Football at the 1955 Pan American Games
# Football at the 1955 Pan American Games

The second edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from March 13 to March 22, 1955. Four teams competed, with Argentina defending the title.

Argentina won its second consecutive gold medal after totalising 11 points in 6 matches. Estadio Olímpico Universitario was the venue for all the games.

## Final table

| 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

Team details :

Mexico

Argentina

GK1José Luis Sánchez

DF2Primitivo Carrillo

DF3Jorge Rodríguez

MF5Eduardo Colmenero

MF15Alfonso González

MF6Francisco Pérez

FW7Arturo Vargas 46'

FW10Sigifredo Mercado

FW19Ramón Martínez

FW21Héctor Segura

FW14Fernando López

Substitutes:

FW13Víctor Nava 46'

Manager:

Antonio Álvarez

GK16Oscar Stortini a'

DF 15Juan Jesús Moreno b'

DF17Julio Nuin c'

MF3Manuel Castillo

MF5Oscar Claria

MF6Ricardo Pegnotti

FW7Ricardo Scialino

FW8Héctor Molina d'

FW14Humberto Maschio

FW10José Sanfilippo

FW11José Yudica

Substitutes:

GK1Leonardo Bevilacqua a'

DF2Norberto Anido b'

MF4Juan Carlos Malazzo c'

FW13Ricardo Campana d'

Manager:

Guillermo Stábile :

* 1955 Pan American Games winners
* Argentina Second title

## Medalists

| 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

There were 53 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.42 goals per match.

8 goals

* José Sanfilippo

4 goals

* Humberto Maschio
* Ramón Sigifredo Mercado

3 goals

* Norberto Menéndez
* Moises Bicentini
* Hubert Schoop
* Pedro Díaz
* Gastón Monterola

2 goals

* Ricardo Pegnotti
* José Yudica
* Francisco Noriega
* Ronald de Lannoy

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

* Juan Bosco Martínez (against Venezuela)

Source: RSSSF

