1999 Copa Mercosur

The Copa Mercosur 1999 was the 2nd staging of the Copa Mercosur, a club competition played between teams from the Southern part of South America.

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)

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

Participants

Country	Team
Argentina (6 berths)	Boca Juniors
	Independiente
	Racing
	River Plate
	San Lorenzo
	Vélez Sársfield
Brazil (7 berths)	Corinthians
	Cruzeiro
	Grêmio
	Flamengo
	Palmeiras
	São Paulo
	Vasco da Gama
Chile (3 berths)	Colo-Colo
	Universidad Católica
	Universidad de Chile
Paraguay (2 berths)	Cerro Porteño
	Olimpia
Uruguay (2 berths)	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRU	PAL	RIV	RAC
1	Cruzeiro	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14	16	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–0	2–0	2–0
2	Palmeiras	6	3	2	1	19	10	+9	11			2–2	—	3–0	7–0
3	River Plate	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7			0–3	3–3	—	4–0
4	Racing	6	0	0	6	2	22	−20	0			0–4	2–4	0–1	—

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IND	COR	GRE	VEL
1	Independiente	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	2–0	1–0	1–1
2	Corinthians	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10			1–2	—	4–1	2–0
3	Grêmio	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8			2–0	0–0	—	1–0
4	Vélez Sársfield	6	0	3	3	3	9	−6	3			1–1	0–3	1–1	—

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	BOC	SAO	CAT
1	San Lorenzo	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	12	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	1–0	1–0	4–0
2	Boca Juniors	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10			0–1	—	5–1	1–0
3	São Paulo	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10			4–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Universidad Católica	6	1	0	5	2	13	−11	3			1–0	1–3	0–3	—

Source:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	NAC	VAS	CER
1	Peñarol	6	3	3	0	10	7	+3	12	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	0–0	2–1	3–2
2	Nacional	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10			1–2	—	3–0	3–1
3	Vasco da Gama	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8			1–1	1–0	—	5–1
4	Cerro Porteño	6	0	2	4	9	17	−8	2			2–2	2–3	1–1	—

Source:

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLI	FLA	COL	UC
1	Olimpia	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–1	2–1	2–1
2	Flamengo	6	3	1	2	16	8	+8	10			2–1	—	2–2	7–0
3	Colo Colo	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8			1–0	0–4	—	0–0
4	Universidad de Chile	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4			1–2	2–0	0–2	—

Source:

Quarter-finals

First leg

22 October 1999

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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2 November 1999

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

Estadio Libertadores de América, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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21 October 1999

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

Estádio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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20 October 1999

Olimpia	1–0	Peñarol
Monzón 70'

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asuncion, Paraguai

Second leg

29 October 1999

Cruzeiro	2–0	Palmeiras
Müller 45' Valdo 48'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

Palmeiras won 7–5 on aggregate.

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5 November 1999

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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27 October 1999

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

San Lorenzo won 4–2 on aggregate.

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27 October 1999

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

Peñarol won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

18 November 1999

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

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25 November 1999

Flamengo	4–0	Peñarol
Leandro Machado 29', 43' Maurinho 44' Lê 82'

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Second leg

7 December 1999

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

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate.

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9 December 1999

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

December 16, 1999

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

1999 Copa Mercosur Winner
Flamengo First Title

References

• RSSSF – Copa Mercosur 1999