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)

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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]

## Participating teams[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Group stage[edit]

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[edit]

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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|  |

21 September 1963

Italy Amateurs | 2–0|  Tunisia

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Ferrario |  |

Attendance: 12,000

* * *

25 September 1963

Morocco | 1–0|  Tunisia

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Ben Dayan |  |

Attendance: 2,000

25 September 1963

Italy Amateurs | 6–0|  Syria

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Volpato
Lodetti
Ferrario
Petroni |  |

* * *

27 September 1963

Italy Amateurs | 4–1|  Morocco

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Bercellino I
Bercellino II
Volpato |  | Riadh

Stadio Alberto Pinto, Caserta

27 September 1963

Tunisia | 3–1|  Syria

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

Attendance: 1,000

### Group B[edit]

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 |  | El-Shazly 49'

Stadio Comunale, Salerno

Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

21 September 1963

Turkey Amateurs | 4–0|  Lebanon

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Nedim  9', 52'
Erol 19' (pen.)
İhsan  58' | Report |

Stadio Alberto Pinto, Caserta

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ziya (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 |  |

Stadio Comunale, Benevento

Referee: ? (Italy)

* * *

23 September 1963

Turkey Amateurs | 3–3|  Spain Amateurs

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İhsan  8'
Rodríguez  17' (o.g.)
Nedim  54' | Report | Grosso 12', 50', 82'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Marchesi (Italy)

23 September 1963

Lebanon | 2–0|  Malta Amateurs

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|  |

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

* * *

25 September 1963

Turkey Amateurs | 2–0|  Malta Amateurs

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Halil  3'
Erol 37' | Report |

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Referee: Sbardella (Italy)

26 September 1963

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

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|  |

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

* * *

27 September 1963

Spain Amateurs | 8–0|  Malta Amateurs

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Velázquez
Uriarte
Valls
Grosso |  |

Stadio Comunale, Benevento

27 September 1963

Turkey Amateurs | 3–1|  United Arab Republic

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| Report | Ismail 31'

Stadio Comunale, Benevento

Referee: Adami (Italy)

## Knockout stage[edit]

| Final

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| 28 September – Naples

|  Turkey Amateurs| 0

|  Italy Amateurs| 3

| Third place

| 28 September – Naples

|  Morocco| 1

|  Spain Amateurs| 2

### Third place match[edit]

28 September 1963

Morocco | 1–2|  Spain Amateurs

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

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

### Final[edit]

28 September 1963

Turkey Amateurs | 0–3|  Italy Amateurs

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| Report | Bercellino II
Giannini

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Referee: Ben Said

## Tournament classification[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mediterranean Games 1963 (Naples, Italy)". RSSSF. Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. January 21, 2001.

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