Football at the 1975 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the Pan American Games
Dates13–25 October
Medalists
Gold medal  Brazil
 Mexico
Bronze medal  Argentina
«1971 1979»

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.

Participants

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Mexico 4 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 1 0 1 2 6 −4
 United States 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3
13 October 1975
Mexico 6–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Rangel 5', 17', 26', 68'
Caballero 25', 65'		 Grayson 58'
Estadio La Bombonera, TolucaAttendance: 26,000Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina) 15 October 1975
Mexico 3–1 United States
Carrillo 20'
Tapia 31'
Goméz 40'		 Salvemini 75'
Estadio La Bombonera, TolucaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil) 17 October 1975
Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 United States
Llewellyn 23'
Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Argentina 4 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8
 Canada 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2
 Jamaica 1 2 0 1 1 0 6 −6
13 October 1975
Canada 0–0 Jamaica
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaReferee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica) 15 October 1975
Argentina 6–0 Jamaica
Silva 22', 34', 69'
Salinas 47'
Cárdenas 52'
Marillack 54'
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico) 17 October 1975
Argentina 2–0 Canada
Cárdenas 12'
Grant 69' (o.g.)
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaReferee: Valentin Gazo (Nicaragua)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Cuba 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
 Bolivia 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2
 Uruguay 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1
13 October 1975
Cuba 1–1 Uruguay
Cepero 40' Pierre
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 15 October 1975
Cuba 3–0 Bolivia
Piedra 5'
Masso 9'
Pérez 89'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Efrén Aguilar (El Salvador) 17 October 1975
Bolivia 1–0 Uruguay
Blanco 41'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 6 3 3 0 0 19 1 +18
 Costa Rica 3 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2
 El Salvador 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
 Nicaragua 0 3 0 0 3 2 23 −21
14 October 1975
El Salvador 4–1 Nicaragua
Huezo 61', 66', 89'
Ramírez 87'		 Cuadra 71'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia) 14 October 1975
Brazil 3–1 Costa Rica
Vázquez 23' (o.g.)
Tiquinho 54'
Cláudio Adão 70'		 Wanchope 85'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico) 15 October 1975
Costa Rica 5–1 Nicaragua
Solano 18'
Alvarado 26', 35'
Wanchope 68', 76'		 Acevedo 31'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 15 October 1975
Brazil 2–0 El Salvador
Cláudio Adão 14'
Edinho 69'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Domingo de la Mora (Mexico) 17 October 1975
Costa Rica 0–0 El Salvador
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 17 October 1975
Brazil 14–0 Nicaragua
Luís Alberto 1', 3', 16', 32'
Santos 5', 34'
Rosemiro 21'
Eudes 24'
Erivélto 30'
Chico Fraga 59'
Batista 67', 74'
Marcelo 72', ?'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Ramón Calderón (Cuba)

Second round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Mexico 5 3 2 1 0 17 2 +15
 Costa Rica 2 2 1 0 1 1 7 −6
 Cuba 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1
 Canada 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 −8
19 October 1975
Mexico 8–0 Canada
Rangel 2', 31'
Sánchez 12', 48', ?'
Caballero 36', ?'
Gómez 70'
Estadio La Bombonera, TolucaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil) 19 October 1975
Costa Rica 1–0 Cuba
Piedra
Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca 21 October 1975
Costa Rica w/o Canada

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

21 October 1975
Mexico 2–2 Cuba
Caballero 7'
Sánchez 55' (pen.)		 Delgado 22'
de la Rosa 75' (o.g.)
Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca 23 October 1975
Cuba w/o Canada

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

23 October 1975
Mexico 7–0 Costa Rica
Sánchez 9', 22', 33'
Caballero 38'
Rangel 58', 76', 83'
Estadio La Bombonera, TolucaReferee: Toros Kibritjian (United States)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 5 3 2 1 0 13 0 +13
 Argentina 5 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8
 Bolivia 2 3 1 0 2 3 11 −8
 Trinidad and Tobago 0 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13
19 October 1975
Argentina 5–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Ceballos 38' (pen.)
Salinas 50', 55'
Valencia 61', 64'		 Phillips 63'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica) 19 October 1975
Brazil 6–0 Bolivia
Leguelé 16' (pen.)
Cláudio Adão 37', 46', 89', ?'
Erivélto
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Dante Maglio (Canada) 21 October 1975
Brazil 0–0 Argentina
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Alfonso González (Mexico) 21 October 1975
Bolivia 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Blanco 6'
Sempertegui 32'
Flores 43'		 Laforest
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico) 23 October 1975
Argentina 4–0 Bolivia
Fortunato 2', ?'
Silva
Ceballos (pen.)
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Alfonso González (Mexico) 23 October 1975
Brazil 6–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Cláudio Adão 4', 40', 62'
Erivélto 15'
Santos 16'
Eudes 18'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Ilio Matos (Canada)

Classification stages

Bronze medal match

25 October 1975
Argentina 2–0 Costa Rica
Silva 36'
Tello 70'		 Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityReferee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

Gold medal match

25 October 1975
Mexico 1-1 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Tapia 22' Report Cláudio Adão 85' (pen.)
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 105,000 Referee: Arturo Iturralde (Argentina) Notes
  1. ^ The match was abandoned at 108' after a power failure; tournament officials later ruled that the result would stand, with gold medals being awarded to both teams.
1975 Pan American Games Winners
Mexico Brazil
Mexico and Brazil
Second title (for both)

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Brazil and  Mexico


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)  Argentina

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

References

  1. ^ Panamerican Games 1975 (Mexico) by Erik Garin on the RSSSF
  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. ^ a b Mexico 1975, p. 385 on Panamsports.org
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