The Copa Mercosur 1999 was the 2nd season of the Copa Mercosur, a club competition played between teams from the Southern part of South America.
The competition started on 27 July 1999 and concluded on 20 December 1999 with Flamengo beating Palmeiras in the final.
Participants CountryTeam(6 berths)Boca JuniorsIndependienteRacingRiver PlateSan LorenzoVélez Sarsfield(7 berths) Corinthians CruzeiroGrêmio Flamengo Palmeiras São PauloVasco da Gama(3 berths)Colo-ColoUniversidad CatólicaUniversidad de Chile(2 berths)Cerro PorteñoOlimpia(2 berths)NacionalPeñarol
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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Quarter-finals First leg
Second leg
Palmeiras won 7–5 on aggregate.
Flamengo won 5–1 on aggregate.
San Lorenzo won 4–2 on aggregate.
Peñarol won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate.
Flamengo won 5–3 on aggregate.
Final First leg
Second leg
GK 1 MarcosRB 2 Chiqui ArceCB 4 CléberCB 3 Júnior Baiano LB 6 JúniorDM 8 César Sampaio (c) RM 24 Euller CM 10 AlexCM 11 ZinhoLM 20 Faustino Asprilla CF 7 Paulo Nunes Substitutes:FW 9 Oséas DF 16 Rogério FW 18 Edmílson Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari GK 1 ClemerRB 15 Maurinho CB 13 Célio SilvaCB 20 JuanLB 6 Athirson DM 8 Leandro Ávila (c)CM 23 Marcelo Rosa CM 19 Léo Inácio RW 24 ReinaldoLW 16 Caio Ribeiro CF 9 Leandro Machado Substitutes:MF 10 Iranildo FW 18 Rodrigo Mendes MF 22 Lê Manager: Carlinhos
1999 Copa MercosurWinnerFlamengoFirst Title
References RSSSF – Copa Mercosur 1999