Season | 2014–15 |
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Dates | 19 July 2014 - 23 May 2015 |
Champions | Apertura: Comunicaciones (29th title) Clausura: Comunicaciones (30th title) |
Champions League | Comunicaciones TBD |
Matches played | 120 |
Goals scored | 300 (2.5 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Carlos Ruíz (12) |
Biggest home win | Municipal 6 Coatepeque 0 (September 21, 2014) |
Biggest away win | Xelajú 1 Comunicaciones 3 (August 24, 2014) Suchitepéquez 1 Deportivo Petapa 3 (August 31, 2014) |
Longest winning run | Municipal (4) |
Longest unbeaten run | Municipal (7) |
Longest winless run | Antigua GFC (10) |
Longest losing run | Coatepeque (3) |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → |
The 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 16th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season was used. The season began on 19 July 2014 and ended on 23 May 2015.
Format
[edit]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
[edit]Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
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Antigua GFC | Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez | Pensativo | 9,000 |
Coatepeque | Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango | Israel Barrios | 20,000 |
Comunicaciones | Guatemala, Guatemala | Cementos Progreso | 16,000 |
Guastatoya | Guastatoya, El Progreso | David Cordón Hichos | 3,000 |
Halcones FC | La Mesilla, Huehuetenango | Comunal | 5,340 |
Malacateco | Malacatán, San Marcos | Santa Lucía | 7,000 |
Marquense | San Marcos, Guatemala | Marquesa de la Ensenada | 10,000 |
Municipal | Guatemala, Guatemala | Manuel Felipe Carrera | 7,500 |
Petapa | San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala | Julio Armando Cobar | 7,000 |
Suchitepéquez | Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez | Carlos Salazar Hijo | 12,000 |
Universidad SC | Guatemala, Guatemala | Revolución | 5,000 |
Xelajú MC | Quetzaltenango | Mario Camposeco | 11,000 |
Torneo Apertura
[edit]The 2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 20, 2014.
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 43 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
2 | Marquense | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 42 | |
3 | Municipal | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 39 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
4 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 31 | |
5 | Petapa | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 30 | |
6 | Antigua GFC | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 30 | |
7 | Xelajú MC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 30 | |
8 | Universidad SC | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 26 | |
9 | Malacateco | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 26 | |
10 | Guastatoya | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 25 | |
11 | Halcones FC | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 23 | |
12 | Coatepeque | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 17 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Deportivo Petapa | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Suchitepéquez | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Comunicaciones | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Suchitepéquez | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | Comunicaciones | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Municipal | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Municipal | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Antigua GFC | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Marquense | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Municipal | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals
[edit]First leg
[edit]Antigua GFC | 1– 1 | Municipal |
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Roberto Carlos Pena ![]() |
Claudio Albizuris ![]() |
Deportivo Petapa | 2 – 1 | C.D. Suchitepéquez |
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Adrian Apellaniz ![]() Marbel Aragon ![]() |
Emiliano Ariel Lopez ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Municipal | 1 – 0 | Antigua GFC |
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Kevin Santamaria ![]() |
None |
C.D. Suchitepéquez | 3 – 0 | Petapa |
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Carlos Barrios ![]() Hugo Prieto ![]() German Esquivel ![]() |
None |
Semifinals
[edit]First leg
[edit]C.D. Suchitepequez | 1 – 1 | C.S.D. Comunicaciones |
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Luis Mora ![]() |
Joel Francisco Benitez ![]() |
C.S.D. Municipal | 3 – 0 | Deportivo Marquense |
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Maximiliano Callorda ![]() ![]() Kevin Santamaria ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Deportivo Marquense | 1 – 2 | Municipal |
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Kevin Norales ![]() |
Hamilton López ![]() Osman López ![]() |
Finals
[edit]First leg
[edit]Municipal | 1 – 1 | Comunicaciones |
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Maximiliano Callorda ![]() |
Joel Francisco Benitez ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Comunicaciones | 2 – 1 | Municipal |
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Agustín Herrera ![]() |
Cristian Jiménez ![]() |
Top Goalscorers
[edit]- As of November 19th, 2014
Rank | Player | Club | Home | Away | Goals[1] |
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1 | ![]() |
Municipal | 8 | 4 | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
Halcones FC | 9 | 2 | 11 |
3 | ![]() |
Suchitepéquez | 8 | 10 | |
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Petapa | 7 | 3 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Petapa | 5 | 4 | 9 |
5 | ![]() |
Comunicaciones | 7 | 1 | 8 |
List of foreign players in the league
[edit]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 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.
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Universidad de San Carlos (Guatemalan football club)
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Torneo Clausura
[edit]The 2015 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2015 and ended on 23 May 2015.
Personnel and sponsoring
[edit]Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
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Antigua GFC | ![]() |
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TBD | Pegamex |
Coatepeque | ![]() |
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Puma | TBD |
Comunicaciones | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Guastatoya | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Halcones | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Malacateco | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Marquense | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Municipal | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Deportivo Petapa | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Suchitepéquez | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Universidad SC | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Xelajú | ![]() |
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RetoSports | TBD |
During the season
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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Deportivo Coatepeque | ![]() |
Sacked | Feb 2015 | ![]() |
Feb 2015 | 12th (Clausura 2015) |
Universidad SC | ![]() |
Sacked | 2015 | ![]() |
2015 | 9th (Clausura 2015) |
Deportivo Coatepeque | ![]() |
resigned | 2015 | ![]() |
2015 | 12th (Clausura 2015) |
Deportivo Coatepeque | ![]() |
Sacked | April 2015 | ![]() |
April 2015 | 12h (Clausura 2015) |
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 14 | +36 | 48 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
2 | Municipal | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 42 | |
3 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 38 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
4 | Antigua GFC | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 35 | |
5 | Xelajú | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 31 | |
6 | Malacateco | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 29 | |
7 | Deportivo Petapa | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 28 | |
8 | Marquense | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 27 | |
9 | Universidad SC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 26 | |
10 | Guastatoya | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 22 | |
11 | Halcones | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 20 | |
12 | Coatepeque | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 17 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit]First leg
[edit]Deportivo Malacateco | 0– 0 | C.D. Suchitepéquez |
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None | None |
Club Xelajú MC | 1 – 0 | Antigua GFC |
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Luis Javier Guarino ![]() |
None |
Second leg
[edit]C.D. Suchitepéquez | 1 – 0 | Deportivo Malacateco |
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Emiliano Ariel Lopez ![]() |
None |
Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.
Antigua GFC | 3 – 0 | Club Xelajú MC |
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Oscar Isula ![]() Alejandro Galindo ![]() Oscar Isula ![]() |
None |
Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semifinals
[edit]First leg
[edit]Antigua GFC | 1 – 5 | C.S.D. Comunicaciones |
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Alejandro Galindo ![]() |
[3] | Jairo Arreola ![]() ![]() Carlos Castrillo ![]() Agustin Herrera ![]() Ruben Morales ![]() |
C.D. Suchitepéquez | 0 – 0 | C.S.D. Municipal |
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None | None |
Second leg
[edit]C.S.D. Comunicaciones | 1-1 | Antigua GFC |
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Carlos Fernandez![]() |
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Comunicaciones won 6-2 on aggregate.
C.S.D. Municipal | 3-1 | C.D. Suchitepéquez |
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Carlos Ruiz ![]() Cristian Noriega ![]() Mauro Portillo ![]() |
[] | Emerson Cabrera ![]() |
Municipal won 3-1 on aggregate.
Finals
[edit]First leg
[edit]Municipal | 0 – 2 | C.S.D. Comunicaciones |
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Report | Jose M. Contreras ![]() Agustin E. Herrera ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]C.S.D. Comunicaciones | 2 – 3 | Municipal |
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Jose M. Contreras ![]() Agustin E. Herrera ![]() |
Report | Maximiliano Callorda ![]() Carlos Ruiz ![]() ![]() |
Comunicaciones won 4-3 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
C.D. Suchitepéquez | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
CSD Comunicaciones | 11 |
3 | ![]() |
CSD Comunicaciones | 9 |
4 | ![]() |
C.S.D. Municipal | 7 |
5 | ![]() |
Club Xelajú MC | 6 |
6 | ![]() |
Deportivo Petapa | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
Deportivo Marquense | 5 |
8 | ![]() |
CSD Comunicaciones | 5 |
9 | ![]() |
Antigua GFC | 5 |
10 | ![]() |
Deportivo Petapa | 5 |
List of foreign players in the league
[edit]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 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.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Guatefutbol- Estadísticas LNF: Tabla de Goleo". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 19 November 2014.