Football at the 1975 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the 1975 Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Azteca La Bombonera Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Dates	13–25 October
Medalists
Mexico and  Brazil    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 October 13 to October 25, 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

•  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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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Canada had withdrawn from the tournament.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

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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

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Classification stages (Mexico City)

Bronze medal match

Gold Medal match

Notes

Team details

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

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: RSSSF

References