The Copa Merconorte 2001 was an association football tournament in 2001 and the last Copa Merconorte to be held. Millonarios of Colombia beat Emelec of Ecuador in the final.

Contents 1 Group stage 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 1.4 Group D 2 Semifinals 3 Finals 4 Champion 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Necaxa	15	6	5	0	1	12	5	+7
América de Cali	10	6	3	1	2	7	7	0
Alianza Lima	5	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2
Aucas	4	6	1	1	4	6	11	−5

July 31	Aucas	0–2	Necaxa	Estadio La Caldera del Sur Quito, Ecuador
		report	Morena 65' (pen) Pérez 89'

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August 1	América de Cali	1–1	Alianza Lima	Estadio Pascual Guerrero Cali, Colombia
	Henry Quinteros 13'	report	Edison Mafla 26'

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August 22	Alianza Lima	4–1	Aucas	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva Lima, Peru
	Bazalar 21' Gallardo 40', 88' Grotto 86'	report	Godoy 17'

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August 28	Necaxa	1–0	América de Cali	Estadio Azteca Mexico City
	Delgado 39'	report

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September 12	Aucas	0–1	América de Cali	Estadio La Caldera del Sur Quito, Ecuador
		report	Virviescas 89'

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September 19	Necaxa	2–1	Alianza Lima	Estadio Azteca Mexico City
	Zague 6' Pérez 15'	report	?

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September 25	Necaxa	1–3	Aucas	Estadio Azteca Mexico City
	Pérez 86'	report	Zanatta 13', 14' Duarte 32'

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September 26	Alianza Lima	1–2	América de Cali	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva Lima, Peru
	Eduardo Esidio 30'	report	Mafla 57' Garcia 64'

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October 9	Alianza Lima	0–3	Necaxa	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva Lima, Peru
		report	Moreno 40', 55', 66'

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October 16	América de Cali	1–3	Necaxa	Estadio Pascual Guerrero Cali, Colombia
	Mauricio Romero 89'	report	Luis Roberto Alves 4', 63' Martínez Diego Alfonso 65'

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October 24	Aucas	1–1	Alianza Lima	Estadio La Caldera del Sur Quito, Ecuador
	Raúl Duarte 13'	report	Roberto Farfán 30'

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November 1	América de Cali	2–1	Aucas	Estadio Pascual Guerrero Cali, Colombia
	Oscar Eduardo Villarreal 30' Kilian Edwin Virviescas 45'	report	Raúl Duarte 58'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Millonarios	12	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3
Deportivo Italchacao	12	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1
MetroStars	9	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3
C.D. Guadalajara	3	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7

August 9	MetroStars	2–0	Deportivo Italchacao	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Adolfo Valencia 23' Mike Petke 47'	report

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August 8	C.D. Guadalajara	3–0	Millonarios	Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara, Mexico
	Marco Antonio Ruiz 44' Juan Antonio Torres 60' Carlos Hermosillo 87'	report

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August 23	Millonarios	5–0	Deportivo Italchacao	Estadio El Campín Bogotá, Colombia
	Wilson Cano 41' (pen), 64', 73' Alexander Orrego 49' Marcio Rodríguez 91'	report

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August 29	Millonarios	2–1	MetroStars	Bogotá, Colombia
	Wilson Cano 1', 31'	report	Adolfo Valencia 69'

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September 11	Deportivo Italchacao	2–0	C.D. Guadalajara	Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela
	Leopoldo Jiménez 47' Rafael Castellín '84.	report

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October 17	MetroStars	forfeit	C.D. Guadalajara
	3 Pts.

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October 18	Deportivo Italchacao	3–0	Millonarios	Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela
	Félix Hernánex 3' Fernando Martínez 65', 89'	report

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October 24	Deportivo Italchacao	2–1	MetroStars	Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela
	Daniel Diez 62', 88'	report	Carlos García 58' (OG)

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October 31	MetroStars	0–1	Millonarios	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey
		report	Johan Viáfara 92'+

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October 31	C.D. Guadalajara	forfeit	Deportivo Italchacao
			3 Pts.

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November 7	Millonarios	forfeit	C.D. Guadalajara
	3 Pts.

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November 21	C.D. Guadalajara	forfeit	MetroStars
			3 Pts.

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Santos Laguna	15	6	5	0	1	15	6	+9
Sporting Cristal	11	6	3	2	1	10	10	0
Kansas City Wizards	4	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4
Barcelona	3	6	0	3	3	9	14	−5

August 1	Kansas City Wizards	1–2	Sporting Cristal	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri
	Onandi Lowe 7'	report	Erick Torres 31' Gastón Córdoba 79'

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August 8	Santos Laguna	4–2	Kansas City Wizards	Estadio Corona Torreón, Mexico
	Héctor Altamirano 28' (pen) Robson Luiz 36' Eduardo Lillingston 83' (pen) Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 84'	report	Matt McKeon 53' Roy Lassiter 88'

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August 14	Santos Laguna	3–1	Barcelona	Estadio Corona Torreón, Mexico
	Jared Borgetti 20', 59' Luis Ramón Romero 49'	report	Nicolás Asencio 56'

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August 21	Barcelona	2–2	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Máximo Tenorio 3' Moreno Carlos Alfaro 56'	report	Jean Ferrari 24' Jorge Soto 76'

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August 29	Barcelona	2–3	Kansas City Wizards	Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Carlos Alfaro Moreno 13' Fricson George 76'	report	Roy Lassiter 31' Chris Brown 46', 50'

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September 12	Sporting Cristal	2–1	Kansas City Wizards	Estadio Nacional Lima, Peru
	Luis Bonnet 23', 25'	report	Onandi Lowe 40'

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September 20	Santos Laguna	3–0	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Corona Torreón, Mexico
	Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 17' Rodrigo Ruiz 72' Eduardo Fabián Lillingston 78'	report

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October 10	Barcelona	1–3	Santos Laguna	Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Carlos Alfaro Moreno 10'	report	Jared Borgetti 62', 64' Eduardo Fabián Lillingston 89'

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October 17	Kansas City Wizards	1–1	Barcelona	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri
	Roy Lassiter 32'	report	Clovis Bento da Cruz 41'

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October 23	Sporting Cristal	2–1	Santos Laguna	Estadio Nacional Lima, Peru
	Piero Alva 38', 59'	report	Johan Rubén Rodríguez 21'

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November 21	Kansas City Wizards	0–1	Santos Laguna	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri
		report	Eduardo Lillingston 12'

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November 22	Sporting Cristal	2–2	Barcelona	Estadio Nacional Lima, Peru
	Gastón Córdoba 83' Diego Martínez 92'+	report	Clovis Bento da Cruz 44' Carlos Alfaro Moreno 86'

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Emelec	12	6	3	3	0	8	1	+7
Atlético Nacional	10	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2
Universitario de Deportes	10	6	3	1	2	7	7	0
Blooming	1	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9

August 9	Atlético Nacional	3–0	Universitario	Medellín, Colombia
	Juan David Restrepo 18' Oscar Restrepo 78' Néstor Fabián Salazar 85'	report

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August 22	Blooming	2–3	Universitario	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
	Walter Otta 33', 71'	report	Martín Vilallonga 44', 47' Paolo Maldonado 57'

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August 30	Blooming	0–2	Atlético Nacional	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
		report	Gustavo Díaz 19' Jorge Humberto Agudelo 45'

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September 13	Universitario	0–0	Emelec	Estadio Monumental Lima, Peru
		report

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September 18	Atlético Nacional	0–0	Emelec	Medellín, Colombia
		report

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September 19	Universitario	2–0	Bloomin	Estadio Monumental Lima, Peru
	Sergio Ibarra 22' Martín Vilallonga 68'	report

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September 26	Emelec	1–0	Universitario	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Walter Ayoví 3'	report

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October 10	Universitario	2–1	Atlético Nacional	Estadio Monumental Lima, Peru
	Luis Cordero 74' Sergio Ibarra 90'	report	Diego Toro 55'

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October 10	Blooming	0–0	Emelec	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
		report

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October 25	Atlético Nacional	1–0	Blooming	Medellín, Colombia
	José María Ocampo 48'	report

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October 28	Emelec	4–1	Blooming	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Cristian Adrián Gómez 2' Luis Hebertson Moreira 13' Juan Ignacio Triviño 20' Rafael Manosalvas 50'	report	Diego Cabrera 15'

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November 20	Emelec	3–0	Atlético Nacional	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Otilino George Tenorio 29', 51' Carlos Ramón Hidalgo 78'	report

[edit] 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.

November 20	Necaxa	3–2	Millonarios	Aguascalientes, Mexico
	Alfredo Moreno 9' Diego Martínez 85' Luis Roberto Alves 89'	report	Carlos Gutiérrez 25', 29'

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November 27	Millonarios	3–2	Necaxa	Bogotá, Colombia
	Alexander Orrego 38' Harold Rivera 64' Juan Carlos Jaramillo 85'	(pen 3–1) report	Markus López 21' Alfredo Moreno 28'

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November 29	Santos Laguna	4–1	Emelec	Torreón, Mexico
	Robson Luiz 14',33' Eduardo Fabián Lillingston 25' Carlos Augusto Gomes De Oliveira 58'	report	Otilino Tenorio 75'

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December 6	Emelec	4–1	Santos Laguna	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Otilino Tenorio 5', 13' Carlos Ramón Hidalgo 24' Luis Moreira 44'	(pen 4–2) report	Carlos Augusto Gomes De Oliveira 71'

[edit] Finals

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

December 13	Millonarios	1–1	Emelec	Bogotá, Colombia
	Carlos Castro 76'	report	Otilino Tenorio 75'

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December 20	Emelec	1–1	Millonarios	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	Otilino Tenorio 50'	(pen 1–3) report	Juan Carlos Jaramillo 29'

[edit] Champion

Copa Merconorte 2001 Winners
Millonarios First Title

[edit] External links

• 2001 Copa Merconorte game summaries
• 2001 Copa Merconorte stats