# 1999 Copa Mercosur

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

| Country | Team |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Boca Juniors |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Independiente |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Racing |
| Argentina (6 berths) | River Plate |
| Argentina (6 berths) | San Lorenzo |
| Argentina (6 berths) | Vélez Sarsfield |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Corinthians |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Cruzeiro |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Grêmio |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Flamengo |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Palmeiras |
| Brazil (7 berths) | São Paulo |
| Brazil (7 berths) | Vasco da Gama |
| Chile (3 berths) | Colo-Colo |
| Chile (3 berths) | Universidad Católica |
| Chile (3 berths) | Universidad de Chile |
| Paraguay (2 berths) | Cerro Porteño |
| Paraguay (2 berths) | Olimpia |
| Uruguay (2 berths) | Nacional |
| Uruguay (2 berths) | Peñarol |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CRU | PAL | RIV | RAC |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 16 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 11 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | River Plate | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | | 0–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 | | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IND | COR | GRE | VEL |
| 1 | Independiente | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Vélez Sársfield | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAN | BOC | SAO | CAT |
| 1 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | | 0–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PEÑ | NAC | VAS | CER |
| 1 | Peñarol | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Nacional | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 2 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLI | FLA | COL | UC |
| 1 | Olimpia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 10 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 7–0 |
| 3 | Colo Colo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | | 1–0 | 0–4 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Universidad de Chile | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — |

## Quarter-finals
### 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
### Second leg

Palmeiras won 3–1 on aggregate.
Flamengo won 6–3 on aggregate.

## Final
### Second leg

| Palmeiras | Flamengo |
Marcos :
| RB | 2 | Francisco Arce |
| CB | 3 | Júnior Baiano |
| CB | 4 | Cléber |
| LB | 6 | Júnior |
| DM | 8 | César Sampaio (c) | a' |
| MF | 11 | Zinho |
| AM | 10 | Alex |
| FW | 7 | Paulo Nunes | b' |
| FW | 20 | Faustino Asprilla |
| FW | 24 | Euller | c' |
| Substitutes: |||
| CF | 9 | Oséas | c' |
| DM | 16 | Rogério | b' |
| FW | 18 | Edmílson | a' |
| Manager: |||
| Luiz Felipe Scolari ||||
Clemer :
| RB | 15 | Maurinho |
| CB | 20 | Juan |
| CB | 13 | Célio Silva |
| LB | 6 | Athirson |
| DM | 8 | Leandro Ávila (c) |
| DM | 23 | Marcelo Rosa | a' |
| MF | 19 | Léo Inácio | b' |
| FW | 16 | Caio | c' |
| FW | 24 | Reinaldo |
| CF | 9 | Leandro Machado |
| Substitutes: |||
| AM | 10 | Iranildo | c' |
| FW | 18 | Rodrigo Mendes | b' |
| FW | 22 | Lê | a' |
| Manager: |||
| Carlinhos ||||
* 1999 Copa Mercosur Winner
* Flamengo First Title