# Football at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games

Football was contested for men only at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games in Medellín, Colombia. Colombia was disqualified from the tournament.

## Participants

* Bermuda
* Colombia (Hosts) later Disqualified
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Panama
* Puerto Rico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Venezuela

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 10 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bermuda | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Panama | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 5 | |
| 5 | El Salvador | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 2 | |
| 6 | Netherlands Antilles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Venezuela | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 3 | |
| 5 | Colombia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Colombia won 4–0, but the result was later awarded to Venezuela
Colombia drew 1–1 with Mexico, but the result was later awarded to Mexico.
Note: Colombia won 5–1, but the result was awarded to Puerto Rico on the following day, 16 July, when Colombia was disqualified due to 14 of their players being professionals.
Note: This match was not played because Colombia was disqualified.

## Knockout stage
### Final

* 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
* Cuba 4th title
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's football | Cuba (CUB) | Venezuela (VEN) | Bermuda (BER) |
| | Roberto Pereira Luis M. Sánchez Andrés Roldán Dagoberto Lara Ramón Núñez Luis Dreke Miguel Rivero Regino Delgado Jorge Massó Carlos Loredo Hugo Madera José F. Reinoso René Bonora Emilio Arzuaga Guillermo Mestre Amado Povea Miguel Fuentes Rolando Morales Carlos Montenegro Calixto Martínez | Rodolfo Carvajal César Semiday José Contreras Gustavo Roque Gerardo Vielma Juan Vidal Alexis Peña Asdrúbal Sánchez Rafael Cadenas Julio Hernández José Fernández Alexis Toro Ángel Castillo Pedro Febles Luis Contreras Omar Paredes José Abad | Ralph Bean Harold Madeiros Wendell Simmons Gerard Lambert Seymour Danvers Joseph Trott Albert Dowling George Brangman Frederick Lewis William Astwood Robert Calderón Dereck Scott Melvin Bean Sheldon Bradshan Frank Brewster Wayne Richardson Arnold West Joseph Wilking Erskine Smith |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 88 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.52 goals per match.
7 goals
* Ralph Bean
* Roberto Pereira
5 goals
* George Brangman
* Daniel Montilla
* Richard Chinapoo
4 goals
* Ramón Núñez
3 goals
* Jorge Masso
* Agustín Sánchez
* Néstor Hernández
* Cristóbal Rico
* Robert Joseph
* Rodolfo Carvajal
2 goals
* Mario Bislip
* Andrés Roldán
* Carlos Bracamontes
* Jorge Morales
* Salvador Farfán
* Morell Curtis
* Ron Laforest
* Alexis Peña
1 goal
* Monico Ruiz
* Alejandro Arrue
* Frederick Lewis
* Melvin Bean
* William Astwood
* Dagoberto Lara
* Miguel Rivero
* Regino Delgado
* Miguel Fuentes
* Luis Valdez
* Antonio Perez
* Ramón Martínez
* Jorge Haro
* Armando Romero
* Fernando Flores
* Carlos Villatoro
* Brian John
* Gerald Greene
* Ángel Castillo
* Rafael Cárdenas