2001 Copa Mercosur

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

Copa Mercosur 2001
Tournament details
Dates21 July 2001 – 24 January 2002
Teams20 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions San Lorenzo (1st title)
Runners-up Flamengo
Tournament statistics
Matches played73
Goals scored197 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s) Bernardo Romeo (10 goals)

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

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:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flamengo 6 5 0 1 11 6 +5 15[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. 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:

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:

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:

Quarter-finals

First leg
San Lorenzo 4 – 2 Cerro Porteño
Romeo  10'  19'  25'
Estévez  76'		 Aquino  64'
Alvarenga  72'
Independiente 0 – 0 Flamengo
Universidad Católica 2 – 1 Corinthians
Norambuena  42'  90' Luizão  53'
Grêmio 0 – 0 Talleres

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

San Lorenzo won 6–3 on aggregate.

Flamengo4 – 0 Independiente
Edílson  24'  69'
Juan  25'  35'

Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate.

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

Corinthians won 3–2 on aggregate.

Talleres0 – 2 Grêmio
Cardoso  38'
Emerson  90'

Gremio won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg
Corinthians 2 – 1 San Lorenzo
Scheidt  60'
Luizão  78'		 Romeo  15'
Flamengo 2 – 2 Grêmio
Juan  4'
Beto  19'		 Anderson Polga  31'
Fábio Baiano  81'

Second leg
San Lorenzo4 – 1 Corinthians
Romeo  36'  90'
Pusineri  54'
Angelo  60' (og)		 Luizão  77'

San Lorenzo won 5–3 on aggregate.

Grêmio0 – 0 Flamengo

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

Final

First leg
Flamengo0 – 0 San Lorenzo
Maracana from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Second leg

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

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

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

Copa Mercosur
2001 Winner

San Lorenzo
First title
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