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| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 July 2014 – 23 May 2015 |
| Champions | Apertura: Comunicaciones (29th title) Clausura: Comunicaciones (30th title) |
| Relegated | Halcones Coatepeque |
| Champions League | Comunicaciones TBD |
| Matches | 120 |
| Goals | 300 (2.5 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Carlos Ruíz (12) |
| Biggest home win | Municipal 6 Coatepeque 0 (September 21, 2014) |
| Biggest away win | Xelajú 1 Comunicaciones 3 (August 24, 2014) Suchitepéquez 1 Deportivo Petapa 3 (August 31, 2014) |
| Longest winning run | Municipal (4) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Municipal (7) |
| Longest winless run | Antigua GFC (10) |
| Longest losing run | Coatepeque (3) |
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The2014–15 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 62nd professional season of the top-flight football league inGuatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the2014 Apertura and the2015 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams.
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.
The2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 20, 2014.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 43 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Marquense | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 42 | |
| 3 | Municipal | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 39 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 31 | |
| 5 | Petapa | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 30 | |
| 6 | Antigua | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 30 | |
| 7 | Xelajú | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | USAC | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 26 | |
| 9 | Malacateco | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 26 | |
| 10 | Guastatoya | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 25 | |
| 11 | Halcones | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 23 | |
| 12 | Coatepeque | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 17 |
| Home \ Away | ANT | COA | COM | GUA | HAL | MAL | MAR | MUN | PET | SUC | USC | XEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Coatepeque | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Comunicaciones | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Guastatoya | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| Halcones | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Malacateco | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Marquense | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Municipal | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| Petapa | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Suchitepéquez | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
| USAC | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
| Xelajú MC | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Petapa | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Suchitepéquez | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Suchitepéquez | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Comunicaciones | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Municipal | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Municipal | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Antigua | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Marquense | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Municipal | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Petapa | 2 – 1 | Suchitepéquez |
|---|---|---|
Adrian Apellaniz 89'Marbel Aragon 90' | Emiliano Ariel Lopez 35' |
| Municipal | 1 – 0 | Antigua |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Santamaria 45' | None |
| Suchitepéquez | 3 – 0 | Petapa |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Barrios 54' Hugo Prieto 66'German Esquivel 85' | None |
| Suchitepéquez | 1 – 1 | Comunicaciones |
|---|---|---|
| Luis Mora 46' | Joel Francisco Benitez 75' |
| Municipal | 3 – 0 | Marquense |
|---|---|---|
| Maximiliano Callorda 40' 71' Kevin Santamaria 43' |
| Marquense | 1 – 2 | Municipal |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Norales 59' | Hamilton López 6' Osman López 39' |
| Municipal | 1 – 1 | Comunicaciones |
|---|---|---|
| Maximiliano Callorda 64' | Joel Francisco Benitez 69' |
| Comunicaciones | 2 – 1 | Municipal |
|---|---|---|
| Agustín Herrera 4',25' | Cristian Jiménez 71' |
| Rank | Player | Club | Home | Away | Goals[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Carlos Ruíz | Municipal | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 |  Fernando Gallo | Halcones FC | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Emiliano Ariel López | Suchitepéquez | 8 | 10 | |
| Wilber Pérez | Petapa | 7 | 3 | ||
| 4 |  Adrián Apellaniz | Petapa | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 |  Rolando Blackburn | Comunicaciones | 7 | 1 | 8 |
This is a list offoreign players inClausura 2014. The following players:
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.
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The2015 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2015 and ended on 23 May 2015.
| Team | Chairman | Head coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua | Rafael Arreaga | Mauricio Tapia | TBD | Pegamex |
| Coatepeque | Eduardo Avila | Manuel Castañeda | Puma | TBD |
| Comunicaciones |  Pedro Portilla | William Coito Olivera | Puma | TBD |
| Guastatoya | | Ariel Sena | TBD | TBD |
| Halcones | TBD |  Ronald Gomez | TBD | TBD |
| Malacateco | TBD |  Emilio Umanzor | TBD | TBD |
| Marquense | TBD | Carlos Washington Blanco | TBD | TBD |
| Municipal | TBD | Enzo Trossero | TBD | TBD |
| Petapa | TBD | Pablo Centrone | TBD | TBD |
| Suchitepéquez | TBD | Walter Claverí | TBD | TBD |
| USAC | TBD | Francisco Melgar Samayoa | TBD | TBD |
| Xelajú | TBD | Nahúm Espinoza | RetoSports | TBD |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Coatepeque | Manuel Castañeda | Sacked | Feb 2015 | Héctor Julián Trujillo | Feb 2015 | 12th (Clausura 2015) |
| Universidad SC | Francisco Melgar Samayoa | Sacked | 2015 | Roberto Gamarra | 2015 | 9th (Clausura 2015) |
| Deportivo Coatepeque | Héctor Julián Trujillo | resigned | 2015 |  Sergio Pardo | 2015 | 12th (Clausura 2015) |
| Deportivo Coatepeque | Sergio Pardo | Sacked | April 2015 | Otto Muñoz | April 2015 | 12h (Clausura 2015) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 14 | +36 | 48 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Municipal | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 42 | |
| 3 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 38 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Antigua GFC | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 35 | |
| 5 | Xelajú | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 31 | |
| 6 | Malacateco | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 29 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Petapa | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 28 | |
| 8 | Marquense | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 27 | |
| 9 | Universidad SC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 26 | |
| 10 | Guastatoya | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 22 | |
| 11 | Halcones | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 20 | |
| 12 | Coatepeque | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 17 |
| Home \ Away | ANT | COA | COM | GUA | HAL | MAL | MAR | MUN | PET | SUC | USC | XEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua GFC | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Coatepeque | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Comunicaciones | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
| Guastatoya | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Halcones FC | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |
| Malacateco | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Marquense | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Municipal | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Petapa | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Suchitepéquez | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Universidad SC | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Xelajú MC | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Malacateco | 0– 0 | C.D. Suchitepéquez |
|---|---|---|
| None | None |
| Club Xelajú MC | 1 – 0 | Antigua GFC |
|---|---|---|
| Luis Javier Guarino 86' | None |
| C.D. Suchitepéquez | 1 – 0 | Deportivo Malacateco |
|---|---|---|
| Emiliano Ariel Lopez 13' | None |
Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Antigua GFC | 3 – 0 | Club Xelajú MC |
|---|---|---|
| Oscar Isula 41' Alejandro Galindo 47'Oscar Isula 54' | None |
Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Antigua GFC | 1 – 5 | C.S.D. Comunicaciones |
|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Galindo 30' | [3] | Jairo Arreola 9' 77' Carlos Castrillo 11'Agustin Herrera 23'Ruben Morales 43' |
| C.D. Suchitepéquez | 0 – 0 | C.S.D. Municipal |
|---|---|---|
| None | None |
| C.S.D. Comunicaciones | 1-1 | Antigua GFC |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Fernandez 24' | b 29' |
Comunicaciones won 6-2 on aggregate.
| C.S.D. Municipal | 3-1 | C.D. Suchitepéquez |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Ruiz 40' Cristian Noriega 50'Mauro Portillo 88' | [] | Emerson Cabrera 26' |
Municipal won 3-1 on aggregate.
| Municipal | 0 – 2 | C.S.D. Comunicaciones |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Jose M. Contreras 40' Agustin E. Herrera 43' |
| Comunicaciones | 2 – 3 | Municipal |
|---|---|---|
| Jose M. Contreras 77' Agustin E. Herrera 82' | Report | Maximiliano Callorda 15' Carlos Ruiz 21', 89' |
Comunicaciones won 4-3 on aggregate.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emiliano Ariel López | C.D. Suchitepéquez | 12 |
| 2 | Rolando Blackburn | CSD Comunicaciones | 11 |
| 3 | José Manuel Contreras | CSD Comunicaciones | 9 |
| 4 | Carlos Ruiz | C.S.D. Municipal | 7 |
| 5 | Luis Javier María Guarino | Club Xelajú MC | 6 |
| 6 | Adrian Apellaniz | Deportivo Petapa | 5 |
| 7 | Jonny Brown | Deportivo Marquense | 5 |
| 8 | Agustín Herrera | CSD Comunicaciones | 5 |
| 9 | Oscar Isaula | Antigua GFC | 5 |
| 10 | Wilber Perez | Deportivo Petapa | 5 |
This is a list offoreign players inClausura 2014. The following players:
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.
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