Football at the 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games

The football tournament at the 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in San Salvador from 24 March to 3 April. The tournament was the second association football tournament held at the Central American and Caribbean Games, with the first tournament being held in 1930 in Havana. All matches were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca.

Six national football teams participated in the tournament: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Mexico were the gold medalists, winning its first gold medal for association football at the Central American and Caribbean Games. Costa Rica were the silver medalists while El Salvador, the hosts, were the bronze medalists. Cuba, the gold medalists in 1930, came in fourth place, while Honduras and Guatemala came in fifth and sixth place, respectively. A total of 82 goals were scored during 15 matches played; Costa Rica's Emmanuel Amador and Mexico's Hilario López were the top scorers, scoring 10 goals each.

Participants
Six countries participated in the tournament. The participants were:


 * 🇨🇷 costa rica
 * 🇨🇺 cuba
 * 🇸🇻 el salvador (hosts)
 * 🇬🇹 guatemala
 * 🇭🇳 honduras
 * 🇲🇽 mexico

Venue
All matches were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca in San Salvador.

Squads
Each squad consisted of between 16 and 23 players. Each squad had two goalkeepers, except for Costa Rica which had three. The Mexican Football Federation sent Club Necaxa to represent Mexico at the tournament as the club was considered to be the best in the Mexican First Division at the time. Out of the 17 players on Mexico's squad, 13 were from Club Necaxa while the other 4 were from 4 other clubs.

Officiating
The following individuals were selected to be referees and assistant referees for the tournament:


 * Referees


 * Alfredo Esquivel (Costa Rica)
 * Manuel Rodríguez (Costa Rica)
 * Augusto Escalante (El Salvador)


 * Salvador Herrera (El Salvador)
 * Germán Núñez (Mexico)
 * Jacobo de Foinquinos (Spain)


 * Assistant referees


 * Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica)
 * Jorge Van der Laat (Costa Rica)
 * Ignacio Montalvo (Cuba)
 * Alfonso Ramos (Cuba)
 * Luis Alvarenga (El Salvador)
 * Óscar Ambrogi (El Salvador)
 * Eliseo Colorado (El Salvador)
 * Ramón Durán (El Salvador)
 * Carlos Fuentes (El Salvador)


 * José Menéndez (El Salvador)
 * Rodrigo Viscarra (El Salvador)
 * Alfred Crowle (England)
 * Lisandro Bocaletti (Guatemala)
 * Enrique Molina (Guatemala)
 * Luis Gómez (Honduras)
 * Víctor Andreu (Mexico)
 * Pablo González (Mexico)

Table
A 2 point system used during the tournament.

Team of the Tournament
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