# 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 13 March to 22 March 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.

## Participans

* Argentina
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Venezuela

## 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 1. Ergilio Hato 2. Pedro Matrona 3. Wilfred de Lannoy 4. Moises Bicentini 5. Ludgero Adoptie 6. Guillermo Giribaldi 7. Willys Heyliger 8. Ronald de Lannoy 9. Hubert Schoop 10. Eustaquio Bernardina 11. Julio Jansen 12. Wilhelm Canword 13. Edmundo Vlinder 14. Luis Antonio Brion 15. Raymundo Kemp 16. Francisco Gomez 17. Marco Tromp 18. Pedro Koolman 19. José Arcangel La Rosa 20. Antonio Klabeer 21. Hubert Hoek 22. Erno Jansen Pedro Celestino da Cunha (HC) |

## 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