Football at the 1975 Mediterranean Games

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)
Top scorer(s)Algeria Aïssa Draoui (5 goals)
Best player(s)Algeria Aïssa Draoui
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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.

Participating teams

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 Olympic
 Turkey B
 Yugoslavia Olympic (holders)

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1975 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Venues

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

Tournament

All times local : Time zone (UTC+1)

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

Group stage

Group A

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 Olympic 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0
Algeria B 2–0 France Amateurs
Draoui 5'
Ighili 42'
Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)
Libya 1–0 Greece Olympic
Algeria B 5–0 Greece Olympic
Safsafi 14'
Draoui 18', 59'
? (o.g.)
Betrouni 89'
Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
France Amateurs 2–0 Egypt
France Amateurs 2–0 Libya
Algeria B 1–0 Egypt
Draoui 85'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Algeria B 2–1 Libya
Keddou 5', 17' (pen.) ? 75'
Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)
Egypt 5–2 Greece Olympic
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 Olympic 1–2 France Amateurs

Group B

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 Olympic 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 3
 Turkey B 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Tunisia 3–2 Yugoslavia Olympic
Agrebi 14', 17'
Ghommidh 83'		 Report Antolić 49'
Bakota 51'
Morocco 1–0 Turkey B
Ouahbi 57' Report
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
Yugoslavia Olympic 0–0 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)
Tunisia 0–0 Turkey B
Referee: El Sadi (Egypt)
Yugoslavia Olympic 4–0 Turkey B
Lazarević 21'
Pejović 46', 61', 73'		 Report
Referee: Salem Muhammed Adel (Libya)
Morocco 0–0 Tunisia

Classification stage

Seventh-place match

Turkey B 1–1 (a.e.t.) Libya
Penalties
4–2
Referee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)

Fifth-place match

Yugoslavia Olympic 2–0 Egypt
Gaafar 45' (o.g.)
Šimek 66'		 Report

Knockout stage

 
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

Algeria B 2–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Naïm 62'
Draoui 96'		 Kammoun 70'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)
France Amateurs 1–1 (a.e.t.) Morocco
Yaghcha
Penalties
4–3

Third-place match

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

Final

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

Tournament classification

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 Olympic 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 Olympic 4 0 0 4 3 13 –10 0

Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Algeria Aïssa Draoui
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