Football at the 1975 Mediterranean Games

Summary

The 1975 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 7th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria between 24 August and 6 September 1975 as part of the 1975 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams.

1975 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
CityAlgiers
Dates24 August – 6 September
Teams9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Algeria B (1st title)
Runners-upFrance France Amateurs
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored58 (2.64 per match)
1971
1979

Participating teams edit

Nine teams took part in the tournament. Algeria participated with B team composed mostly of military players. France with B team composed of amateur players.

Federation Nation
CAF Africa   Algeria B (hosts)
  Egypt
  Libya
  Morocco
  Tunisia
AFC Asia No team
UEFA Europe   France Amateurs
  Greece Ol.
  Turkey B
  Yugoslavia Ol. (holders)

Squads edit

Venues edit

Algiers Algiers
Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Stade 20 Août 1955
Capacity: 85,000 Capacity: 20,000
   

Tournament edit

All times local : Time zone (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables
Advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Algeria B 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 8
  France Amateurs 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 6
  Egypt 4 2 0 2 9 7 +2 4
  Libya 4 1 0 3 4 8 −4 2
  Greece Ol. 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0
Algeria B  2–0  France Amateurs
Draoui   5'
Ighili   42'
Libya  1–0  Greece Ol.
 

Algeria B  5–0  Greece Ol.
Safsafi   14'
Draoui   18', 59'
?   (o.g.)
Betrouni   89'
France Amateurs  2–0  Egypt
   

France Amateurs  2–0  Libya
   
Algeria B  1–0  Egypt
Draoui   85'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: ? (Tunisia)

Algeria B  2–1  Libya
Keddou   5', 17' (pen.) ?   75'
Egypt  5–2  Greece Ol.
Shehata   6'
El Seyagui   22'
El-Bably   30'
Abdel Baquy   35'
Abdel Fattah   64'
   

Egypt  4–2  Libya
Gaafar   12'
El-Bably   43'
Shehata   62', 89'
   
Greece Ol.  1–2  France Amateurs
     

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
  Morocco 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
  Yugoslavia Ol. 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 3
  Turkey B 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Tunisia  3–2  Yugoslavia Ol.
Agrebi   15', 18'
Ghommidh   83'
   
Morocco  1–0  Turkey B
 

Yugoslavia Ol.  0–0  Morocco
Tunisia  0–0  Turkey B

Yugoslavia Ol.  4–0  Turkey B
       
Morocco  0–0  Tunisia

Knockout stage edit

Seventh-place match edit

Turkey B  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Libya
   
Penalties
4–2

Fifth-place match edit

Yugoslavia Ol.  2–0  Egypt
   
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 September – Algiers
 
 
  Algeria B (a.e.t.)2
 
6 September – Algiers
 
  Tunisia1
 
  Algeria B (a.e.t.)3
 
4 September – Algiers
 
  France Amateurs2
 
  France Amateurs (p)1 (4)
 
 
  Morocco1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
6 September – Algiers
 
 
  Tunisia (p)1 (4)
 
 
  Morocco1 (3)

Semi-finals edit

Algeria B  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Tunisia
Naïm   62'
Draoui   96'
Kammoun   70'
Attendance: 70,000

France Amateurs  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Morocco
   
Penalties
4–3

Third-place match edit

Tunisia  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Morocco
Agrebi   79' Fetoui   84'
Penalties
4–3

Final edit

Algeria B  3–2 (a.e.t.)  France Amateurs
Kaoua   71'
Betrouni   90'
Menguelti   111'
Rouyer   35'
Schaer   76' (pen.)
Attendance: 70,000

Tournament classification edit

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Algeria B 6 6 0 0 15 4 +11 12
2   France Amateurs 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7
3   Tunisia 5 1 3 1 5 5 0 5
4   Morocco 5 1 4 0 3 2 +1 6
Eliminated in the group stage
5   Yugoslavia Ol. 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 5
6   Egypt 5 2 0 3 9 9 9 4
7   Turkey B 4 0 2 2 1 5 –4 2
8   Libya 5 1 1 3 5 9 –4 3
9   Greece Ol. 4 0 0 4 3 13 –10 0

External links edit

  • Mediterranean Games 1975 (Alger, Algeria) - rsssf.com
  • Algérie aux Jeux Méditerranéens 1975 - Statistiques DZfootball