# 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.

## Group A
### Egypt

Coach:
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | 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: Stefanos Petritsis
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 2DF | Christos Ziakos | (1955-02-05)5 February 1955 (aged 24) | Panathinaikos |
| | ... Tziontzios | | |
| | ... Koktsidis | | |
| | ... Kouimtzidis | | |
| | ... Tsirikas | | |
| | ... Kourouzidis | | |
| | ... Strantzalis | | |
| | ... Miskos | | |
| | Andreas Anagnostou | | |
| | ... Dadakos | | |
| | Michalis Gerothodoros | | Fostiras |
| 1GK | Stavros Gatzilakis | (1953-04-13)13 April 1953 (aged 26) | Doxa Drama |
| 3MF | Giorgos Pisas | (1956-01-15)15 January 1956 (aged 23) | Korinthos |
| | Giorgos Kastanos | | Panathinaikos |
| 2DF | Takis Karagiozopoulos | (1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 18) | Veria |
| | ... Chatzigiovanakis | | |

### Morocco

Coach: Guy Cluseau
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | 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 | Mustapha Tahiri (captain) | | 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:
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | 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) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Mehdi Cerbah | (1953-04-03)3 April 1953 (aged 26) | JE Tizi Ouzou |
| 2 | 2DF | Mahmoud Guendouz | (1953-02-04)4 February 1953 (aged 26) | MA Hussein Dey |
| 5 | 2DF | Chaâbane Merzekane | (1959-03-18)18 March 1959 (aged 20) | MA Hussein Dey |
| 6 | 3MF | Smaïl Slimani | (1956-12-31)31 December 1956 (aged 22) | USK Alger |
| 7 | 4FW | Tedj Bensaoula | (1954-12-01)1 December 1954 (aged 24) | MP Oran |
| 8 | 3MF | Ali Fergani (captain) | (1952-09-21)21 September 1952 (aged 27) | JE Tizi Ouzou |
| 9 | 4FW | Abdeslam Bousri | (1953-01-28)28 January 1953 (aged 26) | MP Alger |
| 10 | 3MF | Ali Bencheikh | (1955-01-09)9 January 1955 (aged 24) | MP Alger |
| 11 | 4FW | Bachir Douadi | (1953-12-11)11 December 1953 (aged 25) | JE Tizi Ouzou |
| 15 | 4FW | Salah Assad | (1958-03-13)13 March 1958 (aged 21) | RS Kouba |
| 16 | 3MF | Lakhdar Belloumi | (1958-12-29)29 December 1958 (aged 20) | MP Oran |
| 17 | 2DF | Abdelkader Horr | (1953-11-10)10 November 1953 (aged 25) | DNC Alger |
| | 1GK | Mohamed Aït Mouhoub | (1952-11-05)5 November 1952 (aged 26) | MP Alger |
| | 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 | Rezki Maghrici | (1953-05-05)5 May 1953 (aged 26) | JE Tizi Ouzou |
| | 3MF | Lyès Bahbouh | (1957-04-06)6 April 1957 (aged 22) | JE Tizi Ouzou |

### France Amateur

Coach:
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | 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 |

### Tunisia

Coach: Ahmed Dhib

### Turkey B

Coach: Nihat Atacan
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Mustafa Ceylan | | Galatasaray |
| 1GK | Aslan Meriç | (1959-10-10)10 October 1959 (aged 19) | Bursaspor |
| | Süleyman Oktay | (1959-01-09)9 January 1959 (aged 20) | Beşiktaş |
| | Kadir Akbulut | (1960-05-08)8 May 1960 (aged 19) | Denizlispor |
| | Mustafa Ulucan | (1959-08-09)9 August 1959 (aged 20) | Adanaspor |
| | Muzaffer Badalıoğlu | (1960-11-13)13 November 1960 (aged 18) | Zonguldakspor |
| | İsmet Saral | | Vefa |
| | Nedret Oğuz Aydoğdu | (1960-01-08)8 January 1960 (aged 19) | Galatasaray |
| | Burhan Söğütlü | (1958-08-11)11 August 1958 (aged 21) | Eskişehirspor |
| | Ziya Doğan | (1961-12-17)17 December 1961 (aged 17) | Beşiktaş |
| | Alper Timur | (1961-02-17)17 February 1961 (aged 18) | Altay |
| | Mahmut Kılıç | (1961-03-28)28 March 1961 (aged 18) | Orduspor |
| | Aykut Yiğit | (1959-10-07)7 October 1959 (aged 19) | Sakaryaspor |
| | Nevzat Şuvak | (1958-06-18)18 June 1958 (aged 21) | Ankara Demirspor |
| | Rıdvan Çeçen | (1957-11-18)18 November 1957 (aged 21) | Kayserispor |
| | Ümit Türkoğlu | (1956-06-11)11 June 1956 (aged 23) | Çorumspor |