2021–22 Liga Nacional de Guatemala explained

Competition:	Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season:	2021–22
Winners:	Apertura: Malacateco (1st title) Clausura: Comunicaciones (31st title)
Relegated:	Nueva Concepción Sololá
Continentalcup1:	CONCACAF League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Malacateco Comunicaciones Municipal
League Topscorer:	Apertura: Matías Rotondi - 15 Goals Clausura: Isaac Acuña - 12 goals
Biggest Home Win:	Apertura: Malacateco 7-1 Iztapa Clausura: Santa Lucía 8-1 Nueva Concepción
Biggest Away Win:	Apertura: Sololá 0-4 Comunicaciones Clausura: Nueva Concepción 1-5 Iztapa
Longest Unbeaten:	Apertura: (10 Games) Santa Lucía Clausura: (8 Games) Guastatoya
Longest Winless:	Apertura: (7 Games) Achuapa Clausura: (9 Games) Sololá
Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23

The 2021–22 Liga Nacional de Guatemala season was the 24th season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top football league in Guatemala, in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 30 July 2021 and ended on 29 May 2022.

Team Information

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2020–21 Guatemala Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2020–21 Primera División.

Sacachispas and Sanarate were relegated to 2020–21 Primera División the previous season.

The relegated team were replaced by the 2020–21 Primera División winners Nueva Concepción and Sololá.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Primera División de Ascenso as of August 2021.

Nueva Concepción and Sololá

Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso as of August 2021.

Sanarate and Sacachispas

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt Sponsors
Achuapa	Francisco Zepeda	Adrián García Arias (interim)	Juan Cardona	NS Sport	Claro, Banrural, Domino's, Tellioz, Gallo
Antigua	Víctor Hugo García	Dwight Pezzarossi (interim)	Cristian Jiménez	Joma	Tigo, Banrural, Betcris, Domino's, Glucosoral, Mercedes-Benz, Bridgestone
Cobán Imperial	Irasema Meléndez	Sebastián Bini	Janderson	NetSportswear	Tigo, Pepsi, Bantrab, Gatorade, Domino's, Mayafert
Comunicaciones	Juan Garcia	Willy Coito Olivera	José Contreras	Nino	Tigo, Banrural, Gatorade, Pepsi, Zeta Gas
Guastatoya	Léster Rodríguez	Mario Acevedo	Wilson Pineda	NetSportswear	Claro, Banrural, Sistecom, Cementos Progreso, Canal 3
Iztapa	Mario Mejía	Richard Parra	Carlos Kamiani Félix	TutoSport	Tigo, Banrural, Starbus
Malacateco	Carlos Gutiérrez	Roberto Hernández	Sixto Betancourt	Silver Sport	Claro, Betcris, Coca-Cola, Starbus, Z Gas
Municipal	Gerardo Villa	José Cardozo	Ricardo Jérez	Umbro	Claro, Banrural, Bremen, Pepsi, Herbalife
Nueva Concepción	Ezequiel Orellana	Adrián Barrios	Jonathan Muñoz	Jama	Claro, Corporación Smith, Bazar Popular
Sololá	Jahiro Otzoy	Silvio Rudman	Víctor Bolivar	NovaSport	Tigo, Shell, Colua
Santa Lucía	Rodolfo Puertas	Matías Tatangelo	Thales Moreira	NetSportswear	Claro, Banrural, Domino’s, Sistecom, Azúcar de Guatemala
Xelajú	Francisco Santos	Irving Rubirosa	Héctor Moreira	MR	Tigo, Banrural, Domino's, Pepsi, Shell, Gatorade, Zeta Gas

Managerial Changes

Beginning of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Achuapa	Sergio Pardo	Resigned	May 2021	Gustavo Machaín	May 2021	th (Apertura 2021)
Comunicaciones	Mauricio Tapia	Resigned	June 2021	Willy Coito Olivera	June 2021	th (Apertura 2021)
Municipal	Sebastián Bini	Sacked	May 2021	José Cardozo	May 2021	th (Apertura 2021)
Malacateco	Rónald Gómez	Resigned	May 2021	Matías Tatangelo	May 2021	th (Apertura 2021)

During the Apertura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Achuapa	Gustavo Machaín	Sacked	August 21	Raúl Arias	August 22	10th (Apertura 2021)
Malacateco	Matías Tatangelo	Sacked	August 22	Roberto Hernández	August 26	12th (Apertura 2021)
Guastatoya	Rafael Díaz	Sacked	August 29	Daniel Guzmán	August 29	9th (Apertura 2021)
Cobán Imperial	Fabricio Benítez	Sacked	September 22	Sebastián Bini	September 22	12th (Apertura 2021)
Xelajú	Marcó Antonio Morales	Mutual agreement termination	October 18	Irving Rubirosa	October 20	6th (Apertura 2021)
Nueva Concepción	Manuel Castañeda	Resigned	October 25	Gustavo Bobadilla	October 28	12th (Apertura 2021)
Sololá	Marvin Hernández	Sacked	November 2	Rafael Díaz	November 2	9th (Apertura 2021)
Guastatoya	Daniel Guzmán	Resigned	December 1	Josué Omar Morales (interim)	December 2	9th (Apertura 2021)

Pre-Clausura changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Nueva Concepción	Gustavo Bobadilla	Mutual agreement termination	December 8	Irving Olivares	December 8	12th
Santa Lucía	Mario Acevedo	Resigned	December 24	Juan Manuel Funes	December 29	Preseason
Guastatoya	Josué Omar Morales (interim)	End of interim spell	December 27	Mario Acevedo	December 27	Preseason

During the Clausura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Nueva Concepción	Irving Olivares	Sacked	February 5	Adrián Barrios	February 8	12th (Clausura 2022)
Santa Lucía	Juan Manuel Funes	Sacked	February 12	Matías Tatangelo	February 15	8th (Clausura 2022)
Sololá	Rafael Díaz	Mutual agreement termination	February 15	Silvio Rudman	February 17	12th (Clausura 2022)
Achuapa	Raúl Arias	Mutual agreement termination	February 20	Adrian Arias (interim)	February 23	11th (Clausura 2022)
Antigua	Roberto Montoya	Sacked	March 3	Dwight Pezzarossi (interim)	March 4	5th (Clausura 2022)
Iztapa	Ramiro Cepeda	Resigned	March 20	Richard Parra	March 21	10th (Clausura 2022)
Xelajú	Irving Rubirosa	Mutual agreement termination	May 13	Amarini Villatoro	May 24	10th (Clausura 2022)

Apertura

League table

Championship Playoffs

Qualified teams
- Antigua
- Comunicaciones
- Municipal
- Malacateco
- Santa Lucía
- Xelajú
- Iztapa
- Sololá

Final

Second leg

Clausura

League table

Championship Playoffs

Qualified teams

Final

Second leg

Aggregate table

List of Foreign Players

This is a list of foreign players in 2021-2022 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