# Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place between 19 and 27 June. The tournament was held at the Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, and Tarsus City Stadium. The final was held at the Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium on 27 June. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-19 national teams. There was no women's tournament on this occasion.

## Participating nations

Eight nations applied to compete in men's tournament, four less than at the previous games. At least six nations competing is the requirement for tournament to be held. None of the Asian nations opted to compete.

### Men

| Federation | Nation |
| CAF Africa | Libya Morocco Tunisia |
| AFC Asia | None |
| UEFA Europe | Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Macedonia Turkey |

## Format

* Eight teams were split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the main knockout stage, other team qualify for placement matches.
* In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
* The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

## Preliminary round

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).
* Qualified for the semifinals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Morocco | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| Libya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 |
| Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 June 18:00 – Mersin | 25 June 18:00 – Mersin |
| Tunisia | 0 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 27 June 22:00 – Mersin | 27 June 22:00 – Mersin |
| Turkey | 2 | 27 June 22:00 – Mersin | 27 June 22:00 – Mersin |
| Turkey | 2 | Turkey | 2 (2) |
| 25 June 21:00 – Tarsus | 25 June 21:00 – Tarsus | | Turkey | 2 (2) |
| 25 June 21:00 – Tarsus | 25 June 21:00 – Tarsus | Morocco (p) | 2 (3) |
| Morocco | 3 | Morocco (p) | 2 (3) |
| Libya | 1 | | |
| Libya | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 27 June 18:00 – Mersin | 27 June 18:00 – Mersin |
| | | Tunisia | 4 |
| | | Libya | 0 |

### Gold medal match
## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Morocco | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Gold Medal |
| | Turkey (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Silver Medal |
| | Tunisia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Libya | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 7 | 5th place match |
| 6 | Macedonia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | 5th place match |
| 7 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 7 | 7th place match |
| 8 | Albania | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | 7th place match |

## Medal Winning Squads

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| | Morocco (MAR) Badreddine Benrachour Omar Boutayeb Mohamed Saidi Hamza Moussadak Mohammed El Jaaouani Adam Ennaffati Adnane El Ouardy Reda En-Neoualy Youssef Es Saiydy Mohamed Cheikhi Walid El Karti Ayman El Hassouni El Mehdi Moufaddal Hamza Mouatamid Elmehdi Dghoughi Reda Hajhouj Mohamed El Makahasi Hicham Khaloua | Turkey (TUR) Cantuğ Temel Ozan Tufan Abdülkerim Bardakcı Muhammed Serdar Yazıcı Süheyl Çetin Kubilay Aktaş Kubilay Dursun Sönmez İbrahim Coşkun Berk İsmail Ünsal Recep Niyaz Okan Aydın Emre Selen İsmail Güven Gökhan Sazdağı Metin Sevinç Atabey Çiçek Sedat Yüce Haydar Deniz | Tunisia (TUN) Seifedine Lahwel Rami Haj Selem Khalim Sassi Walid Dhaouedi Idriss Mhirsi Radhouene Khalfaoui Rafik Kamarji Edem Rjaïbi Mehdi Ben Nsib Bechir Kablouti Ayoub Jirtila Sedik Mejri Oualid Bouzidi Zied Ounali Slimen Kchok Ahmed Khlil Achref Mnani Azer Ghali |