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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Copa Merconorte
| yearr = 2001
| image = 
| size = <!-- in pixels; just enter an integer-->
| alt = 
| caption = 
| dates = 31 July – 20 December 2001
| num_teams = 16
| associations = 7
| champion_other = {{flagicon|COL}} [[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios|Millonarios]]
| count = 1
| second_other = {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
| matches = 50
| goals = 146
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Otilino Tenorio]] (7)
| prevseason = [[2000 Copa Merconorte|2000]]
| nextseason = 
| updated = 
}}

The '''Copa Merconorte 2001''' was the fourth and final edition of [[Football (soccer)|association football]] tournament [[Copa Merconorte]] held in 2001. [[Millonarios]] of [[Colombia]] defeated [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] of [[Ecuador]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ballesteros |first=Frank |date=February 18, 2002 |title=Copa Merconorte 2001 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/merconorte01.html |publisher=[[RSSSF]] |accessdate=November 22, 2024}}</ref> It was the first edition to include teams invited from the United States, the [[Kansas City Wizards]] and [[NY/NJ MetroStars]]. Several fixtures for the MetroStars were cancelled following the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Dure |first=Beau |year=2010 |title=Long-Range Goals: The Success Story of Major League Soccer |pages=124–125 |publisher=[[Potomac Books]] |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-1-59797-509-4 |oclc=500783910}}</ref>

==Participants==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=125|Country
!width=150|Team
|-
|rowspan="1"|{{BOL}}<br /><small>(1 berth)</small>
|[[Club Blooming|Blooming]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{COL}}<br /><small>(3 berths)</small>
|[[América de Cali]]
|-
|[[Atlético Nacional]]
|-
|[[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios|Millonarios]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{ECU}}<br /><small>(3 berths)</small>
|[[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]] 
|-
|[[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]] 
|-
| [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] 
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{MEX}}<br /><small>(3 berths)</small>
|[[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
|-
|[[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
|-
|[[Santos Laguna]]  
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{PER}}<br /><small>(3 berths)</small>
|[[Alianza Lima]] 
|-
|[[Sporting Cristal]]
|-
| [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]] 
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{USA}}<br /><small>(2 berth)</small>
|[[Kansas City Wizards]]
|-
|[[MetroStars]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|{{VEN}}<br /><small>(1 berth)</small>
|[[Deportivo Italchacao]]
|-
|}

==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===
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|section=Group A
|update=complete

|team1=NEC |team2=ADC |team3=ALI |team4=SDA
|result1=SF 

|name_NEC={{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Necaxa]]
|name_ADC={{flagicon|Colombia}} [[América de Cali]]
|name_ALI={{flagicon|Peru}} [[Alianza Lima]]
|name_SDA={{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]]
|source= [https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/merconorte01.html RSSSF.com]

|win_ADC=3 |draw_ADC=1 |loss_ADC=2 |gf_ADC=7 |ga_ADC=7
|win_ALI=1 |draw_ALI=2 |loss_ALI=3 |gf_ALI=8 |ga_ALI=10
|win_NEC=5 |draw_NEC=0 |loss_NEC=1 |gf_NEC=12 |ga_NEC=5
|win_SDA=1 |draw_SDA=1 |loss_SDA=4 |gf_SDA=6 |ga_SDA=11

|match_SDA_NEC=0–2
|match_NEC_SDA=1–3
|match_ADC_ALI=1–1
|match_ALI_ADC=1–2
|match_ALI_SDA=4–1
|match_SDA_ALI=1–1
|match_NEC_ADC=1–0
|match_ADC_NEC=1–3
|match_SDA_ADC=0–1
|match_ADC_SDA=2–1
|match_NEC_ALI=2–1
|match_ALI_NEC=0–3

|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to [[2001 Copa Merconorte#Semifinals|Semifinals]] 
}} </onlyinclude>

{{football box
|date = July 31
|team1 = [[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|score = 0–2
|report= [http://soccerstats.us/games/114729/ Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Necaxa]]
|goals2 = 
*[[Alfredo Moreno|Moreno]] {{goal|64|pen.}}
*[[Luis Ernesto Pérez|Pérez]] {{goal|89}}
|goals1 =
|stadium = [[Estadio La Caldera del Sur]]
|location =[[Quito]], [[Ecuador]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 1
|team1 = [[América de Cali]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = [[Edison Mafla|Mafla]] {{goal|27}}
|score = 1–1
|report= [http://soccerstats.us/games/114735/ Report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Alianza Lima]]
|goals2 = [[Henry Quinteros|Quinteros]] {{goal|13}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Pascual Guerrero]]
|location = [[Cali]], [[Colombia]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 22
|team1 = [[Alianza Lima]] {{flagicon|Peru}}
|goals1 = 
*[[Juan Carlos Bazalar|Bazalar]] {{goal|21}}
*Gallardo {{goal|40||88}}
*Grotto {{goal|83}}
|score = 4–1
|report= [http://soccerstats.us/games/115283/ Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]]
|goals2 = 
*de Jesús {{goal|18}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Alejandro Villanueva]]
|location = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 28
|team1 = [[Necaxa]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|goals1 = [[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|38|pen.}}
|score = 1–0
|report= [http://soccerstats.us/games/115497/ Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[América de Cali]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]]
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 12
|team1 = [[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|goals1 = 
|score = 0–1
|report= [http://soccerstats.us/games/115822/ Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[América de Cali]]
|goals2 = [[Kilian Virviescas|Virviescas]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[Estadio La Caldera del Sur]]
|location = [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 19
|team1 = [[Necaxa]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|goals1 = 
*[[Luís Roberto Alves|Zague]] {{goal|8}}
*[[Luis Ernesto Pérez|Pérez]] {{goal|16}}
|score = 2–1
|report= [http://soccerstats.us/games/116063/ Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Alianza Lima]]
|goals2 = 
*Hernández {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]]
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 25
|team1 = [[Necaxa]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|goals1 = 
*[[Luis Ernesto Pérez|Pérez]] {{goal|86}}
|score = 1–3
|report= [http://soccerstats.us/games/116324/ Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]]
|goals2 = 
*[[Néstor Zanatta|Zanatta]] {{goal|13||14}}
*[[Raúl Duarte (footballer)|Duarte]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]]
|location = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 26
|team1 = [[Alianza Lima]] {{flagicon|Peru}}
|goals1 = [[Eduardo Esidio]] 30'
|score = 1–2
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=A&id=26&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[América de Cali]]
|goals2 = [[Edison Mafla|Mafla]] 57'<br /> [[Luis García (footballer, born 1975)|Garcia]] 64'
|stadium =[[Estadio Alejandro Villanueva]]<br />[[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 9
|team1 = [[Alianza Lima]] {{flagicon|Peru}}
|goals1 = 
|score = 0–3
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=A&id=28&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Necaxa]]
|goals2 = [[Moreno Alfredo David|Moreno]] 40', 55', 66'
|stadium =[[Estadio Alejandro Villanueva]]<br />[[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 16
|team1 = [[América de Cali]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = [[Mauricio Romero Sellares|Mauricio Romero]] 89'
|score = 1–3
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=A&id=32&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Necaxa]]
|goals2 = [[Luís Roberto Alves]] 4', 63'<br />[[Martínez Diego Alfonso]] 65'
|stadium =[[Estadio Pascual Guerrero]]<br />[[Santiago de Cali|Cali]], [[Colombia]] }}
----
{{football box
|date = October 24
|team1 = [[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|goals1 = [[Raúl Duarte (footballer)|Raúl Duarte]] 13'
|score = 1–1
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=A&id=38&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Alianza Lima]]
|goals2 = [[Roberto Farfán]]  30'
|stadium =[[Estadio La Caldera del Sur]]<br />[[Quito]], [[Ecuador]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = November 1
|team1 = [[América de Cali]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = [[Oscar Eduardo Villarreal]]  30'<br />[[Kilian Edwin Virviescas]] 45'
|score = 2–1
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=A&id=43&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Sociedad Deportiva Aucas|Aucas]]
|goals2 = [[Raúl Duarte (footballer)|Raúl Duarte]] 58'
|stadium =[[Estadio Pascual Guerrero]]<br />[[Santiago de Cali|Cali]], [[Colombia]]}}

===Group B===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR
|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=MIL|name_MIL={{flagicon|COL}} [[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios|Millonarios]]
|team2=ITA|name_ITA={{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Deportivo Italia|Deportivo Italchacao]]
|team3=MET|name_MET={{flagicon|United States}} [[MetroStars]]
|team4=GUA|name_GUA={{flagicon|Mexico}} [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]

|win_MIL=4|draw_MIL=0|loss_MIL=2|gf_MIL=10|ga_MIL=7
|win_ITA=4|draw_ITA=0|loss_ITA=2|gf_ITA=9|ga_ITA=8
|win_MET=3|draw_MET=0|loss_MET=3|gf_MET=8|ga_MET=5
|win_GUA=1|draw_GUA=0|loss_GUA=5|gf_GUA=3|ga_GUA=10

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=Advance to [[2001 Copa Merconorte#Semifinals|Semifinals]] 
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=

<!--Matches-->
|match_ITA_GUA=2–0
|match_ITA_MET=2–1
|match_ITA_MIL=3–0

|match_GUA_ITA=0–2
|match_GUA_MET=0–2
|match_GUA_MIL=3–0

|match_MET_ITA=2–0
|match_MET_GUA=2–0
|match_MET_MIL=0–1

|match_MIL_ITA=5–0
|match_MIL_GUA=2–0
|match_MIL_MET=2–1

}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
| date = August 9
| team1 = [[MetroStars]] {{flagicon|United States}}
| goals1 = [[Adolfo Valencia]] 23'<br />[[Mike Petke]] 47'
| score = 2–0
| report = [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=B&id=4&slangab=S report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Deportivo Italia|Deportivo Italchacao]]
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Giants Stadium]]<br />[[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], [[United States]]
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| attendance = 
| referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 8
|team1 = [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|goals1 = [[Marco Antonio Ruiz]] 44'<br />[[Juan Antonio Torres]] 60'<br />[[Carlos Hermosillo]] 87'
|score = 3–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=B&id=7&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Millonarios]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Jalisco]]<br />[[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]] }}
----
{{football box
|date = August 23
|team1 = [[Millonarios]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = [[Wilson Cano]] 41'  ([[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]), 64', 73'<br />[[Alexander Orrego]] 49'<br />[[Marcio Rodríguez]] 91'
|score = 5–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=B&id=12&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon| Venezuela}} [[Deportivo Italia|Deportivo Italchacao]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio El Campín]]<br />[[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] }}
----
{{football box
| date = August 29
| team1 = [[Millonarios]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
| goals1 = [[Wilson Cano]] 1', 31'
| score = 2–1
| report = [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=B&id=14&slangab=S report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|United States}} [[MetroStars]]
| goals2 = [[Adolfo Valencia]] 69'
| stadium = [[Estadio El Campín]]<br />[[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| attendance = 
| referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 11
|team1 = [[Deportivo Italia|Deportivo Italchacao]] {{flagicon|Venezuela}}
|goals1 = [[Leopoldo Jiménez]] 47'<br />[[Rafael Castellín]] '84.
|score = 2–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=B&id=17&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela]]<br />[[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]] }}
----
{{football box
| date = October 17
| team1 = [[MetroStars]] {{flagicon|United States}}
| goals1 = '''3 Pts.'''
| score = '''forfeit'''
| report = 
| team2 = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Giants Stadium]]<br />[[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], [[United States]]
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| attendance = 
| referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 18
|team1 = [[Deportivo Italia|Deportivo Italchacao]] {{flagicon|Venezuela}}
|goals1 = [[Félix Hernánex]] 3'<br />[[Chito Martínez (footballer)|Fernando Martínez]] 65', 89'
|score = 3–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=B&id=35&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Millonarios]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela]]<br /> [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 24
|team1 = [[Deportivo Italia|Deportivo Italchacao]] {{flagicon|Venezuela}}
|goals1 = [[Daniel Diez]] 62', 88'
|score = 2–1
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=B&id=37&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|United States}} [[MetroStars]]
|goals2 = [[Carlos García (soccer)|Carlos García]] 58' ([[Own goal|OG]])
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Univ. Central de Venezuela]]<br /> [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]}}
----
{{football box
| date = October 31
| team1 = [[MetroStars]] {{flagicon|United States}}
| goals1 = 
| score = 0–1
| report = [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=B&id=42&slangab=S report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Millonarios]]
| goals2 = [[Johan Viáfara]] 92'+
| stadium = [[Giants Stadium]]<br />[[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], [[United States]]
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| attendance = 
| referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 31
|team1 = [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|goals1 = 
|score = '''forfeit'''
|report= 
|team2 = {{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Deportivo Italia|Deportivo Italchacao]]
|goals2 = '''3 Pts.'''
|stadium = }}
----
{{football box
|date = November 7
|team1 = [[Millonarios]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = '''3 Pts.'''
|score = '''forfeit'''
|report= 
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = }}
----
{{football box
|date = November 21
|team1 = [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|goals1 = 
|score = '''forfeit'''
|report= 
|team2 = {{flagicon|United States}} [[MetroStars]]
|goals2 = '''3 Pts.'''
|stadium = }}

===Group C===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR
|section=Group C
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=SAN|name_SAN={{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Santos Laguna]]
|team2=CRI|name_CRI={{flagicon|Peru}} [[Sporting Cristal]]
|team3=KAN|name_KAN={{flagicon|United States}} [[Kansas City Wizards]]
|team4=BAR|name_BAR={{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]]

|win_SAN=5|draw_SAN=0|loss_SAN=1|gf_SAN=15|ga_SAN=6
|win_CRI=3|draw_CRI=2|loss_CRI=1|gf_CRI=10|ga_CRI=10
|win_KAN=1|draw_KAN=1|loss_KAN=4|gf_KAN=8|ga_KAN=12
|win_BAR=0|draw_BAR=3|loss_BAR=3|gf_BAR=9|ga_BAR=14

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=Advance to [[2001 Copa Merconorte#Semifinals|Semifinals]] 
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=

<!--Matches-->
|match_BAR_KAN=2–3
|match_BAR_SAN=1–3
|match_BAR_CRI=2–2

|match_KAN_BAR=1–1
|match_KAN_SAN=0–1
|match_KAN_CRI=1–2

|match_SAN_BAR=3–1
|match_SAN_KAN=4–2
|match_SAN_CRI=3–0

|match_CRI_BAR=2–2
|match_CRI_KAN=2–1
|match_CRI_SAN=2–1

}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
| date = August 1
| team1 = [[Kansas City Wizards]] {{flagicon|United States}}
| goals1 = [[Onandi Lowe]] 7'
| score = 1–2
| report = [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=3&slangab=S report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Sporting Cristal]]
| goals2 = [[Erick Torres (footballer, born 1975)|Erick Torres]] 31'<br />[[Gastón Córdoba]] 79'
| stadium = [[Arrowhead Stadium]]<br />[[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[United States]]
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| attendance = 
| referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 8
|team1 = [[Santos Laguna]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|score = 4–2
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=5&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|United States}} [[Kansas City Wizards]]
|goals1 = [[Héctor Altamirano]] 28' ([[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]])<br />[[Robson Luiz]] 36'<br />[[Eduardo Lillingston]] 83' ([[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]])<br />[[Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira]] 84'
|goals2 = [[Matt McKeon]] 53'<br />[[Roy Lassiter]] 88'
|stadium = [[Estadio Corona]]<br />[[Torreón]], [[Mexico]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 14
|team1 = [[Santos Laguna]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|goals1 = [[Jared Borgetti]] 20', 59'<br />[[Luis Ramón Romero]] 49'
|score = 3–1
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=8&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Barcelona SC|Barcelona]]
|goals2 = [[Nicolás Asencio]] 56'
|stadium = [[Estadio Corona]]<br />[[Torreón]], [[Mexico]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 21
|team1 = [[Barcelona SC|Barcelona]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|score = 2–2
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=9&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Sporting Cristal]]
|goals1 = [[Máximo Tenorio]] 3'<br />[[Moreno Carlos Alfaro]] 56'
|goals2 = [[Jean Ferrari]] 24'<br />[[Jorge Soto (footballer)|Jorge Soto]] 76'
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero]]<br />[[Guayaquil, Ecuador|Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 29
|team1 = [[Barcelona SC|Barcelona]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|score = 2–3
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=15&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|United States}} [[Kansas City Wizards]]
|goals1 = [[Carlos Alfaro Moreno]] 13'<br />[[Fricson George]] 76'
|goals2 = [[Roy Lassiter]] 31'<br />[[Chris Brown (soccer, born 1977)|Chris Brown]] 46', 50'
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero]]<br />[[Guayaquil, Ecuador|Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 12
|team1 = [[Sporting Cristal]] {{flagicon|Peru}}
|score = 2–1
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=19&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|United States}} [[Kansas City Wizards]]
|goals1 = [[Luis Bonnet]] 23', 25'
|goals2 = [[Onandi Lowe]] 40'
|stadium = [[Estadio San Martín de Porres|Estadio San Martín]]<br />[[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 20
|team1 = [[Santos Laguna]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|score = 3–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=24&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Sporting Cristal]]
|goals1 =  [[Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira]] 17'<br />[[Rodrigo Ruiz]] 72'<br />[[Eduardo Lillingston]] 78'
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Corona]]<br />[[Torreón]], [[Mexico]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 10
|team1 =  [[Barcelona SC|Barcelona]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|score = 1–3
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=31&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Santos Laguna]]
|goals1 =  [[Carlos Alfaro Moreno]] 10'
|goals2 = [[Jared Borgetti]] 62', 64'<br />[[Eduardo Lillingston]] 89'
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero]]<br />[[Guayaquil, Ecuador|Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]}}
----
{{football box
| date = October 17
| team1 = [[Kansas City Wizards]] {{flagicon|United States}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=34&slangab=S report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Barcelona SC|Barcelona]]
| goals1 = [[Roy Lassiter]] 32'
| goals2 = [[Clóvis Bento da Cruz]] 41'
| stadium = [[Arrowhead Stadium]]<br />[[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[United States]]
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| attendance = 
| referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 23
|team1 = [[Sporting Cristal]] {{flagicon|Peru}}
|score = 2–1
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=36&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Santos Laguna]]
|goals1 = [[Piero Alva]] 38', 59'
|goals2 = [[Johan Rodríguez]] 21'
|stadium = [[Estadio San Martín de Porres|Estadio San Martín]]<br />[[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
----
{{football box
| date = November 21
| team1 = [[Kansas City Wizards]] {{flagicon|United States}}
| score = 0–1
| report = [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=47&slangab=S report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Santos Laguna]]
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Eduardo Lillingston]] 12'
| stadium = [[Arrowhead Stadium]]<br />[[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[United States]]
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| attendance = 
| referee = 
}}
----
{{football box
|date = November 22
|team1 = [[Sporting Cristal]] {{flagicon|Peru}}
|score = 2–2
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=C&id=48&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Barcelona SC|Barcelona]]
|goals1 = [[Gastón Córdoba]] 83'<br />[[Diego Martínez (Mexican footballer, born 1981)|Diego Martínez]] 92'+
|goals2 = [[Clóvis Bento da Cruz]] 44'<br />[[Carlos Alfaro Moreno]] 86'
|stadium = [[Estadio San Martín de Porres|Estadio San Martín]]<br />[[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}

===Group D===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR
|section=Group D
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=
|ptsfirst=y

|team1=EME|name_EME={{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
|team2=ATL|name_ATL={{flagicon|COL}} [[Atlético Nacional]]
|team3=UNI|name_UNI={{flagicon|PER}} [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
|team4=BLO|name_BLO={{flagicon|BOL}} [[Club Blooming|Blooming]]

|win_EME=3|draw_EME=3|loss_EME=0|gf_EME=8|ga_EME=1
|win_ATL=3|draw_ATL=1|loss_ATL=2|gf_ATL=7|ga_ATL=5
|win_UNI=3|draw_UNI=1|loss_UNI=2|gf_UNI=7|ga_UNI=7
|win_BLO=0|draw_BLO=1|loss_BLO=5|gf_BLO=3|ga_BLO=12

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=Advance to [[2000 Copa Merconorte#Semifinals|Semifinals]] 
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=

<!--Matches-->
|match_ATL_BLO=1–0
|match_ATL_EME=0–0
|match_ATL_UNI=3–0

|match_BLO_ATL=0–2
|match_BLO_EME=0–0
|match_BLO_UNI=2–3

|match_EME_ATL=3–0
|match_EME_BLO=4–1
|match_EME_UNI=1–0

|match_UNI_ATL=2–1
|match_UNI_BLO=2–0
|match_UNI_EME=0–0

}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
|date = August 9
|team1 =  [[Atlético Nacional]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = [[Juan David Restrepo]] 18'<br />[[Oscar Restrepo]] 78'<br />[[Néstor Fabián Salazar]] 85'
|score = 3–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=6&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 22
|team1 =  [[Club Blooming|Blooming]] {{flagicon|Bolivia}}
|goals1 = [[Walter Otta]] 33', 71'
|score = 2–3
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=11&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
|goals2 = [[Martín Vilallonga]] 44', 47'<br />[[Paolo Maldonado]] 57'
|stadium = [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]], [[Bolivia]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 30
|team1 =  [[Club Blooming|Blooming]] {{flagicon|Bolivia}}
|goals1 = 
|score = 0–2
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=16&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Atlético Nacional]]
|goals2 = [[Gustavo Díaz]] 19'<br />[[Jorge Humberto Agudelo]]  45'
|stadium = [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]], [[Bolivia]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 13
|team1 =  [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]] {{flagicon|Peru}}
|goals1 = 
|score = 0–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=20&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental "U"|Estadio Monumental]]<br />[[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 18
|team1 =  [[Atlético Nacional]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = 
|score = 0–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=21&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 19
|team1 =  [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]] {{flagicon|Peru}}
|goals1 = [[Sergio Ibarra]] 22'<br />[[Martín Vilallonga]] 68'
|score = 2–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=23&slangab=S report]
|team2 =  {{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Club Blooming|Bloomin]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental "U"|Estadio Monumental]]<br />[[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 26
|team1 = [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|goals1 = [[Walter Ayoví]] 3'
|score = 1–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=27&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 10
|team1 = [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]] {{flagicon|Peru}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Cordero]] 74'<br />[[Sergio Ibarra]] 90'
|score = 2–1
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=30&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Atlético Nacional]]
|goals2 = [[Diego Toro]] 55'
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental "U"|Estadio Monumental]]<br />[[Lima]], [[Peru]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 10
|team1 = [[Club Blooming|Blooming]] {{flagicon|Bolivia}}
|goals1 = 
|score = 0–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=29&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]], [[Bolivia]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 25
|team1 = [[Atlético Nacional]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = [[José María Ocampo]] 48'
|score = 1–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=39&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Club Blooming|Blooming]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = October 28
|team1 = [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|goals1 = [[Cristian Adrián Gómez]] 2'<br />[[Luis Hebertson Moreira]] 13'<br />[[Juan Ignacio Triviño]] 20'<br />[[Rafael Manosalvas]] 50'
|score = 4–1
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=40&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Club Blooming|Blooming]]
|goals2 = [[Diego Cabrera]] 15'
|stadium = [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = November 20
|team1 = [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|goals1 =  [[Otilino George Tenorio]] 29', 51'<br />[[Carlos Ramón Hidalgo]] 78'
|score = 3–0
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=D&id=45&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Atlético Nacional]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]}}

==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.

{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult| [[Necaxa]] | MEX | 5–5 <small>(1–3 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])</small> | '''[[Millonarios]]''' | COL | [[#NEC v MIL|3–2]] | [[#MIL v NEC|2–3]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| [[Santos Laguna]] | MEX | 5–5 <small>(2–4 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])</small> | '''[[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]''' | ECU | [[#SLA v EME|4–1]] | [[#EME v SLA|1–4]]}}
{{end}}

{{football box
|id = NEC v MIL
|date = {{start date|2001|11|20}}
|team1 = [[Necaxa]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|goals1 = 
*[[Alfredo Moreno|Moreno]] {{goal|9}}
*[[Diego Martínez (Mexican footballer, born 1981)|Martínez]] {{goal|85}}
*[[Luís Roberto Alves|Alves]] {{goal|89}}
|score = 3–2
|report= 
|team2 = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Millonarios]]
|goals2 = 
*[[Carlos Gutiérrez (Colombian footballer)|Gutiérrez]] {{goal|25||29}}
|stadium = Estadio Municipal
|location = [[Aguascalientes]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = Rogger Zambrano ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])}}
----
{{football box
|id = MIL v NEC
|date = {{start date|2001|11|27}}
|team1 = [[Millonarios]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = 
*Orrego {{goal|38}}
*[[Harold Rivera|Rivera]] {{goal|64}}
*Jaramillo {{goal|85}}
|score = 3–2
|report= 
|team2 = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Necaxa]]
|goals2 = 
*López {{goal|21}}
*[[Alfredo Moreno|Moreno]] {{goal|28}}
|penaltyscore = 3–1
|penalties1 = 
*[[Harold Rivera|Rivera]] {{pengoal}}
*Castro {{pengoal}}
*Moreno {{pengoal}}
*[[Carlos Gutiérrez (Colombian footballer)|Gutiérrez]] {{penmiss}}
|penalties2 = 
* {{pengoal}} [[Carlos González (footballer, born 1973)|González]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Luis Ernesto Pérez|Pérez]]
* {{penmiss}} Núñez
* {{penmiss}} Galván
|stadium = [[Estadio El Campín]]
|location = [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]
|referee = Luis Solorzano ([[Venezuelan Football Federation|Venezuela]])}}
''5–5 on aggregate, Millonarios won 3–1 on penalties''
----
{{football box
|id = SLA v EME
|date = {{start date|2001|11|29}}
|team1 = [[Santos Laguna]] {{flagicon|Mexico}}
|goals1 = 
*Robson Luiz {{goal|14||33}}
*[[Eduardo Lillingston|Lillingston]] {{goal|25}}
*Gómes {{goal|58}}
|score = 4–1
|report= 
|team2 = {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
|goals2 = 
*[[Otilino Tenorio|Tenorio]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Corona (1970)|Estadio Corona]]
|location = [[Torreón]], [[Mexico]]
|referee = José Arana ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])}}
----
{{football box
|id = EME v SLA
|date = {{start date|2001|12|06}}
|team1 = [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|goals1 = 
*[[Otilino Tenorio|Tenorio]] {{goal|5||13}}
*[[Carlos Hidalgo (footballer, born 1979)|Hidalgo]] {{goal|24}}
*[[Luis Moreira|Moreira]] {{goal|44}}
|score = 4–1
|report= 
|team2 = {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Santos Laguna]]
|goals2 = 
*Gómes {{goal|71}}
|penaltyscore = 4–2
|penalties1 = 
*[[Carlos Hidalgo (footballer, born 1979)|Hidalgo]] {{pengoal}}
*[[Augusto Porozo|Porozo]] {{pengoal}}
*[[Otilino Tenorio|Tenorio]] {{pengoal}}
*[[Walter Ayoví|Ayoví]] {{pengoal}}
|penalties2 =
* {{pengoal}} [[Héctor Altamirano|Altamirano]]
* {{pengoal}} Gómes
* {{penmiss}} Robson Luiz
* {{penmiss}} Romero
|stadium = [[Estadio George Capwell]]
|location = [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]
|referee = Guido Aros ([[Football Federation of Chile|Chile]])}}
''5–5 on aggregate, Emelec won 4–2 on penalties''

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

{{football box
|date = December 13, 2001
|time = 20:10 ([[UTC-5]]) 
|team1 =  [[Millonarios]] {{flagicon|Colombia}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Alberto Castro|Carlos Castro]] 76'
|score = 1–1
|report= [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=Z&id=53&slangab=S report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
|goals2 = [[Otilino Tenorio]] 75'
|stadium = [[Estadio Nemesio Camacho]], [[Bogotá]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = December 20, 2001
|time = 19:10 ([[UTC-5]]) 
|team1 =  [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] {{flagicon|Ecuador}}
|goals1 = [[Otilino Tenorio]] 50'
|score = 1–1
|report= <small>([[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]] 1–3)<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20050903085342/http://conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&dv=A&flt=Z&id=54&slangab=S report]</small>
|team2 = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Millonarios]]
|goals2 = [[Luis Eduardo Zapata]] 19'
|stadium = [[Estadio George Capwell]], [[Guayaquil]]}}

==Champion==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Copa Merconorte <br />2001 Winners
|-
|{{flagicon|COL|size=100px}}<br>'''[[Millonarios]]'''<br/>'''First Title'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_partidos.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&slangab=S |title=2001 Copa Merconorte game summaries |accessdate=2006-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040507140624/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_partidos.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&slangab=S |archivedate=2004-05-07 |df= }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_estadisticas.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&slangab=S |title=2001 Copa Merconorte stats |accessdate=2006-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040811054749/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_estadisticas.jsp?evento=1092&ano=2001&slangab=S |archivedate=2004-08-11 |df= }}

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