2017–18 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2017–18 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 20th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 28 July 2017 and will ended in May 2018.

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.

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

During the Apertura season

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

During the Apertura season

Apertura

The 2017 Torneo Apertura began on 28 July 2017 and will end in December 2017.

Personnel and sponsoring

Table

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Cobán Imperial wins on away goals

First leg

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Second leg

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Semifinals

Antigua GFC wins on away goals

First leg

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Second leg

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Finals

First leg

Second leg

Clausura

The 2018 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2018 and end in May 2018.

Personnel and sponsoring

Table

Standings

(May 07, 2018) Publication of the date=15/04/2018 page 60

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First leg

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Second leg

''Xelaju won 3-0 on aggregate.''
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''Guastatoya won 5-1 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

''Xelajú MC won 3-2 on aggregate.''
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''Guastatoya won 1-0 on aggregate.''

Finals

First leg

Second leg

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2017-2018 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
* Agustin Herrera
* Alejandro Diaz
* José Antonio Mena
* Adrián De Lemos Calderón
* Allan Miranda
* Fabián Arsenio Castillo
* Manfred Russell
* Devaughn Elliot

Coban Imperial
* Maximiliano Lombardi
* Ignacio Flores
* Álvaro García
* Victor Guay

CSD Comunicaciones
* Javier Irazún
* Manfred Russell
* Isaac Acuna
* Cesar Morales
* Emiliano Lopez
* Diego Estrada
* Éric Scott

Guastatoya
* Josue Flores
* Omar Dominguez
* Miguel Puglia
* Jose Coreno
* Aaron Navarro
* José Gabriel Ríos

Deportivo Malacateco
* Rafael Lezcano
* Jhon Hurtado
* Juan Camilo Aguirre
* Anllel Porras Conejo

Deportivo Marquense
* Gerardo Putten
* Juan Osorio Tobón
* Danilo Suarez
* Jonathan Piñeiro Correa

''(player released during the Apertura season)''
''(player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons)''
''(player released during the Clausura season)''

CSD Municipal
* Blas Perez
* Gastón Puerari
* Jaime Alas
* Felipe Baloy

Deportivo Petapa
* Víctor Bolivar
* Janderson Pereira
* Juliano Rangel
* Francois Swaby
* Hugo Acosta
* Rodrigo Cubilla

Sanarate
* Juan Lovato
* William Zapata

Siquinalá

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