2004 InterLiga

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{{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = InterLiga | year = 2004 | other_titles = InterLiga | image = | size = 200px | caption = Logo de la InterLiga | country = Mexico | country2 = USA | dates = 4 January 2004 - 14 January 2004 | num_teams = 8 | confederations = the FMF | venues = 7 | cities = 7 | matches = 16 | goals = 50 | attendance = 155344 | champion_other = | second_other = | count = | top_scorer = {{flagicon|CHI}} Reinaldo Navia (6 goals) | player = | nextseason = 2005 }}

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.

== Venues == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !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 == {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q

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== Group stage == {{main|InterLiga 2004 group stage}}

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== Finals ==

=== Final 1 ===

{{footballbox |date=2004-01-14 |time= |team1=Santos Laguna {{flagicon|MEX}} |score=2 – 2 |report= https://www.flashscore.com/football/mexico/interliga-2004/#/AwLMx897/standings/overall/ |team2={{flagicon|MEX}} Atlas |goals1=Borgetti {{goal|23}} Ruiz {{goal|39}} |goals2=Morales {{goal|23}} Rodríguez {{goal|62|o.g.}} |stadium=Home Depot Center, Carson, California |attendance= |referee=Kevin Stott (United States) |penalties1 = Borgetti {{pengoal}} Ruiz {{pengoal}} Peralta {{penmiss}} Cariño {{pengoal}} Noriega {{pengoal}} |penaltyscore = 4 – 3 |penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Pérez {{pengoal}} Salazar {{pengoal}} Herrera {{penmiss}} Pinheiro {{penmiss}} Morales }} ----

=== Final 2 ===

{{footballbox |date=2004-01-13 |time= |team1=Morelia {{flagicon|MEX}} |score=1 – 3 |report= https://www.flashscore.com/football/mexico/interliga-2004/#/AwLMx897/standings/overall/ |team2={{flagicon|MEX}} América |goals1=Palacios {{goal|80}} |goals2=González {{goal|23}} Navia {{goal|31}} Blanco {{goal|80}} |stadium=Home Depot Center, Carson, California |attendance= |referee=Alex Prus (United States) }} ----

=== Reclassification === This round was played only in this edition; it was contested by the loser of Final 1 and the winner of Final 2, and was played over two legs. The winner qualified to the Copa Libertadores.

'''1st leg''' {{footballbox |date=2004-01-21 |time= |team1=América {{flagicon|MEX}} |score=2 – 1 |report= https://www.flashscore.com/football/mexico/interliga-2004/#/AwLMx897/standings/overall/ |team2={{flagicon|MEX}} Atlas |goals1=Navia {{goal|65}} {{goal|74}} |goals2=Morales {{goal|10}} |stadium=Estadio Azteca, Mexico City |attendance= |referee=Jorge Eduardo Gasso (Mexico) }} '''2nd leg''' {{footballbox |date=2004-01-28 |time= |team1=Atlas {{flagicon|MEX}} |score=1 – 2 |report= https://www.flashscore.com/football/mexico/interliga-2004/#/AwLMx897/standings/overall/ |team2={{flagicon|MEX}} América |goals1=Morales {{goal|16}} |goals2=Ortíz {{goal|42}} Blanco {{goal|90}} |stadium=Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco |attendance= |referee=Gilberto Alcala (Mexico) }}

== Goalscorers == The scorers from the 2004 InterLiga {| class="wikitable" !Rank !Name !Team !Goals |- ! 1 |{{flagicon|CHI}} Reinaldo Navia | América |{{center| 6}} |- !rowspan=3| 2 |{{flagicon|MEX}} Jared Borgetti | Santos Laguna |{{center| 4}} |- |{{flagicon|MEX}} Manuel Pérez | Atlas |{{center| 4}} |- |{{flagicon|URU}} Carlos María Morales | Atlas |{{center| 4}} |- !rowspan=2| 5 |{{flagicon|CHI}} Sebastián González | Atlante |{{center| 3}} |- |{{flagicon|MEX}} Cuauhtémoc Blanco | América |{{center| 3}} |- !rowspan=6| 7 |{{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel González | América |{{center| 2}} |- |{{flagicon|HON}} Carlos Pavón | Morelia |{{center| 2}} |- |{{flagicon|MEX}} Miguel Ángel Zepeda | Toluca |{{center| 2}} |- |{{flagicon|MEX}} Omar Bravo | Guadalajara |{{center| 2}} |- |{{flagicon|ARG}} Damián Álvarez | Santos Laguna |{{center| 2}} |-  |}

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051123191854/http://www.interliga.com/ Official site] (in Spanish and English)

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