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Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season	2009–10
Champions	Apertura:; Clausura:
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Clausura:; Season:
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The league season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala is divided into two tournaments, the Apertura, which is played from August to December, and the Clausura which is played from January to May. The first six clubs in the standings at the end of each competition participate in the playoffs (a two-leg knock-out phase) to determine the champion: the first and second place teams qualify directly to the semi-finals, while the other two have to play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments participate in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League.

[edit] Location of teams

Guatemala City

Guatemala City teams:
Comunicaciones
Municipal
Universidad

Location of teams in Clausura 2010

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
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

[edit] Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Xelajú	22	12	3	7	33	24	+9	39
2	Municipal	22	10	7	5	30	20	+10	37
3	Marquense	22	10	7	5	31	27	+4	37
4	Heredia	22	10	5	7	40	28	+12	35
5	Juventud Retalteca	22	10	5	7	35	25	+10	35
6	Comunicaciones	22	8	8	6	30	22	+8	32
7	Suchitepéquez	22	9	5	8	32	27	+5	32
8	Xinabajul	22	8	4	10	22	30	-8	28
9	Jalapa	22	6	9	7	20	25	-5	27
10	Zacapa	22	8	2	12	24	45	-21	26
11	Universidad De San Carlos	22	3	9	10	18	27	-9	18
12	Peñarol La Mesilla	22	4	4	14	22	37	-15	16

Final Update: November 27, 2009

	Qualified to the playoffs semifinals.
	Qualified to the playoffs quarterfinals.

[edit] Top scorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Henry Javier Hernández	Juventud Retalteca	19
2	Trànsito Montepeque	Comunicaciones	14
3	Nelson Martín Crossa	Municipal	12
4	Mario Castellanos	Heredia	11
5	Fredy García	Heredia	9
	Jonny Jeffersone Brown Fajardo	Marquense	9
7	Mário Rodriguez	Municipal	8
	Carlos Kamiani Felix	Universidad De San Carlos	8
9	Jhonny Cubero	Xelajú	7
10	Oscar Isaula	Zacapa	6
11	Gustavo Adolfo Betancourt	Xelajú	5
	Erick Priego	Zacapa	5
	Fernando Ezequiel Gallo	Xelajú	5
	Allan Kardec Dos Santos	Suchitepéquez	5
	Wilber Caal	Suchitepéquez	5
	Jorge Mario Ortiz Pérez	Marquense	5

Final Update: November 27, 2009.

[edit] Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

					1	Xelajú	0	1	1
3	Marquense	0	2	2	6	Comunicaciones	0	1	1
6	Comunicaciones	2	1	3						1	Comunicaciones	0
										2	Municipal	1
					2	Municipal	1	1	2
4	Heredia	5	2	7	4	Heredia	0	0	0
5	Juventud Retalteca	4	0	4

[edit] Apertura Tournament Champion

Apertura 2009 winner
Municipal 27th Title

[edit] Relegation

There is no relegation after the Apertura.

[edit] Torneo Clausura

The Torneo de Clausura is the second championship of the season. It began on January 15 and will end on May 9.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Xelajú	12	6	4	2	14	8	+6	22
2	Comunicaciones	12	6	3	3	23	12	+11	21
3	Peñarol La Mesilla	13	6	3	4	13	11	+2	21
4	Universidad San Carlos	12	4	6	2	13	10	+3	18
5	Suchitepéquez	12	5	3	4	17	17	0	18
6	Marquense	13	3	6	4	16	19	−3	15
7	Juventud Retalteca	12	4	3	5	7	12	−5	15
8	Zacapa	12	4	2	6	13	16	−3	14
9	Xinabajul	12	3	5	4	13	17	−4	14
10	Municipal	12	3	4	5	12	14	−2	13
11	Jalapa	12	3	4	5	9	16	−7	13
12	Heredia	12	3	3	6	16	15	+1	12

Updated to games played on March 14, 2010
Source: GuateFutbol.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

Home \ Away¹	COM	HER	JAL	RET	MAR	MUN	PEÑ	SUC	USC	XEL	XIN	ZAC
Comunicaciones				4–0	5–1		2–0	1–2		1–0		2–0
Heredia	0–1		3–0			2–1		4–1	1–2	2–3
Jalapa	1–1			1–0	1–1		1–0			0–0		0–1
Juventud Retalteca		0–0	2–0		1–0		1–0	0–0			2–0
Marquense		3–2				1–1	1–2	3–1			1–1	2–1
Municipal	2–1		1–1	3–0	1–1				0–0	0–1
Peñarol La Mesilla		1–0			2–2	3–1		1–0	2–1		0–0
Suchitepéquez		1–1	1–3			2–0			3–0		3–2	2–2
Universidad San Carlos	3–2		4–0	0–0	1–0		1–1			0–0
Xelajú	2–2			2–0	0–0		1–0	0–1			3–0	2–1
Xinabajul	1–1	1–1	2–1			2–1			0–0			3–1
Zacapa		1–0		2–1		0–1	0–1		1–1		3–1

Updated to games played on March 14, 2010
Source: (Spanish)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Aggregate table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Xelajú	34	18	7	9	47	32	+15	61
2	Comunicaciones	34	14	11	9	53	34	+19	53
3	Marquense	35	13	13	9	47	46	+1	52
4	Municipal	34	13	11	10	42	34	+8	50
5	Suchitepéquez	34	14	8	12	49	44	+5	50
6	Juventud Retalteca	34	14	8	12	42	37	+5	50
7	Heredia	34	13	8	13	56	43	+13	47
8	Xinabajul	34	11	9	14	35	47	−12	42
9	Jalapa	34	9	13	12	29	41	−12	40
10	Zacapa	34	12	4	18	37	61	−24	40
11	Peñarol La Mesilla	35	10	7	18	35	48	−13	37
12	Universidad San Carlos	34	7	15	12	31	37	−6	36	Relegation to the Liga de Ascenso