The Copa Mercosur 1999 was the 2nd season 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)
1998
2000

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

Participants

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Country Team
  Argentina
(6 berths)
Boca Juniors
Independiente
Racing
River Plate
San Lorenzo
Vélez Sarsfield
  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

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  • 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

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Group A

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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: [citation needed]

Group B

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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: [citation needed]

Group C

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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: [citation needed]

Group D

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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: [citation needed]

Group E

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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: [citation needed]

Quarter-finals

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First leg

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



Second leg

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Cruzeiro  2–0  Palmeiras
Müller   45'
Valdo   48'

Palmeiras won 7–5 on aggregate.


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

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First leg

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

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

Second leg

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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

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First leg

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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

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


1999 Copa Mercosur
Winner
 
Flamengo
First Title

References

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