2005 Mediterranean Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Almería
Dates	23 June – 3 July
Teams	9
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	37 (1.48 per match)
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The 2005 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 15th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Almería, Spain between 23 June and 3 July 2005 as part of the 2005 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 9 teams, all countries were represented by the U-23 teams^[1] (although in fact none of the players named were older than 21); Spain won the gold medal.

Participating teams

These nine teams were sorted into three groups of three teams. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter finals, as well as the two best third-placed sides.

Federation	Nation
CAF Africa	Algeria  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia (holders)
AFC Asia	None
UEFA Europe	Greece  Italy  Malta  Spain (hosts)  Turkey

Squads

Venues

Tournament

All times are local (CEST (UTC+2)

Group stages

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4
Libya	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
Morocco	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

23 June 2005

Italy	3–0	Libya
Vantaggiato 34' Iunco 79' Masini 90'

Estadio Antonio Peroles, Roquetas de Mar

25 June 2005

Libya	1–0	Morocco
El Khatroushi 38'

Estadio Antonio Peroles, Roquetas de Mar

27 June 2005

Italy	0–0	Morocco

Estadio Antonio Peroles, Roquetas de Mar

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4
Spain	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Malta	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

23 June 2005

Spain	2–0	Malta
Kepa 77' Arizmendi 82'

Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo, El Ejido

25 June 2005

Turkey	1–1	Spain
Aksu 65'		Puerta 52'

Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo, El Ejido

27 June 2005

Turkey	5–0	Malta
Sungur 47' Aksu 63' Arda Turan 76', 87' Reis 90'

Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo, El Ejido

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Tunisia	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
Greece	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

23 June 2005

Algeria	2–2	Tunisia
Hanitser 33', 83'		Melliti 29' Laâbidi 39'

Estadio Municipal de Vícar, Vícar

25 June 2005

Tunisia	1–1	Greece
Ben Yahia		Arabatzis 39'

Estadio Municipal de Vícar, Vícar

27 June 2005

Algeria	1–0	Greece
Metref 37'

Estadio Municipal de Vícar, Vícar

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	29 June–El Ejido
	Turkey	1
					1 July–Roquetas de Mar
	Greece	0
					Turkey	1
	29 June–Roquetas de Mar
					Morocco	0
	Algeria	0
									3 July–Roquetas de Mar
	Morocco	2
									Turkey	0
	29 June–El Ejido
									Spain	1
	Italy	1
					1 July–El Ejido
	Spain	2
					Spain	5
	29 June–Roquetas de Mar
					Libya	0			Third place
	Libya (p)	1 (4)
									3 July–Almería
	Tunisia	1 (3)
									Morocco	1 (3)
									Libya (p)	1 (4)

Quarterfinals

29 June 2005

Libya	1–1	Tunisia
Ezwawi		Ben Yahia
Penalties
	4–3

Estadio Antonio Peroles, Roquetas de Mar

29 June 2005

Morocco	2–0	Algeria
Souari 24', 87'

Estadio Antonio Peroles, Roquetas de Mar

29 June 2005

Turkey	1–0	Greece
Aksu 34'

Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo, El Ejido

29 June 2005

Spain	2–1	Italy
Montañés 67' Puerta 80'		Vantaggiato 43'

Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo, El Ejido

Semifinals

1 July 2005

Turkey	1–0	Morocco
Turan 31'

Estadio Antonio Peroles, Roquetas de Mar

1 July 2005

Spain	5–0	Libya
Gámez 4', 60' del Moral 71', 87' Valera 76'

Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo, El Ejido

3rd place match

3 July 2005

Libya	1–1	Morocco
Mabrouk 87'		Souari 9'
Penalties
	4–3

Estadio Antonio Peroles, Roquetas de Mar

Final

3 July 2005

Spain	1–0	Turkey
Kepa 7'

Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, Almería

Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)

Final standings