# 2008 InterLiga

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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = InterLiga
| year           = 2008
| other_titles   = InterLiga
| image          =
| size           = 200px
| caption        = Logo de la InterLiga
| country        = USA
| country2       =
| dates          = January 2–12, 2008
| num_teams      = 8
| confederations = the [FMF](/source/Federaci%C3%B3n_Mexicana_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Asociaci%C3%B3n)
| venues         = [Pizza Hut Park](/source/Pizza_Hut_Park)<br />[Robertson Stadium](/source/Robertson_Stadium)<br />[Home Depot Center](/source/Home_Depot_Center)
| cities         = 3
| matches        = 14
| goals          = 31
| attendance     = 213540
| champion_other = 
| count          = 
| second_other   = 
| top_scorer     = {{flagicon|ARG}} [Bruno Marioni](/source/Bruno_Marioni) (5 goals)
| player         =
| prevseason     = [2007](/source/2007_InterLiga)
| nextseason     = [2009](/source/2009_InterLiga)
}}

The tournament was held between January 2 and January 12, 2008. Eight teams competed for two [Copa Libertadores 2008](/source/Copa_Libertadores_2008) spots in this tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interliga.com/sum/interliga/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071029&content_id=126546&vkey=news_intl_es&fext=.jsp&lang=es |title=InterLiga llega a su quinta edición |accessdate=2007-10-29 |author=Not Specified |date=October 2007 |publisher=La Federación Mexicana de Fútbol |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219090318/http://www.interliga.com/sum/interliga/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071029&content_id=126546&vkey=news_intl_es&fext=.jsp&lang=es |archivedate=2007-12-19 |url-status = dead|df= }}</ref>

== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!City
!Stadium Name
!Capacity
|-
|[Frisco, TX](/source/Frisco%2C_Texas)
|[Pizza Hut Park](/source/Pizza_Hut_Park)
|20,500
|-
|[Houston, TX](/source/Houston%2C_Texas)
|[Robertson Stadium](/source/Robertson_Stadium)
|32,000
|-
|[Carson, CA](/source/Carson%2C_California)
|[Home Depot Center](/source/Home_Depot_Center)
|27,000
|-
|}

== Qualification ==
Once the  [2006](/source/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_M%C3%A9xico_Apertura_2006)-[07](/source/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_M%C3%A9xico_Clausura_2007) season was ended, the clubs that participate in the '''InterLiga''' were defined:

===2006–07 standings===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q

|team1=PAC|name_PAC=[Pachuca](/source/Pachuca_Club_de_F%C3%BAtbol)
|team2=AMÉ|name_AMÉ=[América](/source/Club_Am%C3%A9rica)
|team3=CAZ|name_CAZ=[Cruz Azul](/source/Cruz_Azul)
|team4=GUA|name_GUA=[Guadalajara](/source/Club_Deportivo_Guadalajara)
|team5=ATL|name_ATL=[Atlas](/source/Club_Atlas)
|team6=UNAM|name_UNAM=[UNAM](/source/Pumas_de_la_UNAM)
|team7=TOL|name_TOL=[Toluca](/source/Club_Deportivo_Toluca)
|team8=MON|name_MON=[Monterrey](/source/Club_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Monterrey)
|team9=MOR|name_MOR=[Morelia](/source/Monarcas_Morelia)
|team10=SLU|name_SLU=[San Luis](/source/San_Luis_F.C.)
|win_PAC=19|draw_PAC=8|loss_PAC=7|gf_PAC=68|ga_PAC=34
|win_AMÉ=17|draw_AMÉ=8|loss_AMÉ=9|gf_AMÉ=47|ga_AMÉ=30
|win_CAZ=17|draw_CAZ=7|loss_CAZ=10|gf_CAZ=49|ga_CAZ=37
|win_GUA=16|draw_GUA=9|loss_GUA=9|gf_GUA=53|ga_GUA=32
|win_ATL=14|draw_ATL=10|loss_ATL=10|gf_ATL=45|ga_ATL=36
|win_UNAM=11|draw_UNAM=16|loss_UNAM=7|gf_UNAM=40|ga_UNAM=29
|win_TOL=10|draw_TOL=16|loss_TOL=8|gf_TOL=42|ga_TOL=33
|win_MON=12|draw_MON=10|loss_MON=12|gf_MON=44|ga_MON=44
|win_MOR=14|draw_MOR=3|loss_MOR=17|gf_MOR=47|ga_MOR=51
|win_SLU=13|draw_SLU=8|loss_SLU=13|gf_SLU=35|ga_SLU=35

|col_CCC=inherit|text_CCC=[CONCACAF Champions Cup 2008](/source/CONCACAF_Champions'_Cup_2008)
|note_res_CCC=[Pachuca](/source/Pachuca_Club_de_F%C3%BAtbol) won the [Clausura 2007](/source/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_M%C3%A9xico_Clausura_2007) title and cannot participate because they will be participating in [CONCACAF Champions Cup 2008](/source/CONCACAF_Champions'_Cup_2008), [Morelia](/source/Monarcas_Morelia) has replaced them in the Interliga.
|result1=CCC
|col_CL=inherit|text_CL=[Libertadores](/source/Copa_Libertadores_2008)
|note_res_CL=[Guadalajara](/source/Club_Deportivo_Guadalajara) qualifies to the  [Copa Libertadores 2008](/source/Copa_Libertadores_2008) as ''México 1'' because they won the [Apertura 2006](/source/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_M%C3%A9xico_Apertura_2006) title, so [San Luis](/source/San_Luis_F.C.) has taken their spot in the Interliga.
|result4=CL
|update=complete|source=
}}

== Group stage ==
{{main|Interliga 2008 group stage}}

=== Group A ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group A
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=AMÉ|name_AMÉ=[América](/source/Club_Am%C3%A9rica)
|team2=ATL|name_ATL=[Atlas](/source/F%C3%BAtbol_Club_Atlas)
|team3=TOL|name_TOL=[Toluca](/source/Club_Deportivo_Toluca)
|team4=MOR|name_MOR=[Morelia](/source/Monarcas_Morelia)
|win_AMÉ=3|draw_AMÉ=0|loss_AMÉ=0|gf_AMÉ=6|ga_AMÉ=3
|win_ATL=1|draw_ATL=1|loss_ATL=1|gf_ATL=4|ga_ATL=3
|win_TOL=1|draw_TOL=1|loss_TOL=1|gf_TOL=4|ga_TOL=3
|win_MOR=0|draw_MOR=0|loss_MOR=3|gf_MOR=1|ga_MOR=6

|col_Q=#ccffcc|text_Q=
|result1=Q|result2=Q
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

* Due to Atlas and Toluca being equal in Wins, Losses, Goals For and Against and Points. The way they decided who qualified to the final round was by a flip of a coin, which was done by Bruno Marioni of Atlas with a sinco peso coin.

=== Group B ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=SLU|name_SLU=[San Luis](/source/San_Luis_F.C.)
|team2=CAZ|name_CAZ=[Cruz Azul](/source/Club_Deportivo_Cruz_Azul)
|team3=MON|name_MON=[Monterrey](/source/Club_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Monterrey)
|team4=UNAM|name_UNAM=[UNAM](/source/Club_Universidad_Nacional)
|win_SLU=2|draw_SLU=0|loss_SLU=1|gf_SLU=3|ga_SLU=1
|win_CAZ=2|draw_CAZ=0|loss_CAZ=1|gf_CAZ=2|ga_CAZ=1
|win_MON=1|draw_MON=0|loss_MON=2|gf_MON=1|ga_MON=2
|win_UNAM=1|draw_UNAM=0|loss_UNAM=2|gf_UNAM=1|ga_UNAM=3

|col_Q=#ccffcc|text_Q=
|result1=Q|result2=Q
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

== Match schedule ==
'''Matches at [Pizza Hut Park](/source/Pizza_Hut_Park) ([Frisco, Texas](/source/Frisco%2C_Texas))'''
{|
|-
| width="20" | 1. || width="80" |2 Jan 08|| width="300" |Monterrey vs UNAM|| width="75" |0-1
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
| 2. ||2 Jan 08||Cruz Azul vs San Luis||0-1
|-
| width="20" | 7. || width="80" |6 Jan 08|| width="300" |América vs Toluca||2-1
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
| 8. ||6 Jan 08||Atlas vs Morelia||2-0
|}

'''Matches at [Robertson Stadium](/source/Robertson_Stadium) ([Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas))'''
{|
|-
| width="20" | 3. || width="80" |3 Jan 08|| width="300" |Toluca vs Atlas|| width="75" |0-0
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
| 4. ||3 Jan 08||Morelia vs América||0-1
|-
| width="20" | 5. || width="80" |5 Jan 08|| width="300" |Cruz Azul vs Monterrey|| width="75" |1-0
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
| 6. ||5 Jan 08||San Luis vs UNAM||2-0
|}

'''Matches at [The Home Depot Center](/source/The_Home_Depot_Center) ([Carson, California](/source/Carson%2C_California))'''
{|
|-
| width="20" | 9. || width="80" |8 Jan 08|| width="300" |Monterrey vs San Luis|| width="75" |1-0
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
| 10. ||8 Jan 08||UNAM vs Cruz Azul||0-1
|-
| width="20" | 11. || width="80" |9 Jan 08|| width="300" |Toluca vs Morelia|| width="75" |3-1
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
| 12. ||9 Jan 08||Atlas vs América||2-3
|-
| width="20" | 13. || width="80" |12 Jan 08|| width="300" |Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas|| width="75" |0-3
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
| 14. ||12 Jan 08||Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul||3(5)-3(3)
|}

== Finals ==
{{main|InterLiga 2008 Final}}
'''Matches at [Home Depot Center](/source/Home_Depot_Center), [Carson](/source/Carson%2C_California), [California](/source/California)'''
{|
|-
| width="80" | 12 Jan 08|| width="300" |Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas|| width="75" |0-3
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
| 12 Jan 08||Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul||3(5)-3(3)
|}

== Goalscorers ==
The scorers from the InterLiga 2008

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Name
!Team
!Goals
|-
! 1
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [Bruno Marioni](/source/Bruno_Marioni)
| [Atlas](/source/Club_Atlas)
|align=center| 5
|-
!rowspan=2| 2
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [Alejandro Argüello](/source/Alejandro_Arg%C3%BCello)
| [América](/source/Club_Am%C3%A9rica)
|align=center rowspan=2| 3
|-
|{{flagicon|PAR}} [Salvador Cabañas](/source/Salvador_Caba%C3%B1as)
| [América](/source/Club_Am%C3%A9rica)
|-
!rowspan=3| 4
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [Alfredo Moreno](/source/Alfredo_Moreno_(footballer))
| [San Luis](/source/San_Luis_F.C.)
|align=center rowspan=3| 2
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [Vicente Sánchez](/source/Vicente_S%C3%A1nchez)
| [Toluca](/source/Club_Deportivo_Toluca)
|-
|{{flagicon|PAR}} [Jorge Achucarro](/source/Jorge_Achucarro)
| [Atlas](/source/Club_Atlas)
|-
!rowspan=14| 7
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [Pablo Bonells](/source/Pablo_Bonells)
| [UNAM](/source/Club_Universidad_Nacional)
|align=center rowspan=15| 1
|-
|{{flagicon|COL}} [Tressor Moreno](/source/Tressor_Moreno)
| [San Luis](/source/San_Luis_F.C.)
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [Edgar Andrade](/source/Edgar_Andrade)
| [Cruz Azul](/source/Club_Deportivo_Cruz_Azul)
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [Richard Núñez](/source/Richard_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez)
| [América](/source/Club_Am%C3%A9rica)
|-
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [Humberto Suazo](/source/Humberto_Suazo)
| [Monterrey](/source/Club_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Monterrey)
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [Nicolás Vigneri](/source/Nicol%C3%A1s_Vigneri)
| [Cruz Azul](/source/Club_Deportivo_Cruz_Azul)
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [Ever Guzmán](/source/Ever_Guzm%C3%A1n)
| [Morelia](/source/Monarcas_Morelia)
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [Christian Giménez](/source/Christian_Eduardo_Gim%C3%A9nez)
| [Toluca](/source/Club_Deportivo_Toluca)
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [Zinha](/source/Ant%C3%B4nio_Naelson)
| [Toluca](/source/Club_Deportivo_Toluca)
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [Ismael Rodríguez](/source/Ismael_de_Jes%C3%BAs_Rodr%C3%ADguez)
| [América](/source/Club_Am%C3%A9rica)
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [César Villaluz](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Villaluz)
| [Cruz Azul](/source/Club_Deportivo_Cruz_Azul)
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [Jaime Lozano](/source/Jaime_Lozano)
| [Cruz Azul](/source/Club_Deportivo_Cruz_Azul)
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [Edgar Lugo](/source/Gerardo_Lugo_(footballer%2C_born_1984))
| [Cruz Azul](/source/Club_Deportivo_Cruz_Azul)
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [Rodrigo López](/source/Hern%C3%A1n_Rodrigo_L%C3%B3pez)
| [América](/source/Club_Am%C3%A9rica)
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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

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