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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Argentina72312
2  Brazil5319
3  Mexico44412
4  Uruguay2013
5  United States1023
6  Ecuador1001
7  Chile0224
8  Honduras0202
9  Cuba0123
10  Colombia0112
11  Bermuda0101
  Costa Rica0101
  Jamaica0101
14  Guatemala0011
  Netherlands Antilles0011
  Trinidad and Tobago0011
Totals (16 entries)20181957
  • 1975 Gold medal shared between Brazil and Mexico

Participating nations

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Team variants

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  • 19511983: National amateur teams
  • 19871995: Senior teams (Caribbean), U23 teams (Conmebol, North America)
  • 19992003: 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
Nation 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Years
  Argentina         5       9       9     15
  Bahamas 9 1
  Bermuda   10 8 8 11 5
  Bolivia 6 4 2
  Brazil             5   5 6     12
  Canada 4 5 7 11 7 4 7 7
  Chile     4   8   6
  Colombia 8   10   4 6 6 7
  Costa Rica   5 4 4 6 6 10 4 8
  Cuba 7 7   5   7 8   8 6 8 11
  Dominican Republic 12 9 8 8 4
  Ecuador 9   7 8 4
  El Salvador 9 7 2
  Guatemala 7   5 7 7 5
  Haiti 4 8 5 11 4
  Honduras 4 4   7   7 6
  Jamaica 11 12 5   6 5
  Mexico   6   7   5 4                   16
  Nicaragua 13 8 2
  Netherlands Antilles   Split into 2 nations 1
  Panama 4 5 2
  Paraguay 5 9 7 5 5 5
  Peru 6 7 2
  Puerto Rico 5 1
  Suriname 6 1
  Trinidad and Tobago   4 8 12 10 9 5 8 8
  United States   5 6 6 11 6 10 6   12   8 4 13
  Uruguay 4 10   10     4 5 8
  Venezuela 4 4 6 12 4
Nations 5 4 7 5 8 12 13 9 10 12 8 12 10 8 12 8 8 8 8

Medals by confederation

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Confederation Gold Silver Bronze Total
CONMEBOL 15 8 8 31
CONCACAF 5 10 11 26

Debut of national teams

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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

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Results of host nations
Year Hosting team Finish
1951   Argentina Champions
1955   Mexico Runners-up
1959   United States Third place
1963   Brazil Champions
1967   Canada Fourth place
1971   Colombia Runners-up
1975   Mexico Champions
1979   Puerto Rico Second round
1983   Venezuela Group stage
1987   United States Group stage
1991   Cuba Third place
1995   Argentina Champions
1999   Canada Fourth place
2003   Dominican Republic Group stage
2007   Brazil Group stage
2011   Mexico Champions
2015   Canada Group stage
2019   Peru Seventh place
2023   Chile Runners-up

All-time table

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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]

Rank Team Part. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Argentina 15 73 51 15 7 170 51 +119 133
2   Mexico 16 80 42 23 15 167 84 +83 132
3   Brazil 12 55 39 11 6 154 40 +114 102
4   United States 13 55 21 4 30 82 130 −48 54
5   Uruguay 8 33 15 4 14 34 34 0 44
6   Colombia 7 32 13 6 13 46 41 +5 40
7   Costa Rica 8 38 14 7 17 61 72 −11 40
8   Cuba 11 48 12 13 23 48 72 −24 38
9   Chile 6 25 11 9 5 41 27 +14 37
10   Honduras 6 29 10 5 14 42 53 −11 34
11   Canada 7 33 7 7 19 35 64 −29 23
12   Jamaica 5 18 6 3 9 17 25 −8 21
13   Trinidad and Tobago 8 34 7 6 21 39 78 −39 20
14   Ecuador 4 15 5 4 6 23 27 −4 19
15   Paraguay 5 17 4 4 9 19 27 −8 16
16   Guatemala 5 16 3 6 7 17 20 −3 13
17   Haiti 4 15 4 4 7 37 39 −2 12
18   Bolivia 2 10 4 1 5 11 19 −8 11
19   Panama 2 9 2 4 3 13 13 0 10
20   Venezuela 4 15 3 2 10 18 43 −25 8
21   Bermuda 5 15 2 3 10 19 35 −16 7
22   El Salvador 2 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 6
23   Peru 2 7 1 2 4 6 13 −7 5
24   Netherlands Antilles 1 6 2 0 4 11 13 −2 4
25   Suriname 1 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
26   Bahamas 1 3 1 0 2 4 13 −9 2
27   Puerto Rico 1 4 1 0 3 2 12 −10 2
28   Dominican Republic 4 12 0 2 10 5 38 −33 2
29   Nicaragua 2 6 0 0 6 3 43 −40 0

Top scorers by tournament

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Year Player Goals
1951[3]   Norberto Cupo 5
1955[4]   José Sanfilippo 8
1959[5]   China
  Al Zerhusen
10
1963[6]   Aírton 11
1967[7]   Vicente Pereda 7
1971[8]   Buzz Parsons
  Juan Quintero
  Carlos Monsalve
5
1975[9]   Cláudio Adão 10
1979[10]   Silva
  Roberto Pereira
  Donald Ebert
4
1983[11]   José Bobadilla
  Miguel Peirano
3
1987   Oscar Dertycia 4
1991   Leopoldo Castañeda
  Antonio Noriega
  Steve Snow
4
1995   Marcelo Gallardo 6
1999   Jesús Mendoza 6
2003[12]   Franco Cángele
  Vágner Love
  Edixon Perea
4
2007   Keammar Daley
  Enrique Esqueda
4
2011   Oribe Peralta 6
2015   Luciano 5
2019   Adolfo Gaich 6
2023   Ronald
  Alexander Aravena
  Maximiliano Guerrero
  Jordan Carrillo
  Tega Ikoba
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Winning managers

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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.

Year Manager
1951[3]   Guillermo Stábile
1955[4]   Guillermo Stábile
1959[5]   Ernesto Duchini
1963[6]   Antoninho
1967[7][13]   Ignacio Trelles
1971[8]   Rubén Bravo
1975[9]   Zizinho
  Diego Mercado
1979[10]   Mário Travaglini
1983[11]   Óscar Tabárez
1987   Carlos Alberto Silva
1991   Lothar Osiander
1995[14]   Daniel Passarella
1999[15]   José Luis Real
2003[12]   Miguel Tojo
2007   Sixto Vizuete
2011[16]   Luis Fernando Tena
2015   Fabián Coito
2019   Fernando Batista
2023   Ramon Menezes

Teams records

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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

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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

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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

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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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