The 2008–09 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 56th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2008 Apertura and the 2009 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams.
The first six clubs in the standings at the end of each competition participate in the playoffs (a two-leg knock-out phase) to determine the champion; the first and second place teams qualify directly to the semi-finals, while the other two have to play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments participate in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
Apertura
Top scorers Position Player Team Goals1 Adrián Apellaniz Comunicaciones 10 2 Fabián Muñoz Zacapa 9 Gastón Linares Heredia Carlos Castillo Suchitepéquez 5 Rolando Fonseca Comunicaciones 7 Jhonny Cubero Xelajú 7 Francisco Pavón Xelajú 6 Jorge Estrada Marquense Final Update: December 1, 2008.
Results
Colors: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
Comunicaciones as tournament champion qualified to the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
Clausura
Top scorers Position Player Team Goals1 Carlos González Municipal 10 2 Carlos Asprilla Petapa 8 Walter Estrada Xinabajul 4 Carlos Castillo Suchitepéquez 7 Carlos Leguizamón Suchitepéquez 6 Evandro Ferreira Heredia 6 Mario Castellanos Heredia
Results
Colors: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
Jalapa as tournament champion qualified to the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
Relegation
At the end of the season, the 10th placed team (the team with the fewest points) in the aggregate table standings (the combined standings of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments) is relegated to the second division automatically at the end of the Clausura tournament.
Aggregate table
See also Liga Nacional de Guatemala 2008–09 in Guatemalan football
References
External links Guatemala National Football Federation Guatefutbol RSSSF – Liga Nacional stats