The 2014–15

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 was the 16th 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 was used. The season began on 19 July 2014 and ended on 23 May 2015.

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.

Teams

Torneo Apertura

The 2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 20, 2014.

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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Top Goalscorers

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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.

Antigua GFC Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional football team based in Antigua Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play their home games at the '' Estadio Pensativo''. They are nic ...

* Israel Silva * Tomas de Souza * Roberto Carlos Pena * Mario Pineiro Deportivo Coatepeque * Jose Calderon * Miguel Lavie

CSD Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. One of the most popular a ...

* Paolo Suarez * Guastatoya * Diner Cordova * Jose de Santiago * Victor Solalinde * Lelis Roman Halcones FC * TBD

Deportivo Malacateco Club Deportivo Malacateco is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Malacatán, San Marcos. They play their home games in the '' Estadio Santa Lucía''. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. History ...

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''(player released during the season)''

Deportivo Marquense Club Deportivo Marquense, or simply Marquense, is a Guatemalan professional football club based in San Marcos, Department of San Marcos. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football following promotion from qualifying ...

* ''None'' C.S.D. Municipal *

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* Santiago Morandi * Maximiliano Callorda * Diego de Souza Deportivo Petapa * Juan Lovato * Adrian Apellaniz C.D. Suchitepéquez * Shane Mooney Orio Universidad de San Carlos (Guatemalan football club) * Fernando Gallo * Sergio Mendoza * Guillermo Reyes

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Torneo Clausura

The 2015 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2015 and ended on 23 May 2015.

Personnel and sponsoring

During the season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

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=Second leg

= ''Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

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=Second leg

= ''Comunicaciones won 6-2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Municipal won 3-1 on aggregate.''

Finals

=First leg

=Second leg

= ''Comunicaciones won 4-3 on aggregate.''

Top goalscorers

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. The following players: #have played at least one apertura game for the respective club. #have not been capped for the

* Anderson Pasos Baptista * Olman Vargas * Roberto Carlos Pena * Minor Álvarez Deportivo Coatepeque * Jose Calderon *

Armando Polo Armando Enrique Polo Aguilar (born 2 April 1990) is a Panamanian professional football forward who plays for Los Laureles in El Salvador. Club career A diminutive winger or forward, he started his career at local club Chepo and then had a ...

* Augusto César Gómez * Roberto Porras

* Paolo Suarez * Joel Benítez * Rolando Blackburn * Agustín Herrera Guastatoya * Victor Solalinde * Diner Cordoba *

Gabriel Garcete Gabriel Garcete Jimenez (born 7 January 1982) is a Paraguayan professional Association football, footballer. He started his career with Sportivo Luqueño in 2000. The next season, he moved on to play for C.D. Municipal Limeño, Municipal Limeñ ...

* Fernando Gallo Halcones FC * Evandro Ferreira de Moura * Ismael Soares * Romel Murillo * Fernando Gallo

* Ricardo Mina Romero * Leonardo García * Ricardo Rocha * Orvin Paz * Randy Diamond Orange x

''(player released during the season)''

* ''None'' C.S.D. Municipal *

Jaime Alas Jaime Enrique Alas Morales (born 30 July 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Guastatoya. Club career Alas' professional career began in July 2006, at the age of 16, when he signed a ...

* Maximiliano Callorda * Diego de Souza Deportivo Petapa * Juan Lovato * Adrian Apellaniz * Lucas Marçal C.D. Suchitepéquez *

Shane Orio Shane Moody-Orio (born 7 August 1980) is a Belizean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was a Belize international. Club career After playing for several teams in his native Belize, Moody joined Costa Rican side Puntare ...

* Jesús Benítez * Jefferson Angulo

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 ...

* Fernando Gallo * Sergio Mendoza * Guillermo Reyes

* Juliano Rangel de Andrade * Javier Guarino * Aslinn Rodas

References

External links

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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 ...