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.

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

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  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

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

Mexico 3

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América  2 – 1  Atlas
Navia   65'   74' Morales   10'
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico)

Atlas  1 – 2  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   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
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