The 2011–12 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 59th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2011 Apertura and the 2012 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams.
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 playoffs 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 USAC and Xinabajul finished in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the overall table of last season and were relegated to the Primera División. Taking their places were the two winners of the Primera División promotion playoffs, Petapa and Zacapa.
TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity Comunicaciones Guatemala Cementos Progreso 16,000 Heredia San José Julián Tesucún 8,000 Juventud Retalteca Retalhuleu Óscar Monterroso 8,000 Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000 Marquense San Marcos Marquesa de la Ensenada 10,000 Mictlán Asunción Mita La Asunción 3,000 Municipal Guatemala Mateo Flores 30,000 Peñarol Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340 Petapa San Miguel Petapa Municipal 7,500 Suchitepéquez Mazatenango Carlos Salazar Hijo 12,000 Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000 Zacapa Zacapa David Ordóñez Bardales 8,000
Apertura The 2011 Torneo Apertura began on 9 July 2011 and ended on 18 December 2011.
Standings
Results
Top scorers
Pos Player Club Goals1 Juan ValenzuelaZacapa10 Henry HernándezHeredia103 Miguel CasanovaPeñarol8 Edwin VillatoroSuchitepéquez85 Neto MineiroMarquense7 Fernando GalloPeñarol7 Tránsito MontepequeComunicaciones7 Carlos RamírezComunicaciones7
Positions by round
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
First legs
Second legs
Municipal progresses 2–0 on aggregate.
Comunicaciones progresses on away goals rule.
Semifinals
First legs
Second legs
Comunicaciones progresses 4–2 on aggregate.
Municipal progresses 3–2 on aggregate.
Finals
First leg
Second leg
Clausura The 2012 Torneo Clausura will begin on 14 January 2012 and will end in May 2012.
Personnel and sponsoring Team Chairman Head coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor Comunicaciones Ronald Gonzales Joma TBA Heredia TBD TBA TBA TBA Juventud Retalteca TBD Manuel Castañeda DMS TBA Malacateco TBD Julián Trujillo TBA TBA Marquense TBD Francisco Melgar Lotto Sport Italia TBA Mictlán TBD Albertico Salguero TBA TBA Municipal TBD Javier Delgado DMS Pepsi, Banrural Peñarol La Mesilla TBD Pablo Centrone TBA TBA Petapa TBD Ramiro Cepeda TBA TBA Suchitepéquez TBD Richard Pressa Milan TBA Xelajú TBD Hernán Medford MR TBA Zacapa TBD Sergio Pardo TBA TBA
Standings
Results
Top scorers
Pos Player Club Goals1 Henry Hernández Heredia 162 Carlos Asprilla Mictlán 11 Terencio de Oliveira Marquense 11 Fernando Gallo Peñarol 11 Israel Silva Xelajú 115 Gonzalo Gutiérrez Suchitepéquez 10 Juan Valenzuela Zacapa 10 Sandro Zamboni Petapa 109 Hessler Archila Suchitepéquez 9 Diego Estrada Comunicaciones 9 Jorge Estrada Marquense 9
Positions by round
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
First legs
Second legs
Semifinals
First legs
Second legs
Finals
First leg
Second leg
Aggregate table
External links Guatefutbol