2010–11 Guatemalan Liga Nacional Explained

Competition:Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season:2010–11
Winners:Apertura:
Comunicaciones (23rd title)
Clausura:
Comunicaciones (24th title)
Relegated:USAC
Xinabajul
Continentalcup1:2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Comunicaciones
Municipal
Biggest Home Win:Suchitepéquez 7–0 USAC (September 19)
Biggest Away Win:Xinabajul 0–3 Marquense
(July 24)
Comunicaciones 1–4 Municipal
(September 19)
Malacateco 0–3 Heredia
(October 31)
Highest Scoring:Suchitepéquez 4–3 Marquense (September 1)
Suchitepéquez 7–0 USAC (September 19)
Matches:132
Total Goals:320
Prevseason:2009–10
Nextseason:2011–12

The 2010–11 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 12th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The league season is divided into two tournaments, the Apertura, which is played from August to December, and the Clausura which is played from January to May.

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

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
ComunicacionesGuatemalaCementos Progreso16,000
HerediaSan JoséJulian Tesucun8,000
Juventud RetaltecaRetalhuleuÓscar Monterroso8,000
MalacatecoMalacatánSanta Lucía7,000
MarquenseSan MarcosMarquesa de la Ensenada10,000
MictlánAsunción MitaLa Asunción3,000
MunicipalGuatemalaMateo Flores30,000
PeñarolHuehuetenangoLos Cuchumatanes5,340
SuchitepéquezMazatenangoCarlos Salazar Hijo12,000
Universidad San CarlosGuatemalaRevolución USAC5,000
XelajúQuetzaltenangoMario Camposeco11,000
XinabajulHuehuetenangoLos Cuchumatanes5,340

Torneo Apertura

Top scorers

PosPlayerClubGoals
1 Guillermo RamírezMunicipal (Considered the award-winner for playing less minutes)13
Henry HernándezHeredia13
Andy HerronUSAC13
4 Mario RodríguezMunicipal11
5 Israel SilvaXelajú9
6 Martín CrossaXelajú8
Evandro FerreiraSuchitepéquez8
Óscar IsaulaMalacateco8
Johnny RuizMarquense8
10 Jonny BrownMarquense7
Orvelio MazariegosPeñarol7
Tránsito MontepequeComunicaciones7

Playoffs

Torneo Clausura

Top scorers

PosPlayerClubGoals
1 Óscar IsaulaMalacateco7
2 Guilherme de PaulaPeñarol6
Israel SilvaXelajú6
4 Mario CastellanosHeredia5
Fernando GalloJuventud Retalteca5
Henry HernándezHeredia5
Johnny RuizMarquense5
8 Mario RodríguezMunicipal4
9 Rodrigo BenguaMictlán3
Carlos Kamiani FélixUSAC3
Evandro FerreiraSuchitepéquez3
Darwin OlivaMunicipal3

Playoffs

See also

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