# 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.

## 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

| 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 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Heredia | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 32 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 31 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Mictlán | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 31 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 30 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 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 | |

### 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 | |

### Top scorers

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

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | 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 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 36 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Malacateco | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 36 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Mictlán | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 35 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Peñarol | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 33 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 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 | |

### 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 | |

### Top scorers

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

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | 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 |
| 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 | Relegation to the Liga de Ascenso |
* ↑ Since Comunicaciones won both championships, Municipal qualified for 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as the runners-up of both competitions.