1953–58 Mediterranean Cup

1953–58 Mediterranean Cup
Tournament details
Dates18 October 1953 – 16 October 1958
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Spain B (1st title)
Runners-up France B
Third place Italy B
Fourth place Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored65 (2.32 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Manuel Badenes
(8 goals)

The 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup was the third and last championship of the Mediterranean Cup, which is a football competition contested by men's national teams and national B teams of the states bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The tournament was played on the road and spanned six years, and it was played in a round-robin system in which the six teams involved played two matches against the other.[1] Italy, France and Spain played with their B teams and the later became the champion of the organization in which Egypt, Turkey and Greece participated with their A teams.[2]

The matches that were supposed to be played between the teams of Turkey and Greece were not played due to the tension between the two countries, and Turkey played the last three matches with the B team.[1]

Results

Group

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Spain Spain B 10 8 1 1 24 6 +18 17 Winners
France France B 10 4 4 2 14 8 +6 12
Italy Italy B 10 3 3 4 12 9 +3 9
 Turkey 8 2 3 3 7 7 0 7
 Greece 8 1 4 3 6 17 −11 6
 Egypt 10 1 3 6 5 21 −16 5
Source: EU-Football
Greece Greece0–0France France B
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Egypt Egypt0–0France France B
[Report]

Turkey Turkey0–1Italy Italy B
Report Pesaola 10'
Attendance: 22,693
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Italy B Italy0–0France France B
Report


Greece Greece1–1Egypt Egypt
Kouiroukidis 50' Report El-Dhizui 5'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)

Egypt Egypt1–1Greece Greece
El-Dhizui 29' Report Panakis 39'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Édouard Harzic (France)

Spain B Spain7–1Greece Greece
Badenes 7', 35', 51', 58'
Olmedo 33', 68'
Maguregui 82'
Report Emmanouilidis 37'

France B France1–0Greece Greece
Rosidis 52' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Turkey Turkey0–0France France B
Report
Attendance: 24,237
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

France B France7–1Egypt Egypt
??' [Report] El-Dhizui ?'

Greece Greece0–0Italy Italy B
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

Italy B Italy1–1Turkey Turkey
Bettini 18' Report Küçükandonyadis 78'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Armand Merlotti (Switzerland)


Spain B Spain5–1Egypt Egypt
Tejada 43'
Badenes 47', 70', 73', 87'
Report El-Hamouly 8'

Egypt Egypt0–1Italy Italy B
[Report] ??'

France B France3–1Turkey Turkey
Curyl 37', 85'
Schultz 76'
Report Oktay 65'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

France B France2–1Italy Italy B
?' [Report] ?'

Italy B Italy7–1Greece Greece
Muccinelli 7', 10'
Pozzan 9'
Brugola 35', 45', 80'
Grazena 62'
Report Panakis 49'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Louis Fauquemberghe (France)

Italy B Italy0–1Spain Spain B
Report Tejada 61'


Greece Greece2–0Spain Spain B
Yfantis 2'
Panakis 43'
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

Egypt Egypt0–4Turkey Turkey
Report Küçükandonyadis 3', 41' (pen.), 65'
Kiremitçi 72'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Italy B Italy0–1Egypt Egypt
[Report] Fattah 5'

Turkey B Turkey1–0Egypt Egypt
Erdoğan Gökçen 10' Report

Turkey B Turkey0–0Spain Spain B
Report
Report


Spain B Spain3–1Italy Italy B
Peiró 25', 49', 50' Report Stacchini 59'


 1953-58 Mediterranean Cup 

Spain B

First title

Top Scorers

Player Team Goals
Manuel Badenes Spain Spain B 8
Joaquín Peiró Spain Spain B 4
Lefter Küçükandonyadis  Turkey 4
Vangelis Panakis  Greece 3
Luigi Brugola Italy Italy B 3
Justo Tejada Spain Spain B 3
El-Sayed El-Dhizui  Egypt 3
Ermes Muccinelli Italy Italy B 2
Pablo Olmedo Spain Spain B 2
Pepillo Spain Spain B 2

References

  1. ^ a b "Mediterranean Cup 1953-1958". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Eastern Mediterranean Cup 1953-1957 results". football.eu. Retrieved 30 May 2022.