2016–17 Guatemalan Liga Nacional#Apertura

{{Infobox football league season

|competition = Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala

|season = 2016–17

|winners = Apertura:
Antigua (2nd title)
Clausura:
Municipal (30th title)

|matches =

|total goals =

|league topscorer = TBD (12)

|biggest home win = TBDl 6
TBD 0
(2015)

|biggest away win = TBD 1
TBD 3
(2015)

|continentalcup1 = Champions League

|continentalcup1 qualifiers = None due to FA suspension

|continentalcup2 = CONCACAF League

|continentalcup2 qualifiers = None due to FA suspension

|longest wins = TBD (4)

|longest unbeaten = TBD (7)

|longest winless = TBD (10)

|longest losses = TBD (3)

|prevseason = 2015–16

|nextseason = 2017–18

}}

The 2016–17 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 19th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 2016 and will end in 2017.

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 finish first and second 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 quarterfinal will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.

Apertura

The 2016 Torneo Apertura began in July 2016 and will end in December 2016.

=Personnel and sponsoring=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"

! Team

! Chairman

! Head Coach

! Kitmaker

! Shirt sponsor

Antigua GFC

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Rafael Arreaga

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauricio Tapia

| TBD

| Pegamex

Deportivo Carchá

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Douglas Delgado

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Javier Martínez

| TBD

| TBD

Cobán Imperial

| {{flagicon|GUA}}

| {{flagicon|URU}} Ariel Sena

| Puma

| TBD

Comunicaciones

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Pedro Portilla

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Iván Franco Sopegno

| TBD

| TBD

Guastatoya

| {{flagicon|GUA}}

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Amarini Villatoro

| TBD

| TBD

Malacateco

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|CRC}} Ronald Gómez

| TBD

| TBD

Marquense

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Néstor Emilio Soria

| TBD

| TBD

Mictlan

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Sergio Guevara

| TBD

| TBD

Municipal

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|URU}} Gustavo Machaín

| TBD

| TBD

Deportivo Petapa

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Mynor Morales

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Ramiro Cepeda

| TBD

| TBD

Suchitepéquez

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Enrique Maximiliano Meza

| TBD

| TBD

Xelajú

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Loredo

| RetoSports

| TBD

=Table=

==Standings==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Apertura

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=Q

|team1=MUN|name_MUN=Municipal

|team2=ANT|name_ANT=Antigua GFC

|team3=COM|name_COM=Comunicaciones

|team4=MAL|name_MAL=Malacateco

|team5=GUA|name_GUA=Guastatoya

|team6=COB|name_COB=Cobán Imperial

|team7=XEL|name_XEL=Xelajú MC

|team8=MAR|name_MAR=Marquense

|team9=PET|name_PET=Petapa

|team10=SUC|name_SUC=Suchitepéquez

|team11=MIC|name_MIC=Mictlan

|team12=CAR|name_CAR=Carchá

|win_MUN=13|draw_MUN=5|loss_MUN=4|gf_MUN=36|ga_MUN=19

|win_ANT=11|draw_ANT=5|loss_ANT=6|gf_ANT=28|ga_ANT=19

|win_COM=11|draw_COM=4|loss_COM=7|gf_COM=26|ga_COM=20

|win_MAL=10|draw_MAL=6|loss_MAL=6|gf_MAL=29|ga_MAL=23

|win_GUA=11|draw_GUA=3|loss_GUA=8|gf_GUA=26|ga_GUA=19

|win_COB=10|draw_COB=4|loss_COB=8|gf_COB=26|ga_COB=19

|win_XEL=8|draw_XEL=5|loss_XEL=9|gf_XEL=24|ga_XEL=29

|win_MAR=7|draw_MAR=5|loss_MAR=10|gf_MAR=25|ga_MAR=30

|win_PET=7|draw_PET=4|loss_PET=11|gf_PET=23|ga_PET=31

|win_SUC=6|draw_SUC=6|loss_SUC=10|gf_SUC=28|ga_SUC=41

|win_MIC=7|draw_MIC=1|loss_MIC=14|gf_MIC=19|ga_MIC=31

|win_CAR=3|draw_CAR=6|loss_CAR=13|gf_CAR=16|ga_CAR=33

|col_QSF=#FFFFCC|text_QSF=Qualified to the Semifinals

|result1=QSF|result2=QSF

|col_QQF=#FFFFEC|text_QQF=Qualified to the Quarterfinals

|result3=QQF|result4=QQF|result5=QQF|result6=QQF

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=2016

|source=[http://guatefutbol.com/index.php/estadisticas/liga-nacional]

}}

==Positions by round==

==Results==

Playoffs

{{6TeamBracket

| legs=3

| nowrap=y

| RD1=Quarterfinals

| RD2=Semifinals

| RD3=Final

| score-width=25

| RD1-seed1= 4

| RD1-team1= Malacateco

| RD1-score1-1= 1

| RD1-score1-2= 0

| RD1-score1-3= 1

| RD1-seed2= 5

| RD1-team2= Guastatoya

| RD1-score2-1= 0

| RD1-score2-2= 0

| RD1-score2-3= 0

| RD1-seed3= 3

| RD1-team3= Comunicaciones

| RD1-score3-1= 1

| RD1-score3-2= 1

| RD1-score3-3= 2

| RD1-seed4= 6

| RD1-team4= Cobán Imperial

| RD1-score4-1= 0

| RD1-score4-2= 0

| RD1-score4-3= 0

| RD2-seed1= 1

| RD2-team1= Municipal

| RD2-score1-1= 0

| RD2-score1-2= 2

| RD2-score1-3= 2

| RD2-seed2= 4

| RD2-team2= Malacateco

| RD2-score2-1= 1

| RD2-score2-2= 0

| RD2-score2-3= 1

| RD2-seed3= 2

| RD2-team3= Antigua GFC

| RD2-score3-1= 0

| RD2-score3-2= 1

| RD2-score3-3= 1

| RD2-seed4= 3

| RD2-team4= Comunicaciones

| RD2-score4-1= 1

| RD2-score4-2= 0

| RD2-score4-3= 1

| RD3-seed1= 1

| RD3-team1= Municipal

| RD3-score1-1= 1

| RD3-score1-2= 1

| RD3-score1-3= 2 (4)

| RD3-seed2= 2

| RD3-team2= Antigua GFC

| RD3-score2-1= 2

| RD3-score2-2= 0

| RD3-score2-3= 2 (5)

}}

= Quarterfinals =

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Guastatoya||0–1|Malacateco||0–1|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Cobán Imperial||0–2|Comunicaciones||0–1|0–1}}

{{end}}

== First leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Cobán Imperial v Comunicaciones

|date= {{Start date|2016|11|30}}

|time= 19:00 UTC−6

|team1= Cobán Imperial

|score= 0 – 1

|team2= Comunicaciones

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/01/guatemala/liga-nacional/coban-imperial/csd-comunicaciones/2376853/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Soccerway]

|goals1=

|goals2= {{goal|55}} É. Chinchilla

|stadium= Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi, Cobán, Petapa

|attendance= 1,287

|referee= Walter Alexander López Castellanos

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Suchitepéquez v Guastatoya

|date= {{Start date|2016|12|1}}

|time= 15:45 UTC−6

|team1= Guastatoya

|score= 0 – 1

|team2= Malacateco

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/01/guatemala/liga-nacional/guastatoya/cd-malacateco/2376855/?ICID=PL_MS_03 Soccerway]

|goals1=

|goals2= {{goal|24}} J. Leroyer

|stadium= Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

|attendance= 2,584

|referee= Mario Alberto Escobar Toca

}}

== Second leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Comunicaciones v Cobán Imperial

|date= {{Start date|2016|12|3}}

|time= 20:00 UTC−6

|team1= Comunicaciones

|score= 1 – 0

|team2= Cobán Imperial

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/04/guatemala/liga-nacional/csd-comunicaciones/coban-imperial/2376854/?ICID=PL_MS_02 Soccerway]

|goals1= G. Tinoco {{goal|66}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City

|attendance= 5,435

|referee= Mario Ramírez }}

Comunicaciones won 2–0 on aggregate.

----

{{Football box

|id=Malacateco v Guastatoya

|date= {{Start date|2016|12|4}}

|time= 12:00 UTC−6

|team1= Malacateco

|score= 0 – 0

|team2= Guastatoya

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/04/guatemala/liga-nacional/cd-malacateco/guastatoya/2376856/?ICID=PL_MS_04 Soccerway]

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Santa Lucía, Malacatán

|attendance= 6,548

|referee= Juan Carlos Guerra

}}

Malacateco won 1–0 on aggregate.

= Semifinals =

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Deportivo Malacateco||1–2|Municipal||1–0|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Comunicaciones||1–1|Antigua GFC||1–0|0–1}}

{{end}}

== First leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Malacateco v Municipal

|date= {{Start date|2016|12|7}}

|time= 12:00 UTC−6

|team1= Malacateco

|score= 1 – 0

|team2= Municipal

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/07/guatemala/liga-nacional/cd-malacateco/csd-municipal/2378931/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Soccerway]

|goals1= Edward Santeliz {{goal|48}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Santa Lucía, Malacatán

|attendance= 6,549

|referee= Jonathan Polanco

}}

----

{{Football box

|id=Comunicaciones v Antigua GFC

|date= {{Start date|2016|12|8}}

|time= 20:00 UTC−6

|team1= Comunicaciones

|score= 1 – 0

|team2= Antigua GFC

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/09/guatemala/liga-nacional/csd-comunicaciones/antigua-gfc/2378933/?ICID=PL_MS_03 Soccerway]

|goals1= E. Lopez {{goal|78}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City

|attendance= 7,656

|referee= Oscar Reyna

}}

== Second leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Municipal v Malacateco

|date= {{Start date|2016|12|10}}

|time= 15:00 UTC−6

|team1= Municipal

|score= 2 – 0

|team2= Malacateco

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/10/guatemala/liga-nacional/csd-municipal/cd-malacateco/2378932/?ICID=PL_MS_02 Soccerway]

|goals1= E. Guerra {{goal|35}}
Janderson {{goal|46}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio El Trébol, Guatemala City

|attendance= 5,825

|referee= Sergio Armando Reyna Moller

}}

Municipal won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id=Antigua GFC v Comunicaciones

|date= {{Start date|2016|12|11}}

|time= 11:30 UTC−6

|team1= Antigua GFC

|score= 1 – 0

|team2= Comunicaciones

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/11/guatemala/liga-nacional/antigua-gfc/csd-comunicaciones/2378934/?ICID=PL_MS_04 Soccerway]

|goals1= A. Herrera {{goal|81}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

|attendance= 6,525

|referee= Bryan López

}}

1-1 on aggregate. Antigua GFC progresses as the higher seed.

= Finals =

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Antigua GFC||2–2
5–4 (p)|Municipal||2–1|0–1}}

{{end}}

== First leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Antigua GFC v Municipal

|date= {{Start date|2016|12|15}}

|time= 15:30 UTC−6

|team1= Antigua GFC

|score= 2 – 1

|team2= Municipal

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/15/guatemala/liga-nacional/antigua-gfc/csd-municipal/2380634/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Soccerway]

|goals1= A. Galindo {{goal|11}}
M. Russell {{goal|68}}

|goals2= {{goal|26}} C. Félix

|stadium= Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

|attendance= 5,215

|referee= Walter Alexander López Castellanos

}}

== Second leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Municipal v Antigua GFC

|date= {{Start date|2016|12|18}}

|time= 11:00 UTC−6

|team1= Municipal

|score= 1 – 0

|aet = yes

|penaltyscore= 4 – 5

|team2= Antigua GFC

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/18/guatemala/liga-nacional/csd-municipal/antigua-gfc/2380635/?ICID=PL_MS_02 Soccerway]

|goals1= G. Puerari {{goal|61}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

|attendance= 8,765

|referee= Mario Alberto Escobar Toca

}}

2-2 on aggregate. Antigua GFC wins 5-4 on penalties.

{{winners||Apertura 2016 champions|Antigua GFC|2nd}}

Managerial changes

=Beginning of the season=

class="wikitable"
Team

! Outgoing manager

! Manner of departure

! Date of vacancy

! Replaced by

! Date of appointment

! Position in table

Deportivo Petapa

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Pablo Centrone

| Sacked

| May 2016

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Ramiro Cepeda

| May 2016

| th (Clausura 2016)

Xelajú

|{{flagicon|URU}} Carlos Jurado

| Contract not extended

| May 2016

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Loredo

| May 2016

| th (Clausura 2016)

Deportivo Carcha

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel Orlando Berta

| Contract not extended

| May 2016

|{{flagicon|GUA}} Javier Martínez

| June 2016

| th (Clausura 2016)

C.D. Suchitepéquez

|{{flagicon|GUA}} Douglas Zamora

| Sacked

| June 2016

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Enrique Maximiliano Meza

| June 2016

| th (Clausura 2016)

Cobán Imperial

|{{flagicon|GUA}} Héctor Julián Trujillo

| Sacked

| June 2016

|{{flagicon|URU}} Ariel Sena

| June 2016

| th (Clausura 2016)

=During the season=

class="wikitable"
Team

! Outgoing manager

! Manner of departure

! Date of vacancy

! Replaced by

! Date of appointment

! Position in table

TBD

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} TBD

| Resigned

| 2016

|{{flagicon|ARG}} TBD

| 2016

| th (2016)

Deportivo Carcha

|{{flagicon|GUA}} Javier Martínez

| Resigned

| 2016

|{{flagicon|GUA}} Héctor Julián Trujillo

| 2016

| th (Apertura 2015)

Deportivo Marquense

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Néstor Emilio Soria

| Sacked

| 2016

|{{flagicon|Chile}} Sergio Pardo

| 2016

| th (Apertura 2015)

Deportivo Guastatoya

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Roque Raúl Alfaro

| Sacked

| 2016

|{{flagicon|GUA}} Amarini Villatoro

| 2016

| th (Apertura 2015)

TBD

|{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| Sacked

| 2016

|{{flagicon|URU}} TBD

| 2016

| th (Apertura 2015)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2016-2017 season. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Guatemala national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have five foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

Antigua GFC

  • {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Víctor Bolivar
  • {{flagicon|Honduras}} Jorge Zaldívar
  • {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Manfred Russell

Coban Imperial

  • {{flagicon|Argentina}} Francisco Ladogana
  • {{flagicon|Paraguay}} Orlando Moreira
  • {{flagicon|Paraguay}} Víctor Solalinde
  • {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Álvaro García

CSD Comunicaciones

Guastatoya

' Deportivo Mictlan

  • {{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Aguirre
  • {{flagicon|Colombia}} Marlon Negrete
  • {{flagicon|Colombia}} William Negrete
  • {{flagicon|Panama}} Ricardo Romero

Deportivo Malacateco

  • {{flagicon|Mexico}} Juan Carlos Meza
  • {{flagicon|Colombia}} Jhon Jairo Palacios
  • {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Díaz
  • {{flagicon|Mexico}} Ricardo Rocha

13px (player released during the season)

{{col-2}}

Deportivo Marquense

  • {{flagicon|Argentina}} Matías Triofini

CSD Municipal

  • {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Darío Flores
  • {{flagicon|Mexico}} Carlos Kamiani
  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Janderson Pereira
  • {{flagicon|El Salvador}} Jaime Alas
  • {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Gastón Puerari

Deportivo Petapa

  • {{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Lovato
  • {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Adrian Apellaniz
  • {{flagicon|Argentina}} Matías Quinteros

CD Suchitepéquez

  • {{flagicon|Argentina}} Francisco Ladogana
  • {{flagicon|Argentina}} Mauricio Gerni
  • {{flagicon|Argentina}} Omar Salazar
  • {{flagicon|Canada}} David Monsalve

Carchá

  • {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Pablo Pereira
  • {{flagicon|Mexico}} Cesar Ivan Garcia
  • {{flagicon|Honduras}} Luis Rene Rodas
  • {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Kamar Kayode Oshioke

Club Xelajú MC

  • {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Cristhian Lagos
  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Juliano Rangel de Andrade
  • {{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Baena
  • {{flagicon|Honduras}} José Mendoza

{{col-end}}

Clausura

The 2017 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2017 and end in May 2017.

=Personnel and sponsoring=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"

! Team

! Chairman

! Head Coach

! Kitmaker

! Shirt sponsor

Antigua GFC

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Rafael Arreaga

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauricio Tapia

| TBD

| Pegamex

Deportivo Carchá

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel Orlando Berta

| TBD

| TBD

Cobán Imperial

| {{flagicon|GUA}}

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Fabricio Chapa Benitez

| Puma

| TBD

Comunicaciones

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Pedro Portilla

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Iván Franco Sopegno

| TBD

| TBD

Guastatoya

| {{flagicon|GUA}}

| {{flagicon|URU}} Ariel Sena

| TBD

| TBD

Malacateco

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|SLV}} Nelson Mauricio Ancheta

| TBD

| TBD

Marquense

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Juan Melgar

| TBD

| TBD

Mictlan

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Sergio Guevara

| TBD

| TBD

Municipal

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|URU}} Gustavo Machaín

| TBD

| TBD

Deportivo Petapa

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Pablo Centrone

| TBD

| TBD

Suchitepéquez

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|GUA}} Walter Claverí

| TBD

| TBD

Xelajú

| {{flagicon|GUA}} TBD

| {{flagicon|CRC}} Hernán Medford

| RetoSports

| TBD

=Table=

==Standings==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Clausura

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=Q

|team1=MUN|name_MUN=Municipal

|team2=PET|name_PET=Petapa

|team3=GUA|name_GUA=Guastatoya

|team4=COM|name_COM=Comunicaciones

|team5=SUC|name_SUC=Suchitepéquez

|team6=XEL|name_XEL=Xelajú MC

|team7=COB|name_COB=Cobán Imperial

|team8=MAR|name_MAR=Marquense

|team9=MAL|name_MAL=Malacateco

|team10=MIC|name_MIC=Mictlan

|team11=ANT|name_ANT=Antigua GFC

|team12=CAR|name_CAR=Carchá

|win_MUN=8|draw_MUN=12|loss_MUN=2|gf_MUN=19|ga_MUN=10

|win_PET=10|draw_PET=4|loss_PET=8|gf_PET=27|ga_PET=24

|win_GUA=8|draw_GUA=8|loss_GUA=6|gf_GUA=22|ga_GUA=16

|win_COM=7|draw_COM=9|loss_COM=6|gf_COM=21|ga_COM=16

|win_SUC=9|draw_SUC=3|loss_SUC=10|gf_SUC=24|ga_SUC=28

|win_XEL=8|draw_XEL=5|loss_XEL=9|gf_XEL=30|ga_XEL=25

|win_COB=7|draw_COB=8|loss_COB=7|gf_COB=17|ga_COB=15

|win_MAR=6|draw_MAR=10|loss_MAR=6|gf_MAR=19|ga_MAR=16

|win_MAL=6|draw_MAL=10|loss_MAL=6|gf_MAL=17|ga_MAL=20

|win_MIC=7|draw_MIC=7|loss_MIC=8|gf_MIC=14|ga_MIC=25

|win_ANT=6|draw_ANT=9|loss_ANT=7|gf_ANT=28|ga_ANT=30

|win_CAR=5|draw_CAR=5|loss_CAR=12|gf_CAR=11|ga_CAR=24

|col_QSF=#FFFFCC|text_QSF=Qualified to the Semifinals

|result1=QSF|result2=QSF

|col_QQF=#FFFFEC|text_QQF=Qualified to the Quarterfinals

|result3=QQF|result4=QQF|result5=QQF|result6=QQF

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=2016

|source=[http://guatefutbol.com/index.php/estadisticas/liga-nacional]

}}

==Positions by round==

==Results==

Playoffs

{{6TeamBracket

| legs=3

| nowrap=y

| RD1=Quarterfinals

| RD2=Semifinals

| RD3=Final

| score-width=25

| RD1-seed1= 4

| RD1-team1= Comunicaciones

| RD1-score1-1= 0

| RD1-score1-2= 0

| RD1-score1-3= 0

| RD1-seed2= 5

| RD1-team2= Suchitepéquez

| RD1-score2-1= 1

| RD1-score2-2= 0

| RD1-score2-3= 1

| RD1-seed3= 3

| RD1-team3= Guastatoya

| RD1-score3-1= 2

| RD1-score3-2= 2

| RD1-score3-3= 4

| RD1-seed4= 6

| RD1-team4= Xelajú MC

| RD1-score4-1= 2

| RD1-score4-2= 0

| RD1-score4-3= 2

| RD2-seed1= 1

| RD2-team1= Municipal

| RD2-score1-1= 2

| RD2-score1-2= 1

| RD2-score1-3= 3

| RD2-seed2= 5

| RD2-team2= Suchitepéquez

| RD2-score2-1= 1

| RD2-score2-2= 0

| RD2-score2-3= 1

| RD2-seed3= 2

| RD2-team3= Petapa

| RD2-score3-1= 1

| RD2-score3-2= 3

| RD2-score3-3= 4

| RD2-seed4= 3

| RD2-team4= Guastatoya

| RD2-score4-1= 3

| RD2-score4-2= 2

| RD2-score4-3= 5

| RD3-seed1= 1

| RD3-team1= Municipal

| RD3-score1-1= 0

| RD3-score1-2= 2

| RD3-score1-3= 2

| RD3-seed2= 3

| RD3-team2= Guastatoya

| RD3-score2-1= 0

| RD3-score2-2= 0

| RD3-score2-3= 0

}}

= Quarterfinals =

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Xelajú MC||2–4|Guastatoya||2–2|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Suchitepéquez||1–0|Comunicaciones||1–0|0–0}}

{{end}}

== First leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Xelajú MC v Guastatoya

|date= {{Start date|2017|06|10}}

|time= 21:00 UTC−6

|team1= Xelajú MC

|score= 2 – 2

|team2= Guastatoya

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/11/guatemala/liga-nacional/csd-xelaju-mario-camposeco/guastatoya/2448185/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Soccerway]

|goals1= W. Zapata {{goal|13||58|pen}}

|goals2= {{goal|5}} J. Márquez
{{goal|41}} J. Vargas

|stadium= Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango

|attendance= 5,298

|referee= Oscar Reyna

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Suchitepéquez v Comunicaciones

|date= {{Start date|2017|05|11}}

|time= 13:00 UTC−6

|team1= Suchitepéquez

|score= 1 – 0

|team2= Comunicaciones

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/11/guatemala/liga-nacional/club-deportivo-suchitepequez/csd-comunicaciones/2448187/?ICID=PL_MS_03 Soccerway]

|goals1= G. Tinoco {{goal|81}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez

|attendance= 3,308

|referee= Mario Alberto Escobar Toca

}}

== Second leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Guastatoya v Xelajú MC

|date= {{Start date|2017|05|13}}

|time= 15:30 UTC−6

|team1= Guastatoya

|score= 2 – 0

|team2= Xelajú MC

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/13/guatemala/liga-nacional/guastatoya/csd-xelaju-mario-camposeco/2448186/?ICID=PL_MS_02 Soccerway]

|goals1= Á. Rodríguez {{goal|31||66}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

|attendance= 1,615

|referee= Mario Ramírez }}

Guastatoya won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id=Comunicaciones v Suchitepéquez

|date= {{Start date|2017|05|14}}

|time= 19:00 UTC−6

|team1= Comunicaciones

|score= 0 – 0

|team2= Suchitepéquez

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/15/guatemala/liga-nacional/csd-comunicaciones/club-deportivo-suchitepequez/2448188/?ICID=PL_MS_04 Soccerway]

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

|attendance= 2,850

|referee= Sergio Armando Reyna Moller

}}

Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.

= Semifinals =

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Suchitepéquez||1–3|Municipal||1–2|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Guastatoya||5–4|Petapa||3–1|2–3}}

{{end}}

== First leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Suchitepéquez v Municipal

|date= {{Start date|2017|05|17}}

|time= 13:00 UTC−6

|team1= Suchitepéquez

|score= 1 – 2

|team2= Municipal

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/17/guatemala/liga-nacional/club-deportivo-suchitepequez/csd-municipal/2452886/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Soccerway]

|goals1= G. Tinoco {{goal|32}}

|goals2= {{goal|22}} G. Puerari
{{goal|26}} C. Félix

|stadium= Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez

|attendance= 8,278

|referee= Bryan López

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Guastatoya v Petapa

|date= {{Start date|2017|05|18}}

|time= 16:00 UTC−6

|team1= Guastatoya

|score= 3 – 1

|team2= Petapa

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/18/guatemala/liga-nacional/guastatoya/club-deportivo-petapa/2452910/?ICID=PL_MS_03 Soccerway]

|goals1= J. Vargas {{goal|13||38}}
Á. Rodríguez {{goal|32}}

|goals2= {{goal|9}} Juliano Rangel

|stadium= Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

|attendance= 1,440

|referee= Mynor Velásquez

}}

== Second leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Municipal v Suchitepéquez

|date= {{Start date|2017|05|20}}

|time= 16:30 UTC−6

|team1= Municipal

|score= 1 – 0

|team2= Suchitepéquez

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/20/guatemala/liga-nacional/csd-municipal/club-deportivo-suchitepequez/2452887/?ICID=PL_MS_02 Soccerway]

|goals1= {{goal|90+1}} M. Pappa

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

|attendance= 10,115

|referee= Mario Ramírez

}}

Municipal won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id=Petapa v Guastatoya

|date= {{Start date|2017|05|21}}

|time= 19:00 UTC−6

|team1= Petapa

|score= 3 – 2

|team2= Guastatoya

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/22/guatemala/liga-nacional/club-deportivo-petapa/guastatoya/2452911/?ICID=PL_MS_04 Soccerway]

|goals1= Juliano Rangel {{goal|15}}
C. Girard {{goal|22}}
P. Samayoa {{goal|65}}

|goals2= {{goal|78}} F. Orellana
{{goal|90+1}} Á. Rodríguez

|stadium= Estadio Municipal de San Miguel Petapa, San Miguel Petapa

|attendance= 2,200

|referee= Jonathan Polanco

}}

Guastatoya won 5-4 on aggregate.

= Finals =

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Guastatoya||0–2|Municipal||0–0|0–2}}

{{end}}

== First leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Guastatoya v Municipal

|date= {{Start date|2017|05|24}}

|time= 16:00 UTC−6

|team1= Guastatoya

|score= 0 – 0

|team2= Municipal

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/24/guatemala/liga-nacional/guastatoya/csd-municipal/2457098/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Soccerway]

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

|attendance= 2,200

|referee= Ever López

}}

== Second leg ==

{{Football box

|id=Municipal v Guastatoya

|date= {{Start date|2017|05|27}}

|time= 20:00 UTC−6

|team1= Municipal

|score= 2 – 0

|team2= Guastatoya

|report= [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/28/guatemala/liga-nacional/csd-municipal/guastatoya/2457099/?ICID=PL_MS_02 Soccerway]

|goals1= C. Félix {{goal|30}}
G. Puerari {{goal|64}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

|attendance= 14,548

|referee= Sergio Armando Reyna Moller

}}

Municipal won 2-0 on aggregate.

{{winners||Clausura 2017 champions|Municipal|30th}}

Aggregate table

Three teams would have qualified for CONCACAF club competitions, but due to FIFA's suspension of Guatemala, these spots were given to other Central American countries.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=MUN|name_MUN=Municipal

|team2=COM|name_COM=Comunicaciones

|team3=GUA|name_GUA=Guastatoya

|team4=ANT|name_ANT=Antigua GFC

|team5=MAL|name_MAL=Malacateco

|team6=COB|name_COB=Cobán Imperial

|team7=PET|name_PET=Petapa

|team8=XEL|name_XEL=Xelajú MC

|team9=MAR|name_MAR=Marquense

|team10=SUC|name_SUC=Suchitepéquez

|team11=MIC|name_MIC=Mictlan

|team12=CAR|name_CAR=Carchá

|win_MUN=21|draw_MUN=17|loss_MUN=6|gf_MUN=55|ga_MUN=29

|win_COM=19|draw_COM=12|loss_COM=13|gf_COM=56|ga_COM=31

|win_GUA=19|draw_GUA=11|loss_GUA=14|gf_GUA=44|ga_GUA=36

|win_ANT=19|draw_ANT=11|loss_ANT=14|gf_ANT=65|ga_ANT=59

|win_MAL=16|draw_MAL=16|loss_MAL=12|gf_MAL=46|ga_MAL=43

|win_COB=17|draw_COB=12|loss_COB=15|gf_COB=43|ga_COB=34

|win_PET=17|draw_PET=8|loss_PET=19|gf_PET=50|ga_PET=55

|win_XEL=16|draw_XEL=10|loss_XEL=18|gf_XEL=54|ga_XEL=54

|win_MAR=13|draw_MAR=15|loss_MAR=16|gf_MAR=44|ga_MAR=46

|win_SUC=15|draw_SUC=9|loss_SUC=20|gf_SUC=52|ga_SUC=69

|win_MIC=14|draw_MIC=8|loss_MIC=22|gf_MIC=33|ga_MIC=56

|win_CAR=8|draw_CAR=11|loss_CAR=25|gf_CAR=27|ga_CAR=57

|col_RP=#ffe6e6|text_RP=Relegation play-off

|result11=RP

|col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegation to 2017-2018 Primera División de Ascenso

|result12=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=2016

|source=[http://guatefutbol.com/index.php/estadisticas/liga-nacional]

}}