1999 Copa Mercosur

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.

• 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 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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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

2 November 1999

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

Estadio Libertadores de América, Buenos Aires, Argentina

21 October 1999

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

Estádio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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.

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.

27 October 1999

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

San Lorenzo won 4–2 on aggregate.

27 October 1999

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

Peñarol won 3–1 on aggregate.

First leg

18 November 1999

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

25 November 1999

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

Second leg

7 December 1999

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

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate.

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.

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

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

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