# 2012–13 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2012–13 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 14th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 15 July 2012 and ended in May 2013. Comunicaciones won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

## 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 City | Cementos Progreso | 16,000 |
| Escuintleca | Escuintla | Estadio Armando Barillas | 3,000 |
| Heredia | San José | Julián Tesucún | 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 City | Mateo Flores | 30,000 |
| Peñarol | Huehuetenango | Los Cuchumatanes | 5,340 |
| Petapa | San Miguel Petapa | Municipal | 7,500 |
| Suchitepéquez | Mazatenango | Carlos Salazar Hijo | 12,000 |
| Universidad de San Carlos | Guatemala City | Estadio Revolución | 5,000 |
| Xelajú | Quetzaltenango | Mario Camposeco | 11,000 |
Penarol La Mesilla changed their names to Halcones FC for this season.

## Torneo Apertura

The 2012 Torneo Apertura began on 15 July 2012 and ends in December 2012.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 50 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Municipal | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 41 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Xelajú | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 36 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Heredia | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 35 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Peñarol | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 33 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Malacateco | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 28 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 28 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Marquense | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 26 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 9 | Petapa | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 24 | |
| 10 | Mictlán | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 22 | |
| 11 | USAC | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 21 | |
| 12 | Juventud Escuintleca | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 19 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | COM | PET | HER | ESC | MAL | MAR | MIC | MUN | PEÑ | SUC | USC | XEL |
| Comunicaciones | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Petapa | 3–3 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Heredia | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Juventud Escuintleca | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Malacateco | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Marquense | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Mictlán | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Municipal | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | | 0–0 | 6–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 |
| Peñarol | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Suchitepéquez | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Universidad de San Carlos | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| Xelajú | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Marquense | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Marquense | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Comunicaciones | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Malacateco | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Xelajú | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Malacateco | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | Malacateco | 5 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Malacateco | 5 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | Comunicaciones | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Municipal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Heredia | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Municipal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Peñarol | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Peñarol | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Heredia | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Municipal | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 2 | Municipal | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Municipal | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 7 | Suchitepéquez | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
* Comunicaciones qualified for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.

## Torneo Clausura
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 44 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Heredia | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 39 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Malacateco | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 38 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 33 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Halcones | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 33 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Marquense | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 32 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 7 | USAC | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 30 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Xelajú | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 30 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 9 | Mictlán | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 29 | |
| 10 | Petapa | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 24 | |
| 11 | Municipal | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 20 | |
| 12 | Juventud Escuintleca | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 20 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | COM | PET | HER | JUV | MAL | MAR | MIC | MUN | HAL | SUC | USC | XEL |
| Comunicaciones | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Petapa | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Heredia | 3–3 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Juventud Escuintleca | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Malacateco | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Marquense | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Mictlán | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Municipal | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Halcones | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Suchitepéquez | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| USAC | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–0 |
| Xelajú | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Xelajú | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Xelajú | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Comunicaciones | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Marquense | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Malacateco | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Marquense | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Marquense | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Marquense | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | Comunicaciones | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Heredia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Suchitepéquez | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Heredia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Halcones FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Halcones FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Halcones FC | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Heredia | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 2 | Heredia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Heredia | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 7 | Universidad San Carlos | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 44 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 94 | Qualification for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
| 2 | Heredia | 44 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 77 | 49 | +28 | 74 | |
| 3 | Malacateco | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 66 | |
| 4 | Peñarol La Mesilla/Halcones FC | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 66 | |
| 5 | Xelajú | 44 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 66 | |
| 6 | Municipal | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 61 | |
| 7 | Suchitepéquez | 44 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 67 | 70 | −3 | 61 | |
| 8 | Marquense | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 58 | |
| 9 | USAC | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 51 | |
| 10 | Mictlán | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 51 | |
| 11 | Petapa (R) | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 48 | Relegation to the Primera División |
| 12 | Juventud Escuintleca (R) | 44 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 41 | 81 | −40 | 39 | Relegation to the Primera División |