Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

1979 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	21 – 29 September
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	45 (2.81 per match)

The football competition at the 1979 Mediterranean Games took place between 21 and 29 September 1979 and was contested by 8 teams.

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Greece	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	3
Morocco	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Egypt	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Morocco  v  Greece

21 September 1979

Morocco	1 – 1	Greece
?		?

Yugoslavia  v  Egypt

21 September 1979

Yugoslavia	3 – 0	Egypt
Primorac  21' Slišković  38' Zl. Vujović  74'

Stadion Rade Končar, Šibenik Attendance: 18,000 Referee: René Vigliani (France)

Egypt  v  Morocco

23 September 1979

Egypt	0 – 0	Morocco

Yugoslavia  v  Greece

23 September 1979

Yugoslavia	5 – 1	Greece
Slišković  32' Pašić  43' Janjanin  62', 69' Primorac  83'		Kourouzidis  79'

Stadion NK Zadar, Zadar Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Greece  v  Egypt

25 September 1979

Greece	4 – 2	Egypt
?		Nouh  3', 33'

Yugoslavia  v  Morocco

25 September 1979

Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Morocco
Zl. Vujović  43' Šestić  76'		Bousati  50'

Stadion Rade Končar, Šibenik Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ozborgul (Turkey)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Algeria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Turkey	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Algeria  v  France

21 September 1979

Algeria	1 – 1	France
Bensaoula  54'		Ricort  8'

Omiš Stadium, Omiš Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

Turkey  v  Tunisia

21 September 1979

Turkey	1 – 0	Tunisia

Algeria  v  Tunisia

23 September 1979

Algeria	1 – 1	Tunisia
Bousri  38'		Ben Brahim  5'

Omiš Stadium, Omiš

France  v  Turkey

23 September 1979

France	1 – 1	Turkey

Algeria  v  Turkey

25 September 1979

Algeria	1 – 0	Turkey
Fergani  68'

Omiš Stadium, Omiš Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

France  v  Tunisia

25 September 1979

France	2 – 1	Tunisia

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 September
	France	2
	Greece	1
					29 September – Split
					Yugoslavia	3
					France	0
					Third place
	27 September – Šibenik			29 September – Split
	Yugoslavia	3		Algeria	2
	Algeria	2			Greece	1

Semi-finals

France  v  Greece

27 September 1979

France	2 – 1	Greece

Yugoslavia  v  Algeria

27 September 1979

Yugoslavia	3 – 2	Algeria
Primorac  4' (pen.) Bogdan  84' Šestić  88'		Belloumi  60' Douadi  69'

Stadion Rade Končar, Šibenik Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Third place match

Algeria  v  Greece

29 September 1979

Algeria	2 – 1	Greece
Belloumi  10' Assad  pen'		Cirikas  20'

Final

Yugoslavia  v  France

29 September 1979

Yugoslavia	3 – 0	France
Pašić  24' Zl. Vujović  54', 77'

Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Yugoslavia	France	Algeria

External links

• Football at 1979 Mediterranean Games at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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