2010–11 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2010–11 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 12th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The league season is divided into two tournaments, the Apertura, which is played from August to December, and the Clausura which is played from January to May.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season2010–11
ChampionsApertura:
Comunicaciones (23rd title)
Clausura:
Comunicaciones (24th title)
RelegatedUSAC
Xinabajul
2011–12 CONCACAF Champions LeagueComunicaciones
Municipal
Matches played132
Goals scored320 (2.42 per match)
Biggest home winSuchitepéquez 7–0 USAC (September 19)
Biggest away winXinabajul 0–3 Marquense
(July 24)
Comunicaciones 1–4 Municipal
(September 19)
Malacateco 0–3 Heredia
(October 31)
Highest scoringSuchitepéquez 4–3 Marquense (September 1)
Suchitepéquez 7–0 USAC (September 19)

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 3–6 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
Location of the 2010–11 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Comunicaciones Guatemala Cementos Progreso 16,000
Heredia San José Julian Tesucun 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
Suchitepéquez Mazatenango Carlos Salazar Hijo 12,000
Universidad San Carlos Guatemala Revolución USAC 5,000
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000
Xinabajul Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340

Torneo Apertura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Municipal 22 11 5 6 40 22 +18 38 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Marquense 22 9 6 7 32 27 +5 33
3 Heredia 22 9 5 8 28 30 −2 32 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Comunicaciones 22 6 13 3 26 23 +3 31
5 Mictlán 22 9 4 9 15 18 −3 31
6 Suchitepéquez 22 8 6 8 32 23 +9 30
7 Juventud Retalteca 22 7 9 6 28 25 +3 30
8 Xelajú 22 9 3 10 27 29 −2 30
9 Xinabajul 22 8 3 11 22 29 −7 27
10 USAC 22 7 6 9 28 36 −8 27
11 Malacateco 22 7 6 9 20 28 −8 27
12 Peñarol 22 5 8 9 22 29 −7 23
Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2010. Source: Guatefutbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away COM HER JUV MAL MAR MIC MUN PEÑ SUC USC XEL XIN
Comunicaciones 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2
Heredia 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0
Juventud Retalteca 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–2
Malacateco 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Marquense 0–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–0
Mictlán 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
Municipal 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 4–0
Peñarol 2–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0
Suchitepéquez 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 4–3 4–0 3–2 2–0 7–0 2–1 4–2
Universidad San Carlos 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Xelajú 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–2
Xinabajul 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on November 28, 2010. Source: Guatefutbol (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Pos Player Club Goals
1 Guatemala Guillermo Ramírez Municipal (Considered the award-winner for playing less minutes) 13
Colombia Henry Hernández Heredia 13
Costa Rica Andy Herron USAC 13
4 Guatemala Mario Rodríguez Municipal 11
5 Brazil Israel Silva Xelajú 9
6 Uruguay Martín Crossa Xelajú 8
Brazil Evandro Ferreira Suchitepéquez 8
Honduras Óscar Isaula Malacateco 8
Panama Johnny Ruiz Marquense 8
10 Guatemala Jonny Brown Marquense 7
Guatemala Orvelio Mazariegos Peñarol 7
Guatemala Tránsito Montepeque Comunicaciones 7

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Municipal 3 2 5
3 Heredia 0 3 3 6 Suchitepéquez 2 0 2
6 Suchitepéquez 1 3 4 1 Municipal 1 2 3 (3)
4 Comunicaciones (pen.) 1 2 3 (4)
2 Marquense 0 2 2
4 Comunicaciones 0 3 3 4 Comunicaciones 3 3 6
5 Mictlán 1 0 1
 2010 Apertura winner 
Comunicaciones
23rd title

Torneo Clausura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Municipal 22 11 4 7 33 20 +13 37 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Heredia 22 11 4 7 32 19 +13 37
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 3 8 39 28 +11 36 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Malacateco 22 11 3 8 32 25 +7 36
5 Mictlán 22 10 5 7 24 23 +1 35
6 Peñarol 22 10 3 9 35 36 −1 33
7 Juventud Retalteca 22 9 3 10 25 21 +4 30
8 Xelajú 22 8 6 8 25 34 −9 30
9 Marquense 22 8 5 9 28 30 −2 29
10 USAC 22 6 8 8 22 23 −1 26
11 Suchitepéquez 22 6 5 11 21 28 −7 23
12 Xinabajul 22 4 5 13 11 40 −29 17
Source: Guatefutbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away COM HER JUV MAL MAR MIC MUN PEÑ SUC USC XEL XIN
Comunicaciones 2–4 2–0 2–0 2–4 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 5–1
Heredia 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–0
Juventud Retalteca 1–2 1–4 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–1
Malacateco 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0
Marquense 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–0
Mictlán 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0
Municipal 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 4–0
Peñarol 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0
Suchitepéquez 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–3 0–0 0–2 2–0
USAC 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 4–0
Xelajú 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–1
Xinabajul 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2
Source: Guatefutbol (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Pos Player Club Goals
1 Guatemala Óscar Isaula Malacateco 7
2 Brazil Guilherme de Paula Peñarol 6
Brazil Israel Silva Xelajú 6
4 Guatemala Mario Castellanos Heredia 5
Argentina Fernando Gallo Juventud Retalteca 5
Colombia Henry Hernández Heredia 5
Panama Johnny Ruiz Marquense 5
8 Guatemala Mario Rodríguez Municipal 4
9 Uruguay Rodrigo Bengua Mictlán 3
Mexico Carlos Kamiani Félix USAC 3
Brazil Evandro Ferreira Suchitepéquez 3
Honduras Darwin Oliva Municipal 3

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Municipal 0 1 1
4 Malacateco 1 2 3 4 Malacateco 0 0 0
5 Mictlán 2 0 2 1 Municipal 0 0 0
3 Comunicaciones 3 3 6
2 Heredia 0 1 1
3 Comunicaciones 1 7 8 3 Comunicaciones 2 0 2
6 Peñarol 0 0 0
 2011 Clausura winner 
Comunicaciones
24th title

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Municipal 44 22 9 13 73 42 +31 75 Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round[lower-alpha 1]
2 Heredia 44 20 9 15 60 49 +11 69
3 Comunicaciones 44 17 16 11 65 51 +14 67 Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
4 Mictlán 44 19 9 16 39 41 −2 66
5 Malacateco 44 18 9 17 52 53 −1 63
6 Marquense 44 17 11 16 60 57 +3 62
7 Juventud Retalteca 44 16 12 16 53 46 +7 60
8 Xelajú 44 17 9 18 52 63 −11 60
9 Peñarol 44 15 11 18 57 65 −8 56
10 Suchitepéquez 44 14 11 19 53 51 +2 53
11 USAC (R) 44 13 14 17 50 59 −9 53 Relegation to the Liga de Ascenso
12 Xinabajul (R) 44 12 8 24 33 69 −36 44
Source: Guatefutbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since Comunicaciones won both championships, Municipal qualified for 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as the runners-up of both competitions.

See also

References
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