2014–15 Guatemalan Liga Nacional Explained

Competition:Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season:2014–15
Dates:19 July 2014 - 23 May 2015
Winners:Apertura:
Comunicaciones (29th title)
Clausura:
Comunicaciones (30th title)
Matches:120
Total Goals:300
League Topscorer:Carlos Ruíz (12)
Biggest Home Win:Municipal 6
Coatepeque 0
(September 21, 2014)
Biggest Away Win:Xelajú 1
Comunicaciones 3
(August 24, 2014)
Suchitepéquez 1
Deportivo Petapa 3
(August 31, 2014)
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Comunicaciones
TBD
Longest Wins:Municipal (4)
Longest Unbeaten:Municipal (7)
Longest Winless:Antigua GFC (10)
Longest Losses:Coatepeque (3)
Prevseason:2013–14
Nextseason:2015–16

The 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 16th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season was used. The season began on 19 July 2014 and ended on 23 May 2015.

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

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
Antigua GFCAntigua Guatemala, SacatepequezPensativo9,000
CoatepequeCoatepeque, QuetzaltenangoIsrael Barrios20,000
ComunicacionesGuatemala, GuatemalaCementos Progreso16,000
GuastatoyaGuastatoya, El ProgresoDavid Cordón Hichos3,000
Halcones FCLa Mesilla, HuehuetenangoComunal5,340
MalacatecoMalacatán, San MarcosSanta Lucía7,000
MarquenseSan Marcos, GuatemalaMarquesa de la Ensenada10,000
MunicipalGuatemala, GuatemalaManuel Felipe Carrera7,500
PetapaSan Miguel Petapa, GuatemalaJulio Armando Cobar7,000
SuchitepéquezMazatenango, SuchitepéquezCarlos Salazar Hijo12,000
Universidad SCGuatemala, GuatemalaRevolución5,000
Xelajú MCQuetzaltenangoMario Camposeco11,000

Torneo Apertura

The 2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 20, 2014.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First leg

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Second leg

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Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

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Finals

Second leg

Top Goalscorers

RankPlayerClubHomeAwayGoals[1]
1 Carlos RuízMunicipal8412
2 Fernando Gallo Halcones FC9211
3 Emiliano Ariel LópezSuchitepéquez810
Wilber PérezPetapa73
4 Adrián ApellanizPetapa549
5 Rolando BlackburnComunicaciones718

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. 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

Deportivo Coatepeque

CSD Comunicaciones

Guastatoya

Halcones FC

Deportivo Malacateco

(player released during the season)

Deportivo Marquense

C.S.D. Municipal

Deportivo Petapa

C.D. Suchitepéquez

Universidad de San Carlos (Guatemalan football club)

Club Xelajú MC

Torneo Clausura

The 2015 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2015 and ended on 23 May 2015.

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamChairmanHead CoachKitmakerShirt sponsor
Rafael Arreaga Mauricio TapiaTBDPegamex
Eduardo Avila Manuel CastañedaPumaTBD
Pedro Portilla William Coito OliveraTBDTBD
Ariel SenaTBDTBD
TBD Ronald GomezTBDTBD
Malacateco TBD Emilio UmanzorTBDTBD
TBD Carlos Washington BlancoTBDTBD
TBD Enzo TrosseroTBDTBD
TBD Pablo CentroneTBDTBD
TBD Walter ClaveríTBDTBD
TBD Francisco Melgar SamayoaTBDTBD
TBD Nahúm EspinozaRetoSportsTBD

During the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Manuel CastañedaSackedFeb 2015 Héctor Julián TrujilloFeb 201512th (Clausura 2015)
Francisco Melgar SamayoaSacked2015 Roberto Gamarra20159th (Clausura 2015)
Héctor Julián Trujilloresigned2015 Sergio Pardo201512th (Clausura 2015)
Sergio PardoSackedApril 2015 Otto Muñoz April 201512h (Clausura 2015)

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First leg

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Second leg

Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.

----Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

Comunicaciones won 6-2 on aggregate.----Municipal won 3-1 on aggregate.

Finals

Second leg

Comunicaciones won 4-3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Emiliano Ariel LópezC.D. Suchitepéquez12
2 Rolando BlackburnCSD Comunicaciones11
3 José Manuel ContrerasCSD Comunicaciones9
4 Carlos RuizC.S.D. Municipal7
5 Luis Javier María GuarinoClub Xelajú MC6
6 Adrian ApellanizDeportivo Petapa5
7 Jonny BrownDeportivo Marquense5
8 Agustín HerreraCSD Comunicaciones5
9 Oscar IsaulaAntigua GFC5
10 Wilber PerezDeportivo Petapa5

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. 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

Deportivo Coatepeque

CSD Comunicaciones

Guastatoya

Halcones FC

Deportivo Malacateco

(player released during the season)

Deportivo Marquense

C.S.D. Municipal

Deportivo Petapa

C.D. Suchitepéquez

Universidad SC

Club Xelajú MC

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guatefutbol- Estadísticas LNF: Tabla de Goleo. 19 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141021234808/http://www.guatefutbol.com/liga-nacional/estadisticas-lnf. 2014-10-21. dead.