2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

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Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season2024–25
ChampionsApertura:
Clausura:
Top goalscorer José Martínez
Óscar Villa (7 goals)
2025–26

The 2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala, also known as Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons, [1] is the 72nd season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season began on 3 August 2024, when the Apertura 2024 tournament started, and is scheduled to end in May 2025 with the Clausura 2025 tournament second leg final.

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Competition format

Same as previous years, the season was divided into two short tournaments: Torneo Apertura (opening) and Torneo Clausura (closing), each of which crowning its own champion. Both Apertura and Clausura tournaments were played under the same format which consisted in a Classification phase and a Final phase. [2]

In the classification phase, teams played each other twice on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top eight teams at the conclusion of the classification stage advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stage.

The final phase was played on a single-elimination format and consisted of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. All rounds were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-ranked team in the classification phase of each tie hosting the second leg. The quarter-final pairings were pre-determined based on the teams' final position in the classification phase. In the semi-finals the teams were re-seeded based also on their final position in the classification phase in order to determine the two pairings. The quarter-finals and semi-finals matchups were determined as follows:

Both champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments plus the best placed team on the aggregate table (excluding the two champions) at the end of the season qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.

Teams

A total of 12 teams took part in this season: the top ten teams from the aggregate table of the 2023–24 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2023–24 Primera División season.

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Achuapa El Progreso Winston Pineda 6,000
Antigua Antigua Guatemala Pensativo 10,000
Cobán Imperial Cobán Verapaz 15,000
Comunicaciones Guatemala City Doroteo Guamuch Flores 26,000
Deportivo Zacapa Zacapa Estadio David Ordoñez Bardales 8,100
Guastatoya Guastatoya David Cordón Hichos 3,100
Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000
Marquense San Marcos Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada 11,000
Mixco Mixco Santo Domingo de Guzmán 5,200
Municipal Guatemala City El Trébol 7,500
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,220
Xinabajul-Huehue Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340


Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
TBD Flag of Argentina.svg TBD Contract finished2024 Flag of Argentina.svg TBD 2024th and Quarterfinalist (TBD)
Deportivo Malacateco Flag of Uruguay.svg Gabriel PereyraContract finishedJune 2024 Flag of Mexico.svg Roberto Hernandez June 7, 2024th and Quarterfinalist (TBD)

During the Apertura season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Deportivo Zacapa Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián García AriasSackedSeptember 2024 Flag of Guatemala.svg Rafael Díaz AitkenheadSeptember 2024th (2024 Apertura)
Deportivo Marquense Flag of Guatemala.svg Erick GonzálezMutual Consent2024 Flag of Argentina.svg Mauricio Tapia October 12, 2024th (2024 Apertura)
Comunicaciones Flag of Uruguay.svg Willy OliveraMutual ConsentOctober 14, 2024 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Ronald Gonzalez October 15, 2024th (2024 Apertura)

Between the Apertura and Clausura season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Marquense Flag of Argentina.svg Mauricio TapiaResignedDecember 12, 2024 Flag of Uruguay.svg TBD 2024th (2024 Apertura)
Antigua Flag of Spain.svg Javier LopezResignedDecember 16, 2024 Flag of Argentina.svg Mauricio TapiaDecember 22, 2024th (2024 Apertura)

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2024 tournament began on 3 August and scheduled to end on 23 November 2024. Comunicaciones were the defending champions, having won the Apertura 2023 tournament at the previous season.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Xelajú 16862269+1730Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Municipal 168622515+1030
3 Cobán Imperial 167452516+925
4 Malacateco 167451913+625
5 Xinabajul 167452624+225
6 Comunicaciones 167362423+124
7 Antigua 166552724+323
8 Mixco 166461519422
9 Achuapa 165651517221
10 Guastatoya 162861519414
11 Marquense 1626811261512
12 Zacapa 160610528236
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots. [2]

Results

Home \ Away ACH ANT COB COM GUA MAL MAR MIX MUN XEL XIN ZAC
Achuapa
Antigua
Cobán Imperial
Comunicaciones 1–1
Guastatoya 0–0
Malacateco 0–2
Marquense
Mixco 0–0
Municipal
Xelajú 3–1
Xinabajul 0–3
Zacapa
Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Goals scored during the final phase are not included as the tournament top scorer award only takes into account goals scored in the classification phase. [2]

No.PlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Guatemala.svg Erick Lemus Comunicaciones 9
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Óscar Villa Xelajú 9
3 Flag of Guatemala.svg José Martínez Municipal 7
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolas Martinez Mixco 7
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Santiago Gómez Antigua 6
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Rotondi Municipal 6
7 Flag of Mexico.svg Ángel López Malacateco 5
8 Flag of Guatemala.svg Rudy Munoz Municipal 5
9 Flag of Guatemala.svg Kevin Ramirez Malacateco 5
10 Flag of Paraguay.svg Julio Cesar Rodriguez Xinabajul 5
10 Flag of Guatemala.svg Yeltsin Álvarez Cobán Imperial 4

Final phase – Apertura 2024

The final phase of the Apertura tournament ran from 28 November to 22 December 2024.

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2025 tournament is scheduled to begin in January and end in May 2025. The defending champions are Municipal, who had won the previous Clausura 2024 tournament.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Achuapa 00000000Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Antigua 00000000
3 Cobán Imperial 00000000
4 Comunicaciones 00000000
5 Guastatoya 00000000
6 Malacateco 00000000
7 Marquense 00000000
8 Mixco 00000000
9 Municipal 00000000
10 Xelajú 00000000
11 Xinabajul-Huehue 00000000
12 Zacapa 00000000
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots. [2]

Results

Home \ Away ACH ANT COB COM GUA MAL MAR MIX MUN XEL XIN ZAC
Achuapa
Antigua
Cobán Imperial
Comunicaciones
Guastatoya
Malacateco
Marquense
Mixco
Municipal
Xelajú
Xinabajul-Huehue
Zacapa
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

The aggregate table is used to determine the third qualified team for the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup, besides the Apertura and Clausura champions, and the two relegated teams to the 2025–26 Primera División. [2]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Municipal 158522414+1029Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup
2 Xelajú 15762237+1627
3 Cobán Imperial 157442514+1125
4 Xinabajul 157442522+325
5 Malacateco 156451513+222
6 Mixco 156451316322
7 Comunicaciones 156362222021
8 Antigua 155552523+220
9 Achuapa 155551416220
10 Marquense 1526711221112
11 Guastatoya 151861319611Relegation to Primera División
12 Zacapa 15069426226
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots. [2]

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