Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

The football competition at the 2009 Mediterranean Games took place between June 25 and July 5, 2009^[1] and was contested by 12 teams.

Participating teams

System

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. No points were awarded for a defeat. The top side in each group would advance to the semi-finals. If two or more teams were tied for a particular position, then the tie-breaking system would be as follows:^[1]

Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
The result in the eventual direct match betw een two tied teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

Squads

Each team's eighteen-man squad had to consist of players born after January 1, 1989. The squads must have been submitted no later than June 11, 2009. Each member of the winning team was awarded a gold medal. The runners-up all received a silver medal, and the third-placed team all received a bronze medal. Each member of each side placed 4th-8th in the competition received a diploma.^[1]

Italy

Head coach: Francesco Rocca

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Vincenzo Fiorillo	( 1990-01-13)13 January 1990 (aged 19)	Sampdoria
2	2DF	Francesco Bini	(1989-01-02)2 January 1989 (aged 20)	Piacenza
3	2DF	Marco Calderoni	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 20)	Piacenza
4	2DF	Michelangelo Albertazzi	(1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 18)	Milan
5	2DF	Massimiliano Tagliani (c)	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 20)	Fiorentina
6	3MF	Andrea Mazzarani	(1989-11-06)6 November 1989 (aged 19)	Udinese
7	3MF	Mattia Mustacchio	(1989-05-17)17 May 1989 (aged 20)	Sampdoria
8	3MF	Silvano Raggio Garibaldi	(1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 20)	Pisa
9	4FW	Ettore Mendicino	(1990-02-11)11 February 1990 (aged 19)	Lazio
10	4FW	Armando Visconti	(1989-10-26)26 October 1989 (aged 19)	Avellino
11	3MF	Giacomo Bonaventura	(1989-08-22)22 August 1989 (aged 19)	Pergocrema
12	1GK	Andrea Gasparri	(1989-02-28)28 February 1989 (aged 20)	Parma
13	2DF	Alessandro Crescenzi	(1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 17)	Roma
14	2DF	Matteo Darmian	(1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 19)	Milan
15	3MF	Claudio Della Penna	(1989-05-12)12 May 1989 (aged 20)	Pistoiese
16	3MF	Francesco Di Tacchio	(1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 19)	Ascoli
17	3MF	Fabio Sciacca	(1989-05-16)16 May 1989 (aged 20)	Catania
18	4FW	Ciro Immobile	(1990-02-20)20 February 1990 (aged 19)	Juventus

France

Head coach: Luc Rabat

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Matthieu Dreyer	( 1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 20)	Sochaux
2	2DF	Jean-Christophe Coubronne	(1989-07-30)30 July 1989 (aged 19)	Sochaux
3	2DF	Kévin Théophile-Catherine	(1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 19)	Rennes
4	3MF	Yoric Ravet	(1989-09-12)12 September 1989 (aged 19)	Grenoble
5	2DF	Samuel Souprayen	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 20)	Rennes
6	3MF	Morgan Schneiderlin (c)	(1989-11-08)8 November 1989 (aged 19)	Southampton
7	3MF	Jérémy Pied	(1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 20)	Lyon
8	3MF	Diallo Guidileye	(1989-12-30)30 December 1989 (aged 19)	Troyes
9	4FW	Dominique Malonga	(1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 20)	Foggia
10	4FW	Djamel Bakar	(1989-04-06)6 April 1989 (aged 20)	Monaco
11	3MF	Franck Tabanou	(1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 20)	Toulouse
12	2DF	Lamine Koné	(1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 20)	Châteauroux
13	4FW	Fabien Robert	(1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 20)	Lorient
14	3MF	Sony Mustivar	(1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 19)	Bastia
15	3MF	Yohann Lasimant	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 19)	Rennes
16	1GK	Willy Maeyens	(1989-06-05)5 June 1989 (aged 20)	Auxerre
17	2DF	Loïc Abenzoar	(1989-02-14)14 February 1989 (aged 20)	Lyon
18	4FW	Steeven Joseph-Monrose	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 18)	Lens

Montenegro

Head coach: Dušan Vlaisavljević

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Jasmin Agović	(1991-02-13)13 February 1991 (aged 18)	0	Budućnost Podgrica
2	2DF	Mihailo Aleksić	(1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 19)	0	Sinđelić Niš
3	2DF	Danilo Vuković	(1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 20)	2	Sutjeska Nikšić
4	2DF	Stefan Savić	(1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 18)	2	BSK Borča
5	3MF	Nikola Vukčević	(1989-11-21)21 November 1989 (aged 19)	2	Mladost Podgorica
6	2DF	Predrag Kašćelan	(1990-06-30)30 June 1990 (aged 18)	2	Spartak Zlatibor Voda
7	3MF	Asmir Kajević	(1990-02-15)15 February 1990 (aged 19)	2	BSK Borča
8	3MF	Mirko Durutović	(1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 20)	2	Sutjeska Nikšić
9	4FW	Bogdan Bogdanović	(1989-03-05)5 March 1989 (aged 20)	2	Hajduk Beograd
10	3MF	Ivan Novović	(1989-04-26)26 April 1989 (aged 20)	2	FK Zeta
11	3MF	Dino Bećirović	(1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 19)	1	FK Jedinstvo
12	1GK	Miloš Dragojević	(1989-02-03)3 February 1989 (aged 20)	2	Budućnost Podgrica
13	2DF	Miloš Radulović	(1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 18)	2	FK Zeta
14	2DF	Vuk Martinović	(1989-09-19)19 September 1989 (aged 19)	2	FK Grbalj
15	3MF	Velimir Kaluđerović	(1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 20)	1	FK Dečić
16	4FW	Ermin Seratlić	(1990-08-21)21 August 1990 (aged 18)	2	Mladost Podgorica
17	4FW	Pavle Nerić	(1990-05-03)3 May 1990 (aged 19)	1	Sutjeska Nikšić
18	4FW	Igor Kostić		1	Sinđelić Niš

Spain

Head coach: Luis Milla

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Tomás Mejías	(1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 20)	1	0	Real Madrid
2	2DF	Manuel Castellano 'Lillo'	(1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 20)	2	0	Real Murcia
3	2DF	José Ángel Valdés	(1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 19)	1	0	Sporting Gijón
4	2DF	Alberto Botía	(1989-01-27)27 January 1989 (aged 20)	1	0	FC Barcelona
5	2DF	Pedro Alcalá	(1989-03-19)19 March 1989 (aged 20)	2	0	UD Marbella
6	2DF	Andreu Fontàs	(1989-11-14)14 November 1989 (aged 19)	2	0	FC Barcelona
7	4FW	Aarón Ñíguez	(1989-04-26)26 April 1989 (aged 20)	2	1	Rangers FC
8	3MF	Eduardo Bedia	(1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 20)	1	0	Racing Santander
9	4FW	Iván Bolado	(1989-07-03)3 July 1989 (aged 19)	2	1	Elche CF
10	3MF	Ander Herrera	(1989-09-14)14 September 1989 (aged 19)	2	0	Real Zaragoza
11	3MF	Jordi Alba	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 20)	2	0	Gimnàstic Tarragona
12	2DF	Víctor Laguardia	(1989-11-05)5 November 1989 (aged 19)	1	0	Real Zaragoza
13	1GK	Tomeu Nadal	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 20)	0	0	RCD Mallorca
14	2DF	Dídac Vilà	(1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 20)	1	0	RCD Espanyol
15	3MF	Marcos Gullón	(1989-02-20)20 February 1989 (aged 20)	0	0	Villarreal CF
16	3MF	Daniel Parejo	(1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 20)	2	0	Real Madrid
17	4FW	Enrique García 'Kike'	(1989-11-25)25 November 1989 (aged 19)	0	0	Real Murcia
18	4FW	Emilio Nsue	(1989-09-30)30 September 1989 (aged 19)	2	0	CD Castellón

Stadia

6 stadia were allocated to host the matches^[1]

Stadium	City	Capacity
Stadio Adriatico	Pescara	25,000
Stadio Guido Angelini	Chieti	12,750
Stadio Comunale	Teramo	7,498
Stadio Guido Biondi	Lanciano	6,400
Stadio dei Marsi	Avezzano	3,692
Stadio Valle Anzuca	Francavilla al Mare	3,500

Draw

The draw for the groups was made on May 8, 2009, and was conducted by Eusebio Di Francesco^[2]

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
Greece	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
Syria	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4	1

Italy v Syria

25 June 2009
18:00 CET

Italy	1 – 1	Syria
Sciacca 38'	Report	Shahen 74'

Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

Greece v Syria

27 June 2009
17:00 CET

Greece	4 – 0	Syria
Soiledis 29' Pavlis 42' 68' Niklitsiotis 75'	Report

Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Italy v Greece

29 June 2009
20:00 CET

Italy	3 – 1	Greece
Mustacchio 28' Mustacchio 55' Sciacca 76'	Report	Pavlis 34'

Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6
Turkey	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3
Malta	2	0	2	0	6	-6	0

France v Turkey

25 June 2009
17:00 CET

France	2 – 0	Turkey
Malonga 20' Joseph-Monrose 76'	Report

Stadio Comunale, Teramo
Referee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)

Malta v Turkey

27 June 2009
17:00 CET

Malta	0 – 5	Turkey
	Report	Aygunes 14' Albayrak 36' 49' Basdas 53' Gokoglan 54'

Stadio Comunale, Teramo
Referee: Vasilios Pamporidis (Greece)

France v Malta

29 June 2009
17:00 CET

France	1 – 0	Malta
Lasimant 7'	Report

Stadio Comunale, Teramo
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Montenegro	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Morocco	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Morocco withdrew from the competition so Libya and Montenegro have ensured qualification to the next round. Their matches only determine group ranking.

Libya v Montenegro

25 June 2009
17:00 CET

Libya	0 – 0	Montenegro
	Report

Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Montenegro v Libya

29 June 2009
17:00 CET

Montenegro	0 – 0	Libya
	Report
	Penalties
Novović Durutović Savić Vuković	2 – 4	Mansor Gagom Altriki Ahmed

Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
Albania	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

Spain v Tunisia

25 June 2009
17:00 CET

Spain	2 – 2	Tunisia
Sassi 29' (o.g.) Aarón 67'	Report	Ayari 57' 59'

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

Albania v Tunisia

27 June 2009
17:00 CET

Albania	1 – 2	Tunisia
Shehaj 23'	Report	Ben Messaoud 27' Ayari 35'

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

Spain v Albania

29 June 2009
17:00 CET

Spain	3 – 0	Albania
Kike 11' Aarón 12' Botía 77'	Report

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals			Final

1 July – Francavilla
Italy	1
Libya	0

			4 July – Pescara
			Italy	1
			Spain	2


			Third place
1 July – Teramo		4 July – Chieti
France	1	Libya	0 (8)
Spain	2		France	0 (7)

Semi-finals

Italy v Libya

1 July 2009
17:00 CET

Italy	1 – 0	Libya
Garibaldi 3'	Report

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare
Referee: Vasilios Pompiridis (Greece)

France v Spain

1 July 2009
20:30 CET

France	1 – 2	Spain
Tabanou 87'	Report	Nsue 42' Laguardia 51'

Stadio Comunale, Teramo
Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro)

5-8 Places

Greece v Montenegro

1 July 2009
17:00 CET

Greece	2 – 1	Montenegro
Pavlis 66' Barmpoudis 81'	Report	Bogdanović 59'

Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

Turkey v Tunisia

1 July 2009
17:00 CET

Turkey	2 – 1	Tunisia
Aygunes 46' Calik 79'	Report	Jebbari 17'

Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare
Referee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)

Seventh place match

Montenegro v Tunisia

3 July 2009
17:00 CET

Montenegro	0 – 1	Tunisia
	Report	Ayari 77'

Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano
Referee:

Olivier Thual

Fifth place match

Greece v Turkey

3 July 2009
20:30 CET

Greece	1 – 1 6 – 5 pen.	Turkey
Nikalaos Barboudis 62'	Report	Ridvan Simsek 19'

Stadio Comunale, Teramo

Third place match

Libya v France

4 July 2009
19:00 CET

Libya	0 – 0 8 – 7 pen.	France
	Report
	Penalties
Mansor Gagom Altriki Ahmed Zrimeg Elmhashhash Issa Abubaker Elgarmadi Elzaredi	8 – 7 France went first	Ravet Pied Bakar Mustivar Guidileye Malonga Coubronne Kone Theophile Catherine Abenzoar

Stadio Guido Angelini, Chieti
Referee:

Mauro Bergonzi

Final

Italy v Spain

4 July 2009
21:00 CET

Italy	1 – 2	Spain
Mustacchio 89'	Report	Nsue 76' Calderoni 90+5' (o.g.)

Stadio Adriatico, Pescara
Referee:

Gamail Embaia

References

1 2 3 4 Pescara 2009 - Football - Technical Book (Published February 16, 2009)
↑ Athletes symbol of Italian sport at the draw of the rounds pescara.it, Retrieved on 19 May 2009

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