2001 Copa Merconorte

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
Necaxa 156501125+7
América 106312770
Alianza Lima 56123810−2
Aucas 46114611−5
Aucas 0–2 Necaxa
report Moreno 65' (pen)
Pérez 89'
Estadio La Caldera del Sur
Quito, Ecuador
América 1–1 Alianza Lima
Mafla 13' report Quinteros 26'
Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Cali, Colombia
Alianza Lima 4–1 Aucas
Bazalar 21'
Gallardo 40', 88'
Grotto 86'		 report Godoy 17'
Necaxa 1–0 América
Delgado 39' report
Aucas 0–1 América
report Virviescas 89'
Estadio La Caldera del Sur
Quito, Ecuador
Necaxa 2–1 Alianza Lima
Zague 6'
Pérez 15'		 report ?
Necaxa 1–3 Aucas
Pérez 86' report Zanatta 13', 14'
Duarte 32'
Alianza Lima 1–2 América
Eduardo Esidio 30' report Mafla 57'
Garcia 64'
Alianza Lima 0–3 Necaxa
report Moreno 40', 55', 66'
América 1–3 Necaxa
Mauricio Romero 89' report Luís Roberto Alves 4', 63'
Martínez Diego Alfonso 65'
Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Cali, Colombia
Aucas 1–1 Alianza Lima
Raúl Duarte 13' report Roberto Farfán 30'
Estadio La Caldera del Sur
Quito, Ecuador
América 2–1 Aucas
Oscar Eduardo Villarreal 30'
Kilian Edwin Virviescas 45'		 report Raúl Duarte 58'
Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Cali, Colombia

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Millonarios 126402107+3
Deportivo Italchacao 12640298+1
MetroStars 9630385+3
Guadalajara 36105310−7
MetroStars 2–0 Deportivo Italchacao
Adolfo Valencia 23'
Mike Petke 47'		 report
Guadalajara 3–0 Millonarios
Marco Antonio Ruiz 44'
Juan Antonio Torres 60'
Carlos Hermosillo 87'		 report
Millonarios 5–0 Deportivo Italchacao
Wilson Cano 41' (pen), 64', 73'
Alexander Orrego 49'
Marcio Rodríguez 91'		 report
Millonarios 2–1 MetroStars
Wilson Cano 1', 31' report Adolfo Valencia 69'
Deportivo Italchacao 2–0 Guadalajara
Leopoldo Jiménez 47'
Rafael Castellín '84.		 report
Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
MetroStars forfeit Guadalajara
3 Pts.
Deportivo Italchacao 3–0 Millonarios
Félix Hernánex 3'
Fernando Martínez 65', 89'		 report
Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
Deportivo Italchacao 2–1 MetroStars
Daniel Diez 62', 88' report Carlos García 58' (OG)
Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
MetroStars 0–1 Millonarios
report Johan Viáfara 92'+
Guadalajara forfeit Deportivo Italchacao
3 Pts.
Millonarios forfeit Guadalajara
3 Pts.
Guadalajara forfeit MetroStars
3 Pts.

Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Santos Laguna 156501156+9
Sporting Cristal 11632110100
Kansas City Wizards 46114812−4
Barcelona 36033914−5
Kansas City Wizards 1–2 Sporting Cristal
Onandi Lowe 7' report Erick Torres 31'
Gastón Córdoba 79'
Santos Laguna 4–2 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 3–1 Barcelona
Jared Borgetti 20', 59'
Luis Ramón Romero 49'		 report Nicolás Asencio 56'
Barcelona 2–2 Sporting Cristal
Máximo Tenorio 3'
Moreno Carlos Alfaro 56'		 report Jean Ferrari 24'
Jorge Soto 76'
Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Barcelona 2–3 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 2–1 Kansas City Wizards
Luis Bonnet 23', 25' report Onandi Lowe 40'
Estadio San Martín
Lima, Peru
Santos Laguna 3–0 Sporting Cristal
Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 17'
Rodrigo Ruiz 72'
Eduardo Lillingston 78'		 report
Barcelona 1–3 Santos Laguna
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 10' report Jared Borgetti 62', 64'
Eduardo Lillingston 89'
Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Kansas City Wizards 1–1 Barcelona
Roy Lassiter 32' report Clóvis Bento da Cruz 41'
Sporting Cristal 2–1 Santos Laguna
Piero Alva 38', 59' report Johan Rodríguez 21'
Estadio San Martín
Lima, Peru
Kansas City Wizards 0–1 Santos Laguna
report Eduardo Lillingston 12'
Sporting Cristal 2–2 Barcelona
Gastón Córdoba 83'
Diego Martínez 92'+		 report Clóvis Bento da Cruz 44'
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 86'
Estadio San Martín
Lima, Peru

Group D
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Emelec 12633081+7
Atlético Nacional 10631275+2
Universitario 106312770
Blooming 16015312−9
Atlético Nacional 3–0 Universitario
Juan David Restrepo 18'
Oscar Restrepo 78'
Néstor Fabián Salazar 85'		 report
Blooming 2–3 Universitario
Walter Otta 33', 71' report Martín Vilallonga 44', 47'
Paolo Maldonado 57'
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Blooming 0–2 Atlético Nacional
report Gustavo Díaz 19'
Jorge Humberto Agudelo 45'
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Universitario 0–0 Emelec
report
Atlético Nacional 0–0 Emelec
report
Universitario 2–0 Bloomin
Sergio Ibarra 22'
Martín Vilallonga 68'		 report
Emelec 1–0 Universitario
Walter Ayoví 3' report
Universitario 2–1 Atlético Nacional
Luis Cordero 74'
Sergio Ibarra 90'		 report Diego Toro 55'
Blooming 0–0 Emelec
report
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Atlético Nacional 1–0 Blooming
José María Ocampo 48' report
Emelec 4–1 Blooming
Cristian Adrián Gómez 2'
Luis Hebertson Moreira 13'
Juan Ignacio Triviño 20'
Rafael Manosalvas 50'		 report Diego Cabrera 15'
Emelec 3–0 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.

Necaxa 3–2 Millonarios
Alfredo Moreno 9'
Diego Martínez 85'
Luís Roberto Alves 89'		 report Carlos Gutiérrez 25', 29'
Millonarios 3–2 Necaxa
Alexander Orrego 38'
Harold Rivera 64'
Juan Carlos Jaramillo 85'		 (pen 3–1)
report		 Markus López 21'
Alfredo Moreno 28'
Santos Laguna 4–1 Emelec
Robson Luiz 14',33'
Eduardo Lillingston 25'
Carlos Augusto Gomes De Oliveira 58'		 report Otilino Tenorio 75'
Emelec 4–1 Santos Laguna
Otilino Tenorio 5', 13'
Carlos Ramón Hidalgo 24'
Luis Moreira 44'		 (pen 4–2)
report		 Carlos Augusto Gomes De Oliveira 71'

Finals

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

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

Champion
Copa Merconorte
2001 Winners

Millonarios
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