The following article presents a summary of the 2008-09

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season in

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

National leagues

Liga Nacional

*Apertura champion:

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional association football, football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, th ...

(22nd title). **Top scorer: Adrián Apellaniz (10). *Clausura champion: Jalapa (2nd title). **Top scorer: Carlos González (10). *International qualifiers: **

2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League The 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League was the second edition of the CONCACAF Champions League.Under its current format, and overall, it was the 45th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing ...

, Jalapa. *Relegated: Petapa. Source: RSSSF

Primera División de Ascenso The Primera División de Ascenso is the second highest level of football in Guatemala. Formerly, it was known as ''Liga Mayor "B"''. It is sanctioned by the National Football Federation of Guatemala The National Football Federation of Guatemala ( ...

*Apertura champion: San Pedro (1st title). *Clausura champion: Juventud Retalteca (1st title). *Promoted:

Universidad SC Universidad SC or, more commonly known as, ''USAC'' or just ''Universidad'' is a Guatemalan professional football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. They currently compete in the ''Primera División'', the second ...

Peñarol La Mesilla Halcones Football Club was a Guatemalan professional Association football, football club based in La Mesilla, Guatemala. They competed in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, the top division in the nation, and played thei ...

, Juventud Retalteca. *Relegated:

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, Saranate,

Amatitlán Amatitlán () is a town, with a population of 98,176 (2018 census),Citypopulation.de
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. Source: RSSSF Primera División de Ascenso stats
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National team

This section covers the Guatemala national team matches from the beginning of June 2008 until the end of June 2009. The Guatemala national team played the entirety of its

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campaign from June 2008 to November 2008, being eliminated in the

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of the

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...

region as third place in its group. ''KEY: F =

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; WCQ2010 =

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oc ...

; UNCAF 2009 =

UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 The UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 was the tenth edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the biennial football (soccer) tournament for the CONCACAF-affiliated national teams of Central America. The first five places qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The ...

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