Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads
Below are the squads for the Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, hosted in Split, Yugoslavia, and took place between 21 and 29 September 1979.[1]
Group A
Egypt
Coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Thabet El-Batal | (1953-09-16)16 September 1953 (aged 26) |  Al-Ahly | |||
| 1GK | Adel El-Maamour | (1954-11-30)30 November 1954 (aged 24) | Zamalek | |||
| 2DF | Mohamed Salah | (1958-07-19)19 July 1958 (aged 21) | Zamalek | |||
| 2DF | Medhat Ramadan | (1958-10-01)1 October 1958 (aged 20) | Al-Ahly | |||
| 2DF | Maher Hammam | (1956-10-03)3 October 1956 (aged 22) | Al-Ahly | |||
| 2DF | Ibrahim Youssef | (1959-01-01)1 January 1959 (aged 20) | Zamalek | |||
| 3MF | Farouk Gaafar | (1952-10-29)29 October 1952 (aged 26) | Zamalek | |||
| 3MF | Wahid Kamil | Zamalek | ||||
| 3MF | Mokhtar Mokhtar | (1952-08-17)17 August 1952 (aged 27) | Al-Ahly | |||
| 3MF | Fathi Mabrouk | (1951-07-05)5 July 1951 (aged 28) | Al-Ahly | |||
| 3MF | Hamdi Nouh | El-Mokawloon El-Arab | ||||
| 3MF | Shawky Gharieb | (1959-02-26)26 February 1959 (aged 20) | Ghazl El-Mahalla | |||
| 3MF | Mohamed Nur | Al-Ittihad Alexandria | ||||
| 4FW | Mussad Nur | (1951-04-23)23 April 1951 (aged 28) | Al-Masry | |||
| 4FW | Gamal Abdel-Hameed | (1957-11-24)24 November 1957 (aged 21) | Al-Ahly | |||
| 4FW | Sherif Abdel Moneim | Al-Ahly | ||||
| 4FW | Ossama Khalil | (1954-02-05)5 February 1954 (aged 25) | Ismaily |
Greece Ol.
Coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2DF | Christos Ziakos | (1955-02-05)5 February 1955 (aged 24) |  Panathinaikos | |||
| ... Tziontzios | ||||||
| ... Kokisidis | ||||||
| ... Kumikidis | ||||||
| ... Tsirikas | ||||||
| ... Kourouzidis | ||||||
| ... Stantzalis | ||||||
| ... Miskos | ||||||
| ... Anajuston | ||||||
| ... Dadakos | ||||||
| ... Pisas | ||||||
| 2DF | Takis Karagiozopoulos | (1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 18) | Veria | |||
| ... Chatzigiovanakis |
Morocco
Coach: 
Just Fontaine
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Badou Zaki | (1959-04-02)2 April 1959 (aged 20) |  Wydad Casablanca | |||
| 2DF | Jawad El Andaloussi | Raja Casablanca | ||||
| 2DF | Mohamed "Chicha" Rabih | |||||
| 2DF | Tahir Mustapha | US Sidi Kacem | ||||
| 3MF | Aziz Bouderbala | (1960-12-26)26 December 1960 (aged 18) | Wydad Casablanca | |||
| 3MF | Abdelmajid Dolmy | (1953-04-19)19 April 1953 (aged 26) | Raja Casablanca | |||
| 3MF | Houcine Lahcen | FAR Rabat | ||||
| 3MF | Kamel Smiri | MC Oujda | ||||
| 3MF | Mohamed Timoumi | (1960-01-15)15 January 1960 (aged 19) | US Touarga | |||
| 4FW | Ahmed Alaoui | (1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 30) | RS Settat | |||
| 4FW | Mohamed Boussati | Kenitra AC | ||||
| 4FW | Jamal Jebrane | (1957-08-20)20 August 1957 (aged 22) | Kenitra AC | |||
| 4FW | Khalid Labied | (1955-08-24)24 August 1955 (aged 24) | FUS de Rabat | |||
| 4FW | Mustapha Mahrous | AS Salé | ||||
| 4FW | Abdelmajid Shaita | (1954-01-19)19 January 1954 (aged 25) | Wydad Casablanca |
Yugoslavia Ol.
Coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Tomislav Ivković | (1960-08-11)11 August 1960 (aged 19) |  Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| 1GK | Aleksandar Stojanović | (1954-06-19)19 June 1954 (aged 25) | Red Star Belgrade | |||
| 2DF | Srećko Bogdan | (1957-01-05)5 January 1957 (aged 22) | Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| 2DF | Ismet Hadžić | (1954-07-07)7 July 1954 (aged 25) | Sloboda Tuzla | |||
| 2DF | Miloš Hrstić | (1955-11-20)20 November 1955 (aged 23) | NK Rijeka | |||
| 2DF | Mišo Krstičević | (1958-02-19)19 February 1958 (aged 21) | Hajduk Split | |||
| 2DF | Boro Primorac | (1954-12-05)5 December 1954 (aged 24) | Hajduk Split | |||
| 2DF | Vedran Rožić | (1954-11-02)2 November 1954 (aged 24) | Hajduk Split | |||
| 2DF | Nenad Starovlah | (1955-07-29)29 July 1955 (aged 24) | Željezničar Sarajevo | |||
| 2DF | Zoran Vujović | (1958-08-26)26 August 1958 (aged 21) | Hajduk Split | |||
| 3MF | Nikica Cukrov | (1954-03-06)6 March 1954 (aged 25) | HNK Rijeka | |||
| 3MF | Rajko Janjanin | (1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (aged 22) | Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| 3MF | Dragan Okuka | (1954-04-02)2 April 1954 (aged 25) | Velež Mostar | |||
| 3MF | Blaž Slišković | (1959-05-30)30 May 1959 (aged 20) | Velež Mostar | |||
| 4FW | Predrag Pašić | (1958-10-18)18 October 1958 (aged 20) | FK Sarajevo | |||
| 4FW | Miloš Šestić | (1956-08-08)8 August 1956 (aged 23) | Red Star Belgrade | |||
| 4FW | Zlatko Vujović | (1958-08-26)26 August 1958 (aged 21) | Hajduk Split |
Group B
Algeria
Coach: Mahieddine Khalef
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Mehdi Cerbah | (1953-04-03)3 April 1953 (aged 26) |  JE Tizi Ouzou | |||
| 1GK | Mohamed Aït Mouhoub | (1952-11-05)5 November 1952 (aged 26) | MP Alger | |||
| 2DF | Mahmoud Guendouz | (1953-02-04)4 February 1953 (aged 26) | MA Hussein Dey | |||
| 2DF | Mahieddine Safsafi | (1957-03-14)14 March 1957 (aged 22) | MA Hussein Dey | |||
| 2DF | Mohamed Chaïb | (1957-05-20)20 May 1957 (aged 22) | RS Kouba | |||
| 2DF | Chaâbane Merzekane | (1959-03-18)18 March 1959 (aged 20) | MA Hussein Dey | |||
| 2DF | Rezki Maghrici | (1953-05-05)5 May 1953 (aged 26) | JE Tizi Ouzou | |||
| 2DF | Abdelkader Horr | (1953-11-10)10 November 1953 (aged 25) | DNC Alger | |||
| 3MF | Smaïl Slimani | (1956-12-31)31 December 1956 (aged 22) | USK Alger | |||
| 3MF | Ali Fergani (c) | (1952-09-21)21 September 1952 (aged 27) | JE Tizi Ouzou | |||
| 3MF | Ali Bencheikh | (1955-01-09)9 January 1955 (aged 24) | MP Alger | |||
| 3MF | Lyès Bahbouh | (1957-04-06)6 April 1957 (aged 22) | JE Tizi Ouzou | |||
| 3MF | Lakhdar Belloumi | (1958-12-29)29 December 1958 (aged 20) | MP Alger | |||
| 4FW | Tedj Bensaoula | (1954-12-01)1 December 1954 (aged 24) | MP Oran | |||
| 4FW | Abdeslam Bousri | (1953-01-28)28 January 1953 (aged 26) | MP Alger | |||
| 4FW | Bachir Douadi | (1953-12-11)11 December 1953 (aged 25) | JE Tizi Ouzou | |||
| 4FW | Salah Assad | (1958-03-13)13 March 1958 (aged 21) | RS Kouba |
France Amateur
Coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Jean-Pierre Mottet | (1959-04-01)1 April 1959 (aged 20) | Lille OSC | |||
| 1GK | Raymond Esclassan | (1958-10-18)18 October 1958 (aged 20) | FC Grenoble | |||
| 2DF | Jean-Louis Bérenguier | (1958-02-28)28 February 1958 (aged 21) | SC Toulon | |||
| 2DF | Jean-Claude Lafargue | (1959-12-23)23 December 1959 (aged 19) | Paris FC | |||
| 2DF | Dominique Trenoras | (1952-05-27)27 May 1952 (aged 27) | ÉDS Montluçon | |||
| 2DF | Jacques Raymond | (1950-11-30)30 November 1950 (aged 28) | RC Franc-Comtois | |||
| 2DF | Jean-Claude Fagès | (1958-09-08)8 September 1958 (aged 21) | AS Monaco | |||
| 2DF | Philippe Krug | (1957-05-16)16 May 1957 (aged 22) | FC Mulhouse | |||
| 2DF | Daniel Bruno | (1959-11-06)6 November 1959 (aged 19) | Olympique Lyonnais | |||
| 3MF | Paul Brot | (1950-02-18)18 February 1950 (aged 29) | AJ Auxerre | |||
| 3MF | Jacques Manic | (1949-02-26)26 February 1949 (aged 30) | AAJ Blois | |||
| 3MF | Roger Ricort | (1959-01-07)7 January 1959 (aged 20) | AS Monaco | |||
| 4FW | José Duch | (1950-05-01)1 May 1950 (aged 29) | FC Gueugnon | |||
| 4FW | Alain Couriol | (1958-10-24)24 October 1958 (aged 20) | AS Monaco | |||
| 4FW | Antoine Trivino | (1952-06-13)13 June 1952 (aged 27) | AS Cannes | |||
| 4FW | José Touré | (1961-04-24)24 April 1961 (aged 18) | FC Nantes | |||
| 4FW | Fabrice Picot | (1960-05-20)20 May 1960 (aged 19) | FC Nantes |
