The 2020–21 Liga Nacional de Guatemala season is the 23rd season of the

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league in

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, in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season will begin in August 2020 and will end in May 2021.

Team information

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2019–20 Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2019–20 Primera División.

Siquinalá Siquinalá is a town, with a population of 18,150 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. The population of the municipality is 22,968 (2018 census).Mixco Mixco () is a city and municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. It is next to the main Guatemala City municipality and has become part of the Guatemala City Metropolitan Area. Most of Mixco is separated from the city by canyons, fo ...

were relegated to 2020–21 Primera División the previous season. The relegated team were replaced by the 2019–20 Primera División winners Achuapa and

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Promotion and relegation

Promoted from

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as of August 2020. * Champions: Achuapa and

Relegated to

as of August 2020. * Last Place:

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

During the Apertura season

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

During the Clausura season

Apertura

League table

Group A

Group B

Finals

Clausura

League table

Group A

Group B

Finals

Aggerate League table

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2020-2021 season. The following players: #have played at least one apertura game for the respective club. #have not been capped for the

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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. Achuapa * Juliano Rangel * Nícolas Martínez * Marlon Negrete * Joshua Vargas Antigua GFC, Antigua *

José Mena José Antonio Mena Alfaro (born 2 February 1989) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Liga Nacional club Antigua as a defender. Club career In 2009, he debuted for Primera División de Costa Rica club Saprissa. On 5 September 2012, h ...

* Juan Osorio * John Rochford * Cayo Ribeiro * Josué Martinez *

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* Genaro Castillo * Deyner Padilla

Cobán Imperial Club Social y Deportivo Cobán Imperial, nicknamed ''Los Príncipes Azules'' ("The Blue Princes"), is a Guatemalan football club based in Cobán, Alta Verapaz. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play the ...

* Jorge Sotomayor *

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* Janderson * Allan Miranda * José Calderón

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, are a football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. The most popular and successful footba ...

Michael Umaña Míchael Umaña Corrales (born 16 July 1982) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who last played as a defender for Comunicaciones in the Liga Nacional. He represented the Costa Rica national team. Club career Early career Born in Sant ...

* Agustín Herrera * Andrés Lezcano * Jose Corena * Manfred Russell * Alexander Robinson * Júnior Lacayo * Nicolás Royón

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* Adrián de Lemos * Luis Landín * Omar Dominguez * Edgardo Ruiz * Aarón Navarro *

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Iztapa Iztapa (), or Puerto de Iztapa, is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. It is located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and surrounded by Michatoya and Maria Linda Rivers, and also by the Canal de Chiquimulilla. Its populat ...

* Nicolás Foglia * Carlos Felix * Christian Hernández * Jordan Smith Malacateco * Darío Silva * Elmer Morales * Lauro Cazal * Jorge Gatgens * Orlando Osorio * Carlos Barrochez * Santiago Gómez

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* Alejandro Díaz * Rafael Garcia * Gustavo Britos * Steve Makuka *

Jaime Alas Jaime Enrique Alas Morales (born 30 July 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Municipal and the El Salvador national team. Club career Alas' professional career began in July 2006, ...

* Gabe Robinson Santa Lucía * Rafael da Roza * Denis Lima * Thales Moreira * Romario Da Silva * Anllel Porras * Isaac Acuña

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* Charles Martinez * Yosel Piedra * Orlando Moreira * César Canario

* Jesús Lozano * Jose Sanchez *

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* Diego Ávila * Leandro Rodriguez Xelajú *

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* Josue Odír Flores * Pablo Mignorance * Israel Silva * Leo Bahia * Alexander Larin * Jeffrey Payeras * Juan Yax

External links

* https://lared.com.gt/deportes/futbol/liga-nacional/ * https://www.guatevision.com/etiqueta/futbol-guatemala/ {{DEFAULTSORT:2020-2021 Liga Nacional de Guatemala Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala seasons 1