2001 Copa Merconorte

Participants

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

• Moreno
• Pérez

• Bazalar
• Gallardo
• Grotto
• de Jesús

• Zague
• Pérez
• Hernández

• Pérez
• Zanatta
• Duarte

Garcia 64' Lima, Peru}}

Lima, Peru}}

Martínez Diego Alfonso 65' Cali, Colombia }}

Quito, Ecuador}}

Kilian Edwin Virviescas 45' Cali, Colombia}}

Group B

Mike Petke 47' East Rutherford, United States

Juan Antonio Torres 60' Carlos Hermosillo 87' Guadalajara, Mexico }}

Alexander Orrego 49' Marcio Rodríguez 91' Bogotá, Colombia }}

Bogotá, Colombia

Rafael Castellín '84. Caracas, Venezuela }}

East Rutherford, United States

Fernando Martínez 65', 89' Caracas, Venezuela}}

Caracas, Venezuela}}

East Rutherford, United States

Group C

Gastón Córdoba 79' Kansas City, United States

Robson Luiz 36' Eduardo Lillingston 83' (pen) Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 84' Roy Lassiter 88' Torreón, Mexico}}

Luis Ramón Romero 49' Torreón, Mexico}}

Moreno Carlos Alfaro 56' Jorge Soto 76' Guayaquil, Ecuador}}

Fricson George 76' Chris Brown 46', 50' Guayaquil, Ecuador}}

Lima, Peru}}

Rodrigo Ruiz 72' Eduardo Lillingston 78' Torreón, Mexico}}

Eduardo Lillingston 89' Guayaquil, Ecuador}}

Kansas City, United States

Lima, Peru}}

Kansas City, United States

Diego Martínez 92'+ Carlos Alfaro Moreno 86' Lima, Peru}}

Group D

Oscar Restrepo 78' Néstor Fabián Salazar 85'

Paolo Maldonado 57'

Jorge Humberto Agudelo 45'

Lima, Peru}}

Martín Vilallonga 68' Lima, Peru}}

Sergio Ibarra 90' Lima, Peru}}

Luis Hebertson Moreira 13' Juan Ignacio Triviño 20' Rafael Manosalvas 50'

Carlos Ramón Hidalgo 78'

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.

• Martínez
• Alves

• Rivera
• Jaramillo
• Moreno
• Castro
• Moreno
• Gutiérrez
• Pérez
• Núñez
• Galván

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

• Lillingston
• Gómes

• Carlos Hidalgo
• Luis Moreira
• Augusto Porozo
• Otilino Tenorio
• Walter Ayoví
• Gómes
• Robson Luiz
• Romero

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

Finals

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

• Otilino Tenorio
• Augusto Porozo
• Jhon Cagua
• Alexander Orrego
• Carlos Castro
• Carlos Gutiérrez

Champion

References

References

1. Ballesteros, Frank. (February 18, 2002). "Copa Merconorte 2001". [[RSSSF]].
2. Dure, Beau. (2010). "Long-Range Goals: The Success Story of Major League Soccer". [[Potomac Books]].