2007–08 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

The 2007–08 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 55th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2007 Apertura and the 2008 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams.

Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Season	2007–08
Dates	28 July 2007 – 25 May 2008
Champions	Apertura: Jalapa (1st title) Clausura: Municipal (26th title)
Relegated	Malacateco
CONCACAF Champions League	Jalapa Municipal
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Adrián Apellaniz (10) Clausura: Carlos González (10) Season: Carlos Castillo (16)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Promotion and relegation

Mictlán was relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season and was replaced by Malacateco who was promoted from the Primera División.

Participating clubs

Club	City	Department	Stadium	Capacity
Comunicaciones	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Mateo Flores	30.000
Municipal	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Mateo Flores	30.000
Heredia	San José	Petén	Del Monte	8.000
Jalapa	Jalapa	Jalapa	Las Flores	10.000
Malacateco	Malacatán	San Marcos	Santa Lucía	7.000
Marquense	San Marcos	San Marcos	Marquesa de la Ensenada	10.000
Petapa	San Miguel Petapa	Guatemala	Municipal de San Miguel Petapa	5.000
Suchitepéquez	Mazatenango	Suchitepéquez	Carlos Salazar Hijo	10.000
Xelajú	Quetzaltenango	Quetzaltenango	Mario Camposeco	11.000
Zacapa	Zacapa	Zacapa	David Ordoñez Bardales	10.000

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Municipal	18	8	7	3	31	18	+13	31
2	Jalapa	18	7	7	4	32	26	+6	28
3	Comunicaciones	18	7	6	5	27	18	+9	27
4	Xelajú	18	7	4	7	14	22	−8	25
5	Suchitepéquez	18	6	6	6	32	27	+5	24
6	Zacapa	18	6	6	6	31	31	0	24
7	Marquense	18	6	6	6	21	27	−6	24
8	Malacateco	18	6	2	10	16	22	−6	20
9	Heredia	18	5	4	9	22	26	−4	19
10	Petapa	18	3	10	5	20	29	−9	19

Source:

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Adrián Apellaniz	Jalapa	14
2	Selvin Motta	Zacapa	12
3	Jorge Dos Santos	Jalapa	10
4	Tránsito Montepeque	Comunicaciones	8
5	Guillermo Ramírez	Municipal	7
	Mario Rodríguez	Municipal	7

Final Update: December 26, 2007
Source:Prensa Libre

Results

Home \ Away	COM	HER	JAL	MAL	MAR	MUN	PET	SUC	XEL	ZAC
Comunicaciones		3–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–3
Heredia	1–0		3–4	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–1
Jalapa	2–1	3–0		2–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–1
Malacateco	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–1
Marquense	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Municipal	1–0	2–0	2–4	1–0	6–1		0–0	3–3	5–0	3–3
Petapa	1–4	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–2		1–1	1–1	1–1
Suchitepéquez	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0		2–0	7–1
Xelajú	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0		1–0
Zacapa	1–1	3–1	5–3	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–1	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								1	Municipal	0	1	1
	4	Xelajú	1	1	2			5	Suchitepéquez	1	1	2
	5	Suchitepéquez	3	0	3										5	Suchitepéquez	1	0	1
															2	Jalapa (a)	1	0	1
								2	Jalapa	0	2	2
	3	Comunicaciones (p)	1	1 (3)	5			3	Comunicaciones	1	0	1
	6	Zacapa	1	1 (0)	2

Apertura Tournament Champion

Jalapa as tournament champion qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.

Apertura 2007 winner
1st National title

Relegation

There is no relegation after the Apertura.

External links

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