2005 InterLiga explained

Tourney Name:InterLiga
Year:2005
Other Titles:InterLiga
Size:200px
Country:USA
Dates:2 January 2005 – 12 January 2005
Num Teams:8
Confederations:the FMF
Venues:6
Cities:6
Matches:14
Goals:50
Champion Other:UANL
Count:1
Second Other:Guadalajara
Top Scorer: Irenio Soares
Javier Saavedra (3 goals)
Prevseason:2004
Nextseason:2006

For 2005, Mexico was granted a third berth in the Libertadores. The Mexican federation decided to grant one of its Libertadores berths ("Mexico 1") based strictly on play during the league season, but retained InterLiga for the other two spots ("Mexico 2" and "Mexico 3"). The group phase of InterLiga remained the same as in 2004, but the final games were changed. The top team from each group plays the second-place team from the opposite group, with both winners advancing to Copa Libertadores. Of the two final winners, the one with the highest point total during group play will be designated "Mexico 2" and automatically advance to the group stage. The other final winner will be "Mexico 3", and will enter the preliminary round of Copa Libertadores.

The 2005 InterLiga was again played in California and Texas, and expanded into Arizona. The finals were held January 12 at Reliant Stadium in Houston.

The eight qualified clubs participated in the following groups:

Group AGroup B
UANLChiapas
GuadalajaraToluca
Atlante F.C.America
SantosNecaxa

Match Schedule

Matches at Bank One Ballpark (Phoenix, Arizona)

1. 2 Jan 05Guadalajara vs Santos1-1
2. 2 Jan 05UANL vs Atlante2-1

Matches at The Home Depot Center (Carson, California)

3. 2 Jan 05Necaxa vs Chiapas0-4
4. 2 Jan 05América vs Toluca1-2
9. 8 Jan 05Atlante vs Santos4-4
10. 8 Jan 05Guadalajara vs UANL1-0

Matches at Spartan Stadium (San Jose, California)

5. 5 Jan 05Santos vs UANL3-4
6. 5 Jan 05Atlante vs Guadalajara3-3

Matches at Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)

7. 6 Jan 05Toluca vs Necaxa2-0
8. 6 Jan 05Chiapas vs América1-2

Matches at Cotton Bowl (Dallas, Texas)

11. 9 Jan 05América vs Necaxa2-2
12. 9 Jan 05Toluca vs Chiapas1-2

Matches at Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas)

13. 12 Jan 05Final 1: UANL vs Toluca2-0
14. 12 Jan 05Final 2: Guadalajara vs Chiapas1-1 (5-3)

Goalscorers

The scorers from the 2005 InterLiga

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Irenio SoaresUANL
Javier SaavedraUANL
3 José Saturnino CardozoToluca
DidiChiapas
Diego GarayAtlante
Patricio GalazAtlante
Héctor AltamiranoSantos Laguna
Jorge CamposSantos Laguna