2013–14 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season2013–14
ChampionsApertura:
Comunicaciones (27th title)
Clausura:
Comunicaciones (28th title)
RelegatedMictlán
Iztapa
Matches102
Goals245 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Israel Silva (9 goals)
Biggest home winMunicipal 6–0 USAC (29 September)
Comunicaciones 6–0 Halcones (5 October)
Xelajú 6–0 Mictlán (20 October)
Biggest away winUSAC 0–3 Heredia (10 August)
Iztapa 0–3 Comunicaciones (13 October)
Highest scoringHeredia 4–3 Xelajú (1 September)
Longest winning run5 games by: Comunicaciones
(4 August - 1 September)
Longest unbeaten run6 games by: Comunicaciones
(5 October - 27 October)
Longest winless run10 games by: Iztapa
(15 September - 30 October)
Longest losing run5 games by: Iztapa
(10 August - 4 September)

The 2013–14 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 61st professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2013 Apertura and the 2014 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams.

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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Location of the 2013–14 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Coatepeque Coatepeque Israel Barrios 20,000
Comunicaciones Guatemala City Cementos Progreso 16,000
Halcones Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340
Heredia Morales Estadio Del Monte 8,000
Iztapa Iztapa Estadio Municipal Morón 3,000
Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000
Marquense San Marcos Marquesa de la Ensenada 10,000
Mictlán Asunción Mita La Asunción 3,000
Municipal Guatemala City Mateo Flores 30,000
Suchitepéquez Mazatenango Carlos Salazar Hijo 12,000
Universidad de San Carlos Guatemala City Estadio Revolución 5,000
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000

Apertura

The 2013 Torneo Apertura began on 4 August 2013 and will end in December 2013.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Comunicaciones (Q) 22 14 2 6 44 15 +29 44 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
2 Municipal (Q) 22 13 5 4 37 13 +24 44
3 Heredia (Q) 22 10 5 7 34 25 +9 35
4 USAC (Q) 22 11 2 9 27 33 −6 35
5 Marquense (Q) 22 9 7 6 26 22 +4 34
6 Halcones (Q) 22 8 5 9 23 33 −10 29
7 Malacateco (Q) 22 7 7 8 21 25 −4 28
8 Suchitepéquez (Q) 22 6 9 7 28 26 +2 27
9 Xelajú 22 7 6 9 36 35 +1 27
10 Mictlán 22 6 6 10 20 39 −19 24
11 Coatepeque 22 4 7 11 21 33 −12 19
12 Iztapa 22 3 7 12 19 37 −18 16
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away COA COM HAL HER IZT MAL MAR MIC MUN SUC USC XEL
Coatepeque 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1
Comunicaciones 2–1 6–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 7–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2
Halcones 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
Heredia 2–2 0–2 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–3
Iztapa 0–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 3–2
Malacateco 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Marquense 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Mictlán 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Municipal 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 5–0 1–1 6–0 3–0
Suchitepéquez 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–2 4–1
USAC 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–1
Xelajú 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–0 3–3 6–0 1–1 2–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Comunicaciones 2 0 2
8 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1
1 Comunicaciones 0 4 4
5 Marquense 1 0 1
4 USAC 0 1 1
5 Marquense 3 0 3
1 Comunicaciones 0 3 3 (4)
3 Heredia 2 1 3 (3)
3 Heredia 0 4 4
6 Halcones 0 0 0
3 Heredia 3 1 4
2 Municipal 0 1 1
2 Municipal 2 2 4
7 Malacateco 2 1 3

Quarterfinals

First leg
C.D. Suchitepéquez1– 2Comunicaciones
J. Hidalgo 20' Report J. Marquez 27'
M. López 46'
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: Oscar Reyna
Marquense3 – 0USAC
J. Alvarez 45+1'
J. Ortíz 59'
E. Fuentes 72'		 Report
Attendance: 5,077
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra
Halcones0 – 0Heredia
Report
Attendance: 263
Referee: Ruben Castellanos
Malacateco2 – 2Municipal
R. Peña 16'
A. Apellaniz 37'		 Report D. Oliva 4'
D. Oliva 34'
Attendance: 1,380
Referee: Ever López
Second leg
Comunicaciones0 – 0C.D. Suchitepéquez
Report
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: Mario Ramirez
USAC1 – 0Marquense
J. Alvarez (OG) 45' Report
Attendance: 1,449
Referee: Jonathan Polanco
Heredia4 – 0Halcones
O. López 43'
O. López 56'
W. Velásquez 85'
O. López 86'		 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Oswaldo Aldana
Municipal2 – 1Malacateco
L. Monje 13'
M. Rodríguez 71'		 Report R. Porras 30'
Attendance: 3,663
Referee: Bryan López

Semifinals

First leg
Marquense1 – 0Comunicaciones
J. Alvarez 33' Report
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Oswaldo Aldana
Heredia3 – 0Municipal
A. Andrade 9'
D. Espinoza 19'
N. Miranda 82'		 Report
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Jonathan Polanco
Second leg
Comunicaciones4 – 0Marquense
J. Paredes 27'
P. Suárez 46'
J. Arreola 73'
J. Márquez 80'		 Report
Attendance: 2,889
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra
Municipal1 – 1Heredia
M. Rodríguez 17' Report M. López 40'
Attendance: 3,756
Referee: Walter Lopez

Finals

First leg
Heredia2 – 0Comunicaciones
N. Miranda 84'
A. Andrade 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra
Second leg
Comunicaciones3 – 1
4 – 3 (pen.)		Heredia
J. Contreras 64', 68'
Paolo Suárez 88'		 Report A. Andrade 26'
Attendance: 11,398
Referee: Walter Lopez

Clausura

The 2014 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2014 and will end in May 2014.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Coatepeque Guatemala Guatemala Carlos Castillo TBD TBD
Comunicaciones Guatemala Argentina Iván Sopegno Puma TBD
Halcones Guatemala TBD Costa Rica Rónald Gómez TBD TBD
Heredia Guatemala Argentina Juan Carlos Elias TBD TBD
Iztapa Guatemala TBD Argentina Gustavo Reinoso TBD TBD
Malacateco Guatemala TBD Costa Rica Mauricio Wright TBD TBD
Marquense Guatemala TBD Guatemala Francisco Melgar TBD TBD
Mictlán Guatemala TBD Chile Sergio Pardo TBD TBD
Municipal Guatemala TBD Uruguay Aníbal Ruiz TBD TBD
Suchitepéquez Guatemala TBD Guatemala Walter Claverí TBD TBD
USAC Guatemala TBD Argentina Horacio Cordero TBD TBD
Xelajú Guatemala TBD Guatemala Sergio Trujillo RetoSports TBD

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Heredia (Q) 22 11 3 8 50 33 +17 36 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
2 Suchitepéquez (Q) 22 10 6 6 26 20 +6 36
3 Xelajú (Q) 22 9 7 6 33 21 +12 34
4 Comunicaciones (Q) 22 9 7 6 30 19 +11 34
5 Coatepeque (Q) 22 10 4 8 32 37 −5 34
6 USAC (Q) 22 9 6 7 37 26 +11 33
7 Municipal (Q) 22 8 7 7 22 19 +3 31
8 Halcones (Q) 22 8 5 9 19 31 −12 29
9 Mictlán 22 7 7 8 25 34 −9 28
10 Marquense 22 6 8 8 25 35 −10 26
11 Malacateco 22 7 4 11 24 33 −9 25
12 Iztapa 22 3 6 13 24 39 −15 15
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away COA COM HAL HER IZT MAL MAR MIC MUN SUC USC XEL
Coatepeque 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1
Comunicaciones 6–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Halcones 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1
Heredia 5–2 2–1 4–0 3–2 5–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–0
Iztapa 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–5 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1
Malacateco 1–2 1–3 5–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Marquense 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–3
Mictlán 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1
Municipal 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Suchitepéquez 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
USAC 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 6–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Xelajú 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Heredia 0 6 6
8 Halcones 1 1 2
1 Heredia 1 3 4
7 Municipal (a) 1 3 4
2 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1
7 Municipal 4 1 5
7 Municipal 0 0 0
4 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
3 Xelajú 2 2 4
6 USAC 2 0 2
3 Xelajú 1 0 1
4 Comunicaciones 3 1 4
4 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
5 Coatepeque 0 0 0

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 44 23 9 12 74 34 +40 78 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Municipal 44 21 12 11 59 32 +27 75
3 Heredia 44 21 8 15 84 58 +26 71
4 USAC 44 20 8 16 64 59 +5 68
5 Suchitepéquez 44 16 15 13 54 46 +8 63
6 Xelajú 44 16 13 15 69 56 +13 61
7 Marquense 44 15 15 14 51 57 −6 60
8 Halcones 44 16 10 18 42 64 −22 58
9 Malacateco 44 14 11 19 45 58 −13 53
10 Coatepeque 44 14 11 19 53 70 −17 53
11 Mictlán (R) 44 13 13 18 45 73 −28 52 Relegation to the Primera División
12 Iztapa (R) 44 6 13 25 43 76 −33 31
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

References

allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Guatemalan_Liga_Nacional