Football at the 1997 Mediterranean Games

The football competition at the 1997 Mediterranean Games took place between June 8 and June 25, 1997^[1] and was contested by 13 teams.

Participating teams

•  Albania
•  Algeria
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Croatia
•  France
•  Greece
•  Italy
•  Libya
•  San Marino
•  Spain
•  Slovenia
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia

System

The 13 teams will be divided into three groups of three teams and one group of four teams. Teams are awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. No points are awarded for a defeat. The top sides in each group will advance to the semi-finals.

Squads

 Italy

Head coach: Marco Tardelli

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	GK	Gianluigi Buffon	28 January 1978 (aged 19)		Parma
	GK	Matteo Gianello	7 May 1976 (aged 21)		Chievo
	GK	Matteo Sereni	11 February 1975 (aged 22)		Sampdoria
	DF	Alessandro Birindelli	12 November 1974 (aged 22)		Empoli
	DF	Francesco Coco	8 January 1977 (aged 20)		Milan
	DF	Alessandro Dal Canto	10 March 1975 (aged 22)		Venezia
	DF	Alessandro Grandoni	22 July 1977 (aged 19)		Lazio
	DF	Duccio Innocenti	20 September 1975 (aged 21)		Lucchese
	DF	Emanuele Pesaresi	1 December 1976 (aged 20)		Sampdoria
	DF	Fabio Rustico	20 May 1976 (aged 21)		Atalanta
	DF	Marco Zamboni	7 December 1977 (aged 19)		Chievo
	MF	Roberto Baronio	11 December 1977 (aged 19)		Lazio
	MF	Jonathan Binotto	22 January 1975 (aged 22)		Verona
	MF	Diego De Ascentis	31 July 1976 (aged 20)		Bari
	MF	Stefano Fiore	17 April 1975 (aged 22)		Chievo
	MF	Giuliano Giannichedda	21 September 1974 (aged 22)		Udinese
	MF	Raffaele Longo	6 September 1977 (aged 19)		Napoli
	FW	Marcello Campolonghi	15 February 1975 (aged 22)		Brescia
	FW	Alessandro Iannuzzi	9 October 1975 (aged 21)		Lazio
	FW	Cristiano Lucarelli	4 October 1975 (aged 21)		Padova
	FW	Francesco Totti	27 September 1976 (aged 20)		Roma
	FW	Nicola Ventola	24 May 1978 (aged 19)		Bari

 Turkey

Caps and age as of 16 June 1997

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Hakan Çalişkan	1 January 1978 (aged 19)	2	0	Beşiktaş (loan to Muğlaspor)
2	DF	Emrah Eren	13 November 1978 (aged 18)	0	0	Adanaspor
3	DF	Fatih Akyel	26 December 1977 (aged 19)	1	0	Bakırköyspor
4	DF	Ali Eren Beşerler	25 October 1975 (aged 21)	7	0	Gençlerbirliği
5	DF	Ümit Özat	30 October 1976 (aged 20)	6	0	Gençlerbirliği
6	DF	Sinan Demircioğlu	23 April 1975 (aged 22)	2	0	Beşiktaş
7		İdris Gümüşdere	25 November 1976			Gençlerbirliği (loan to Adanaspor)
8	MF	Serdar Topraktepe	25 August 1976			Beşiktaş
9	FW	Mustafa Özkan	21 February 1975			Beşiktaş
10	FW	Serkan Aykut	24 February 1975			Samsunspor
11		Çetin Güner	28 December 1977			Trabzonspor
12		Kubilay Aydin	30 December 1975			Gençlerbirliği
13		Hakkı Daş	1 February 1977			Kayseri Erciyesspor
14		Erdal Eraslan	17 September 1977			Trabzonspor
15		Hasan Yiğit	2 January 1975			Gaziantepspor
16		Sinan Taniş	1 June 1976			Gaziantepspor
17	MF	Yıldıray Baştürk	24 December 1978			Wattenscheid
18	MF	Altan Aksoy	5 February 1976			Adanaspor
19		Nuri Çolak	17 August 1975			Kocaelispor
20		Ziya Şahin	6 April 1976			Vanspor
21		Selahattin Kınalı	15 May 1978			Gümüşhanespor
22	DF	Ramazan Tunç	17 September 1975			Ankaragücü

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Algeria	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
Libya	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Albania	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6
France	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
San Marino	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Croatia	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 June – Lecce
	Italy	2
	Spain	0
					25 June – Bari
					Italy	5
					Turkey	1
					Third place
	23 June – Taranto			25 June – Foggia
	Greece	0		Spain	0
	Turkey	1			Greece	1

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/medgames97.html