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Football at the 1955 Pan American Games

Summary

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
VenueEstadio Olímpico Universitario
Dates13–22 March
Medalists
Gold medal  Argentina
Silver medal  Mexico
Bronze medal  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]

Final table edit

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 edit

Netherlands Antilles  1–2  Argentina
de Lannoy   7' Report Sanfilippo   11'
Yudica   22'
Referee: Prudencio Garcia (United States)
Mexico  1–1  Venezuela
Mercado   15' Report Monterola   60'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Venezuela  0–5  Argentina
Report Pegnotti   2', 82'
Sanfilippo   4'
Menéndez   43'
Maschio   53'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Mexico  1–0  Netherlands Antilles
Rodríguez   52' (pen.) Report
Referee: Prudencio García (United States)
Venezuela  3–2  Netherlands Antilles
Díaz   14', 35'
Monterola   47'		 Report Schoop   4', 20'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Mexico  0–3  Argentina
Report Sanfilippo   46'
Claría   51'
Menéndez   68'
Referee: Prudencio García (United States)
Argentina  4–2  Netherlands Antilles
Sanfilippo   11', 16', 23'
Yudica   80'		 Report Bernardina   33'
de Lannoy   46'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Mexico  3–3  Venezuela
Mercado   39', 71'
Negrete   55' (pen.)		 Report Monterola   4'
Bosco   13' (o.g.)
Rodríguez   18'
Referee: Prudencio García (United States)
Argentina  6–1  Venezuela
Menéndez   4'
Sanfilippo   17', 85'
Maschio   43', 60'
Pérsico   82'		 Report Díaz   86'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Mexico  2–3  Netherlands Antilles
Noriega   15', 63' Report Heyliger   17'
Bicentini   55'
Kemp   85'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Venezuela  1–3  Netherlands Antilles
González   63' Report Bicentini   10', 19'
Schoop   24'
Referee: Prudencio Garcia (United States)
Mexico  3–3  Argentina
Mercado   15'
Martínez   42'
González   73'		 Report Maschio   17'
Molina   56'
Campana   80'
Referee: Prudencio Garcia (United States)


 1955 Pan American Games winners 
 
Argentina
Second title

Medalists edit

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

Goalscorers edit

 
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

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

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

Source: RSSSF

Bibliography edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Hickok Sports: Pan American Games: Soccer Medalists". Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "1955 Pan American Games football competition". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  3. ^ "Sports 123: Football: 1955 Pan American Games". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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