2001 Copa Merconorte

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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.

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[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Mexico Necaxa 15 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7
Colombia América de Cali 10 6 3 1 2 7 7 0
Peru Alianza Lima 5 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2
Ecuador Aucas 4 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5
Aucas Ecuador0–2Mexico Necaxa
report Moreno 65' (pen)
Pérez 89'
Estadio La Caldera del Sur
Quito, Ecuador
América de Cali Colombia1–1Peru Alianza Lima
Mafla 13' report Quinteros 26'
Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Cali, Colombia
Alianza Lima Peru4–1Ecuador Aucas
Bazalar 21'
40', 88'
86'		 report Godoy 17'
Necaxa Mexico1–0Colombia América de Cali
Delgado 39' report
Aucas Ecuador0–1Colombia América de Cali
report Virviescas 89'
Estadio La Caldera del Sur
Quito, Ecuador
Necaxa Mexico2–1Peru Alianza Lima
Zague 6'
Pérez 15'		 report ?
Necaxa Mexico1–3Ecuador Aucas
Pérez 86' report Zanatta 13', 14'
Duarte 32'
Alianza Lima Peru1–2Colombia América de Cali
Eduardo Esidio 30' report Mafla 57'
64'
Alianza Lima Peru0–3Mexico Necaxa
report 40', 55', 66'
América de Cali Colombia1–3Mexico Necaxa
Mauricio Romero 89' report Luís Roberto Alves 4', 63'
65'
Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Cali, Colombia
Aucas Ecuador1–1Peru Alianza Lima
Raúl Duarte 13' report 30'
Estadio La Caldera del Sur
Quito, Ecuador
América de Cali Colombia2–1Ecuador Aucas
Oscar Eduardo Villarreal 30'
45'		 report Raúl Duarte 58'
Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Cali, Colombia

Group B[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Colombia Millonarios 12 6 4 0 2 10 7 +3
Venezuela Deportivo Italchacao 12 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1
United States MetroStars 9 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3
Mexico Guadalajara 3 6 1 0 5 3 10 −7
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
41' (pen), 64', 73'
49'
91'		 report
Millonarios Colombia2–1United States MetroStars
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
3'
Fernando Martínez 65', 89'		 report
Deportivo Italchacao Venezuela2–1United States MetroStars
Daniel Diez 62', 88' report 58' (OG)
MetroStars United States0–1Colombia Millonarios
report 92'+
Guadalajara MexicoforfeitVenezuela Deportivo Italchacao
3 Pts.
Millonarios ColombiaforfeitMexico Guadalajara
3 Pts.
Guadalajara MexicoforfeitUnited States MetroStars
3 Pts.

Group C[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Mexico Santos Laguna 15 6 5 0 1 15 6 +9
Peru Sporting Cristal 11 6 3 2 1 10 10 0
United States Kansas City Wizards 4 6 1 1 4 8 12 −4
Ecuador Barcelona 3 6 0 3 3 9 14 −5
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)
36'
Eduardo Lillingston 83' (pen)
84'		 report Matt McKeon 53'
Roy Lassiter 88'
Santos Laguna Mexico3–1Ecuador Barcelona
Jared Borgetti 20', 59'
49'		 report Nicolás Asencio 56'
Barcelona Ecuador2–2Peru Sporting Cristal
Máximo Tenorio 3'
56'		 report Jean Ferrari 24'
Jorge Soto 76'

Guayaquil, Ecuador
Barcelona Ecuador2–3United States Kansas City Wizards
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 13'
Fricson George 76'		 report Roy Lassiter 31'
Chris Brown 46', 50'

Guayaquil, Ecuador
Sporting Cristal Peru2–1United States Kansas City Wizards
Luis Bonnet 23', 25' report Onandi Lowe 40'
Santos Laguna Mexico3–0Peru Sporting Cristal
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'

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[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Ecuador Emelec 12 6 3 3 0 8 1 +7
Colombia Atlético Nacional 10 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2
Peru Universitario 10 6 3 1 2 7 7 0
Bolivia Blooming 1 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9
Atlético Nacional Colombia3–0Peru Universitario
Juan David Restrepo 18'
78'
85'		 report
Blooming Bolivia2–3Peru Universitario
Walter Otta 33', 71' report Martín Vilallonga 44', 47'
57'
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Blooming Bolivia0–2Colombia Atlético Nacional
report Gustavo Díaz 19'
45'
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Atlético Nacional Colombia1–0Bolivia Blooming
48' report
Emelec Ecuador4–1Bolivia Blooming
2'
13'
20'
50'		 report Diego Cabrera 15'
Emelec Ecuador3–0Colombia Atlético Nacional
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.

Necaxa Mexico3–2Colombia Millonarios
Alfredo Moreno 9'
Diego Martínez 85'
Luís Roberto Alves 89'		 report Carlos Gutiérrez 25', 29'
Millonarios Colombia3–2Mexico Necaxa
38'
Harold Rivera 64'
85'		 (pen 3–1)
report		 21'
Alfredo Moreno 28'
Santos Laguna Mexico4–1Ecuador Emelec
14',33'
Eduardo Lillingston 25'
58'		 report Otilino Tenorio 75'
Emelec Ecuador4–1Mexico Santos Laguna
Otilino Tenorio 5', 13'
Carlos Ramón Hidalgo 24'
Luis Moreira 44'		 (pen 4–2)
report		 71'

Finals[]

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

Millonarios Colombia1–1Ecuador Emelec
76' report Otilino Tenorio 75'
Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá
Emelec Ecuador1–1Colombia Millonarios
Otilino Tenorio 50' (pen 1–3)
report		 Luis Eduardo Zapata 19'

Champion[]

Copa Merconorte
2001 Winners
Colombia
Millonarios
First Title

External links[]

  • "2001 Copa Merconorte game summaries". Archived from the original on 2004-05-07. Retrieved 2006-07-26.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • "2001 Copa Merconorte stats". Archived from the original on 2004-08-11. Retrieved 2006-07-26.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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