2007 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala Apertura

The Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala Apertura 2007 is the 88th season of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Guatemala's premier football league. It began on July 28 and finished on December 15.

Promotion and relegation

Mictlán was relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season and was replaced by Malacateco who was promoted from the Primera División.

Participating clubs
Club City Department Stadium Capacity
Comunicaciones Guatemala City Guatemala Mateo Flores 30.000
Municipal Guatemala City Guatemala Mateo Flores 30.000
Heredia San José Petén Del Monte 8.000
Jalapa Jalapa Jalapa Las Flores 10.000
Malacateco Malacatán San Marcos Santa Lucía 7.000
Marquense San Marcos San Marcos Marquesa de la Ensenada 10.000
Petapa San Miguel Petapa Guatemala Municipal de San Miguel Petapa 5.000
Suchitepéquez Mazatenango Suchitepéquez Carlos Salazar Hijo 10.000
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11.000
Zacapa Zacapa Zacapa David Ordoñez Bardales 10.000

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Municipal 18 8 7 3 31 18 +13 31
2 Jalapa 18 7 7 4 32 26 +6 28
3 Comunicaciones 18 7 6 5 27 18 +9 27
4 Xelajú 18 7 4 7 14 22 −8 25
5 Suchitepéquez 18 6 6 6 32 27 +5 24
6 Zacapa 18 6 6 6 31 31 0 24
7 Marquense 18 6 6 6 21 27 −6 24
8 Malacateco 18 6 2 10 16 22 −6 20
9 Heredia 18 5 4 9 22 26 −4 19
10 Petapa 18 3 10 5 20 29 −9 19
Source:

Top scorers
Pos Player Team Goals
1 Uruguay Adrián Apellaniz Jalapa 14
2 Guatemala Selvin Motta Zacapa 12
3 Brazil Jorge Dos Santos Jalapa 10
4 Guatemala Tránsito Montepeque Comunicaciones 8
5 Guatemala Guillermo Ramírez Municipal 7
Guatemala Mario Rodríguez Municipal 7

Final Update: December 26, 2007
Source:Prensa Libre[1]

Results
Home \ Away COM HER JAL MAL MAR MUN PET SUC XEL ZAC
Comunicaciones 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 3–3
Heredia 1–0 3–4 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1
Jalapa 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1
Malacateco 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–1
Marquense 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Municipal 1–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 6–1 0–0 3–3 5–0 3–3
Petapa 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
Suchitepéquez 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 7–1
Xelajú 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Zacapa 1–1 3–1 5–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Municipal 0 1 1
4 Xelajú 1 1 2 5 Suchitepéquez 1 1 2
5 Suchitepéquez 3 0 3 5 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1
2 Jalapa (a) 1 0 1
2 Jalapa 0 2 2
3 Comunicaciones (p) 1 1 (3) 5 3 Comunicaciones 1 0 1
6 Zacapa 1 1 (0) 2

Apertura Tournament Champion

Jalapa as tournament champion qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.

 Apertura 2007 winner 
Jalapa
1st National title

Relegation
There is no relegation after the Apertura.

References
  1. "none". Prensa Libre (in Spanish) (18, 630): 123. 2007-11-26.
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