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{{Short description|Association football league in Guatemala}}
{{Infobox football league
| name = Liga Guate Banrural
| logo = LIGA_NACIONAL.png
| country = Guatemala
| confed = [[CONCACAF]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1919|df=y}} as amateur league {{nowrap|{{Start date and age|1942|df=y}} as professional league}}
| relegation = [[Primera División de Ascenso]]
| levels = 1
| teams = 12
| domest_cup = [[Copa de Guatemala]]
| confed_cup = '''Regional''' [[CONCACAF Central American Cup]] '''Continental''' [[CONCACAF Champions Cup]]
| champions = [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]] (5th title)
| season =
| most successful club =[[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] [[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]] (32 titles)
| most appearances = [[Jairo Arreola]] (651)
| top goalscorer = [[Juan Carlos Plata]] (302)
| tv = Albavision [[Claro (company)|Claro Sports]] [[Millicom|Tigo Sports]] [[Fox Deportes]]
| website = {{URL|https://ligagt.org}}
| current = [[2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala]]
}}
The '''Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala''' (National Football League of Guatemala), officially known as the '''Liga Guate Banrural''' for sponsorship reasons, formerly known as '''Liga'' ''Mayor A''' ('''Major League A''') is a professional football division in [[Guatemala]], the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the ''[[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala]]''. The champion and runner-up teams of the Liga Nacional's official [[tournament]]s qualify to participate in international competitions within their [[CONCACAF|regional confederation]]. Twelve teams currently compete in the league. [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] and [[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]] are the most successful club in the league to date, having won 32 tournaments each.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liga Nacional – Lista de campeones|url=https://www.livefutbol.com/ganador/gua-liga-nacional/|website=livefutbol.com|language=es|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

==History==
Its first official professional tournament took place in [[1942 in football (soccer)|1942]], and succeeded what was known as the '''''Liga Capitalina''''' (League of the Capital), which was an amateur tournament that started in [[1919 in football (soccer)|1919]]. The 1942–43 tournament was played by seven teams in a double [[round-robin tournament]]. Three teams – [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]], [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]], and ''Guatemala FC'' – finished tied for the first place after the two rounds. A [[playoff]] between the three teams was conducted to determine the winner, with Municipal earning their first national title.<ref>[http://www.prensalibre.com/especiales/ME/guatefut/10.html "Guatemala, 100 años de fútbol – Municipal"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209012134/http://www.prensalibre.com/especiales/ME/guatefut/10.html |date=2006-12-09 }} – prensalibre.com – ''Prensa Libre'' newspaper, Guatemala.</ref>

==Competition format==
The league has had several different formats throughout its history; currently, the league season is divided into two tournaments. The [[Apertura]], which is played in the fall, and the [[Clausura]], which is played in the spring. The first 6 clubs in the standings at the end of each competition participate in the playoffs to determine the champion, 1st and 2nd place teams qualify directly to semi-finals, while the others have to play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments participate in the [[CONCACAF Champions League]].

At the end of 2008-2009 [[Apertura]] and [[Clausura]] tournaments the league expanded to 12 teams to compete in a larger versions of the [[Apertura]] and [[Clausura]] tournaments. Now the 12th placed team (the team with the fewest points) in the aggregated table standings (combined standings of both the [[Apertura]] and [[Clausura]] tournaments) is [[relegation|relegated]] to the [[Primera División de Ascenso]] (2nd division) automatically at the end of the [[Clausura]] tournament in late May. The teams that finish 10th and 11th in the aggregated table standings enter into a two-legged playoff with the second- and third-placed clubs of the [[Primera División de Ascenso]]. The playoff winners play in the top division while the losers spend the next season in the second division.

==2024–25 Season Clubs==
{{Location map+|Guatemala|width=450|float=left|caption=Location of the '''2023-24 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala''' teams|places=
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=14.566667|long=-90.733333|label=[[Antigua GFC|Antigua]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=15.48|long=-90.38|label=[[Cobán Imperial|Cobán]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=14.86|long=-90.07|label=[[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=14.91|long=-92.06|label=[[C.D. Malacateco|Malacateco]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=14.84|long=-91.52|label=[[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=14.29|long=-89.89|label=[[Deportivo Achuapa|Achuapa]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=15.32|long=-91.48|label=[[Deportivo Xinabajul|Xinabajul]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=14.69|long=-91.87|label=[[Deportivo Coatepeque|Coatepeque]]}}
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=14.97|long=-89.53|label=[[Deportivo Zacapa|Zacapa]]}}
{{Location map~|Guatemala|lat=14.6 |long=-90.5 |label=[[Guatemala Department]]|mark=Blue pog.svg}}

{{Location map~ |Guatemala |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=17.9 |long=-92.2 |labelsize=80 |label='''{{nowrap|Teams in [[Guatemala Department]]:}}''' 
[[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] 
[[Deportivo Mixco|Mixco]] 
[[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]]}}
}}
{{Location map+ |Guatemala Guatemala Department |width=250 |caption=Location of teams in [[Guatemala Department]] |alt = Liga Nacional teams in Guatemala Department |places=
{{Location map~ |Guatemala Guatemala Department |lat=14.626 |long=-90.510 |label=[[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]]}}
{{Location map~ |Guatemala Guatemala Department |lat=14.636 |long=-90.609 |label=[[Deportivo Mixco|Mixco]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Guatemala Guatemala Department |lat=14.617 |long=-90.535 |label=[[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]] |position=bottom}}
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team
!Home city
!Stadium
!Capacity
|-
|[[Deportivo Achuapa|Achuapa]]
|[[El Progreso, Jutiapa|El Progreso]], [[Jutiapa Department]]
|[[Estadio Winston Pineda (El Cóndor)|Estadio El Cóndor]]
| 6,000
|-
| [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]]
| [[Antigua Guatemala|Antigua]], [[Sacatepéquez Department]]
| [[Estadio Pensativo]]
| 10,000
|-
| [[Cobán Imperial]]
| [[Cobán]], [[Alta Verapaz Department]]
| [[Estadio Verapaz]]
| 15,000
|-
| [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]]
| [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala Department]]
| [[Estadio Cementos Progreso]]
| 17,000
|-
| [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]]
| [[Guastatoya]], [[El Progreso Department]]
| Estadio David Cordón Hichos
| 3,100
|-
| [[Deportivo Malacateco|Malacateco]]
| [[Malacatán]], [[San Marcos Department]]
| [[Estadio Santa Lucía]]
| 8,000
|-
| [[Deportivo Marquense|Marquense]]
| [[San Marcos, Guatemala|San Marcos]], [[San Marcos Department]]
| [[Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada]]
| 11,000
|-
| [[Deportivo Mixco|Mixco]]
| [[Mixco]], [[Guatemala Department]]
| Estadio Santo Domingo de Guzmán
| 7,000
|-
| [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
| [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala Department]]
| [[Estadio Manuel Felipe Carrera|Estadio El Trébol]]
| 7,500
|-
| [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]
| [[Quetzaltenango]], [[Quetzaltenango Department]]
| [[Estadio Mario Camposeco]]
| 11,220
|-
| [[Deportivo Xinabajul|Xinabajul]]
| [[Huehuetenango]], [[Huehuetenango Department]]
| [[Estadio Los Cuchumatanes]]
| 5,340
|-
| [[Deportivo Zacapa|Zacapa]]
| [[Zacapa]], [[Zacapa Department]]
| [[Estadio David Ordoñez Bardales]]
| 8,100
|-
|}
{{Clear}}

==Managers==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Current Liga Nacional managers
|-
! scope="col" |Manager
! scope="col" |Nationality
! scope="col" |Club

|-
! scope="row" | [[Rónald Gómez]]
|{{Flagu|Costa Rica}}||Achuapa
|-

|-
! scope="row" | Javier López
|{{Flagu|Spain}}||Antigua
|-

|-
! scope="row" | Roberto Montoya
|{{Flagu|Mexico}}||Cobán Imperial
|-

|-
! scope="row" | Ronald González
|{{Flagu|Costa Rica}}||Comunicaciones
|-

|-
! scope="row" | Dwight Pezzarossi
|{{Flagu|Guatemala}}||Guastatoya
|-

|-
! scope="row" | Roberto Hernández
|{{Flagu|Mexico}}||Malacateco
|-

|-
! scope="row" | Mauricio Tapia
|{{Flagu|Argentina}}||Marquense
|-

|-
! scope="row" | Fabricio Benítez
|{{Flagu|Guatemala}}||Mixco
|-

|-
! scope="row" | [[Sebastián Bini]]
|{{Flagu|Argentina}}||Municipal
|-

|-
! scope="row" | Amarini Villatoro
|{{Flagu|Guatemala}}||Xelajú
|-

|-
! scope="row" | [[Pablo Centrone]]
|{{Flagu|Argentina}}||Xinabajul
|-

|-
! scope="row" | Rafael Díaz
|{{Flagu|Guatemala}}||Zacapa
|-

|}

==Important matches==

* [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] vs [[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]] - ''"[[El Clásico Chapín]]"''
* [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] vs [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]] - ''"El Clásico Provincial"''
* [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]] vs [[Deportivo Mixco|Mixco]] - ''"El Clásico del Valle"''
* [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] vs [[Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] - ''"El Clásico del Oeste"''
* [[Deportivo Marquense|Marquense]] vs [[Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] - ''"El Clásico del Occidente"''
* [[Deportivo Marquense|Marquense]] vs [[Deportivo Malacateco|Malacateco]] - ''"Derbi de San Marcos"''
* [[Cobán Imperial]] vs [[Deportivo Zacapa|Zacapa]] - ''"Clásico del Norte"''

==Champions==
===Liga Capitalina===
====Amateur Era====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!width=px|Ed.
!width=130px|Season
!width=170px|Champion
!width=170px|Runner-up
|-
| {{center|1}} || 1919 || Allies || Hércules
|-
| {{center|2}} || 1920 || Hércules || España
|-bgcolor=#efefef
| {{center|–}} || 1921 || colspan="2" align=center| ''No tournament due to the Juegos del Centenario''
|-
| {{center|3}} || 1922 || Allies || Alemán
|-
| {{center|4}} || 1923 || La Joya || Allies
|-
| {{center|5}} || 1924 || [[Universidad SC|USAC]] || Allies
|-
| {{center|6}} || 1925 || La Joya || Hércules
|-
| {{center|7}} || 1926 ||[[Universidad SC|USAC]] || Hércules
|-
| {{center|8}} || 1927 || Hércules || [[Universidad SC|USAC]]
|-
| {{center|9}} || 1928 || [[Universidad SC|USAC]] || Allies
|-
| {{center|10}} || 1929 || [[Universidad SC|USAC]] || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]]
|-
| {{center|11}} || 1930 || [[Universidad SC|USAC]] || Germania
|-
| {{center|12}} || 1931 || [[Universidad SC|USAC]] || Germania
|-
| {{center|13}} || 1932 || Guatemala FC || Germania
|-
| {{center|14}} || 1933 || Escuela Politécnica || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]]
|-
| {{center|15}} || 1934 || Escuela Politécnica || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]]
|-
| {{center|16}} || 1935 || Cibeles || Quetzal
|-
| {{center|17}} || 1936 || Cibeles || Quetzal
|-
| {{center|18}} || 1937 || Quetzal || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]]
|-
| {{center|19}} || 1938 || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|20}} || 1939 || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]] || Hércules
|-
| {{center|21}} || 1940 || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]] || Independiente
|-
| {{center|22}} || 1941 || Guatemala FC || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]]
|-
|}

===Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala===
====Professional Era====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!width=px|Ed.
!width=130px|Season
!width=170px|Champion
!width=170px|Runner-up
|-
| {{center|1}} || 1942–43 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]]
|-
| {{center|2}} || 1943 || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]] ||[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|3}} || 1944–45 || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|4}} || 1947 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || España
|-bgcolor=#efefef
| {{center|–}} || 1948–50 || colspan="2" align=center| ''No tournament due to the [[1950 Central American and Caribbean Games]]''
|-
| {{center|5}} || 1950–51 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|6}} || 1952–53 || [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|7}} || 1954–55 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|8}} || 1956 || [[Comunicaciones]] || Universidad de San Carlos
|-
| {{center|9}} || 1957–58 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|10}} || 1959–60 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|11}} || 1961–62 || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|12}} || 1963–64 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]
|-
| {{center|13}} || 1964 || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|14}} || 1965–66 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|15}} || 1966 || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]] || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]
|-
| {{center|16}} || 1967–68 || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|17}} || 1968–69 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|18}} || 1969–70 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|19}} || 1970–71 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|20}} || 1971 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|21}} || 1972 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|22}} || 1973 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|23}} || 1974 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|24}} || 1975 || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|25}} || 1976 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|26}} || 1977–78 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|27}} || 1978 || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|28}} || 1979–80 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Cobán Imperial]]
|-
| {{center|29}} || 1980 || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] || [[Juventud Retalteca]]
|-
| {{center|30}} || 1981 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]
|-
| {{center|31}} || 1982 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CD Suchitepéquez|Suchitepéquez]]
|-
| {{center|32}} || 1983 || [[CD Suchitepéquez|Suchitepéquez]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|33}} || 1984 || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]] || [[CD Suchitepéquez|Suchitepéquez]]
|-
| {{center|34}} || 1985 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Juventud Retalteca]]
|-
| {{center|35}} || 1986 || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]] || [[Galcasa]]
|-
| {{center|36}} || 1987 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|37}} || 1988–89 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|38}} || 1989–90 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[CD Suchitepéquez|Suchitepéquez]]
|-
| {{center|39}} || 1990–91 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|40}} || 1991–92 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|41}} || 1992–93 || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|42}} || 1993–94 || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || Escuintla
|-
| {{center|43}} || 1994–95 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|44}} || 1995–96 || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|45}} || 1996–97 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|-
| {{center|46}} || 1997–98 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Cobán Imperial]]
|-
| {{center|47}} || 1998–99 || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|48}} || 1999 Apertura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|49}} || 2000 Clausura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|50}} || 2000 Apertura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|51}} || 2001 Clausura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]]
|-
| {{center|52}} || 2001 Reordenamiento || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Cobán Imperial]]
|-
| {{center|53}} || 2002 Clausura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|54}} || 2002 Apertura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|55}} || 2003 Clausura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Cobán Imperial]]
|-
| {{center|56}} || 2003 Apertura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|57}} || 2004 Clausura || [[Cobán Imperial]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|58}} || 2004 Apertura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|59}} || 2005 Clausura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[CD Suchitepéquez|Suchitepéquez]]
|-
| {{center|60}} || 2005 Apertura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|61}} || 2006 Clausura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Deportivo Marquense|Marquense]]
|-
| {{center|62}} || 2006 Apertura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|63}} || 2007 Clausura || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] || [[Deportivo Marquense|Marquense]]
|-
| {{center|64}} || 2007 Apertura || [[Deportivo Jalapa|Jalapa]] || [[CD Suchitepéquez|Suchitepéquez]]
|-
| {{center|65}} || 2008 Clausura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|66}} || 2008 Apertura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|67}} || 2009 Clausura || [[Deportivo Jalapa|Jalapa]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|68}} || 2009 Apertura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|69}} || 2010 Clausura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]
|-
| {{center|70}} || 2010 Apertura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|71}} || 2011 Clausura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|72}} || 2011 Apertura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|73}} || 2012 Clausura || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|74}} || 2012 Apertura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|75}} || 2013 Clausura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Heredia Jaguares de Peten|Heredia]]
|-
| {{center|76}} || 2013 Apertura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[Heredia Jaguares de Peten|Heredia]]
|-
| {{center|77}} || 2014 Clausura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|78}} || 2014 Apertura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|79}} || 2015 Clausura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|80}} || 2015 Apertura || [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]] || [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]]
|-
| {{center|81}} || 2016 Clausura || [[CD Suchitepéquez|Suchitepéquez]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|82}} || 2016 Apertura || [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|83}} || 2017 Clausura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]]
|-
| {{center|84}} || 2017 Apertura || [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|85}} || 2018 Clausura || [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]] || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]
|-
| {{center|86}} || 2018 Apertura || [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|87}} || 2019 Clausura || [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]] || [[C.D. Malacateco|Malacateco]]
|-
| {{center|88}} || 2019 Apertura || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]]
|-bgcolor=#efefef
| {{center|89}} || 2020 Clausura || colspan="2" align=center| ''Canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
| {{center|90}} || 2020 Apertura || [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|91}} || 2021 Clausura || [[F.C. Santa Lucía|Santa Lucía]] || [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|92}} || 2021 Apertura || [[C.D. Malacateco|Malacateco]] || [[Comunicaciones]]
|-
| {{center|93}} || 2022 Clausura || [[Comunicaciones]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|-
| {{center|94}} || 2022 Apertura || [[Cobán Imperial]] || [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]]
|-
| {{center|95}} || 2023 Clausura || [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] || [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]]
|-
| {{center|96}} || 2023 Apertura || [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] || [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]]
|-
| {{center|97}} || 2024 Clausura|| [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] || [[Deportivo Mixco|Mixco]]
|-
| {{center|98}} || 2024 Apertura|| [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] || [[Cobán Imperial]]
|-
| {{center|99}} || 2025 Clausura|| [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]] || [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]
|}

==Titles by club in Guatemalan Football History==
Champions were:<ref>{{cite web|title=Guatemala – List of Champions|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/guatchamp.html|access-date=1 October 2011}}</ref>
'''Amateur and Professional Champions.'''

===Amateur Era===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope=col|Club
!scope=col|Winners
!scope=col|Runners-up
!scope=col class="unsortable" |Winning years
|-
| [[Universidad SC|USAC]]
| align=center|6
| align=center|1
| 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931
|-
| [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografia Nacional]]
| align=center|3
| align=center|5
| 1938, 1939, 1940
|-
| Hércules
| align=center|2
| align=center|4
| 1920, 1927
|-
| Allies
| align=center|2
| align=center|3
| 1919, 1922
|-
| Cibeles
| align=center|2
| align=center|0
| 1935, 1936
|-
| Escuela Politécnica
| align=center|2
| align=center|0
| 1933, 1934
|-
| Guatemala FC
| align=center|2
| align=center|0
| 1932, 1941
|-
| La Joya
| align=center|2
| align=center|0
| 1923, 1925
|-
| Quetzal
| align=center|1
| align=center|2
| 1937
|-
|}

===Professional Era===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope=col|Club
!scope=col|Winners
!scope=col|Runners-up
!scope=col class="unsortable" |Winning years
|-
|[[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]]
|align=center|32
| align=center|26
|1956, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971, 1972, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2013 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2015 Clausura, 2022 Clausura, 2023 Apertura
|-
|[[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]]
|align=center|32
| align=center|26
|1942–43, 1947, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1987, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 2000 Clausura, 2000 Apertura, 2001 Reordenamiento, 2002 Clausura, 2003 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2010 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2017 Clausura, 2019 Apertura, 2024 Clausura
|-
|[[Aurora F.C.|Aurora]]
|align=center| 8
| align=center|10
| 1964, 1966, 1967–68, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1992–93
|-
| [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]
| align=center|7
| align=center|6
| 1961–62, 1980, 1995–96, 2007 Clausura, 2012 Clausura, [[2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala|2023 Clausura]], [[2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala|2024 Apertura]]
|-
| [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]]
| align=center|5
| align=center|4
| 2015 Apertura, 2016 Apertura, 2017 Apertura, 2019 Clausura, [[2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala|2025 Clausura]]
|-
| [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]]
| align=center|3
| align=center|3
| 2018 Clausura, 2018 Apertura, 2020 Apertura
|-
| [[Tipografía Nacional (football club)|Tipografía Nacional]]
| align=center|3
| align=center|1
| 1943, 1944–45, 1952–53
|-
| [[CD Suchitepéquez|Suchitepéquez]]
| align=center|2
| align=center|5
| 1983, 2016 Clausura
|-
| [[Cobán Imperial]]
| align=center|2
| align=center|4
| 2004 Clausura, [[2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala|2022 Apertura]]
|-
| [[Deportivo Jalapa|Jalapa]]
| align=center|2
| align=center|0
| 2007 Apertura, 2009 Clausura
|-
| [[C.D. Malacateco|Malacateco]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|1
| 2021 Apertura
|-
| [[F.C. Santa Lucía|Santa Lucía]]
| align=center|1
| align=center|0
| 2021 Clausura
|-
|}

==Top goalscorers==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope=col|Nr.
!scope=col|Player
!scope=col|Country
!scope=col|Goals
|-align="center"
| 1 || [[Juan Carlos Plata]] || {{flagicon|GUA}} || '''302'''
|-align="center"
| 2 || [[Oscar Sánchez Rivas|Oscar Sánchez]] || {{flagicon|GUA}} || '''259'''
|-align="center"
| 3 || [[Julio César Anderson]] || {{flagicon|GUA}} || '''220'''
|-align="center"
| 4 || [[Carlos Kamiani Félix ]]|| {{flagicon|MEX}} || '''211'''
|-align="center"
| 5 || [[Edwin Westphal]] || {{flagicon|GUA}} || '''188'''
|-align="center"
| 6 || [[Israel Silva]] || {{flagicon|BRA}} || '''186'''
|-align="center"
| 7 || [[René Morales]] || {{flagicon|GUA}} || '''172'''
|-align="center"
| 8 || [[Mario Acevedo]] || {{flagicon|GUA}} || '''170'''
|- align="center"
| 9 || [[Agustín Herrera]]|| {{flagicon|MEX}}|| '''161'''
|- align="center"
| 10 || [[Selvin Pennant]]|| {{flagicon|GUA}}|| '''156'''
|- align="center"
| 11 || [[León Ugarte]]|| {{flagicon|ARG}}|| '''156'''
|- align="center"
| 12 || [[Edgar Araiza]]|| {{flagicon|GUA}}|| '''150'''
|- align="center"
| 13 || [[Fredy García]]|| {{flagicon|GUA}}|| '''144'''
|- align="center"
| 14 || [[Hugo Peña]]|| {{flagicon|GUA}}|| '''136'''
|- align="center"
| 15 || [[Rolando Fonseca]]|| {{flagicon|CRC}}|| '''135'''
|- align="center"
| 16 || [[Rudy Ramírez]]|| {{flagicon|GUA}}|| '''130'''
|- align="center"
| 17 || [[Carlos Humberto Toledo|Carlos Toledo]]|| {{flagicon|GUA}}|| '''129'''
|-align="center"
| 18 || [[Jhonny Cubero]]|| {{flagicon|CRC}}|| '''124'''
|-align="center"
| 19 || Julio Rodas|| {{flagicon|GUA}}|| '''123'''
|-align="center"
| 20 || José Emilio Mitrovich|| {{flagicon|ARG}}|| '''121'''
|}

==See also==
*[[Guatemala national football team]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://ligagt.org Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala] {{in lang|es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070905180903/http://fifa.com/associations/association=gua/nationalleague/standings.html League] at FIFA
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061119165204/http://www.prensalibre.com/especiales/ME/guatefut/index.html Guatemala, 100 años de fútbol] – prensalibre.com – ''Prensa Libre'' newspaper, Guatemala. {{in lang|es}}
*[https://guatefutbol.com guatefutbol.com] {{in lang|es}}
*[https://int.soccerway.com/national/guatemala/liga-nacional/ League Summary] at Soccerway {{in lang|en}}
*[https://live2sport.com/Soccer.php/Guatemala_Liga_Nacional/1/ Guatemala Liga Nacional], standings, results & fixtures at Live2Sport.com

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