2013–14 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season	2013–14
Champions	Apertura: Comunicaciones Clausura: Comunicaciones
Matches played	102
Goals scored	245 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Israel Silva (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Municipal 6–0 Universidad (29 September) Comunicaciones 6–0 Halcones (5 October) Xelajú 6–0 Mictlán (20 October)
Biggest away win	Universidad 0–3 Heredia (10 August) Iztapa 0–3 Comunicaciones (13 October)
Highest scoring	Heredia 4–3 Xelajú (1 September)
Longest winning run	5 games by: Comunicaciones (4 August - 1 September)
Longest unbeaten run	6 games by: Comunicaciones (5 October - 27 October)
Longest winless run	10 games by: Iztapa (15 September - 30 October)
Longest losing run	5 games by: Iztapa (10 August - 4 September)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 15th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 4 August 2013 and will end in May 2014.

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

Universidad de San Carlos

Xelajú

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

Torneo 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 or relegation
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 games played on 24 November 2013.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	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 games played on 24 November 2013.
Source: Results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

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

Quarterfinals

First Leg

Suchitepéquez v Comunicaciones

27 November 2013
18:25 (UTC-6)

Suchitepéquez	1– 2	Comunicaciones
J. Hidalgo 20'	Report	J. Marquez 27' M. López 46'

Estadio Municipal, Mazatenango
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: Oscar Reyna

Marquense v USAC

28 November 2013
18:00 (UTC-6)

Marquense	3 – 0	USAC
J. Alvarez 45+1' J. Ortíz 59' E. Fuentes 72'	Report

Estadio Revolucion USAC, Guatemala City
Attendance: 5,077
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra

Halcones v Heredia

28 November 2013
13:00 (UTC-6)

Halcones	0 – 0	Heredia
	Report

Estadio Comunal de la Mesilla, Huehuetenango
Attendance: 263
Referee: Ruben Castellanos

Malacateco v Municipal

27 November 2013
13:00 (UTC-6)

Malacateco	2 – 2	Municipal
R. Peña 16' A. Apellaniz 37'	Report	D. Oliva 4' D. Oliva 34'

Estadio Municipal Santa Lucia, Malacatán
Attendance: 1,380
Referee: Ever López

Second Leg

Comunicaciones v Suchitepéquez

30 November 2013
16:00 (UTC-6)

Comunicaciones	0 – 0	Suchitepéquez
	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: Mario Ramirez

USAC v Marquense

1 December 2013
09:00 (UTC-6)

USAC	1 – 0	Marquense
J. Alvarez (OG) 45'	Report

Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos
Attendance: 1,449
Referee: Jonathan Polanco

Heredia v Halcones

1 December 2013
11:00 (UTC-6)

Heredia	4 – 0	Halcones
O. López 43' O. López 56' W. Velásquez 85' O. López 86'	Report

Estadio del Monte, Morales
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Oswaldo Aldana

Municipal v Malacateco

30 November 2013
13:00 (UTC-6)

Municipal	2 – 1	Malacateco
L. Monje 13' M. Rodríguez 71'	Report	R. Porras 30'

Estadio Manuel Felipe Carrera, Guatemala City
Attendance: 3,663
Referee: Bryan López

Semifinals

First Leg

Marquense v Comunicaciones

4 December 2013
18:00 (UTC-6)

Marquense	1 – 0	Comunicaciones
J. Alvarez 33'	Report

Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Oswaldo Aldana

Heredia v Municipal

5 December 2013
11:00 (UTC-6)

Heredia	3 – 0	Municipal
A. Andrade 9' D. Espinoza 19' N. Miranda 82'	Report

Estadio del Monte, Morales
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Jonathan Polanco

Second Leg

Comunicaciones v Marquense

7 December 2013
18:00 (UTC-6)

Comunicaciones	4 – 0	Marquense
J. Paredes 27' P. Suárez 46' J. Arreola 73' J. Márquez 80'	Report

Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 2,889
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra

Municipal v Heredia

8 December 2013
09:00 (UTC-6)

Municipal	1 – 1	Heredia
M. Rodríguez 17'	Report	M. López 40'

Estadio Manuel Felipe Carerra, Guatemala City
Attendance: 3,756
Referee: Walter Lopez

Finals

First Leg

Heredia v Comunicaciones

12 December 2013
11:00 (UTC-6)

Heredia	2 – 0	Comunicaciones
N. Miranda 84' A. Andrade 90+3'	Report

Estadio del Monte, Morales
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra

Second Leg

Comunicaciones v Heredia

14 December 2013
16:00 (UTC-6)

Comunicaciones	3 – 1 4 – 3 (pen.)	Heredia
J. Contreras 64', 68' Paolo Suárez 88'	Report	A. Andrade 26'

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 11,398
Referee: Walter Lopez

Torneo 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		Carlos Castillo	TBD	TBD
Comunicaciones		Iván Sopegno	Puma	TBD
Halcones	TBD	Rónald Gómez	TBD	TBD
Heredia		Juan Carlos Elias	TBD	TBD
Iztapa	TBD	Gustavo Reinoso	TBD	TBD
Malacateco	TBD	Mauricio Wright	TBD	TBD
Marquense	TBD	Francisco Melgar	TBD	TBD
Mictlán	TBD	Sergio Pardo	TBD	TBD
Municipal	TBD	Aníbal Ruiz	TBD	TBD
Suchitepéquez	TBD	Walter Claverí	TBD	TBD
USAC	TBD	Horacio Cordero	TBD	TBD
Xelajú	TBD	Sergio Trujillo	RetoSports	TBD

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 games played on 27 April 2014.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	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 games played on 27 April 2014.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Heredia	0	6	6
8	Halcones	1	1	2
8	Halcones	1	1	2	1	Heredia	1	3	4
					1	Heredia	1	3	4
					7	Municipal (a)	1	3	4
2	Suchitepéquez	1	0	1	7	Municipal (a)	1	3	4
2	Suchitepéquez	1	0	1
7	Municipal	4	1	5
7	Municipal	4	1	5						7	Municipal	0	0	0
										7	Municipal	0	0	0
										4	Comunicaciones	1	1	2
3	Xelajú	2	2	4						4	Comunicaciones	1	1	2
3	Xelajú	2	2	4
6	USAC	2	0	2
6	USAC	2	0	2	3	Xelajú	1	0	1
					3	Xelajú	1	0	1
					4	Comunicaciones	3	1	4
4	Comunicaciones	1	1	2	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	2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
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	Relegation to the Primera División

References

2013–14 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

« 2012–13 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2013 and June 2014 2014–15 »

Domestic leagues	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados '13 '14 Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '13 '14 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba '13<s/small> '14<s/small> Curaçao '13 '14 Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador '13 A '14 C French Guiana Grenada '13 '14 Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti '13 '14 Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '13 '14 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '13 '14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands '13 '14 United States '13 '14 United States Virgin Islands

Domestic cups	Canada Costa Rica Mexico '13 A (Final) '14 C (Final) Trinidad and Tobago United States '13 '14

Supercups	Mexico

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Group stage, Championship stage, Finals) CFU Club Championship

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