Guatemala 1997/98

First Stage Table: 1.Comunicaciones 22 15 3 4 46-17 48 2.Coban Imperial 22 11 7 4 35-23 40 3.Municipal 22 11 5 6 30-21 38 4.Xelajú MC 22 8 10 4 21-17 34 5.Aurora FC 22 8 9 5 28-22 33 6.Deportivo Suchitépequez 22 8 6 8 34-28 30 ------------------------------------------------ 7.Escuintla 22 7 5 10 29-43 26 8.Sacachispas 22 6 7 9 21-24 25 9.Tally Juca 22 7 4 11 21-35 25 10.Azucareros 22 5 7 10 29-31 22 11.Deportivo Zacapa 22 4 8 10 25-32 20 12.Chimaltenango 22 3 7 12 19-45 16 Round 1 [Sep 14] Escuintla 0-3 Comunicaciones Chimaltenango 0-2 Municipal Xelaju 0-1 Aurora Suchitepequez 3-0 Coban Tally Juca 1-0 Azucareros Sacachispas 2-1 Zacapa Round 2 [Sep 21] Sacachispas 1-1 Comunicaciones Municipal 1-1 Xelaju Escuintla 2-0 Suchitepequez Coban 0-0 Tally Juca Azucareros 5-1 Chimaltenango Zacapa 2-2 Aurora Round 3 [Sep 24,28] Comunicaciones 2-0 Zacapa Municipal 1-0 Aurora Chimaltenango 1-1 Coban Xelaju 1-0 Azucareros Suchitepequez 3-0 Sacachispas Tally Juca 4-2 Escuintla Round 4 [Oct 5] Zacapa 0-1 Municipal Escuintla 3-2 Chimaltenango Coban 1-0 Xelaju Suchitepequez 0-0 Comunicaciones Azucareros 0-0 Aurora Sacachispas 1-0 Tally Juca Round 5 [Oct 12] Aurora 2-2 Coban Municipal 1-0 Azucareros Chimaltenango 0-1 Sacachispas Tally Juca 0-1 Comunicaciones Escuintla 1-1 Xelaju Zacapa 1-1 Suchitepequez Round 6 [Oct 19] Coban 2-1 Municipal Escuintla 1-1 Aurora Zacapa 3-0 Azucareros Suchitepequez 3-0 Tally Juca Comunicaciones 4-0 Chimaltenango Sacachispas 0-0 Xelaju Round 7 [Oct 26] Xelaju 1-0 Comunicaciones Tally Juca 2-1 Zacapa Chimaltenango 2-1 Suchitepequez Aurora 1-1 Sacachispas Azucareros 1-1 Coban Municipal 1-1 Escuintla Round 8 [Nov 1] Sacachispas 1-1 Municipal Comunicaciones 1-2 Aurora Zacapa 1-2 Coban Tally Juca 1-1 Chimaltenango Suchitepequez 1-1 Xelaju Escuintla 3-3 Azucareros Round 9 [Nov 8] Zacapa 1-1 Chimaltenango Xelaju 1-0 Tally Juca Aurora 2-1 Suchitepequez Azucareros 2-0 Sacachispas Coban 2-0 Escuintla Municipal 0-2 Comunicaciones [Nov 10] Round 10 [Nov 15] Azucareros 3-4 Comunicaciones Suchitepequez 2-3 Municipal Chimaltenango 1-2 Xelaju Tally Juca 2-1 Aurora Sacachispas 0-3 Coban Escuintla 3-1 Zacapa Round 11 [Nov 22,23] Escuintla 1-5 Sacachispas Coban 1-1 Comunicaciones Azucareros 0-0 Suchitepequez Municipal 4-0 Tally Juca Aurora 3-0 Chimaltenango Zacapa 1-1 Xelaju Round 12 [Nov 29,30] Comunicaciones 3-0 Escuintla Municipal 2-2 Chimaltenango Aurora 1-1 Xelaju Coban 2-1 Suchitepequez Azucareros 3-1 Tally Juca Zacapa 1-0 Sacachispas Round 13 [Dec 6,7] Comunicaciones 3-2 Sacachispas Xelaju 0-0 Municipal Aurora 1-1 Zacapa Tally Juca 2-2 Coban Suchitepequez 2-1 Escuintla Chimaltenango 2-2 Azucareros Round 14 [Dec 13,14] Aurora 1-0 Municipal Comunicaciones 0-1 Zacapa Sacachispas 0-0 Suchitepequez Escuintla 3-2 Tally Juca Coban 4-0 Chimaltenango Azucareros 1-1 Xelaju Round 15 [Dec 20,21] Comunicaciones 3-1 Suchitepequez Xelaju 1-0 Coban Municipal 2-1 Zacapa Aurora 2-0 Azucareros Tally Juca 2-1 Sacachispas Chimaltenango 1-0 Escuintla Round 16 [Dec 28,29] Escuintla 1-3 Xelaju Suchitepequez 5-1 Zacapa Coban 1-1 Aurora Azucareros 0-1 Municipal Sacachispas 3-0 Chimaltenango Comunicaciones 3-0 Tally Juca Round 17 [Jan 3,4] Chimaltenango 0-4 Comunicaciones Xelaju 1-0 Sacachispas Municipal 2-1 Coban Aurora 1-3 Escuintla Azucareros 3-2 Zacapa Tally Juca 0-2 Suchitepequez Round 18 [Jan 10,11] Comunicaciones 2-1 Xelaju Escuintla 2-1 Municipal Coban 2-1 Azucareros Suchitepequez 3-0 Chimaltenango Sacachispas 1-0 Aurora Zacapa 0-0 Tally Juca Round 19 [Jan 17,18] Municipal 1-0 Sacachispas Xelaju 1-1 Suchitepequez Chimaltenango 3-0 Tally Juca Aurora 1-0 Comunicaciones Azucareros 0-1 Escuintla Coban 3-1 Zacapa Round 20 [Jan 24] Comunicaciones 3-0 Municipal [Jan 20] Escuintla 0-2 Coban Suchitepequez 3-2 Aurora [also reported 2-2] Tally Juca 2-0 Xelaju Zacapa 0-0 Chimaltenango Sacachispas 0-0 Azucareros Round 21 [Feb 15] Municipal 4-0 Suchitepequez Xelaju 2-1 Chimaltenango Azucareros 2-3 Comunicaciones Zacapa 4-0 Escuintla Coban 2-1 Sacachispas Aurora 2-0 Tally Juca Round 22 [Feb 22] Azucareros 3-1 Suchitepequez [also reported 2-2] Comunicaciones 3-1 Coban Aurora 1-1 Chimaltenango Tally Juca 2-1 Municipal Sacachispas 1-1 Escuintla Xelaju 1-1 Zacapa Table: 1.Comunicaciones 22 15 3 4 46-17 48 2.Coban Imperial 22 11 7 4 35-23 40 3.Municipal 22 11 5 6 30-21 38 4.Xelajú MC 22 8 10 4 21-17 34 5.Aurora FC 22 8 9 5 28-22 33 6.Deportivo Suchitépequez 22 8 6 8 34-28 30 ------------------------------------------------ 7.Escuintla 22 7 5 10 29-43 26 8.Sacachispas 22 6 7 9 21-24 25 9.Tally Juca 22 7 4 11 21-35 25 10.Azucareros 22 5 7 10 29-31 22 11.Deportivo Zacapa 22 4 8 10 25-32 20 12.Chimaltenango 22 3 7 12 19-45 16 Championship Playoff Round 1 [Feb 28, Mar 2] Suchitepequez 2-0 Municipal Xelaju 0-3 Comunicaciones Aurora 1-0 Coban Round 2 [Mar 7,8] Aurora 0-1 Comunicaciones Xelaju 3-0 Suchitepequez Coban 0-0 Municipal [Mar 18] Round 3 [Mar 12-15] Aurora 1-1 Xelaju Coban 6-2 Suchitepequez Comunicaciones 2-3 Municipal Round 4 [Mar 22-25] Municipal 2-0 Xelaju Comunicaciones 5-1 Coban Suchitepequez 1-2 Aurora Round 5 [Mar 29] Aurora 2-1 Municipal Xelaju 1-1 Coban Suchitepequez 0-2 Comunicaciones Round 6 [Apr 5] Municipal 4-2 Suchitepequez Comunicaciones 2-1 Xelaju Coban 2-3 Aurora Round 7 [Apr 19] Comunicaciones 1-1 Aurora Coban 2-0 Municipal Suchitepequez 2-3 Xelaju Round 8 [Apr 26] Xelaju 0-1 Aurora Municipal 1-2 Comunicaciones Suchitepequez 2-0 Coban Round 9 [May 3] Xelaju 1-0 Municipal Coban 0-0 Comunicaciones Aurora 1-1 Suchitepequez Round 10 [May 9] Municipal 1-1 Aurora Coban 1-0 Xelaju Comunicaciones 1-0 Suchitepequez Table: 1.Comunicaciones 10 7 2 1 19- 7 23 2.Aurora FC 10 5 4 1 13- 9 19 3.Coban Imperial 10 3 3 4 13-14 12 4.Municipal 10 3 2 5 12-14 11 5.Xelajú MC 10 3 2 5 10-13 11 6.Deportivo Suchitépequez 10 2 1 7 12-22 7 Super Cup 1998 First Leg [May 17] Suchitepequez 2-2 Comunicaciones Second Leg [May 24] Comunicaciones 6-0 Suchitepequez Relegation Playoff Round 1 [Mar 1] Zacapa 2-0 Sacachispas Azucareros 3-0 Chimaltenango Tally Juca 1-1 Escuintla Round 2 [Mar 8] Zacapa 3-1 Chimaltenango Azucareros 2-1 Escuintla Tally Juca 3-0 Sacachispas Round 3 [Mar 12-15] Escuintla 1-1 Zacapa Tally Juca 4-0 Azucareros Chimaltenango 2-0 Sacachispas Round 4 [Mar 22] Sacachispas 1-0 Azucareros Tally Juca 1-1 Zacapa Escuintla 0-1 Chimaltenango Round 5 [Mar 29] Escuintla 2-2 Sacachispas Azucareros 1-1 Zacapa Chimaltenango 0-0 Tally Juca Round 6 [Apr 5] Chimaltenango 1-2 Azucareros Sacachispas 1-0 Zacapa Escuintla 2-4 Tally Juca Round 7 [Apr 19] Escuintla 2-1 Azucareros Chimaltenango 1-1 Zacapa Tally Juca 1-1 Sacachispas Round 8 [Apr 26] Zacapa 4-1 Escuintla Sacachispas 1-0 Chimaltenango Azucareros 4-1 Tally Juca Round 9 [May 3] Tally Juca 0-0 Zacapa Azucareros 3-3 Sacachispas Chimaltenango 0-1 Escuintla Round 10 [May 9] Sacachispas 2-2 Escuintla Zacapa 0-0 Azucareros Tally Juca 2-0 Chimaltenango Table: 7.Tally Juca 10 4 5 1 17- 9 17 8.Deportivo Zacapa 10 3 6 1 13- 7 15 9.Azucareros 10 4 3 3 16-14 15 10.Sacachispas 10 3 4 3 11-15 13 11.Escuintla 10 2 4 4 13-18 10 12.Chimaltenango 10 2 2 6 6-13 8 Relegated Topscorer: Danny Aguilar (Suchitepéquez) 22 goals. Promoted: Dep. Carchá Repechaje [May 24] Teculután-Cremas - Escuintla Izabal - Sacachispas San Pedro - Azucareros Guatemala Cup 1997/98 Group A Round 1 (Jul 20) Zacapa 0-2 Mictlan Sacachispas 0-0 Tally Juca (4-5 pen) Round 2 (Jul 27) Zacapa 1-1 Sacachispas (6-5 pen) Mictlan 1-0 Tally Juca Round 3 (Aug 3) Tally Juca 3-1 Zacapa Mictlan 0-1 Sacachispas Round 4 (Aug 10) Mictlan 1-3 Zacapa Tally Juca 2-0 Sacachispas Round 5 (Aug 17) Zacapa 0-3 Sacachispas Mictlan 3-1 Tally Juca Round 6 (Aug 24) Zacapa 1-0 Tally Juca Sacachispas 0-0 Mictlan (2-4 pen) 1.Mictlan 6 3 1/0 2 7- 5 11 2.Sacachispas 6 2 0/3 1 5- 3 9 3.Tally Juca 6 2 1/0 3 6- 6 8 4.Zacapa 6 2 1/0 3 6-10 8 Group B Round 1 (Jul 20) Aurora 1-1 Coban Imperial (5-6 pen) Comunicaciones 3-3 Tipografia N. (4-5 pen) Round 2 (Jul 27) Comunicaciones 0-2 Aurora Coban Imperial 2-0 Tipografia N. Round 3 (Aug 3) Coban Imperial 2-0 Comunicaciones Aurora 5-1 Tipografia N. Round 4 (Aug 10) Coban Imperial 5-0 Aurora (Aug 6) Comunicaciones 2-3 Tipografia N. Round 5 (Aug 17) Coban Imperial 5-0 Tipografia N. Aurora 2-2 Comunicaciones (5-6 pen) Round 6 (Aug 24) Comunicaciones 1-2 Coban Imperial Aurora 5-1 Tipografia N. 1.Coban Imperial 6 5 1/0 0 17- 2 17 2.Aurora 6 3 0/2 1 15-10 11 3.Tipografia N. 6 1 1/0 4 8-22 5 4.Comunicaciones 6 0 1/1 4 8-14 3 Group C Round 1 (Jul 20) Chimaltenango 4-2 Un. San Carlos Municipal 3-2 Amatitlan Round 2 (Jul 27) Un. San Carlos 1-2 Amatitlan Chimaltenango 3-2 Municipal Round 3 (Aug 3) Amatitlan 0-1 Chimaltenango Un. San Carlos 0-0 Municipal (9-8 pen) Round 4 (Aug 10) Un. San Carlos 4-3 Chimaltenango Amatitlan 1-1 Municipal (5-6 pen) Round 5 (Aug 17) Amatitlan 3-2 Un. San Carlos Municipal 0-0 Chimaltenango (6-7 pen) Round 6 (Aug 24) Chimaltenango 1-0 Amatitlan Municipal 3-0 Un. San Carlos 1.Amatitlan 6 2 0/1 3 8- 9 7 2.Chimaltenango 6 4 1/0 1 12- 8 14 3.Municipal 6 2 1/2 1 9- 6 10 4.Un. San Carlos 6 1 1/0 4 9-15 5 Group D Round 1 (Jul 20) Azucareros 1-1 Escuintla (5-4 pen) Xelaju 1-1 Suchitepequez (4-5 pen) Round 2 (Jul 27) Xelaju 3-0 Azucareros Escuintla 2-0 Suchitepequez Round 3 (Aug 3) Escuintla 4-1 Xelaju Suchitepequez 2-1 Azucareros Round 4 (Aug 10) Escuintla 2-1 Azucareros Xelaju 1-1 Suchitepequez (4-5 pen) Round 5 (Aug 17) Suchitepequez 2-1 Escuintla Azucareros 3-2 Xelaju Round 6 (Aug 24) Azucareros 1-2 Suchitepequez Xelaju 2-0 Escuintla 1.Suchitepequez 6 3 2/0 1 8- 7 13 2.Escuintla 6 3 0/1 2 10- 7 10 3.Xelaju 6 2 0/2 2 10- 9 8 4.Azucareros 6 1 1/0 4 8-12 5 Semifinals (Aug 31) Chimaltenango 1-3 Suchitepequez Coban Imperial 3-1 Mictlan Final (Sep 7) Suchitepequez 3-1 Coban Imperial [aet] 20' Javier Martinez 0-1 30' Jorge Perez 1-1 99' Carlos Castenda 2-1 120' Jose Solano 3-1 Suchitepequez: Nilson de Oliveira- Duglas Zamora, Gerson Barrios, Oscar Santis, Carlos Esteves, Carlos Castenada, Omar Villagran, Milton Cabrera, Dany Aguilar, Luis Morales, Jose Solano Coban:Norman Martin-Eddy Espinoza, Catalino Molina, Javier Martinez, Erlin Luna, Eddy Garcia(Mynor Jimenez), Jorge Perez, Fabricio Benitez(Herberth Gregg), Leonel Corleto, Eddy Marroquin(Gustavo Bezano), Ruben Gonzalez (Mario Acevedo) sentoff: Jorge Perez (C), Carlos Esteves, Carlos Castenada (both S) Super Cup 1998 First Leg [May 17] Suchitepequez 2-2 Comunicaciones Second Leg [May 24] Comunicaciones 6-0 Suchitepequez Guatemala Second Level 1997/98 Primera División (Second Level) Regular Season Final Table: 1.Dep. Carchá 26 16 10 0 42- 9 58 2.Dep. Mictlán 26 12 5 9 40-31 41 3.Santa Catarina Pinula 26 11 7 8 39-28 40 4.Teculután-Cremas 26 12 4 10 44-34 40 5.Dep. San Pedro Sacatepequez 26 11 7 8 32-25 40 6.Dep. Jalapa 26 10 8 8 49-42 38 7.Dep. Izabal 26 9 9 8 37-32 36 8.Dep. Heredia 26 10 4 12 48-50 34 9.USAC 26 9 6 11 39-43 33 10.Tipografia Nacional 26 9 6 11 33-46 33 11.Dep. Coatepeque 26 9 5 12 27-33 32 12.Dep. Ayutla 26 7 7 12 30-40 28 13.Antigua FC 26 7 6 13 34-52 27 14.Dep. Amatitlán 26 2 11 13 27-54 17 Octogonal por el Ascenso 1.Dep. Carchá 14 7 5 2 24-15 26 Promoted 2.Teculután-Cremas 14 8 2 4 30-19 26 3.Dep. Izabal 14 7 4 3 24-15 25 4.Dep. San Pedro Sacatepequez 14 6 4 4 17-17 22 5.Dep. Mictlán 14 4 6 4 18-17 18 6.Santa Catarina Pinula 14 3 5 6 20-26 14 7.Dep. Heredia 14 3 3 8 25-31 12 8.Dep. Jalapa 14 2 3 9 8-18 9 Dep. Carchá promoted Repechaje [May 24] Teculután-Cremas - Escuintla Izabal - Sacachispas San Pedro - Azucareros Hexagonal por el Descenso 9.USAC 9 6 1 2 18- 9 19 10.Dep. Coatepeque 9 5 1 3 12-12 16 11.Antigua FC 9 4 2 3 14-12 14 12.Dep. Amatitlán 9 4 1 4 12-10 13 13.Tipografia Nacional 9 2 2 5 6-15 8 14.Dep. Ayutla 9 2 1 6 11-18 7 Repechaje [May 24] Amatitlán - Tipografia Nacional Antigua FC - Ayutla [Due to some quirk in the system, USAC apparently won promotion.]

1996/97.

1998/99.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

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Prepared and maintained by Mikael Jönsson for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Mikael Jönsson
Last updated: 21 Sep 1999