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 3300102+86
 Greece 31116823
 Morocco 30212312
 Egypt 30122751

21 September 1979
Morocco  1 – 1  Greece
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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)

23 September 1979
Egypt  0 – 0  Morocco

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)

25 September 1979
Greece  4 – 2  Egypt
? Nouh  3', 33'

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 312043+14
 Algeria 312032+14
 Turkey 31112203
 Tunisia 30122421

21 September 1979
Algeria  1 – 1  France
Bensaoula  54' Ricort  8'
Omiš Stadium, Omiš
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

21 September 1979
Turkey  1 – 0  Tunisia

23 September 1979
Algeria  1 – 1  Tunisia
Bousri  38' Ben Brahim  5'
Omiš Stadium, Omiš

23 September 1979
France  1 – 1  Turkey

25 September 1979
Algeria  1 – 0  Turkey
Fergani  68'
Omiš Stadium, Omiš
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

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

27 September 1979
France  2 – 1  Greece

27 September 1979
Yugoslavia  3 – 2  Algeria
Primorac  4' (pen.)
Bogdan  84'
Šestić  88'
Belloumi  60'
Douadi  69'

Third place match

29 September 1979
Algeria  2 – 1  Greece
Belloumi  10'
Assad  pen'
Cirikas  20'

Final

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
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