Football at the 1959 Pan American Games
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Football at the 1959 Pan American Games was held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 28 to September 6, 1959. Seven teams competed in a round-robin competition with Cuba, Haiti and the hosts (United States) competing in their first Pan American Games football tournament. Argentina defended the gold medal they had won at the previous games finishing with 11 points from a possible 12 points while Brazil and the United States claimed silver and bronze respectively.[3]
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| Venues | Hanson Stadium[1] Soldier Field[2] | ||||||
| Dates | 28 August – 6 September | ||||||
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| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| Argentina | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 |
| Brazil | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 |
| United States | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 |
| Haiti | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 20 | −1 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 |
| Mexico | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | −7 |
| Cuba | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 32 | −28 |
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| 1959 Pan American Games winners |
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| Argentina Third title |
There were 115 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 5.48 goals per match.
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
- Roberto Bonnano
- Germano
- Roberto Rodrigues
- Germain Champagne
3 goals
- Domingo Rodríguez
- Javier Contreras
- Jorge Diéz
- Jesús Mercado
2 goals
- Juan Carlos Oleniak
- Beyruth
- Álvaro Alfaro
- Miguel Ángel Herrera
- Lucien Pierre
1 goal
- Dardo Migoni
- Raúl Adolfo Pérez
- Juan Raúl Stork
- Maranhão
- Guillermo Acuña
- Javier Bolaños
- Juan José Gámez
- Jorge Loria
- Victor Vargas
- Ramón Álvarez
- José Doce
- José Ramón González
- Ángel Piedra
- Charles Fenol
- Juan Manuel Álvarez
- Eduardo Carranza
- Fernando Meza
- Miguel Ángel Sordo
- Gene Grabowski
1 own goal
- Javier Bolaños (against Argentina)
- Joe Speca (against Costa Rica)
Source: RSSSF
- ^ "05/09/1959 – Brasil 1 x 1 Argentina". jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ "29/08/1959 – Brasil 4 x 2 Costa Rica". jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ Panamerican Games 1959 (Chicago) by various historians at the RSSSF
- ^ Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019