1999 Copa Merconorte

Copa Merconorte 1999

Tournament details
Dates	28 July – 22 December 1999
Teams	12 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions	América de Cali (1st title)
Runners-up	Santa Fe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	122 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer	Juan Enrique García (6)
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The 1999 Copa Merconorte was the 2nd edition of association football tournament Copa Merconorte held in 1999. América de Cali of Colombia beat Santa Fe also of Colombia in the final.

Participants

Country	Team
Bolivia (1 berth)	The Strongest
Colombia (4 berths)	América de Cali
	Atlético Nacional
	Millonarios
	Santa Fe
Ecuador (3 berths)	Barcelona
	El Nacional
	Emelec
Peru (3 berths)	Alianza Lima
	Sporting Cristal
	Universitario
Venezuela (1 berth)	Caracas

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		AME	NAC	ATL	UNI
1	América de Cali	6	4	2	0	13	8	+5	14	Advance to Semifinals		—	3–1	1–1	2–1
2	El Nacional	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	7			2–2	—	3–2	4–1
3	Atlético Nacional	6	1	3	2	11	9	+2	6			2–3	4–0	—	0–0
4	Universitario	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5			1–2	2–0	2–2	—

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ALI	BAR	MIL	STR
1	Alianza Lima	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13	Advance to Semifinals		—	1–0	2–1	2–0
2	Barcelona	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9			0–0	—	1–1	4–0
3	Millonarios	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7			0–1	1–2	—	3–2
4	The Strongest	6	1	1	4	7	15	−8	4			3–2	2–2	0–2	—

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SFE	CAR	EME	CRI
1	Santa Fe	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to Semifinals		—	3–0	2–0	2–0
2	Caracas	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1	12			0–1	—	2–1	3–1
3	Emelec	6	3	0	3	9	9	0	9			2–1	0–1	—	5–3
4	Sporting Cristal	6	0	1	5	7	15	−8	1			1–1	2–3	0–1	—

Source:

Semifinals

First leg

December 1

América de Cali	3–1	Alianza Lima
Téllez 43' 46' 76'		Chiquinho 81' (pen)

Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali

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December 2

Caracas	1–1	Santa Fe
Rivas 67'		Cano 61'

Caracas

Second leg

December 8

Alianza Lima	2–0	América de Cali
Llanos 76' Baylón 82'
Penalties
Salazar soccer ball with check mark Chevez soccer ball with red X Baylón soccer ball with check mark Hinostroza soccer ball with check mark Sáenz soccer ball with red X	3–4	soccer ball with check mark Oviedo soccer ball with check mark González soccer ball with red X Moreno soccer ball with check mark Posada soccer ball with check mark Gómez

Alejandro Villanueva, Lima

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December 9

Santa Fe	1–1	Caracas
Díaz 87'		Vera 49'
Penalties
López soccer ball with check mark Vallecilla soccer ball with check mark Díaz soccer ball with check mark Rojas soccer ball with red X Cano soccer ball with check mark	4–2	soccer ball with red X Rivas soccer ball with red X Bidoglio soccer ball with check mark Miranda soccer ball with check mark Vera

El Campín, Bogotá

Finals

First leg

December 15

América de Cali	1–2	Santa Fe
Pérez 12'		Hernández 77' Moreno 83'

Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Second leg

December 22

Santa Fe	0–1	América de Cali
		Castillo 59'
Penalties
López soccer ball with check mark Díaz soccer ball with red X González soccer ball with check mark Vallecilla soccer ball with check mark	3–5	soccer ball with check mark Moreno soccer ball with check mark González soccer ball with check mark Pérez soccer ball with check mark Castillo soccer ball with check mark Gómez

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Champion

Copa Merconorte 1999 Winners
América de Cali First Title

External links

• 1999 Copa Merconorte game summaries
• 1999 Copa Merconorte stats