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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)
Runner-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)

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Qualification

Po.	Equipo	Jj	Jg	Je	Jp	GF	GC	Dif	Pts
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
9	Atlas	38	15	9	14	57	51	6	54

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.

[edit] Group Stage

Main article: InterLiga 2004 group stage

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos Laguna	3	2	1	6	5	1	6
Morelia	3	2	1	5	6	1	6
Toluca	3	2	1	4	3	1	6
Guadalajara	3	0	3	3	6	-3	0

[edit] 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

[edit] Final

Main article: InterLiga 2004 Final

2004-01-14 21:00	Santos Laguna	2 – 2	Atlas	Home Depot Center, Carson, California
				Home Depot Center, Carson, California

2004-01-14 23:30	Morelia	1 – 3	América	Home Depot Center, Carson, California
				Home Depot Center, Carson, California

[edit] Mexico 3

2004-01-21	América	2 – 1	Atlas	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico)
	Navia 65' 74'		Morales 10'

2004-01-18	Atlas	1 – 2	América	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)
	Morales 16'		Ortíz 42' Blanco 90'

[edit] Goalscorers

The scorers from the InterLiga 2004

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Reinaldo Navia	América	6
2	Jared Borgetti	Santos Laguna	4
	Manuel Pérez	Atlas
	Carlos María Morales	Atlas
5	Sebastián González	Atlante	3
5	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	América	3
7	Ariel González	América	2
	Carlos Pavón	Morelia
	Miguel Ángel Zepeda	Toluca
	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara
	Damián Álvarez	Santos Laguna
	Johan Rodríguez	Santos Laguna
13	Uzziel Lozano	Toluca	1
	Jaime Durán	Atlas
	Aarón Padilla	Atlante
	Jose Mendoza	UANL
	Daniel Herrera	Atlas
	Juan Pablo García	Atlas
	Jesús Palacios	UANL
	Fernando Martel	Atlante
	José Manuel Abundis	Toluca
	Javier Saavedra	UANL
	Adolfo Bautista	Guadalajara
	Eduardo Rergis	UANL
	Vicente Matías Vuoso	Santos Laguna
	Roberto Palacios	Morelia
	Omar Trujillo	Morelia
	Rodrigo Ruiz	Santos Laguna
	Héctor López	Santos Laguna
	Franky Oviedo	América
	Jesús Mendoza	América