# Football at the 1995 Pan American Games

The twelfth edition of the men's football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from 10 March to 24 March 1995. Twelve teams competed, with title defender USA being eliminated in the first round. After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.
All the matches were held in Estadio José María Minella. Argentina, coached by Daniel Passarella, won their fifth gold medal after beating Mexico on penalties in the final match.

## Participants

* Argentina
* Bermuda
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Ecuador
* Honduras
* Mexico
* Paraguay
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Bermuda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 March – Mar del Plata | 18 March – Mar del Plata | | | |
| Brazil | 0 (7) | | | |
| Brazil | 0 (7) | 21 March – Mar del Plata | 21 March – Mar del Plata | | |
| Honduras | 0 (8) | 21 March – Mar del Plata | 21 March – Mar del Plata | |
| Honduras | 0 (8) | Honduras | 2 | |
| 18 March – Mar del Plata | 18 March – Mar del Plata | | Honduras | 2 | |
| 18 March – Mar del Plata | 18 March – Mar del Plata | Argentina | 3 | |
| Argentina | 1 | Argentina | 3 | |
| Argentina | 1 | | | | 24 March – Mar del Plata | 24 March – Mar del Plata |
| Chile | 0 | | | | 24 March – Mar del Plata | 24 March – Mar del Plata |
| Chile | 0 | | | | Argentina | 0 (5) |
| 19 March – Mar del Plata | 19 March – Mar del Plata | | | | | Argentina | 0 (5) |
| 19 March – Mar del Plata | 19 March – Mar del Plata | | | | Mexico | 0 (4) |
| Mexico | 3 | | | | Mexico | 0 (4) |
| Mexico | 3 | 22 March – Mar del Plata | 22 March – Mar del Plata | | | |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 22 March – Mar del Plata | 22 March – Mar del Plata | | | |
| Costa Rica | 2 | Mexico | 2 | | | |
| 19 March – Mar del Plata | 19 March – Mar del Plata | | Mexico | 2 | | | |
| 19 March – Mar del Plata | 19 March – Mar del Plata | Colombia | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Colombia | 2 | Colombia | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Colombia | 2 | | | | 24 March – Mar del Plata | 24 March – Mar del Plata |
| Paraguay | 0 | | | | 24 March – Mar del Plata | 24 March – Mar del Plata |
| Paraguay | 0 | | | | Colombia | 3 |
| | | | | | Honduras | 0 |

### Gold medal match

Team details :
Argentina
Mexico
GK1Carlos Bossio
RB4Javier Zanetti
CB 2Roberto Ayala
CB14 Pablo Paz
LB 13Juan Pablo Sorín
MF 16Diego Cagna 62'
MF5Jorge Jiménez
MF11Christian Bassedas
MF10Marcelo Gallardo
RW7Ariel Ortega
CF9Sebastián Rambert 66'
Substitutes:
MF8Roberto Monserrat 62'
FW18Guillermo B. Schelotto 66'
Manager:
Daniel Passarella
GK12Oswaldo Sánchez
DF2Pável Pardo
DF3 Marcos Ayala
DF 4Braulio Luna
DF8 Germán Villa
MF14 Jesús Arellano
MF16Manuel Sol 54'
MF 6Raúl Lara
FW10 Rafael García
FW7Luis Hernández
FW17Gustavo Nápoles 75'
Substitutes:
MF11Cuauhtémoc Blanco 54'
MF15Agustín García 75'
Manager:
Guillermo V. Mejía :

## Award

* 1995 Pan American Games winners
* Argentina Fifth title

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's football | Argentina 1. Carlos Bossio 2. Roberto Ayala 3. Rodolfo Arruabarrena 4. Javier Zanetti 5. Jorge Jiménez 6. Pablo Rotchen 7. Ariel Ortega 8. Roberto Monserrat 9. Sebastián Rambert 10. Marcelo Gallardo 11. Christian Bassedas 12. Javier Lavallén 13. Juan Pablo Sorín 14. Pablo Paz 15. Claudio Husain 16. Diego Cagna 17. Hernán Crespo 18. Guillermo B. Schelotto Daniel Passarella (coach) | Mexico 1. Óscar Pérez 2. Pável Pardo 3. Marcos Ayala 4. Braulio Luna 5. Edson Astivia 6. Raúl Lara 7. Luis Hernández 8. Germán Villa 9. Luis M. Salvador 10. Rafael García 11. Cuauhtémoc Blanco 12. Oswaldo Sánchez 13. Ricardo Munguía 14. Jesús Arellano 15. Agustín García 16. Manuel Sol 17. Gustavo Nápoles 18. Edson Alvarado Guillermo V. Mejía (coach) | Colombia 1. Oscar Córdoba 2. Wilmer Ortegón 3. Juan D. Vélez 4. Juan C. Beltrán 5. Jorge Peláez 6. José A. Valencia 7. Henry Zambrano 8. Arley Betancourth 9. Harry Castillo 10. Oswaldo Mackenzie 11. Alonso Alcíbar 12. Daniel A. Vélez 13. Víctor Mafla 14. Martín Zapata 15. Arley Dinas 16. Luis Quiñonez 17. Jersson González 18. Hámilton Ricard Norberto Peluffo (coach) |

## Goalscorers

6 goals
* Marcelo Gallardo
5 goals
* Rónald Gómez
4 goals
* Luis Salvador
* Sergio Morales
3 goals
* Carlos Grueso
* David Gómez
* Cuauhtémoc Blanco
* Hamilton Ricard
* Luis Quiñónez
* Silvinho
* Cuauhtémoc Blanco
* Luis Hernández
Source: PanamSports