The 2011–12
Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
The Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala (National Football League of Guatemala), officially known as the Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons, formerly known as Liga'' ''Mayor A (Major League A) is a professional football division in Guat ...
season is the 13th season in which the
Apertura and Clausura
The ' () and ' () tournaments is a split Season (sports), season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American soccer, football sports league, leagues in which the traditional association ...
season is used. The season began on 9 July 2011 and will end in May 2012.
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 finishes 1 and 2 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 quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.
Teams
USAC and
Xinabajul finished in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the overall table of
last season and were relegated to the
Primera División. Taking their places were the two winners of the Primera División promotion playoffs,
Petapa and
Zacapa
Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of Zacapa Department, one of the 22 Departments of Guatemala. It is located approximately from Guatemala City
Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the Capit ...
.
Torneo Apertura
The 2011 Torneo Apertura began on 9 July 2011 and ended on 18 December 2011.
Standings
Results
Top scorers
Positions by round
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
First legs
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Second legs
''Municipal progresses 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Comunicaciones progresses on
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
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Semifinals
First legs
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Second legs
''Comunicaciones progresses 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Municipal progresses 3–2 on aggregate.''
Finals
First leg
Second leg
Torneo Clausura
The 2012 Torneo Clausura will begin on 14 January 2012 and will end in May 2012.
Personnel and sponsoring
Standings
Results
Top scorers
Positions by round
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
First legs
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Second legs
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Semifinals
First legs
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Second legs
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Finals
First leg
Second leg
Aggregate table
External links
Guatefutbol
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Guatemala
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