2011–12 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season 2011–12
Champions Apertura: Municipal
Clausura: Xelajú
Relegated Juventud Retalteca
Champions League Municipal
Xelajú
Matches played 120
Goals scored 323 (2.69 per match)
Biggest home win Apertura: Municipal 5-0 Malacateco
Biggest away win Apertura: Zacapa 1-4 Suchitepéquez
Highest scoring Apertura: Peñarol 6-2 Suchitepéquez
Clausura: Heredia 6-1 Zacapa

The 2011–12 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 13th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 9 July 2011 and will end in May 2012.

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 finishes 1 and 2 in the standings will advance to the playoffs semifinals, while the teams that finish 36 will enter in the quarterfinals. The winner of each quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.

Teams

USAC and Xinabajul finished in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the overall table of last season and were relegated to the Primera División. Taking their places were the two winners of the Primera División promotion playoffs, Petapa and Zacapa.

Location of the 2011–12 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Comunicaciones Guatemala Cementos Progreso 16,000
Heredia San José Julián Tesucún 8,000
Juventud Retalteca Retalhuleu Óscar Monterroso 8,000
Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000
Marquense San Marcos Marquesa de la Ensenada 10,000
Mictlán Asunción Mita La Asunción 3,000
Municipal Guatemala Mateo Flores 30,000
Peñarol Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340
Petapa San Miguel Petapa Municipal 7,500
Suchitepéquez Mazatenango Carlos Salazar Hijo 12,000
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000
Zacapa Zacapa David Ordóñez Bardales 8,000

Torneo Apertura

The 2011 Torneo Apertura began on 9 July 2011 and ended on 18 December 2011.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Suchitepéquez 22 14 1 7 34 21 +13 43 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Xelajú 22 11 5 6 30 23 +7 38
3 Marquense 22 9 9 4 31 20 +11 36 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Comunicaciones 22 8 11 3 27 20 +7 35
5 Heredia 22 10 5 7 35 30 +5 35
6 Municipal 22 8 10 4 37 22 +15 34
7 Peñarol 22 8 7 7 36 31 +5 31
8 Malacateco 22 4 10 8 29 42 13 22
9 Zacapa 22 5 6 11 27 43 16 21
10 Juventud Retalteca 22 4 8 10 24 33 9 20
11 Mictlán 22 5 5 12 23 39 16 20
12 Petapa 22 3 9 10 24 33 9 18

Source: Guatefutbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] COM HER JUVMALMARMICMUNPEÑPETSUCXELZAC
Comunicaciones 31 10 31 00 11 00 22 21 10 11 43
Heredia 22 11 20 32 51 31 21 10 21 10 20
Juventud Retalteca 11 23 21 00 41 00 11 11 13 10 20
Malacateco 11 22 31 20 00 33 22 21 22 22 11
Marquense 10 31 10 11 40 03 31 30 10 22 40
Mictlán 12 11 31 01 01 00 33 10 10 10 21
Municipal 11 31 42 50 00 21 20 30 01 11 20
Peñarol 01 20 20 31 00 21 22 21 62 31 21
Petapa 00 11 22 22 11 43 11 11 20 20 01
Suchitepéquez 10 10 20 41 20 30 21 10 21 10 20
Xelajú 10 10 10 30 22 21 21 21 21 10 41
Zacapa 11 21 22 21 22 21 22 20 22 14 12

Source: Guatefutbol (in Spanish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Guatemala Juan Valenzuela Zacapa 10
Colombia Henry Hernández Heredia 10
3 Mexico Miguel Casanova Peñarol 8
Guatemala Edwin Villatoro Suchitepéquez 8
5 Brazil Neto Mineiro Marquense 7
Argentina Fernando Gallo Peñarol 7
Guatemala Tránsito Montepeque Comunicaciones 7
Uruguay Carlos Ramírez Comunicaciones 7

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122
Suchitepéquez 2 7 4 5 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Xelajú 4 8 6 11 6 10 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 3 2
Marquense 12 5 5 6 8 5 5 5 5 4 2 1 2 1 4 6 6 4 3 4 2 3
Comunicaciones 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 5 2 2 2 4 3 4 4
Heredia 5 10 11 7 9 6 9 8 10 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5
Municipal 9 3 2 2 4 4 2 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 2 2 5 6
Peñarol 1 6 3 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 2 4 5 6 7 7 7 7
Malacateco 6 12 8 8 5 7 7 10 9 10 9 11 10 12 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8
Zacapa 8 2 7 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 11 9 9 10 9 11 11 11 10 9 9 9
Juventud Retalteca 11 9 10 12 11 12 12 11 8 9 10 10 12 9 11 8 8 9 9 10 10 10
Mictlán 7 11 12 9 12 9 10 9 11 11 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11
Petapa 10 4 9 3 7 8 8 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 11 12

Source: Guatefutbol

Leader
Qualification to the semifinals
Qualification to the quarterfinals

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Xelajú MC 0 2 2
4 Comunicaciones 1 0 1 (a) 4 Comunicaciones 3 1 4
5 Heredia 1 0 1 4 Comunicaciones 0 0 0
6 Municipal 2 2 4
1 Suchitepéquez 1 1 2
3 Marquense 0 0 0 6 Municipal 3 0 3
6 Municipal 2 0 2

Quarterfinals

First legs

1 December 2011
15:00 UTC-6
Heredia 1 1 Comunicaciones
Hernández  65'  81' Herrate
Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 20', 89' Márquez
Estadio Julián Tesucún, San José
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jonathan Polanco

1 December 2011
20:00 UTC-6
Municipal 2 0 Marquense
Oliva  10'
Quintanilla  16'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Mario Ramírez

Second legs

4 December 2011
13:00 UTC-6
Marquense 0 0 Municipal
Brown Red card 88'
Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos
Attendance: 5,119
Referee: Mario Escobar

Municipal progresses 20 on aggregate.


4 December 2011
16:00 UTC-6
Comunicaciones 0 0 Heredia

Comunicaciones progresses on away goals rule.

Semifinals

First legs

7 December 2011
20:00 UTC-6
Comunicaciones 3 0 Xelajú MC
Thompson  51'
Ramírez  54'
Ceballos  88'
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 6,651
Referee: Oscar Reyna

8 December 2011
20:00 UTC-6
Municipal 3 1 Suchitepéquez
Castillo  21'
Lopez  53'
Quintanilla  64'
 4' López

Second legs

10 December 2011
20:00 UTC-6
Xelajú MC 2 1 Comunicaciones
Israel Silva  8'
Leal  13'
 77' Arreola
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Attendance: 3,395
Referee: Mario Escobar

Comunicaciones progresses 42 on aggregate.


11 December 2011
11:00 UTC-6
Suchitepéquez 1 0 Municipal
Villatoro  1' Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 63', 86' Evandro Ferreira
Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango
Attendance: 6,131
Referee: Jonathan Polanco

Municipal progresses 32 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

15 December 2011
20:05 UTC-6
Municipal 2 0 Comunicaciones
Oliva  37'
Quintanilla  44'
Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 41', 88' Morales
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 17,751
Referee: Jonathan Polanco

Second leg

18 December 2011
16:20 UTC-6
Comunicaciones 0 2 Municipal
 16' Oliva
 76' Samayoa
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 6,775
Referee: Oscar Reyna
2011 Apertura winner
Municipal
29th Title

Torneo Clausura

The 2012 Torneo Clausura will begin on 14 January 2012 and will end in May 2012.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Comunicaciones Mexico Costa Rica Ronald Gonzales Joma TBA
Heredia TBD TBA TBA TBA
Juventud Retalteca TBD Guatemala Manuel Castañeda DMS TBA
Malacateco TBD Argentina Julián Trujillo TBA TBA
Marquense TBD Guatemala Francisco Melgar Lotto Sport Italia TBA
Mictlán TBD Guatemala Albertico Salguero TBA TBA
Municipal TBD Costa Rica Javier Delgado DMS Pepsi, Banrural
Peñarol La Mesilla TBD Argentina Pablo Centrone TBA TBA
Petapa TBD Argentina Ramiro Cepeda TBA TBA
Suchitepéquez TBD Uruguay Richard Pressa Milan TBA
Xelajú TBD Costa Rica Hernán Medford MR TBA
Zacapa TBD Chile Sergio Pardo TBA TBA

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 22 13 3 6 39 23 +16 42 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Marquense 22 10 8 4 38 18 +20 38
3 Xelajú 22 8 10 4 27 22 +5 34 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Municipal 22 8 7 7 29 25 +4 31
5 Suchitepéquez 22 8 7 7 33 31 +2 31
6 Heredia 22 9 4 9 30 35 5 31
7 Petapa 22 8 6 8 23 23 0 30
8 Mictlán 22 9 2 11 25 37 12 29
9 Malacateco 22 7 6 9 21 30 9 27
10 Peñarol 22 6 7 9 32 26 +6 25
11 Zacapa 22 6 7 9 28 36 8 25
12 Juventud Retalteca 22 4 5 13 20 39 19 17

Updated to games played on 29 April 2012.
Source: Guatefutbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] COM HER JUVMALMARMICMUNPEÑPETSUCXELZAC
Comunicaciones 30 30 21 20 41 20 20 10 43 31 22
Heredia 22 21 31 20 21 10 31 10 11 11 61
Juventud Retalteca 12 12 20 14 21 11 10 12 20 22 12
Malacateco 11 21 20 00 21 10 10 11 10 00 33
Marquense 10 40 40 10 60 33 21 32 00 34 40
Mictlán 10 20 30 21 00 01 10 10 21 12 30
Municipal 21 42 10 40 11 12 11 01 00 10 21
Peñarol 20 30 22 20 01 50 33 20 40 22 11
Petapa 01 10 20 11 00 32 11 20 21 00 21
Suchitepéquez 24 10 31 20 00 11 32 32 22 30 42
Xelajú 10 40 11 20 11 20 10 11 10 11 00
Zacapa 20 11 00 23 10 40 01 00 31 02 20

Updated to games played on 29 April 2012.
Source: Guatefutbol (in Spanish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Colombia Henry Hernández Heredia 16
2 Colombia Carlos Asprilla Mictlán 11
Brazil Terencio de Oliveira Marquense 11
Argentina Fernando Gallo Peñarol 11
Brazil Israel Silva Xelajú 11
5 Uruguay Gonzalo Gutiérrez Suchitepéquez 10
Guatemala Juan Valenzuela Zacapa 10
Brazil Sandro Zamboni Petapa 10
9 Guatemala Hessler Archila Suchitepéquez 9
Costa Rica Diego Estrada Comunicaciones 9
Guatemala Jorge Estrada Marquense 9

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122
Comunicaciones 3 4 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Marquense 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
Xelajú 10 10 5 5 4 7 6 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
Municipal 4 2 3 6 5 8 8 6 7 4 5 6 6 8 6 8 5 6 4 5 6 4
Suchitepéquez 6 6 4 7 6 3 5 5 6 8 8 7 7 6 7 5 8 5 8 6 7 5
Heredia 5 8 7 3 7 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 4 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 6
Petapa 9 9 11 10 11 11 10 8 9 7 9 9 8 7 8 6 9 7 6 7 8 7
Mictlán 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 9 9 9 7 9 7 8 5 8
Malacateco 11 5 8 8 8 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 7 6 8 9 9 9 9
Peñarol 7 11 9 9 10 9 9 10 8 10 7 8 10 10 11 10 11 11 10 10 10 10
Zacapa 8 7 10 11 9 10 11 11 11 9 10 10 9 11 10 11 10 10 11 11 11 11
Juventud Retalteca 2 3 2 2 3 6 7 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Source: Guatefutbol

Leader
Qualification to the semifinals
Qualification to the quarterfinals

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Comunicaciones 0 1 1
4 Municipal 1 3 4 4 Municipal 0 2 2
5 Suchitepéquez 2 0 2 4 Municipal 1 1 2 (1)
3 Club Xelajú 0 2 2 (3)
2 Marquense 0 1 1
6 Heredia 2 2 4 3 Club Xelajú 1 1 2
3 Xelajú 1 6 7

Quarterfinals

First legs

3 May 2012
20:00 UTC-6
Suchitepéquez 2 – 1 Municipal
Guzmán  55'
Cardozo  68'
Report Rodríguez  83'

3 May 2012
22:30 UTC-6
Heredia 2 – 1 Club Xelajú
Márquez  65'
Hernández  68'
Report Israel Silva  7'

Second legs

7 May 2012
01:00 UTC-6
Municipal 3 – 0 Suchitepéquez
Lopez  49'
Castillo  71'
Oliva  90+1'
Report

7 May 2012
01:00 UTC-6
Club Xelajú 6 – 2 Heredia
Israel Silva  13', 21', 71' (pen.), 90'
Morales  33', 53'
Report Ramírez  10'
Miranda  80'

Semifinals

First legs


Second legs

13 May 2012
19:00 UTC-6
Marquense 1 – 1 Club Xelajú
Brown  53' Javier Melgar  38' (o.g.)

Finals

First leg

Second leg

20 May 2012
03:00 UTC-6
Club Xelajú 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Municipal
Israel Silva  7'
Caal  78'
León  60'
  Penalties  
3 - 1
2012 Clausura winner
Club Xelajú
5th Title

Aggregate table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 44 21 14 9 66 43 +23 77
2 Marquense 44 19 17 8 69 38 +31 74
3 Suchitepéquez 44 22 8 14 67 52 +15 74
4 Xelajú 44 19 15 10 57 45 +12 72 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
5 Heredia 44 19 9 16 65 65 0 66
6 Municipal 44 16 17 11 66 46 +20 65 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
7 Peñarol 44 14 14 16 68 57 +11 56
8 Malacateco 44 11 16 17 50 72 22 49
9 Mictlán 44 14 7 23 48 76 28 49
10 Petapa 44 11 15 18 47 56 9 48
11 Zacapa (R) 44 11 13 20 55 79 24 46 Relegation to the Primera División
12 Juventud Retalteca (R) 44 8 13 23 44 72 28 37

Updated to games played on 29 April 2012.
Source: Guatefutbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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