2004 InterLiga

2004 InterLiga
InterLiga
Tournament details
Host countriesMexico
USA
Dates4 January 2004 - 14 January 2004
Teams8 (from the FMF confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsSantos Laguna (1st title)
Runners-upAmérica
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Attendance155,344 (9,709 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Reinaldo Navia (6 goals)
2005

InterLiga 2004 was the 1st edition of the tournament in which two Mexican clubs got the opportunity to represent the FMF and Mexico in 2004 Copa Libertadores.

Venues

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City Stadium Name Capacity
Carson, CA Home Depot Center 27,000
Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl 76,000
Guadalajara, Jalisco Estadio Jalisco 60,000
Houston, TX Robertson Stadium 32,000
México DF Estadio Azteca 114,600
San Jose, CA Spartan Stadium 30,578
Stockton, CA Stagg Memorial Stadium 28,000

Qualification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Toluca 38 22 8 8 95 55 +40 74
2 América 38 21 9 8 63 34 +29 72
3 Morelia 38 19 10 9 69 43 +26 67
4 Atlante 38 16 11 11 70 59 +11 59
5 Guadalajara 38 14 16 8 60 53 +7 58
6 UANL 38 16 9 13 57 55 +2 57
7 Santos Laguna 38 16 8 14 60 52 +8 56
8 Monterrey 38 14 14 10 49 42 +7 56 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2004[a]
9 Atlas 38 15 9 14 57 51 +6 54
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Monterrey originally had the right to play in the InterLiga 2004, but had to play in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2004 so their spot was taken by Atlas.

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Santos Laguna 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
Morelia 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6
Toluca 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
Guadalajara 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Atlas 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7
América 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
UANL 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
Atlante 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]

Final

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Santos Laguna Mexico2 – 2Mexico Atlas
Borgetti 23'
Ruiz 39'
Morales 23'
Rodríguez 62' (o.g.)
Penalties
Borgetti soccer ball with check mark
Ruiz soccer ball with check mark
Peralta soccer ball with red X
Cariño soccer ball with check mark
Noriega soccer ball with check mark
4 – 3 soccer ball with check mark Pérez
soccer ball with check mark Salazar
soccer ball with check mark Herrera
soccer ball with red X Pinheiro
soccer ball with red X Morales

Morelia Mexico1 – 3Mexico América
Palacios 80' González 23'
Navia 31'
Blanco 80'

Mexico 3

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América Mexico2 – 1Mexico Atlas
Navia 65' 74' Morales 10'
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico)

Atlas Mexico1 – 2Mexico América
Morales 16' Ortíz 42'
Blanco 90'
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

Goalscorers

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The scorers from the 2004 InterLiga

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Chile Reinaldo Navia América
6
2 Mexico Jared Borgetti Santos Laguna
4
Mexico Manuel Pérez Atlas
4
Uruguay Carlos María Morales Atlas
4
5 Chile Sebastián González Atlante
3
Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco América
3
7 Argentina Ariel González América
2
Honduras Carlos Pavón Morelia
2
Mexico Miguel Ángel Zepeda Toluca
2
Mexico Omar Bravo Guadalajara
2
Argentina Damián Álvarez Santos Laguna
2
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