Football at the Mediterranean Games

Association Football at the Mediterranean Games

Organising body	CIJM
Founded	1951
Region	Mediterranean Sea (FIFA)
Number of teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Current champions	France (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Italy (4 titles)

Football has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1951 for men. Italy and Spain are the most successful teams. From 1991, national teams are not allowed, which means only youth teams participate in the tournament.

Tournament

Men's

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
Senior teams
1951 Details	Alexandria		Greece	n/a	Egypt		Syria		No Fourth
Senior / B / XI / Amateur / Olympic teams
1955 Details	Barcelona		Egypt	n/a	Spain		France	n/a	Syria
1959 Details	Beirut		Italy	n/a	Turkey		Lebanon		No Fourth
1963 Details	Naples		Italy	3–0	Turkey		Spain	2–1	Morocco
1967 Details	Tunis		France /   Italy Gold Medal Shared				Spain	2–1	Turkey
1971 Details	İzmir		Yugoslavia	1–0	Tunisia		Turkey	1–0( a.e.t. )	United Arab Republic
1975 Details	Algiers		Algeria	3–2( a.e.t. )	France		Tunisia	1–1 (4–3 p)	Morocco
1979 Details	Split		Yugoslavia	3–0	France		Algeria	2–1	Greece
1983 Details	Casablanca		Morocco	3–0	Turkey		Egypt	0–0 (5–2 p)	France
1987 Details	Latakia		Syria	2–1	France		Turkey	1–0( a.e.t. )	Greece
U23 teams
1991 Details	Athens		Greece	3–1	Turkey		Morocco	3–2	Yugoslavia
1993 Details	Languedoc-Roussillon		Turkey	2–0	Algeria		France	2–1	Italy
1997 Details	Bari		Italy	5–1	Turkey		Greece	1–0	Spain
U21 teams
2001 Details	Tunis		Tunisia	1–0	Italy		France	2–0	Turkey
U23 teams
2005 Details	Almería		Spain	1–0	Turkey		Libya	1–1 (4–3 p)	Morocco
U20 teams
2009 Details	Pescara		Spain	2–1	Italy		Libya	0–0 (8–7 p)	France
U19 teams
2013 Details	Mersin		Morocco	2–2 (3–2 p)	Turkey		Tunisia	4–0	Libya
U18 teams
2018 Details	Tarragona		Spain	3–2	Italy		Morocco	0–0 (7–6 p)	Greece
2022 Details	Oran		France	1–0	Italy		Morocco	4–2	Turkey

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Medals (1951-2022)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	4	4	0	8
2	Spain	3	1	2	6
3	France	2	3	3	8
4	Morocco	2	0	3	5
5	Greece	2	0	1	3
6	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2
7	Turkey	1	7	2	10
8	Tunisia	1	1	2	4
9	Algeria	1	1	1	3
	Egypt	1	1	1	3
11	Syria	1	0	1	2
12	Libya	0	0	2	2
13	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		20	18	19	57

Participating nations

Nation	51	55	59	63	67	71	75	79	83	87	91	93	97	01	05	09	13	18	22	Years
Albania											6		11			10	8			4
Algeria	part of France				6		1	3	6	8	9	2	8	8	6			6	6	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	part of Yugoslavia											8	6				5	8		4
Croatia	part of Yugoslavia											10	10							2
Cyprus											11									1
Egypt	2	1		5		4	6	8	3		5									8
France		3			1	5	2	2	4	2		3	7	3		4		5	1	13
Greece	1					6	9	4	5	4	1	5	3	6	8	5		4	7	14
Italy			1	1	1						8	4	1	2	5	2	7	2	2	12
Lebanon			3	7						6										3
Libya					8		8		9				13	7	3	3	4	9		9
North Macedonia	part of Yugoslavia																6			1
Malta				9											9	11				3
Montenegro	part of Yugoslavia															8				1
Morocco				4	7	dq	4	6	1	5	3	9		5	4	w/o	1	3	3	14
Portugal																			5	1
San Marino										7	10		12	9						4
Serbia A						1	5	1			4		5							5
Slovenia	part of Yugoslavia											6	9							2
Spain		2		3	3								4		1	1		1	8	8
Syria	3	4		8		7			8	1						9				7
Tunisia				6	5	2	3	7	7		7	7		1	7	7	3			12
Turkey			2	2	4	3	7	5	2	3	2	1	2	4	2	6	2	7	4	17
Total nations (23)	3	4	3	9	8	7	9	8	9	8	11	10	13	9	9	12	8	9	8

^{^A} Includes four appearances as   Yugoslavia

Summary

Men (1951–1987)

As end of 1987 Mediterranean Games. 10 editions compete between Senior teams but many teams not compete national A teams. All matches not between two A Senior team are not counted as A-level match by FIFA.

See also: France national amateur football team

See also: Turkey national football B team

See also: Spain national football B team

See also: Yugoslavia Olympic football team

See also: Greece national under-23 football team

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	France	7	32	16	8	8	44	27	+17	56
2	Turkey	8	32	15	7	10	41	33	+8	52
3	Italy	3	13	10	2	1	32	6	+26	32
4	Algeria	5	19	10	2	7	29	25	+4	32
5	Morocco	7	22	8	8	6	23	21	+2	32
6	Egypt	7	24	8	7	9	42	33	+9	31
7	Yugoslavia	3	12	9	2	1	32	9	+23	29
8	Spain	3	13	7	5	1	28	12	+16	26
9	Tunisia	6	20	6	6	8	21	23	–2	24
10	Greece	6	21	6	4	11	24	38	–14	22
11	Syria	6	18	4	1	13	15	41	–26	13
12	Lebanon	3	11	1	1	9	4	26	–22	4
13	Libya	3	9	1	1	7	7	18	–11	4
14	San Marino	1	3	0	1	2	0	7	–7	1
15	Malta	1	4	0	0	4	4	18	–14	0

Men (1951–2022)

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Turkey	17	72	35	13	24	99	78	+21	118
2	France	13	55	29	12	14	80	51	+29	99
3	Italy	12	47	30	7	10	96	34	+62	97
4	Spain	8	34	19	10	5	63	32	+31	67
5	Greece	14	46	19	6	21	64	66	–2	63
6	Morocco	14	48	19	15	14	63	49	+14	60
7	Tunisia	12	40	15	12	13	50	47	+3	57
8	Algeria	12	39	14	8	17	52	60	–8	50
9	Yugoslavia	5	19	13	3	3	49	15	+34	42
10	Egypt	8	27	9	7	11	44	36	+8	34
11	Libya	9	31	3	11	17	22	56	–34	20
12	Syria	7	20	4	2	14	16	46	–30	14
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	11	2	3	6	14	24	–10	9
14	Albania	4	10	1	1	8	8	27	–19	4
15	Lebanon	3	11	1	1	9	4	26	–22	4
16	Portugal	1	3	1	0	2	2	3	–1	3
17	Slovenia	2	5	0	3	2	5	7	–2	3
18	Montenegro	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
19	Croatia	2	5	0	1	4	6	11	–5	1
20	North Macedonia	1	4	0	1	3	5	13	–8	1
21	San Marino	4	9	0	1	8	1	32	–31	1
22	Cyprus	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	–3	0
23	Malta	3	8	0	0	8	4	31	–27	0

See also

• Mediterranean Cup (men's football)
• Football at the African Games
• Football at the Asian Games

External links

• Mediterranean Cup and Mediterranean Games - Overview (www.rsssf.com)
• Mediterranean Games - General stats for all teams