Football at the 1991 Mediterranean Games

1991 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Greece
City	Athens Thessaloniki Larissa Patras Heraklion
Dates	28 June – 12 July
Teams	11
Venue(s)	Athens Olympic Stadium Kaftanzoglio Stadium Alcazar Stadium Pampeloponnisiako Stadium Pankritio Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Greece (2nd title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	44 (3.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Panagiotis Sofianopoulos (7)
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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.

Participating teams

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

Main article: Football at the 1991 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Venues

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

Tournament

All times local : CET (UTC+2)

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

Group stage

Group A

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

30 June 1991

Egypt	2–1	Turkey
Abo Greisha 56' Rayyan 86'	Report	Alp  75' Şükür 76'

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium , Patras

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czechoslovakia)

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2 July 1991

Turkey	2–0	Italy
Kerimoğlu 59' (pen.), 81' (pen.)	Report

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium , Patras

Referee: Mohamed Mimoun (Algeria)

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4 July 1991

Italy	1–0	Egypt
Rizzolo 61'	Report

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium , Patras

Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

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Group B

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

30 June 1991

Albania	2–1	Algeria
		Rahem

Kaftanzoglio Stadium , Thessaloniki

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2 July 1991

20:30 EEST

Greece	5–0	Albania
Sofianopoulos 11', 38', 79', 90+3' Marinakis 77'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium , Thessaloniki

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4 July 1991

20:30 EEST

Greece	3–0	Algeria
Marinakis 53' Sofianopoulos 66', 86'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium , Thessaloniki

Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella (Italy)

Group C

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

30 June 1991

Yugoslavia	5–0	Tunisia

Alcazar Stadium , Larissa

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2 July 1991

Yugoslavia	5–0	San Marino
Bogdanović [2] 10' Novak 35' Jokanović 58' Vukov 63', 78'	[3]

Alcazar Stadium , Larissa

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4 July 1991

Tunisia	1–0	San Marino

Alcazar Stadium , Larissa

Group D

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

4 July 1991

Cyprus	0–3	Morocco
		Ammouta 7' Giannakis 20' (o.g.) Bodilan 71'

Pankritio Stadium , Heraklion

Referee: Ibrahim Nasur (Tunisia)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 July – Athens
	Greece (a.e.t.)	2
					12 July – Athens
	Yugoslavia	1
					Greece	3
	8 July – Athens
					Turkey	1
	Turkey	1
	Morocco	0
					Third place
					12 July – Athens
					Yugoslavia	2
					Morocco	3

Semi-finals

8 July 1991

21:30 EEST

Greece	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia
Marinakis 12' Mitsopoulos 109'		Jokanović 53' (pen.)

Karaiskakis Stadium , Athens

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

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8 July 1991

Turkey	1–0	Morocco
Günçar 72'

Karaiskakis Stadium , Athens

Referee: Eero Aho (Finland)

Third place match

12 July 1991

Yugoslavia	2–3	Morocco
Vukov Jokanović		Raghib Rokbi Rmouj

Final

12 July 1991

19:30 EEST

Greece	3–1	Turkey
Marinakis 43' Donis 70' Sofianopoulos 81'	Report	Korkmaz 58'

Olympic Stadium , Athens

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Eero Aho (Finland)

Tournament classification

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

1. Mediterranean Games 1991 (Athens) - rsssf.com
2. It should be Igor Bogdanović or Goran Bogdanović
3. Borba, 6 July 1991, p. 14.