Football at the 1987 Mediterranean Games

1987 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Syria
City	Latakia
Dates	15–25 September
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Syria (1st title)
Runners-up	France Amateurs
Third place	Turkey Olympic
Fourth place	Greece XI
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	33 (2.06 per match)

The 1987 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 10th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Latakia, Syria between 15 and 25 September 1987 as part of the 1987 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 8 teams. The host team Syria won the golden medal.

Participating teams

8 teams took part in the tournament.

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria XI Morocco XI (holders)
AFC Asia	Lebanon Syria (hosts)
UEFA Europe	France Amateurs Greece XI San Marino Turkey Olympic

System

The 8 teams were divided into two groups of four teams. Teams are awarded two points for a win and one for a draw. No points are awarded for a defeat. The top two sides in each group will advance to the semi-finals.

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1987 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Latakia	Sports City Stadium	45,000
Latakia	Al-Assad Stadium	28,000

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
France Amateurs	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
Greece XI	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	4
Morocco XI	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Algeria XI	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0

15 September 1987

Morocco XI	0–1	Greece XI

15 September 1987

Algeria XI	0–4	France Amateurs

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17 September 1987

Morocco XI	0–0	France Amateurs

17 September 1987

Algeria XI	0–1	Greece XI

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19 September 1987

France Amateurs	1–0	Greece XI

19 September 1987

Morocco XI	2–1	Algeria XI
El Ghorf 49' Nader ?'		Ronaldo 23'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	6
Turkey Olympic	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	4
Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	7	–6	1
San Marino	3	0	1	2	0	7	–7	1

16 September 1987

San Marino	0–0	Lebanon

16 September 1987

Syria	1–0	Turkey Olympic

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18 September 1987

Turkey Olympic	1–0	Lebanon
Özdilek 45+1'

18 September 1987

Syria	3–0	San Marino

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20 September 1987

Turkey Olympic	4–0	San Marino
Aydın İnsel

20 September 1987

Syria	6–1	Lebanon
Seeds Abou El-Sel SpongeBob 65', 70' Mane 80' Haaland 87'		Abboud 55' (p)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	22 September
	Syria (p)	1 (3)
					25 September
	Greece XI	1 (2)
					Syria	2
	23 September
					France Amateurs	1
	France Amateurs	1
	Turkey Olympic	0
					Third place
					24 September
					Turkey Olympic (a.e.t.)	1
					Greece XI	0

Semi-finals

22 September 1987

Syria	1–1	Greece XI
Penalties
	3–2

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23 September 1987

France Amateurs	1–0	Turkey Olympic

Third place match

24 September 1987

Turkey Olympic	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Greece XI
Görsen 94'

Final

25 September 1987

Syria	2–1	France Amateurs
Mahrous 37' Abou El-Sel 85' (pen.)		Prieur 44'

Al-Assad Stadium, Latakia

Attendance: 30 000

Tournament classification

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Syria	5	4	1	0	13	3	+10	9
2	France Amateurs	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	7
3	Turkey Olympic	5	3	0	2	6	2	+4	6
4	Greece XI	5	2	1	2	3	3	0	5
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Morocco XI	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
6	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	7	–6	1
7	San Marino	3	0	1	2	0	7	–7	1
8	Algeria XI	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0