Football at the 1975 Mediterranean Games

1975 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	24 August – 6 September
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	58 (2.64 per match)

The football competition at the 1975 Mediterranean Games took place between 24 August and 6 September 1975 and was contested by 9 teams.

Participating teams

• Algeria
• Egypt
• France

• Greece
• Libya
• Morocco

• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Yugoslavia

Squads

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

Venues

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

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	8
France	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	4	0	0	4	3	13	−10	0

Algeria v France

24 August 1975

Algeria	2 – 0	France
Draoui  5' Ighili  42'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Referee: ... (Yugoslavia)

Libya v Greece

24 August 1975

Libya	1 – 0	Greece

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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Algeria v Greece

26 August 1975

Algeria	5 – 0	Greece
Safsafi  14' Draoui  18', 59' ...  ...' (o.g.) Betrouni  89'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

France v Egypt

26 August 1975

France	2 – 0	Egypt

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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France v Libya

29 August 1975

France	2 – 0	Libya

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Algeria v Egypt

29 August 1975

Algeria	1 – 0	Egypt
Draoui  85'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 40,000

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Algeria v Libya

31 August 1975

Algeria	2 – 1	Libya
Keddou  5', 17' (pen.)		...  75'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Egypt v Greece

31 August 1975

Egypt	5 – 2	Greece

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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Egypt v Libya

2 September 1975

Egypt	4 – 2	Libya

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Greece v France

2 September 1975

Greece	1 – 2	France

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	3
Turkey	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Tunisia v Yugoslavia

24 August 1975

Tunisia	3 – 2	Yugoslavia

..., Algiers

Morocco v Turkey

24 August 1975

Morocco	1 – 0	Turkey

..., Algiers

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Yugoslavia v Morocco

28 August 1975

Yugoslavia	0 – 0	Morocco

..., Algiers

Tunisia v Turkey

28 August 1975

Tunisia	0 – 0	Turkey

..., Algiers

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Yugoslavia v Turkey

31 August 1975

Yugoslavia	4 – 0	Turkey

..., Algiers

Morocco v Tunisia

31 August 1975

Morocco	0 – 0	Tunisia

..., Algiers

Knockout stage

Seventh Place Match

Turkey v Libya

5 September 1975

Turkey	0 – 0 a.e.t	Libya
	Penalties
	4 – 2 Turkey went first

..., Algiers

Fifth Place Match

Yugoslavia v Egypt

5 September 1975

Yugoslavia	2 – 0	Egypt

..., Algiers

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 September - Algiers
	Algeria (aet)	2
	Tunisia	1
					6 September – Algiers
					Algeria (aet)	3
					France	2
					Third place
	4 September – Algiers			6 September – Algiers
	France (pen)	1 (4)		Tunisia (pen)	1 (4)
	Morocco	1 (3)			Morocco	1 (3)

Semi-finals

Algeria v Tunisia

4 September 1975

Algeria	2 – 1 a.e.t	Tunisia
Naïm  62' Draoui  96'		Kammoun  77'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 70,000

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France v Morocco

4 September 1975

France	1 – 1 a.e.t	Morocco
	Penalties
	4 – 3 France went first

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Third Place Match

Tunisia v Morocco

6 September 1975

Tunisia	1 – 1 a.e.t	Morocco
	Penalties
	4 – 3 Tunisia went first

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Final

Algeria v France

6 September 1975

Algeria	3 – 2 a.e.t	France
Kaoua  71' Betrouni  90' Menguelti  111'		Rouyer  35' Schaer  76' (pen.)

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 70,000

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Algeria	France	Tunisia

External links

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