Copa Merconorte 2001

Copa Merconorte 2001
Tournament details
Dates31 July – 20 December 2001
Teams16 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsColombia Millonarios (1st title)
Runners-upEcuador Emelec
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored146 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ecuador Otilino Tenorio (7)
← 2000

The Copa Merconorte 2001 was an association football tournament in 2001 and the last Copa Merconorte to be held. Millonarios of Colombia defeated Emelec of Ecuador in the final.

Participants

Country Team
 Bolivia
(1 berth) 		Blooming
 Colombia
(3 berths) 		América de Cali
Atlético Nacional
Millonarios
 Ecuador
(3 berths) 		Aucas
Barcelona
Emelec
 Mexico
(3 berths) 		Guadalajara
Necaxa
Santos Laguna
 Peru
(3 berths) 		Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
 United States
(2 berth) 		Kansas City Wizards
MetroStars
 Venezuela
(1 berth) 		Deportivo Italchacao

Group stage

Each team played the other teams in the group twice during the group stage. The first place team advanced to the second round.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico NEC Colombia ADC Peru ALI Ecuador SDA
1 Mexico Necaxa 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 Advance to Semifinals — 1–0 2–1 1–3
2 Colombia América de Cali 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 1–3 — 1–1 2–1
3 Peru Alianza Lima 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 0–3 1–2 — 4–1
4 Ecuador Aucas 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4 0–2 0–1 1–1 —
Source: RSSSF.com
Aucas Ecuador0–2Mexico Necaxa
Report
América de Cali Colombia1–1Peru Alianza Lima
Mafla 27' Report Quinteros 13'
Alianza Lima Peru4–1Ecuador Aucas
  • Bazalar 21'
  • Gallardo 40', 88'
  • Grotto 83'
 Report
  • de Jesús 18'
Necaxa Mexico1–0Colombia América de Cali
Delgado 38' (pen.) Report
Aucas Ecuador0–1Colombia América de Cali
Report Virviescas 90'
Necaxa Mexico2–1Peru Alianza Lima
 Report
  • Hernández 90'
Necaxa Mexico1–3Ecuador Aucas
 Report
Alianza Lima Peru1–2Colombia América de Cali
Eduardo Esidio 30' report Mafla 57'
Garcia 64'
Alianza Lima Peru0–3Mexico Necaxa
report Moreno 40', 55', 66'
América de Cali Colombia1–3Mexico Necaxa
Mauricio Romero 89' report Luís Roberto Alves 4', 63'
Martínez Diego Alfonso 65'
Aucas Ecuador1–1Peru Alianza Lima
Raúl Duarte 13' report Roberto Farfán 30'
América de Cali Colombia2–1Ecuador Aucas
Oscar Eduardo Villarreal 30'
Kilian Edwin Virviescas 45'		 report Raúl Duarte 58'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Colombia MIL Venezuela ITA United States MET Mexico GUA
1 Colombia Millonarios 6 4 0 2 10 7 +3 12 Advance to Semifinals — 5–0 2–1 2–0
2 Venezuela Deportivo Italchacao 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12 3–0 — 2–1 2–0
3 United States MetroStars 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 9 0–1 2–0 — 2–0
4 Mexico Guadalajara 6 1 0 5 3 10 −7 3 3–0 0–2 0–2 —
Source:[citation needed]
MetroStars United States2–0Venezuela Deportivo Italchacao
Adolfo Valencia 23'
Mike Petke 47'		 report
Guadalajara Mexico3–0Colombia Millonarios
Marco Antonio Ruiz 44'
Juan Antonio Torres 60'
Carlos Hermosillo 87'		 report
Millonarios Colombia5–0Venezuela Deportivo Italchacao
Wilson Cano 41' (pen), 64', 73'
Alexander Orrego 49'
Marcio Rodríguez 91'		 report
Millonarios Colombia2–1United States MetroStars
Wilson Cano 1', 31' report Adolfo Valencia 69'
Deportivo Italchacao Venezuela2–0Mexico Guadalajara
Leopoldo Jiménez 47'
Rafael Castellín '84.		 report
MetroStars United StatesforfeitMexico Guadalajara
3 Pts.
Deportivo Italchacao Venezuela3–0Colombia Millonarios
Félix Hernánex 3'
Fernando Martínez 65', 89'		 report
Deportivo Italchacao Venezuela2–1United States MetroStars
Daniel Diez 62', 88' report Carlos García 58' (OG)
MetroStars United States0–1Colombia Millonarios
report Johan Viáfara 92'+
Guadalajara MexicoforfeitVenezuela Deportivo Italchacao
3 Pts.
Millonarios ColombiaforfeitMexico Guadalajara
3 Pts.
Guadalajara MexicoforfeitUnited States MetroStars
3 Pts.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico SAN Peru CRI United States KAN Ecuador BAR
1 Mexico Santos Laguna 6 5 0 1 15 6 +9 15 Advance to Semifinals — 3–0 4–2 3–1
2 Peru Sporting Cristal 6 3 2 1 10 10 0 11 2–1 — 2–1 2–2
3 United States Kansas City Wizards 6 1 1 4 8 12 −4 4 0–1 1–2 — 1–1
4 Ecuador Barcelona 6 0 3 3 9 14 −5 3 1–3 2–2 2–3 —
Source:[citation needed]
Kansas City Wizards United States1–2Peru Sporting Cristal
Onandi Lowe 7' report Erick Torres 31'
Gastón Córdoba 79'
Santos Laguna Mexico4–2United States Kansas City Wizards
Héctor Altamirano 28' (pen)
Robson Luiz 36'
Eduardo Lillingston 83' (pen)
Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 84'		 report Matt McKeon 53'
Roy Lassiter 88'
Santos Laguna Mexico3–1Ecuador Barcelona
Jared Borgetti 20', 59'
Luis Ramón Romero 49'		 report Nicolás Asencio 56'
Barcelona Ecuador2–2Peru Sporting Cristal
Máximo Tenorio 3'
Moreno Carlos Alfaro 56'		 report Jean Ferrari 24'
Jorge Soto 76'
Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Barcelona Ecuador2–3United States Kansas City Wizards
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 13'
Fricson George 76'		 report Roy Lassiter 31'
Chris Brown 46', 50'
Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Sporting Cristal Peru2–1United States Kansas City Wizards
Luis Bonnet 23', 25' report Onandi Lowe 40'
Santos Laguna Mexico3–0Peru Sporting Cristal
Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 17'
Rodrigo Ruiz 72'
Eduardo Lillingston 78'		 report
Barcelona Ecuador1–3Mexico Santos Laguna
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 10' report Jared Borgetti 62', 64'
Eduardo Lillingston 89'
Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Kansas City Wizards United States1–1Ecuador Barcelona
Roy Lassiter 32' report Clóvis Bento da Cruz 41'
Sporting Cristal Peru2–1Mexico Santos Laguna
Piero Alva 38', 59' report Johan Rodríguez 21'
Kansas City Wizards United States0–1Mexico Santos Laguna
report Eduardo Lillingston 12'
Sporting Cristal Peru2–2Ecuador Barcelona
Gastón Córdoba 83'
Diego Martínez 92'+		 report Clóvis Bento da Cruz 44'
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 86'

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Ecuador EME Colombia ATL Peru UNI Bolivia BLO
1 Ecuador Emelec 6 3 3 0 8 1 +7 12 Advance to Semifinals — 3–0 1–0 4–1
2 Colombia Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 0–0 — 3–0 1–0
3 Peru Universitario 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 0–0 2–1 — 2–0
4 Bolivia Blooming 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9 1 0–0 0–2 2–3 —
Source:[citation needed]
Atlético Nacional Colombia3–0Peru Universitario
Juan David Restrepo 18'
Oscar Restrepo 78'
Néstor Fabián Salazar 85'		 report
Blooming Bolivia2–3Peru Universitario
Walter Otta 33', 71' report Martín Vilallonga 44', 47'
Paolo Maldonado 57'
Blooming Bolivia0–2Colombia Atlético Nacional
report Gustavo Díaz 19'
Jorge Humberto Agudelo 45'
Universitario Peru0–0Ecuador Emelec
report
Atlético Nacional Colombia0–0Ecuador Emelec
report
Universitario Peru2–0Bolivia Bloomin
Sergio Ibarra 22'
Martín Vilallonga 68'		 report
Emelec Ecuador1–0Peru Universitario
Walter Ayoví 3' report
Universitario Peru2–1Colombia Atlético Nacional
Luis Cordero 74'
Sergio Ibarra 90'		 report Diego Toro 55'
Blooming Bolivia0–0Ecuador Emelec
report
Atlético Nacional Colombia1–0Bolivia Blooming
José María Ocampo 48' report
Emelec Ecuador4–1Bolivia Blooming
Cristian Adrián Gómez 2'
Luis Hebertson Moreira 13'
Juan Ignacio Triviño 20'
Rafael Manosalvas 50'		 report Diego Cabrera 15'
Emelec Ecuador3–0Colombia Atlético Nacional
Otilino George Tenorio 29', 51'
Carlos Ramón Hidalgo 78'		 report

Semifinals

The semifinals consisted of two games between the Necaxa (winner of Group A) and Millonarios (winner of Group B), and two games between the Santos Laguna (winner of Group C) and Emelec (winner of Group D). Both series were decided in penalty kicks because the net of both games was a draw.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Necaxa Mexico 5–5 (1–3 p) Colombia Millonarios 3–2 2–3
Santos Laguna Mexico 5–5 (2–4 p) Ecuador Emelec 4–1 1–4
Necaxa Mexico3–2Colombia Millonarios
Estadio Municipal, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)
Millonarios Colombia3–2Mexico Necaxa
  • Orrego 38'
  • Rivera 64'
  • Jaramillo 85'
Penalties
 3–1
Referee: Luis Solorzano (Venezuela)

5-5 on aggregate, Millonarios won 3-1 on penalties

Santos Laguna Mexico4–1Ecuador Emelec
Referee: José Arana (Peru)
Emelec Ecuador4–1Mexico Santos Laguna
  • Gómes 71'
Penalties
 4–2
Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

5-5 on aggregate, Emelec won 4-2 on penalties

Finals

After tying both matches, Millonarios defeated Emelec in penalty kicks.

Millonarios Colombia1–1Ecuador Emelec
Carlos Castro 76' report Otilino Tenorio 75'
Emelec Ecuador1–1Colombia Millonarios
Otilino Tenorio 50' (pen 1–3)
report		 Luis Eduardo Zapata 19'

Champion

Copa Merconorte
2001 Winners
Colombia
Millonarios
First Title

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