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
1971
1979

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

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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 France Amateurs
 Greece Ol.
Turkey Turkey B
 Yugoslavia Ol. (holders)

Squads

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Venues

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

Tournament

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All times local : Time zone (UTC+1)

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

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria B 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 8
France 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 2–0France France Amateurs
Draoui 5'
Ighili 42'
Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)
Libya 1–0 Greece Ol.

Algeria B 5–0 Greece Ol.
Safsafi 14'
Draoui 18', 59'
? (o.g.)
Betrouni 89'
Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)

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 4–2 Libya
Gaafar 12'
El-Bably 43'
Shehata 62', 89'

Group B

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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 Turkey B 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Tunisia 3–2 Yugoslavia Ol.
Agrebi 14', 17'
Ghommidh 83'
Report Antolić 49'
Bakota 51'
Morocco 1–0Turkey Turkey B
Ouahbi 57' Report

Yugoslavia Ol. 0–0 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)
Tunisia 0–0Turkey Turkey B

Yugoslavia Ol. 4–0Turkey Turkey B
Lazarević 21'
Pejović 46', 61', 73'
Report
Referee: Salem Muhammed Adel (Libya)
Morocco 0–0 Tunisia

Knockout stage

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Seventh-place match

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Turkey B Turkey1–1 (a.e.t.) Libya
Penalties
4–2
Referee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)

Fifth-place match

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Yugoslavia Ol. 2–0 Egypt
Gaafar 45' (o.g.)
Šimek 66'
Report
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 September – Algiers
 
 
 Algeria B (a.e.t.)2
 
6 September – Algiers
 
 Tunisia1
 
 Algeria B (a.e.t.)3
 
4 September – Algiers
 
France France Amateurs2
 
France France Amateurs (p)1 (4)
 
 
 Morocco1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
6 September – Algiers
 
 
 Tunisia (p)1 (4)
 
 
 Morocco1 (3)

Semi-finals

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

Third-place match

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

Final

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

Tournament classification

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Algeria B 6 6 0 0 15 4 +11 12
2 France 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 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

Goalscorers

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

5 goals

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