Estadio Olímpico, Ciudad de Panamá (Feb. 25 - Mar. 4, 1951)
NB: official name stadium: Estadio Olímpico Nacional;
renamed Estadio Juan Demosthenes Arosemena 1956
MATCH 1
Sunday, February 25, 1951
COSTA RICA 8-1 NICARAGUA (HT: 4:1)
[José Meza 7’, 1t, 1t, 2t, Eladio Esquivel 1t, 2t, 2t, 2t; Carlos Navarro]
CRC: Amado Calvo, Mario Ruiz, Heriberto Molina, Edgar Silva, Horacio Rojas, Edgar Quesada, Jose Meza, Eladio Esquivel,
Jaime Meza, Anibal Varela, Omar Sánchez
HC: Ismael Quesada
NCA: Wilfredo Gaitán (Arnulfo Robleto), Hernaldo Santos, Cristóbal Lopez, Francisco Ortega, Ernesto Mendoza,
Rosendo Diaz, Rodolfo Navarro, Horacio Cordero, Alberto Davila, Luis Cifuentes, Carlos Navarro.
HC: Gilberto Bermúdez
Referee: Parchment (PAN)
A1: Eddy Marquez
A2: Hernandez
MATCH 2
Tuesday, February 27, 1951
PANAMA 2-0 COSTA RICA (HT: 0:0)
[Félix Tejada 47’ pen, Luis Carlos Rangel 77’]
PAN: Gerardo Warren, Alfredo Sandiford, Gastón De León, Félix Tejada, Reinaldo Carrillo, Carlos Lanus Perez,
Rafael Arana, Antonio Morales, Luis Carlos Rangel, Luis Carlos Valdes (Horacio Rangel), José Félix De Bello.
HC: Oscar Rendoll (CHI)
CRC: Amado Calvo, Ulloa, Edgar Silva, Nuñez, Edgar Quesada, Mario Garita, Marco Antonio Ovares (José Meléndez),
José Meza, Eladio Esquivel, Jaime Meza (Edgar Alvarado), Anibal Varela (O. Quesada),
HC: Ismael Quesada
Referee: Elias Coll (COL)
NB: Luis Carlos Rangel (PAN) missed a penalty kick in the first period (saved).
MATCH 3
Wednesday, February 28, 1951
PANAMA 4-0 NICARAGUA
[Horacio Rangel, Rafael Arana (2), Luis Carlos Ponce]
PAN: N/A
NCA: Arnulfo Robleto, Hernaldo Santos, Cristóbal López, Francisco Ortega, Ernesto Mendoza, Rosendo Díaz, Rodolfo Navarro,
Horacio Cordero, Alberto Dávila, Luis Cifuentes, Carlos Navarro.
HC: Gilberto Bermúdez
Referee: Elias Coll (COL)
MATCH 4
Friday, March 2, 1951
PANAMA 1-1 COSTA RICA (HT: 0:0)
[Rafael Arana 75’; Edgar Alvarado 85’]
PAN: Gerardo Warren, Alfredo Sandiford, Gastón De León, Félix Tejada, Reinaldo Carrillo, Carlos Lanus Perez,
Rafael Arana, Antonio Morales, Luis Carlos Rangel, Horacio Rangel, José Félix De Bello.
Also played Roberto Linares.
HC: Oscar Rendoll (CHI)
CRC: Amado Calvo, Mario Ruiz, Heriberto Molina, Edgar Silva, Edgar Quesada, Rafael Rodriguez, Jose Meza, Eladio Esquivel,
Rodrigo Carmona, Edgar Alvarado, Wedell Jimenez.
HC: Ismael Quesada
Referee: Elias Coll (COL)
NB: José Meza (CRC) missed a penalty kick (saved).
MATCH 5
Saturday, March 3, 1951
COSTA RICA 4-1 NICARAGUA
CRC: N/A
NCA: N/A
Referee: N/A
MATCH 6
Sunday, March 4, 1951
PANAMA 6-2 NICARAGUA (HT: 4:1)
[Rafael Arana 12’ 1t, 2t, Luis Carlos Valdés 24’, José Félix De Bello 1t, 2t; Arontes Argüello 1t, Horacio Cordero 2t]
PAN: Everardo Lasso, Alfredo Sandiford, Gastón De León, Félix Tejada, Reinaldo Carrillo, Luis Carlos Ponce,
Rafael Arana, Antonio Morales, Horacio Rangel, Luis Carlos Valdés, José Félix De Bello.
Also played: Nelson Castillo, Luis Carlos Lemus and Miguel Ángel Gascon.
HC: Oscar Rendoll (CHI)
NCA: Antonio Somarriba (Arnulfo Robleto), Hernaldo Santos, Alberto Olivares, Jorge Evertz, Ernesto Mendoza,
Rosendo Díaz, Napoléon Molina, Horacio Cordero, Arontes Argüello, Edgar Morales, Efraín Arróliga.
HC: Gilberto Bermúdez
Referee: N/D
FINAL TABLE
PANAMA 4 3 1 0 13 3 7
Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 13 5 5
Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 4 22 0
NB: Panama qualified to I Panamericano Championship 1952.
The rest of the countries did not enter due to a polio epidemic.
Costa Rica played with a “B” team.
SQUADS
COSTA RICA
CALVO, Amado GK Herediano
MUÑOZ, René GK Orión
UMAÑA, Luis Ángel 10/06/1924 DF Orión
SILVA, Edgar 1923 DF Orión
MOLINA, Heriberto Eric DF LD Alajuelense
SÁENZ, Claudio DF Herediano
QUESADA, Edgar 16/08/1931 MF Herediano
RUIZ, Mario MF UCR
GARITA, Mario MF Uruguay
OVARES, Marco Antonio MF Herediano
ROJAS, Horacio MF LD Alajuelense
RODRÍGUEZ, Rafael Luis MF Uruguay
SÁNCHEZ, Omar MF Herediano
MELÉNDEZ, José J. MF Gimnástica Española
VARELA, Anibal 12/01/1912 FW Herediano
MEZA, José Rafael 06/07/1920 FW Cartaginés
ALVARADO, Edgar 19/12/1927 FW LD Alajuelense
JIMÉNEZ, Wedell FW La Libertad
CARMONA, Rodrigo FW Herediano
ESQUIVEL, Eladio FW Herediano
MEZA, Jaime FW Cartaginés
MELÉNDEZ, Eduardo FW Uruguay
QUESADA, Ismael HC
NICARAGUA
GAITÁN, Wilfredo GK
SOMARRIBA, Antonio GK
ROBLETO, Arnulfo GK
DÍAZ, Rosendo DF
PÉREZ, Francisco MF
OLIVARES, Alberto MF
MENDOZA, Ernesto MF
MOLINA, Napoleón FW
CIFUENTES, Luis FW
MORALES, Edgar A. FW
CORDERO, Horacio FW
FALLA, José María FW
ARROLIGA, Efraín FW
NAVARRO, Rodolfo FW
EVERTZ, Jorge
SANTOS, Hernaldo
LÓPEZ, Cristóbal
ORTEGA, Francisco
ARGÜELLO, Arontes
NAVARRO, Carlos
DÁVILA, Alberto
BOJORGE, Edmundo
BERMÚDEZ, Gilberto HC
PANAMA
WARREN, Gerardo Federico GK Hispano
LASSO, Everardo GK Ancón
TEJADA, Félix DF Ancón
DE LEÓN, Gastón DF Ibérico
RODRÍGUEZ, César DF Pacífico
CARRILLO, Reinaldo Antonio DF Hispano
LANÚS PÉREZ, Carlos DF Ibérico
LATIFF, Antonio DF Colón
SANDIFORD, Alfredo MF Hispano
GASCÓN, Miguel Ángel MF Ibérico
PINNOCK, José Eduardo MF Pacífico
PONCE, Luis Carlos 22/08/1932 FW Ibérico
VALDÉS, Luis Carlos FW Pacífico
LEMUS, Luis Carlos FW Huracán
RANGEL, Horacio FW Ibérico
DE BELLO, José Félix FW Ibérico
ARANA, Rafael FW Ibérico
LINARES, Roberto FW Amador
TORRES, Antonio Carlos FW Ancón
MORALES, Antonio FW Colón
CASTILLO Nelson FW Colón
RANGEL, Luis Carlos FW Ibérico
RENDOLL, Oscar (CHI) HC
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