Football league season
The 2018–19 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 21st 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 in July 2018 and ended in May 2019.
Location of the
2018–19 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams
A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2017–18 Primera División.
Deportivo Marquense and C.D. Suchitepéquez were relegated to 2018–19 Primera División the previous season.
The relegated team was replaced by the 2017–18 Primera División winners. Chiantla and Deportivo Iztapa .
Promoted from Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2018.
Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2018.
Team
Chairman
Head Coach
Captain
Kitmaker
Shirt Sponsors
Antigua GFC
Víctor Hugo García
Juan Antonio Torres
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Chiantla
Damián Mérida
Alberto Salguero
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Coban Imperial
Jimmy Morales
Fabricio Benitez
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Comunicaciones
Pedro Portilla
William Coito Olivera
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Guastatoya
Léster Rodríguez
Amarini Villatoro
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Iztapa
Mario Mejía
Francisco Melgar
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Malacateco
Carlos Gutiérrez
Ronald Gómez
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
CSD Municipal
Gerardo Villa
Horacio Cordero
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Petapa
Luis Reyes
Norman Martin
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Sanarate
Ángel Pantaleón
Ariel Sena
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Siquinalá
Juan Pablo Godíne
Otto Rodríguez
Kelme
TBD
Xelajú MC
Francisco Santos
Walter Horacio González
TBD
TBD
Tigo , TBD
Managerial changes
Beginning of the season
Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Replaced by
Date of appointment
Position in table
Petapa
Ramiro Cepeda
Resigned
May 2018
Rafael Loredo
May 2018
th (Clausura 2018)
Xelaju
Walter Claveri
Resigned to become coach of the national team
July 2018
Ramiro Cepeda
July 2018
th (Clausura 2018)
During the Apertura season
Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Replaced by
Date of appointment
Position in table
Chiantla
Marvin Hernández
Sacked
August 2018
Alberto Salguero
September 2018
12th (Apertura 2018)
Municipal
Hernan Medford
Resigned
September 2018
Horacio Cordero
September 2018
th (Apertura 2018)
Siquinalá
Daniel Berta
TBD
October 2018
Otto Rodríguez
October 2018
th (Apertura 2018)
Sanarate
Pablo Centrone
TBD
October 2018
Julián Trujillo
October 2018
th (Apertura 2018)
Between Apertura and Clausura seasons
Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Replaced by
Date of appointment
Position in table
Antigua GFC
Mauricio Tapia
Contract finished
December 2018
Juan Antonio Torres
January 2019
Th (Apertura 2018)
During the Clausura season
Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Replaced by
Date of appointment
Position in table
Sanarate
Héctor Julian Trujillo
Sacked
February 2019
Ariel Sena
February 2019
th (Clausura 2019)
Xelaju
Ramiro Cepeda
Sacked
March 2019
Walter Horacio González
March 2019
8th (Clausura 2019)
Petapa
Rafael Loredo
Sacked
March 2019
Norman Martin
March 2019
12th (Clausura 2019)
Apertura
League table
Source:
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
Final
First leg
Second leg
Clausura
League table
Source:
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
First legs
Second legs
Guastatoya advances 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Malacateco advances 3–0 on away goals .
Semifinals
First legs
Second legs
Antigua GFC advances 2-1 on aggregate.
Malacateco advances 2–3 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Aggregate table
Source:
Soccerway Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ As Apertura champions (GUA1)
^ As runners-up with better aggregate record (GUA3)
^ As Clausura champions (GUA2)
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in 2018-2019 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. [2] Archived 2018-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
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.
Antigua GFC
Agustin Herrera
Alejandro Diaz
Jose Mena
Adrián De Lemos
Anllel Porras
Rafael Lezcano
Juan David Osorio
Pablo Mingorance
Chiantla
Luis Omar Hernández
Liborio Vicente Sánchez
Sergio Alejandro Blancas Martínez
José Abraham Alpuche
Juan Carlos Meza
Diego Bartolota
Daniel Guzmán Miranda
Coban Imperial
Álvaro García
Adrián Elois Leites
Janderson Pereira
Josue Flores
Victor Guay
Jonathan Charquero
Jorge Luis Sotomayor
Orlando Moreira
Guastatoya
Isaac Acuña
Omar Dominguez
Emmanuel Alejandro Tapia
Jose Coreno
Aaron Navarro
Jose Sanchez
Jorge Ignacio Gatgens
José Calderón
Sanarate
Juan Lovato
Cristian Alexis Hernández
Juan Manuel Lazaneo
Fabián Castillo
Lucas Emanuel Acosta
Cristian Daniel Taborda
Víctor Bolivar
Jorge Zaldivar
Jonathan Posas
William Zapata
Juan Carlos Silva
Siquinalá
Quiarol Arzu
Cesar García
Jean Andrés Scott Hernández
Othoniel Arce
Verny Scott
Diego Sanchez Corrales
Luis Gerardo Arroyo
Julio Andrés Valdez
Sergio Alejandro Blancas
Christopher Solano
(player released during the Apertura season)
(player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons)
(player released during the Clausura season)
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