1999 Copa Mercosur

The Copa Mercosur 1999 was the 2nd staging of the international club cup.

The competition started on 27 July 1999 and concluded on 20 December 1999 with Flamengo beating Palmeiras in the final.

Participants

Details

The 20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays othe other teams in the group twice. The top team from each group qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best 3 runners up.
From the quarter finals to the final, two legs were played in each round. In the result of a draw, the match was decided by a penalty shoot out.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cruzeiro	16	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14
Palmeiras	11	6	3	2	1	19	10	+9
River Plate	7	6	2	1	3	8	11	-3
Racing	0	6	0	0	6	2	22	-20

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Independiente	11	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2
Corinthians	10	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5
Grêmio	8	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1
Vélez Sársfield	3	6	0	3	3	3	9	-6

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
San Lorenzo	12	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3
Boca Juniors	10	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5
São Paulo	10	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3
Universidad Católica	3	6	1	0	5	2	13	-11

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Peñarol	12	6	3	3	0	10	7	+3
Nacional	10	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4
Vasco da Gama	8	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1
Cerro Porteño	2	6	0	2	4	9	17	-8

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Olimpia	12	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3
Flamengo	10	6	3	1	2	16	8	+8
Colo Colo	8	6	2	2	2	6	8	-2
Universidad de Chile	4	6	1	1	4	4	13	-9

Quarter-finals

First leg

1999-10-22

Palmeiras	7 – 3	Cruzeiro
Paulo Nunes 16', 90' Evair 56', 79' Alex 77' Euller 86', 90'		Isaías 19' Ricardinho 28' Marcelo Ramos 84'

Parque Antárctica, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

1999-11-02

Independiente	1 – 1	Flamengo
Calderón 76'		Fábio Baiano 60'

Estadio Libertadores de América, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1999-10-21

San Lorenzo	2 – 1	Corinthians
Márcio Costa 43' (o.g.) Córdoba 66'		Ricardinho 25'

Estádio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1999-10-20

Olimpia	1 – 0	Peñarol
Monzón 70'

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asuncion, Paraguai

Second leg

1999-10-29

Cruzeiro	2 – 0	Palmeiras
Müller 45' Valdo 48'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

Palmeiras won 7–5 on aggregate.

1999-11-05

Flamengo	4 – 0	Independiente
Leandro Machado 17', 55' Fábio Baiano 20' Romário 24'

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Flamengo won 5–1 on aggregate.

1999-10-27

Corinthians	1 – 2	San Lorenzo
Edilson 14'		Franco 17' Romeo 51'

San Lorenzo won 4–2 on aggregate.

1999-10-27

Peñarol	3 – 0	Olimpia
Gabriel Cedrés 15' Walter Pandiani 49', 64'

Peñarol won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

1999-11-18

San Lorenzo	1 – 0	Palmeiras
Córdoba 57' (pen.)

1999-11-25

Flamengo	3 – 0	Peñarol
Leandro Machado 29', 43' Maurinho 44' Lê 82'

Second leg

1999-12-07

Palmeiras	3 – 0	San Lorenzo
Júnior Baiano 3' Arce 75', 90' (pen.)

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate.

1999-12-09

Peñarol	3 – 2	Flamengo
Bengoechea 45', 90' (pen.) Martin Garcia 79'		Athirson 70' (pen.) Reinaldo 78'

Flamengo won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

December 16, 1999

10:05 pm

Flamengo	4 – 3	Palmeiras
Juan 6' Caio 70', 75' Reinaldo 85'		Junior Baiano 43' Asprilla 68' Paulo Nunes 73'

Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã

Attendance: 13,414

Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

Second leg

December 20, 1999

Palmeiras	3 – 3 (6 – 7 agg.)	Flamengo
Arce 21' (pen.), 58' Paulo Nunes 66'		Caio 46' Rodrigo Mendes 56' Lê 83'

São Paulo, Parque Antárctica

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Luciano Almeida

Palmeiras

Flamengo



GK	1	Marcos
RB	2	Francisco Arce
CB	3	Júnior Baiano
CB	4	Cléber
LB	6	Júnior
DM	8	César Sampaio (c)	a'
MF	11	Zinho
AM	10	Alex
FW	7	Paulo Nunes	b'
FW	20	Faustino Asprilla
FW	24	Euller	c'
Substitutes:
CF	9	Oséas	c'
DM	16	Rogério	b'
FW	18	Edmílson	a'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari



GK	1	Clemer
RB	15	Maurinho
CB	20	Juan
CB	13	Célio Silva
LB	6	Athirson
DM	8	Leandro Ávila (c)
DM	23	Marcelo Rosa	a'
MF	19	Léo Inácio	b'
FW	16	Caio	c'
FW	24	Reinaldo
CF	9	Leandro Machado
Substitutes:
AM	10	Iranildo	c'
FW	18	Rodrigo Mendes	b'
FW	22	Lê	a'
Manager:
Carlinhos

Copa Mercosur 1999 Winner

Flamengo First Title

References

- Copa Mercosur 1999