2001 Copa Mercosur

Copa Mercosur 2001
Tournament details
Dates	21 July 2001 – 24 January 2002
Teams	20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions	San Lorenzo (1st title)
Runners-up	Flamengo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	73
Goals scored	197 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bernardo Romeo (10 goals)
	← 2000

The Copa Mercosur 2001 was the 4th and final staging of the international club cup.

The competition started on 21 July 2001 and concluded on 24 January 2002 with San Lorenzo beating Flamengo in the final.^[1]

Participants[]

Details[]

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[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cerro Porteño	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
Universidad Católica	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	9
Vasco da Gama	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	8
Boca Juniors	6	1	3	2	9	10	−1	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Flamengo	6	5	0	1	11	6	+5	15^[a]
San Lorenzo	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10
Nacional	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
Olimpia	6	0	0	6	0	13	−13	0^[a]

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Olimpia's away match against Flamengo was awarded 2-0 to Flamengo due to Olimpia being temporarily suspended due to a legal dispute with the Paraguayan FA.

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Corinthians	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
Independiente	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
Cruzeiro	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8
Colo Colo	6	1	3	2	3	6	−3	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Talleres	6	2	4	0	10	5	+5	10
Vélez Sársfield	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8
São Paulo	6	1	4	1	7	6	+1	7
Peñarol	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group E[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Grêmio	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14
River Plate	6	2	2	2	13	10	+3	8
Palmeiras	6	1	3	2	11	10	+1	6
Universidad de Chile	6	1	1	4	3	14	−11	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Quarter-finals[]

First leg[]

2001-10-25

9:40 pm

San Lorenzo	4 – 2	Cerro Porteño
Romeo 10' 19' 25' Estévez 76'		Aquino 64' Alvarenga 72'

2001-10-24

Independiente	0 – 0	Flamengo

2001-10-24

Universidad Católica	2 – 1	Corinthians
Norambuena 42' 90'		Luizão 53'

2001-10-25

Grêmio	0 – 0	Talleres

Second leg[]

2001-11-01

Cerro Porteño	1 – 2	San Lorenzo
Balbuena 26'		Pusineri 68' Acosta 77'

San Lorenzo won 6–3 on aggregate.

2001-10-31

Flamengo	4 – 0	Independiente
Edílson 24' 69' Juan 25' 35'

Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate.

2001-10-31

Corinthians	2 – 0	Universidad Católica
Deivid 59' Kléber 78'

Corinthians won 3–2 on aggregate.

2001-11-01

Talleres	0 – 2	Grêmio
		Cardoso 38' Emerson 90'

Gremio won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

First leg[]

2001-11-21

Corinthians	2 – 1	San Lorenzo
Scheidt 60' Luizão 78'		Romeo 15'

2001-11-22

Flamengo	2 – 2	Grêmio
Juan 4' Beto 19'		Anderson Polga 31' Fábio Baiano 81'

Second leg[]

2001-11-28

San Lorenzo	4 – 1	Corinthians
Romeo 36' 90' Pusineri 54' Angelo 60' (og)		Luizão 77'

San Lorenzo won 5–3 on aggregate.

2001-11-29

Grêmio	0 – 0	Flamengo

2-2 on aggregate, Flamengo won 4-2 on penalties

Final[]

First leg[]

12 December 2001

9:45 pm

Flamengo	0–0	San Lorenzo

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Referee:

Epifanio González

Second leg[]

Originally scheduled for Dec 19 but postponed to January 24, 2002 due to social unrest in Argentina

24 January 2002

21:10 UTC-3

San Lorenzo	1–1	Flamengo
Estévez 67'		Leandro Machado 10'

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires

Referee:

Oscar Ruíz

1-1 on aggregate, San Lorenzo won 4–3 on penalties

Copa Mercosur 2001 Winner
San Lorenzo First title

References[]

^ - Copa Mercosur 2001 on the RSSSF

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[1] - Copa Mercosur 2001 on the RSSSF

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