Football at the 1991 Mediterranean Games

Summary

The 1991 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 11th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Athens, Greece between 28 June and 12 July 1991 as part of the 1991 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 11 teams and for the first time and since this edition, all countries were represented by the olympic teams.[1] The host team, Greece, won the golden medal.

1991 Mediterranean Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
CityAthens
Thessaloniki
Larissa
Dates28 June – 12 July
Teams11
Venue(s)Olympic Stadium
Kaftanzoglio
Alcazar Stadium
Final positions
Champions Greece (2nd title)
Runners-up Turkey
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored44 (3.14 per match)
1987
1993

Participating teams edit

Eleven olympic teams took part to the tournament, 4 teams from Africa and 7 teams from Europe.

Federation Nation
CAF Africa   Algeria
  Egypt
  Morocco
  Tunisia
AFC Asia None
UEFA Europe   Albania
  Cyprus
  Greece (hosts)
  Italy
  San Marino
  Turkey
  Yugoslavia

Squads edit

Venues edit

Cities Venues Capacity
Athens Olympic Stadium 70,000
Larisa Alcazar Stadium 15,000

Tournament edit

All times local : CET (UTC+2)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Semi-finals

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Turkey 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2
  Egypt 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 2
  Italy 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 2
Turkey  2–0  Italy
   

Italy  1–0  Egypt
 

Egypt  2–1  Turkey
Abo Greisha   8', 89'  

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Greece 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 4
  Albania 2 1 0 1 2 6 −4 2
  Algeria 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Greece  5–0  Albania
Sofianopoulos
       
Marinakis  

Albania  2–1  Algeria
    Rahem  

Greece  3–0  Algeria
Sofianopoulos   
Marinakis 

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 4
  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 1 5 −4 2
  San Marino 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Yugoslavia  5–0  San Marino
         

Yugoslavia  5–0  Tunisia
         

Tunisia  1–0  San Marino
 

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 2
  Cyprus 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0
Cyprus  0–3  Morocco
   

Knockout stage edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 July – Athens
 
 
  Greece (a.e.t.)2
 
12 July – Athens
 
  Yugoslavia1
 
  Greece3
 
8 July – Athens
 
  Turkey1
 
  Turkey1
 
 
  Morocco0
 
Third place
 
 
12 July – Athens
 
 
  Yugoslavia2
 
 
  Morocco3

Semi-finals edit

Greece  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Yugoslavia
Marinakis 
Mitsopoulos 
 

Turkey  1–0  Morocco
 

Third place match edit

  Yugoslavia2–3  Morocco
Vukov  
Jokanović  
Raghib  
Rokbi  
Rmouj  

Final edit

Greece  3–1  Turkey
Marinakis  
Donis  
Sofianopoulos  
 

Tournament classification edit

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Greece 4 4 0 0 13 2 +11 8
2   Turkey 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 4
3   Morocco 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
4   Yugoslavia 4 2 0 2 13 5 +8 4
Eliminated in the group stage
5   Egypt 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2
6   Albania 2 1 0 1 2 6 –4 2
7   Tunisia 2 1 0 1 1 5 –4 2
8   Italy 2 1 0 1 1 2 –1 2
9   Algeria 2 0 0 2 1 5 –4 0
10   San Marino 2 0 0 2 0 6 –6 0
11   Cyprus 1 0 0 1 0 3 –3 0

References edit

  1. ^ Mediterranean Games 1991 (Athens) - rsssf.com