2013–14 Guatemalan Liga Nacional
# 2013–14 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

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.

## 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 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

| 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

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

### Standings

| 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 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Heredia (Q) | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 35 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | USAC (Q) | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 35 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Marquense (Q) | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 34 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Halcones (Q) | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 29 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Malacateco (Q) | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 28 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Suchitepéquez (Q) | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 27 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 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 | |

### Results

| 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 | |

### Playoffs

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

## Torneo Clausura

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

### Personnel and sponsoring

| 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

| 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 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Xelajú (Q) | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 34 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Comunicaciones (Q) | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 34 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Coatepeque (Q) | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 34 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | USAC (Q) | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 33 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Municipal (Q) | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 31 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Halcones (Q) | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 29 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 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 | |

### Results

| 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 | |

### Playoffs

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

## Aggregate table

| 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 | 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 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 | Relegation to the Primera División |
