2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season2022–23
ChampionsApertura:
Cobán Imperial (2nd title)
Clausura:
Xelajú (6th title)
RelegatedIztapa
Santa Lucía
CONCACAF Central American CupCobán Imperial
Xelajú
Comunicaciones
Top goalscorerApertura:
Lucas Gómez
- 12 Goals
Clausura:
Matías Rotondi
- 14 goals

The 2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala, also known as Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 70th season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season began on 23 July 2022, when the Apertura 2022 tournament started,[2] and ended on 27 May 2023 with the Clausura 2023 tournament second leg final.

Competition format

Same as previous years, the season was divided into two short tournaments: Torneo Apertura (opening) and Torneo Clausura (closing), each of which crowning its own champion. Both Apertura and Clausura tournaments were played under the same format which consisted in a Classification phase and a Final phase.[3]

In the classification phase, teams played each other twice on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top eight teams at the conclusion of the classification stage advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stage.

The final phase was played on a single-elimination format and consisted of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. All rounds were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-ranked team in the classification phase of each tie hosting the second leg. The quarter-final pairings were pre-determined based on the teams' final position in the classification phase. In the semi-finals the teams were re-seeded based also on their final position in the classification phase in order to determine the two pairings. The quarter-finals and semi-finals matchups were determined as follows:

Both champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments plus the best placed team on the aggregate table (excluding the two champions) at the end of the season qualified for the 2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup.

Format changes

The following changes were adopted as of this season:[4]

  • The away goals rule was abolished and was no longer taken into account as a tie-breaker criterion in the final phase series.
  • The tie-breaker criterion based on the seeds used to determine a qualification in the event of a tie on aggregate was also abolished. Instead, it was decided to play extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Teams

A total of 12 teams took part in this season: the top ten teams from the aggregate table of the 2021–22 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2021–22 Primera División season, which were Deportivo Mixco and Xinabajul-Huehue. Deportivo Mixco earned promotion for being finalists in both Apertura and Clausura tournaments of the 2021–22 season,[5] while Xinabajul-Huehue ensured promotion to the Liga Nacional on 4 June 2022, after winning the promotion play-off against Deportivo Marquense.[6]

The two promoted teams replaced Sololá and Nueva Concepción, the bottom two teams in the aggregate table of the 2021–22 season, who were relegated to Primera División.

Stadia and locations

Team City Stadium Capacity
Achuapa El Progreso Winston Pineda 6,000
Antigua Antigua Guatemala Pensativo 10,000
Cobán Imperial Cobán Verapaz 15,000
Comunicaciones Guatemala City Doroteo Guamuch Flores 26,000
Guastatoya Guastatoya David Cordón Hichos 3,100
Iztapa Iztapa El Morón 4,800
Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000
Mixco Mixco Santo Domingo de Guzmán 5,200
Municipal Guatemala City El Trébol 7,500
Santa Lucía Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa 9,000
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,220
Xinabajul-Huehue Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340

Personnel and kits

Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Achuapa Mexico Raúl Arias Guatemala Rigoberto Hernández NS Sport
Antigua Argentina Ramiro Cepeda Costa Rica José Mena Joma
Cobán Imperial Uruguay César Méndez Brazil Janderson MG Sports
Comunicaciones Uruguay Willy Coito Guatemala José Manuel Contreras Kelme
Guastatoya Nicaragua Mario Acevedo Guatemala Rubén Morales Guza−Sport
Iztapa Argentina Pablo Garabello Guatemala Pedro Samayoa Tuto Sport
Malacateco Mexico Adrián García Guatemala Jorge Sánchez Silver Sport
Mixco Guatemala Fabricio Benítez Guatemala Jean Márquez JM12
Municipal Paraguay José Cardozo Guatemala Marlon Sequén Umbro
Santa Lucía Costa Rica Rónald Gómez Guatemala Mafre Icuté Silver Sport
Xelajú Guatemala Amarini Villatoro Costa Rica Kenner Gutiérrez MR
Xinabajul-Huehue Argentina Pablo Centrone Guatemala Kristian Guzmán Orion

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Xelajú Mexico Irving Rubirosa End of contract 13 May 2022[7] Pre-season Guatemala Amarini Villatoro 24 May 2022[8]
Cobán Imperial Argentina Sebastián Bini 15 May 2022[9] Mexico Roberto Montoya 6 June 2022[10][11]
Municipal Paraguay José Cardozo Mutual agreement 30 May 2022[12] Mexico Juan Antonio Torres 21 June 2022[13]
Iztapa Colombia Richard Parra 11 August 2022[14] 10th Colombia Milton García[i][ii] 12 August 2022[17]
Santa Lucía Argentina Matías Tatangelo Sacked 1 September 2022[18] 12th Spain Juan Cortés 6 September 2022[19]
Achuapa Mexico Adrián García Resigned 14 September 2022[20] 8th Honduras Ramón Maradiaga 14 September 2022[21]
Malacateco Mexico Israel Hernández Mutual agreement 18 September 2022[22] 8th Mexico Adrián García 21 September 2022[23]
Mixco Guatemala Julio Gómez 3 October 2022[24] 11th Costa Rica Douglas Sequeira 5 October 2022[25]
Municipal Mexico Juan Antonio Torres 17 October 2022[26] 7th Paraguay José Cardozo 20 October 2022[27]
Xinabajul-Huehue Uruguay Silvio Fernández 12 December 2022[28] 10th Argentina Pablo Centrone 16 December 2022[29]
Santa Lucía Spain Juan Cortés 17 December 2022[30] 12th Costa Rica Rónald Gómez 19 December 2022[31]
Torneo Clausura
Achuapa Honduras Ramón Maradiaga Mutual agreement 2 February 2023[32] 12th Guatemala Hamilton López[iii] 2 February 2023[33]
Achuapa Guatemala Hamilton López End of caretaker spell 7 February 2023 12th Mexico Raúl Arias 7 February 2023[34]
Iztapa Colombia Milton García Mutual agreement 20 February 2023[35] 8th Argentina Pablo Garabello 20 February 2021[36]
Mixco Costa Rica Douglas Sequeira Resigned 6 March 2023[37] 8th Guatemala Fabricio Benítez 7 March 2023[38]
Cobán Imperial Mexico Roberto Montoya Sacked 13 March 2023[39][40] 12th Uruguay César Méndez 16 March 2023[41]
Notes
  1. ^ Originally as caretaker manager but later appointed on a permanent basis.[15]
  2. ^ Milton García was the caretaker manager for the Torneo Apertura 4th round match against Cobán Imperial on 10 August 2022.[16]
  3. ^ Caretaker manager.

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2022 tournament began on 23 July and ended on 18 December 2022.[2] Comunicaciones were the defending champions, having won the Clausura 2022 tournament at the previous season.

Classification phase – Apertura 2022

The classification phase of the Apertura tournament ran from 23 July to 27 November 2022.[42]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Antigua 22 12 5 5 47 27 +20 41 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Cobán Imperial 22 11 6 5 35 27 +8 39
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 6 5 33 25 +8 39
4 Malacateco 22 10 4 8 30 26 +4 34
5 Municipal 22 9 6 7 31 22 +9 33
6 Guastatoya 22 7 9 6 20 18 +2 30
7 Xelajú 22 7 8 7 29 22 +7 29
8 Achuapa 22 7 7 8 27 37 −10 28
9 Iztapa 22 7 6 9 31 35 −4 27
10 Xinabajul-Huehue 22 7 5 10 23 29 −6 26
11 Mixco 22 2 10 10 17 35 −18 16
12 Santa Lucía 22 3 6 13 20 40 −20 15
Source: Liga Nacional, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots.[3]

Results

The match schedule was decided based on the draw which was held on 17 June 2022.[43][44]

Home \ Away ACH ANT COB COM GUA IZT MAL MIX MUN SLC XEL XIN
Achuapa — 0–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2
Antigua 6–0 — 2–0 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 3–2 2–2 3–0
Cobán Imperial 3–2 3–1 — 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1
Comunicaciones 3–0 2–2 2–2 — 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0
Guastatoya 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–0
Iztapa 4–1 4–1 4–3 0–2 0–1 — 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1
Malacateco 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 — 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1
Mixco 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 — 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–0
Municipal 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–3 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–1 2–0
Santa Lucía 1–0 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 — 1–4 0–2
Xelajú 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 — 3–1
Xinabajul-Huehue 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 —
Source: Guatefutbol, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Goals scored during the final phase are not included as the tournament top scorer award only takes into account goals scored in the classification phase.[3]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Lucas Gómez[A] Antigua 12
Argentina Nicolás Martínez Cobán Imperial
3 Guatemala Darwin Lom Xelajú 10
4 Colombia Jhony Cano Iztapa 9
5 Brazil Janderson Cobán Imperial 8
Mexico Luis Ángel Landín Comunicaciones
United States Isaac Acuña Santa Lucía
8 Guatemala Kevin Bordón Achuapa 7
Guatemala Dewinder Bradley Antigua
Uruguay Paolo Dantaz Xinabajul-Huehue
Guatemala Oscar Santis Comunicaciones

Source: Soccerway

Note
  1. ^
    A Lucas Gómez (1,435 minutes played) and Nicolás Martínez (1,744 minutes played) tied in goals scored. Lucas Gómez won the Apertura 2022 goal scorer's award for having played fewer minutes.[45]

Final phase – Apertura 2022

The final phase of the Apertura tournament ran from 30 November to 18 December 2022.[46][47]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
6 Guastatoya 0 0 0
3 Comunicaciones 0 2 2
3 Comunicaciones 0 0 0
2 Cobán Imperial 1 2 3
7 Xelajú 0 0 0
2 Cobán Imperial 0 1 1
2 Cobán Imperial 1 0 1
1 Antigua 0 0 0
5 Municipal 2 0 2
4 Malacateco 0 1 1
5 Municipal 0 0 0
1 Antigua 1 1 2
8 Achuapa 1 0 1
1 Antigua 1 2 3

Quarter-finals

Guastatoya0–0Comunicaciones
Report
Referee report
Referee: Bryan Fernández
Comunicaciones2–0Guastatoya
 Report
Referee report
Referee: Julio Luna

Comunicaciones won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Municipal2–0Malacateco
 Report
Referee report
Referee: Kevyn Cacao
Malacateco1–0Municipal
Córdoba 85' Report
Referee report
Referee: Sergio Reyna

Municipal won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Achuapa1–1Antigua
Lemus 56' Report
Referee report		 Bradley 60'
Referee: Ignacio Fuentes
Antigua2–0Achuapa
 Report
Referee report
Referee: Walter López

Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Xelajú0–0Cobán Imperial
Report
Referee report
Referee: Cristhofer Corado
Cobán Imperial1–0Xelajú
Álvarez 23' Report
Referee report
Referee: Luis Ventura

Cobán Imperial won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Comunicaciones0–1Cobán Imperial
Report
Referee report		 Thales 51'
Referee: Ignacio Fuentes
Cobán Imperial2–0Comunicaciones
 Report
Referee report
Referee: Walter López

Cobán Imperial won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Municipal0–1Antigua
Report
Referee report		 Ardón 82'
Referee: Sergio Reyna
Antigua1–0Municipal
Bradley 61' Report
Referee report
Referee: Bryan López

Antigua won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Cobán Imperial1–0Antigua
Betancourth 65' Report
Referee report
Referee: Bryan López
Antigua0–0Cobán Imperial
Report
Referee report
Referee: Walter López

Cobán Imperial won 1–0 on aggregate. As Torneo Apertura champions they qualified for the 2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup.

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2023 tournament began on 21 January and ended on 27 May 2023.[48] The defending champions were Cobán Imperial, who had won the previous Apertura 2022 tournament.

As of this tournament, the Liga Nacional was renamed "Liga Guate Banrural" for sponsorship reasons due to a three-year agreement signed with the Banco de Desarrollo Rural.[1]

Classification phase – Clausura 2023

The classification phase of the Clausura tournament ran from 21 January to 7 May 2023.[49][48]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Comunicaciones 22 12 9 1 37 16 +21 45 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Municipal 22 13 4 5 44 21 +23 43
3 Xelajú 22 12 7 3 29 8 +21 43
4 Xinabajul-Huehue 22 8 7 7 27 29 −2 31
5 Guastatoya 22 7 8 7 28 22 +6 29
6 Mixco 22 7 8 7 23 22 +1 29
7 Antigua 22 8 5 9 33 37 −4 29
8 Achuapa 22 7 5 10 24 45 −21 26
9 Cobán Imperial 22 6 7 9 16 17 −1 25
10 Iztapa 22 5 5 12 30 49 −19 20
11 Malacateco 22 4 7 11 24 33 −9 19
12 Santa Lucía 22 5 4 13 14 30 −16 19
Source: FPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots.[3]

Results

The match schedule was decided based on the draw which took place during the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Liga Nacional held on 20 December 2022.[50][51][49]

Home \ Away ACH ANT COB COM GUA IZT MAL MIX MUN SLC XEL XIN
Achuapa — 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 5–3 4–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 4–2
Antigua 6–1 — 1–1 1–2 3–1 5–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–3
Cobán Imperial 1–2 1–2 — 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1
Comunicaciones 0–0 4–0 1–0 — 2–0 4–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0
Guastatoya 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 — 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 4–1
Iztapa 4–0 2–1 0–3 1–5 1–1 — 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–2
Malacateco 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 — 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–3[a] 3–0
Mixco 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 — 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–2
Municipal 5–1 4–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 — 2–0 1–0 3–0
Santa Lucía 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–4 — 1–0 0–1
Xelajú 6–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 0–0
Xinabajul-Huehue 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 5–2 0–1 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Xelajú as a result of Malacateco fielded six foreign players, one more than allowed. The match had originally ended in a 1–1 draw.[52][53]

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Goals scored during the final phase are not included as the tournament top scorer award only takes into account goals scored in the classification phase.[3]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Matías Rotondi Municipal 14
2 Panama Azarías Londoño Comunicaciones 9
3 Paraguay Marcelo Ferreira Iztapa 8
Guatemala Erick Lemus Iztapa
Cuba Yasnier Matos Municipal
Guatemala Gerson Tinoco Xinabajul-Huehue
Mexico Óscar Villa Xelajú
8 Guatemala Cristian Albizures Iztapa 7
Colombia Eliser Quiñones Achuapa
10 Colombia Feiver Mercado Malacateco 6

Source: Soccerway

Final phase – Clausura 2023

The final phase of the Clausura tournament ran from 10 to 27 May 2023.[54][55]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
7 Antigua 2 1 3 (3)
2 Municipal (p) 1 2 3 (1)
7 Antigua (p) 0 1 1 (3)
1 Comunicaciones 0 1 1 (2)
8 Achuapa 2 1 3
1 Comunicaciones 0 4 4
7 Antigua 2 0 2
3 Xelajú 0 3 3
5 Guastatoya 2 0 2
4 Xinabajul-Huehue 0 1 1
5 Guastatoya 1 1 2
3 Xelajú 1 2 3
6 Mixco 0 1 1
3 Xelajú 1 1 2

Quarter-finals

Mixco0–1Xelajú
Report
Referee report		 Lom 45+4' (pen.)
Referee: Wildomar Ramírez
Xelajú1–1Mixco
Cardona 28' Report
Referee report		 García 36'
Referee: Sergio Reyna

Xelajú won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Guastatoya2–0Xinabajul-Huehue
 Report
Referee report
Referee: Stib Morals
Xinabajul-Huehue1–0Guastatoya
Tinoco 55' Report
Referee report
Referee: Cristhofer Corado

Guastatoya won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Achuapa2–0Comunicaciones
 Report
Referee report
Referee: Bryan López
Comunicaciones4–1 (a.e.t.)Achuapa
 Report
Referee report		 Mazariegos 119'
Referee: Julio Luna

Comunicaciones won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Antigua2–1Municipal
 Report
Referee report		 Altán 29'
Referee: Walter López
Municipal2–1Antigua
Matos 49', 80' (pen.) Report
Referee report		 Bradley 67'
Penalties
 1–3
Referee: Mario Escobar

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Antigua won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Guastatoya1–1Xelajú
Ortiz 26' Report
Referee report		 Villa 83'
Referee: Walter López
Xelajú2–1Guastatoya
 Report
Referee report		 Vargas 71'
Referee: Mario Escobar

Xelajú won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Antigua0–0Comunicaciones
Report
Referee report
Referee: Cristhofer Corado
Comunicaciones1–1 (a.e.t.)Antigua
Londoño 112' Report
Referee report		 Hernández 120+2'
Penalties
 2–3
Referee: Sergio Reyna

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Antigua won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals.

Finals

Antigua2–0Xelajú
 Report
Referee report
Referee: Cristhofer Corado
Xelajú3–0Antigua
 Report
Referee report
Referee: Mario Escobar

Xelajú won 3–2 on aggregate. As Torneo Clausura champions they qualified for the 2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup.

Aggregate table

The aggregate table was used to determine the third qualified team for the 2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup, besides the Apertura and Clausura champions, and the two relegated teams to the 2023–24 Primera División.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Comunicaciones 44 23 15 6 70 41 +29 84 Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup
2 Municipal 44 22 10 12 75 43 +32 76
3 Xelajú (C) 44 19 15 10 58 31 +27 72 Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup
4 Antigua 44 20 10 14 80 64 +16 70
5 Cobán Imperial (C) 44 17 13 14 51 44 +7 64 Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup
6 Guastatoya 44 14 17 13 48 40 +8 59
7 Xinabajul-Huehue 44 15 12 17 50 58 −8 57
8 Achuapa 44 14 12 18 51 81 −30 54
9 Malacateco 44 13 11 20 52 62 −10 50
10 Mixco 44 10 18 16 43 55 −12 48
11 Iztapa (R) 44 12 11 21 61 84 −23 47 Relegation to Primera División
12 Santa Lucía (R) 44 8 10 26 34 70 −36 34
Source: Liga Nacional
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots.[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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