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 March 10 to March 24, 1995. Twelve teams competed, with title defender USA being eliminated in the first round. After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.

Football at the XII Pan American Games
VenuesEstadio José María Minella
Date10–24 March
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
  Argentina
  Mexico
  Colombia
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All the matches were held in Estadio José María Minella.[1] [2] Argentina, coached by Daniel Passarella, won their fifth gold medal after beating Mexico on penalties in the final match.[3]

Group stage

Group A
A moment of the Argentina v Honduras match
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
3  Honduras 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
4  United States 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: RSSSF
Paraguay 2–0 Honduras
Gómez  75', 89' Report
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (CRC)
Argentina 3–0 United States
Gallardo  30', 45'
Ortega  49'		 Report
Referee: John J. Toro (COL)
United States 0–2 Paraguay
Report Gómez  72'
González  82'
Referee: Rames Ramdhan (TRI)
Argentina 2–2 Honduras
Gallardo  31', 70' Report Romero  14'
Cruz  36'
United States 0–4 Honduras
Perdomo  17'
Guevara  29'
Pavón  36', 83'		 Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (MEX)
Argentina 1–0 Paraguay
Ortega  65' Report
Referee: Ángel Guevara (ECU)

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
3  Chile 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4  Bermuda 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: RSSSF
Chile 1–0 Bermuda
Lizama  31' Report
Referee: Eugenio Figueroa (URU)
Brazil 2–1 Costa Rica
Guirao  17'
Antonio  37'		 Report Gómez  85'
Referee: John J. Toro (COL)
Brazil 2–0 Bermuda
Anderson  22'
Vokota  48'		 Report
Referee: Jim Fleming (CAN)
Costa Rica 4–1 Chile
Morales  17', 64'
Gómez  72'
Solís  89'		 Report Lobos  40'
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (CRC)
Costa Rica 5–0 Bermuda
Delgado  9'
Morales  49', 65'
Gómez  82', 86'		 Report
Referee: Osuna Romer (BOL)
Brazil 1–1 Chile
Antonio  57' Report Lobos  69'
Referee: Ángel Guevara (ECU)

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
3  Ecuador 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: RSSSF
Ecuador 2–4 Mexico
Capurro  16'
Grueso  21'		 Report Blanco  6', 28'
Hernández  35'
Salvador  90'
Referee: John J. Toro (COL)
Colombia 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Dinas  17'
Ricard  25'		 Report
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (CRC)
Mexico 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández  86' Report
Referee: Ángel Guevara (ECU)
Colombia 5–0 Ecuador
Zambrano  2'
Quiñonez  31'
Ricard  40'
Mackenzie  67'
Alcíbar  87'		 Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (MEX)
Ecuador 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Capurro  12'
Pérez  27'
Gruezo  63', 85'		 Report Glascow  44'
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (ARG)
Colombia 0–3 Mexico
Report Napoles  55'
Hernández  70'
Blanco  80'
Referee: Eugenio Figueroa (URU)

Knockout stage
Argentina players during the final match v Mexico, where the Albiceleste won the gold medal
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 March – Mar del Plata
 
 
 Brazil0 (7)
 
21 March – Mar del Plata
 
 Honduras0 (8)
 
 Honduras2
 
18 March – Mar del Plata
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina1
 
24 March – Mar del Plata
 
 Chile0
 
 Argentina0 (5)
 
19 March – Mar del Plata
 
 Mexico0 (4)
 
 Mexico3
 
22 March – Mar del Plata
 
 Costa Rica2
 
 Mexico2
 
19 March – Mar del Plata
 
 Colombia1 Third place
 
 Colombia2
 
24 March – Mar del Plata
 
 Paraguay0
 
 Colombia3
 
 
 Honduras0
 

Quarter finals
Brazil 0–0 Honduras
Report
Penalties
  • Guiano
  • Anderson
  • Bordon
  • do Carmo
  • de Brito
  • Ferreira
  • Abel
  • Maia
  • Antonio
  • Yokota
  • De Souza
7–8
  • Perdomo
  • Suazo
  • Pavón
  • Lagos
  • Castro
  • Romero
  • Pineda
  • López
  • Sierra
  • Guevara
  • Flores
Referee: Ángel Guevara (ECU)
Argentina 1–0 Chile
Paz  68' Report
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (CRC)
Colombia 2–0 Paraguay
González  51'
Quiñones  78'		 Report
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (MEX)
Mexico 3–2 Costa Rica
García  7', 52'
Salvador  66'		 Report Soto  26'
Millins  80'
Referee: John J. Toro (COL)

Semi finals
Argentina 3–2 Honduras
Gallardo  38', 51'
Ayala  83'		 Report Romero  16'
Cruz  76'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Néstor Mondria (Chile)
Mexico 2–1 Colombia
Salvador  62', 77' Report Ricard  33'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ronald Gutierrez (CRC)

Bronze medal match
Colombia 3–0 Honduras
Zapata  14'
Quinones  24'
Zambrano  88'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Juan J. Bernabé (PAR)

Gold Medal match
Argentina 0–0 Mexico
Report
Penalties
  • Gallardo
  • Jiménez
  • B. Schelotto
  • Paz
  • Bassedas
5–4
  • Hernández
  • Villa
  • Blanco
  • Ayala
  • García
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ángel Guevara (ECU)

Award
 1995 Pan American Games Winners 

Argentina
Fifth title

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football  Argentina [4][5]

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 [4]

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 [4]

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

Goalscorers
Marcelo Gallardo, top scorer of the competition

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

  • Luis Salvador
  • Sergio Morales

3 goals

Source: PanamSports

References
  1. Panamerican Games 1995 (Mar del Plata, Mar 10-24) by Neil Morrison and Juan Pablo Andrés at the RSSSF
  2. Mar del Plata 1995 on the Argentina Olympic Committee (archived, 4 Jul 2007)
  3. Argentina campeón de los Panamericanos de 1995 on El Gráfico, 19 Oct 2011
  4. Memoria Oficial - XII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos, p. 394 on PanamSports.org
  5. Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019
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