2000 Copa Merconorte

The 2000 Copa Merconorte was an association football tournament held in 2000. Atlético Nacional of Colombia beat another Colombian club, Millonarios, in the final.

Group stage

Each team played the other teams in the group twice during the group stage. The first placed team advanced to the second round.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Guadalajara	11	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5
El Nacional	9	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1
Estudiantes de Mérida	7	6	2	1	3	9	11	-2
América de Cali	5	6	1	2	3	3	7	-4

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Atlético Nacional	10	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2
Alajuelense	9	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2
Necaxa	7	6	1	4	1	5	5	+0
Alianza Lima	5	6	1	2	3	6	10	-4

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Millonarios	12	6	3	3	0	11	6	+5
Toluca	8	6	2	2	2	15	11	+4
Barcelona	6	6	1	3	2	6	10	-4
Universitario	5	6	1	2	3	7	12	-5

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Emelec	10	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1
Sporting Cristal	9	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4
Pachuca	9	6	3	0	3	6	7	-1
Oriente Petrolero	5	6	1	2	3	7	11	-4

Semifinals

First Leg

October 18

Guadalajara	1–1	Atlético Nacional
Ruiz 75'		Aristizábal 73'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

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October 19

Emelec	3–3	Millonarios
Kenig 6' (pen), 52' Juarez 8'		Ramírez 4' Jiménez 20' Suárez 80'

Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil

Second Leg

October 25

Atlético Nacional	3–3	Guadalajara
Muñoz 20',35' Aristizábal 54' (pen)	(pen 4–2)	Ruiz 24' Morales 43' Nava 90'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

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October 26

Millonarios	2–0	Emelec
Oscar Millán 12' Pérez 53'

Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá

Finals

First Leg

November 2

Millonarios	0–0	Atlético Nacional

Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá

Second Leg

November 9

Atlético Nacional	2–1	Millonarios
Moreno 8' Aristizábal 49'		Jiménez 56'

Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Champion

Copa Merconorte 2000 Winners
Atlético Nacional Second Title

External links

• 2000 Copa Merconorte game summaries
• 2000 Copa Merconorte stats