2016–17 Liga Nacional de Guatemala
The 2016–17 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 64th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the [|2016 Apertura] and the 2017 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 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 2016 Torneo Apertura began in July 2016 and will end in December 2016.Table
Standings
Quarterfinals
First leg
----Second leg
Comunicaciones won 2–0 on aggregate.----
''Malacateco won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Semifinals
First leg
----Second leg
Municipal won 2–1 on aggregate.----
''1-1 on aggregate. Antigua progresses as the higher seed.''
Finals
Second leg
''2-2 on aggregate. Antigua wins 5-4 on penalties.''List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in 2016-2017 season. The following players:- have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
- have not been capped for the Guatemala national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
Antigua GFC
- Víctor Bolivar
- Jorge Zaldívar
- Manfred Russell
- Francisco Ladogana
- Orlando Moreira
- Víctor Solalinde
- Álvaro García
- Juan Barrera
- Diego Estrada
- Joel Benítez
- Emiliano Lopez
Deportivo Mictlan''
- Juan Aguirre
- Marlon Negrete
- William Negrete
- Ricardo Romero
- Juan Carlos Meza
- Jhon Jairo Palacios
- Carlos Díaz
- Ricardo Rocha
Deportivo Marquense
- Matías Triofini
- Darío Flores
- Carlos Kamiani
- Janderson Pereira
- Jaime Alas
- Gastón Puerari
- Juan Lovato
- Adrian Apellaniz
- Matías Quinteros
- Francisco Ladogana
- Mauricio Gerni
- Omar Salazar
- David Monsalve
- Pablo Pereira
- Cesar Ivan Garcia
- Luis Rene Rodas
- Kamar Kayode Oshioke
Clausura
The 2017 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2017 and end in May 2017.Table
Standings
Quarterfinals
First leg
----Second leg
Guastatoya won 4–2 on aggregate.----
''Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Semifinals
First leg
----Second leg
Municipal won 3–1 on aggregate.----
''Guastatoya won 5-4 on aggregate.''