Football at the 1975 Mediterranean Games

1975 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	24 August – 6 September
Teams	9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria B (1st title)
Runners-up	France Amateurs
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	58 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aïssa Draoui (5 goals)
Best player(s)	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	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

24 August 1975

Algeria B	2–0	France Amateurs
Draoui 5' Ighili 42'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)

24 August 1975

Libya	1–0	Greece Olympic

Stade 5 Juillet 1962,, Algiers

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26 August 1975

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

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)

26 August 1975

France Amateurs	2–0	Egypt

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

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29 August 1975

France Amateurs	2–0	Libya

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

29 August 1975

Algeria B	1–0	Egypt
Draoui 85'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)

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31 August 1975

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

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)

31 August 1975

Egypt	5–2	Greece Olympic
Shehata 6' El Seyagui 22' El-Bably 30' Abdel Baquy 35' Abdel Fattah 64'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

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2 September 1975

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

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

2 September 1975

Greece Olympic	1–2	France Amateurs

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

24 August 1975

Tunisia	3–2	Yugoslavia Olympic
Agrebi 14', 17' Ghommidh 83'	Report	Antolić 49' Bakota 51'

20 August 1955 Stadium , Algiers

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

24 August 1975

Morocco	1–0	Turkey B
Ouahbi 57'	Report

20 August 1955 Stadium , Algiers

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

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28 August 1975

Yugoslavia Olympic	0–0	Morocco
	Report

20 August 1955 Stadium , Algiers

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)

28 August 1975

Tunisia	0–0	Turkey B

20 August 1955 Stadium , Algiers

Referee: El Sadi (Egypt)

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31 August 1975

Yugoslavia Olympic	4–0	Turkey B
Lazarević 21' Pejović 46', 61', 73'	Report

20 August 1955 Stadium , Algiers

Referee: Salem Muhammed Adel (Libya)

31 August 1975

Morocco	0–0	Tunisia

Classification stage

Seventh-place match

5 September 1975

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

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

Referee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)

Fifth-place match

5 September 1975

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

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	4 September – Algiers
	Algeria B (a.e.t.)	2
					6 September – Algiers
	Tunisia	1
					Algeria B (a.e.t.)	3
	4 September – Algiers
					France Amateurs	2
	France Amateurs (p)	1 (4)
	Morocco	1 (3)
					Third place
					6 September – Algiers
					Tunisia (p)	1 (4)
					Morocco	1 (3)

Semi-finals

4 September 1975

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

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)

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4 September 1975

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

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

Third-place match

6 September 1975

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

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

Final

6 September 1975

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

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers

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

• Aïssa Draoui

External links

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