2009 InterLiga

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)
Runners-up	Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	42 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Ochoa Edgar Benítez (4 goals each)

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

Venues

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

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).


Pos	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	rowspan="3"\|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	rowspan="1"\|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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of 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; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group stage

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

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

Finals

Main article: InterLiga 2009 Final

Pachuca v Atlas

2009-01-11
19:00

Pachuca	3 – 3	Atlas
Benitez 14' 17' Giménez 34'	(Report) dead link]	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 Nilo L. Ayala Fuentes Chávez Hernández Pacheco Robles Achucarro