2009–10 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season 2009–10
Champions Apertura: Municipal (27th title)
Clausura: Municipal (28th title)
Relegated Jalapa
Zacapa
CONCACAF Champions League Municipal
Xelajú

The 2009–10 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 11th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used.

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

Guatemala City
Location of the 2009–10 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams
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

Torneo Apertura

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Xelajú 22 12 3 7 33 24 +9 39 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Municipal 22 10 7 5 30 20 +10 37
3 Marquense 22 10 7 5 31 27 +4 37 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
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 USAC 22 3 9 10 18 27 −9 18
12 Peñarol 20 4 4 12 22 37 −15 16

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1 Colombia Henry Javier Hernández Juventud Retalteca 19
2 Guatemala Tránsito Montepeque Comunicaciones 14
3 Honduras Nelson Martín Crossa Municipal 12
4 Honduras Mario Castellanos Heredia 11
5 Guatemala Freddy García Heredia 9
Guatemala Jonny Jeffersone Brown Fajardo Marquense 9
7 Guatemala Mário Rodriguez Municipal 8
Mexico Carlos Kamiani Felix Universidad de San Carlos 8
9 Costa Rica Jhonny Cubero Xelajú 7
10 Guatemala Oscar Isaula Zacapa 6

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                                       
      1  Xelajú 0 1 1  
  3  Marquense 0 2 2     6  Comunicaciones (a) 0 1 1    
  6  Comunicaciones 2 1 3         6  Comunicaciones 0 0 0
      2  Municipal 1 0 1
      2  Municipal 1 1 2    
  4  Heredia 5 2 7     4  Heredia 0 0 0  
  5  Juventud Retalteca 4 0 4  
2009 Apertura winner
Municipal
27th Title

Torneo Clausura

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

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 22 12 4 6 37 22 +15 40 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Xelajú 22 11 6 5 32 26 +6 39
3 Suchitepéquez 22 10 6 6 25 22 +3 36 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Municipal 22 9 5 8 25 19 +6 32
5 USAC 22 8 8 6 28 23 +5 32
6 Peñarol 22 8 7 7 30 25 +5 31
7 Juventud Retalteca 22 9 4 9 20 21 −1 31
8 Jalapa 22 6 8 8 24 29 −5 26
9 Marquense 22 6 8 8 24 29 −5 26
9 Heredia 22 7 3 12 26 34 −8 24
11 Xinabajul 22 5 8 9 25 36 −11 23
12 Zacapa 22 6 3 13 24 34 −10 21

Updated to games played on April 7, 2010.
Source: espn.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] COM HER JALJUVMARMUNPEÑSUCUSCXELXINZAC
Comunicaciones 3–0 2–1 4–0 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–0
Heredia 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 1–2 2–3 3–1 2–4
Jalapa 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–1
Juventud Retalteca 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 1–0
Marquense 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1
Municipal 2–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Peñarol 2–2 1–0 3–3 3–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–4 0–0 3–0
Suchitepéquez 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–2
USAC 3–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 4–1
Xelajú 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 2–1
Xinabajul 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1
Zacapa 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1

Updated to games played on April 7, 2010.
Source: (Spanish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                                       
      2  Xelajú 0 2 2 (3)  
  3  Suchitepéquez 1 2 3     3  Suchtepéquez 2 0 2 (1)    
  6  Peñarol La Mesilla 1 1 2         2  Xelajú 1 0 1
      4  Municipal 3 4 7
      4  Municipal 2 1 3    
  5  Universidad 3 0 3     1  Comunicaciones 1 1 2  
  4  Municipal 2 2 4  
2010 Clausura winner
Municipal
28th Title

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Xelajú 44 23 10 11 65 49 +16 79 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round 2
2 Comunicaciones 44 20 12 12 67 44 +23 72
3 Municipal 44 19 12 13 55 39 +16 69 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
4 Juventud Retalteca 44 19 9 16 55 46 +9 66
5 Suchitepéquez 44 18 12 14 56 50 +6 66
6 Marquense 44 16 15 13 56 56 0 63
7 Heredia 44 17 8 19 66 62 +4 59
8 Xinabajul 44 13 12 19 47 66 −19 51
9 USAC 44 11 17 16 46 50 −4 50
10 Peñarol 44 12 11 21 52 62 −10 47
11 Jalapa (R) 44 12 17 15 44 54 −10 0471 Relegation to the Liga de Ascenso
12 Zacapa (R) 44 14 5 25 48 79 −31 47

Updated to games played on 15 May 2010.
Source: GuateFutbol.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
1. Jalapa was docked six points.
2. Since Municipal won both championships, Xelaju qualified for 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as the runner-up with better aggregate record.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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