2001 Copa Mercosur Finals
Event2001 Copa Mercosur
Flamengo San Lorenzo
Brazil Argentina
1 1
(San Lorenzo won 4–3 on penalties)
First leg
Flamengo San Lorenzo
0 0
Date12 December 2001 (2001-12-12)
VenueMaracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
RefereeEpifanio González (Paraguay)
Attendance?
Second leg
San Lorenzo Flamengo
1 1
Date24 January 2002 (2002-01-24)
VenueEstadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires
RefereeOscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Attendance40,000

The 2001 Copa Mercosur Finals were the two-legged final that decided the winner of the 2001 Copa Mercosur, the fourth (and last) edition of the Copa Mercosur, South America's international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.[1]

The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentinian team San Lorenzo de Almagro and Brazilian team Flamengo. The first leg was hosted by Flamengo at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 22 November 2017, while the second leg was hosted by San Lorenzo at its own venue, Estadio Pedro Bidegain in Buenos Aires on 24 January 2002.[2]

The second leg had originally been scheduled for December 19, but it had to be postponed to January 24, 2002 due to social unrest in Argentina.[3]

After both matches ended tied on 90 minutes (0–0 the first game and 1–1 the second one), the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out, with San Lorenzo winning the series 4–3 and also winning its first international title organised by CONMEBOL (the first international had been in 1927 when San Lorenzo won Copa Aldao, organised by Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together).[4] Goalkeeper Sebastián Saja was one of the keyplayers of the final, after stopping two penalties and converting one himself in the shoot-out,[3] while Diego Capria kicked (and scored) the last penalty to make San Lorenzo win the series.[5]

Teams

Team Previous finals app.
Argentina San LorenzoNone
Brazil Flamengo1 (1999)

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Format

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, neither the away goals rule nor 30 minutes of extra time would be used. Instead, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.

Matches

First leg

2001 Copa Mercosur Finals
First leg
Flamengo Brazil0–0Argentina San Lorenzo
Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
Flamengo
San Lorenzo

Second leg

Second leg
San Lorenzo Argentina1–1Brazil Flamengo
Estévez 67' Report Leandro Machado 10'
Penalties
Acosta soccer ball with red X
Serrizuela soccer ball with red X
Romagnoli soccer ball with check mark
Pusineri soccer ball with check mark
Saja soccer ball with check mark
Capria soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with red X Juan
soccer ball with check mark Petkovic
soccer ball with check mark Andrezinho
soccer ball with red X Cássio
soccer ball with check mark Edson
soccer ball with red X Roma
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Oscar Ruíz (Colombia)
San Lorenzo
Flamengo
Copa Mercosur
2001 Winner
Argentina
San Lorenzo
First title

References

  1. ↑ "Copa Mercosur 2001" by José Carluccio on Historia y Fútbol
  2. ↑ Copa Mercosur 2001 by Miguel Alvim Gonzalez and Juan Pablo Andrés on the RSSSF
  3. 1 2 A 18 años del primer festejo internacional by Bautista Ordóñez on Olé, 24 Jan 2020
  4. ↑ Títulos: Copa Mercosur 2001 on San Lorenzo website
  5. ↑ San Lorenzo campeón Copa Mercosur 2001 on El Gráfico, 24 Jan 2012
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