Football at the 1963 Mediterranean Games

1963 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Italy's celebration for the gold medal

Tournament details
Host country| Italy
City| Naples
Dates| 18–28 September 1963
Teams| 9 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)| 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Italy Amateurs (2nd title)
Runners-up|  Turkey Amateurs
Third place|  Spain Amateurs
Fourth place|  Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 17
Goals scored| 45 (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Ramón Grosso
(8 goals)

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The 1963 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 4th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Naples, Italy between the 18–28 September 1963 as part of the 1963 Mediterranean Games.[1][2]

## Participating teams

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The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

Federation | Nation

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CAF Africa |  Morocco
Tunisia
United Arab Republic
AFC Asia |  Lebanon
Syria
UEFA Europe |  Italy Amateurs (hosts) (holders)
Malta Amateurs
Spain Amateurs
Turkey Amateurs

## Venues

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Cities | Venues | Capacity

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Naples | Stadio San Paolo | 100,000
Caserta | Stadio Alberto Pinto | 12,000
Benevento | Stadio Comunale  |
Salerno | Stadio Comunale  | 9,000

## Squads

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Main article: Football at the 1963 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

## Group stage

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All times local : CET (UTC+1)

Key to colours in group tables

| Group winners advance to the Final
| Group runners-up advance to the Third place match

### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Italy Amateurs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6
Morocco | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4
Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2
Syria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0

21 September 1963

Morocco | 1–0|  Syria

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Stadio Comunale, Benevento

21 September 1963

Italy Amateurs | 2–0|  Tunisia

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Ferrario 19', 70' |  |

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 12,000

* * *

25 September 1963

Morocco | 1–0|  Tunisia

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Ben Dayan 53' |  |

Stadio Alberto Pinto, Caserta

Attendance: 2,000

25 September 1963

Italy Amateurs | 6–0|  Syria

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Ferrario 10' (pen.)
Volpato 13', 51'
Lodetti 47'
Petroni 29', 56' |  |

Stadio Comunale, Benevento

Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui Izco (Spain)

* * *

27 September 1963

Italy Amateurs | 4–1|  Morocco

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Bercellino I 18'
Bercellino II 39', 85'
Volpato 32' |  | Riadh 70'

Stadio Alberto Pinto, Caserta

Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)

27 September 1963

Tunisia | 3–1|  Syria

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Henia 12'
Jedidi 50', 80' |  | Aleyan  35'

Stadio Comunale, Salerno

Attendance: 1,000

### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Turkey Amateurs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7
Spain Amateurs | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6
United Arab Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 5
Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2
Malta Amateurs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0

18 September 1963

Spain Amateurs | 1–1|  United Arab Republic

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Vidal 22' |  | El-Shazly 49'

Stadio Comunale, Salerno

Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

21 September 1963

Turkey Amateurs | 4–0|  Lebanon

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Doğan 9', 52'
Boralı 19' (pen.)
Büyükbuğdaypınar 58' | Report |

Stadio Alberto Pinto, Caserta

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Abdelkarim Ziani (Morocco)

* * *

20 September 1963

United Arab Republic | 6–0|  Malta Amateurs

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Reyadh 21'
Badawi 23', 29', 41'
El-Shazly 49', 71' |  |

Stadio Alberto Pinto, Caserta

20 September 1963

Spain Amateurs | 1–0|  Lebanon

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Grosso 81' |  |

Stadio Comunale, Benevento

Referee: Adami (Italy)

* * *

23 September 1963

Turkey Amateurs | 3–3|  Spain Amateurs

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Büyükbuğdaypınar 8'
Roberto Rodríguez  17' (o.g.)
Doğan 54' | Report | Grosso 12', 50', 82'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Gennaro Marchese (Italy)

23 September 1963

Lebanon | 2–0|  Malta Amateurs

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Middachi  32'
Tchaparian 39' |  |

Stadio Comunale, Salerno

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25 September 1963

Turkey Amateurs | 2–0|  Malta Amateurs

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Halil Ateş  3'
Boralı 37' | Report |

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 600

Referee: Sbardella (Italy)

26 September 1963

United Arab Republic | 2–0
(Lebanon withdrew)|  Lebanon

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Stadio Comunale, Salerno

* * *

27 September 1963

Spain Amateurs | 8–0|  Malta Amateurs

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Uriarte 1', 12', 82'
Grosso 23', 64', 68'
Valls 26'
Velázquez 72' |  |

Stadio Comunale, Benevento

27 September 1963

Turkey Amateurs | 3–1|  United Arab Republic

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Meto 18', 44', 88' | Report | Ismail 31'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Referee: Adami (Italy)

## Knockout stage

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| Final

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| 29 September – Naples

|  Turkey Amateurs| 0

|  Italy Amateurs| 3

| Third place

| 29 September – Naples

|  Morocco| 1

|  Spain Amateurs| 2

### Third place match

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29 September 1963

Morocco | 1–2|  Spain Amateurs

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Ben Dayan 30' |  | Grosso 9'
Velázquez 84'

Stadio Comunale, Salerno

Referee: Adami (Italy)

### Final

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29 September 1963[3]

Turkey Amateurs | 0–3|  Italy Amateurs

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| Report | Giannini [it] 9'
Bercellino II 33', 43'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Bahri Ben Said (United Arab Republic)

## Tournament classification

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Rank  | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Italy Amateurs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 8
2  |  Turkey Amateurs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7
3  |  Spain Amateurs | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 8
4  |  Morocco | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 4
Eliminated in the group stage
5  |  United Arab Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 5
6  |  Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2
7  |  Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 2
8  |  Syria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | –9 | 0
9  |  Malta Amateurs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | –14 | 0

## Goalscorers

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There were 60 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.

8 goals

* Ramón Grosso

4 goals

* Silvino Bercellino

3 goals

* Paolo Ferrario
* Angelo Volpato
* Fidel Uriarte
* Nedim Doğan
* Turgay Meto
* Hassan El-Shazly
* Badawi Abdel Fattah

## References

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1. ^ "Mediterranean Games 1963 (Naples, Italy)". RSSSF. Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. January 21, 2001.
2. ^ L'Unità Newspaper archive, September 1963
3. ^ Milliyet Newspaper, 30.09.1963, p. 8

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