Football at the 1995 Pan American Games
VenuesEstadio José María Minella
Date10–24 March
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal  Argentina
Silver medal  Mexico
Bronze medal  Colombia
«1991
1999»

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.[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

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
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)
Argentina 3–0 United States
Gallardo 30', 45'
Ortega 49'		 Report
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: John J. Toro (Colombia)
United States 0–2 Paraguay
Report Gómez 72'
González 82'
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Rames Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Argentina 2–2 Honduras
Gallardo 31', 70' Report Romero 14'
Cruz 36'
Estadio José María Minella
United States 0–4 Honduras
Report Perdomo 17'
Guevara 29'
Pavón 36', 83'
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Argentina 1–0 Paraguay
Ortega 65' Report
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)

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
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Eugenio Figueroa (Uruguay)
Brazil 2–1 Costa Rica
Guirao 17'
Antonio 37'		 Report Gómez 85'
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: John J. Toro (Colombia)
Brazil 2–0 Bermuda
Anderson 22'
Vokota 48'		 Report
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Jim Fleming (Canada)
Costa Rica 4–1 Chile
Morales 17', 64'
Gómez 72'
Solís 89'		 Report Lobos 40'
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica 5–0 Bermuda
Delgado 9'
Morales 49', 65'
Gómez 82', 86'		 Report
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Osuna Romer (Bolivia)
Brazil 1–1 Chile
Antonio 57' Report Lobos 69'
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)

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'
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: John J. Toro (Colombia)
Colombia 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Dinas 17'
Ricard 25'		 Report
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)
Mexico 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández 86' Report
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)
Colombia 5–0 Ecuador
Zambrano 2'
Quiñonez 31'
Ricard 40'
Mackenzie 67'
Alcíbar 87'		 Report
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Ecuador 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Capurro 12'
Pérez 27'
Gruezo 63', 85'		 Report Glascow 44'
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Colombia 0–3 Mexico
Report Napoles 55'
Hernández 70'
Blanco 80'
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Eugenio Figueroa (Uruguay)

Knockout stage

 
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 soccer ball with check mark
  • Anderson soccer ball with check mark
  • Bordon soccer ball with check mark
  • do Carmo soccer ball with red X
  • de Brito soccer ball with red X
  • Ferreira soccer ball with red X
  • Abel soccer ball with check mark
  • Maia soccer ball with check mark
  • Antonio soccer ball with check mark
  • Yokota soccer ball with check mark
  • De Souza soccer ball with red X
 7–8
  • soccer ball with check mark Perdomo
  • soccer ball with red X Suazo
  • soccer ball with check mark Pavón
  • soccer ball with red X Lagos
  • soccer ball with check mark Castro
  • soccer ball with red X Romero
  • soccer ball with check mark Pineda
  • soccer ball with check mark López
  • soccer ball with check mark Sierra
  • soccer ball with check mark Guevara
  • soccer ball with check mark Flores
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)
Argentina 1–0 Chile
Paz 68' Report
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)
Colombia 2–0 Paraguay
González 51'
Quiñones 78'		 Report
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Mexico 3–2 Costa Rica
García 7', 52'
Salvador 66'		 Report Soto 26'
Millins 80'
Estadio José María Minella
Referee: John J. Toro (Colombia)

Semi finals

Argentina 3–2 Honduras
Gallardo 38', 51'
Ayala 83'		 Report Romero 16'
Cruz 76'
Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Néstor Mondria (Chile)
Mexico 2–1 Colombia
Salvador 62', 77' Report Ricard 33'
Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ronald Gutierrez (Costa Rica)

Bronze medal match

Colombia 3–0 Honduras
Zapata 14'
Quinones 24'
Zambrano 88'		 Report
Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Juan J. Bernabé (Paraguay)

Gold Medal match

Argentina 0–0 Mexico
Report
Penalties
  • Gallardo soccer ball with check mark
  • Jiménez soccer ball with check mark
  • B. Schelotto soccer ball with check mark
  • Paz soccer ball with check mark
  • Bassedas soccer ball with check mark
 5–4
  • soccer ball with check mark Hernández
  • soccer ball with check mark Villa
  • soccer ball with check mark Blanco
  • soccer ball with check mark Ayala
  • soccer ball with red X García
Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)

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

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Source: PanamSports

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 1995 Pan American Games.
  1. ^ Panamerican Games 1995 (Mar del Plata, 10-24 Mar) 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. ^ a b c 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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