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- ↑ http://www.flacsoandes.org/dspace/bitstream/10469/1949/14/10.%20Ap%C3%A9ndices.pdf
- ↑ "Guatemala, 100 años de fútbol – 1930–1939". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
- 1 2 "Guatemala, 100 años de fútbol – 1940–1949". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
- ↑ Guatemala – List of Cup Winners
- ↑ Cremas van por su quinta Copa
- ↑ Guatemala 1957/58
- ↑ Guatemala 1959/60
- ↑ Guatemala 1963/64
- ↑ Guatemala 1970/71
- ↑ Guatemala 1971
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