# Football at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games

Football at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games was held in Saudi Arabia from April 9 to April 20, 2005. Saudi Arabia were champions, defeating Morocco 1–0 in the final.

## Participating teams

While some of the other countries used their full A national teams, other countries, such as Iran sent their B team and Algeria sent their Under-21 team to the competition.
* Algeria U21
* Cameroon (withdrew)
* Chad
* Iran B
* Malaysia
* Mali U23
* Morocco U21
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine U23
* Saudi Arabia (hosts)
* Kuwait (withdrew)
* Sudan
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Yemen

## Final tournament
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Oman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sudan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mali U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Syria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Chad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |
| 4 | Cameroon (W) | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Algeria U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Yemen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

#### Group D

Malaysia awarded first place by drawing of lots.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Morocco U21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |
| 4 | Kuwait (W) | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 | |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| April 16 - Jeddah | April 16 - Jeddah | | | |
| Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | |
| Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.) | 2 | April 18 - Jeddah | April 18 - Jeddah | | |
| Oman | 1 | April 18 - Jeddah | April 18 - Jeddah | |
| Oman | 1 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | |
| April 15 - Ta’if | April 15 - Ta’if | | Saudi Arabia | 4 | |
| April 15 - Ta’if | April 15 - Ta’if | Syria | 0 | |
| Malaysia | 1 | Syria | 0 | |
| Malaysia | 1 | | | | April 20 - Mecca | April 20 - Mecca |
| Syria | 3 | | | | April 20 - Mecca | April 20 - Mecca |
| Syria | 3 | | | | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| April 16 - Jeddah | April 16 - Jeddah | | | | | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| April 16 - Jeddah | April 16 - Jeddah | | | | Morocco U21 | 0 |
| Iran B | 2 | | | | Morocco U21 | 0 |
| Iran B | 2 | April 18 - Jeddah | April 18 - Jeddah | | | |
| Algeria U21 | 0 | April 18 - Jeddah | April 18 - Jeddah | | | |
| Algeria U21 | 0 | Iran B | 1 (3) | | | |
| April 15 - Medina | April 15 - Medina | | Iran B | 1 (3) | | | |
| April 15 - Medina | April 15 - Medina | Morocco U21 (p) | 1 (4) | | Third place | Third place |
| Mali U23 | 0 | Morocco U21 (p) | 1 (4) | | Third place | Third place |
| Mali U23 | 0 | | | | April 20 - Mecca | April 20 - Mecca |
| Morocco U21 | 1 | | | | April 20 - Mecca | April 20 - Mecca |
| Morocco U21 | 1 | | | | Syria | 0 (3) |
| | | | | | Iran B (p) | 0 (5) |

#### Gold medal match
## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea Hamad Al-Montashari Bandar Tamim Nasser Al-Shamrani Mohammed Ameen Ahmed Al-Rawiee Jaber Haqawi Ahmed Al-Bahri Kamel Al-Mousa Hadi Sharifi Saad Al-Zahrani Yasser Al-Qahtani Saeed Al-Wadani Saad Al-Harthi Abdu Hakami Taisir Al-Jassim Abdullah Al-Waked Hassan Al-Otaibi Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani Saleh Bashir | Morocco U21 Ismail Kouha Abderrahim Chkilit Mustapha El Haddad El Houssaine Ouchla Adil Lotfi Mohamed Bestara Mounir El Hamdaoui Mohamed Reda Mokhtari Merouane Zemmama Salaheddine Aqqal Abdessamad Rafik Hicham Jouaya Imad Ait Aziz Mohamed Lamrini Talal El Karkouri Tarik Miri Younes Jalil Zakaria Zerouali Amine Trafeh Issam Erraki Khalid Bakhouch | Iran B Ershad Yousefi Vahid Talebloo Amir Hossein Yousefi Sattar Zare Javad Shirzad Ali Ghorbani Hamid Reza Farzaneh Mohammad Navazi Mehrdad Oladi Fereydoon Fazli Asghar Rameshgar Ali Ashourizad Pejman Nouri Yadollah Akbari Ebrahim Taghipour Mojtaba Jabbari Reza Haj-Osbouei Amir Hossein Sadeghi Masoud Shojaei Mehdi Rajabzadeh Andranik Teymourian Hamidreza Zohani |
* 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games
* Saudi Arabia 1st title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 73 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.81 goals per match.
6 goals
* Mehrdad Oladi
5 goals
* Mohammed Ameen
4 goals
* James Moga
3 goals
* Fereydoon Fazli
* Issam Erraki
* Imad Al-Hosni
* Majed Al Haj
2 goals
* Sofiane Hanitser
* Mojtaba Jabbari
* Mohammad Navazi
* Abdullah Al-Waked
* Saad Al-Harthi
* Saeed Al-Wadani
* Saad Al-Zahrani
* Yasser Al-Qahtani
* Mohd Fadzli Saari
* Fawzi Bashir
1 goal
* Hocine Metref
* Bouazza Feham
* Ebrahim Taghipour
* Hamid Reza Farzaneh
* Hamid Reza Zohani
* Abdu Hakami
* Saleh Bashir
* Bandar Tamim
* Hadi Sharifi
* Ahmad Tharmini Saiban
* Tarik Miri
* Musab Ahmed
* Safeer Atasy
* Mohammad Al-Hamwi