Football at the 2005 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads
Below are the squads for the Football at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, hosted in Almería, Spain, and took place between 23 June and 3 July 2005.[1] Teams were national U-23 sides (although in fact none of the players named were older than 21).
Group A
[edit]Italy
[edit]Head coach: 
Pietro Ghedin[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Enrico Rossi Chauvenet | 4 June 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Padova
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| 2 | DF | Domenico Citro | 17 September 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Carrarese
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| 3 | DF | Federico Peluso | 20 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Ternana
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| 4 | DF | Mauro Belotti | 13 May 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Prato (on loan from AlbinoLeffe)
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| 5 | DF | Michelangelo Palazzo | 9 March 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Olbia
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| 6 | MF | Filippo Porcari | 28 April 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Pisa (on loan from Milan)
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| 7 | MF | Nico Pulzetti | 13 February 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Castelnuovo (on loan from Cesena)
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| 8 | MF | Gianluca Galasso | 18 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Salernitana (on loan from Roma)
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| 9 | FW | Antimo Iunco | 6 June 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Verona
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| 10 | FW | Daniele Vantaggiato | 10 October 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Crotone
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| 11 | FW | Simone Masini | 23 October 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Cesena (on loan from Lucchese)
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| 12 | GK | Davide Capello | 27 September 1984 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Belluno (on loan from Cagliari)
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| 13 | DF | Dario Bova | 31 March 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Imolese
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| 14 | DF | Riccardo Bolzan | 1 September 1984 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Sangiovannese
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| 15 | MF | Fabio Catacchini | 19 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Pistoiese
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| 16 | MF | Paolo Facchinetti | 6 March 1984 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Montichiari
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| 17 | MF | Paolo Ruffini | 6 March 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Pro Sesto
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| 18 | FW | Federico Piovaccari | 10 September 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Vittoria (on loan from Internazionale)
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Libya
[edit]Head coach: 
Ante Čačić
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Abdissalam Msallem | 1 January 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Zakaria Benmusa | 9 December 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Mansur Agala | 2 November 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Abddrahman Ezwawi | 9 May 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Mohamed Ben Nabia | 15 May 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Fares | 6 September 1985 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Hamed Ahniash | 9 April 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Nabil Hndi | 1 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Marwan Almabrok | 1 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | |
| 13 | MF | Ayman El-Hagi | 6 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | |
| 14 | FW | Ala Mohamed | 24 April 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Mohamed Esnany | 13 May 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Mohamed Gbrail | 7 July 1985 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Ibrahim Abda | 2 September 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Ahmed Wafa | 1 January 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | GK | Muhsan Ashrif | 1 December 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Mohamed El-Mughraby | 1 January 1985 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Walid El-Khatroushi | 1 January 1985 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 |
Morocco
[edit]Head coach: 
Aziz El Khiyati
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Mohamed Baze | 1 January 1986 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Jamaleddine Omari | 2 February 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | MF | Khalid Sekkat | 12 May 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Maghreb Fez
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| 4 | DF | Mohamed Ait Abbou | 23 August 1985 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | IR Tanger
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| 5 | DF | Omar Bendriss | 25 May 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | FAR Rabat
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| 6 | MF | Yassine Naoum | 22 August 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Youssef Kaddioui | 28 September 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | FAR Rabat
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| 8 | MF | Mohamed Amine Najmi | 23 July 1985 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Hassan Souari | 24 December 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Khouribga
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| 10 | MF | Salaheddine Aqqal | 22 August 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Khouribga
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| 11 | MF | Saa Eddine Amal | 22 August 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | |
| 12 | GK | Mourad Yabka | 11 October 1985 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | MF | Abderrazak Barouch | 24 March 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | KAC Marrakech
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| 14 | DF | Hamza Abourazzouk | 16 June 1986 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | Wydad Casablanca
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| 15 | MF | Younes Kandoussi | 5 February 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Mostafa Fanoune | 10 November 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Rachad Bernoussi
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| 17 | FW | Mohamed Zouidi | 3 February 1985 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Adil Soudassi | 11 December 1985 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 |
Group B
[edit]Malta
[edit]Head coach: 
Silvio Vella
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Andrew Hogg | 2 March 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 |  Pietà Hotspurs
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| 2 | DF | Alex Muscat | 14 December 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Sliema Wanderers
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| 3 | DF | Steve Bezzina | 5 January 1987 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Valletta
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| 4 | DF | Josef Mifsud | 7 September 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Msida Saint-Joseph
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| 5 | GK | David Camenzuli | 24 January 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Pietà Hotspurs
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| 6 | DF | Andrei Agius | 12 August 1986 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Atletico Catania
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| 7 | MF | Clayton Failla | 8 January 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | St. Patrick
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| 8 | FW | Paul Fenech | 20 December 1986 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | Msida Saint-Joseph
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| 9 | MF | Mark Gauci | 7 January 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Dyson Falzon | 9 March 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Mosta
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| 11 | DF | Matthew Bartolo | 14 June 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Mosta
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| 12 | GK | Bernard Paris | 7 February 1985 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Birkirkara
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| 13 | MF | Edmond Agius | 23 February 1987 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Hibernians
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| 14 | MF | Joel Sammut Vasquez | 2 April 1987 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | Birkirkara
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| 15 | DF | Kenneth Spiteri | 22 March 1986 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | FW | Ryan Fenech | 20 April 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Ħamrun Spartans
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| 17 | FW | Andrew Scerri | 14 March 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Jonathan Pearson | 23 January 1987 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Hibernians
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Spain
[edit]Head coach: 
Juan Santisteban
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Rubén Iván Martínez | 22 June 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Barcelona
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| 2 | DF | Javier Flaño | 19 August 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Osasuna
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| 3 | DF | Iván Ramis | 25 October 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | Mallorca
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| 4 | DF | Carlos García | 29 April 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | Poli Ejido (on loan from Espanyol)
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| 5 | DF | Miguel Flaño | 19 August 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Osasuna
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| 6 | MF | Miki | 28 June 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Espanyol
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| 7 | MF | Francisco Montañés | 8 October 1986 (aged 18) | 4 | 1 | Barcelona
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| 8 | MF | Sergio Torres | 2 March 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Atlético Madrid
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| 9 | FW | Kepa Blanco | 13 January 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 2 | Sevilla
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| 10 | FW | Manu del Moral | 25 February 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 2 | Recreativo Huelva (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
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| 11 | MF | Antonio Puerta | 26 November 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 2 | Sevilla
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| 12 | FW | Ángel Javier Arizmendi | 3 March 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 1 | Racing Santander (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
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| 13 | GK | Iván Cuéllar | 27 May 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Atlético Madrid
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| 14 | MF | Gorka Larrea | 7 April 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | Real Sociedad
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| 15 | DF | Jesús Gámez | 10 April 1985 (aged 20) | 4 | 2 | Málaga
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| 16 | DF | Javier Tarantino | 26 June 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | Numancia (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)
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| 17 | DF | Juan Valera | 21 December 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 1 | Murcia
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| 18 | MF | Javi Fuego | 7 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Sporting Gijón
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Turkey
[edit]Head coach: 
Turan Mesci
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Bulut Basmaz | 6 May 1984 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Altay
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| 2 | DF | Feridun Sungur | 2 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Elazığspor
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| 3 | DF | Ramazan Kahya | 16 September 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Altay
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| 4 | MF | Sezgin Yilmaz | 9 July 1984 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Arsinspor
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| 5 | DF | Bekir İrtegün | 20 April 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Gaziantepspor
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| 6 | MF | İbrahim Dağaşan | 15 June 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Bursaspor
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| 7 | MF | Emre Hamzaoğlu | 23 November 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | İstanbulspor
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| 8 | MF | Doğa Kaya | 30 June 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Gençlerbirliği
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| 9 | FW | Muhammet Reis | 27 October 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Erzurumspor
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| 10 | DF | Ertan Aktepe | 1 November 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | Adana Demirspor (on loan from Samsunspor)
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| 11 | MF | Serkan Atak | 3 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Gaziantepspor
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| 12 | GK | Volkan Babacan | 11 August 1988 (aged 16) | 4 | 0 | Fenerbahçe
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| 13 | MF | Arda Turan | 30 January 1987 (aged 18) | 5 | 0 | Galatasaray
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| 14 | MF | Soner Sakarya | 12 March 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | Eskişehirspor (on loan from Manisaspor)
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| 15 | DF | Serdar Kurtuluş | 23 July 1987 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | Bursaspor
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| 16 | FW | Cafercan Aksu | 5 January 1987 (aged 18) | 5 | 0 | Galatasaray
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| 17 | DF | Can Arat | 21 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Sivasspor (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
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| 18 | DF | Serhat Akyüz | 10 August 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | İstanbulspor
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Group C
[edit]Algeria
[edit]Head coach: 
Meziane Ighil
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | 19 March 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | USM Alger
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| 2 | DF | Belkacem Remache | 12 October 1985 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | AS Khroub
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| 3 | DF | Benamar Belabbès | 20 April 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 |  RCO Agde
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| 4 | MF | Farid Cheklam | 21 September 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | ASO Chlef
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| 5 | FW | Lazhar Hadj Aïssa | 23 March 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | ES Sétif
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| 6 | DF | Sofiane Herkat | 26 January 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | USM El Harrach
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| 7 | MF | Fahem Ouslati | 14 March 1986 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | CR Belouizdad
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| 8 | MF | Tayeb Berramla | 6 January 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | ASM Oran
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| 9 | FW | Sofiane Hanitser | 20 November 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | ASM Oran
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| 10 | DF | Kheireddine Zarabi | 18 July 1984 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | RC Kouba
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| 11 | DF | Mohamed Boussefiane | 18 January 1985 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | RC Kouba
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| 12 | DF | Lhoussine Ould Blal | 12 February 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Paris FC
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| 13 | MF | Farid Boutadjine | 18 August 1984 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Entente SSG
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| 14 | MF | Nacereddine Khoualed | 16 April 1986 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | US Biskra
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| 15 | MF | Abdelmadjid Benatia | 12 December 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | MC Oran
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| 16 | GK | Salah Sahraoui | 28 March 1984 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | MSP Batna
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| 17 | MF | Hocine Metref | 1 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | USM Alger
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| 18 | MF | Bouazza Feham | 11 April 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | ASM Oran
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Greece
[edit]Head coach: 
Stylianos Aposporis
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Konstantinos Andriolas | 1 May 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Halkidona
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| 2 | DF | Thanasis Moulopoulos | 9 June 1985 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Ethnikos Asteras
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| 3 | DF | Grigoris Papazaharias | 20 March 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Iraklis
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| 4 | DF | Vasilis Torosidis | 10 June 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | Xanthi
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| 5 | DF | Christos Pipinis | 1 November 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Akratitos
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| 6 | MF | Nikolaos Karabelas | 20 December 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Paniliakos
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| 7 | MF | Themistoklis Tzimopoulos | 20 November 1985 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | Akratitos
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| 8 | MF | Dimitrios Gkikas | 4 April 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Petros Konteon | 9 May 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Niki Volos (on loan from PAOK)
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| 10 | MF | Kostas Mendrinos | 28 May 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Olympiacos
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| 11 | MF | Nikos Arabatzis | 10 March 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Panserraikos
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| 12 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | 11 July 1985 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | OFI Crete
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| 13 | MF | Stefanos Kapias | 15 February 1984 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Apollon Kalamarias
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| 14 | FW | Georgios Gravanis | 30 September 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Avraam Papadopoulos | 3 December 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Aris
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| 16 | MF | Dimitrios Tsitsomitsos | 10 May 1985 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Anagennisi Arta
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| 17 | FW | Georgios Katsaros | 19 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Panachaiki Patras
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| 18 | MF | Efstathios Rokas | 18 September 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Ionikos
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Tunisia
[edit]Head coach: 
Khemais Abidi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Ali Klay | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2 | MF | Maouia Kadri | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | Wissam El Bekri | 16 June 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Châteauroux
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| 4 | FW | Maher Ameur | 7 February 1987 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | Club Africain
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| 5 | DF | Aymen Ben Amor | 7 September 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | CS Sfaxien
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| 6 | DF | Khaled Souissi | 20 May 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Club Africain
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| 7 | MF | Youssef Mouihbi | 1 April 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | AS Marsa
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| 8 | MF | Khaled Melliti | 22 May 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Étoile du Sahel
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| 9 | FW | Hamza Younés | 16 April 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | CS Sfaxien
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| 10 | MF | Ahmed Ben Yahia | 5 May 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Espérance de Tunis
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| 11 | MF | Mohamed Labidi | 3 | 0 | ||
| 12 | FW | Raouf Gabsi | 23 February 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Espérance de Tunis
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| 13 | MF | Wissem Ben Yahia | 9 September 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Club Africain
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| 14 | MF | Chaker Zouagi | 10 January 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Étoile du Sahel
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| 15 | DF | Hamdi Mabrouk | 5 January 1986 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | US Monastir
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| 16 | GK | Ben Ali Majed | 1 | 0 | ||
| 17 | DF | Mohamed Ali Gharzoul | 14 December 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | Toulouse
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| 18 | DF | Karim Touati | 20 March 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mediterranean Games 2005 (Almería, Spain)". RSSSF. Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. 21 December 2002.
- ^ "Convocazioni Giochi del Mediterraneo" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 9 June 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2010.