InterLiga 2008
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The tournament was held between January 2 and January 12, 2008. Eight teams competed for two Copa Libertadores 2008
Copa Libertadores 2008
The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander...

 spots in this tournament.

Venues

City Stadium Name Capacity
Frisco, TX
Frisco, Texas
Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...

Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park is a soccer-specific stadium with a 21,193-seat capacity, built and owned by the city of Frisco, Texas. Its primary tenant is Major League Soccer team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas to the fast-growing suburb...

20,500
Houston, TX
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

Robertson Stadium
Robertson Stadium
John O'Quinn Field at Corbin J. Robertson Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Houston, located on the campus of the University of Houston. It is the home of the Houston Cougars football and women's soccer teams...

32,000
Carson, CA
Carson, California
Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....

Home Depot Center 27,000

Qualification

Once the 2006-07 season was ended, the clubs that participate in the InterLiga were defined:

The tournament was held between January 2 and January 12, 2008. Eight teams competed for two Copa Libertadores 2008
Copa Libertadores 2008
The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander...

 spots in this tournament.

Venues

City Stadium Name Capacity
Frisco, TX
Frisco, Texas
Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...

Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park is a soccer-specific stadium with a 21,193-seat capacity, built and owned by the city of Frisco, Texas. Its primary tenant is Major League Soccer team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas to the fast-growing suburb...

20,500
Houston, TX
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

Robertson Stadium
Robertson Stadium
John O'Quinn Field at Corbin J. Robertson Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Houston, located on the campus of the University of Houston. It is the home of the Houston Cougars football and women's soccer teams...

32,000
Carson, CA
Carson, California
Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....

Home Depot Center 27,000

Qualification

Once the 2006-07 season was ended, the clubs that participate in the InterLiga were defined:

The tournament was held between January 2 and January 12, 2008. Eight teams competed for two Copa Libertadores 2008
Copa Libertadores 2008
The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander...

 spots in this tournament.

Venues

City Stadium Name Capacity
Frisco, TX
Frisco, Texas
Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...

Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park is a soccer-specific stadium with a 21,193-seat capacity, built and owned by the city of Frisco, Texas. Its primary tenant is Major League Soccer team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas to the fast-growing suburb...

20,500
Houston, TX
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

Robertson Stadium
Robertson Stadium
John O'Quinn Field at Corbin J. Robertson Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Houston, located on the campus of the University of Houston. It is the home of the Houston Cougars football and women's soccer teams...

32,000
Carson, CA
Carson, California
Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....

Home Depot Center 27,000

Qualification

Once the 2006-07 season was ended, the clubs that participate in the InterLiga were defined:

2006-2007 Standings:
Club Pld W D L GF GA +/- Points
1 Pachuca 34 19 8 7 68 34 34 65 CONCACAF Champions Cup 2008
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008
The 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 43rd and final edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region...

2 América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

34 17 8 9 47 30 17 59
3 Cruz Azul 34 17 7 10 49 37 12 58
4 Guadalajara 34 16 9 9 53 32 21 57 Libertadores
Copa Libertadores 2008
The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander...

5 Atlas 34 14 10 10 45 36 9 52
6 UNAM 34 11 16 7 40 29 11 49
7 Toluca 34 10 16 8 42 33 9 46
8 Monterrey
Club de Fútbol Monterrey
The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and the current champion of the CONCACAF Champions League. Founded on June 28, 1945, it is the oldest active team in the professional division from the northern part of Mexico....

34 12 10 12 44 44 0 46
9 Morelia 34 14 3 17 47 51 -4 45
10 San Luis 34 13 8 13 35 35 0 44
  • Pachuca won the Clausura 2007 title and cannot participate because they will be participating in CONCACAF Champions Cup 2008
    CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008
    The 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 43rd and final edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region...

    , Morelia has replaced them in the Interliga.
  • Guadalajara qualifies to the Copa Libertadores 2008
    Copa Libertadores 2008
    The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander...

     as México 1 because they won the Apertura 2006 title, so San Luis has taken their spot in the Interliga.

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

9 3 3 0 0 6 3
3
Atlas 4 3 1 1 1 4 3
1
Toluca 4 3 1 1 1 4 3
1
Morelia 0 3 0 0 3 1 6

  • Due to Atlas and Toluca being equal in Wins, Loses, 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 5 pesos coin.

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
San Luis 6 3 2 0 1 3 1
2
Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

6 3 2 0 1 2 1
1
Monterrey
Club de Fútbol Monterrey
The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and the current champion of the CONCACAF Champions League. Founded on June 28, 1945, it is the oldest active team in the professional division from the northern part of Mexico....

3 3 1 0 2 1 2
UNAM
Club Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...

3 3 1 0 2 1 3

Final

Matches at Home Depot Center, Carson
Carson, California
Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...





12 Jan 08Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas0-3
12 Jan 08Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul3(5)-3(3)

Goalscorers

The scorers from the InterLiga 2008
Rank Name Team Goals
1   Bruno Marioni
Bruno Marioni
Bruno Marioni is a retired Argentine striker.- Career :Marioni made his debut under the last name Giménez for Newell's Old Boys in 1995 before moving to Estudiantes in 1997. After 2 seasons in Argentina, Marioni went to Portugal joining Sporting in 1998...

Atlas
5
2   Alejandro Argüello
Alejandro Argüello
Alejandro Argüello Roa is a retired Mexican footballer who last played for Puebla.Argüello made his debut against Dorados de Sinaloa in the Apertura 2004 season...

América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

3
  Salvador Cabañas
Salvador Cabañas
Salvador Cabañas Ortega is a Paraguayan football striker who plays for the Paraguayan national team. A prolific and natural goalscorer, he is known for his array of skills on the field such as excellent heading, accurate shooting with either foot, receptions in tight spaces, and a combination of...

América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

3
4   Alfredo Moreno
Alfredo Moreno
Alfredo David Moreno is an Argentine-born Mexican football forward, who currently plays for San Luis Potosí of the Primera División de México....

San Luis
2
  Vicente Sánchez
Vicente Sánchez
Vicente Martín Sánchez Bragunde is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for América of the Primera División de México.-Career:He also played for Sud América, Tacuarembó, Nacional and Toluca. On January 18, 2008, he joined German club Schalke, where he has remained for the last two seasons...

Toluca
2
  Jorge Achucarro
Jorge Achucarro
Jorge Daniel Achucarro is a Paraguayan footballer. He has played for the Paraguay national football team and currently plays at the club level for Banfield....

Atlas
2
7   Pablo Bonells
Pablo Bonells
Pablo Bonells Mendoza is a Mexican footballer.He currently plays as a forward for Querétaro F.C. on loan from Pumas UNAM. He joined the UNAM Pumas youth system at the age of 13, working his way through the ranks to make his first division debut in 2005.-External links:...

UNAM
Club Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...

1
  Tressor Moreno
Tressor Moreno
Malher Tressor Moreno Baldrich is a Colombian football player, who currently playing for Chilean side Santiago Wanderers.-Career:...

San Luis
1
  Edgar Andrade
Edgar Andrade
Édgar Bismarck Andrade Rentería ,is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for Chiapas as a midfielder. He made his debut in Cruz Azul on January 28, 2006 in a game against Atlas which resulted in a tie. He is part of the Mexican team that made history by winning the U-17 World Cup in 2005 along...

Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

1
  Richard Núñez
Richard Núñez
Richard Darío Núñez Pereyra is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for Rampla Juniors.-Career:He started his professional career in Montevideo playing for Danubio, than he moved to Europe to the Grasshopper Club Zürich in Switzerland...

América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

1
  Humberto Suazo
Humberto Suazo
Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo , nicknamed Chupete, is a Chilean football player, who currently plays as a striker in Monterrey. In 2006 he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year....

Monterrey
Club de Fútbol Monterrey
The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and the current champion of the CONCACAF Champions League. Founded on June 28, 1945, it is the oldest active team in the professional division from the northern part of Mexico....

1
  Nicolás Vigneri
Nicolás Vigneri
Nicolás Vigneri is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as an attacker for Emelec.- Career :Vigneri began his playing career in 2005 with Peñarol. In 2008 he joined Cruz Azul where he made his Interliga debut against San Luis in a 1-0 defeat. Vigneri scored his first goal in the third match of his...

Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

1
  Ever Guzmán
Ever Guzmán
Ever Arsenio Guzmán Zavala is a Mexican football player who currently plays at forward for Mérida F.C...

Morelia
1
  Christian Giménez Toluca
1
  Zinha
Ântonio Naelson
Antônio Naelson Matias , also known simply as Sinha is a Mexican football midfielder, who plays for Club Toluca in the Mexican First Division.-Biography:...

Toluca
1
  Ismael Rodríguez
Ismael de Jesús Rodríguez
Ismael de Jesús Rodríguez Vega in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas is a Mexican football player who currently plays for Querétaro F.C. in the Mexican First Division.- Career :...

América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

1
  César Villaluz
César Villaluz
César Osvaldo Villaluz Martínez At the young age of seventeen, he participated in the U-17 World Cup with the Mexican national team, and his efforts as midfielder helped his team to victory against Brazil, as well as throughout the entire tournament...

Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

1
  Jaime Lozano
Jaime Lozano
Jaime Arturo Lozano Espín is a Mexican football player currently playing for Morelia in the Mexican First Division. In Tigres, he played in the midfielder position with the number 21. However, at Cruz Azul he was employed as more of a defensive wingback...

Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

1
  Edgar Lugo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

1
  Rodrigo López
Hernán Rodrigo López
Hernán Rodrigo López Mora is an Uruguayan football player who plays as a forward for Club Atlético Banfield of the Primera División Argentina.-Club:...

América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

1

Match schedule

Matches at Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park is a soccer-specific stadium with a 21,193-seat capacity, built and owned by the city of Frisco, Texas. Its primary tenant is Major League Soccer team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas to the fast-growing suburb...

 (Frisco, Texas
Frisco, Texas
Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...

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1. 2 Jan 08Monterrey vs UNAM0-1
2. 2 Jan 08Cruz Azul vs San Luis0-1
7. 6 Jan 08América vs Toluca2-1
8. 6 Jan 08Atlas vs Morelia2-0


Matches at Robertson Stadium
Robertson Stadium
John O'Quinn Field at Corbin J. Robertson Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Houston, located on the campus of the University of Houston. It is the home of the Houston Cougars football and women's soccer teams...

 (Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

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3. 3 Jan 08Toluca vs Atlas0-0
4. 3 Jan 08Morelia vs América0-1
5. 5 Jan 08Cruz Azul vs Monterrey1-0
6. 5 Jan 08San Luis vs UNAM2-0


Matches at The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Its title sponsor is hardware retailer The Home Depot. The $150 million complex was...

 (Carson, California
Carson, California
Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....

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9. 8 Jan 08Monterrey vs San Luis1-0
10. 8 Jan 08UNAM vs Cruz Azul0-1
11. 9 Jan 08Toluca vs Morelia3-1
12. 9 Jan 08Atlas vs América2-3
13. 12 Jan 08Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas0-3
14. 12 Jan 08Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul3(5)-3(3)

External links

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