Football at the 1975 Pan American Games

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Football – Men's tournament at the Pan American Games
Dates13–25 October
Medalists
Gold medal 
Bronze medal 
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The seventh edition of the

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]

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
Mexico 6–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Rangel 5', 17', 26', 68'
Caballero 25', 65'
Grayson 58'

Mexico 3–1 United States
Carrillo 20'
Tapia 31'
Goméz 40'
Salvemini 75'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 United States
Llewellyn 23'

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
Canada 0–0 Jamaica
Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)

Argentina 6–0 Jamaica
Silva 22', 34', 69'
Salinas 47'
Cárdenas 52'
Marillack 54'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico)

Argentina 2–0 Canada
Cárdenas 12'
Grant 69' (o.g.)
Referee: 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
Cuba 1–1 Uruguay
Cepero 40' Pierre

Cuba 3–0 Bolivia
Piedra 5'
Masso
9'
Pérez 89'
Referee: Efrén Aguilar (El Salvador)

Bolivia 1–0 Uruguay
Blanco 41'

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
El Salvador 4–1 Nicaragua
Huezo 61', 66', 89'
Ramírez 87'
Cuadra
71'

Brazil 3–1 Costa Rica
Vázquez 23' (o.g.)
Tiquinho 54'
Cláudio Adão 70'
Wanchope 85'

Costa Rica 5–1 Nicaragua
Solano 18'
Alvarado 26', 35'
Wanchope 68', 76'
Acevedo 31'

Brazil 2–0 El Salvador
Cláudio Adão 14'
Edinho 69'
Referee: Domingo de la Mora (Mexico)


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
Mexico 8–0 Canada
Rangel 2', 31'
Sánchez 12', 48', ?'
Caballero 36', ?'
Gómez 70'
Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil
)


Costa Rica w/o Canada

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



Cuba w/o Canada

Canada had withdrawn from the tournament.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


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

Brazil 6–0 Bolivia
Leguelé 16' (pen.)
Cláudio Adão 37', 46', 89', ?'
Erivélto
Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)

Brazil 0–0 Argentina
Referee: Alfonso González (Mexico)

Bolivia 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Blanco 6'
Sempertegui 32'
Flores 43'
Laforest
Referee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico)

Argentina 4–0 Bolivia
Fortunato 2', ?'
Silva
Ceballos (pen.)
Referee: Alfonso González (Mexico)

Brazil 6–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Eudes
18'
Referee: Ilio Matos (Canada)

Classification stages

Bronze medal match

Argentina 2–0 Costa Rica
Silva 36'
Tello 70'
Report
Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

Gold medal match

Mexico 1-1[note 1] (a.e.t.) Brazil
Tapia 22' Report Cláudio Adão 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 105,000 [3]
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.[2]
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[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)  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

  • Argentina Juan Silva

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Canada Kevin Grant (against  Argentina)
  • Costa Rica Jorge Vázquez (against  Brazil)
  • Mexico Ernesto de la Rosa (against  Cuba)

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