Football at the 1963 Pan American Games

The fourth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil, from 20 April to 4 May 1963. Five teams competed in a round-robin competition, with Argentina being the defending champions. Brazil, Argentina and Chile qualified for the tournament at the beginning of the year, while Peru and Paraguay did not.

Football – Men's tournament at the 1963 Pan American Games
Venue	Pacaembu Stadium
Dates	20 April – 4 May
Medalists
Brazil    Argentina    Chile
«1959 1967»

Matches were held in Estádio Comendador Sousa and Estádio Parque São Jorge, both in São Paulo.^[1]

Teams

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  United States
•  Uruguay

Final table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	7	4	3	1	0	18	3	+15
Argentina	6	4	2	2	0	11	3	+8
Chile	5	4	2	1	1	12	6	+6
Uruguay	2	4	1	0	3	4	6	−2
United States	0	4	0	0	4	3	30	−27

Matches

20 April

Chile	10–2	United States
Bell 8' (o.g.) Barrera 51', 65' Araneda 57' Torres 67' González 73', 85' Esquivel 74', 89' Lavín 90'	Report	Murphy 24', 59'

Estádio Comendador Sousa, São Paulo

Referee: Joao Etzel (Brazil)

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22 April

Argentina	8–1	United States
Sarnari 5', 9', 45', 55' Ferreño 25' Oleniak 33', 85', 87'	Report	Ronge 52'

Parque São Jorge, São Paulo

Referee: Eunapio Quiros (Brazil)

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24 April

Brazil	3–1	Uruguay
Othon 7' Beleza 12', 85'	Report	Varela 57'

Parque São Jorge, São Paulo

Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)

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26 April

Argentina	0–0	Chile
	Report

Estádio Comendador Sousa, São Paulo

Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)

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28 April

Brazil	10–0	United States
Othon 6' Beleza 10', 47', 57', 62', 65', 76', 87' Nené 35' Jairzinho 40'	Report

Parque São Jorge, São Paulo

Referee: Joao Etzel (Brazil)

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28 April

Argentina	1–0	Uruguay
Manfredi 58'	Report

Estádio Comendador Sousa, São Paulo

Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

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30 April

Brazil	3–0	Chile
Jairzinho 9' Othon 26' Beleza 60'	Report

Parque São Jorge, São Paulo

Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)

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2 May

United States	0–2	Uruguay
	Report	Curbelo 85' Pérez 87'

Parque São Jorge, São Paulo

Referee: Roberto Goicoechea (Argentina)

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4 May

Brazil	2–2	Argentina
Beleza 60' Othon 75'	Report	Oleniak 87' Manfredi 88'

Parque São Jorge, São Paulo

Referee: Carlos Vicuña (Chile)

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4 May

Chile	2–1	Uruguay
Torres 20' Lavin 59'	Report	Gil Rivero 13'

Estádio Comendador Sousa, São Paulo

Referee: René Fernandes (Brazil)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Brazil 1. Adevaldo 2. Aírton Beleza 3. Arlindo 4. Carlos Alberto 5. Nené 6. Décio 7. Dirceu 8. Evaldo 9. Heitor 10. Hélio Dias 11. Iris 12. Jairzinho 13. Joaquim 14. Zé Carlos 15. Luiz Henrique 16. Menotti 17. Othon 18. Riva 19. Zanin 20. Valdir Antonio Fernandes (HC)	Argentina [2] 1. Abel Vieytez (DF) 2. Agustín Cejas (GK) 3. Enry Barale (DF) 4. Héctor Sabás (FW) 5. José Magiolo (DF) 6. José Paflik (DF) 7. Juan C. Guzmán (DF) 8. Juan Carlos Oleniak (FW) 9. Juan C. Sarnari (FW) 10. Néstor Sanguinetti (MF) 11. Néstor Manfredi (FW) 12. Osmar Miguelucci (GK) 13. Osvaldo Ferreño (FW) 14. Raúl O. Pérez (FW) 15. Raúl Salvio (DF) 16. Reynaldo Aimonetti (FW) 17. Roberto Canosa (DF) 18. Roberto Santiago (MF) 19. Roberto Telch (MF) 20. Sergio Cantú (FW) Ernesto Duchini (HC)	Chile[3] 1. Carlos Lavín 2. Domingo Araneda 3. Domingo Barrera 4. Gilberto Traslaviña 5. Gregorio Silva 6. Haroldo Peña 7. Héctor Dávila 8. Héctor Holz 9. Ismael Manterola 10. Juan Carlos Esquivel 11. Juan Torres 12. José Sánchez 13. Manuel Montecinos 14. Óscar Cifuentes 15. Pedro Bustamante 16. Pedro González 17. Ramón Valencia 18. Raúl Angulo 19. Raúl Guevara 20. Víctor Pacheco Raúl Pino (HC)

1963 Pan American Games winners
Brazil First title

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.

11 goals

• Aírton

4 goals

• Juan Carlos Oleniak
• Juan Carlos Sarnari
• Othon

2 goals

• Néstor Manfredi
• Jairzinho
• Domingo Barrera
• Juan Esquivel
• Carlos Lavín
• Pedro González
• Juan Torres
• Ed Murphy

1 goal

• Osvaldo Ferreño
• Nene
• Domingo Araneda
• Walter Ronge
• Julio César Curbelo
• Héctor Pérez
• Gil Rivero
• Luis Varela

1 own goal

• Donald Bell (against  Chile)

Source: RSSSF