Football at the 1975 Pan American Games

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]

Football – Men's tournament at the Pan American Games
Dates	13–25 October
Medalists
Brazil  Mexico    Argentina
«1971 1979»

Participants

•  Argentina (Amateur Team)
•  Brazil (Olympic Team)
•  Bolivia (Amateur Team)
•  Canada (Olympic Team)
•  Costa Rica
•  Cuba
•  El Salvador
•  Jamaica
•  Mexico (Olympic Team)
•  Nicaragua
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  Uruguay (Olympic Team)
•  United States (Olympic Team)

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, Toluca

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina)

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15 October 1975

Mexico	3–1	United States
Carrillo 20' Tapia 31' Goméz 40'		Salvemini 75'

Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

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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, Puebla

Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)

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15 October 1975

Argentina	6–0	Jamaica
Silva 22', 34', 69' Salinas 47' Cárdenas 52' Marillack 54'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico)

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17 October 1975

Argentina	2–0	Canada
Cárdenas 12' Grant 69' (o.g.)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

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

13 October 1975

Cuba	1–1	Uruguay
Cepero 40'		Pierre

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

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15 October 1975

Cuba	3–0	Bolivia
Piedra 5' Masso 9' Pérez 89'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Efrén Aguilar (El Salvador)

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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 City

Referee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia)

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14 October 1975

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

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

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15 October 1975

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

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

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15 October 1975

Brazil	2–0	El Salvador
Cláudio Adão 14' Edinho 69'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Domingo de la Mora (Mexico)

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17 October 1975

Costa Rica	0–0	El Salvador

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

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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 City

Referee: 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, Toluca

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

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19 October 1975

Costa Rica	1–0	Cuba
Piedra

Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca

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21 October 1975

Costa Rica	w/o	Canada

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

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21 October 1975

Mexico	2–2	Cuba
Caballero 7' Sánchez 55' (pen.)		Delgado 22' de la Rosa 75' (o.g.)

Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca

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23 October 1975

Cuba	w/o	Canada

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

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23 October 1975

Mexico	7–0	Costa Rica
Sánchez 9', 22', 33' Caballero 38' Rangel 58', 76', 83'

Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca

Referee: 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 City

Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)

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19 October 1975

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

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)

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21 October 1975

Brazil	0–0	Argentina

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Alfonso González (Mexico)

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21 October 1975

Bolivia	3–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Blanco 6' Sempertegui 32' Flores 43'		Laforest

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico)

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23 October 1975

Argentina	4–0	Bolivia
Fortunato 2', ?' Silva Ceballos (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Alfonso González (Mexico)

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23 October 1975

Brazil	6–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Cláudio Adão 4', 40', 62' Erivélto 15' Santos 16' Eudes 18'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Ilio Matos (Canada)

Classification stages

Bronze medal match

25 October 1975

Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica
Silva 36' Tello 70'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

Gold medal match

25 October 1975^{[note 1]}

Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Tapia 22'	Report	Cláudio Adão 85' (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]

Team details

Mexico Brazil GK José Gómez; DF Gabriel Márquez DF Bardomiano Viveros DF Carlos García DF Mario Carrillo MF Francisco Bugarín MF José Luis Caballero MF Guillermo Cosio FW Héctor Tapia FW Víctor Rangel FW Hugo Sánchez Substitutes: Víctor Gómez  a' Manager: Diego Mercado GK Carlos DF Mauro Cabeção DF Tecão DF Edinho DF Chico Fraga MF Batista  a' MF Eudes MF Rosemiro FW Luiz Alberto  b' FW Cláudio Adão FW Santos Substitutes: DF Bianchi  a' MF Marcelo Oliveira  b' Manager: Zizinho

1975 Pan American Games Winners
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

• Cláudio Adão

9 goals

• Víctor Rangel

7 goals

• Hugo Sánchez

6 goals

• José Luis Caballero

5 goals

• Juan Silva

4 goals

• Luiz Alberto
• Santos

3 goals

• Erivelto
• Vicente Wanchope
• Norberto Huezo

2 goals

• Pablo Cárdenas
• José Luis Ceballos
• Sergio Fortunato
• Carlos Salinas
• Daniel Valencia
• Manuel Blanco
• Batista
• Eudes
• Marcelo Oliveira
• Johnny Alvarado
• Víctor Gómez
• Héctor Tapia

1 goal

• Américo Gallego
• Eduardo Marillack
• Santiago Tello
• Natalio Flores
• Luis Sempertegui
• Edinho
• Chico Fraga
• Alberto Leguelé
• Rosemiro
• Tiquinho
• Alfredo Piedra
• Carlos Solano
• Julio Cepero
• Regino Delgado
• Jorge Massó
• Orestes Pérez
• Francisco Piedra
• Luis Ramírez Zapata
• Mario Carrillo
• Rodolfo Acevedo
• Manuel Cuadra
• Michael Grayson
• Ron Laforest
• Noel Llewellyn
• Winston Phillips
• Leonard Salvemini
• Eduardo Pierri

1 own goal

• Kevin Grant (against  Argentina)
• Jorge Vázquez (against  Brazil)
• Ernesto de la Rosa (against  Cuba)

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