Football at the 1975 Pan American Games

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Football – Men's tournament at the Pan American Games
Dates13–25 October
Medalists
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The seventh edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in four cities in Mexico: Mexico City (main city of the Games), Guadalajara, Toluca, and Puebla, from 13 October to 25 October 1975. Thirteen teams competed in a round-robin competition, with Argentina defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a second round, followed by a knock-out stage. [1]

Contents

Participants

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4220092+7
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 22101264
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 02002143
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg6–1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Rangel Soccerball shade.svg5', 17', 26', 68'
Caballero Soccerball shade.svg25', 65'
Grayson Soccerball shade.svg58'

Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg3–1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Carrillo Soccerball shade.svg20'
Tapia Soccerball shade.svg31'
Goméz Soccerball shade.svg40'
Salvemini Soccerball shade.svg75'
Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg1–0Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Llewellyn Soccerball shade.svg23'

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 4220080+8
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12011022
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 12011066
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 6–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Silva Soccerball shade.svg22', 34', 69'
Salinas Soccerball shade.svg47'
Cárdenas Soccerball shade.svg52'
Marillack Soccerball shade.svg54'
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico)

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Cárdenas Soccerball shade.svg12'
Grant Soccerball shade.svg69' (o.g.)
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Referee: Valentin Gazo (Nicaragua)

Group C

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3211041+3
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 22101132
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 12011121
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg1–1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Cepero Soccerball shade.svg40'Pierre Soccerball shade.svg

Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3–0 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Piedra Soccerball shade.svg5'
Masso Soccerball shade.svg9'
Pérez Soccerball shade.svg89'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Efrén Aguilar (El Salvador)

Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 1–0Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Blanco Soccerball shade.svg41'

Group D

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 63300191+18
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3311164+2
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 3311143+1
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 0300322321
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg4–1Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Huezo Soccerball shade.svg61', 66', 89'
Ramírez Soccerball shade.svg87'
Cuadra Soccerball shade.svg71'

Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg3–1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Vázquez Soccerball shade.svg23' (o.g.)
Tiquinho Soccerball shade.svg54'
Cláudio Adão Soccerball shade.svg70'
Wanchope Soccerball shade.svg85'

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg5–1Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Solano Soccerball shade.svg18'
Alvarado Soccerball shade.svg26', 35'
Wanchope Soccerball shade.svg68', 76'
Acevedo Soccerball shade.svg31'

Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg2–0Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Cláudio Adão Soccerball shade.svg14'
Edinho Soccerball shade.svg69'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Domingo de la Mora (Mexico)

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg0–0Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador

Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg14–0Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Luís Alberto Soccerball shade.svg1', 3', 16', 32'
Santos Soccerball shade.svg5', 34'
Rosemiro Soccerball shade.svg21'
Eudes Soccerball shade.svg24'
Erivélto Soccerball shade.svg30'
Chico Fraga Soccerball shade.svg59'
Batista Soccerball shade.svg67', 74'
Marcelo Soccerball shade.svg72', ?'

Second round

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 53210172+15
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 22101176
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 12011231
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 01001088
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg8–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Rangel Soccerball shade.svg2', 31'
Sánchez Soccerball shade.svg12', 48', ?'
Caballero Soccerball shade.svg36', ?'
Gómez Soccerball shade.svg70'
Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg1–0Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Piedra Soccerball shade.svg

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg w/o Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Canada did not play the match and withdrew from the tournament. Match awarded to Costa Rica.


Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Caballero Soccerball shade.svg7'
Sánchez Soccerball shade.svg55' (pen.)
Delgado Soccerball shade.svg22'
de la Rosa Soccerball shade.svg75' (o.g.)

Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg w/o Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Canada had withdrawn from the tournament. Match awarded to Cuba.


Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg7–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Sánchez Soccerball shade.svg9', 22', 33'
Caballero Soccerball shade.svg38'
Rangel Soccerball shade.svg58', 76', 83'
Referee: Toros Kibritjian (United States)

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 53210130+13
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 5321091+8
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 231023118
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 0300321513
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 5–1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Ceballos Soccerball shade.svg38' (pen.)
Salinas Soccerball shade.svg50', 55'
Valencia Soccerball shade.svg61', 64'
Phillips Soccerball shade.svg63'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)

Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg6–0 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Leguelé Soccerball shade.svg16' (pen.)
Cláudio Adão Soccerball shade.svg37', 46', 89', ?'
Erivélto Soccerball shade.svg
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)

Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg0–0 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Alfonso González (Mexico)

Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 3–1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Blanco Soccerball shade.svg6'
Sempertegui Soccerball shade.svg32'
Flores Soccerball shade.svg43'
Laforest Soccerball shade.svg
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico)

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 4–0 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Fortunato Soccerball shade.svg2', ?'
Silva Soccerball shade.svg
Ceballos Soccerball shade.svg(pen.)
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Alfonso González (Mexico)

Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg6–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Cláudio Adão Soccerball shade.svg4', 40', 62'
Erivélto Soccerball shade.svg15'
Santos Soccerball shade.svg16'
Eudes Soccerball shade.svg18'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Ilio Matos (Canada)

Classification stages

Bronze medal match

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Silva Soccerball shade.svg36'
Tello Soccerball shade.svg70'
Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

Gold medal match

Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg1–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Tapia Soccerball shade.svg22' Report Cláudio Adão Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.)
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 105,000 [3]
Referee: Arturo Iturralde (Argentina)
Notes
  1. The match was abandoned at 108' due to a power failure. A replay was originally fixed for 29 October, but due to the Brazilian team having to return home following the closing ceremony, tournament officials ruled that the final result would stand, with gold medals being awarded to both teams. [2]
1975 Pan American Games Winners
Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg
Mexico and Brazil
Second title (for both)

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournamentFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil and Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico [4]


1 – Carlos
2 – Rosemiro
3 – Tecão
4 – Bianchi
5 – Chico Fraga
6 – Batista
7 – Pitta
8 – Carlinhos
9 – Marcelo Oliveira
10 – Cláudio Adão
11 – Tiquinho
12 – Cassano
13 – Mauro Cabeção
14 – Edinho
15 – Alberto Leguelé
16 – Luiz Alberto
17 – Eudes
18 – Erivelto
19 – Santos
20 – Zé Carlos

(HC – Zizinho)


1 – Julio Gómez
2 – Gabriel Márquez
3 – Eduardo Rergis
4 – Bardomiano Viveros
5 – Mario Carrillo
6 – Ernesto de la Rosa
7 – José Luis Caballero
8 – Guillermo Cosio
9 – Héctor Tapia
10 – Víctor Rangel
11 – Hugo Sánchez
12 – Javier Regalado
13 – Carlos García Cuevas
14 – Jorge López Malo
15 – Francisco Bugarín
16 – Alberto Sandoval
17 – Alfredo Navarrete
18 – Víctor Gómez
19 – Rafael Toribio
20 – Oscar Mascorro

(HC – Diego Mercado)

(None) Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina [4]

1 – Carlos Suárez
2 – Daniel Valencia
3 – Aldo Espinoza
4 – Manuel Pereyra
5 – Luis Galván
6 – Pablo Cárdenas
7 – Ricardo Alonso
8 – Eduardo Marillack
9 – Santiago Tello
10 – Américo Gallego
11 – Pedro Agustín Fernández
12 – Alberto Vivaldo
13 – Pedro Evaristo Farías
14 – Carlos Salinas
15 – Jorge Salas
16 – Sergio Fortunato
17 – Juan Silva
18 – José Luis Ceballos

(HC – César Luis Menotti)

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 3.96 goals per match.

10 goals

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: RSSSF

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References

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  2. El día que México y Brasil compartieron Medalla de Oro by Juan Manuel Marino on Bola Vip, 2 Aug 2021
  3. La singular final México - Brasil del Panamericano de 1975 by Alvaro Mela, 27 Mar 2013
  4. 1 2 Mexico 1975, p. 385 on Panamsports.org