 1 2 Suchitepéquez 4 0 1 1 Marquense 2 0 1 1 Municipal 3 3 2 5 Comunicaciones 1 1 2 3 Municipal 3 1 1 2 Quarterfinals First leg 4 December 2014 Antigua 1– 1 Municipal Roberto Carlos Pena 35 Claudio Albizuris 43 Estadio Pensativo, Antigua 5,223 Mario Escobar 5 December 2014 Petapa 2–1 Suchitepéquez Adrian Apellaniz 89 Marbel Aragon 90 Emiliano Ariel Lopez 35 Estadio Julio Armando Cóbar, San Miguel, Petapa 1,388 Rueben Castellanos Second leg 7 December 2014 Municipal 1–0 Antigua Kevin Santamaria 45 None Estadio El Trébol, Guatemala City 2,587 Oscar Reyna 8 December 2014 Suchitepéquez 3–0 Petapa Carlos Barrios 54 Hugo Prieto 66 German Esquivel 85 None Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango 5,256 Jonathon Polanco Semifinals First leg 12 December 2014 Suchitepéquez 1–1 Comunicaciones Luis Mora 46 Joel Francisco Benitez 75 Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenang 12 December 2014 Municipal 3–0 Marquense Maximiliano Callorda 40 71 Kevin Santamaria 43 Estadio El Trébol, Guatemala City Second leg 14 December 2014 Comunicaciones 1–0 Suchitepéquez Rolando Blackburn 38 Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City 15 December 2014 Marquense 1–2 Municipal Kevin Norales 59 Hamilton López 6 Osman López 39 Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos Finals First leg 18 December 2014 20:00 GMT-6 Municipal 1–1 Comunicaciones Maximiliano Callorda 64 Joel Francisco Benitez 69 Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores,Guatemala City 12,175 Mario Escobar Second leg 20 December 2014 16:00 GMT-6 Comunicaciones 2–1 Municipal Agustín Herrera 4 25 Cristian Jiménez 71 Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City 10,000 Top Goalscorers November 19th, 2014 RankPlayerClubHomeAwayGoalsGuatefutbol- Estadísticas LNF: Tabla de Goleo http://guatefutbol.com/liga-nacional/estadisticas-lnf 19 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021234808/http://www.guatefutbol.com/liga-nacional/estadisticas-lnf 2014-10-21 dead1GUA Carlos RuízMunicipal84122ARG Fernando Gallo Halcones FC92113ARG Emiliano Ariel LópezSuchitepéquez810GUA Wilber PérezPetapa734URU Adrián ApellanizPetapa5495PAN Rolando BlackburnComunicaciones718 List of foreign players in the league This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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. Antigua GFC Brazil Israel Silva Brazil Tomas de Souza Colombia Roberto Carlos Pena Uruguay Mario Pineiro 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 13px (player released during the season) Deportivo Marquense None C.S.D. Municipal El Salvador Kevin Santamaria Uruguay Santiago Morandi Uruguay Maximiliano Callorda Uruguay Diego de Souza 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 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 GUA Rafael Arreaga ARG Mauricio Tapia TBD Pegamex Coatepeque GUA Eduardo Avila GUA Manuel Castañeda Puma TBD Comunicaciones MEX Pedro Portilla URU William Coito Olivera Puma TBD Guastatoya GUA URU Ariel Sena TBD TBDHalcones GUA TBD CRC Ronald Gomez TBD TBD Malacateco GUA TBD HON Emilio Umanzor TBD TBD Marquense GUA TBD URU Carlos Washington Blanco TBD TBD Municipal GUA TBD ARG Enzo Trossero TBD TBD Petapa GUA TBD ARG Pablo Centrone TBD TBD Suchitepéquez GUA TBD GUA Walter Claverí TBD TBD USAC GUA TBD GUA Francisco Melgar Samayoa TBD TBD Xelajú GUA TBD HON Nahúm Espinoza RetoSports TBD During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in tableDeportivo Coatepeque GUA Manuel Castañeda Sacked Feb 2015ARG Héctor Julián Trujillo Feb 2015 12th (Clausura 2015)Universidad SC GUA Francisco Melgar Samayoa Sacked 2015ARG Roberto Gamarra 2015 9th (Clausura 2015)Deportivo Coatepeque ARG Héctor Julián Trujillo resigned 2015CHI Sergio Pardo 2015 12th (Clausura 2015)Deportivo Coatepeque Chile Sergio Pardo Sacked April 2015GUA Otto Muñoz April 2015 12h (Clausura 2015) Standings main WDL Q COM Comunicaciones MUN Municipal SUC Suchitepéquez ANT Antigua GFC XEL Xelajú MAL Malacateco PET Deportivo Petapa MAR Marquense USC Universidad SC GUA Guastatoya HAL Halcones COA Coatepeque 15 3 4 50 14 12 6 4 31 16 11 5 6 33 30 10 5 7 25 19 8 7 7 28 24 8 5 9 29 37 7 7 8 24 31 6 9 7 22 29 6 8 8 19 24 6 4 12 19 25 5 5 12 24 34 5 2 15 12 33 #FFFFCC Qualified to the Semifinals QSF QSF #FFFFEC Qualified to the Quarterfinals QQF QQF QQF QQF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 15 March 2015 Results main FBR grey 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 2015 Playoffs Quarterfinals First leg 7 May 2015 Deportivo Malacateco 0– 0 C.D. Suchitepéquez None None Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía, Malacatán 1,077 J. Polanco 8 May 2015 Club Xelajú MC 1–0 Antigua GFC Luis Javier Guarino 86 None Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango 4,455 O. Aldana Second leg 10 May 2015 C.D. Suchitepéquez 1–0 Deportivo Malacateco Emiliano Ariel Lopez 13 None Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate. 11 May 2015 Antigua GFC 3–0 Club Xelajú MC Oscar Isula 41 Alejandro Galindo 47 Oscar Isula 54 None Estadio Pensativo, Antigua Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate. Semifinals First leg 14 May 2015 Antigua GFC 1–5 C.S.D. Comunicaciones Alejandro Galindo 30 Jairo Arreola 9 77 Carlos Castrillo 11 Agustin Herrera 23 Ruben Morales 43 Estadio Pensativo, Antigua 15 May 2015 C.D. Suchitepéquez 0–0 C.S.D. Municipal None None Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango Second leg 17 May 2015 C.S.D. Comunicaciones 1–1 Antigua GFC Carlos Fernandez24 b29 TBD Comunicaciones won 6–2 on aggregate. 18 May 2015 C.S.D. Municipal 3–1 [] C.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 20 May 2015 22:00 CST Municipal 0–2 https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2015/05/21/guatemala/liga-nacional/csd-municipal/csd-comunicaciones/2033991/ C.S.D. Comunicaciones Jose M. Contreras 40 Agustin E. Herrera 43 Estadio Mateo Flores,Guatemala City 12,500 M. Escobar (Guatemala) Second leg 23 May 2015 20:00 CST Comunicaciones 2–3 https://www.tudn.com/futbol/comunicaciones-hace-historia-y-se-convierte-en-hexacampeon-de-guatemala Municipal Jose M. Contreras 77 Agustin E. Herrera 82 Maximiliano Callorda 15 Carlos Ruiz 21, 89 Estadio Mateo Flores,Guatemala City 20,000 W. Lopez (Guatemala) Comunicaciones won 4–3 on aggregate. Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1ARG Emiliano Ariel López C.D. Suchitepéquez122PAN Rolando BlackburnCSD Comunicaciones113GUA José Manuel ContrerasCSD Comunicaciones94GUA Carlos RuizC.S.D. Municipal75 URU Luis Javier María GuarinoClub Xelajú MC66 URU Adrian Apellaniz Deportivo Petapa57GUA Jonny Brown Deportivo Marquense58 MEX Agustín Herrera CSD Comunicaciones59GUA Oscar IsaulaAntigua GFC510GUA Wilber Perez Deportivo Petapa5 List of foreign players in the league This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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. Antigua Brazil Anderson Pasos Baptista Costa Rica Olman Vargas Colombia Roberto Carlos Pena Costa Rica Minor Álvarez Coatepeque Panama Jose Calderon Panama Armando Polo Brazil Augusto César Gómez Costa Rica Roberto Porras Comunicaciones El Salvador Paolo Suarez Paraguay Joel Benítez Panama Rolando Blackburn Mexico Agustín Herrera Guastatoya Paraguay Victor Solalinde Colombia Diner Cordoba Paraguay Gabriel Garcete Argentina Fernando Gallo Halcones Brazil Evandro Ferreira de Moura Brazil Ismael Soares Honduras Romel Murillo Argentina Fernando Gallo Malacateco Colombia Ricardo Mina Romero Mexico Leonardo García Mexico Ricardo Rocha Honduras Orvin Paz Honduras Randy Diamond 13px (player released during the season) Marquense None Municipal El Salvador Kevin Santamaria El Salvador Jaime Alas Uruguay Maximiliano Callorda Uruguay Diego de Souza Petapa Argentina Juan Lovato Uruguay Adrian Apellaniz Brazil Lucas Marçal Suchitepéquez Belize Shane Orio Uruguay Jesús Benítez Colombia Jefferson Angulo USAC Argentina Fernando Gallo Honduras Sergio Mendoza Uruguay Guillermo Reyes Xelajú Brazil Juliano Rangel de Andrade Uruguay Javier Guarino USA Aslinn Rodas References External links https://www.prensalibre.com/Deportes/FutbolNacional Category:Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala seasons 1 Guatemala