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.

Copa Merconorte 2001
Tournament details
Dates31 July – 20 December 2001
Teams16 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
Champions Millonarios (1st title)
Runners-up Emelec
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored146 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s) Otilino Tenorio (7)

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 ADC ALI SDA
1 Necaxa 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 Advance to Semifinals 1–0 2–1 1–3
2 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
Aucas 0–2 Necaxa
Report


Alianza Lima 4–1 Aucas
  • Bazalar 21'
  • Gallardo 40', 88'
  • Grotto 83'
Report
  • de Jesús 18'



Necaxa 2–1 Alianza Lima
Report
  • Hernández 90'

Necaxa 1–3 Aucas
Report


Alianza Lima 0–3 Necaxa
report Moreno 40', 55', 66'



Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL ITA MET 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 Guadalajara 6 1 0 5 3 10 7 3 3–0 0–2 0–2
Source:


Millonarios 5–0 Deportivo Italchacao
Wilson Cano 41' (pen), 64', 73'
Alexander Orrego 49'
Marcio Rodríguez 91'
report







Guadalajara forfeit Deportivo Italchacao
3 Pts.

Millonarios forfeit Guadalajara
3 Pts.

Guadalajara forfeit MetroStars
3 Pts.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAN CRI KAN BAR
1 Santos Laguna 6 5 0 1 15 6 +9 15 Advance to Semifinals 3–0 4–2 3–1
2 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:

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


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




Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EME ATL UNI BLO
1 Emelec 6 3 3 0 8 1 +7 12 Advance to Semifinals 3–0 1–0 4–1
2 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 Blooming 6 0 1 5 3 12 9 1 0–0 0–2 2–3
Source:
Atlético Nacional 3–0 Universitario
Juan David Restrepo 18'
Oscar Restrepo 78'
Néstor Fabián Salazar 85'
report


Blooming 0–2 Atlético Nacional
report Gustavo Díaz 19'
Jorge Humberto Agudelo 45'







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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Necaxa 5–5 (1–3 p) Millonarios 3–2 2–3
Santos Laguna 5–5 (2–4 p) Emelec 4–1 1–4
Necaxa 3–2 Millonarios
Estadio Municipal, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)

Millonarios 3–2 Necaxa
  • Orrego 38'
  • Rivera 64'
  • Jaramillo 85'
Penalties
3–1
Referee: Luis Solorzano (Venezuela)

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


Santos Laguna 4–1 Emelec
Referee: José Arana (Peru)

Emelec 4–1 Santos Laguna
  • Gómes 71'
Penalties
4–2

5–5 on aggregate, Emelec won 4–2 on penalties

Finals

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


Champion

Copa Merconorte
2001 Winners

Millonarios
First Title
  • "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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