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
Dates27 July – 20 December 1999
Teams20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Flamengo (1st title)
Runners-upBrazil Palmeiras
Tournament statistics
Matches played74
Goals scored224 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil 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 Brazil CRU Brazil PAL Argentina RIV Argentina RAC
1 Brazil Cruzeiro 6 5 1 0 16 2 +14 16 Advance to Quarter-finals — 3–0 2–0 2–0
2 Brazil Palmeiras 6 3 2 1 19 10 +9 11 2–2 — 3–0 7–0
3 Argentina River Plate 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7 0–3 3–3 — 4–0
4 Argentina 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 Argentina IND Brazil COR Brazil GRE Argentina VEL
1 Argentina Independiente 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 Advance to Quarter-finals — 2–0 1–0 1–1
2 Brazil Corinthians 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 1–2 — 4–1 2–0
3 Brazil Grêmio 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 2–0 0–0 — 1–0
4 Argentina 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 Argentina SAN Argentina BOC Brazil SAO Chile CAT
1 Argentina San Lorenzo 6 4 0 2 8 5 +3 12 Advance to Quarter-finals — 1–0 1–0 4–0
2 Argentina Boca Juniors 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 0–1 — 5–1 1–0
3 Brazil São Paulo 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 4–1 1–1 — 2–0
4 Chile 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 Uruguay PEÑ Uruguay NAC Brazil VAS Paraguay CER
1 Uruguay Peñarol 6 3 3 0 10 7 +3 12 Advance to Quarter-finals — 0–0 2–1 3–2
2 Uruguay Nacional 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 1–2 — 3–0 3–1
3 Brazil Vasco da Gama 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8 1–1 1–0 — 5–1
4 Paraguay 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 Paraguay OLI Brazil FLA Chile COL Chile UC
1 Paraguay Olimpia 6 4 0 2 10 7 +3 12 Advance to Quarter-finals — 3–1 2–1 2–1
2 Brazil Flamengo 6 3 1 2 16 8 +8 10 2–1 — 2–2 7–0
3 Chile Colo Colo 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8 1–0 0–4 — 0–0
4 Chile Universidad de Chile 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 1–2 2–0 0–2 —
Source:

Quarter-finals

First leg
Palmeiras Brazil7 – 3Brazil Cruzeiro
Paulo Nunes 16', 90'
Evair 56', 79'
Alex 77'
Euller 86', 90'		 Isaías 19'
Ricardinho 28'
Marcelo Ramos 84'
Independiente Argentina1 – 1Brazil Flamengo
Calderón 76' Fábio Baiano 60'
San Lorenzo Argentina2 – 1Brazil Corinthians
Márcio Costa 43' (og)
Córdoba 66'		 Ricardinho 25'
Estádio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Olimpia Paraguay1 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
Monzón 70'

Second leg
Cruzeiro Brazil2 – 0Brazil Palmeiras
Müller 45'
Valdo 48'

Palmeiras won 7–5 on aggregate.

Flamengo Brazil4 – 0Argentina Independiente
Leandro Machado 17', 55'
Fábio Baiano 20'
Romário 24'

Flamengo won 5–1 on aggregate.

Corinthians Brazil1 – 2Argentina San Lorenzo
Edilson 14' Franco 17'
Romeo 51'

San Lorenzo won 4–2 on aggregate.

Peñarol Uruguay3 – 0Paraguay Olimpia
Gabriel Cedrés 15'
Walter Pandiani 49', 64'

Peñarol won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg
San Lorenzo Argentina1 – 0Brazil Palmeiras
Córdoba 57' (pen.)
Flamengo Brazil4 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
Leandro Machado 29', 43'
Maurinho 44'
Lê 82'

Second leg
Palmeiras Brazil3 – 0Argentina San Lorenzo
Júnior Baiano 3'
Arce 75', 90' (pen.)

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate.

Peñarol Uruguay3 – 2Brazil Flamengo
Bengoechea 45', 90' (pen.)
Martin Garcia 79'		 Athirson 70' (pen.)
Reinaldo 78'

Flamengo won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

First leg
Flamengo Brazil4 – 3Brazil 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 Brazil3 – 3
(6 – 7 agg.)		Brazil Flamengo
Arce 21' (pen.), 58'
Paulo Nunes 66'		 Caio 46'
Rodrigo Mendes 56'
Lê 83'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Luciano Almeida


Palmeiras
Flamengo
GK1Brazil Marcos
RB2Paraguay Francisco Arce
CB3Brazil Júnior BaianoYellow card
CB4Brazil Cléber
LB6Brazil Júnior
DM8Brazil César Sampaio (c)Yellow carddownward-facing red arrow a'
MF11Brazil Zinho
AM10Brazil Alex
FW7Brazil Paulo Nunesdownward-facing red arrow b'
FW20Colombia Faustino AsprillaYellow card
FW24Brazil Eullerdownward-facing red arrow c'
Substitutes:
CF9Brazil Oséasupward-facing green arrow c'
DM16Brazil Rogérioupward-facing green arrow b'
FW18Brazil Edmílsonupward-facing green arrow a'
Manager:
Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK1Brazil Clemer
RB15Brazil MaurinhoYellow card
CB20Brazil Juan
CB13Brazil Célio Silva
LB6Brazil AthirsonYellow card
DM8Brazil Leandro Ávila (c)
DM23Brazil Marcelo Rosadownward-facing red arrow a'
MF19Brazil Léo Ináciodownward-facing red arrow b'
FW16Brazil Caiodownward-facing red arrow c'
FW24Brazil Reinaldo
CF9Brazil Leandro MachadoRed card
Substitutes:
AM10Brazil Iranildoupward-facing green arrow c'
FW18Brazil Rodrigo Mendesupward-facing green arrow b'
FW22Brazil Lêupward-facing green arrow a'
Manager:
Brazil Carlinhos


1999 Copa Mercosur
Winner
Brazil
Flamengo
First Title

References
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