2011–12 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

The 2011–12 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 59th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the [|2011 Apertura] and the 2012 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams.

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 finishes 1 and 2 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 quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.

Teams

USAC and Xinabajul finished in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the overall table of last season and were relegated to the Primera División. Taking their places were the two winners of the Primera División promotion playoffs, Petapa and Zacapa.

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Comunicaciones	Guatemala	Cementos Progreso	16,000
Heredia	San José	Julián Tesucún	8,000
Juventud Retalteca	Retalhuleu	Óscar Monterroso	8,000
Malacateco	Malacatán	Santa Lucía	7,000
Marquense	San Marcos	Marquesa de la Ensenada	10,000
Mictlán	Asunción Mita	La Asunción	3,000
Municipal	Guatemala	Mateo Flores	30,000
Peñarol	Huehuetenango	Los Cuchumatanes	5,340
Petapa	San Miguel Petapa	[Estadio C.S.D. Municipal\|Municipal de San Miguel Petapa\|Municipal]	7,500
Suchitepéquez	Mazatenango	Carlos Salazar Hijo	12,000
Xelajú	Quetzaltenango	Mario Camposeco	11,000
Zacapa	Zacapa	David Ordóñez Bardales	8,000

Apertura

The 2011 Torneo Apertura began on 9 July 2011 and ended on 18 December 2011.

Top scorers

Pos

Player

Club

Goals

Quarterfinals

First legs

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Second legs

Municipal progresses 2–0 on aggregate.
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''Comunicaciones progresses on away goals rule.''

Semifinals