# 2008–09 in Guatemalan football

The following article presents a summary of the 2008-09 football (soccer) season in Guatemala.

## National leagues
### Liga Nacional

* Apertura champion: Comunicaciones (22nd title).
** Top scorer: Adrián Apellaniz (10).
* Clausura champion: Jalapa (2nd title).
** Top scorer: Carlos González (10).
* International qualifiers:
** 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League: Comunicaciones, Jalapa.
* Relegated: Petapa.
Source: RSSSF

### Primera División de Ascenso

* Apertura champion: San Pedro (1st title).
* Clausura champion: Juventud Retalteca (1st title).
* Promoted: Universidad SC, Peñarol La Mesilla, Juventud Retalteca.
* Relegated: La Gomera, Saranate, Amatitlán.
Source: RSSSF

## National team

This section covers the Guatemala national team matches from the beginning of June 2008 until the end of June 2009.
The Guatemala national team played the entirety of its 2010 World Cup qualification campaign from June 2008 to November 2008, being eliminated in the third round of the CONCACAF region as third place in its group.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Comp | Guatemala scorers | Match Report(s) |
| June 4, 2008 | Estadio Playa Ancha Valparaíso, Chile | Chile | 2 – 0 | F | | Report |
| June 14, 2008 | Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala | Saint Lucia | 6 – 0 | WCQ2010 | Rodríguez 6' Ruíz 36' 40' 58' 90+3' Trigueros 90+1' | Report |
| June 21, 2008 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, United States | Saint Lucia | 1 – 3 | WCQ2010 | Romero 24' 43' Trigueros 86' | Report |
| August 6, 2008 | RFK Stadium Washington, D.C., United States | Bolivia | 0 – 3 | F | Pezzarossi 52' Ramírez 58' Rodríguez 67' | Report |
| August 20, 2008 | Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala | United States | 0 – 1 | WCQ2010 | | Report |
| September 6, 2008 | Hasely Crawford Stadium Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 – 1 | WCQ2010 | Gallardo 90+2' | Report |
| September 10, 2008 | Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala | Cuba | 4 – 1 | WCQ2010 | Ruíz 37' 54' Rodríguez 85' Contreras 90' | Report |
| October 11, 2008 | Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 – 0 | WCQ2010 | | Report |
| October 15, 2008 | Estadio Pedro Marrero Havana, Cuba | Cuba | 2 – 1 | WCQ2010 | Pappa 80' | Report |
| November 19, 2008 | Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, United States | United States | 2 – 0 | WCQ2010 | | Report |
| January 25, 2009 | Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa, Honduras | Costa Rica | 1 – 3 | UNCAF 2009 | López 51' | Report |
| January 27, 2009 | Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa, Honduras | Panama | 1 – 0 | UNCAF 2009 | | Report |
| January 29, 2009 | Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa, Honduras | Nicaragua | 2 – 0 | UNCAF 2009 | | Report |
| February 11, 2009 | Estadio Monumental de Maturín Maturín, Venezuela | Venezuela | 2 – 1 | F | Pezzarossi 49' | Report |
| June 28, 2009 | Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, United States | Mexico | 0 – 0 | F | | Report |
| June 30, 2009 | Oxnard College Oxnard, California, United States | Canada | 3 – 0 | F | | Report |
KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification; UNCAF 2009 = UNCAF Nations Cup 2009