1999 Copa Mercosur

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

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

Participants

• Boca Juniors
• San Lorenzo
• Independiente
• Vélez Sársfield
• River Plate
• Racing Club
• Vasco da Gama
• Flamengo
• Corinthians
• Cruzeiro
• São Paulo
• Palmeiras
• Grêmio
• Universidad Católica
• Colo Colo
• Universidad de Chile
• Cerro Porteño
• Olimpia
• Nacional
• Peñarol

Details

• The 20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays othe 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	16	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14
Palmeiras	11	6	3	2	1	19	10	+9
River Plate	7	6	2	1	3	8	11	-3
Racing Club	0	6	0	0	6	2	22	-20

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Independiente	11	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2
Corinthians	10	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5
Grêmio	8	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1
Vélez Sársfield	3	6	0	3	3	3	9	-6

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
San Lorenzo	12	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3
Boca Juniors	10	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5
São Paulo	10	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3
Universidad Católica	3	6	1	0	5	2	13	-11

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Peñarol	12	6	3	3	0	10	7	+3
Nacional	10	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4
Vasco da Gama	8	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1
Cerro Porteño	2	6	0	2	4	9	17	-8

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Olimpia	12	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3
Flamengo	10	6	3	1	2	16	8	+8
Colo Colo	8	6	2	2	2	6	8	-2
Universidad de Chile	4	6	1	1	4	4	13	-9

Quarter-finals

First leg

1999-10-22	Palmeiras	7 – 3	Cruzeiro
	Paulo Nunes  16',  90' Evair  56',  79' Alex  77' Euller  86',  90'		Isaías  19' Ricardinho  28' Marcelo Ramos  84'

---

1999-11-02	Independiente	1 – 1	Flamengo
	Calderón  76'		Fábio Baiano  60'

---

1999-10-21	San Lorenzo	2 – 1	Corinthians
	Márcio Costa  43' (og) Córdoba  66'		Ricardinho  25'

---

1999-10-20	Olimpia	1 – 0	Peñarol
	Monzón  70'

Second leg

1999-10-29	Cruzeiro	2 – 0	Palmeiras
	Müller  45' Valdo  48'

Palmeiras won 7–5 on aggregate.

---

1999-11-05	Flamengo	4 – 0	Independiente
	Leandro Machado  17',  55' Fábio Baiano  20' Romário  24'

Flamengo won 5–1 on aggregate.

---

1999-10-27	Corinthians	1 – 2	San Lorenzo
	Edilson  14'		Franco  17' Romeo  51'

San Lorenzo won 4–2 on aggregate.

---

1999-10-27	Peñarol	3 – 0	Olimpia
	Gabriel Cedrés  15' Walter Pandiani  49',  64'

Peñarol won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

1999-11-18	San Lorenzo	1 – 0	Palmeiras
	Córdoba  57' (pen.)

---

1999-11-25	Flamengo	3 – 0	Peñarol
	Leandro  29',  43' Maurinho  44' Lê  82'

---

Second leg

1999-12-07	Palmeiras	3 – 0	San Lorenzo
	Júnior Baiano  3' Arce  75',  90' (pen.)

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate.

---

1999-12-09	Peñarol	3 – 2	Flamengo
	Bengoechea  45',  90' (pen.) Martin Garcia  79'		Athirson  70' (pen.) Reinaldo  78'

Flamengo won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

1999-12-16	Flamengo	4 – 3	Palmeiras
	Juan  6' Caio  70',  75' Reinaldo  85'		Junior Baiano  43' Asprilla  68' Paulo Nunes  73'

Second leg

1999-12-20	Palmeiras	3 – 3	Flamengo
	Arce  21' (pen.),  58' Paulo Nunes  66'		Caio  46' Rodrigo Mendes  56' Lê  83'

Flamengo won 7-6 on aggregate.

Copa Mercosur 1999 Winner
Flamengo First Title

References

• - Copa Mercosur 1999