Liga Nacional de Guatemala 2008–09

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season 2008–09
Champions Apertura: Comunicaciones (22nd title)
Clausura: Jalapa (2nd title)
Relegated Petapa
CONCACAF Champions League Comunicaciones
Jalapa
Top goalscorer Apertura: Adrián Apellaniz (10)
Clausura: Carlos González (10)
Season: Carlos Castillo (16)
← 2007–08

The league season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala is divided into two tournaments, the Apertura, which is played from August to December, and the Clausura which is played from January to May. The first six clubs in the standings at the end of each competition participate in the playoffs (a two-leg knock-out phase) to determine the champion: the first and second place teams qualify directly to the semi-finals, while the other two have to play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments participate in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Contents

Torneo Apertura

Final Standings.

Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA GD
1 Municipal 29 18 7 8 3 29 18 +11
2 Comunicaciones 29 18 7 8 3 27 23 +4
3 Zacapa 28 18 8 4 6 21 17 +4
4 Xelajú 28 18 7 7 4 23 20 +3
5 Marquense 24 18 7 3 8 22 27 -5
6 Xinabajul 23 18 5 8 5 20 27 -7
7 Heredia 21 18 6 3 9 23 24 -1
8 Petapa 21 18 6 3 9 16 20 -4
9 Suchitepéquez 20 18 4 8 6 31 29 +2
10 Jalapa 18 18 4 6 8 17 24 -7

Final Update: December 1, 2008, * League Stats (Spanish)

Qualified to the playoffs semifinals.
Qualified to the playoffs quarterfinals.

Top scorers

Final Standings.

Position Player Team Goals
1 Adrián Apellaniz Comunicaciones 10
2 Fabián Muñoz Zacapa 9
Gastón Linares Heredia
Carlos Castillo Suchitepéquez
5 Rolando Fonseca Comunicaciones 7
Jhonny Cubero Xelajú
7 Francisco Pavón Xelajú 6
Jorge Estrada Marquense

Final Update: December 1, 2008.

Results

Home team is listed in the left-hand column

Torneo Apertura
Final Results		 COM HER JAL MAR MUN PET SUC XEL XIN ZAC
Comunicaciones 3–3 2–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–2
Heredia 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
Jalapa 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0
Marquense 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 3–4 1–0 1–0
Municipal 0–0 3–1 5–4 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 4–0
Petapa 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1
Suchitepéquez 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Xelajú 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 0–0
Xinabajul 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1
Zacapa 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 6–0

Colors: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                                       
      1  Municipal 2 2 4  
  3  Zacapa 0 0 0     6  Xinabajul 1 1 2    
  6  Xinabajul 1 1 2         1  Municipal 1 1 2
      2  Comunicaciones 2 1 3
      2  Comunicaciones 0 5 5    
  4  Xelajú 3 3 6     4  Xelajú 1 2 3  
  5  Marquense 2 3 5  

Apertura Tournament Champion

Comunicaciones as tournament champion has qualified to the CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10.

Apertura 2008 winner
Comunicaciones
22nd National Title

Relegation

There is no relegation after the Apertura.

Torneo Clausura

Final standings.

Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA GD
1 Municipal 32 18 9 5 4 26 13 +13
2 Heredia 29 18 9 2 7 26 24 +2
3 Jalapa 28 18 7 7 4 17 13 +4
4 Suchitepéquez 27 18 7 6 5 25 23 +2
5 Xelajú 27 18 6 9 3 18 16 +2
6 Comunicaciones 23 18 6 5 7 25 22 +3
7 Xinabajul 23 18 6 5 7 24 26 -2
8 Marquense 19 18 4 7 7 15 22 -7
9 Petapa 16 18 3 7 8 22 30 -8
10 Zacapa 16 18 3 7 8 14 23 -9

Source: RSSSF [1]

Top scorers

Final standings.

Position Player Team Goals
1 Carlos González Municipal 10
2 Carlos Asprilla Petapa 8
Walter Estrada Xinabajul
4 Carlos Castillo Suchitepéquez 7
Carlos Leguizamón Suchitepéquez
6 Evandro Ferreira Heredia 6
Mario Castellanos Heredia

Results

Home team is listed in the left-hand column

Torneo Clausura
As of May 24, 2009		 COM HER JAL MAR MUN PET SUC XEL XIN ZAC
Comunicaciones 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–1
Heredia 0–0 3–1 4–1 0–3 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Jalapa 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0
Marquense 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–2
Municipal 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–1
Petapa 0–3 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–0
Suchitepéquez 1–1 2–4 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–3 4–0
Xelajú 3–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1
Xinabajul 3–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0
Zacapa 1–2 4–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1

Colors: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals
1st leg: May 27/28 – 2nd leg: May 30/31		     Semifinals
1st leg: June 4 – 2nd leg: June 7		     Final
1st leg: June 11 – 2nd leg: June 14
                                       
      2  Heredia 0 2 2  
  3  Jalapa 1 3 4     3  Jalapa 1 2 3    
  6  Comunicaciones 0 0 0         3  Jalapa 3 1 4
      1  Municipal 1 0 1
      1  Municipal (aet) 0 2 (1) 3    
  4  Suchitepéquez 1 4 5     4  Suchitepéquez 2 0 (0) 2  
  5  Xelajú 3 0 3  

Clausura Tournament Champion

Jalapa as tournament champion has qualified to the CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10.

Clausura 2009 winner
Jalapa
2nd National Title

Relegation

At the end of the season, the 10th placed team (the team with the least number of points) in the aggregate table standings (the combined standings of both, the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) is relegated to the First division automatically at the end of the Clausura tournament in late May.

Aggregate table

Final standings.

Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA GD
1 Municipal 61 36 16 13 7 55 31 +24
2 Xelajú 55 36 13 16 7 41 36 +5
3 Comunicaciones 52 36 13 13 10 52 45 +7
4 Heredia 50 36 15 5 16 49 48 +1
5 Suchitepéquez 47 36 11 14 11 56 52 +4
6 Jalapa 46 36 11 13 12 34 37 -3
7 Xinabajul 46 36 11 13 12 44 53 -9
8 Zacapa 44 36 11 11 14 35 40 -5
9 Marquense 43 36 11 10 15 37 49 -12
10 Petapa 37 36 9 10 17 38 50 -12
Relegated to the First division.

See also

References

  1. ^ Liga Nacional stats

External links

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