Men's Pan American Games football tournament records and statistics
This is a list of records and statistics of the football men's tournament in the Pan American Games ever since the inaugural official edition in 1951 .[ 1]
Medal table
1975 Gold medal shared between Brazil and Mexico
Participating nations
Team variants
1951 –1983 : National amateur teams
1987 –1995 : Senior teams (Caribbean ), U23 teams (Conmebol, North America)
1999 –2003 : National U23 teams (Conmebol nations played the 2003 edition with U20 teams)
2007 : National U20 teams (Conmebol nations played with U17 teams), with three overage players
2011 –present: National U22 teams, with three overage players
Medals by confederation
Debut of national teams
Year
Debuting teams
Teams
No.
Cum.
1951
Argentina , Chile , Costa Rica , Paraguay , Venezuela
5
5
1955
Netherlands Antilles , Mexico
2
7
1959
Brazil , Cuba , Haiti , United States
4
11
1963
Uruguay
1
12
1967
Bermuda , Canada , Colombia Trinidad and Tobago
4
16
1971
Bahamas , Dominican Republic , Jamaica
3
19
1975
Bolivia , El Salvador , Nicaragua
3
22
1979
Guatemala , Puerto Rico
3
24
1983
None
0
24
1987
None
0
24
1991
Honduras , Suriname
2
26
1995
Ecuador
1
27
1999
None
0
27
2003
None
0
27
2007
None
0
27
2011
None
0
27
2015
Panama , Peru
2
29
2019
None
0
29
2023
None
0
29
Hosts
All-time table
As of 1951–2023
Following is the overall table of Men's football in Pan American Games. Wins before 1995 counts 2 points, after 1995 counts 3 points.[ 2]
Top scorers by tournament
Winning managers
Following is the list with all winning managers of Men's Pan American Games football tournament. Guillermo Stabile is the only one to have won the tournament more than once, in the first two editions. The German Lothar Osiander is the only foreign winner, with USA in 1991, and Luis Fernando Tena is the only one to manage to win both the Pan American Games and the Summer Olympics .
Teams records
Most titles won
7, Argentina (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003, 2019).
Most finishes in the top three
13, Mexico (1955, 1967, 1975, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023).
Most finishes in the top four
13, Mexico (1955, 1967, 1975, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023).
Most appearances
16, Mexico (1955, 1959, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023).
Most consecutive medals
9, Mexico (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023).
Most consecutive golds
3, Argentina (1951, 1955, 1959).
Most consecutive silvers
2, Mexico (1991, 1995).
Most consecutive bronzes
2, Argentina (1975, 1979), Mexico (2007, 2011), (2019, 2023).
Best finish as host team
2, Argentina (hosts 1951 and 1995, gold in both tournaments).
Most appearances without conquest the gold
11, Cuba .
Most appearances without be a medalist
5, Paraguay .
Most goals scored in a match, one team
14, Brazil vs Nicaragua , 1975.
Most goals scored in a match, both teams scored
12, Chile vs United States , 10–2, 1963.
Most matches played
80, Mexico .
Most wins
51, Argentina .
Most losses
30 United States .
Most draws
23, Mexico .
Most goals scored
170, Argentina .
Most goals conceded
130, United States .
Fewest goals conceded
3, Suriname .
Fewest goals scored
2, Puerto Rico .
Most shoot-outs played
5, Mexico (1987, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2019).
Most shoot-outs won
2, Argentina (1987, 1995); Honduras (1995, 2019).
Most shoot-outs lost
4, Mexico (1987, 1995, 2007, 2019).
Individual records
Most goals scored in a match
7, Aírton ( Brazil ) vs United States , 1963.
Most goals scored in a tournament
11, Aírton ( Brazil ), 1963.
Most goals scored in a tournament without being the topscorer
9, Víctor Rangel ( Mexico ), 1975.
Most goals scored in a gold medal match
3, Vicente Pereda ( Mexico ), 1967.
Most medals conquered
2, Juan Carlos Oleniak ( Argentina ): 1959 ( Gold ), 1963 ( Silver ).
2, Roberto Telch ( Argentina ): 1963 ( Silver ), 1971 ( Gold ).
2, Jorge Massó ( Cuba ): 1971 ( Bronze ), 1979 ( Silver ).
2, José Francisco Reinoso ( Cuba ): 1971 ( Bronze ), 1979 ( Silver ).
2, Andrés Roldán ( Cuba ): 1971 ( Bronze ), 1979 ( Silver ).
2, José de Jesús Corona ( Mexico ): 2003 ( Bronze ), 2011 ( Gold ).
Players who have scored in more than one tournament
10, Ed Murphy ( United States ): 8 (1959), 2 (1963).
6, Juan Carlos Oleniak ( Argentina ): 2 (1959), 4 (1963).[ 17]
4, Gastón Monterola ( Venezuela ): 1 (1951), 3 (1959).
3, Francisco Fariñas ( Cuba ): 1 (1967), 2 (1971).
3, Jorge Massó ( Cuba ): 2 (1971), 1 (1975).
2, Regino Delgado ( Cuba ): 1 (1975), 1 (1979).
2, Carlos Solano ( Costa Rica ): 1 (1975), 1 (1979).
2, Jorge Maya ( Cuba ): 1 (1979), 1 (1987).
Most clean sheets
4, Gustavo Eberto ( Argentina ), 2003.[ 12]
Hat-tricks
Sequence
Player
No. of goals
Time of goals
Representing
Final score
Opponent
Tournament
Round
Date
1 .
Norberto Cupo
3
35 ', 39', 85'
Argentina
7–1
Costa Rica
1951 Buenos Aires
Round-robin
1 March 1951
2 .
Ernesto Saavedra
3
17 ', 23', 46'
Chile
4–1
Venezuela
1951 Buenos Aires
Round-robin
7 March 1951
3 .
José Sanfilippo
3
11 ', 16', 23'
Argentina
4–2
Netherlands Antilles
1955 Mexico City
Round-robin
18 March 1955
4 .
George Delices
4
8 ', 12', 52', 68'
Haiti
8–2
Cuba
1959 Chicago
Round-robin
28 August 1959
5 .
Al Zerhusen
4
? ', ?', ?', ?'
United States
7–2
Haiti
1959 Chicago
Round-robin
29 August 1959
6 .
Ed Murphy
3
4 ', 49', 64'
United States
5–3
Brazil
1959 Chicago
Round-robin
31 August 1959
7 .
Jorge Diéz
3
7 ', 46', 54'
Mexico
6–1
Cuba
1959 Chicago
Round-robin
1 September 1959
8 .
China
4
18 ', 44', 54', 63'
Brazil
9–1
Haiti
1959 Chicago
Round-robin
2 September 1959
9 .
Germano
3
2 ', 52', 64'
Brazil
9–1
Haiti
1959 Chicago
Round-robin
2 September 1959
10 .
China
3
20 ', 40', 70'
Brazil
6–2
Mexico
1959 Chicago
Round-robin
3 September 1959
11 .
Gérson
3
48 ', 52', 86'
Brazil
6–2
Mexico
1959 Chicago
Round-robin
3 September 1959
12 .
Miguel Basílico
3
1 ', 52', 82'
Argentina
7–0
Cuba
1959 Chicago
Round-robin
4 September 1959
13 .
Juan Sarnari
4
5 ', 9', 45', 55'
Argentina
8–1
United States
1963 São Paulo
Round-robin
22 April 1963
14 .
Juan Carlos Oleniak
3
33 ', 85', 87'
Argentina
8–1
United States
1963 São Paulo
Round-robin
22 April 1963
15 .
Aírton
7
10 ', 47', 57', 62', 65', 76', 87'
Brazil
10–0
United States
1963 São Paulo
Round-robin
28 April 1963
16 .
Vicente Pereda
3
91 ', 99', 106'
Mexico
4–0 (a.e.t. )
Bermuda
1967 Winnipeg
Gold medal match
3 August 1967
17 .
Buzz Parsons
4
35 ', 85', 87', 90+'
Canada
5–0
Bahamas
1971 Cali
First round – Group A
5 August 1971
18 .
Víctor Rangel
4
5 ', 17', 26', 68'
Mexico
6–1
Trinidad and Tobago
1975 Mexico City
First round – Group A
13 October 1975
19 .
Norberto Huezo
3
60 ', 66', 89'
El Salvador
4–1
Nicaragua
1975 Mexico City
First round – Group D
14 October 1975
20 .
Juan Silva
3
21 ', 34', 69'
Argentina
6–0
Jamaica
1975 Mexico City
First round – Group B
15 October 1975
21 .
Luiz Alberto
4
1 ', 3', 16', 32'
Brazil
14–0
Nicaragua
1975 Mexico City
First round – Group D
17 October 1975
22 .
Hugo Sánchez
3
12 ', 48', 49'
Mexico
8–0
Canada
1975 Mexico City
Second round – Group A
19 October 1975
23 .
Cláudio Adão
4
37 ', 46', 86', 89'
Brazil
6–0
Bolivia
1975 Mexico City
Second round – Group B
19 October 1975
24 .
Hugo Sánchez
3
9 ', 22', 23'
Mexico
7–0
Costa Rica
1975 Mexico City
Second round – Group A
23 October 1975
25 .
Víctor Rangel
3
58 ', 76', 83'
Mexico
7–0
Costa Rica
1975 Mexico City
Second round – Group A
23 October 1975
26 .
Cláudio Adão
3
4 ', 40', 62'
Brazil
6–0
Trinidad and Tobago
1975 Mexico City
Second round – Group B
23 October 1975
27 .
Donald Ebert
4
8 ', 29', 49', 60'
United States
6–0
Dominican Republic
1979 San Juan
First round – Group C
2 July 1979
28 .
Roberto Pereira
3
60 ', 85', 90+'
Cuba
5–0
United States
1979 San Juan
Second round – Group B
12 July 1979
29 .
Juan Hernández
3
15 ', 38', 75'
Mexico
7–0
Paraguay
1987 Indianapolis
Group stage
12 August 1987
30 .
Jean Bernard Fleurial
3
? ', ?', ?'
Haiti
10–0
Nicaragua
1991 Havana
Group stage
8 August 1991
31 .
Jesús Mendoza
3
22 ', 24', 38'
Mexico
3–1
Guatemala
1999 Winnipeg
Group stage
26 July 1999
32 .
Edixon Perea
4
4 ', 43', 45', 48'
Colombia
4–1
Dominican Republic
2003 Santo Domingo
Group stage
9 August 2003
33 .
Lulinha
3
29 ', 66', 90+1'
Brazil
3–0
Honduras
2007 Rio de Janeiro
Group stage
15 July 2007
34 .
Oribe Peralta
3
19 ', 38', 46'
Mexico
3–0
Costa Rica
2011 Guadalajara
Semi-finals
26 October 2011
Penalty shoot-outs
Key
= scored penalty
gold background = scored penalty which ended the shoot-out
= missed penalty
pink background = missed penalty which ended the shoot-out
silver background = first penalty in the shoot-out
Penalty shoot-outs in the Copa América
#
Winners
F
Losers
Penalties
Winning team
Losing team
Edition
Round
Date & Venue
S
M
T
GK
Takers
Takers
GK
1
Argentina
0–0
Mexico
5–4
0–1
5–5
Bartero
Basualdo O. Acosta Fabbri Fantaguzzi Marchesini
Quirarte E. de la Torre J. M. de la Torre Muñoz Félix Cruz
Larios
1987 Indianapolis
Bronze medal match
20 August, Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium , Indianapolis
2
Honduras
0–0
Brazil
8–7
3–4
11–11
Flores
Perdomo Suazo Pavón Lagos Castro Romero Pineda López Sierra Guevara Flores
Ronaldo Guiaro Anderson Bordon Alberto Nenê Ferreira Edmílson Fabrício Silvinho Sandro Adílson
Adílson
1995 Mar del Plata
Quarter finals
18 March, Estadio José María Minella , Mar del Plata
3
Argentina
0–0
Mexico
5–4
0–1
5–5
Bossio
Gallardo Jiménez Schelotto Paz Bassedas
Hernández Villa Blanco Ayala R. García
Sánchez
1995 Mar del Plata
Gold medal match
21 March, Estadio José María Minella , Mar del Plata
4
Mexico
0–0
Colombia
5–4
1–2
6–6
Saucedo
Martínez Cacho Pérez Galindo Durán Medina
Ramírez Perea Acosta González Pachón Anchico
Landázuri
2003 Santo Domingo
Bronze medal match
15 August, Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte , Santo Domingo [ 18]
5
Jamaica
0–0
Mexico
5–4
2–3
7–7
Kerr
Thomas Woodbine T. Smith Cousins Kerr D. Smith Bailey
C. Sánchez Esqueda Velasco Torres Cerda H. Ayala Del Real
Arias
2007 Rio de Janeiro
Semi-finals
24 July, Estádio do Maracanã , Rio de Janeiro [ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
6
Peru
1–1
Ecuador
4–2
1–2
5–4
Caceda
Barco Acuy Arakaki Pretell Rivera
Vallecilla Alcivar Porozo Minda
Lara
2019 Lima
Seventh place match
7 August, Estadio Universidad San Marcos , Lima
7
Honduras
1–1
Mexico
4–2
0–2
4–4
Güity
Martínez Vuelto Reyes Maldonado
Govea Vásquez López Macías
Hernández
2019 Lima
Semi-finals
7 August, Estadio Universidad San Marcos , Lima
8
Uruguay
0–0
Colombia
4–3
1–2
5–5
Méndez
O'Neill Nandín Cruz de los Santos Lavega Piñeiro
Palacios Castilla Rojas Mosquera Ruiz
Marquinez
2023 Santiago
Fifth place match
1 November, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander , Valparaíso
9
Brazil
1–1
Chile
4–2
1–2
5–4
Mycael
Nascimento Ronald Figueiredo Miranda Mycael
Zaldivia Villagra Fuentes Montes
Cortés
2023 Santiago
Gold medal match
4 November, Estadio Sausalito , Viña del Mar
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