2025–26 Liga Nacional de Guatemala
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Apertura: TBD Clausura: TBD |
| CONCACAF Central American Cup | TBD |
| CONCACAF Central American Cup | TBD |
| CONCACAF Central American Cup | TBD |
| Top goalscorer | Apertura: TBD - 9 Goals Clausura: TBD - 10 Goals |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 Liga Nacional de Guatemala, also known as Liga Guate Banrural due to sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 72nd season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season began on 19 July 2025, when the Apertura 2025 tournament started, and is scheduled to end in May 2026 with the Clausura 2026 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. Both Apertura and Clausura tournaments were played under the same format which consisted in a Classification phase and a Final phase.[2]
In the classification phase, teams played each other twice on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top eight teams 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:
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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 2026 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 2024–25 season as well as two promoted teams from the 2024–25 Primera División season.
Stadia and locations
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achuapa | El Progreso | Winston Pineda | 7,300 |
| Antigua | Antigua Guatemala | Pensativo | 10,000 |
| Aurora | Guatemala City | Estadio Guillermo Slowing | 12,000 |
| 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 | 8,000 |
| Marquense | San Marcos | Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada | 11,000 |
| Mictlán | Asunción Mita | Estadio La Asunción | 4,000 |
| Mixco | Mixco | Santo Domingo de Guzmán | 5,200 |
| Municipal | Guatemala City | El Trébol | 8,000 |
| Xelajú | Quetzaltenango | Mario Camposeco | 11,220 |
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achuapa |  TBD
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 Martín Adrián García
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TBD
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TUTO SPORT. | Muni el Progreso, Banrural, Pan Sinaí |
| Antigua | TBD
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 Mauricio Tapia
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Jose Ardon
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Nino | Valvoline, Banrural, Cayala, Betcris |
| Aurora | TBD
|
 Saúl Phillip
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Allan Garcia
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TUTO SPORT | Tributo, Bantrab, ECA Electrodos, Productus del aire, Pepsi |
| Cobán Imperial | TBD
|
 José Luis Trejo
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 Janderson Pereira
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MG Sports | Dominos, Bantrab, Pepsi, Mayafert |
| Comunicaciones | TBD
|
Roberto Hernández
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José Manuel Contreras
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Adidas [1] | Banrural, Forza Delivery, Gana777, Gulf Oil |
| Guastatoya | TBD
|
Ariel Sena
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TBD
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TUTO SPORT | Banrural, Municipalidad de Guastatoya |
| Malacateco | TBD
|
José Guadalupe Cruz
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TBD
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Silver Sport | Valvoline, Bantrab, Starbus, betcris, Farmancia Batres, Don Ramy |
| Marquense | TBD
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Hernán Medford
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Oscar Linto
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Guza Sport | Bantrab, Holcim, Chapinwin, Acredicom |
| Mictlán | TBD
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Adrian García Arias
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TBD
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TUTO SPORT | Munimita |
| Mixco | TBD
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Fabricio Benítez
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Kevin Moscoso
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JM12 | Banrural, Gana777 |
| Municipal | TBD
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Mario Acevedo
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TBD
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Umbro | Banrural, Forza delivery, Zeta Gas |
| Xelajú | TBD
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Amarini Villatoro
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Jorge Aparicio
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Kelme | Banrural, Pepsi, Farmancia Batres, Elektra, J.A. Vasquez, Forza delivery |
Apertura
The Apertura 2024 tournament began on 3 August and scheduled to end on 30 November 2025. Xelajú were the defending champions, having won the Apertura 2024 tournament at the previous season.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mixco | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Municipal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Antigua | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Achuapa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Comunicaciones | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 6 | Aurora | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Xelajú | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Cobán Imperial | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Mictlán | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 10 | Marquense | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 11 | Malacateco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |
| 12 | Guastatoya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
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.
Aggregate table
The aggregate table is used to determine the third qualified team for the 2026 CONCACAF Central American Cup, besides the Apertura and Clausura champions, and the two relegated teams to the 2026–27 Primera División.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mixco | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup |
| 2 | Municipal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Antigua | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Achuapa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Comunicaciones | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 6 | Aurora | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Xelajú | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Cobán Imperial | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Mictlán | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 10 | Marquense | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 11 | Malacateco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | Relegation to Primera División |
| 12 | Guastatoya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
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.[2]
References
- ^ "Banrural se convierte en el orgulloso patrocinador de "La Liga Guate Banrural"" (in Spanish). CRN Noticias. 17 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "2022 REGLAMENTO DE COMPETENCIA LNFG" (PDF). ligagt.org/ (in Spanish). Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. 7 July 2022 [Approved on 27 June 2022]. Retrieved 5 March 2023.