# 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. Teams were national U-23 sides (although in fact none of the players named were older than 21).

## Group A
### Italy

Head coach: Pietro Ghedin
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Enrico Rossi Chauvenet | (1984-06-04)4 June 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Padova |
| 2 | 2DF | Domenico Citro | (1984-09-17)17 September 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Carrarese |
| 3 | 2DF | Federico Peluso | (1984-01-20)20 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Ternana |
| 4 | 2DF | Mauro Belotti | (1984-05-13)13 May 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Prato (on loan from AlbinoLeffe) |
| 5 | 2DF | Michelangelo Palazzo | (1984-03-09)9 March 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Olbia |
| 6 | 3MF | Filippo Porcari | (1984-04-28)28 April 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Pisa (on loan from Milan) |
| 7 | 3MF | Nico Pulzetti | (1984-02-13)13 February 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Castelnuovo (on loan from Cesena) |
| 8 | 3MF | Gianluca Galasso | (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Salernitana (on loan from Roma) |
| 9 | 4FW | Antimo Iunco | (1984-06-06)6 June 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Verona |
| 10 | 4FW | Daniele Vantaggiato | (1984-10-10)10 October 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Crotone |
| 11 | 4FW | Simone Masini | (1984-10-23)23 October 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Cesena (on loan from Lucchese) |
| 12 | 1GK | Davide Capello | (1984-09-27)27 September 1984 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Belluno (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 13 | 2DF | Dario Bova | (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Imolese |
| 14 | 2DF | Riccardo Bolzan | (1984-09-01)1 September 1984 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Sangiovannese |
| 15 | 3MF | Fabio Catacchini | (1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Pistoiese |
| 16 | 3MF | Paolo Facchinetti | (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Montichiari |
| 17 | 3MF | Paolo Ruffini | (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Pro Sesto |
| 18 | 4FW | Federico Piovaccari | (1984-09-10)10 September 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Vittoria (on loan from Internazionale) |

### Libya

Head coach: Ante Čačić
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals |
| 1 | 1GK | Abdissalam Msallem | (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 2DF | Zakaria Benmusa | (1984-12-09)9 December 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | 2DF | Mansur Agala | (1984-11-02)2 November 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 2DF | Abddrahman Ezwawi | (1984-05-09)9 May 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | 2DF | Mohamed Ben Nabia | (1984-05-15)15 May 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | 3MF | Mohamed Fares | (1985-09-06)6 September 1985 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | 3MF | Hamed Ahniash | (1984-04-09)9 April 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | 4FW | Nabil Hndi | (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | 3MF | Marwan Almabrok | (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | 3MF | Ayman El-Hagi | (1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | 4FW | Ala Mohamed | (1985-04-24)24 April 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | 3MF | Mohamed Esnany | (1984-05-13)13 May 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | 2DF | Mohamed Gbrail | (1985-07-07)7 July 1985 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | 2DF | Ibrahim Abda | (1984-09-02)2 September 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | 4FW | Ahmed Wafa | (1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | 1GK | Muhsan Ashrif | (1985-12-01)1 December 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | 3MF | Mohamed El-Mughraby | (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | 3MF | Walid El-Khatroushi | (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 |

### Morocco

Head coach: Aziz El Khiyati
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Mohamed Baze | (1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2DF | Jamaleddine Omari | (1984-02-02)2 February 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3MF | Khalid Sekkat | (1984-05-12)12 May 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Maghreb Fez |
| 4 | 2DF | Mohamed Ait Abbou | (1985-08-23)23 August 1985 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | IR Tanger |
| 5 | 2DF | Omar Bendriss | (1984-05-25)25 May 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | FAR Rabat |
| 6 | 3MF | Yassine Naoum | (1984-08-22)22 August 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4FW | Youssef Kaddioui | (1984-09-28)28 September 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | FAR Rabat |
| 8 | 3MF | Mohamed Amine Najmi | (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | 4FW | Hassan Souari | (1984-12-24)24 December 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Khouribga |
| 10 | 3MF | Salaheddine Aqqal | (1984-08-22)22 August 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Khouribga |
| 11 | 3MF | Saa Eddine Amal | (1984-08-22)22 August 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | |
| 12 | 1GK | Mourad Yabka | (1985-10-11)11 October 1985 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 3MF | Abderrazak Barouch | (1984-03-24)24 March 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | KAC Marrakech |
| 14 | 2DF | Hamza Abourazzouk | (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | Wydad Casablanca |
| 15 | 3MF | Younes Kandoussi | (1984-02-05)5 February 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | 3MF | Mostafa Fanoune | (1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Rachad Bernoussi |
| 17 | 4FW | Mohamed Zouidi | (1985-02-03)3 February 1985 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | |
| 18 | 2DF | Adil Soudassi | (1985-12-11)11 December 1985 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | |

## Group B
### Malta

Head coach: Silvio Vella
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Andrew Hogg | (1985-03-02)2 March 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Pietà Hotspurs |
| 2 | 2DF | Alex Muscat | (1984-12-14)14 December 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Sliema Wanderers |
| 3 | 2DF | Steve Bezzina | (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Valletta |
| 4 | 2DF | Josef Mifsud | (1984-09-07)7 September 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Msida Saint-Joseph |
| 5 | 1GK | David Camenzuli | (1985-01-24)24 January 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Pietà Hotspurs |
| 6 | 2DF | Andrei Agius | (1986-08-12)12 August 1986 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Atletico Catania |
| 7 | 3MF | Clayton Failla | (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | St. Patrick |
| 8 | 4FW | Paul Fenech | (1986-12-20)20 December 1986 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | Msida Saint-Joseph |
| 9 | 3MF | Mark Gauci | (1986-01-07)7 January 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | 3MF | Dyson Falzon | (1986-03-09)9 March 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Mosta |
| 11 | 2DF | Matthew Bartolo | (1986-06-14)14 June 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Mosta |
| 12 | 1GK | Bernard Paris | (1985-02-07)7 February 1985 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Birkirkara |
| 13 | 3MF | Edmond Agius | (1987-02-23)23 February 1987 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Hibernians |
| 14 | 3MF | Joel Sammut Vasquez | (1987-04-02)2 April 1987 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | Birkirkara |
| 15 | 2DF | Kenneth Spiteri | (1986-03-22)22 March 1986 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | 4FW | Ryan Fenech | (1986-04-20)20 April 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Ħamrun Spartans |
| 17 | 4FW | Andrew Scerri | (1986-03-14)14 March 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | |
| 18 | 2DF | Jonathan Pearson | (1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Hibernians |

### Spain

Head coach: Juan Santisteban
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Rubén Iván Martínez | (1984-06-22)22 June 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Barcelona |
| 2 | 2DF | Javier Flaño | (1984-08-19)19 August 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Osasuna |
| 3 | 2DF | Iván Ramis | (1984-10-25)25 October 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | Mallorca |
| 4 | 2DF | Carlos García | (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | Poli Ejido (on loan from Espanyol) |
| 5 | 2DF | Miguel Flaño | (1984-08-19)19 August 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Osasuna |
| 6 | 3MF | Miki | (1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Espanyol |
| 7 | 3MF | Francisco Montañés | (1986-10-08)8 October 1986 (aged 18) | 4 | 1 | Barcelona |
| 8 | 3MF | Sergio Torres | (1984-03-02)2 March 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Atlético Madrid |
| 9 | 4FW | Kepa Blanco | (1984-01-13)13 January 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 2 | Sevilla |
| 10 | 4FW | Manu del Moral | (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 2 | Recreativo Huelva (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 11 | 3MF | Antonio Puerta | (1984-11-26)26 November 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 2 | Sevilla |
| 12 | 4FW | Ángel Javier Arizmendi | (1984-03-03)3 March 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 1 | Racing Santander (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 13 | 1GK | Iván Cuéllar | (1984-05-27)27 May 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Atlético Madrid |
| 14 | 3MF | Gorka Larrea | (1984-04-07)7 April 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | Real Sociedad |
| 15 | 2DF | Jesús Gámez | (1985-04-10)10 April 1985 (aged 20) | 4 | 2 | Málaga |
| 16 | 2DF | Javier Tarantino | (1984-06-26)26 June 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | Numancia (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) |
| 17 | 2DF | Juan Valera | (1984-12-21)21 December 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 1 | Murcia |
| 18 | 3MF | Javi Fuego | (1984-01-07)7 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Sporting Gijón |

### Turkey

Head coach: Turan Mesci
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Bulut Basmaz | (1984-05-06)6 May 1984 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Altay |
| 2 | 2DF | Feridun Sungur | (1984-01-02)2 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Elazığspor |
| 3 | 2DF | Ramazan Kahya | (1984-09-16)16 September 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Altay |
| 4 | 3MF | Sezgin Yilmaz | (1984-07-09)9 July 1984 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Arsinspor |
| 5 | 2DF | Bekir İrtegün | (1984-04-20)20 April 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Gaziantepspor |
| 6 | 3MF | İbrahim Dağaşan | (1984-06-15)15 June 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Bursaspor |
| 7 | 3MF | Emre Hamzaoğlu | (1984-11-23)23 November 1984 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | İstanbulspor |
| 8 | 3MF | Doğa Kaya | (1984-06-30)30 June 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Gençlerbirliği |
| 9 | 4FW | Muhammet Reis | (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Erzurumspor |
| 10 | 2DF | Ertan Aktepe | (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | Adana Demirspor (on loan from Samsunspor) |
| 11 | 3MF | Serkan Atak | (1984-01-03)3 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Gaziantepspor |
| 12 | 1GK | Volkan Babacan | (1988-08-11)11 August 1988 (aged 16) | 4 | 0 | Fenerbahçe |
| 13 | 3MF | Arda Turan | (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 18) | 5 | 0 | Galatasaray |
| 14 | 3MF | Soner Sakarya | (1984-03-12)12 March 1984 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | Eskişehirspor (on loan from Manisaspor) |
| 15 | 2DF | Serdar Kurtuluş | (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | Bursaspor |
| 16 | 4FW | Cafercan Aksu | (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 18) | 5 | 0 | Galatasaray |
| 17 | 2DF | Can Arat | (1984-01-21)21 January 1984 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Sivasspor (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 18 | 2DF | Serhat Akyüz | (1984-08-10)10 August 1984 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | İstanbulspor |

## Group C
### Algeria

Head coach: Meziane Ighil
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | USM Alger |
| 2 | 2DF | Belkacem Remache | (1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | AS Khroub |
| 3 | 2DF | Benamar Belabbès | (1985-04-20)20 April 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | RCO Agde |
| 4 | 3MF | Farid Cheklam | (1984-09-21)21 September 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | ASO Chlef |
| 5 | 4FW | Lazhar Hadj Aïssa | (1984-03-23)23 March 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | ES Sétif |
| 6 | 2DF | Sofiane Herkat | (1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | USM El Harrach |
| 7 | 3MF | Fahem Ouslati | (1986-03-14)14 March 1986 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | CR Belouizdad |
| 8 | 3MF | Tayeb Berramla | (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | ASM Oran |
| 9 | 4FW | Sofiane Hanitser | (1984-11-20)20 November 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | ASM Oran |
| 10 | 2DF | Kheireddine Zarabi | (1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | RC Kouba |
| 11 | 2DF | Mohamed Boussefiane | (1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | RC Kouba |
| 12 | 2DF | Lhoussine Ould Blal | (1985-02-12)12 February 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Paris FC |
| 13 | 3MF | Farid Boutadjine | (1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Entente SSG |
| 14 | 3MF | Nacereddine Khoualed | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | US Biskra |
| 15 | 3MF | Abdelmadjid Benatia | (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | MC Oran |
| 16 | 1GK | Salah Sahraoui | (1984-03-28)28 March 1984 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | MSP Batna |
| 17 | 3MF | Hocine Metref | (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | USM Alger |
| 18 | 3MF | Bouazza Feham | (1986-04-11)11 April 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | ASM Oran |

### Greece

Head coach: Stylianos Aposporis
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Konstantinos Andriolas | (1985-05-01)1 May 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Halkidona |
| 2 | 2DF | Thanasis Moulopoulos | (1985-06-09)9 June 1985 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Ethnikos Asteras |
| 3 | 2DF | Grigoris Papazaharias | (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Iraklis |
| 4 | 2DF | Vasilis Torosidis | (1985-06-10)10 June 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | Xanthi |
| 5 | 2DF | Christos Pipinis | (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Akratitos |
| 6 | 3MF | Nikolaos Karabelas | (1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Paniliakos |
| 7 | 3MF | Themistoklis Tzimopoulos | (1985-11-20)20 November 1985 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | Akratitos |
| 8 | 3MF | Dimitrios Gkikas | (1984-04-04)4 April 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | 4FW | Petros Konteon | (1984-05-09)9 May 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Niki Volos (on loan from PAOK) |
| 10 | 3MF | Kostas Mendrinos | (1985-05-28)28 May 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Olympiacos |
| 11 | 3MF | Nikos Arabatzis | (1984-03-10)10 March 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Panserraikos |
| 12 | 1GK | Orestis Karnezis | (1985-07-11)11 July 1985 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | OFI Crete |
| 13 | 3MF | Stefanos Kapias | (1984-02-15)15 February 1984 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Apollon Kalamarias |
| 14 | 4FW | Georgios Gravanis | (1985-09-30)30 September 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | |
| 15 | 2DF | Avraam Papadopoulos | (1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Aris |
| 16 | 3MF | Dimitrios Tsitsomitsos | (1985-05-10)10 May 1985 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Anagennisi Arta |
| 17 | 4FW | Georgios Katsaros | (1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Panachaiki Patras |
| 18 | 3MF | Efstathios Rokas | (1984-09-18)18 September 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Ionikos |

### Tunisia

Head coach: Khemais Abidi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Ali Klay | | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3MF | Maouia Kadri | | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2DF | Wissam El Bekri | (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Châteauroux |
| 4 | 4FW | Maher Ameur | (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | Club Africain |
| 5 | 2DF | Aymen Ben Amor | (1985-09-07)7 September 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | CS Sfaxien |
| 6 | 2DF | Khaled Souissi | (1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Club Africain |
| 7 | 3MF | Youssef Mouihbi | (1985-04-01)1 April 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | AS Marsa |
| 8 | 3MF | Khaled Melliti | (1984-05-22)22 May 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Étoile du Sahel |
| 9 | 4FW | Hamza Younés | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | CS Sfaxien |
| 10 | 3MF | Ahmed Ben Yahia | (1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Espérance de Tunis |
| 11 | 3MF | Mohamed Labidi | | 3 | 0 | |
| 12 | 4FW | Raouf Gabsi | (1984-02-23)23 February 1984 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Espérance de Tunis |
| 13 | 3MF | Wissem Ben Yahia | (1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Club Africain |
| 14 | 3MF | Chaker Zouagi | (1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Étoile du Sahel |
| 15 | 2DF | Hamdi Mabrouk | (1986-01-05)5 January 1986 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | US Monastir |
| 16 | 1GK | Ben Ali Majed | | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | 2DF | Mohamed Ali Gharzoul | (1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | Toulouse |
| 18 | 2DF | Karim Touati | (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | |