# 2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

The 2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala, also known as Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons, is the 72nd season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season began on 3 August 2024, when the Apertura 2024 tournament started, and is scheduled to end in May 2025 with the Clausura 2025 tournament second leg final.

## Competition format

Same as previous years, the season was divided into two short tournaments: Torneo Apertura (opening) and Torneo Clausura (closing), each of which crowning its own champion. Both Apertura and Clausura tournaments were played under the same format which consisted in a Classification phase and a Final phase.
In the classification phase, teams played each other twice on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top eight teams at the conclusion of the classification stage advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stage.
The final phase was played on a single-elimination format and consisted of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. All rounds were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-ranked team in the classification phase of each tie hosting the second leg. The quarter-final pairings were pre-determined based on the teams' final position in the classification phase. In the semi-finals the teams were re-seeded based also on their final position in the classification phase in order to determine the two pairings. The quarter-finals and semi-finals matchups were determined as follows:
Both champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments plus the best placed team on the aggregate table (excluding the two champions) at the end of the season qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams took part in this season: the top ten teams from the aggregate table of the 2023–24 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2023–24 Primera División season.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Achuapa | El Progreso | Winston Pineda | 6,000 |
| Antigua | Antigua Guatemala | Pensativo | 10,000 |
| Cobán Imperial | Cobán | Verapaz | 15,000 |
| Comunicaciones | Guatemala City | Doroteo Guamuch Flores | 26,000 |
| Deportivo Zacapa | Zacapa | Estadio David Ordoñez Bardales | 8,100 |
| Guastatoya | Guastatoya | David Cordón Hichos | 3,100 |
| Malacateco | Malacatán | Santa Lucía | 7,000 |
| Marquense | San Marcos | Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada | 11,000 |
| Mixco | Mixco | Santo Domingo de Guzmán | 5,200 |
| Municipal | Guatemala City | El Trébol | 7,500 |
| Xelajú | Quetzaltenango | Mario Camposeco | 11,220 |
| Xinabajul-Huehue | Huehuetenango | Los Cuchumatanes | 5,340 |

## Managerial changes
### Before the start of the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| TBD | TBD | Contract finished | 2024 | TBD | 2024 | th and Quarterfinalist (TBD) |
| Deportivo Malacateco | Gabriel Pereyra | Contract finished | June 2024 | Roberto Hernandez | June 7, 2024 | th and Quarterfinalist (TBD) |

### During the Apertura season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Deportivo Zacapa | Adrián García Arias | Sacked | September 2024 | Rafael Díaz Aitkenhead | September 2024 | th (2024 Apertura) |
| Deportivo Marquense | Erick González | Mutual Consent | 2024 | Mauricio Tapia | October 12, 2024 | th (2024 Apertura) |
| Comunicaciones | Willy Olivera | Mutual Consent | October 14, 2024 | Ronald Gonzalez | October 15, 2024 | th (2024 Apertura) |

### Between the Apertura and Clausura season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Marquense | Mauricio Tapia | Resigned | December 12, 2024 | TBD | 2024 | th (2024 Apertura) |
| Antigua | Javier Lopez | Resigned | December 16, 2024 | Mauricio Tapia | December 22, 2024 | th (2024 Apertura) |

## Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2024 tournament began on 3 August and scheduled to end on 23 November 2024. Comunicaciones were the defending champions, having won the Apertura 2023 tournament at the previous season.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Xelajú | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 30 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Municipal | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 30 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Cobán Imperial | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 25 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Malacateco | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 25 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Xinabajul | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 25 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Comunicaciones | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 24 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Antigua | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 23 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Mixco | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 22 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Achuapa | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 21 | |
| 10 | Guastatoya | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 14 | |
| 11 | Marquense | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 12 | |
| 12 | Zacapa | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 28 | −23 | 6 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACH | ANT | COB | COM | GUA | MAL | MAR | MIX | MUN | XEL | XIN | ZAC |
| Achuapa | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Antigua | | — | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cobán Imperial | | | — | | | | | | | | | |
| Comunicaciones | | 1–1 | | — | | | | | | | | |
| Guastatoya | | | | | — | | | | | | | 0–0 |
| Malacateco | 0–2 | | | | | — | | | | | | |
| Marquense | | | | | | | — | | | | | |
| Mixco | | | | | | | | — | 0–0 | | | |
| Municipal | | | | | | | | | — | | | |
| Xelajú | | | | | | | 3–1 | | | — | | |
| Xinabajul | | | 0–3 | | | | | | | | — | |
| Zacapa | | | | | | | | | | | | — |

#### Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Goals scored during the final phase are not included as the tournament top scorer award only takes into account goals scored in the classification phase.
| No. | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Erick Lemus | Comunicaciones | 9 |
| 2 | Óscar Villa | Xelajú | 9 |
| 3 | José Martínez | Municipal | 7 |
| 4 | Nicolas Martinez | Mixco | 7 |
| 5 | Santiago Gómez | Antigua | 6 |
| 6 | Matías Rotondi | Municipal | 6 |
| 7 | Ángel López | Malacateco | 5 |
| 8 | Rudy Munoz | Municipal | 5 |
| 9 | Kevin Ramirez | Malacateco | 5 |
| 10 | Julio Cesar Rodriguez | Xinabajul | 5 |
| 10 | Yeltsin Álvarez | Cobán Imperial | 4 |

### Final phase – Apertura 2024

The final phase of the Apertura tournament ran from 28 November to 22 December 2024.

## Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2025 tournament is scheduled to begin in January and end in May 2025. The defending champions are Municipal, who had won the previous Clausura 2024 tournament.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Municipal | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 21 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Antigua | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 20 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Malacateco | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 19 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Cobán Imperial | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 19 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Marquense | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 17 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Comunicaciones | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 16 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Guastatoya | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 16 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Achuapa | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Xelajú | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 15 | |
| 10 | Mixco | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 14 | |
| 11 | Xinabajul-Huehue | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 12 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACH | ANT | COB | COM | GUA | MAL | MAR | MIX | MUN | XEL | XIN | ZAC |
| Achuapa | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Antigua | | — | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cobán Imperial | | | — | | | | | | | | | |
| Comunicaciones | | | | — | | | | | | | | |
| Guastatoya | | | | | — | | | | | | | |
| Malacateco | | | | | | — | | | | | | |
| Marquense | | | | | | | — | | | | | |
| Mixco | | | | | | | | — | | | | |
| Municipal | | | | | | | | | — | | | |
| Xelajú | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
| Xinabajul-Huehue | | | | | | | | | | | — | |
| Zacapa | | | | | | | | | | | | — |

## Aggregate table

The aggregate table is used to determine the third qualified team for the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup, besides the Apertura and Clausura champions, and the two relegated teams to the 2025–26 Primera División.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Xelajú | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 37 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup |
| 2 | Municipal | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 37 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup |
| 3 | Cobán Imperial | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 35 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup |
| 4 | Antigua | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 33 | |
| 5 | Comunicaciones | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 30 | |
| 6 | Malacateco | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 29 | |
| 7 | Xinabajul | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Achuapa | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 26 | |
| 9 | Marquense | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 23 | |
| 10 | Mixco | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 23 | |
| 11 | Guastatoya | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 18 | Relegation to Primera División |
| 12 | Zacapa | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 28 | −23 | 6 | Relegation to Primera División |