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2009 InterLiga
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	January 2 - 11
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Guadalajara (1st title)
Runner-up	Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	42 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Ochoa; Edgar Benítez; (4 goals each)
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 InterLiga is the 6th edition of the tournament that will determine the last two Mexican spots in the 2009 Copa Libertadores.

[edit] Venues

Stadium	City	Capacity
Home Depot Center	Carson, CA	27,000
Pizza Hut Park	Frisco, TX	20,500
Robertson Stadium	Houston, TX	32,000

[edit] Qualification

The eight qualified teams were the eight best-positioned teams in the 2008 Apertura general table who did not qualify for the 2009 Copa Libertadores (San Luis) directly and did not qualify for the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League from the previous season (Atlante, UNAM, Cruz Azul, and Santos Laguna).

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	San Luis	17	8	5	4	24	20	+4	29	2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Toluca	17	7	6	4	25	16	+9	27	2009 InterLiga
3	Atlante	17	7	6	4	22	16	+6	27	Not eligible
4	UNAM	17	7	5	5	22	13	+9	26
5	Cruz Azul	17	7	5	5	29	13	+16	26
6	UANL	17	7	5	5	22	16	+6	26	2009 InterLiga
7	UAG	17	7	4	6	30	28	+2	25
8	Guadalajara	17	6	7	4	23	23	0	25
9	Morelia	17	6	6	5	27	20	+7	24
10	Santos Laguna	17	5	7	5	22	20	+2	22	Not eligible
11	Atlas	17	6	4	7	23	27	−4	22	2009 InterLiga
12	Pachuca	17	5	6	6	25	25	0	21
13	América	17	5	6	6	22	23	−1	21
14	Ciudad Juárez	17	5	4	8	18	26	−8	19
15	Monterrey	17	5	4	8	18	26	−8	19
16	Chiapas	17	5	3	9	20	34	−14	18
17	Necaxa	17	3	6	8	17	24	−7	15
18	Puebla	17	2	9	6	12	21	−9	15

Updated to games played on 11 January 2009
Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
Atlante, UNAM, Cruz Azul, and Santos Laguna do not qualify to the InterLiga due to existing commitment in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Group stage

Main article: InterLiga 2009 group stage

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pachuca	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Morelia	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Toluca	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
UAG	3	1	0	2	1	6	-5	3

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guadalajara	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Atlas	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
América	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
UANL	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

[edit] Finals

Main article: InterLiga 2009 Final

2009-01-11 19:00	Pachuca	3 – 3	Atlas	Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
	Benitez 14' 17' Giménez 34'	(Report)	Vargas 49' López 71' (o.g.) Achucarro 88'

		Penalties
	López B. Pérez Aguilar Rodríguez Muñoz Caballero Álvarez I. Pérez Torres Calero López B. Pérez Aguilar	10 – 9	Pacheco Robles Achucarro Gutiérrez Marioni Torres L. Ayala Fuentes Chávez Hernández Pacheco Robles Achucarro

2009-01-11 21:30	Guadalajara	1 – 1	Morelia	Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
	Fabián 65'	(Report)	Ochoa 57' (o.g.)