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Football at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games

The football tournament at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Panama City from 10 to 23 February.

Football at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tournament details
Host countryPanama
Dates10–23 February
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Colombia
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored67 (4.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Hernán Bolaños
← 1935
1946 →

The gold medal was won by Mexico for the second time, who earned 9 points.[1]

Squads edit

Main article: Football at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games – Squads

Table edit

2 points system used.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Mexico (C) 5 4 1 0 14 4 +10 9
2   Costa Rica 5 4 0 1 24 3 +21 8
3   Colombia 5 2 0 3 10 11 −1 4
4   El Salvador 5 2 0 3 7 19 −12 4
5   Panama 5 1 1 3 8 20 −12 3
6   Venezuela 5 1 0 4 5 11 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results edit

Mexico  3–1  Colombia
Argüelles   40'
de la Fuente   77' (pen.)
Casarín   81'		 Report Mejía   4'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)[2]
Costa Rica  7–0  El Salvador
H. Bolaños   5', 55', 83'
Morera   16', 42'
Hütt   57'
Rojas   65'		 Report
Panama  2–1  Venezuela
Anderson   65', 85' Report Ríos   90'
Attendance: 15,000
Panama  2–4  Colombia
Anderson   27', 59' Report Meléndez   57', 82'
Torres   75', 89'
Mexico  1–0  Venezuela
Pría   4' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Panama  0–11  Costa Rica
Report Hütt   5'
H. Bolaños   14', 15', 23', 43', 59'
Piedra   17', 33'
Morera   30', 38'
Pinnock   65' (o.g.)
Attendance: 20,000
El Salvador  3–2  Venezuela
Contreras   5'
Cruz   14'
F. Martínez   78'		 Report Febres   47'
Marcano   67'
Colombia  1–2  Costa Rica
Mejía   29' Report H. Bolaños   5'
Morera   43' (pen.)

Abandoned at 1–2 in 69' when Colombia walked off because of a penalty award against them; Alejandro Morera scored for Costa Rica against an empty goal, but result counted as 1–2.

Mexico  6–0  El Salvador
de la Fuente   18'
Argüelles   37'
Cortina   50', 55'
Casarín   61', 66'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)
Panama  2–2  Mexico
Prado   61'
Anderson   65' (pen.)		 Report de la Fuente   46'
Casarín   62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)
Venezuela  0–3  Costa Rica
Report H. Bolaños   18'
Ó. Bolaños   40'
Hütt   63'
Colombia  3–2  El Salvador
Meléndez   10', 30'
Mejía   55'		 Report Cuéllar Cruz   32'
F. Martínez   50'
Mexico  2–1  Costa Rica
Casarín   5', 59' Report Muñoz   20'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rafael Mirabal (Uruguay)
Venezuela  2–1  Colombia
Ríos   43', 70' (pen.) Report Mejía   18'
Panama  1–2  El Salvador
Castro   ?' (o.g.) Report Contreras   ?'
F. Martínez   ?'


 1938 Central American
and Caribbean Games 
 
Mexico
2nd title

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 67 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.47 goals per match.

10 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Team of the Tournament edit

Source:[4]

Ideal XI by RSSSF
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
  Mario Jones   Antonio Azpiri

  Milton Valverde

  Severino Lugo

  Guillermo Ortega

  Rodolfo Muñoz

  Roberto Meléndez

  Alejandro Morera

  James Anderson

  Horacio Casarín

  Oscar Bolaños

References edit

  1. ^ "Central American and Caribbean Games Games 1938 (Panama)". RSSSF.com. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Selección de Colombia". Futboletin.com (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Selección de Venezuela". Futboletín.com (in Spanish).
  4. ^ "Central American and Caribbean Games 1938 (Panama) - Match Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-10-19.

External links edit

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