2015–16 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2015–16 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 17th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season was used. The season began in 2015 and ended in 2016.

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 2015 Torneo Apertura began on 13 August 2015 and ended on 21 December 2015.

Second leg
Comunicaciones won 3–0 on aggregate.

''1–1 on aggregate. Guastatoya advanced on the away goal rule.''

Semifinals


Second leg
Guastatoya won 5–2 on aggregate.

Antigua GFC won 4-3 on aggregate.

Finals




Second leg
Antigua GFC won 3-2 on aggregate.

List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2015. 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.

Antigua GFC
 * 🇨🇷 Mandred Russell
 * 🇨🇷 Alexander Robinson
 * 🇹🇹 Mekeil Williams
 * 🇯🇲 Akeem Priestley
 * 🇨🇴 Justin Arboleda

Cobán Imperial
 * 🇬🇵 Victor Guay
 * 🇨🇷 Argenis Fernandez
 * 🇺🇾 Mario Piñeyro
 * 🇺🇾 Jesus Darwin Ramirez

CSD Comunicaciones 
 * 🇵🇾 Joel Benítez
 * 🇵🇦 Rolando Blackburn
 * 🇲🇽 Agustín Herrera
 * 🇨🇴 Jesús Jonathan Lozano
 * 🇦🇷 Emiliano Lopez

Guastatoya 
 * 🇵🇾 Victor Solalinde
 * 🇺🇾 Agustín Arigon
 * 🇺🇾 Álvaro García

' Deportivo Mictlan
 * 🇨🇴 Juan Aguirre
 * 🇨🇴 Marlon Negrete
 * 🇨🇴 William Negrete
 * 🇵🇦 Ricardo Romero

Deportivo Malacateco
 * 🇨🇴 Martin Edwin Garcia
 * 🇨🇴 Nestor Asprilla
 * 🇲🇽 Juan Carlos Meza Orange x.svg
 * 🇲🇽 Juan Carlos Silva
 * 🇲🇽 Ricardo Rocha
 * 🇹🇹 Jerrel Britto Orange x.svg

(player released during the season)

Deportivo Marquense
 * None

CSD Municipal 
 * 🇨🇷 Johnny Woodly Lambert
 * 🇨🇷 Carlos Hernández
 * 🇨🇷 Keilor Soto
 * 🇸🇻 Jaime Alas

Deportivo Petapa
 * 🇨🇷 Minor Alvarez
 * 🇦🇷 Lucas Trecarichi
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Lovato
 * 🇺🇾 Adrian Apellaniz
 * 🇺🇾 Ignacio Flores

CD Suchitepéquez
 * 🇦🇷 Ángel Prudencio
 * 🇧🇿 Shane Orio
 * 🇨🇴 Jhon Cardona
 * 🇨🇴 Jhon Jairo Córdoba
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Lobo

Universidad SC
 * 🇦🇷 Paulo Centurion
 * 🇨🇴 Jonathan Rodríguez Cuenu
 * 🇭🇳 Michel Rivera
 * 🇲🇽 Carlos Kamiani Félix
 * 🇪🇸 Alexis Egea

Club Xelajú MC
 * 🇧🇷 Juliano Rangel de Andrade
 * 🇨🇴 Juan Baena
 * 🇵🇦 Brunet Hay

Clausura
The 2016 Torneo Clausura began on 2016 and will end in  2016.

Quarterfinals




Second leg
Comunicaciones won 4–3 on aggregate.

Malacateco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals


Second leg
Suchitepéquez won 4–1 on aggregate.

Comunicaciones won 2-2 on aggregate.

Finals




Second leg
 won – on aggregate.

List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2016. 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.

Antigua GFC
 * 🇨🇷 Mandred Russell
 * 🇨🇷 Alexander Robinson
 * 🇹🇹 Mekeil Williams
 * 🇲🇽 Agustín Herrera
 * 🇨🇴 Justin Arboleda

Cobán Imperial
 * 🇨🇴 Arnulfo Beitar
 * 🇬🇵 Victor Guay
 * 🇺🇾 Mario Piñeyro

CSD Comunicaciones
 * 🇳🇮 Juan Barrera
 * 🇵🇾 Joel Benítez
 * 🇵🇦 Rolando Blackburn
 * 🇦🇷 Emiliano Lopez

Guastatoya
 * 🇵🇾 Orlando Moreira
 * 🇵🇾 Víctor Solalinde
 * 🇺🇾 Álvaro García

 Deportivo Mictlan
 * 🇨🇴 Juan Aguirre
 * 🇨🇴 Marlon Negrete
 * 🇨🇴 William Negrete
 * 🇵🇦 Ricardo Romero

Deportivo Malacateco
 * 🇲🇽 Juan Carlos Meza
 * 🇨🇴 Jhon Jairo Palacios
 * 🇦🇷 Carlos Díaz
 * 🇲🇽 Ricardo Rocha

(player released during the season)

Deportivo Marquense
 * 🇦🇷 Matías Triofini

CSD Municipal 
 * 🇧🇷 Janderson Pereira
 * 🇸🇻 Jaime Alas
 * 🇺🇾 Gastón Puerari
 * 🇨🇷 Keylor Soto

Deportivo Petapa
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Lovato
 * 🇺🇾 Adrian Apellaniz
 * 🇦🇷 Matías Quinteros

CD Suchitepéquez
 * 🇦🇷 Francisco Ladogana
 * 🇦🇷 Mauricio Gerni
 * 🇦🇷 Omar Salazar
 * 🇨🇦 David Monsalve

Universidad SC
 * 🇺🇾 Guillermo Chavasco
 * 🇸🇻 Rafael Burgos
 * 🇭🇳 Michel Rivera
 * 🇲🇽 Carlos Kamiani Félix

Club Xelajú MC
 * 🇨🇷 Cristhian Lagos
 * 🇧🇷 Juliano Rangel de Andrade
 * 🇨🇴 Juan Baena
 * 🇭🇳 José Mendoza