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2001 Copa Mercosur Finals
Event	2001 Copa Mercosur
	(San Lorenzo won 4–3 on penalties)
First leg
Date	12 December 2001
Venue	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee	Epifanio González (Paraguay)
Attendance	?
Second leg
Date	24 January 2002
Venue	Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires
Referee	Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Attendance	40,000
	← 2000

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.
San Lorenzo	None
Flamengo	1 (1999)

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro (left) and Estadio Pedro Bidegain in Buenos Aires, venues for the finals

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

12 December 2001

21:45

First leg

Flamengo	0–0	San Lorenzo

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

Flamengo

San Lorenzo


GK	1	Júlio César
DF	2	Alessandro	85'
DF	3	Juan
DF	13	Fernando^{[clarification needed]}
DF	6	Cassio
MF	15	Jorginho
MF	9	Rocha
MF	7	Beto
MF	10	Dejan Petković	33'
FW	11	Edílson
FW	8	Reinaldo
Substitutes:
MF	19	Roma	33'
DF	14	Bruno Carvalho	85'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Torres


GK	1	Sebastián Saja
DF	17	Juan José Serrizuela
DF	2	Horacio Ameli
DF	6	Diego Capria
DF	4	Aldo Paredes
MF	22	Cristian Zurita	61'
MF	5	Pablo Michelini
MF	11	Walter Erviti
MF	10	Leandro Romagnoli	87'
MF	8	Guillermo Franco	78'
FW	9	Bernardo Romeo
Substitutes:
MF	21	Lucas Pusineri	61'
MF	19	Mario Santana	78'
FW	19	Lucio Filomeno	87'
Manager:
Manuel Pellegrini

Second leg

24 January 2002

21:10 UTC-3

Second leg

San Lorenzo	1–1	Flamengo
Estévez 67'	Report	Leandro Machado 10'
Penalties
Acosta Serrizuela Romagnoli Pusineri Saja Capria	4–3	Juan Petkovic Andrezinho Cássio Edson Roma

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Oscar Ruíz (Colombia)

San Lorenzo

Flamengo


GK	1	Sebastián Saja
DF	17	Juan José Serrizuela
DF	2	Horacio Ameli
DF	6	Diego Capria
DF	4	Aldo Paredes
MF	8	Guillermo Franco	45'
MF	5	Pablo Michelini
MF	11	Walter Erviti
MF	10	Leandro Romagnoli
FW	7	Raúl Estévez	90'
FW	20	Alberto Acosta
Substitutes:
MF	21	Lucas Pusineri	45'
MF	30	Leonardo Rodríguez	90'
Manager:
Manuel Pellegrini


GK	1	Júlio César
DF	30	Edson
DF	3	Juan
DF	13	Fernando	84'
DF	6	Cassio
MF	5	Leandro Ávila
MF	15	Jorginho
MF	9	Rocha	89'
MF	10	Dejan Petković
FW	18	Roma
FW	17	Leandro Machado	60'
Substitutes:
FW	29	Jackson	60'
DF	26	André Bahia	84'
MF	21	Andrezinho	89'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Torres

Copa Mercosur 2001 Winner
San Lorenzo First title

References

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