Football league season
Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala Season 2017–18 Champions Apertura: Antigua (3rd title) Clausura: Guastatoya (1st title) Champions League TBD CONCACAF League None due to FIFA suspension Matches played 72 Goals scored 174 (2.42 per match) Biggest home win Comunicaciones 5-1 Marquense(23 September 2017) Biggest away win Marquense 0-7 Municipal (2018)
The 2017–18 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 20th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 28 July 2017 and will ended in May 2018.
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.
Managerial changes Beginning of the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Malacateco Resigned May 2017 Mauricio Wright May 2017 th (Clausura 2018)
During the Apertura season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Sanarate Héctor Julián Trujillo Resigned October 2017 Horacio Cordero October 2017 th (Apertura 2015) Deportivo Marquense Óscar Ulises Sosa Sacked September 2017 Gabriel Castillo September 2017 th (Apertura 2015) Cobán Imperial Ariel Sena Sacked August 2017 Fabricio Benitez August 2017 th (Apertura 2015) Municipal Gustavo Machaín Sacked Oct 2017 Ever Hugo Almeida Oct 2017 th (Apertura 2015) C.D. Suchitepequez Walter Claverí Sacked Oct 2017 Erick González Oct 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Between Apertura and Clausura seasons Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Municipal Éver Hugo Almeida Contract finished December 2017 Hernan Medford December 2017 and Runners up (Apertura 2017) Suchitepéquez Erick González Contract finished December 2017 Agustin Castillo December 2017 (Apertura 2017) Sanarate Horacio Cordero Resigned December 2017 Pablo Centrone December 2017 th (Apertura 2015) Siquinalá Jairo Pérez Sacked December 2017 Daniel Berta December 2017 (Apertura 2017)
During the Apertura season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Suchitepéquez Agustin Castillo Sacked February 2018 Eduardo Méndez 2018 th (Clausura 2018) Xelaju MC Ronald Gómez Sacked February 2018 Walter Claveri February 2018 th (Clausura 2018) Malacateco Mauricio Wright Resigned February 2018 Ronald Gómez February 2018 th (Clausura 2018) Comunicaciones Ronald González Sacked February 2018 Willy Coito Olivera February 2018 (Apertura 2017) Marquense Gabriel Castillo Sacked April 2018 Aldo Da Pozzo April 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Apertura The 2017 Torneo Apertura began on 28 July 2017 and will end in December 2017.
Personnel and sponsoring Table Standings Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2017. Source: [1] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2017. Source: [2] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Playoffs Quarterfinals ^ Cobán Imperial wins on away goals
First leg November 29, 2017 (2017-11-29 )
Estadio David Cordón Hichos
December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01 )
Second leg December 2, 2017 (2017-12-02 )
December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04 )
Semifinals ^ Antigua GFC wins on away goals
First leg December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07 )
December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08 )
Second leg December 9, 2017 (2017-12-09 )
December 11, 2017 (2017-12-11 )
Estadio Municipal de San Miguel Petapa
Finals
First leg December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15 )
Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Walter Lopez Castellanos
Second leg December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17 )
Apertura 2017 champions Antigua GFC 3rd title
Clausura The 2018 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2018 and end in May 2018.
Personnel and sponsoring Table Standings Source: [citation needed ]
(May 07, 2018) Publication of the date=15/04/2018 page 60
Results Updated to match(es) played on 2017. Source: [5] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Sanarate 1 1 2 4 Antigua GFC 0 0 0 Xelajú MC 2 1 3 5 Xelajú MC 2 1 3 Xelaju MC 1 0 1 Guastatoya 1 2 3 Cobán Imperial 0 0 0 3 Guastatoya 1 4 5 Guastatoya 1 0 1 6 Siquinalá 1 0 1
Quarterfinals Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Antigua GFC 0 – 3 Xelajú MC 0 – 2 0 – 1 Guastatoya 5 – 1 Siquinalá 1 – 1 4 – 0
First leg May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11 )
TBA UTC−6
Xelajú MC 2 – 0 Antigua GFC Mario Castellanos 14' Jorge Mario Ortiz 18' None
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
May 10, 2018 (2018-05-10 )
TBA UTC−6
Siquinalá 1 – 1 Guastatoya Oscar Martinez 72' Jose Corena 14'
Second leg May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14 )
TBA UTC−6
Antigua GFC 0 – 1 Xelaju MC None Juan Carlos Silva 90'
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua
Xelaju won 3-0 on aggregate.
May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13 )
TBA UTC−6
Guastatoya 4 – 0 Siquinalá Angel Rodriguez 13' 65' Fredy Orellana 74' Jorge Vargas 84' None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Guastatoya won 5-1 on aggregate.
Semifinals Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Sanarate 2 – 3 Xelajú MC 1 – 2 1 – 1 Cobán Imperial 0 – 1 Guastatoya 0 – 1 0 – 0
First leg May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18 )
TBA UTC−6
Xelajú MC 2 – 1 Sanarate Mario Castellanos 39' Jorge Mario Ortiz 44' Erickson Pinzon 76'
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18 )
TBA UTC−6
Guastatoya 1 – 0 Cobán Imperial Omar Dominguez 88' None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Second leg May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20 )
TBA UTC−6
Sanarate 1 – 1 Xelajú MC Kevin Elias 60' Jorge Mario Ortiz 70'
Estadio Municipal de Sanarate, Sanarate
Xelajú MC won 3-2 on aggregate.
May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21 )
TBA UTC−6
Cobán Imperial 0 – 0 Guastatoya None None
Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi, Cobán
Guastatoya won 1-0 on aggregate.
Finals Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Xelaju MC 1 – 3 Guastatoya 1 – 1 0 – 2
First leg May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23 )
TBA UTC−6
Xelaju MC 1 – 1 Guastatoya Héctor Moreira 47' [6] Ángel Rodriguez 64'
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Second leg May 2018 (2018-05 )
TBA UTC−6
Guastatoya 2 – 0 Xelaju MC Jorge Vargas 23' Fredy Orellana 70' [7] None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Clausura 2018 champions Guastatoya 1st title
List of foreign players in the league This is a list of foreign players in 2017-2018 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 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.
Aggregate table Updated to match(es) played on May 7, 2018. Source: [8] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
CONCACAF Champions League playoff After the suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala was lifted by FIFA in June 2018, it was decided that the representative of Guatemala in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League would be decided by a two-legged playoff between the 2017 Apertura champions (Antigua GFC ) and the 2018 Clausura champions (Guastatoya ).[1] The draw for the order of legs was held on 27 June 2018.
8 August 2018 (2018-08-08 )
15:30
22 August 2018 (2018-08-22 )
14:30
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