Football at the 1975 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the VII 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.

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	L	GF	GA	GD
Mexico	4	2	2	0	9	2	+7
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	1	1	2	6	−4
United States	0	2	0	2	1	4	−3

13 October 1975	Mexico	6 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago	Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
	Rangel 5' Rangel 17' Caballero 25' Rangel 26' Caballero 65' Rangel 68'		Grayson 58'	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina)

15 October 1975	Mexico	3 – 1	United States	Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
	Carrillo 20' Tapia 31' Myernick 40' (og)		Salvemini 75'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

17 October 1975	Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 0	United States	Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
	Phillips 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

13 October 1975	Canada	0 – 0	Jamaica	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
				Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)

15 October 1975	Argentina	6 – 0	Jamaica	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
	Silva 22' Silva 34' Salinas 47' Cárdenas 52' Marillack 54' Silva 69'			Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico)

17 October 1975	Argentina	2 – 0	Canada	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
	Cárdenas 12' Telford 69' (og)			Referee: Valentin Gazo Álvarez (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	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Cepero 40'		Pierre

15 October 1975	Cuba	3 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Piedra 5' Masso 9' Holmaza 89'			Referee: Efrén Aguilar (El Salvador)

17 October 1975	Bolivia	1 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Blanco

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	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Huezo 61' Huezo 66' Ramírez 87' Huezo 89'		Cuadra 71'	Referee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia)

14 October 1975	Brazil	3 – 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Vázquez 23' (og) Tiquinho 54' Cláudio Adão 70'		Wanchope 85'	Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

15 October 1975	Costa Rica	5 – 1	Nicaragua	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Solano 18' Álvarado 36' Wanchope 68' Wanchope 69' Wanchope 76'		Acevedo 83'

15 October 1975	Brazil	2 – 0	El Salvador	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Cláudio Adão 14' Edinho 69'			Referee: Domingo de la Mora (Mexico)

17 October 1975

Costa Rica

0 – 0

El Salvador

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

17 October 1975	Brazil	14 – 0	Nicaragua	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Luís Alberto 1' Luís Alberto 3' Santos 5' Luís Alberto 16' Rosemiro 21' Eudes 24' Erivélto 30' Luís Alberto 32' Santos 34' Chico Fraga 59' Batista 67' Marcelo 72' Batista 74' Marcelo			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	Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
	Rangel 2' Sánchez 12' (pen) Rangel 31' Caballero 36' Sánchez 48' Gómez 70' Sánchez Caballero			Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

19 October 1975	Costa Rica	1 – 0	Cuba	Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
	Piedra

21 October 1975

Costa Rica

w/o

Canada

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

21 October 1975	Mexico	2 – 2	Cuba	Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
	Caballero 7' Sánchez 55' (pen)		Delgado 22' de la Rosa 75' (og)

23 October 1975

Cuba

w/o

Canada

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

23 October 1975	Mexico	7 – 0	Costa Rica	Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
	Sánchez 9' Sánchez 22' Sánchez 33' (pen) Caballero 38' Rangel 58' Rangel 76' Rangel 83' (pen)			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	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Ceballos 38' (pen) Salinas 50' Salinas 55' Valencia 61' Valencia 64' (pen)		Llewellyn 63'	Referee: Carlos Alfaro (Costa Rica)

19 October 1975	Brazil	6 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Leguelé 16' (pen) Cláudio Adão 37' Cláudio Adão 46' Cláudio Adão 89' Cláudio Adão Erivélto			Referee: Dante Maglio (Canada)

21 October 1975	Brazil	0 – 0	Argentina	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
				Referee: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)

21 October 1975	Bolivia	3 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Blanco 6' Sempertegui 32' Flores 43'		Laforest	Referee: Jorge Narváez (Mexico)

23 October 1975	Argentina	4 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Fortunato 2' Fortunato Silva Ceballos pen'			Referee: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)

23 October 1975	Brazil	7 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
	Cláudio Adão 4' Erivélto 15' Santos 16' Eudes 18' Cláudio Adão 40' Cláudio Adão 62'			Referee: Ilio Matos (Canada)

Classification stages (Mexico City)

Bronze medal match

25 October 1975

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

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

Gold Medal match

25 October 1975

Mexico	1 – 1 (AET)	Brazil
Tapia 22'		Cláudio Adão 85' (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 105,000

Referee: Arturo Iturralde (Argentina)

Awards

1975 Pan American Games Winners
Mexico and Brazil Second title (for both)

External links

RSSSF archive

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