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Football at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Panama
Dates	10–23 February
Teams	6 (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 played	15
Goals scored	67 (4.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hernán Bolaños
← 1935 1946 →

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

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

Participants

•  Colombia
•  Costa Rica
•  El Salvador
•  Mexico
•  Panama (Hosts)
•  Venezuela

Squads

Table

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

Results

Mexico	3–1	Colombia
Argüelles 40' de la Fuente 77' (pen.) Casarín 81'	Report	Mejía 4'

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'

Panama	2–4	Colombia
Anderson 27', 59'	Report	Meléndez 57', 82' Torres 75', 89'

Mexico	1–0	Venezuela
Pría 4'	Report

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.)

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

Panama	2–2	Mexico
Prado 61' Anderson 65' (pen.)	Report	de la Fuente 46' Casarín 62'

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'

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

Goalscorers

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

10 goals

• Hernán Bolaños

6 goals

• Horacio Casarín

5 goals

• Alejandro Morera Soto
• James Santiago Anderson

4 goals

• Roberto Meléndez

3 goals

• Marcos Mejía
• José Hütt
• Francisco Martínez
• Luis de la Fuente
• Fernando Ríos

2 goals

• Alfredo Piedra Mora
• José Torres
• Alejandro Contreras
• Luis Argüelles
• Luis García Cortina

1 goal

• Rafael Mejía
• José Luis Rojas
• Óscar Bolaños
• Rodolfo Butch Muñoz
• Miguel Cruz
• Noel Cuéllar Cruz
• Manuel Alonso Pría
• Pablo Prado
• Francisco Marcano
• Reinaldo Febres

1 own goal

• George Pinnock (against Costa Rica)
• Raúl Castro (against El Salvador)

Team of the Tournament

Source:

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

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

• Central American and Caribbean Games football medalists

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