| Competition: | Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Apertura: Antigua (2nd title) Clausura: Municipal (30th title) |
| League Topscorer: | TBD (12) |
| Biggest Home Win: | TBDl 6 TBD 0 (2015) |
| Biggest Away Win: | TBD 1 TBD 3 (2015) |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | None due to FA suspension |
| Continentalcup2: | CONCACAF League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | None due to FA suspension |
| Longest Wins: | TBD (4) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | TBD (7) |
| Longest Winless: | TBD (10) |
| Longest Losses: | TBD (3) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 19th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 2016 and will end in 2017.
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.
The 2016 Torneo Apertura began in July 2016 and will end in December 2016.
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Arreaga |  Mauricio Tapia | TBD | Pegamex | ||
| Douglas Delgado | Javier Martínez | TBD | TBD | ||
| Ariel Sena | Puma | TBD | |||
 Pedro Portilla | Iván Franco Sopegno | TBD | TBD | ||
| Amarini Villatoro | TBD | TBD | |||
| Malacateco | TBD | Ronald Gómez | TBD | TBD | |
| TBD | Néstor Emilio Soria | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Sergio Guevara | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Gustavo Machaín | TBD | TBD | ||
| Mynor Morales | Ramiro Cepeda | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Enrique Maximiliano Meza | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Rafael Loredo | RetoSports | TBD |
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Comunicaciones won 2–0 on aggregate.----Malacateco won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Municipal won 2–1 on aggregate.----1-1 on aggregate. Antigua GFC progresses as the higher seed.
2-2 on aggregate. Antigua GFC wins 5-4 on penalties.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Petapa | Pablo Centrone | Sacked | May 2016 | Ramiro Cepeda | May 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) |
| Xelajú | Carlos Jurado | Contract not extended | May 2016 | Rafael Loredo | May 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) |
| Deportivo Carcha | Daniel Orlando Berta | Contract not extended | May 2016 | Javier Martínez | June 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) |
| C.D. Suchitepéquez | Douglas Zamora | Sacked | June 2016 | Enrique Maximiliano Meza | June 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) |
| Cobán Imperial | Héctor Julián Trujillo | Sacked | June 2016 | Ariel Sena | June 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | Resigned | 2016 | TBD | 2016 | th (2016) | |
| Deportivo Carcha | Javier Martínez | Resigned | 2016 | Héctor Julián Trujillo | 2016 | th (Apertura 2015) |
| Néstor Emilio Soria | Sacked | 2016 |  Sergio Pardo | 2016 | th (Apertura 2015) | |
| Roque Raúl Alfaro | Sacked | 2016 | Amarini Villatoro | 2016 | th (Apertura 2015) | |
| TBD | Sacked | 2016 | TBD | 2016 | th (Apertura 2015) | |
This is a list of foreign players in 2016-2017 season. The following players:
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.
Víctor Bolivar
Jorge Zaldívar Manfred Russell Francisco Ladogana
Orlando Moreira Víctor Solalinde
Álvaro García
Juan Barrera Diego Estrada Joel Benítez Emiliano Lopez
Juan Aguirre Marlon Negrete William Negrete
Ricardo Romero Juan Carlos Meza Jhon Jairo Palacios Carlos Díaz Ricardo Rocha(player released during the season)
Matías Triofini Darío Flores Carlos Kamiani
Janderson Pereira
Jaime Alas Gastón Puerari Juan Lovato Adrian Apellaniz Matías Quinteros Francisco Ladogana Mauricio Gerni Omar Salazar
David MonsalveCarchá
Pablo Pereira Cesar Ivan Garcia Luis Rene Rodas
Kamar Kayode Oshioke Cristhian Lagos Juliano Rangel de Andrade Juan Baena José MendozaThe 2017 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2017 and end in May 2017.
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Arreaga | Mauricio Tapia | TBD | Pegamex | ||
| TBD | Daniel Orlando Berta | TBD | TBD | ||
| Fabricio Chapa Benitez | Puma | TBD | |||
| Pedro Portilla | Iván Franco Sopegno | TBD | TBD | ||
| Ariel Sena | TBD | TBD | |||
| Malacateco | TBD | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | TBD | TBD | |
| TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
| TBD | Sergio Guevara | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Gustavo Machaín | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Pablo Centrone | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Walter Claverí | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Hernán Medford | RetoSports | TBD |
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Guastatoya won 4–2 on aggregate.----Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Municipal won 3–1 on aggregate.----Guastatoya won 5-4 on aggregate.
Municipal won 2-0 on aggregate.
Three teams would have qualified for CONCACAF club competitions, but due to FIFA's suspension of Guatemala, these spots were given to other Central American countries.