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2015–16 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2015–16 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 17th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season was used. The season began in 2015 and ended in 2016.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season2015–16
ChampionsApertura:
Antigua (1st title)
Clausura:
Suchitepéquez (2nd title)
Champions League
Top goalscorerCarlos Kamiani Félix (19) (Apertura)
Carlos Kamiani Félix (15) (Clausura)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Longest winning runTBD (4)
Longest unbeaten runTBD (7)
Longest winless runTBD (10)
Longest losing runTBD (3)

Format

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.

Teams

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Locations of the 2014-15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams
TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
Antigua GFCAntigua Guatemala, SacatepequezPensativo9,000
Cobán ImperialCobán, GuatemalaEstadio José Ángel Rossi15, 000
ComunicacionesGuatemala, GuatemalaCementos Progreso16,000
GuastatoyaGuastatoya, El ProgresoDavid Cordón Hichos3,000
MalacatecoMalacatán, San MarcosSanta Lucía7,000
MarquenseSan Marcos, GuatemalaMarquesa de la Ensenada10,000
MictlanMita, JutiapaEstadio La Asunción3,000
MunicipalGuatemala, GuatemalaManuel Felipe Carrera7,500
PetapaSan Miguel Petapa, GuatemalaJulio Armando Cobar7,000
SuchitepéquezMazatenango, SuchitepéquezCarlos Salazar Hijo12,000
Universidad SCGuatemala, GuatemalaRevolución5,000
Xelajú MCQuetzaltenangoMario Camposeco11,000

Apertura

The 2015 Torneo Apertura began on 13 August 2015 and ended on 21 December 2015.

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamChairmanHead CoachKitmakerShirt sponsor
Antigua GFC Rafael Arreaga Mauricio TapiaTBDPegamex
Cobán Imperial Irasema Melendez Fabricio Chapa BenitezPumaTBD
Comunicaciones Pedro Portilla William Coito OliveraTBDTBD
Guastatoya Ariel SenaTBDTBD
Malacateco TBD Nelson Mauricio AnchetaTBDTBD
Marquense TBD Juan MelgarTBDTBD
Mictlan TBD Sergio GuevaraTBDTBD
Municipal Gerardo Villa Gustavo MachaínTBDDemosPro
Deportivo Petapa TBD Pablo CentroneTBDTBD
Suchitepéquez TBD Walter ClaveríTBDTBD
Universidad SC TBD Roberto GamarraTBDTBD
Xelajú TBD Hernán MedfordRetoSportsTBD

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
C.S.D. Municipal Enzo TrosseroSacked2015 Mauricio Wright2015
Deportivo Malacateco Emilio UmanzorSacked2015 Nelson Mauricio Ancheta2015
Marquense Carlos Washington Blancoresigned2015 Juan MelgarJune 2015
Xelajú Nahúm Espinoza2015 Hernán MedfordJune 2015

During the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Universidad SC Roberto GamarraResignedSeptember 2015 Ramiro CepedaSeptember 201512th (Apertura 2015)
Deportivo Malacateco Nelson Mauricio AnchetaResignedNovember 2015 Ronald GomezNovember 201512th (Apertura 2015)
C.S.D. Municipal Mauricio WrightSackedNovember 2015 Gustavo MachainNovember 20157th (Apertura 2015)

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Xelajú MC2213272217+541Qualified to the Semifinals
2Antigua GFC2211562819+938
3Comunicaciones2211472620+637Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4Guastatoya229763323+1034
5Suchitepéquez2210483627+934
6Petapa229672931−233
7Municipal229492827+131
8Marquense228592228−629
9Cobán Imperial227782026−628
10Mictlan2275102428−426
11Universidad SC2246123136−518
12Malacateco2245132441−1717
Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ AwayANTCOBCOMGUAMALMARMICMUNPETSUCUSCXEL
Antigua GFC0–00–13–02–02–12–10–01–21–01–43–0
Cobán Imperial0–02–12–21–01–01–01–02–33–32–20–0
Comunicaciones1–02–10–02–12–22–11–00–20–11–02–0
Guastatoya1–22–01–14–12–00–03–11–13–02–32–0
Malacateco1–31–02–10–24–02–02–21–10–20–30–1
Marquense1–10–10–32–02–23–12–10–02–02–11–0
Mictlan1–23–02–02–22–20–01–01–02–01–13–1
Municipal1–11–00–10–31–03–12–04–13–23–20–0
Petapa0–21–01–40–04–10–23–03–01–12–12–1
Suchitepéquez3–11–12–01–04–13–02–30–26–02–01–0
Universidad SC0–11–21–12–32–20–12–02–42–02–21–2
Xelajú MC1–03–01–02–02–11–01–01–02–12–01–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Qualifying stageSemifinalsFinals
               
1Xelajú MC022
3Guastatoya 325
4Guastatoya303
5Suchitepéquez303
3Guastatoya202
2Antigua GFC123
3Comunicaciones033
6Petapa000
2Antigua GFC 314
4Comunicaciones303
3 
6 

Quarterfinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ComunicacionesQF1Petapa0–03-0
GuastatoyaQF2Suchitepéquez3–30-0

First leg

Petapa0–0Comunicaciones
Estadio Julio Armando Cóbar, San Miguel, Petapa
Suchitepéquez3–3Guastatoya
Wilson Morales 15'
Ángel Prudencio 16'
Sergio Targua 72'		Víctor Solalinde 41'
Henry Suazo 48'
Edi Guerra 62'
Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango

Second leg

Comunicaciones3-0Petapa
Jose Contreras 10'
Rolando Blackburn 15'
Emiliano Lopez 72'		None'

Comunicaciones won 3–0 on aggregate.

Guastatoya0-0Suchitepéquez
NoneNone
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

1–1 on aggregate. Guastatoya advanced on the away goal rule.

Semifinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Xelajú MC2-5Guastatoya0-32-2
Antigua GFC4-3Comunicaciones3-31-0

First leg

Guastatoya3-0Xelajú MC
Tomas Castillo 10'
Wilson Pineda 70'
Nery Oliva 78'		None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Comunicaciones3-3Antigua GFC
Emiliano Lopez 22'
Brayan Ordóñez 65'
Jairo Arreola 78'		Alex Diaz 32' & 76'
Manfred Russell 86'
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala city

Second leg

Xelajú MC2-2Guastatoya
Kevin Arriola pen 54'
Junior Andrade 79'		Tomás Castillo 33'
Fredy Orellana 91'
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango

Guastatoya won 5–2 on aggregate.

Antigua GFC1-0Comunicaciones
Edgar Chinchilla 91'None
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

Antigua GFC won 4-3 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Guastatoya2-3Antigua GFC2-10-2


First leg

Guastatoya2-1Antigua GFC
Juan Manuel Klug 16'
Edi Guerra 86'		Alejandro Díaz 49'
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

Second leg

Antigua GFC2-0Guastatoya
Oscar Isaula 19'
Edgar Chinchilla 74'		None
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

Antigua GFC won 3-2 on aggregate.


 Apertura 2015 champions 
Antigua GFC
1st title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2015. 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

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.

Clausura

The 2016 Torneo Clausura began on 2016 and will end in 2016.

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamChairmanHead CoachKitmakerShirt sponsor
Antigua GFC Rafael Arreaga Mauricio TapiaTBDPegamex
Cobán Imperial Fabricio Chapa BenitezPumaTBD
Comunicaciones Pedro Portilla Iván Franco SopegnoTBDTBD
Guastatoya Francisco MelgarTBDTBD
Malacateco TBD Rónald GómezTBDTBD
Marquense TBD Néstor Emilio SoriaTBDTBD
Mictlan TBD Sergio GuevaraTBDTBD
Municipal Gerardo Villa Gustavo MachainTBDTBD
Deportivo Petapa TBD Pablo CentroneTBDTBD
Suchitepéquez TBD Walter ClaveríTBDTBD
Universidad SC TBD Ramiro CepedaTBDTBD
Xelajú TBD Hernán MedfordRetoSportsTBD

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Comunicaciones William Coito OliveraSackedDecember 2015 Ivan SopengoDecember 2015th (Apertura 2015)
Guastatoya Ariel SenaResignedDecember 2015 Francisco Melgar2015th (Apertura 2015)
Deportivo Marquense Francisco MelgarResigned due to personal reasonDecember 2015 Néstor Emilio SoriaDecember 2015th (Apertura 2015)
Suchitepéquez Walter ClaveríResigned due to become head of the national teamJanuary 2016 Douglas ZamoraJanuary 2016th (Apertura 2015)

During the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Cobán Imperial Fabricio Chapa BenitezSacked2016 Héctor Julián Trujillo2016th (Clausura 2016)
Guastatoya Francisco MelgarSacked2016 Roque Alfaro2016th (Apertura 2016)
Xelajú Hernán MedfordResigned2016 Carlos Jurado2016th (Apertura 2016)

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Suchitepéquez2212373623+1339Qualified to the Semifinals
2Municipal229942921+836
3Comunicaciones229583227+532Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4Malacateco229493524+1131
5Antigua GFC228772723+431
6Marquense228773029+131
7Guastatoya22101112628−231
8Mictlan228682128−730
9Universidad SC228593229+329
10Xelajú MC225981925−624
11Petapa225893340−723
12Cobán Imperial225891740−2323
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ AwayANTCOBCOMGUAMALMARMICMUNPETSUCUSCXEL
Antigua GFC0–01–33–01–12–42–12–04–10–11–00–0
Cobán Imperial1–11–30–03–22–11–00–13–22–12–20–0
Comunicaciones2–14–01–21–02–24–01–21–11–20–41–0
Guastatoya1–03–00–12–03–42–02–03–11–03–12–0
Malacateco2–19–01–11–01–13–01–03–24–12–02–0
Marquense1–21–11–02–02–11–01–01–01–12–42–2
Mictlan0–01–02–02–11–00–03–32–21–01–03–2
Municipal0–00–02–21–01–01–01–18–23–21–12–1
Petapa1–11–11–16–01–02–13–10–02–12–32–2
Suchitepéquez0–13–02–12–14–13–12–00–02–01–01–1
Universidad SC3–14–01–22–02–10–00–11–20–02–60–0
Xelajú MC1–31–01–01–00–02–11–11–12–10–11–2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
               
1Suchitepéquez224
4Malacateco101
4Malacateco033
5Antigua GFC202
1Suchitepéquez134
3Comunicaciones202
3Comunicaciones314
6Marquense303
2CSD Municipal022
3Comunicaciones112
3 
6 

Quarterfinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Deportivo Malacateco3-0Antigua GFC0–2–
Comunicaciones4–3Marquense3–31–0


First leg

Antigua GFC2–0Deportivo Malacateco
Alexis Matta 35'
Óscar Isaula 58'
Marquense3–3Comunicaciones
Kevin Elias Castellanos 17'
Fank De León 35', 61'		Rolando Blackburn 30'
Emiliano López 58', 85'

Second leg

Comunicaciones won 4–3 on aggregate.

Malacateco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Suchitepéquez–Deportivo Malacateco2–1–
CSD Municipal–Comunicaciones0–1–

First leg

Deportivo Malacateco1-2Suchitepéquez
J. Valenzuela 71'O. Salazar 9'
G. Esquivel 62'
Comunicaciones1-0CSD Municipal
Jairo Arreola 2'

Second leg

Suchitepéquez won 4–1 on aggregate.

Comunicaciones won 2-2 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
–––


First leg

v

Second leg

v

won – on aggregate.

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Suchitepéquez (C, Q)44227157250+22732016–17 CONCACAF Champions League group stage
2Antigua GFC (C, Q)441912135542+1369
3Comunicaciones44209155847+1169
4Municipal441813135748+967
5Guastatoya44198175951+865
6Xelajú MC441811154142−165
7Marquense441612165257−560
8Petapa441414166271−956
9Mictlan441511184556−1156
10Cobán Imperial441215173766−2951
11Malacateco44139225965−648
12Universidad SC441211214876−2847
Updated to match(es) played on 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2016. 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

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.

References

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