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(s)	Juan Enrique García (6)
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International football competition

The 1999 Copa Merconorte was an association football tournament 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: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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	Advance to Semifinals	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	—