The 2013–14 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 15th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 4 August 2013 and will end in May 2014.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season2013–14
ChampionsApertura:
Comunicaciones (27th title)
Clausura:
Comunicaciones (28th title)
Matches played102
Goals scored245 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Israel Silva (9 goals)
Biggest home winMunicipal 6–0 Universidad (29 September)
Comunicaciones 6–0 Halcones (5 October)
Xelajú 6–0 Mictlán (20 October)
Biggest away winUniversidad 0–3 Heredia (10 August)
Iztapa 0–3 Comunicaciones (13 October)
Highest scoringHeredia 4–3 Xelajú (1 September)
Longest winning run5 games by: Comunicaciones
(4 August - 1 September)
Longest unbeaten run6 games by: Comunicaciones
(5 October - 27 October)
Longest winless run10 games by: Iztapa
(15 September - 30 October)
Longest losing run5 games by: Iztapa
(10 August - 4 September)

Format

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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

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Coatepeque Coatepeque Israel Barrios 20,000
Comunicaciones Guatemala City Cementos Progreso 16,000
Halcones Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340
Heredia Morales Estadio Del Monte 8,000
Iztapa Iztapa Estadio Municipal Morón 3,000
Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000
Marquense San Marcos Marquesa de la Ensenada 10,000
Mictlán Asunción Mita La Asunción 3,000
Municipal Guatemala City Mateo Flores 30,000
Suchitepéquez Mazatenango Carlos Salazar Hijo 12,000
Universidad de San Carlos Guatemala City Estadio Revolución 5,000
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000

Torneo Apertura

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The 2013 Torneo Apertura began on 4 August 2013 and will end in December 2013.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Comunicaciones (Q) 22 14 2 6 44 15 +29 44 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
2 Municipal (Q) 22 13 5 4 37 13 +24 44
3 Heredia (Q) 22 10 5 7 34 25 +9 35
4 USAC (Q) 22 11 2 9 27 33 −6 35
5 Marquense (Q) 22 9 7 6 26 22 +4 34
6 Halcones (Q) 22 8 5 9 23 33 −10 29
7 Malacateco (Q) 22 7 7 8 21 25 −4 28
8 Suchitepéquez (Q) 22 6 9 7 28 26 +2 27
9 Xelajú 22 7 6 9 36 35 +1 27
10 Mictlán 22 6 6 10 20 39 −19 24
11 Coatepeque 22 4 7 11 21 33 −12 19
12 Iztapa 22 3 7 12 19 37 −18 16
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

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Home \ Away COA COM HAL HER IZT MAL MAR MIC MUN SUC USC XEL
Coatepeque 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1
Comunicaciones 2–1 6–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 7–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2
Halcones 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
Heredia 2–2 0–2 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–3
Iztapa 0–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 3–2
Malacateco 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Marquense 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Mictlán 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Municipal 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 5–0 1–1 6–0 3–0
Suchitepéquez 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–2 4–1
USAC 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–1
Xelajú 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–0 3–3 6–0 1–1 2–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Comunicaciones 2 0 2
8 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1
1 Comunicaciones 0 4 4
5 Marquense 1 0 1
4 USAC 0 1 1
5 Marquense 3 0 3
1 Comunicaciones 0 3 3 (4)
3 Heredia 2 1 3 (3)
3 Heredia 0 4 4
6 Halcones 0 0 0
3 Heredia 3 1 4
2 Municipal 0 1 1
2 Municipal 2 2 4
7 Malacateco 2 1 3

Quarterfinals

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First leg
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C.D. Suchitepéquez1– 2Comunicaciones
J. Hidalgo   20' Report J. Marquez   27'
M. López   46'
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: Oscar Reyna

Marquense3 – 0USAC
J. Alvarez   45+1'
J. Ortíz   59'
E. Fuentes   72'
Report
Attendance: 5,077
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra

Halcones0 – 0Heredia
Report
Attendance: 263
Referee: Ruben Castellanos

Malacateco2 – 2Municipal
R. Peña   16'
A. Apellaniz   37'
Report D. Oliva   4'
D. Oliva   34'
Attendance: 1,380
Referee: Ever López
Second leg
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Comunicaciones0 – 0C.D. Suchitepéquez
Report
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: Mario Ramirez

USAC1 – 0Marquense
J. Alvarez (OG)   45' Report
Attendance: 1,449
Referee: Jonathan Polanco

Heredia4 – 0Halcones
O. López   43'
O. López  56'
W. Velásquez   85'
O. López   86'
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Oswaldo Aldana

Municipal2 – 1Malacateco
L. Monje   13'
M. Rodríguez   71'
Report R. Porras   30'
Attendance: 3,663
Referee: Bryan López

Semifinals

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First leg
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Marquense1 – 0Comunicaciones
J. Alvarez   33' Report
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Oswaldo Aldana

Heredia3 – 0Municipal
A. Andrade   9'
D. Espinoza   19'
N. Miranda   82'
Report
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Jonathan Polanco
Second leg
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Comunicaciones4 – 0Marquense
J. Paredes   27'
P. Suárez   46'
J. Arreola   73'
J. Márquez   80'
Report
Attendance: 2,889
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra

Municipal1 – 1Heredia
M. Rodríguez   17' Report M. López   40'
Attendance: 3,756
Referee: Walter Lopez

Finals

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First leg
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Heredia2 – 0Comunicaciones
N. Miranda   84'
A. Andrade   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra
Second leg
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Comunicaciones3 – 1
4 – 3 (pen.)
Heredia
J. Contreras   64', 68'
Paolo Suárez   88'
Report A. Andrade   26'
Attendance: 11,398
Referee: Walter Lopez

Torneo Clausura

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The 2014 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2014 and will end in May 2014.

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Coatepeque     Carlos Castillo TBD TBD
Comunicaciones     Iván Sopegno Puma TBD
Halcones   TBD   Rónald Gómez TBD TBD
Heredia     Juan Carlos Elias TBD TBD
Iztapa   TBD   Gustavo Reinoso TBD TBD
Malacateco   TBD   Mauricio Wright TBD TBD
Marquense   TBD   Francisco Melgar TBD TBD
Mictlán   TBD   Sergio Pardo TBD TBD
Municipal   TBD   Aníbal Ruiz TBD TBD
Suchitepéquez   TBD   Walter Claverí TBD TBD
USAC   TBD   Horacio Cordero TBD TBD
Xelajú   TBD   Sergio Trujillo RetoSports TBD

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Heredia (Q) 22 11 3 8 50 33 +17 36 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
2 Suchitepéquez (Q) 22 10 6 6 26 20 +6 36
3 Xelajú (Q) 22 9 7 6 33 21 +12 34
4 Comunicaciones (Q) 22 9 7 6 30 19 +11 34
5 Coatepeque (Q) 22 10 4 8 32 37 −5 34
6 USAC (Q) 22 9 6 7 37 26 +11 33
7 Municipal (Q) 22 8 7 7 22 19 +3 31
8 Halcones (Q) 22 8 5 9 19 31 −12 29
9 Mictlán 22 7 7 8 25 34 −9 28
10 Marquense 22 6 8 8 25 35 −10 26
11 Malacateco 22 7 4 11 24 33 −9 25
12 Iztapa 22 3 6 13 24 39 −15 15
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

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Home \ Away COA COM HAL HER IZT MAL MAR MIC MUN SUC USC XEL
Coatepeque 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1
Comunicaciones 6–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Halcones 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1
Heredia 5–2 2–1 4–0 3–2 5–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–0
Iztapa 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–5 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1
Malacateco 1–2 1–3 5–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Marquense 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–3
Mictlán 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1
Municipal 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Suchitepéquez 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
USAC 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 6–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Xelajú 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Heredia 0 6 6
8 Halcones 1 1 2
1 Heredia 1 3 4
7 Municipal (a) 1 3 4
2 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1
7 Municipal 4 1 5
7 Municipal 0 0 0
4 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
3 Xelajú 2 2 4
6 USAC 2 0 2
3 Xelajú 1 0 1
4 Comunicaciones 3 1 4
4 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
5 Coatepeque 0 0 0

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 44 23 9 12 74 34 +40 78 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Municipal 44 21 12 11 59 32 +27 75
3 Heredia 44 21 8 15 84 58 +26 71
4 USAC 44 20 8 16 64 59 +5 68
5 Suchitepéquez 44 16 15 13 54 46 +8 63
6 Xelajú 44 16 13 15 69 56 +13 61
7 Marquense 44 15 15 14 51 57 −6 60
8 Halcones 44 16 10 18 42 64 −22 58
9 Malacateco 44 14 11 19 45 58 −13 53
10 Coatepeque 44 14 11 19 53 70 −17 53
11 Mictlán (R) 44 13 13 18 45 73 −28 52 Relegation to the Primera División
12 Iztapa (R) 44 6 13 25 43 76 −33 31
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

References

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