2020–21 Liga Nacional de Guatemala explained

Competition:	Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season:	2020–21
Winners:	Apertura: Guastatoya (3rd title) Clausura: Santa Lucía (1st title)
Relegated:	Sacachispas Sanarate
Continentalcup1:	CONCACAF League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Gustatoya Santa Lucía Comunicaciones
League Topscorer:	Ramiro Rocca - 21 goals
Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

The 2020–21 Liga Nacional de Guatemala season is the 23rd 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 August 2020 and will end in May 2021.

Team information

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2019–20 Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2019–20 Primera División.

Siquinalá and Mixco were relegated to 2020–21 Primera División the previous season.

The relegated team were replaced by the 2019–20 Primera División winners Achuapa and Sacachispas.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Primera División de Ascenso as of August 2020.

Champions: Achuapa and Sacachispas

Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso as of August 2020.

Last Place: Siquinalá and Mixco

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt Sponsors
Achuapa	Francisco Zepeda	Sergio Pardo	Juliano Rangel	NetSportswear	Tigo, Domino’s
Antigua	Víctor Hugo García	Roberto Montoya	Jairo Arreola	NetSportswear	Tigo, TBD
Cobán Imperial	Irasema Meléndez	Ernesto Corti	Jorge Sotomayer	NetSportswear	Tigo, TBD
Comunicaciones	Juan Garcia	Mauricio Tapia	Michael Umaña	Nino	Tigo, Gatorade
Guastatoya	Léster Rodríguez	Willy Coito Olivera	Wilson Pineda	NetSportswear	Tigo, TBD
Iztapa	Mario Mejía	Ramiro Cepeda	Carlos Kamiani Félix	TutoSport	Tigo, TBD
Malacateco	Carlos Gutiérrez	Ronald Gomez	Sixto Betancourt	Silver Sport	Tigo, TBD
Municipal	Gerardo Villa	Sebastian Bini	Jose Mario Rosales	Umbro	Tigo, TBD
Sacachispas	Alexander Hernández	Diego Cerruti	Egidio Arévalo Ríos	NetSportswear	Tigo, TBD
Sanarate	Jahiro Otzoy	Matías Tatangelo	Orlando Moreira	NetSportswear	Tigo, TBD
Santa Lucía	Rodolfo Puertas	Mario Acevedo	Rafael da Roza	TutoSport	Tigo, TBD
Xelajú	Francisco Santos	Marcó Antonio Morales	Pablo Mignorance	MR	Tigo, Domino’s

Managerial changes

During the Apertura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure		Replaced by		width=125px	Position in table
Sacachispas	Erick Gonzalez	Sacked	October 2020	Alejandro Larrera	October 2020	th (Clausura 2018)
Antigua GFC	Juan Antonio Torres	Resigned	November 2020	Jeff Korytoski https://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/futbol-nacional/jeff-ziggy-korytoski-es-el-nuevo-entrenador-de-antigua-gfc-breaking/	November 2020	th (Aperura 2018)
Deportivo Achuapa	Irbin Olivares	Resigned	November 2020	Marvin Ivan Leon	November 2020	th (Clausura 2018)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa	Sergio Guevara	Resigned	December 2020	Mario Acevedo	January 2021	th (Apertura 2020)
Sanarate	Gabriel Castillo	Resigned	December 2020	Matias Tatangelo	January 2021	th (Apertura 2020)
Xelaju	Walter Claveri	Sacked	December 2020	Antonio Morales	January 2021	th (Apertura 2020)

During the Clausura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure		Replaced by		width=125px	Position in table
Antigua GFC	Jeff Korytoski	Resigned	March 2021	Roberto Montoya	March 2021	12th (Clausura 2021)

Apertura

League table

Group A

Group B

Finals

Clausura

League table

Group A

Group B

Finals

Aggerate League table

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2020-2021 season. The following players:

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

Achuapa