2001 Copa Merconorte

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Copa Merconorte 2001
Tournament details
Dates31 July – 20 December 2001
Teams16 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
Champions
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

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
NEC
 Colombia ADC
ALI
SDA
1
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
Alianza Lima
 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 0–3 1–2 — 4–1
4
Aucas
 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4 0–2 0–1 1–1 —
Source: RSSSF.com
Necaxa
Report
Estadio La Caldera del Sur, Quito, Ecuador
Alianza Lima
Mafla 27' Report Quinteros 13'
Aucas
  • Bazalar 21'
  • Gallardo 40', 88'
  • Grotto 83'
 Report
  • de Jesús 18'
Necaxa Mexico
1–0Colombia América de Cali
Delgado 38' (pen.) Report
Aucas Ecuador
0–1Colombia América de Cali
Report Virviescas 90'
Estadio La Caldera del Sur, Quito, Ecuador
Alianza Lima
 Report
  • Hernández 90'
Aucas
 Report
Alianza Lima Peru
1–2Colombia América de Cali
Eduardo Esidio 30' report Mafla 57'
Garcia 64'
Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
Lima, Peru
Necaxa
report Moreno 40', 55', 66'
Necaxa
Mauricio Romero
89'		 report Luís Roberto Alves 4', 63'
Martínez Diego Alfonso 65'
Alianza Lima
Raúl Duarte 13' report Roberto Farfán 30'
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
MIL
ITA
MET
 Mexico GUA
1
Millonarios
 6 4 0 2 10 7 +3 12 Advance to Semifinals — 5–0 2–1 2–0
2
Deportivo Italchacao
 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12 3–0 — 2–1 2–0
3
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]
Deportivo Italchacao
Adolfo Valencia 23'
Mike Petke 47'		 report
Millonarios
Marco Antonio Ruiz 44'
Juan Antonio Torres 60'
Carlos Hermosillo 87'		 report
Guadalajara, Mexico
Deportivo Italchacao
Wilson Cano 41' (pen), 64', 73'
Alexander Orrego 49'
Marcio Rodríguez 91'		 report
MetroStars
Wilson Cano 1', 31' report Adolfo Valencia 69'
Deportivo Italchacao Venezuela
2–0Mexico Guadalajara
Leopoldo Jiménez 47'
Rafael Castellín '84.		 report
Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
MetroStars United States
forfeitMexico Guadalajara
3 Pts.
Millonarios
Félix Hernánex 3'
Fernando Martínez 65', 89'		 report
Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
MetroStars
Daniel Diez
62', 88'		 report Carlos García 58' (OG)
Millonarios
report Johan Viáfara 92'+
Deportivo Italchacao
3 Pts.
Millonarios Colombia
forfeitMexico Guadalajara
3 Pts.
MetroStars
3 Pts.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico SAN Peru CRI
KAN
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
Kansas City Wizards
 6 1 1 4 8 12 −4 4 0–1 1–2 — 1–1
4
Barcelona
 6 0 3 3 9 14 −5 3 1–3 2–2 2–3 —
Source: [citation needed]
Kansas City Wizards United States
1–2Peru Sporting Cristal
Onandi Lowe 7' report Erick Torres 31'
Gastón Córdoba 79'
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'
Barcelona
Jared Borgetti 20', 59'
Luis Ramón Romero 49'		 report Nicolás Asencio 56'
Barcelona Ecuador
2–2Peru Sporting Cristal
Máximo Tenorio 3'
Moreno Carlos Alfaro 56'		 report Jean Ferrari 24'
Jorge Soto 76'
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Kansas City Wizards
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 13'
Fricson George 76'		 report Roy Lassiter 31'
Chris Brown 46', 50'
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 Ecuador
1–3Mexico Santos Laguna
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 10' report Jared Borgetti 62', 64'
Eduardo Lillingston 89'
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Barcelona
Roy Lassiter 32' report
Clóvis Bento da Cruz
41'
Sporting Cristal Peru2–1Mexico Santos Laguna
Piero Alva 38', 59' report Johan Rodríguez 21'
Estadio San Martín
Lima, Peru
Kansas City Wizards United States
0–1Mexico Santos Laguna
report Eduardo Lillingston 12'
Barcelona
Gastón Córdoba 83'
Diego Martínez 92'+		 report
Clóvis Bento da Cruz 44'
Carlos Alfaro Moreno
86'
Estadio San Martín
Lima, Peru

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
EME
 Colombia ATL
UNI
 Bolivia BLO
1
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
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]
Universitario
Juan David Restrepo 18'
Oscar Restrepo 78'
Néstor Fabián Salazar 85'		 report
Universitario
Walter Otta 33', 71' report Martín Vilallonga 44', 47'
Paolo Maldonado 57'
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Blooming Bolivia0–2Colombia Atlético Nacional
report Gustavo Díaz 19'
Jorge Humberto Agudelo 45'
Emelec
report
Emelec
report
Universitario Peru
2–0Bolivia Bloomin
Sergio Ibarra 22'
Martín Vilallonga 68'		 report
Universitario
Walter Ayoví 3' report
Universitario Peru
2–1Colombia Atlético Nacional
Luis Cordero 74'
Sergio Ibarra
90'		 report Diego Toro 55'
Emelec
report
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Atlético Nacional Colombia1–0Bolivia Blooming
José María Ocampo 48' report
Emelec Ecuador
4–1Bolivia Blooming
Cristian Adrián Gómez 2'
Luis Hebertson Moreira 13'
Juan Ignacio Triviño 20'
Rafael Manosalvas 50'		 report Diego Cabrera 15'
Emelec Ecuador
3–0Colombia Atlético Nacional
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)
Millonarios
 3–2 2–3
Santos Laguna Mexico 5–5 (2–4 p)
Emelec
 4–1 1–4
Millonarios
Estadio Municipal, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)
Necaxa
  • Orrego 38'
  • Rivera 64'
  • Jaramillo 85'
Penalties
 3–1
Referee: Luis Solorzano (Venezuela)

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

Emelec
Referee: José Arana (Peru)
Emelec Ecuador
4–1Mexico 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.

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

Champion

Copa Merconorte
2001 Winners
Millonarios

First Title

External links

  • "2001 Copa Merconorte game summaries". Archived from the original on May 7, 2004. Retrieved July 26, 2006.
  • "2001 Copa Merconorte stats". Archived from the original on August 11, 2004. Retrieved July 26, 2006.
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