2023–24 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season2023–24
Dates28 July 2023 – 19 May 2024
ChampionsApertura:
Comunicaciones (32nd title)
Clausura:
Municipal (32nd title)
RelegatedZacapa
Coatepeque
CONCACAF Central American CupComunicaciones
Municipal
Antigua
Matches played220
Goals scored543 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
José Carlos Martínez (9 goals)
Clausura:
Diego Casas (9 goals)
Highest attendanceApertura: 20,000
Comunicaciones 1–0 Guastatoya
(23 December 2023)

The 2023–24 Liga Nacional de Guatemala, also known as Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 71th season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season began on 28 July 2023, when the Apertura 2023 tournament started,[2] and ended on 19 May 2024 with the Clausura 2024 tournament second leg final.

Competition format

Same as previous years, the season was divided into two short tournaments: Torneo Apertura (opening) and Torneo Clausura (closing), each of which crowning its own champion.[3] In May 2023, President of the Liga Nacional Rodolfo Puertas announced a change in the competition format for the 2023–24 season in order to reduce the number of games to be played, adopting one similar to that implemented in the 2020–21 season during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] The new format was approved on 13 June 2023 during the Ordinary Assembly of the Liga Nacional with the Apertura and Clausura tournaments being played under the same format consisting of a Classification phase, which was now played with two groups of 6 teams, and a Final phase, which remained unchanged.[6][7]

The classification phase consisted of two groups of 6 teams each, which were formed based on the position of the teams in the cumulative table of the previous season, with the teams placed in odd position plus one promoted team in group A and the teams placed in even position plus the other promoted team in group B:

Group A
Pos Team
1 Comunicaciones
3 Xelajú
5 Cobán Imperial
7 Xinabajul-Huehue
9 Malacateco
Prom Coatepeque
Group B
Pos Team
2 Municipal
4 Antigua
6 Guastatoya
8 Achuapa
10 Mixco
Prom Zacapa

Each team played twice against the opponents in their group on a home-and-away round-robin basis, but also played once against the 6 teams in the opposing group (intergroup matches) for a total of 16 matches per team. The top eight teams in an overall table at the conclusion of the classification stage advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stage.

The final phase was played on a single-elimination format and consisted of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. All rounds were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-ranked team in the classification phase of each tie hosting the second leg. The quarter-final pairings were pre-determined based on the teams' final position in the classification phase. In the semi-finals the teams were re-seeded based also on their final position in the classification phase in order to determine the two pairings. The quarter-finals and semi-finals matchups were determined as follows:

Both champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments plus the best placed team on the aggregate table (excluding the two champions) at the end of the season qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup.

Teams

A total of 12 teams took part in this season: the top ten teams from the aggregate table of the 2022–23 season as well as the two promoted teams from the 2022–23 Primera División season, Coatepeque and Zacapa. Both teams were promoted as finalists in both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments of the 2022–23 Primera División,[8]

The two promoted teams replaced Santa Lucía and Iztapa, the bottom two teams in the aggregate table of the 2022–23 season, who were relegated to Primera División in the previous season.[9][10]

Stadia and locations

Team City Stadium Capacity
Achuapa El Progreso Winston Pineda 6,000
Antigua Antigua Guatemala Pensativo 10,000
Coatepeque Coatepeque Israel Barrios 20,000
Cobán Imperial Cobán Verapaz 15,000
Comunicaciones Guatemala City Doroteo Guamuch Flores 26,000
Guastatoya Guastatoya David Cordón Hichos 3,100
Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000
Mixco Mixco Santo Domingo de Guzmán 5,200
Municipal Guatemala City El Trébol 7,500
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,220
Xinabajul-Huehue Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340
Zacapa Zacapa David Ordoñez Bardales 8,500

Personnel and kits

Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Achuapa Costa Rica Rónald Gómez Guatemala Rigoberto Hernández Guza−Sport
Antigua Guatemala Dwight Pezzarossi Costa Rica José Mena Nino
Coatepeque Uruguay Silvio Fernández Guatemala Pedro Samayoa Nevimar
Cobán Imperial Mexico Adrián García Arias Brazil Janderson MG Sports
Comunicaciones Uruguay William Coito Guatemala José Manuel Contreras Kelme
Guastatoya Mexico Roberto Montoya Guatemala Rubén Morales Guza−Sport
Malacateco Argentina Gabriel Pereyra Guatemala Jorge Sánchez Silver Sport
Mixco Guatemala Fabricio Benítez Guatemala Jean Márquez JM12
Municipal Argentina Sebastián Bini Guatemala Marlon Sequén Umbro
Xelajú Guatemala Amarini Villatoro Costa Rica Kenner Gutiérrez Kelme
Xinabajul-Huehue Argentina Pablo Centrone Guatemala Kristian Guzmán Orion
Zacapa Brazil Gerson Voss Guatemala Mafre Icuté Guza−Sport

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Achuapa Guatemala Walter Claverí End of contract 7 May 2023 Pre-season Argentina Gabriel Pereyra 25 May 2023[11]
Achuapa Guatemala Hamilton López End of caretaker spell 14 May 2023 Mexico Adrián García Arias 31 May 2023[12]
Municipal Paraguay José Cardozo End of contract 15 May 2023[13] Argentina Sebastián Bini 29 May 2023[14]
Antigua Argentina Ramiro Cepeda 29 May 2023[15] Costa Rica Ronald González 1 June 2023[16]
Guastatoya Nicaragua Mario Acevedo 2 June 2023[17] Mexico Roberto Montoya 2 June 2023[18]
Zacapa Guatemala Erick González Mutual agreement 19 September 2023[19] 8th Uruguay Martín García 23 September 2023[20]
Antigua Costa Rica Ronald González Sacked 22 September 2023[21] 2nd Guatemala Dwight Pezzarossi[i] 22 September 2023[23]
Coatepeque Guatemala Joaquín Álvarez Mutual agreement 4 October 2023[24][25] 11th Mexico Paco Ramírez 5 October 2023[26]
Torneo Clausura
Cobán Imperial Uruguay César Méndez Sacked 28 November 2023[27] Pre-tournament Mexico Adrián García Arias 9 December 2023[28][29]
Coatepeque Mexico Paco Ramírez Mutual agreement 29 November 2023[30][31] Uruguay Silvio Fernández December 2023[32]
Achuapa Mexico Adrián García Arias Signed by Cobán Imperial 9 December 2023[28][29] Colombia Milton García 29 December 2023[33]
Zacapa Uruguay Martín García Mutual agreement 21 December 2023[34] Uruguay Adrián Fernández 22 December 2023[35]
Comunicaciones Uruguay William Coito Mutual agreement 26 December 2023[36] Argentina Iván Sopegno 27 December 2023[37]
Zacapa Uruguay Adrián Fernández Mutual agreement 17 February 2024[38][39] 11th Argentina Héctor Vargas 17 February 2024[38][39]
Achuapa Colombia Milton García Sacked 1 March 2024[40] 9th Costa Rica Rónald Gómez[ii] 5 March 2024[42]
Zacapa Argentina Héctor Vargas Mutual agreement 11 March 2024[43][44] 11th Guatemala Julio Laínez 11 March 2024[45][46]
Guatemala Julio Laínez Sacked 4 April 2024[47] 12th Brazil Gerson Voss 4 April 2024[48]
Comunicaciones Argentina Iván Sopegno Demoted to the youth levels 18 April 2024[49][50] 5th Uruguay William Coito 19 April 2024[49][50]
Notes
  1. ^ Originally as caretaker manager, appointed on a permanent basis on 2 October 2023.[22]
  2. ^ José Villalobos was the caretaker manager for the Torneo Clausura 9th round match against Guastatoya on 3 March 2024.[41]

Apertura

The Apertura 2023 tournament began on 28 July and ended on 23 December 2023.[2] Xelajú were the defending champions, having won the Clausura 2023 tournament at the previous season.

Classification phase – Apertura 2023

The classification phase of the Apertura tournament ran from 28 July to 12 November 2023.[51][52]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Achuapa 16 9 3 4 27 23 +4 30 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Municipal 16 8 4 4 27 17 +10 28
3 Antigua 16 8 4 4 24 19 +5 28
4 Comunicaciones 16 7 5 4 27 20 +7 26
5 Malacateco 16 7 3 6 24 24 0 24
6 Guastatoya 16 7 2 7 21 16 +5 23
7 Zacapa 16 7 1 8 22 20 +2 22
8 Xelajú 16 5 4 7 10 13 −3 19
9 Mixco 16 5 4 7 15 20 −5 19
10 Cobán Imperial 16 4 6 6 19 25 −6 18
11 Xinabajul-Huehue 16 3 7 6 18 25 −7 16
12 Coatepeque 16 2 5 9 12 24 −12 11
Source: Guatfutbol, Soccerway Clausura
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots.[3]

Results

The match schedule was decided based on the draw which took place during the Ordinary Assembly of the Liga Nacional held on 13 June 2023.[51]

Home \ Away ACH ANT COA COB COM GUA MAL MIX MUN XEL XIN ZAC
Achuapa — 3–2 1–0 — 2–0 2–0 — 2–0 2–2 1–0 — 3–1
Antigua 3–0 — — 2–2 — 1–0 4–2 2–2 0–2 — 2–1 3–2
Coatepeque — 0–0 — 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 — — 0–0 4–1 0–1
Cobán Imperial 1–1 — 2–1 — 2–1 — 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 —
Comunicaciones — 2–1 5–0 2–0 — 2–1 1–1 — — 2–1 1–1 2–2
Guastatoya 1–2 2–2 — 1–0 — — 4–0 2–1 3–1 — 0–0 0–1
Malacateco 3–2 — 1–0 0–0 2–3 — — 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 —
Mixco 2–0 0–1 3–0 — 2–1 1–0 — — 0–3 0–0 — 1–0
Municipal 2–2 0–1 3–0 — 0–2 0–1 — 1–0 — 1–0 — 4–2
Xelajú — 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 — — — 1–1 1–0
Xinabajul-Huehue 1–2 — 2–2 3–3 2–2 — 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 — —
Zacapa 2–3 3–1 — 3–1 — 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 — 0–1 —
Source: Guatefutbol, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. José Carlos Martínez won the Torneo Apertura top scorer award (known as Juan Carlos Plata Trophy) after scoring 9 goals for Municipal.[53][note 1]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Guatemala José Carlos Martínez[A] Municipal 9
2 Guatemala Dewinder Bradley Antigua 8
Colombia Elíser Quiñones Achuapa
4 Paraguay Pedro Báez Malacateco 7
Guatemala Luis Túnchez Achuapa
6 Costa Rica Keyshwen Arboine Comunicaciones 5
Guatemala José Espinoza Zacapa
Guatemala Lynner García Comunicaciones
Guatemala Esteban García Mixco
Guatemala Erick Lemus Achuapa
Uruguay Gabriel Leyes Muncicipal
Mexico Ángel López Malacateco
Guatemala Yonathan Morán Malacateco
Argentina Matías Rotondi Municipal

Source: Soccerway, Guatefutbol

Final phase – Apertura 2023

The final phase of the Apertura tournament ran from 29 November to 23 December 2023.[54][55][56]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
7 Zacapa 1 2 3
2 Municipal 0 1 1
7 Zacapa 1 1 2
6 Guastatoya 1 3 4
6 Guastatoya 2 0 2
3 Antigua 0 0 0
6 Guastatoya 1 0 1
4 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
8 Xelajú 3 3 6
1 Achuapa 1 1 2
8 Xelajú 2 0 2 (2)
4 Comunicaciones (p) 2 0 2 (4)
5 Malacateco 2 0 2
4 Comunicaciones 0 5 5

Quarter-finals

Guastatoya2–0Antigua
  • Domínguez 64'
  • Estrada 85'
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Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Wildomar Ramírez
Antigua0–0Guastatoya
Report
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Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Julio Luna

Guastatoya won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Malacateco2–0Comunicaciones
 Report
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Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kevyn Cacao
Comunicaciones5–0Malacateco
 Report
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Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mario Escobar

Comunicaciones won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Xelajú3–1Achuapa
 Report
Referee report		 Osorio 88'
Attendance: 11,220
Referee: Luis Escobar
Achuapa1–3Xelajú
Quiñones 81' Report
Referee report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Walter López

Xelajú won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Zacapa1–0Municipal
Espinoza 47' Report
Referee report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Diego Ojer
Municipal1–2Zacapa
Méndez 24' Report
Referee report
  • Espinoza 63'
  • Zamora 74'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Bryan López

Zacapa won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Zacapa1–1Guastatoya
Arboine 47' Report
Referee report		 Domínguez 4'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Luis Escobar
Guastatoya3–1Zacapa
 Report
Referee report		 Espinoza 9'
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Mario Escobar

Zacapa won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Xelajú2–2Comunicaciones
 Report
Referee report
Attendance: 11,220
Referee: Kevyn Cacao
Comunicaciones0–0 (a.e.t.)Xelajú
Report
Referee report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Walter López

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Comunicaciones won on penalties and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Guastatoya1–1Comunicaciones
Morán 40' Report
Referee report		 López 15'
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Walter López
Comunicaciones1–0Guastatoya
Cardozo 64' Report
Referee report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mario Escobar

Comunicaciones won 2–1 on aggregate. As Torneo Apertura champions they qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup.

Clausura

The Clausura 2024 tournament began on 19 January and ended on 19 May 2024.[58][59] The defending champions were Comunicaciones, who had won the previous Apertura 2023 tournament.

Classification phase – Clausura 2024

The classification phase of the Apertura tournament ran from 19 January to 21 April 2024.[60][61]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Municipal 16 10 2 4 29 14 +15 32 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Antigua 16 10 2 4 25 12 +13 32
3 Mixco 16 8 3 5 18 10 +8 27
4 Cobán Imperial 16 7 6 3 29 22 +7 27
5 Comunicaciones 16 6 5 5 16 17 −1 23
6 Achuapa 16 7 1 8 17 20 −3 22
7 Xinabajul-Huehue 16 5 6 5 19 19 0 21
8 Malacateco 16 6 3 7 21 26 −5 21
9 Xelajú 16 5 5 6 14 15 −1 20
10 Guastatoya 16 4 6 6 21 23 −2 18
11 Zacapa 16 2 5 9 12 25 −13 11
12 Coatepeque 16 3 2 11 13 31 −18 11
Source: Guatfutbol, Soccerway Clausura
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for.[3]

Results

The match schedule was the same as the one drawn for the Torneo Apertura (with the order of the intergroup matches reversed).[62]

Home \ Away ACH ANT COA COB COM GUA MAL MIX MUN XEL XIN ZAC
Achuapa — 0–2 — 1–2 — 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 — 2–0 2–1
Antigua 2–0 — 4–0 — 3–0 3–0 — 2–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–0
Coatepeque 1–0 — — 1–3 0–1 — 1–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 —
Cobán Imperial — 1–1 3–1 — 3–0 3–3 4–2 — — 3–0 2–5 1–0
Comunicaciones 1–3 — 2–0 1–1 — — 4–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 —
Guastatoya 1–1 2–1 0–0 — 2–0 — — 0–0 0–1 1–1 — 6–0
Malacateco — 2–2 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 — — — 1–0 1–1 2–1
Mixco 1–0 2–0 — 0–0 — 2–1 0–0 — 3–1 — 2–0 3–1
Municipal 4–1 3–1 — 2–1 — 5–1 3–0 0–3 — — 1–0 3–1
Xelajú 4–1 — 2–1 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 1–0 0–2 — 2–0 —
Xinabajul-Huehue — 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 3–1 — — 0–0 — 0–0
Zacapa 0–1 0–1 2–0 — 2–2 2–2 — 1–0 0–0 1–1 — —
Source: Guatefutbol, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name. Diego Casas (1,129 minutes played) and Matías Rotondi (1,292 minutes played) tied in goals scored with 9 goals each. Diego Casas won the Clausura 2024 goal scorer's award (known as Juan Carlos Plata Trophy) for having played fewer minutes.[63][note 1]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Diego Casas Cobán Imperial 9
Argentina Matías Rotondi Municipal
3 Guatemala Erick Lemus Achuapa 5
Mexico Ángel López Malacateco
Argentina Nicolás Mazzola Xinabajul-Huehue
Argentina Jonatan Morán Xelajú
Argentina Tomás Pizarro Xinabajul-Huehue
8 Ecuador Juan Luis Anangonó Comunicaciones 4
Costa Rica Keyshwen Arboine Zacapa
Paraguay Víctor Avalos Coatepeque
Paraguay Pedro Báez Malacateco
Guatemala Robin Betancourth Guastatoya
Guatemala Edwin Bol Coc Cobán Imperial
Guatemala Dewinder Bradley Antigua
Paraguay Roque Caballero Mixco
Brazil Romario Luiz Da Silva Antigua
Guatemala Denilson Ochaeta Coatepeque
Colombia Elíser Quiñones Achuapa
Mexico Óscar Villa Guastatoya

Source: Guatefutbol

Final phase – Clausura 2024

The final phase of the Clausura tournament ran from 24 April to 19 May 2024.[64][65][66][67]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
6 Achuapa 0 1 1
3 Mixco 2 2 4
3 Mixco (p) 1 0 1 (4)
2 Antigua 0 1 1 (2)
7 Xinabajul-Huehue 2 0 2
2 Antigua 0 0 0
3 Mixco 0 0 0
1 Municipal 0 2 2
5 Comunicaciones 1 2 3
4 Cobán Imperial 0 0 0
5 Comunicaciones 0 0 0
1 Municipal 0 3 3
8 Malacateco 2 0 2
1 Municipal 0 5 5

Quarter-finals

Achuapa0–2Mixco
Report
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  • Lom 12'
  • Caballero 45'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Diego Ojer
Mixco2–1Achuapa
Pozuelos 27', 38' Report
Referee report		 Lemus 59'
Estadio Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Mixco
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Julio Luna

Mixco won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Comunicaciones1–0Cobán Imperial
Anangonó 14' Report
Referee report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luis Escobar
Cobán Imperial0–2Comunicaciones
Report
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Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sergio Reyna

Comunicaciones won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Malacateco3–2Municipal
 Report
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Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Cristhofer Corado
Municipal4–0Malacateco
 Report
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Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mario Escobar

Municipal won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Xinabajul-Huehue0–1Antigua
Report
Referee report		 Ardón 77'
Attendance: 5,340
Referee: Ignacio Fuentes
Antigua2–1Xinabajul-Huehue
Da Silva 20', 56' Report
Referee report		 Pizarro 68'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Walter López

Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Mixco1–0Antigua
Caballero 42' Report
Referee report
Estadio Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Mixco
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Cristhofer Corado
Antigua1–0 (a.e.t.)Mixco
Gálvez 55' Report
Referee report
Penalties
 2–4
  • soccer ball with check mark Cavallo
  • soccer ball with check mark Hernández
  • soccer ball with check mark Urizar
  • soccer ball with red X Yanes
  • soccer ball with check mark Pozuelos
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Julio Luna

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Antigua won on penalties and advanced to the finals.

Comunicaciones0–0Municipal
Report
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Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Sergio Reyna
Municipal3–0Comunicaciones
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Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Walter López

Municipal won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Mixco0–0Municipal
Report
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Estadio Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Mixco
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Sergio Reyna
Municipal2–0Mixco
 Report
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Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Walter López

Municipal won 2–0 on aggregate. As Torneo Clausura champions they qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.

Aggregate table

The aggregate table was used to determine the third qualified team for the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup, besides the Apertura and Clausura champions, and the two relegated teams to the 2024–25 Primera División.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Municipal (C) 32 18 6 8 56 31 +25 60 Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup
2 Antigua 32 18 6 8 49 31 +18 60
3 Achuapa 32 16 4 12 44 43 +1 52
4 Comunicaciones (C) 32 13 10 9 43 37 +6 49 Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup
5 Mixco 32 13 7 12 33 30 +3 46
6 Cobán Imperial 32 11 12 9 49 48 +1 45
7 Malacateco 32 13 6 13 45 50 −5 45
8 Guastatoya 32 11 8 13 42 39 +3 41
9 Xelajú 32 10 9 13 24 28 −4 39
10 Xinabajul-Huehue 32 8 13 11 37 44 −7 37
11 Zacapa (R) 32 9 6 17 34 45 −11 33 Relegation to Primera División
12 Coatepeque (R) 32 5 7 20 26 56 −30 22
Source: Liga Nacional
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Away goals for; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head results; 8) Fair play points; 9) Drawing of lots.[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Notes

  1. ^ a b Goals scored during the final phase are not included as the tournament top scorer award only takes into account goals scored in the classification phase.[3]
  2. ^ Comunicaciones played their home match at Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango instead of their regular stadium Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City which was occupied for a match of Guatemala for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification on 3 December 2023.[57]

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