| Competition: | Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Winners: | Apertura: Antigua (3rd title) Clausura: Guastatoya (1st title) |
| Matches: | 72 |
| Total Goals: | 174 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Comunicaciones 5-1 Marquense (23 September 2017) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Marquense 0-7 Municipal (2018) |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | TBD |
| Continentalcup2: | CONCACAF League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | None due to FIFA suspension |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 20th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 28 July 2017 and will ended in May 2018.
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.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanarate | Héctor Julián Trujillo | Resigned | October 2017 |  Horacio Cordero | October 2017 | th (Apertura 2015) |
| Óscar Ulises Sosa | Sacked | September 2017 | Gabriel Castillo | September 2017 | th (Apertura 2015) | |
| Ariel Sena | Sacked | August 2017 | Fabricio Benitez | August 2017 | th (Apertura 2015) | |
| Gustavo Machaín | Sacked | Oct 2017 | Ever Hugo Almeida | Oct 2017 | th (Apertura 2015) | |
| C.D. Suchitepequez | Walter Claverí | Sacked | Oct 2017 | Erick González | Oct 2017 | th (Apertura 2015) |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | Éver Hugo Almeida | Contract finished | December 2017 |  Hernan Medford | December 2017 | and Runners up (Apertura 2017) |
| Suchitepéquez | Erick González | Contract finished | December 2017 |  Agustin Castillo | December 2017 | (Apertura 2017) |
| Sanarate | Horacio Cordero | Resigned | December 2017 | Pablo Centrone | December 2017 | th (Apertura 2015) |
| Siquinalá | Jairo Pérez | Sacked | December 2017 | Daniel Berta | December 2017 | (Apertura 2017) |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | width=125px | Position in table | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suchitepéquez | Agustin Castillo | Sacked | February 2018 | Eduardo Méndez | 2018 | th (Clausura 2018) | |
| Xelaju MC | Ronald Gómez | Sacked | February 2018 | Walter Claveri | February 2018 | th (Clausura 2018) | |
| Malacateco | Mauricio Wright | Resigned | February 2018 | Ronald Gómez | February 2018 | th (Clausura 2018) | |
| Comunicaciones | Ronald González | Sacked | February 2018 | Willy Coito Olivera | February 2018 | (Apertura 2017) | |
| Marquense | Gabriel Castillo | Sacked | April 2018 | Aldo Da Pozzo | April 2018 | th (Clausura 2018) | |
The 2017 Torneo Apertura began on 28 July 2017 and will end in December 2017.
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Arreaga | Mauricio Tapia | TBD | Banrural, Horcalba, Pepsi | ||
| Irasema Meléndez | Ariel Sena | TBD | TBD | ||
 Pedro Portilla | Ronald González | Puma | TBD | ||
| Amarini Villatoro | TBD | TBD | |||
| Malacateco | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
| Marquense | TBD | Néstor Emilio Soria | TBD | TBD | |
| TBD | Gustavo Machaín | TBD | TBD | ||
| Deportivo Petapa | Mynor Morales | TBD | TBD | ||
| Sanarate | TBD | Héctor Julián Trujillo | |||
| Siquinalá | TBD | Jairo Pérez | |||
| Suchitepéquez | TBD | Walter Claverí | TBD | TBD | |
| TBD | Ronald Gómez | RetoSports | TBD |
Cobán Imperial wins on away goals
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Antigua GFC wins on away goals
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The 2018 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2018 and end in May 2018.
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Arreaga | Mauricio Tapia | TBD | Pegamex | ||
| TBD | Fabricio Benítez | Puma | TBD | ||
| Pedro Portilla | Willy Coito Olivera | TBD | TBd | ||
| Lester Rodríguez | Amarini Villatoro | TBD | TBD | ||
| Malacateco | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Aldo Da Pozzo | TBD | TBD | ||
| Gerardo Villa | TBD | TBD | |||
| TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
| Sanarate | TBD | ||||
| Siquinalá | TBD | Daniel Berta | |||
| TBD | Othoniel Arce | TBD | TBD | ||
| TBD | Wálter Claverí | RetoSports | TBD |
(May 07, 2018) Publication of the date=15/04/2018 page 60
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Xelaju won 3-0 on aggregate.----Guastatoya won 5-1 on aggregate.
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Xelajú MC won 3-2 on aggregate.----Guastatoya won 1-0 on aggregate.
This is a list of foreign players in 2017-2018 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.
Agustin Herrera Alejandro Diaz José Antonio Mena Adrián De Lemos Calderón Allan Miranda Fabián Arsenio Castillo Manfred Russell
Devaughn Elliot
Maximiliano Lombardi Ignacio Flores Álvaro García
Victor Guay Javier Irazún Manfred Russell Isaac Acuna Cesar Morales Emiliano Lopez Diego Estrada Éric Scott
Josue Flores Omar Dominguez Miguel Puglia
Jose Coreno Aaron Navarro Rafael Lezcano Jhon Hurtado Juan Camilo Aguirre Anllel Porras Conejo Gerardo Putten Juan Osorio Tobón Danilo Suarez Jonathan Piñeiro Correa(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)
Blas Perez Gastón Puerari Jaime Alas Felipe Baloy Víctor Bolivar 
Janderson Pereira Juliano Rangel
Francois Swaby Hugo Acosta Rodrigo Cubilla Juan Lovato William Zapata
Quiarol Arzu Cesar García Verny Scott Diego Sanchez Corrales Pablo Mingorance Kevin Santamaria Jesus Lozano Ze Paulo Othoniel Jaramillo Juan Carlos Silva Juan Yax Brayan Adan MartinezAfter the suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala was lifted by FIFA in June 2018, it was decided that the representative of Guatemala in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League would be decided by a two-legged playoff between the 2017 Apertura champions (Antigua GFC) and the 2018 Clausura champions (Guastatoya).[1] The draw for the order of legs was held on 27 June 2018.