2019–20 Liga Nacional de Guatemala
The 2019–20 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 22nd season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top football league in Guatemala, in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season will begin in July 2019 and will end in May 2020.
Team information
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.Deportivo Petapa and Chiantla were relegated to 2018–19 Primera División the previous season.
The relegated team was replaced by the 2018–19 Primera División winners. F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and Deportivo Mixco.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2019.- Champions: F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and Mixco
- Last Place: Petapa and Chiantla
Personnel and sponsoring
Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt Sponsors |
Antigua GFC | Víctor Hugo García | Juan Antonio Torres | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
Coban Imperial | Jimmy Morales | Jorge Rodriguez | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
Comunicaciones | Juan Garcia | Mauricio Tapia | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
Guastatoya | Léster Rodríguez | Daniel Alberto Casas Lago | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
Iztapa | Mario Mejía | Alberto Salguero | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
Malacateco | Carlos Gutiérrez | Ronald Gomez | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
Mixco | Julio Gomez | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD | |
CSD Municipal | Gerardo Villa | Horacio Cordero | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa | TBD | Francisco Melgar | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
Sanarate | Jahiro Otzoy | Rafael Díaz | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
Siquinalá | Juan Pablo Godíne | Antonio Acosta | Kelme | TBD | |
Xelajú MC | Francisco Santos | Walter Horacio González | TBD | TBD | Tigo, TBD |
Managerial changes
Beginning of the season
During the Apertura season
Between Apertura and Clausura seasons
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
TBD | TBD | Resigned | July 2019 | TBD | July 2019 | th |
During the Clausura season
Apertura
League table
Results
Playoffs
Clausura
League table
Results
Playoffs
Aggregate table
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in 2019-2020 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.
Antigua GFC
- Jose Mena
- Anllel Porras
- Rafael Lezcano
- Edgar Pacheco
- Ricardo Álvarez Arce
- Janderson Pereira
- Josue Flores
- Victor Guay
- Jorge Luis Sotomayor
- Lauro Ramón Cazal
- Josue Mitchell Omier
- Gerson Mayen
- Derby Carrillo
- Michael Umaña
- José Calderón
- Maximiliano Lombardi
- Darío Carreño
- Cristian Alexis Hernández
- Agustin Herrera
- Rafael Lezcano
- Bladimir Díaz
- Jostin Daly
- Luis Landín
- Omar Dominguez
- Daniel Guzman
- Aaron Navarro
- Jorge Ignacio Gatgens
- Santos Crisanto
- Adrián de Lemos
- Irvin Herrera
- Sergio Blancas
- Ramiro Rocca
- Liborio Vicente Sánchez
- Kevin Santamaria
- Byron Rodríguez
- Carlos Felix
- Daniel Cambronero
- Andrey Francis
- Claudio Inella
- Enzo Herrera
- Henry Hernandez
- Luis Hurtado
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Mixco
- Dustin Corea
- Ronny Stuart Mora
- Othoniel Arce
- Orlando Moreira
- Alejandro Diaz
- Ramiro Rocca
- Mekeil Andy Williams
- Nicolás Martínez Ramos
- Rafael Da Roza
- Ángel Tejeda
- Diego Sanchez
- Juan Leroyer
- Santos Crisanto
- Dario Silva
- Jorge Zaldivar
- Jonathan Posas
- William Zapata
- Juan Carlos Silva
- Alvaro Portero Diez
- José Ortega
- You Ki Sun
- Marlon Negrete
- Willinton Techera
- Carlos Felix
- Juan Yax
- Darío Ferreira
- Álvaro García
- Gonzalo Vivanco
- José Carlos Pérez
- Jhonatan Souza Motta
- Oscar Belinetz
- David Rugamas