1999 Copa Mercosur

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

Copa Mercosur 1999

Tournament details
Dates	27 July – 20 December 1999
Teams	20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Flamengo (1st title)
Runners-up	Palmeiras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	74
Goals scored	224 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Romário (8 goals)
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The competition started on 27 July 1999 and concluded on 20 December 1999 with Flamengo beating Palmeiras in the final.

Participants

• Boca Juniors
• San Lorenzo
• Independiente
• Vélez Sársfield
• River Plate
• Racing
• Vasco da Gama
• Flamengo
• Corinthians
• Cruzeiro
• São Paulo
• Palmeiras
• Grêmio
• Universidad Católica
• Colo Colo
• Universidad de Chile
• Cerro Porteño
• Olimpia
• Nacional
• Peñarol

Details

• The 20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays the 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

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1999-11-02

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

Estadio Libertadores de América, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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1999-10-21

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

Estádio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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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.

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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.

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1999-10-27

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

San Lorenzo won 4–2 on aggregate.

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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.)

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1999-11-25

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

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Second leg

1999-12-07

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

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate.

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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

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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