Football at the 1955 Pan American Games

The second edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from 13 March to 22 March 1955. Four teams competed, with Argentina defending the title.^[1]

Football – Men's tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Dates	13–22 March
Medalists
Argentina    Mexico    Netherlands Antilles
«1951 1959»

Argentina won its second consecutive gold medal after totalising 11 points in 6 matches. Estadio Olímpico Universitario was the venue for all the games.^[2][3]

Participans

•  Argentina
•  Mexico
•  Netherlands Antilles
•  Venezuela

Final table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	11	6	5	1	0	23	7	+16
Mexico	5	6	1	3	2	10	13	−3
Netherlands Antilles	4	6	2	0	4	11	13	−2
Venezuela	4	6	1	2	3	9	20	−11

Matches

13 March

Netherlands Antilles	1–2	Argentina
de Lannoy 7'	Report	Sanfilippo 11' Yudica 22'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Prudencio Garcia (United States)

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13 March

Mexico	1–1	Venezuela
Mercado 15'	Report	Monterola 60'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: John Best (United States)

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14 March

Venezuela	0–5	Argentina
	Report	Pegnotti 2', 82' Sanfilippo 4' Menéndez 43' Maschio 53'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: John Best (United States)

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15 March

Mexico	1–0	Netherlands Antilles
Rodríguez 52' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Prudencio García (United States)

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16 March

Venezuela	3–2	Netherlands Antilles
Díaz 14', 35' Monterola 47'	Report	Schoop 4', 20'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: John Best (United States)

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17 March

Mexico	0–3	Argentina
	Report	Sanfilippo 46' Claría 51' Menéndez 68'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Prudencio García (United States)

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18 March

Argentina	4–2	Netherlands Antilles
Sanfilippo 11', 16', 23' Yudica 80'	Report	Bernardina 33' de Lannoy 46'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: John Best (United States)

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18 March

Mexico	3–3	Venezuela
Mercado 39', 71' Negrete 55' (pen.)	Report	Monterola 4' Bosco 13' (o.g.) Rodríguez 18'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Prudencio García (United States)

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20 March

Argentina	6–1	Venezuela
Menéndez 4' Sanfilippo 17', 85' Maschio 43', 60' Pérsico 82'	Report	Díaz 86'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: John Best (United States)

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20 March

Mexico	2–3	Netherlands Antilles
Noriega 15', 63'	Report	Heyliger 17' Bicentini 55' Kemp 85'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: John Best (United States)

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21 March

Venezuela	1–3	Netherlands Antilles
González 63'	Report	Bicentini 10', 19' Schoop 24'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Prudencio Garcia (United States)

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22 March

Mexico	3–3	Argentina
Mercado 15' Martínez 42' González 73'	Report	Maschio 17' Molina 56' Campana 80'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Prudencio Garcia (United States)

Team details

Mexico Argentina GK 1 José Luis Sánchez DF 2 Primitivo Carrillo DF 3 Jorge Rodríguez MF 5 Eduardo Colmenero MF 15 Alfonso González MF 6 Francisco Pérez FW 7 Arturo Vargas  46' FW 10 Sigifredo Mercado FW 19 Ramón Martínez FW 21 Héctor Segura FW 14 Fernando López Substitutes: FW 13 Víctor Nava  46' Manager: Antonio Álvarez GK 16 Oscar Stortini  a' DF 15 Juan Jesús Moreno  b' DF 17 Julio Nuin  c' MF 3 Manuel Castillo MF 5 Oscar Claria MF 6 Ricardo Pegnotti FW 7 Ricardo Scialino FW 8 Héctor Molina  d' FW 14 Humberto Maschio FW 10 José Sanfilippo FW 11 José Yudica Substitutes: GK 1 Leonardo Bevilacqua  a' DF 2 Norberto Anido  b' MF 4 Juan Carlos Malazzo  c' FW 13 Ricardo Campana  d' Manager: Guillermo Stábile

1955 Pan American Games winners
Argentina Second title

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Argentina 1. Leonardo Bevilacqua 2. Norberto Anido 3. Manuel Castillo 4. Juan C. Malazzo 5. Oscar Clarlat 6. Ricardo Pegnoti 7. Ricardo Scialino 8. Héctor Molina 9. Norberto Menéndez 10. José Sanfilippo 11. José Yudica 12. Antonio Pérsico 13. Ricardo Campana 14. Humberto Maschio 15. Juan J. Moreno 16. Oscar Stortini 17. Julio Nuin 18. Tomás Anglese Guillermo Stábile (HC)	Mexico 1. José Luis Sánchez 2. Primitivo Carrillo 3. Jorge Rodríguez 4. Eduardo Colmenero 5. Juan Arrieta 6. Francisco Pérez 7. Arturo Vargas 8. Agustín Díaz 9. Francisco Noriega 10. Ramón Sigifredo Mercado 11. Felipe Negrete 12. Juan Bosco Martínez 13. Víctor Nava 14. Fernando López 15. Alfonso González 16. Joaquín Fierro 17. Elías Vázquez 18. Gustavo Ríos 19. Ramón Martínez 20. Alfredo Hernández 21. Héctor Segura 22. Gonzalo Guerrero Antonio López Herranz (HC)	Netherlands Antilles 1. Ergilio Hato 2. Pedro Matrona 3. Wilfred de Lannoy 4. Moises Bicentini 5. Ludgero Adoptie 6. Guillermo Giribaldi 7. Willys Heyliger 8. Ronald de Lannoy 9. Hubert Schoop 10. Eustaquio Bernardina 11. Julio Jansen 12. Wilhelm Canword 13. Edmundo Vlinder 14. Luis Antonio Brion 15. Raymundo Kemp 16. Francisco Gomez 17. Marco Tromp 18. Pedro Koolman 19. José Arcangel La Rosa 20. Antonio Klabeer 21. Hubert Hoek 22. Erno Jansen Pedro Celestino da Cunha (HC)

Goalscorers

José Sanfilippo, top scorer with 8 goals

There were 53 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.42 goals per match.

8 goals

• José Sanfilippo

4 goals

• Humberto Maschio
• Ramón Sigifredo Mercado

3 goals

• Norberto Menéndez
• Moises Bicentini
• Hubert Schoop
• Pedro Díaz
• Gastón Monterola

2 goals

• Ricardo Pegnotti
• José Yudica
• Francisco Noriega
• Ronald de Lannoy

1 goal

• Ricardo Campana
• Óscar Claria
• Héctor Molina
• Antonio Pérsico
• Alfonso González
• Ramón Martínez
• Felipe Negrete
• Jorge Rodríguez
• Eustáquio Bernardina
• Willys Heyliger
• Raymundo Kemp
• Rafael González
• Antonio Rodríguez

1 own goal

• Juan Bosco Martínez (against  Venezuela)

Source: RSSSF

Bibliography

• Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.