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Football – Men's tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Olímpico Universitario
Dates13–22 March
Medalists
Gold medal  Argentina
Silver medal  Mexico
Bronze medal  Netherlands Antilles
«1951
1959»

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.[1]

Argentina won its second consecutive gold medal after totalising 11 points in 6 matches. Estadio Olímpico Universitario was the venue for all the games.[2][3]

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

Netherlands Antilles 1–2 Argentina
de Lannoy 7' Report Sanfilippo 11'
Yudica 22'
Referee: Prudencio Garcia (United States)
Mexico 1–1 Venezuela
Mercado 15' Report Monterola 60'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Venezuela 0–5 Argentina
Report Pegnotti 2', 82'
Sanfilippo 4'
Menéndez 43'
Maschio 53'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Mexico 1–0 Netherlands Antilles
Rodríguez 52' (pen.) Report
Referee: Prudencio García (United States)
Venezuela 3–2 Netherlands Antilles
Díaz 14', 35'
Monterola 47'		 Report Schoop 4', 20'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Mexico 0–3Argentina 
Report Sanfilippo 46'
Claría 51'
Menéndez 68'
Referee: Prudencio García (United States)
Argentina 4–2 Netherlands Antilles
Sanfilippo 11', 16', 23'
Yudica 80'		 Report Bernardina 33'
de Lannoy 46'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Mexico 3–3 Venezuela
Mercado 39', 71'
Negrete 55' (pen.)		 Report Monterola 4'
Bosco 13' (o.g.)
Rodríguez 18'
Referee: Prudencio García (United States)
Argentina 6–1 Venezuela
Menéndez 4'
Sanfilippo 17', 85'
Maschio 43', 60'
Pérsico 82'		 Report Díaz 86'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Mexico 2–3 Netherlands Antilles
Noriega 15', 63' Report Heyliger 17'
Bicentini 55'
Kemp 85'
Referee: John Best (United States)
Venezuela 1–3 Netherlands Antilles
González 63' Report Bicentini 10', 19'
Schoop 24'
Referee: Prudencio Garcia (United States)
Mexico 3–3 Argentina
Mercado 15'
Martínez 42'
González 73'		 Report Maschio 17'
Molina 56'
Campana 80'
Referee: Prudencio Garcia (United States)


 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 Mercado
11. Felipe Negrete
12. Juan 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 Alvarez (HC)

 Netherlands Antilles

Goalscorers

José Sanfilippo, top scorer with 8 goals

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

8 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Source: RSSSF

Bibliography

  • Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.

References

  1. ^ "Hickok Sports: Pan American Games: Soccer Medalists". Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "1955 Pan American Games football competition". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  3. ^ "Sports 123: Football: 1955 Pan American Games". Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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