2016–17 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2016–17 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 19th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 2016 and will end in 2017.

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.

Apertura

The 2016 Torneo Apertura began in July 2016 and will end in December 2016.

Personnel and sponsoring

Table

Standings

Positions by round

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First leg

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Second leg

''Comunicaciones won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Malacateco won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

''Municipal won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''1-1 on aggregate. Antigua GFC progresses as the higher seed.''

Finals

First leg

Second leg

''2-2 on aggregate. Antigua GFC wins 5-4 on penalties.''

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

During the season

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2016-2017 season. 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
* Víctor Bolivar
* Jorge Zaldívar
* Manfred Russell

Coban Imperial
* Francisco Ladogana
* Orlando Moreira
* Víctor Solalinde
* Álvaro García

CSD Comunicaciones
* Juan Barrera
* Diego Estrada
* Joel Benítez
* Emiliano Lopez

Guastatoya

Deportivo Mictlan''
* Juan Aguirre
* Marlon Negrete
* William Negrete
* Ricardo Romero

Deportivo Malacateco
* Juan Carlos Meza
* Jhon Jairo Palacios
* Carlos Díaz
* Ricardo Rocha

''(player released during the season)''

Deportivo Marquense
* Matías Triofini

CSD Municipal
* Darío Flores
* Carlos Kamiani
* Janderson Pereira
* Jaime Alas
* Gastón Puerari

Deportivo Petapa
* Juan Lovato
* Adrian Apellaniz
* Matías Quinteros

CD Suchitepéquez
* Francisco Ladogana
* Mauricio Gerni
* Omar Salazar
* David Monsalve

Carchá
* Pablo Pereira
* Cesar Ivan Garcia
* Luis Rene Rodas
* Kamar Kayode Oshioke

Club Xelajú MC
* Cristhian Lagos
* Juliano Rangel de Andrade
* Juan Baena
* José Mendoza

Clausura

The 2017 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2017 and end in May 2017.

Personnel and sponsoring

Table

Standings

Positions by round

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First leg

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Second leg

''Guastatoya won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

''Municipal won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Guastatoya won 5-4 on aggregate.''

Finals

First leg

Second leg

''Municipal won 2-0 on aggregate.''

Aggregate table

Three teams would have qualified for CONCACAF club competitions, but due to FIFA's suspension of Guatemala, these spots were given to other Central American countries.

External links

* http://www.prensalibre.com/Deportes/FutbolNacional
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150813211930/http://lared.com.gt/pages/sec_noticia/113

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