1999 Copa Mercosur

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

Copa Mercosur 1999
Tournament details
Dates27 July – 20 December 1999
Teams20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flamengo (1st title)
Runners-up Palmeiras
Tournament statistics
Matches played74
Goals scored224 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s) Romário (8 goals)

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 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 166510162+14
Palmeiras 1163211910+9
River Plate 76213811-3
Racing 06006222-20

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Independiente 11632175+2
Corinthians 106312105+5
Grêmio 8622256-1
Vélez Sársfield 3603339-6

Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
San Lorenzo 12640285+3
Boca Juniors 106312105+5
São Paulo 106312118+3
Universidad Católica 36105213-11

Group D
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Peñarol 126330107+3
Nacional 106312106+4
Vasco da Gama 8622298+1
Cerro Porteño 26024917-8

Group E
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Olimpia 126402107+3
Flamengo 106312168+8
Colo Colo 8622268-2
Universidad de Chile 46114413-9

Quarter-finals

First leg
Palmeiras 7 – 3 Cruzeiro
Paulo Nunes  16',  90'
Evair  56',  79'
Alex  77'
Euller  86',  90'		 Isaías  19'
Ricardinho  28'
Marcelo Ramos  84'
Independiente 1 – 1 Flamengo
Calderón  76' Fábio Baiano  60'
San Lorenzo 2 – 1 Corinthians
Márcio Costa  43' (og)
Córdoba  66'		 Ricardinho  25'
Estádio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Olimpia 1 – 0 Peñarol
Monzón  70'

Second leg
Cruzeiro 2 – 0 Palmeiras
Müller  45'
Valdo  48'

Palmeiras won 7–5 on aggregate.

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

Flamengo won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

San Lorenzo won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Peñarol won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg
San Lorenzo 1 – 0 Palmeiras
Córdoba  57' (pen.)
Flamengo 4 – 0 Peñarol
Leandro Machado  29',  43'
Maurinho  44'
Lê  82'

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

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate.

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

Flamengo won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

First leg
Flamengo 4 – 3 Palmeiras
Juan  6'
Caio  70',  75'
Reinaldo  85'		 Junior Baiano  43'
Asprilla  68'
Paulo Nunes  73'
Attendance: 13,414
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça

Second leg
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
GK1 Marcos
RB2 Francisco Arce
CB3 Júnior Baiano
CB4 Cléber
LB6 Júnior
DM8 César Sampaio (c) a'
MF11 Zinho
AM10 Alex
FW7 Paulo Nunes b'
FW20 Faustino Asprilla
FW24 Euller c'
Substitutes:
CF9 Oséas c'
DM16 Rogério b'
FW18 Edmílson a'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK1 Clemer
RB15 Maurinho
CB20 Juan
CB13 Célio Silva
LB6 Athirson
DM8 Leandro Ávila (c)
DM23 Marcelo Rosa a'
MF19 Léo Inácio b'
FW16 Caio c'
FW24 Reinaldo
CF9 Leandro Machado
Substitutes:
AM10 Iranildo c'
FW18 Rodrigo Mendes b'
FW22 Lê a'
Manager:
Carlinhos


Copa Mercosur
1999 Winner
Flamengo
First Title

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