The 2009–10 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 57th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2009 Apertura and the 2010 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams.
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 payoffs 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
TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity Comunicaciones Guatemala Cementos Progreso 16,000 Heredia San José Julian Tesucun 8,000 Jalapa Jalapa Las Flores 5,000 Juventud Retalteca Retalhuleu Óscar Monterroso 8,000 Marquense San Marcos Marquesa de la Ensenada 10,000 Municipal Guatemala Mateo Flores 30,000 Peñarol La Mesilla 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 Zacapa Zacapa David Ordoñez Bardales 10,000
Apertura The Torneo Apertura is the first championship of the season. It began on August 1, 2009, and ended on December 20, 2009.
Top scorers PosPlayerTeamGoals1 Henry Javier HernándezJuventud Retalteca192 Tránsito MontepequeComunicaciones143 Nelson Martín CrossaMunicipal124 Mario CastellanosHeredia115 Freddy GarcíaHeredia9 Jonny Jeffersone Brown FajardoMarquense97 Mário RodriguezMunicipal8 Carlos Kamiani FélixUniversidad de San Carlos89 Jhonny CuberoXelajú710 Oscar IsaulaZacapa6
Playoffs
Clausura The Torneo Clausura is the second championship of the season. It began on January 15, 2010, and ended on May 15, 2010.
Results
Playoffs
Aggregate table
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