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

Main article: Football at the 1997 Mediterranean Games

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. Teams were national U-23 sides.

Group A

Algeria

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

Slovenia

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

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

Italy

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

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

France

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

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

Group D

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

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

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