The 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 62nd professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2014 Apertura and the 2015 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
TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity Antigua Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez Pensativo 9,000 Coatepeque Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Israel Barrios 20,000 Comunicaciones Guatemala, Guatemala Cementos Progreso 16,000 Guastatoya Guastatoya, El Progreso David Cordón Hichos 3,000 Halcones La Mesilla, Huehuetenango Comunal 5,340 Malacateco Malacatán, San Marcos Santa Lucía 7,000 Marquense San Marcos, Guatemala Marquesa de la Ensenada 10,000 Municipal Guatemala, Guatemala Manuel Felipe Carrera 7,500 Petapa San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala Julio Armando Cobar 7,000 Suchitepéquez Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez Carlos Salazar Hijo 12,000 USAC Guatemala, Guatemala Revolución 5,000 Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000
Apertura The 2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 20, 2014.
Standings
Results
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
First leg
Second leg
Semifinals
First leg
Second leg
Finals
First leg
Second leg
Top Goalscorers
RankPlayerClubHomeAwayGoals1 Carlos RuízMunicipal84122 Fernando Gallo Halcones FC92113 Emiliano Ariel LópezSuchitepéquez810 Wilber PérezPetapa734 Adrián ApellanizPetapa5495 Rolando BlackburnComunicaciones718
List of foreign players in the league This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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.
Antigua GFC Israel Silva Tomas de Souza Roberto Carlos Pena Mario Pineiro
Deportivo Coatepeque Jose Calderon Miguel Lavie
CSD Comunicaciones Paolo Suarez
Guastatoya Diner Cordova Jose de Santiago Victor Solalinde Lelis Roman
Halcones FC TBD
Deportivo Malacateco TBD
(player released during the season)
Deportivo Marquense None
C.S.D. Municipal Kevin Santamaria Santiago Morandi Maximiliano Callorda Diego de Souza
Deportivo Petapa Juan Lovato Adrian Apellaniz
C.D. Suchitepéquez Shane Mooney Orio
Universidad de San Carlos (Guatemalan football club) Fernando Gallo Sergio Mendoza Guillermo Reyes
Club Xelajú MC TBD
Clausura The 2015 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2015 and ended on 23 May 2015.
Personnel and sponsoring 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 TBDHalcones 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
During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in tableDeportivo 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)
Standings
Results
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
First leg
Second leg
Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.
Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semifinals
First leg
Second leg
Comunicaciones won 6–2 on aggregate.
Municipal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Finals
First leg
Second leg
Comunicaciones won 4–3 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Emiliano Ariel López C.D. Suchitepéquez122 Rolando BlackburnCSD Comunicaciones113 José Manuel ContrerasCSD Comunicaciones94 Carlos RuizC.S.D. Municipal75 Luis Javier María GuarinoClub Xelajú MC66 Adrian Apellaniz Deportivo Petapa57 Jonny Brown Deportivo Marquense58 Agustín Herrera CSD Comunicaciones59 Oscar IsaulaAntigua GFC510 Wilber Perez Deportivo Petapa5
List of foreign players in the league This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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.
Antigua Anderson Pasos Baptista Olman Vargas Roberto Carlos Pena Minor Álvarez
Coatepeque Jose Calderon Armando Polo Augusto César Gómez Roberto Porras
Comunicaciones Paolo Suarez Joel Benítez Rolando Blackburn Agustín Herrera
Guastatoya Victor Solalinde Diner Cordoba Gabriel Garcete Fernando Gallo
Halcones Evandro Ferreira de Moura Ismael Soares Romel Murillo Fernando Gallo
Malacateco Ricardo Mina Romero Leonardo García Ricardo Rocha Orvin Paz Randy Diamond
(player released during the season)
Marquense None
Municipal Kevin Santamaria Jaime Alas Maximiliano Callorda Diego de Souza
Petapa Juan Lovato Adrian Apellaniz Lucas Marçal
Suchitepéquez Shane Orio Jesús Benítez Jefferson Angulo
USAC Fernando Gallo Sergio Mendoza Guillermo Reyes
Xelajú Juliano Rangel de Andrade Javier Guarino Aslinn Rodas
References
External links https://www.prensalibre.com/Deportes/FutbolNacional