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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
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International football competition

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

Squads

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

Venues

Algiers Football at the 1975 Mediterranean Games is located in AlgeriaAlgiersAlgiers 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 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'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, AlgiersReferee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)
Libya 1–0 Greece Ol.
Stade 5 Juillet 1962,, Algiers
Algeria B 5–0 Greece Ol.
Safsafi 14'
Draoui 18', 59'
? (o.g.)
Betrouni 89'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, AlgiersReferee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
France Amateurs France2–0 Egypt
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
France Amateurs France2–0 Libya
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Algeria B 1–0 Egypt
Draoui 85'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, AlgiersAttendance: 40,000Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Algeria B 2–1 Libya
Keddou 5', 17' (pen.) ? 75'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, AlgiersReferee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)
Egypt 5–2 Greece Ol.
Shehata 6'
El Seyagui 22'
El-Bably 30'
Abdel Baquy 35'
Abdel Fattah 64'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Egypt 4–2 Libya
Gaafar 12'
El-Bably 43'
Shehata 62', 89'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Greece Ol. 1–2France 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 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'
20 August 1955 Stadium, AlgiersReferee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Morocco 1–0Turkey Turkey B
Ouahbi 57' Report
20 August 1955 Stadium, AlgiersReferee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
Yugoslavia Ol. 0–0 Morocco
Report
20 August 1955 Stadium, AlgiersAttendance: 4,000Referee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)
Tunisia 0–0Turkey Turkey B
20 August 1955 Stadium, AlgiersReferee: El Sadi (Egypt)
Yugoslavia Ol. 4–0Turkey Turkey B
Lazarević 21'
Pejović 46', 61', 73'		 Report
20 August 1955 Stadium, AlgiersReferee: Salem Muhammed Adel (Libya)
Morocco 0–0 Tunisia

Knockout stage

Seventh-place match

Turkey B Turkey1–1 (a.e.t.) Libya
Penalties
4–2
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, AlgiersReferee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)

Fifth-place match

Yugoslavia Ol. 2–0 Egypt
Gaafar 45' (o.g.)
Šimek 66'		 Report
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, AlgiersReferee: Michel Vautrot (France)
 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

Algeria B 2–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Naïm 62'
Draoui 96'		 Kammoun 70'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, AlgiersAttendance: 70,000Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)
France Amateurs France1–1 (a.e.t.) Morocco
Yaghcha
Penalties
4–3
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Third-place match

Tunisia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Morocco
Agrebi 79' Fetoui 84'
Penalties
4–3
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Final

Algeria B 3–2 (a.e.t.)France France Amateurs
Kaoua 71'
Betrouni 90'
Menguelti 111'		 Rouyer 35'
Schaer 76' (pen.)
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, AlgiersAttendance: 70,000Referee: 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 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

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

5 goals

External links

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