The 2018–19 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 66th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2018 Apertura and the 2019 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2017–18 Primera División. Teams relegated to Primera División de Ascenso Deportivo Marquense and C.D. Suchitepéquez were relegated to 2018–19 Primera División the previous season. Teams promoted from Primera División de Ascenso The relegated team was replaced by the 2017–18 Primera División winners. Chiantla and Deportivo Iztapa.
Personnel and sponsoring
TeamChairmanHead CoachCaptainKitmakerShirt Sponsors Antigua GFC Víctor Hugo García Juan Antonio Torres TBD TBD Tigo, TBD Chiantla Damián Mérida Alberto Salguero TBD TBD Tigo, TBD Coban Imperial Jimmy Morales Fabricio Benitez TBD TBD Tigo, TBD Comunicaciones Pedro Portilla William Coito Olivera TBD Kappa Todo en Salud, Gatorade, Zeta Gas Guastatoya Léster Rodríguez Amarini Villatoro TBD TBD Tigo, TBD Iztapa Mario Mejía Francisco Melgar TBD TBD Tigo, TBD Malacateco Carlos Gutiérrez Ronald Gómez TBD TBD Tigo, TBD CSD Municipal Gerardo Villa Horacio Cordero TBD TBD Tigo, TBD Petapa Luis Reyes Norman Martin TBD TBD Tigo, TBD Sanarate Ángel Pantaleón Ariel Sena TBD TBD Tigo, TBD Siquinalá Juan Pablo Godíne Otto Rodríguez Kelme TBD Xelajú MC Francisco Santos Walter Horacio González TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Managerial changes
Beginning of the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Petapa Ramiro Cepeda Resigned May 2018 Rafael Loredo May 2018 th (Clausura 2018) Xelaju Walter Claveri Resigned to become coach of the national team July 2018 Ramiro Cepeda July 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
During the Apertura season TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureReplaced byPosition in table Chiantla Marvin Hernández Sacked August 2018 Alberto Salguero September 2018 12th (Apertura 2018) Municipal Hernan Medford Resigned September 2018 Horacio Cordero September 2018 th (Apertura 2018) Siquinalá Daniel Berta TBD October 2018 Otto Rodríguez October 2018 th (Apertura 2018) Sanarate Pablo Centrone TBD October 2018 Julián Trujillo October 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
Between Apertura and Clausura seasons
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table Antigua GFC Mauricio Tapia Contract finished December 2018 Juan Antonio Torres January 2019 Th (Apertura 2018)
During the Clausura season TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureReplaced byPosition in table Sanarate Héctor Julian Trujillo Sacked February 2019 Ariel Sena February 2019 th (Clausura 2019) Xelaju Ramiro Cepeda Sacked March 2019 Walter Horacio González March 2019 8th (Clausura 2019) Petapa Rafael Loredo Sacked March 2019 Norman Martin March 2019 12th (Clausura 2019)
Apertura League table
Results
Playoffs
Final First leg
Second leg
Clausura League table
Results
Playoffs
Quarterfinals First legs
Second legs
Guastatoya advances 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Malacateco advances 3–0 on away goals.
Semifinals First legs
Second legs
Antigua GFC advances 2-1 on aggregate.
Malacateco advances 2–3 on aggregate.
Final First leg
Second leg
Aggregate table
List of foreign players in the league This is a list of foreign players in 2018-2019 season. The following players: have played at least one apertura game for the respective club. have not been capped for the Guatemala national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace.
A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have five foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.
Antigua GFC Agustin Herrera Alejandro Diaz Jose Mena Adrián De Lemos Anllel Porras Rafael Lezcano Juan David Osorio Pablo Mingorance Chiantla Luis Omar Hernández Liborio Vicente Sánchez Sergio Alejandro Blancas Martínez José Abraham Alpuche Juan Carlos Meza Diego Bartolota Daniel Guzmán Miranda Coban Imperial Álvaro García Adrián Elois Leites Janderson Pereira Josue Flores Victor Guay Jonathan Charquero Jorge Luis Sotomayor Orlando Moreira CSD Comunicaciones Javier Irazún Michael Umaña Alexander Larin Maximiliano Lombardi Darío Carreño Cristian Alexis Hernández Guastatoya Isaac Acuña Omar Dominguez Emmanuel Alejandro Tapia Jose Coreno Aaron Navarro Jose Sanchez Jorge Ignacio Gatgens José Calderón Deportivo Iztapa Rafael Moreira Rafinha Fredy Marques Luis Alfonso Páez Raúl Nava López Ramiro Rocca Lester Blanco Deportivo Malacateco Víctor Bolivar Gabriel Leiva Kenny Cunningham Luis Ángel Landín Willinton Techera x CSD Municipal Andrey Anthony Francis Irving Esteban Calderón Wálter Aníbal Acevedo Jonathan Hansen Omar Salazar Matias Malvino Othoniel Arce Luis Angel Ladin Orlando Moreira Juan Barrera Deportivo Petapa Raúl Calderón Yeltsin Car
Sanarate Juan Lovato Cristian Alexis Hernández Juan Manuel Lazaneo Fabián Castillo Lucas Emanuel Acosta Cristian Daniel Taborda Víctor Bolivar Jorge Zaldivar Jonathan Posas William Zapata Juan Carlos Silva Siquinalá Quiarol Arzu Cesar García Jean Andrés Scott Hernández Othoniel Arce Verny Scott Diego Sanchez Corrales Luis Gerardo Arroyo Julio Andrés Valdez Sergio Alejandro Blancas Christopher Solano Club Xelajú MC Carlos Kamiani Bernardo Long Álvaro Aguilar César Morales Juan Yax Dario Ferrera Álvaro García
(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)
External links https://lared.com.gt/deportes/futbol/liga-nacional/ https://www.guatevision.com/etiqueta/futbol-guatemala/