Football at the 1997 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads

Below are the squads for the Football at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, hosted in Bari, Italy, and took place between 8 and 25 June 1997.[1] Teams were national U-23 sides.

Group A

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Algeria

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Head coach: Mustapha Aksouh

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Fouad Cheriet (1977-01-10)10 January 1977 (aged 20)   CA Batna
1GK Hichem Mezaïr (1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 20)   WA Tlemcen
2DF Nassim Bounekdja (1976-10-23)23 October 1976 (aged 20)   JS El Biar
2DF Ouahid Fatahine   MC Alger
2DF Tarek Ghoul (1975-01-09)9 January 1975 (aged 22)   USM Alger
2DF Moulay Haddou (1975-06-14)14 June 1975 (aged 21)   MC Oran
2DF Mohamed Hamdoud (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 20)   USM Alger
2DF Samir Khati   JS Kabylie
2DF Samir Kherbouche (1976-01-28)28 January 1976 (aged 21)   WA Tlemcen
2DF Slimane Raho (1975-10-20)20 October 1975 (aged 21)   MC Oran
3MF Hocine Azizane (1976-08-21)21 August 1976 (aged 20)   USM El Harrach
3MF Hakim Boubrit (1974-08-09)9 August 1974 (aged 22)   JS Kabylie
3MF Rafik Diab   USM El Harrach
3MF Farid Djahnine (1976-08-18)18 August 1976 (aged 20)   USM Alger
3MF Mourad Foudhili   MC Alger
3MF Kheireddine Madoui (1977-03-27)27 March 1977 (aged 20)   ES Sétif
4FW Ryad Benchikha (1975-03-05)5 March 1975 (aged 22)   USM El Harrach
4FW Farès El Aouni (1977-08-09)9 August 1977 (aged 19)   WA Tlemcen
4FW Hamid Merakchi (1976-01-28)28 January 1976 (aged 21)   ES Mostaganem
4FW Fouad Smati   USM Alger

Libya

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Slovenia

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Head coach: Drago Kostanjšek

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
3MF Milenko Ačimovič (1977-02-15)15 February 1977 (aged 20)   Olimpija
2DF Samir Balagić (1975-03-13)13 March 1975 (aged 22)   Rudar Velenje
2DF Ingmar Bloudek (1975-11-27)27 November 1975 (aged 21)   Mura
3MF Danijel Brezič (1976-02-15)15 February 1976 (aged 21)   Mura
2DF Spasoje Bulajič (1975-11-24)24 November 1975 (aged 21)   Maribor
3MF Nastja Čeh (1978-01-26)26 January 1978 (aged 19)   Maribor
4FW Sebastjan Cimirotič (1974-09-14)14 September 1974 (aged 22)   Olimpija
3MF Robert Cugmas (1975-10-02)2 October 1975 (aged 21)   Celje
4FW Oskar Drobne (1975-02-06)6 February 1975 (aged 22)   Maribor
3MF Jernej Javornik (1975-05-09)9 May 1975 (aged 22)   Rudar Velenje
2DF Aleksander Knavs (1975-12-05)5 December 1975 (aged 21)   Olimpija
1GK Dino Lalič (1974-07-12)12 July 1974 (aged 22)   Mura
4FW Milan Osterc (1975-07-04)4 July 1975 (aged 21)   Gorica
4FW Ermin Rakovič (1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 19)   Olimpija
3MF Andrej Razdrh (1976-10-28)28 October 1976 (aged 20)   Primorje
4FW Aljoša Sivko (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 20)   Celje
3MF Anton Žlogar (1977-11-24)24 November 1977 (aged 19)   Primorje

Turkey

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Head coach:   Cem Pamiroğlu

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Hakan Çalışkan (1978-01-01)1 January 1978 (aged 19) 2 0   Beşiktaş (loan to Muğlaspor)
2 2DF Emrah Eren (1978-11-13)13 November 1978 (aged 18) 0 0   Adanaspor
3 2DF Fatih Akyel (1977-12-26)26 December 1977 (aged 19) 1 0   Bakırköyspor
4 2DF Ali Eren Beşerler (1975-10-25)25 October 1975 (aged 21) 7 0   Gençlerbirliği
5 2DF Ümit Özat (1976-10-30)30 October 1976 (aged 20) 6 0   Gençlerbirliği
6 2DF Sinan Demircioğlu (1975-04-23)23 April 1975 (aged 22) 2 0   Beşiktaş
7 4FW İdris Gümüşdere (1976-11-25)25 November 1976 (aged 20)   Gençlerbirliği (loan to Adanaspor)
8 3MF Serdar Topraktepe (1976-08-25)25 August 1976 (aged 20)   Beşiktaş
9 4FW Mustafa Özkan (1975-02-21)21 February 1975 (aged 22)   Beşiktaş
10 4FW Serkan Aykut (1975-02-24)24 February 1975 (aged 22)   Samsunspor
11 4FW Çetin Güner (1977-12-28)28 December 1977 (aged 19)   Trabzonspor
12 1GK Kubilay Aydın (1975-12-30)30 December 1975 (aged 21)   Gençlerbirliği
13 3MF Hakkı Daş (1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 20)   Kayseri Erciyesspor
14 3MF Erdal Eraslan (1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 19)   Trabzonspor
15 3MF Hasan Yiğit (1975-01-02)2 January 1975 (aged 22)   Gaziantepspor
16 4FW Sinan Tanış (1976-06-01)1 June 1976 (aged 21)   Gaziantepspor
17 3MF Yıldıray Baştürk (1978-12-24)24 December 1978 (aged 18)   SG Wattenscheid 09
18 3MF Altan Aksoy (1976-02-05)5 February 1976 (aged 21)   Adanaspor
19 2DF Nuri Çolak (1975-08-17)17 August 1975 (aged 21)   Kocaelispor
20 2DF Ziya Şahin (1976-04-06)6 April 1976 (aged 21)   Vanspor
21 4FW Selahattin Kınalı (1978-05-15)15 May 1978 (aged 19)   Gümüşhanespor
22 2DF Ramazan Tunç (1975-09-17)17 September 1975 (aged 21)   Ankaragücü

Group B

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Albania

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Italy

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Head coach: Marco Tardelli

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Gianluigi Buffon (1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 19)   Parma
1GK Matteo Gianello (1976-05-07)7 May 1976 (aged 21)   Chievo
1GK Matteo Sereni (1975-02-11)11 February 1975 (aged 22)   Sampdoria
2DF Alessandro Birindelli (1974-11-12)12 November 1974 (aged 22)   Empoli
2DF Francesco Coco (1977-01-08)8 January 1977 (aged 20)   Milan
2DF Alessandro Dal Canto (1975-03-10)10 March 1975 (aged 22)   Venezia
2DF Alessandro Grandoni (1977-07-22)22 July 1977 (aged 19)   Lazio
2DF Duccio Innocenti (1975-09-20)20 September 1975 (aged 21)   Lucchese
2DF Emanuele Pesaresi (1976-12-01)1 December 1976 (aged 20)   Sampdoria
2DF Fabio Rustico (1976-05-20)20 May 1976 (aged 21)   Atalanta
2DF Marco Zamboni (1977-12-07)7 December 1977 (aged 19)   Chievo
3MF Roberto Baronio (1977-12-11)11 December 1977 (aged 19)   Lazio
3MF Jonathan Binotto (1975-01-22)22 January 1975 (aged 22)   Verona
3MF Diego De Ascentis (1976-07-31)31 July 1976 (aged 20)   Bari
3MF Stefano Fiore (1975-04-17)17 April 1975 (aged 22)   Chievo
3MF Giuliano Giannichedda (1974-09-21)21 September 1974 (aged 22)   Udinese
3MF Raffaele Longo (1977-09-06)6 September 1977 (aged 19)   Napoli
4FW Marcello Campolonghi (1975-02-15)15 February 1975 (aged 22)   Brescia
4FW Alessandro Iannuzzi (1975-10-09)9 October 1975 (aged 21)   Lazio
4FW Cristiano Lucarelli (1975-10-04)4 October 1975 (aged 21)   Padova
4FW Francesco Totti (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 20)   Roma
4FW Nicola Ventola (1978-05-24)24 May 1978 (aged 19)   Bari

FR Yugoslavia

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Head coach: Milan Živadinović

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Dragoslav Jevrić (1974-07-08)8 July 1974 (aged 22)   Red Star Belgrade
2DF Milan Milijaš (1976-10-12)12 October 1976 (aged 20)   Zemun
2DF Nenad Džodić (1977-01-04)4 January 1977 (aged 20)   Zemun
2DF Ivica Dragutinović (1975-11-13)13 November 1975 (aged 21)   Gent
3MF Darko Ljubojević (1975-01-08)8 January 1975 (aged 22)   Red Star Belgrade
4FW Mihajlo Pjanović (1977-02-13)13 February 1977 (aged 20)   OFK Beograd
3MF Slobodan Slović (1975-02-09)9 February 1975 (aged 22)   Železnik
3MF Goran Trobok (1974-09-06)6 September 1974 (aged 22)   Budućnost Podgorica
3MF Goran Bošković (1976-10-11)11 October 1976 (aged 20)   Red Star Belgrade
2DF Mićo Vranješ (1975-09-08)8 September 1975 (aged 21)   Vojvodina
4FW Nenad Jestrović (1976-05-09)9 May 1976 (aged 21)   OFK Beograd
3MF Nikola Lazetić (1978-02-09)9 February 1978 (aged 19)   Red Star Belgrade
3MF Ivan Tomić (1976-01-05)5 January 1976 (aged 21)   Partizan
4FW Dragan Isailović (1976-01-12)12 January 1976 (aged 21)   Zemun

Group C

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France

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Head coach: Raymond Domenech

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Tony Heurtebis (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 22)   Rennes
2DF Stéphane Pichot (1976-09-02)2 September 1976 (aged 20)   Laval
2DF Franck Jurietti (1975-03-30)30 March 1975 (aged 22)   Gueugnon
3MF Laurent Batlles (1975-09-23)23 September 1975 (aged 21)   Toulouse
4FW Kaba Diawara (1975-12-16)16 December 1975 (aged 21)   Bordeaux
4FW Frédéric Née (1975-04-18)18 April 1975 (aged 22)   Caen
3MF Ludovic Asuar (1976-10-26)26 October 1976 (aged 20)   Marseille
3MF Laurent Robert (1975-05-21)21 May 1975 (aged 22)   Montpellier
2DF François Grenet (1975-03-08)8 March 1975 (aged 22)   Bordeaux
2DF Romain Ferrier (1976-02-24)24 February 1976 (aged 21)   Cannes
2DF Djibril Diawara (1975-01-03)3 January 1975 (aged 22)   Le Havre
3MF Marc Zanotti (1975-11-13)13 November 1975 (aged 21)   Bordeaux
2DF Sébastien Schemmel (1975-06-02)2 June 1975 (aged 22)   Nancy
4FW Frédéric Machado (1975-11-11)11 November 1975 (aged 21)   Lille
2DF Olivier Tébily (1975-12-19)19 December 1975 (aged 21)   Niort
2DF Jean-Christophe Devaux (1975-05-16)16 May 1975 (aged 22)   Lyon
3MF Henri Savini (1975-05-08)8 May 1975 (aged 22)   Nice
2DF Bruno Calegari (1975-05-13)13 May 1975 (aged 22)   Nice

Greece

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Head coach: Ioannis Kollias

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (1976-08-07)7 August 1976 (aged 20)   Olympiacos
1GK Sotiris Liberopoulos (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 19)   Kalamata
2DF Athanasios Kostoulas (1976-03-24)24 March 1976 (aged 21)   Kalamata
2DF Georgios Koulakiotis (1977-05-05)5 May 1977 (aged 20)   Veria
2DF Traianos Dellas (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 21)   Aris
2DF Pantelis Konstantinidis (1975-08-16)16 August 1975 (aged 21)   Apollon
2DF Paraskevas Antzas (1976-08-18)18 August 1976 (aged 20)   Xanthi
2DF Giannis Goumas (1975-05-24)24 May 1975 (aged 22)   Panathinaikos
2DF Dimitris Mavrogenidis (1975-02-15)15 February 1975 (aged 22)   Aris
2DF Lazaros Semos (1975-07-18)18 July 1975 (aged 21)   Iraklis
3MF Giorgos Karagounis (1977-03-06)6 March 1977 (aged 20)   Apollon
3MF Vassilis Lakis (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 20)   Paniliakos
3MF Stelios Sfakianakis (1976-03-19)19 March 1976 (aged 21)   Olympiacos
3MF Vaggelis Koutsoures (1975-02-02)2 February 1975 (aged 22)   Kalamata
3MF Giorgos Koltzos (1976-09-13)13 September 1976 (aged 20)   Athinaikos
3MF Mike Panopoulos (1976-10-09)9 October 1976 (aged 20)   Aris
3MF Kostas Kiassos (1975-12-13)13 December 1975 (aged 21)   OFI
3MF Ieroklis Stoltidis (1976-02-02)2 February 1976 (aged 21)   Iraklis
4FW Sotiris Konstantinidis (1977-04-19)19 April 1977 (aged 20)   Iraklis
4FW Nikos Liberopoulos (1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 21)   Panathinaikos

San Marino

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Group D

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Head coach: Besim Šabić

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Almir Tolja (1974-10-25)25 October 1974 (aged 22)   Đerzelez
2DF Dženan Hošić (1976-03-13)13 March 1976 (aged 21)   FK Sarajevo
3MF Hasan Salihamidžić (1977-01-01)1 January 1977 (aged 20)   Hamburger SV

Croatia

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Head coach: Ivo Šušak

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
3MF Mario Bazina (1975-09-08)8 September 1975 (aged 21)   Hrvatski Dragovoljac
3MF Ivan Bulat (1975-06-24)24 June 1975 (aged 21)   Osijek
4FW Nino Bule (1976-03-19)19 March 1976 (aged 21)   NK Zagreb
2DF Mario Cvitanović (1975-05-06)6 May 1975 (aged 22)   Dinamo Zagreb
2DF Toni Grdić (1975-05-23)23 May 1975 (aged 22)   Šibenik
3MF Ivan Jurić (1975-08-25)25 August 1975 (aged 21)   Hajduk Split
3MF Domagoj Kosić (1975-11-11)11 November 1975 (aged 21)   Inker Zaprešić
4FW Petar Krpan (1974-07-01)1 July 1974 (aged 22)   Osijek
3MF Ivan Leko (1978-02-07)7 February 1978 (aged 19)   Hajduk Split
2DF Mario Tokić (1975-07-23)23 July 1975 (aged 21)   Rijeka
4FW Goran Tomić (1977-03-18)18 March 1977 (aged 20)   Šibenik
2DF Igor Tudor (1978-04-16)16 April 1978 (aged 19)   Hajduk Split
1GK Vladimir Vasilj (1975-07-06)6 July 1975 (aged 21)   Hrvatski Dragovoljac
4FW Davor Vugrinec (1975-03-24)24 March 1975 (aged 22)   Varteks
2DF Tonči Žilić (1975-02-26)26 February 1975 (aged 22)   Osijek
2DF Boris Živković (1975-11-15)15 November 1975 (aged 21)   Hrvatski Dragovoljac

Spain

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Head coach: Javier Clemente

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
4FW Iván Pérez (1976-01-29)29 January 1976 (aged 21)   Extremadura
1GK Francesc Arnau (1975-03-23)23 March 1975 (aged 22)   FC Barcelona
2DF Luis Cuartero (1975-08-17)17 August 1975 (aged 21)   Zaragoza
2DF Felipe Vaqueriza (1975-01-23)23 January 1975 (aged 22)   Real Madrid
2DF Gerardo García León (1974-12-07)7 December 1974 (aged 22)   Lleida
2DF Quique Álvarez (1975-07-20)20 July 1975 (aged 21)   FC Barcelona
2DF Sergio Ballesteros (1975-09-04)4 September 1975 (aged 21)   Tenerife
4FW Dani García (1974-12-22)22 December 1974 (aged 22)   Zaragoza
3MF Felipe Guréndez (1975-11-18)18 November 1975 (aged 21)   Athletic Bilbao
3MF Óscar Arpón (1975-04-09)9 April 1975 (aged 22)   Real Betis
3MF Juan Carlos Valerón (1975-06-17)17 June 1975 (aged 21)   Las Palmas

References

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  1. ^ "Mediterranean Games 1997 (Bari, Italy)". RSSSF. Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. December 21, 2002.