2020–21 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

The 2020–21 Liga Nacional de Guatemala season is the 23rd season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top football league in Guatemala, in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season will begin in August 2020 and will end in May 2021.

Team information
A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2019–20 Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2019–20 Primera División.

Siquinalá and Mixco were relegated to 2020–21 Primera División the previous season.

The relegated team were replaced by the 2019–20 Primera División winners Achuapa and Sacachispas.

Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Primera División de Ascenso as of August 2020.


 * Champions: Achuapa and Sacachispas

Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso as of August 2020.


 * Last Place: Siquinalá and Mixco

List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in 2020-2021 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.

Achuapa
 * 🇧🇷 Juliano Rangel
 * 🇦🇷 Nícolas Martínez
 * 🇨🇴 Marlon Negrete
 * 🇭🇳 Joshua Vargas

Antigua
 * 🇨🇷 José Mena
 * 🇨🇴 Juan Osorio
 * 🇹🇹 John Rochford
 * 🇧🇷 Cayo Ribeiro
 * 🇨🇷 Josué Martinez
 * 🇲🇽 Éver Guzmán
 * 🇲🇽 Genaro Castillo
 * 🇨🇴 Deyner Padilla

Cobán Imperial
 * 🇦🇷 Jorge Sotomayor
 * 🇨🇴 Bladimir Díaz
 * 🇧🇷 Janderson
 * 🇨🇷 Allan Miranda
 * 🇵🇦 José Calderón

Comunicaciones 
 * 🇨🇷 Michael Umaña
 * 🇲🇽 Agustín Herrera
 * 🇨🇷 Andrés Lezcano
 * 🇨🇴 Jose Corena
 * 🇨🇷 Manfred Russell
 * 🇨🇷 Alexander Robinson
 * 🇭🇳 Júnior Lacayo
 * 🇺🇾 Nicolás Royón

Guastatoya
 * 🇨🇷 Adrián de Lemos
 * 🇲🇽 Luis Landín
 * 🇲🇽 Omar Dominguez
 * 🇨🇴 Edgardo Ruiz
 * 🇨🇷 Aarón Navarro
 * 🇺🇾 Maximiliano Lombardi

Iztapa
 * 🇦🇷 Nicolás Foglia
 * 🇲🇽 Carlos Felix
 * 🇦🇷 Christian Hernández
 * 🇨🇷 Jordan Smith

Malacateco
 * 🇺🇾 Darío Silva
 * 🇲🇽 Elmer Morales
 * 🇵🇾 Lauro Cazal
 * 🇨🇷 Jorge Gatgens
 * 🇨🇴 Orlando Osorio
 * 🇦🇷 Carlos Barrochez
 * 🇨🇴 Santiago Gómez

Municipal 
 * 🇦🇷 Alejandro Díaz
 * 🇺🇾 Rafael Garcia
 * 🇦🇷 Gustavo Britos
 * 🇺🇾 Steve Makuka
 * 🇸🇻 Jaime Alas
 * 🇺🇸 Gabe Robinson

Santa Lucía
 * 🇧🇷 Rafael da Roza
 * 🇧🇷 Denis Lima
 * 🇧🇷 Thales Moreira
 * 🇧🇷 Romario Da Silva
 * 🇨🇷 Anllel Porras
 * 🇲🇽 Isaac Acuña

Sanarate
 * 🇻🇪 Charles Martinez
 * 🇨🇺 Yosel Piedra
 * 🇵🇾 Orlando Moreira
 * 🇦🇷 César Canario

 Sacachispas
 * 🇨🇴 Jesús Lozano
 * 🇨🇷 Jose Sanchez
 * 🇺🇾 Egidio Arévalo Ríos
 * 🇪🇨 Diego Ávila
 * 🇦🇷 Leandro Rodriguez

Xelajú
 * 🇨🇦 David Monsalve
 * 🇸🇻 Josue Odír Flores
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Mignorance
 * 🇧🇷 Israel Silva
 * 🇧🇷 Leo Bahia
 * 🇸🇻 Alexander Larin
 * 🇺🇸 Jeffrey Payeras
 * 🇭🇳 Juan Yax