2019–20 Liga Nacional de Guatemala explained

Competition:Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season:2019–20
Dates:July 2019 – May 2020
Winners:Apertura:
Municipal (31st title)
Clausura:
Cancelled, not awarded
Relegated:Mixco
Siquinalá
Continentalcup1:CONCACAF League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Municipal
Comunicaciones
Antigua
League Topscorer:TBD (TBD) - 0 goals
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2019–20 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 22nd season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top football league in Guatemala, in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season will begin in July 2019 and will end in May 2020.

Team information

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2017–18 Primera División.

Deportivo Petapa and Chiantla were relegated to 2018–19 Primera División the previous season.

The relegated team was replaced by the 2018–19 Primera División winners. F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and Deportivo Mixco.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2019.

Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2019.

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamChairmanHead CoachCaptainKitmakerShirt Sponsors
Antigua GFC Víctor Hugo García Juan Antonio Torres TBDTBDTigo, TBD
Coban Imperial Jimmy Morales Jorge Rodriguez TBDTBDTigo, TBD
Comunicaciones Juan Garcia Mauricio Tapia TBDTBDTigo, TBD
Guastatoya Léster Rodríguez Daniel Alberto Casas Lago TBDTBDTigo, TBD
Iztapa Mario Mejía Alberto Salguero TBDTBDTigo, TBD
Malacateco Carlos Gutiérrez Ronald Gomez TBDTBDTigo, TBD
Mixco Julio Gomez TBDTBDTigo, TBD
CSD Municipal Gerardo Villa Horacio Cordero TBDTBDTigo, TBD
F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa TBD Francisco Melgar TBDTBDTigo, TBD
Sanarate Jahiro Otzoy Rafael Díaz TBDTBDTigo, TBD
Siquinalá Juan Pablo Godíne Antonio AcostaKelmeTBD
Xelajú MC Francisco Santos Walter Horacio González TBDTBDTigo, TBD

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
IztapaResignedMay 2019 Alberto SalgueroMay 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Guastatoya Amarini Villatoro Resigned May 2019 Daniel Alberto Casas LagoMay 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Sanarate Ariel SenaContract finished July 2019 Rafael DíazJuly 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Coban Imperial Fabricio BenitezResigned May 2019 Jorge RodriguezJune 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Comunicaciones William Coito OliveraResigned May 2019 Mauricio TapiaMay 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Santa Lucía Cotz Ramiro CepedaResigned June 2019 Francisco MelgarJune 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Siquinalá Otto RodriguezResigned June 2019 Antonio AcostaJune 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Antigua GFC Juan Antonio TorresResignedJune 2019 Roberto MontoyaJune 2019th (Clausura 2018)

During the Apertura season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureReplaced bywidth=125pxPosition in table
Municipal Horacio CorderoResigned August 2019 Sebastián BiniAugust 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Guastatoya Daniel CasasSacked September 2019 Fabricio BenitezSeptember 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Mixco Julio GomezSacked September 2019 Walter Claverí September 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Izatapa Alberto SalgueroSacked September 2019 Ramiro CepedaSeptember 2019th (Clausura 2018)
Xelaju MC Walter Horacio GonzálezResignedNovember 2019 TBDNovember 2019th (Clausura 2018)

During the Clausura season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureReplaced bywidth=125pxPosition in table
TBD TBDResigned July 2019 TBDJuly 2019th (Clausura 2018)

Apertura

League table

Playoffs

Clausura

League table

Playoffs

Aggregate table

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2019-2020 season. 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. https://lared.com.gt/conoce-a-todos-los-extranjeros-para-el-apertura-2018/

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

Coban Imperial

CSD Comunicaciones

Guastatoya

Deportivo Iztapa

Deportivo Malacateco

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)

Mixco

CSD Municipal

F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa

Sanarate

Siquinalá

Club Xelajú MC

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ¡El Deportivo Mixco es de Liga Mayor!. May 31, 2019. June 2, 2019. June 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190602024324/https://lared.com.gt/el-deportivo-mixco-es-de-liga-mayor/. dead.