Mediterranean Cup (men's football)

{{Infobox football tournament

| name = Mediterranean Cup

| organiser =

| title =

| founded = 1949

| abolished = 1958

| region = Mediterranean

| number of teams = 4 to 6 teams

| qualifier for =

| related comps =

| current champions = {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Spain B

| most successful club = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy B (2)

}}

The Mediterranean Cup was an association football competition contested by men's national teams and national B teams of the states bordering the Mediterranean Sea. There have been three tournaments for the Mediterranean Cup: the first one was officially called Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup, the second was called Eastern Mediterranean Cup and the last one was just "Mediterranean Cup".{{Cite web|title=Mediterranean Cup and Mediterranean Games – Overview|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/medgames.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=20 June 2020}}

Italy, Egypt, Greece and Turkey were the four participants of the first two editions (Italy played with the national B team).{{Cite web|title=Mediterranean Cup 1949 (Athinai, Greece)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/medcup49.html |website=RSSSF |date=21 April 2011 |access-date=20 June 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Mediterranean Cup 1950–1953|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/medcup53.html |website=RSSSF |date=21 April 2011 |access-date=20 June 2020}} Spain and France joined in the last edition (both with the national B team).{{Cite web|title=Mediterranean Cup 1953–1958|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/medcup58.html |website=RSSSF |date=17 March 2016 |access-date=20 June 2020}} The first edition, the only one with a permanent location, Athens, was played in 1949, lasted less than a month and was won by Italy B. The second edition, from 1950 to 1953, was won again by Italy B. The third and last edition, from 1953 to 1958, was won by Spain B.

Due to political/social reasons (tension between Greece and Turkey, troubles in Egypt) and the introduction of the European Championships in 1960, led to the abolition of further tournaments.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Results

Period	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
class="wikitable"
align=center \|1949	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Italy B	{{fb\|TUR}}	{{fb\|EGY\|1922}}
align=center \|1950–53	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Italy B	{{fb\|GRE\|old}}	{{fb\|EGY\|1922}}
align=center \|1953–58	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Spain B	{{flagicon\|FRA}} France B	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Italy B

1949

{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=MC-1 |title=Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 results |website=football.eu |accessdate=30 May 2022}}

=Results=

width="200" \|Team !width="20" abbr="Points" \|Pts !width="20" abbr="Played" \|Pld !width="20" abbr="Won" \|W !width="20" abbr="Drawn" \|D !width="20" abbr="Lost" \|L !width="20" abbr="Goals for" \|GF !width="20" abbr="Goals against" \|GA !width="20" abbr="Goal difference" \|GD
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background: #ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Italy B \|6	3	3	0	0	8	5	+3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|TUR}} Turkey \|4	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|EGY\|1922}} Egypt \|2	3	1	0	2	6	6	0
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|GRE\|old}} Greece \|0	3	0	0	3	4	8\|
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{{football box

|date = 12 May 1949

|team1 = {{flagicon|EGY|1922}} Egypt

|score = 2–3

|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6593

|team2 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey

|goals1 =

El-Attiyah {{goal|11}}
Rahman {{goal|74}}

|goals2 =

Kılıç {{goal|38}}
Esel {{goal|46}}
Gülesin {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

|location = Athens, Greece

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Agostino Gamba (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 16 May 1949

|team1 = {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Greece

|score = 1–2

|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6592

|team2 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey

|goals1 =

Markopoulos {{goal|49}}

|goals2 =

Kılıç {{goal|33}}
Esel {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

|location = Athens, Greece

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Mohammed Al Sayed (Egypt)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 May 1949

|team1 = {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Greece

|score = 1–3

|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6612

|team2 = {{flagicon|EGY|1922}} Egypt

|goals1 =

Chatzistavridis {{goal|4}}

|goals2 =

El-Sabbagh {{goal|3||85}}
Hamdain {{goal|5}}

|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

|location = Athens, Greece

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Agostino Gamba (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 20 May 1949

|team1 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy B

|score = 3–2

|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6614

|team2 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey

|goals1 =

Galassi {{goal|1}}
Puccinelli {{goal|27||85}}

|goals2 =

Gülesin {{goal|10}}
Esel {{goal|18}}

|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

|location = Athens, Greece

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Greece)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 22 May 1949

|team1 = {{flagicon|EGY|1922}} Egypt

|score = 1–2

|report = https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=MC-1

|team2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy B

|goals1 =

El-Attiyah {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

Remondini {{goal|44}}
Puccinelli {{goal|67}}

|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

|location = Athens, Greece

|attendance = 19,000

|referee = Sotiris Asprogerakas (Greece)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 25 May 1949

|team1 = {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Greece

|score = 2–3

|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6615

|team2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy B

|goals1 =

Stafylidis {{goal|54}}
Markopoulos {{goal|76}}

|goals2 =

Baldini {{goal|48}}
Galassi {{goal|25||68}}

|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

|location = Athens, Greece

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Mohammed Al Sayed (Egypt)

}}

= Top Scorers =

class="wikitable" ! Player ! Team ! Goals
bgcolor="D0F0C0" \| Aldo Puccinelli	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Italy B	align="center"\| 3
Bülent Esel	{{fb\|TUR}}	align="center"\| 3
Alberto Galassi	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Italy B	align="center"\| 3

All-time top goalscorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!style="width: 40px;"|Rank

!style="width: 200px;"|Name

!style="width: 80px;"|Team

!style="width: 40px;"|Goals

!style="width: 40px;"|{{Abbr|Apps|Appearances}}

!style="width: 100px;"|Ratio

!style="width: 250px;"|Tournament(s)

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Badenes

|align="left"|Spain B

|{{#expr:8/2 round 2}}

|1953-58(8)

|align="left"|{{flagicon|EGY|1922}} El-Sayed El-Dhizui

|align="left"|Egypt

|12

|{{#expr:7/12 round 2}}

|1950-53(4) and 1953-58(3)

rowspan="4"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Joaquín Peiró

|rowspan="2" align="left"|Spain B

|rowspan="4"|5

|{{#expr:5/5 round 2}}

|1953-58(5)

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Justo Tejada

|{{#expr:5/5 round 2}}

|1953-58(5)

align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Bülent Esel

|rowspan="3" align="left"|Turkey

|{{#expr:5/6 round 2}}

|1949(3) and 1950-53(2)

align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Lefter Küçükandonyadis

|{{#expr:5/9 round 2}}

|1950-53(1) and 1953-58(4)

rowspan="2"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|EGY|1922}} Toto

|rowspan="2"|4

|{{#expr:4/8 round 2}}

|1949(2) and 1950-53(2)

align="left"|{{flagicon|GRE|old}} Georgios Darivas

|align="left"|Greece

|11

|{{#expr:4/11 round 2}}

|1950-53(4)

Hat-tricks

Since the first official tournament in 1949, 5 hat-tricks have been scored in over 50 matches of the 3 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by Georgios Darivas of Greece, playing against Turkey on 29 February 1952; and the last was by Joaquín Peiró, netting a hat-trick for Spain B in a 3-1 win over Italy B on 16 October 1958. The record for the most goals scored in a single Mediterranean Cup game is 4, which has been achieved on two occasion: both by Manuel Badenes when he scored 4 for Spain B in a 7-1 win over Greece and 4 again in a 5-1 win over Egypt. These two 4-goal haul single-handendely make him the all-time top goal scorer of the competition with 8 goals. Badenes is also the only player to have scored two hat-tricks in the Mediterranean Cup. Spain B holds the record for most hat-tricks scored with 3, and Egypt holds the record for most hat-tricks conceded with 2.

=List=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" \|+Mediterranean Cup hat-tricks
scope=col\| # !scope=col\| Player !scope=col\| {{abbr\|G\|Number of goals (if more than 3)}} !scope=col\| Time of goals !scope=col\| For !scope=col\| Result !scope=col\| Against !scope=col\| Tournament !scope=col\| Date !scope=col class="unsortable"\| FIFA report
align="right"\| {{nts\|1}}. \| Georgios Darivas \|align="center"\| 3 \| {{Nts\|15}}', 44', 80' \|{{fb\|GRE\|old}} \|3–1 \|{{fb\|TUR}} \|1950-53 Mediterranean Cup \|29 February 1952 \|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14254 Report]
align="right"\| {{nts\|2}}. \| Manuel Badenes \|align="center"\| 4 \| {{Nts\|7}}', 35', 51', 58' \|rowspan="2"\|{{flagicon\|Spain}} Spain B \|7–1 \|{{fb\|GRE\|old}} \|rowspan="4"\|1953–58 Mediterranean Cup \|13 March 1955 \|[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340005 Report]
align="right"\| {{nts\|3}}. \| Manuel Badenes (2) \|align="center"\| 4 \| {{Nts\|47}}', 70', 73', 87' \|5–1 \|rowspan="2"\|{{fb\|EGY\|1922}} \|27 November 1955 \|[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340007 Report]
align="right"\| {{nts\|4}}. \| Lefter Küçükandonyadis \|align="center"\| 3 \| {{Nts\|3}}', 41', 65' \|{{fb\|TUR}} \|4–0 \|5 April 1957 \|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14778 Report]
align="right"\| {{nts\|5}}. \| Joaquín Peiró \|align="center"\| 3 \| {{Nts\|25}}', 49', 60' \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} Spain B \|3–1 \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} Italy B \|16 October 1958 \|[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340015 Report]

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+Mediterranean Cup hat-tricks

scope=col| #

!scope=col| Player

!scope=col| {{abbr|G|Number of goals (if more than 3)}}

!scope=col| Time of goals

!scope=col| For

!scope=col| Result

!scope=col| Against

!scope=col| Tournament

!scope=col| Date

!scope=col class="unsortable"| FIFA
report

align="right"| {{nts|1}}.

| Georgios Darivas

|align="center"| 3

| {{Nts|15}}', 44', 80'

|{{fb|GRE|old}}

|3–1

|{{fb|TUR}}

|1950-53 Mediterranean Cup

|29 February 1952

|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14254 Report]

align="right"| {{nts|2}}.

| Manuel Badenes

|align="center"| 4

| {{Nts|7}}', 35', 51', 58'

|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain B

|7–1

|{{fb|GRE|old}}

|rowspan="4"|1953–58 Mediterranean Cup

|13 March 1955

|[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340005 Report]

align="right"| {{nts|3}}.

| Manuel Badenes (2)

|align="center"| 4

| {{Nts|47}}', 70', 73', 87'

|5–1

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|EGY|1922}}

|27 November 1955

|[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340007 Report]

align="right"| {{nts|4}}.

| Lefter Küçükandonyadis

|align="center"| 3

| {{Nts|3}}', 41', 65'

|{{fb|TUR}}

|4–0

|5 April 1957

|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14778 Report]

align="right"| {{nts|5}}.

| Joaquín Peiró

|align="center"| 3

| {{Nts|25}}', 49', 60'

|{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain B

|3–1

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy B

|16 October 1958

|[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=340015 Report]

References

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/medgames.html Mediterranean Cup results]

Category:International men's association football invitational tournaments

Category:Sport in the Mediterranean

width="200" \|Team !width="20" abbr="Points" \|Pts !width="20" abbr="Played" \|Pld !width="20" abbr="Won" \|W !width="20" abbr="Drawn" \|D !width="20" abbr="Lost" \|L !width="20" abbr="Goals for" \|GF !width="20" abbr="Goals against" \|GA !width="20" abbr="Goal difference" \|GD
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background: #ccffcc;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Italy B \|6	3	3	0	0	8	5	+3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|TUR}} Turkey \|4	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|EGY\|1922}} Egypt \|2	3	1	0	2	6	6	0
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|GRE\|old}} Greece \|0	3	0	0	3	4	8\|
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Mediterranean Cup (men's football)

Results

1949

=Results=

= Top Scorers =

All-time top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

=List=

See also

References

External links