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 were contested by 12 teams.

Contents 1 Participating teams 2 System 3 Squads 3.1  Italy 3.2  Montenegro 3.3  Spain 4 Stadia 5 Draw 6 Group stage 6.1 Group A 6.2 Group B 6.3 Group C 6.4 Group D 7 Knockout stage 7.1 Bracket 7.2 Semi-finals 7.3 5-8 Places 7.4 Seventh place match 7.5 Fifth place match 7.6 Third place match 7.7 Final 8 References

Participating teams

•  Albania
•  France
•  Greece
•  Italy
•  Libya
•  Malta
•  Montenegro
•  Morocco
•  Spain
•  Syria
•  Tunisia
•  Turkey

System

The 12 teams will be divided into four groups of three teams. Teams are awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. No points are awarded for a defeat. The top side in each group will advance to the semi-finals. If two or more teams are tied for a particular position, then the tie-breaking system is 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 must consist of players born after January 1, 1989. The squads must be submitted no later than June 11, 2009. Each member of the winning team will be awarded a gold medal. The runners-up will all receive a silver medal, and the third-placed team will all receive a bronze medal. Each member of each side placed 4th-8th in the competition will receive a diploma.^[1]

 Italy

Head coach: Francesco Rocca

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

 Montenegro

Head coach: Dušan Vlaisavljević

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

 Spain

Head coach: Luis Milla

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

25 June 2009 18:00 CET	Italy	1 – 1	Syria	Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)
	Sciacca  38'	Report	Shahen  74'

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27 June 2009 17:00 CET	Greece	4 – 0	Syria	Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
	Soiledis  29' Pavlis  42'  68' Niklitsiotis  75'	Report

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29 June 2009 20:00 CET	Italy	3 – 1	Greece	Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
	Mustacchio  28' Mustacchio  55' Sciacca  76'	Report	Pavlis  34'

Group B

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

25 June 2009 17:00 CET	France	2 – 0	Turkey	Stadio Comunale, Teramo Referee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)
	Malonga  20' Joseph-Monrose  76'	Report

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27 June 2009 17:00 CET	Malta	0 – 5	Turkey	Stadio Comunale, Teramo Referee: Vasilios Pamporidis (Greece)
		Report	Aygunes  14' Albayrak  36'  49' Basdas  53' Gokoglan  54'

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29 June 2009 17:00 CET	France	1 – 0	Malta	Stadio Comunale, Teramo Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)
	Lasimant  7'	Report

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.

25 June 2009 17:00 CET	Libya	0 – 0	Montenegro	Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
		Report

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29 June 2009 17:00 CET	Montenegro	0 – 0	Libya	Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)
		Report
		Penalties
	Novović Durutović Savić Vuković	2 – 4	Mansor Gagom Altriki Ahmed

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

25 June 2009 17:00 CET	Spain	2 – 2	Tunisia	Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)
	Sassi  29' (o.g.) Aarón  67'	Report	Ayari  57'  59'

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27 June 2009 17:00 CET	Albania	1 – 2	Tunisia	Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare Referee: Aydinus Firat (Turkey)
	Shehaj  23'	Report	Ben Messaoud  27' Ayari  35'

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29 June 2009 17:00 CET	Spain	3 – 0	Albania	Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
	Kike  11' Aarón  12' Botía  77'	Report

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

1 July 2009 17:00 CET	Italy	1 – 0	Libya	Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare Referee: Vasilios Pompiridis (Greece)
	Garibaldi  3'	Report

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1 July 2009 20:30 CET	France	1 – 2	Spain	Stadio Comunale, Teramo Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro)
	Tabanou  87'	Report	Nsue  42' Laguardia  51'

5-8 Places

1 July 2009 17:00 CET	Greece	2 – 1	Montenegro	Stadio dei Marsi, Avezzano Referee: Aydinus Firat (Turkey)
	Pavlis  66' Barmpoudis  81'	Report	Bogdanović  59'

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1 July 2009 17:00 CET	Turkey	2 – 1	Tunisia	Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare Referee: Gamail Embaia (Libya)
	Aygunes  46' Calik  79'	Report	Jebbari  17'

Seventh place match

3 July 2009 17:00 CET	Montenegro	0 – 1	Tunisia	Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano Referee: Olivier Thual
		Report	Ayari  77'

Fifth place match

3 July 2009 20:30 CET	Greece	1 – 1 6 – 5 pen.	Turkey	Stadio Comunale, Teramo
	Nikalaos Barboudis  62'	Report	Ridvan Simsek  19'

Third place match

4 July 2009 19:00 CET	Libya	0 – 0 8 – 7 pen.	France	Stadio Guido Angelini, Chieti Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
		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

Final

4 July 2009 21:00 CET	Italy	1 – 2	Spain	Stadio Adriatico, Pescara Referee: Gamail Embaia
	Mustacchio  89'	Report	Nsue  76' Calderoni  90+5' (o.g.)

References

Events at the 2009 Mediterranean Games (Pescara) Archery Artistic gymnastics Athletics Basketball Beach Volleyball Bowls Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football Golf Handball Judo Karate Rowing Rhythmic gymnastics Sailing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Tennis Volleyball Water Polo Water ski Weightlifting Wrestling

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