Football competitions at the 2026 South American Games in Rosario, Santa Fe, and Rafaela, Argentina, werw held between September 16 and 25. The two tournaments were held at different venues: the men's tournament took place at Estadio Marcelo Bielsa, located within Parque de la Independencia in Rosario, while the women's took place at Asociación Rosarina de Fútbol, within Museo del Deporte Santafesino in Santa Fe.
A total of two tournaments were contested (men and women). Both tournaments had age limits, the men's tournament was restricted to under-19 players (born on or after 1 January 2007) while women's tournament was restricted to under-20 players (born on or after 1 January 2006).
Paraguay won the men's tournamentLa Argentina perdió por penales ante Paraguay y se quedó con la medalla plateada en los Juegos Suramericanos on lanacion.com.ar. 27 Sep 2026Argentina se quedó a un penal del oro: cayó ante Paraguay y fue plata en los Juegos Suramericanos on lmneuquen.com. 26 Sep 2026 while Venezuela won the women's competition.Venezuela le ganó a Chile la final femenina del fútbol. clarin.com. 23 Sep 2026Venezuela ganó el oro en los Juegos Suramericanos y la final ante Chile terminó con incidentes on radiorafaela.com.ar In both cases, the title was defined after a penalty shoot-out.
Participating nations A total of 8 ODESUR nations registered teams for the football events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 36 athletes (one team of 18 players per gender). Argentina, Colombia, Panama and Peru will compete in the men's event while the other six nations will compete in both events.
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Venues
Estadio Marcelo Bielsa hosted nearly all the matches of the men's tournament.Sedes on santafe2026.ar Located within Parque de la Independencia in the city of Rosario, and inaugurated in 1911, it is the home ground of club Newell's Old Boys. The venue did not have any official name until December 22, 2009, when it was named after the former coach of the club Marcelo Bielsa. Until then it was simply called El Coloso del Parque ("The Colossus of the Park"), and this remained as the stadium's popular name. Although the stadium is currently used mostly for football matches, it has hosted some rugby union games sometimes, albeit rarely.
Since its opening in 1911, the stadium has been refurbished and expanded several times since. It currently has a capacity of 49,000.
The other venue was the Asociación Rosarina de Fútbol Stadium, located on a former army battalion in the southern part of the city. The ARF's sports complex also included an artificial turf pitch, dressing rooms, and futsal facilities. After the games, the complex will be used by teams affiliated to Asociación Rosarina.Asociación Rosarina de Fútbol: quedó inaugurada la nueva cancha para los Juegos Suramericanos 2026 by Juan Iturrez on lacapital.com.ar. 2 Sep 2026 The venue hosted all the women's competition matches and one match of the men's tournament.Peru 2 v 1 Panama on results.santafe2026.org
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists Men's tournament Leonardo SosaMateo GiménezMauro CoronelMarcelo ChaparroJosé BuhringGiovanni GómezJunior GamarraOrlando CristaldoRodrigo VeraEduardo DelmasCésar MiñoJeremias VillanuevaThiago FernándezKevin AmarillaJoaquín BogarinLucas MontielPedro SarzaMilan Freyres Maximo LeguizamonFernando ClosterJoaquín SalasThiago PérezLeandro OlimaMatías SatasFelipe EsquivelSantiago EspindolaUriel OjedaIan SubiabreFacundo JainikoskiDemian TalaveraNicolás MarciparSantiago SilveiraPedro PascualRamiro TulianFacundo CarrizoFranco Domínguez Fabrisio MesiasDuham BallumbrosioSamuel PeredaJonathan GarcíaJoaquín VerdeSantiago BerckemeyerJair MorettiCarlos AramburuNicolás RengifoMart CariJosé MellanFernando LasantaDyland MacedaEystin CordovaPirlo ObaGerson CastilloLionel HerreraMarco Rivas Women's tournament Valeria RebanalesMaría ÁvilaKarla AlfonzoDariana MedinaValeria RojasAbril AlejoJuneski FloresAstrid GranadilloOrliany DuránAndrea SuárezAnabella FigueredoCamila PérezDiana MolinaMigleydys BolseguiDiana BravoValery NúñezAnna GonzálezCamila Leal Oriana CristanchoGabriela GarcíaIsidora FloresAntonella PuellesAmparo AbarcaAntonella MartínezVaitiare PardoMaite AvelloPamela CabezasAnais ÁlvarezGeraldine MardonesFernanda ÁlvarezMaite MartínezCatalina MuñozValentina PeñaVaythyare RíosNatsumy MillonesFlorencia Gálvez Romina OlmedoJulieta CasanovaRocío FrachiaIlana GuedesLara ElhordoyMartina FuentesSofía OliveraAntonella CorderoOriana TolaAgustina GómezIsabela PérezManuela TecheraCamila RijoJulieta MozejkoAllegra RodríguezMaisha VázquezErika VidiellaVictoria Sosa
Men's tournament
Group A
Group B
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Final
GK 1 Leonardo Sosa DF 2 Mateo Giménez DF 3 Mauro Coronel DF 13 Thiago Fernández DF 14 Kevin Amarilla MF 6 Giovanni Gómez MF 15 Joaquín Bogarín MF 7 Junior Gamarra MF 10 Eduardo Delmás (c) FW 17 Pedro Zarza FW 5 José Buhring Substitutions: FW 9 Rodrigo Vera MF 16 Lucas Montiel MF 8 Orlando Cristaldo Manager: Antolín Alcaraz
GK 1 Máximo Leguizamón DF 2 Fernando Closter DF 13 Nicolás Marcipar DF 6 Matías Satas DF 4 Joaquín Salas MF 8 Santiago Espíndola MF 3 Joaquín Salas MF 17 Facundo Carrizo FW 9 Uriel Ojeda FW 10 Ian Subiabre FW 18 Franco Domínguez Substitutions: FW 7 Felipe Esquivel MF 5 Leandro Olima Manager: Diego Placente
Medal table
Women's tournament First stage
Bronze medal match
Final
GK 1 Valeria Rebanales DF 2 Gabriela García DF 3 Isidora Flores DF 4 Antonella Puelles DF 18 Florencia Galvez MF 5 Amparo Abarca FW 7 Vaitiare Pardo FW 9 Pamela Cabezas FW 11 Geraldine Mardones FW 14 Catalina Muñoz Substitutions: MF 6 Antonella Martínez DF 15 Valentina Peña Manager: Luis Mena
GK 1 Oriana Cristancho DF 2 María Avila DF 3 Karla Alfonzo DF 4 Abril Alejo MF 7 Juneski Flores MF 8 Astrid Granadillo MF 14 Migleydys Bolsegui FW 9 Orliany Durán FW 10 Andrea Suárez FW 15 Diana Bravo Substitutions: MF 16 Valery Nuñez MF 11 Anabella Figueredo DF 18 Camila Leal Manager: Dayana Frías
Medal table
References