# 2011–12 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2011–12 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 13th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 9 July 2011 and will end in May 2012.

## 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

USAC and Xinabajul finished in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the overall table of last season and were relegated to the Primera División. Taking their places were the two winners of the Primera División promotion playoffs, Petapa and Zacapa.
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Comunicaciones | Guatemala | Cementos Progreso | 16,000 |
| Heredia | San José | Julián Tesucún | 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 |
| Petapa | San Miguel Petapa | Municipal | 7,500 |
| Suchitepéquez | Mazatenango | Carlos Salazar Hijo | 12,000 |
| Xelajú | Quetzaltenango | Mario Camposeco | 11,000 |
| Zacapa | Zacapa | David Ordóñez Bardales | 8,000 |

## Torneo Apertura

The 2011 Torneo Apertura began on 9 July 2011 and ended on 18 December 2011.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 43 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Xelajú | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 38 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Marquense | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 36 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 35 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Heredia | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 35 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Municipal | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 34 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Peñarol | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 31 | |
| 8 | Malacateco | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 22 | |
| 9 | Zacapa | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 21 | |
| 10 | Juventud Retalteca | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 20 | |
| 11 | Mictlán | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 20 | |
| 12 | Petapa | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 18 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | COM | HER | JUV | MAL | MAR | MIC | MUN | PEÑ | PET | SUC | XEL | ZAC |
| Comunicaciones | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Heredia | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Juventud Retalteca | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Malacateco | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Marquense | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Mictlán | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Municipal | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Peñarol | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Petapa | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Suchitepéquez | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Xelajú | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 4–1 |
| Zacapa | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |

### Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Juan Valenzuela | Zacapa | 10 |
| 1 | Henry Hernández | Heredia | 10 |
| 3 | Miguel Casanova | Peñarol | 8 |
| 3 | Edwin Villatoro | Suchitepéquez | 8 |
| 5 | Neto Mineiro | Marquense | 7 |
| 5 | Fernando Gallo | Peñarol | 7 |
| 5 | Tránsito Montepeque | Comunicaciones | 7 |
| 5 | Carlos Ramírez | Comunicaciones | 7 |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Suchitepéquez | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Xelajú | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Marquense | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Comunicaciones | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Heredia | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Municipal | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Peñarol | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Malacateco | 6 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Zacapa | 8 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Juventud Retalteca | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Mictlán | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Petapa | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
* Leader
* Qualification to the semifinals
* Qualification to the quarterfinals

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | 2 | Xelajú MC | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Comunicaciones | 1 | 0 | 1 (a) | 4 | Comunicaciones | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | Heredia | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | Comunicaciones | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Municipal | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | 1 | Suchitepéquez | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Marquense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Municipal | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Municipal | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Second legs

Municipal progresses 2–0 on aggregate.
Comunicaciones progresses on away goals rule.

### Semifinals
#### Second legs

Comunicaciones progresses 4–2 on aggregate.
Municipal progresses 3–2 on aggregate.

### Finals
#### Second leg

* 2011 Apertura winner
* Municipal 29th title

## Torneo Clausura

The 2012 Torneo Clausura will begin on 14 January 2012 and will end in May 2012.

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Comunicaciones | | Ronald Gonzales | Joma | TBA |
| Heredia | TBD | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Juventud Retalteca | TBD | Manuel Castañeda | DMS | TBA |
| Malacateco | TBD | Julián Trujillo | TBA | TBA |
| Marquense | TBD | Francisco Melgar | Lotto Sport Italia | TBA |
| Mictlán | TBD | Albertico Salguero | TBA | TBA |
| Municipal | TBD | Javier Delgado | DMS | Pepsi, Banrural |
| Peñarol La Mesilla | TBD | Pablo Centrone | TBA | TBA |
| Petapa | TBD | Ramiro Cepeda | TBA | TBA |
| Suchitepéquez | TBD | Richard Pressa | Milan | TBA |
| Xelajú | TBD | Hernán Medford | MR | TBA |
| Zacapa | TBD | Sergio Pardo | TBA | TBA |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 42 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Marquense | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 38 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Xelajú | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 34 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Municipal | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 31 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 31 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Heredia | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 31 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Petapa | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | Mictlán | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 29 | |
| 9 | Malacateco | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 27 | |
| 10 | Peñarol | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 25 | |
| 11 | Zacapa | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 25 | |
| 12 | Juventud Retalteca | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 17 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | COM | HER | JUV | MAL | MAR | MIC | MUN | PEÑ | PET | SUC | XEL | ZAC |
| Comunicaciones | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Heredia | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| Juventud Retalteca | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Malacateco | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| Marquense | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 6–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 4–0 |
| Mictlán | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Municipal | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Peñarol | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Petapa | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Suchitepéquez | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Xelajú | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
| Zacapa | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |

### Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Henry Hernández | Heredia | 16 |
| 2 | Carlos Asprilla | Mictlán | 11 |
| 2 | Terencio de Oliveira | Marquense | 11 |
| 2 | Fernando Gallo | Peñarol | 11 |
| 2 | Israel Silva | Xelajú | 11 |
| 5 | Gonzalo Gutiérrez | Suchitepéquez | 10 |
| 5 | Juan Valenzuela | Zacapa | 10 |
| 5 | Sandro Zamboni | Petapa | 10 |
| 9 | Hessler Archila | Suchitepéquez | 9 |
| 9 | Diego Estrada | Comunicaciones | 9 |
| 9 | Jorge Estrada | Marquense | 9 |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Comunicaciones | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Marquense | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Xelajú | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Municipal | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Suchitepéquez | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Heredia | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Petapa | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Mictlán | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Malacateco | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Peñarol | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Zacapa | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Juventud Retalteca | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
* Leader
* Qualification to the semifinals
* Qualification to the quarterfinals

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | 1 | Comunicaciones | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Municipal | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Municipal | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 5 | Suchitepéquez | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | 4 | Municipal | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Club Xelajú | 0 | 2 | 2 (3) |
| | | | | | 2 | Marquense | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | Heredia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Club Xelajú | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Xelajú | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Finals
#### First leg
#### Second leg

* 2012 Clausura winner
* Club Xelajú 5th title

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 44 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 77 | |
| 2 | Marquense | 44 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 74 | |
| 3 | Suchitepéquez | 44 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 74 | |
| 4 | Xelajú | 44 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 72 | Qualification for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
| 5 | Heredia | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 66 | |
| 6 | Municipal | 44 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 65 | Qualification for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
| 7 | Peñarol | 44 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 68 | 57 | +11 | 56 | |
| 8 | Malacateco | 44 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 49 | |
| 9 | Mictlán | 44 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 48 | 76 | −28 | 49 | |
| 10 | Petapa | 44 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 48 | |
| 11 | Zacapa (R) | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 55 | 79 | −24 | 46 | Relegation to the Primera División |
| 12 | Juventud Retalteca (R) | 44 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 72 | −28 | 37 | Relegation to the Primera División |