2004 InterLiga

The 2004 InterLiga 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.

2004 InterLiga

InterLiga
Tournament details
Host countries	Mexico USA
Dates	4 January 2004 - 14 January 2004
Teams	8 (from the FMF confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Santos Laguna (1st title)
Runners-up	América
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	50 (3.13 per match)
Attendance	155,344 (9,709 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Reinaldo Navia (6 goals)
2005 →

Santos Laguna beat América in the final via penalty shootout.^[1]

Venues

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

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

Main article: InterLiga 2004 group stage

Group A

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

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

Main article: InterLiga 2004 Final

2004-01-14

Santos Laguna	2 – 2	Atlas
Borgetti 23' Ruiz 39'		Morales 23' Rodríguez 62' (o.g.)
Penalties
Borgetti Ruiz Peralta Cariño Noriega	4 – 3	Pérez Salazar Herrera Pinheiro Morales

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

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2004-01-14

Morelia	1 – 3	América
Palacios 80'		González 23' Navia 31' Blanco 80'

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

Mexico 3

2004-01-21

América	2 – 1	Atlas
Navia 65' 74'		Morales 10'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico)

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2004-01-18

Atlas	1 – 2	América
Morales 16'		Ortíz 42' Blanco 90'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco

Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

Goalscorers

The scorers from the 2004 InterLiga

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