# 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.

## 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

## 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 |
Canada did not play the match and withdrew from the tournament. Match awarded to Costa Rica.
Canada had withdrawn from the tournament. Match awarded to Cuba.

### 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 |

## Classification stages
### Gold medal match
#### Notes

* ↑ 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.
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 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 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)
Source: RSSSF