1953–58 Mediterranean Cup

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]

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 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

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Group

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Spain B 10 8 1 1 24 6 +18 17 Winners
  France B 10 4 4 2 14 8 +6 12
  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  0–0  France B
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Egypt  0–0  France B
[Report]

Turkey  0–1  Italy B
Report Pesaola   10'
Attendance: 22,693
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Italy B  0–0  France B
Report


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

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

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

France B  1–0  Greece
Rosidis   52' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

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

France B  7–1  Egypt
  ??' [Report] El-Dhizui   ?'

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

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

Spain B  3–1  France B
Domingo   15'
Agustín   17'
Collar   28'
Report Dalla Cieca   8'

Spain B  5–1  Egypt
Tejada   43'
Badenes   47', 70', 73', 87'
Report El-Hamouly   8'

Egypt  0–1  Italy B
[Report]   ??'

France B  3–1  Turkey
Curyl   37', 85'
Schultz   76'
Report Oktay   65'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

France B  2–1  Italy B
  ?' [Report]   ?'

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

Italy B  0–1  Spain B
Report Tejada   61'


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

Egypt  0–4  Turkey
Report Küçükandonyadis   3', 41' (pen.), 65'
Kiremitçi   72'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Italy B  0–1  Egypt
[Report] Fattah   5'

Turkey B  1–0  Egypt
Erdoğan Gökçen   10' Report

Turkey B  0–0  Spain B
Report
Report


Spain B  3–1  Italy B
Peiró   25', 49', 50' Report Stacchini   59'


 1953-58 Mediterranean Cup 
 
Spain B

First title

Top Scorers

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

References

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  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.
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