2017–18 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2017–18 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 20th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 28 July 2017 and will ended in May 2018.

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 2017 Torneo Apertura began on 28 July 2017 and will end in December 2017.

Quarterfinals


Cobán Imperial wins on away goals 

Semifinals


Antigua GFC wins on away goals

Finals




Clausura
The 2018 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2018 and end in May 2018.

Standings
(May 07, 2018) Publication of the date=15/04/2018 page 60

Quarterfinals




Second leg
Xelaju won 3-0 on aggregate.

Guastatoya won 5-1 on aggregate.

Semifinals


Second leg
Xelajú MC won 3-2 on aggregate.

Guastatoya won 1-0 on aggregate.

Finals




List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in 2017-2018 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.

Antigua GFC
 * 🇲🇽 Agustin Herrera
 * 🇦🇷 Alejandro Diaz
 * 🇨🇷 José Antonio Mena
 * 🇨🇷 Adrián De Lemos Calderón
 * 🇨🇷 Allan Miranda
 * 🇦🇷 Fabián Arsenio Castillo
 * 🇨🇷 Manfred Russell Blue x.svg
 * 🇰🇳 Devaughn Elliot Blue x.svg

Coban Imperial
 * 🇺🇾 Maximiliano Lombardi
 * 🇺🇾 Ignacio Flores
 * 🇺🇾 Álvaro García
 * 🇬🇵 Victor Guay

CSD Comunicaciones 
 * 🇺🇾 Javier Irazún
 * 🇨🇷 Manfred Russell
 * 🇲🇽 Isaac Acuna
 * 🇲🇽 Cesar Morales
 * 🇦🇷 Emiliano Lopez
 * 🇨🇷 Diego Estrada Blue x.svg
 * 🇨🇷 Éric Scott Blue x.svg

Guastatoya 
 * 🇸🇻 Josue Flores
 * 🇲🇽 Omar Dominguez
 * 🇺🇾 Miguel Puglia
 * 🇨🇴 Jose Coreno
 * 🇨🇷 Aaron Navarro
 * 🇧🇴 José Gabriel Ríos

Deportivo Malacateco
 * 🇨🇷 Rafael Lezcano
 * 🇨🇴 Jhon Hurtado
 * 🇨🇴 Juan Camilo Aguirre
 * 🇨🇷 Anllel Porras Conejo

Deportivo Marquense
 * 🇺🇾 Gerardo Putten
 * 🇨🇴 Juan Osorio Tobón
 * 🇺🇾 Danilo Suarez
 * 🇺🇾 Jonathan Piñeiro Correa

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)

CSD Municipal 
 * 🇵🇦 Blas Perez
 * 🇺🇾 Gastón Puerari
 * 🇸🇻 Jaime Alas
 * 🇵🇦 Felipe Baloy

Deportivo Petapa
 * 🇨🇷 Víctor Bolivar
 * 🇧🇷 Janderson Pereira
 * 🇧🇷 Juliano Rangel
 * 🇯🇲 Francois Swaby
 * 🇨🇴 Hugo Acosta
 * 🇺🇾 Rodrigo Cubilla Blue x.svg

Sanarate
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Lovato
 * 🇨🇴 William Zapata

Siquinalá
 * 🇭🇳 Quiarol Arzu
 * 🇲🇽 Cesar García
 * 🇨🇷 Verny Scott
 * 🇨🇷 Diego Sanchez Corrales
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Mingorance

CD Suchitepéquez
 * 🇸🇻 Kevin Santamaria
 * 🇨🇴 Jesus Lozano
 * 🇧🇷 Ze Paulo
 * 🇲🇽 Othoniel Jaramillo

Club Xelajú MC
 * 🇧🇴 Vladimir Castellon
 * 🇲🇽 Juan Carlos Silva
 * 🇭🇳 Juan Yax
 * 🇲🇽 Brayan Adan Martinez

CONCACAF Champions League playoff
After the suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala was lifted by FIFA in June 2018, it was decided that the representative of Guatemala in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League would be decided by a two-legged playoff between the 2017 Apertura champions (Antigua GFC) and the 2018 Clausura champions (Guastatoya). The draw for the order of legs was held on 27 June 2018.