Football at the 1997 Mediterranean Games – Men's team squads
Below are the squads for the Football at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, hosted in Bari, Italy, and took place between 8 and 25 June 1997.[1] Teams were national U-23 sides.
Group A
Algeria
Head coach: Mustapha Aksouh
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Fouad Cheriet | 10 January 1977 (aged 20) |  CA Batna
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| GK | Hichem Mezaïr | 16 October 1976 (aged 20) | WA Tlemcen
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| DF | Nassim Bounekdja | 23 October 1976 (aged 20) | JS El Biar
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| DF | Ouahid Fatahine | MC Alger
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| DF | Tarek Ghoul | 9 January 1975 (aged 22) | USM Alger
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| DF | Moulay Haddou | 14 June 1975 (aged 21) | MC Oran
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| DF | Mohamed Hamdoud | 9 June 1976 (aged 20) | USM Alger
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| DF | Samir Khati | JS Kabylie
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| DF | Samir Kherbouche | 28 January 1976 (aged 21) | WA Tlemcen
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| DF | Slimane Raho | 20 October 1975 (aged 21) | MC Oran
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| MF | Hocine Azizane | 21 August 1976 (aged 20) | USM El Harrach
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| MF | Hakim Boubrit | 9 August 1974 (aged 22) | JS Kabylie
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| MF | Rafik Diab | USM El Harrach
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| MF | Farid Djahnine | 18 August 1976 (aged 20) | USM Alger
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| MF | Mourad Foudhili | MC Alger
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| MF | Kheireddine Madoui
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27 March 1977 (aged 20) | ES Sétif
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| FW | Ryad Benchikha | 5 March 1975 (aged 22) | USM El Harrach
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| FW | Farès El Aouni | 9 August 1977 (aged 19) | WA Tlemcen
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| FW | Hamid Merakchi | 28 January 1976 (aged 21) | ES Mostaganem
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| FW | Fouad Smati | USM Alger
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Libya
Slovenia
Head coach: Drago Kostanjšek
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Milenko Ačimovič | 15 February 1977 (aged 20) |  Olimpija
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| DF | Samir Balagić | 13 March 1975 (aged 22) | Rudar Velenje
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| DF | Ingmar Bloudek | 27 November 1975 (aged 21) | Mura
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| MF | Danijel Brezič | 15 February 1976 (aged 21) | Mura
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| DF | Spasoje Bulajič | 24 November 1975 (aged 21) | Maribor
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| MF | Nastja Čeh | 26 January 1978 (aged 19) | Maribor
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| FW | Sebastjan Cimirotič | 14 September 1974 (aged 22) | Olimpija
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| MF | Robert Cugmas | 2 October 1975 (aged 21) | Celje
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| FW | Oskar Drobne | 6 February 1975 (aged 22) | Maribor
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| MF | Jernej Javornik | 9 May 1975 (aged 22) | Rudar Velenje
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| DF | Aleksander Knavs | 5 December 1975 (aged 21) | Olimpija
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| GK | Dino Lalič | 12 July 1974 (aged 22) | Mura
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| FW | Milan Osterc | 4 July 1975 (aged 21) | Gorica
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| FW | Ermin Rakovič | 7 September 1977 (aged 19) | Olimpija
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| MF | Andrej Razdrh | 28 October 1976 (aged 20) | Primorje
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| FW | Aljoša Sivko | 18 January 1977 (aged 20) | Celje
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| MF | Anton Žlogar | 24 November 1977 (aged 19) | Primorje
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Turkey
Head coach: 
Cem Pamiroğlu
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Hakan Çalışkan | 1 January 1978 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Beşiktaş (loan to Muğlaspor)
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| 2 | DF | Emrah Eren | 13 November 1978 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Adanaspor
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| 3 | DF | Fatih Akyel | 26 December 1977 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | Bakırköyspor
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| 4 | DF | Ali Eren Beşerler | 25 October 1975 (aged 21) | 7 | 0 | Gençlerbirliği
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| 5 | DF | Ümit Özat | 30 October 1976 (aged 20) | 6 | 0 | Gençlerbirliği
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| 6 | DF | Sinan Demircioğlu | 23 April 1975 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | Beşiktaş
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| 7 | İdris Gümüşdere | 25 November 1976 (aged 20) | Gençlerbirliği (loan to Adanaspor )
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| 8 | MF | Serdar Topraktepe | 25 August 1976 (aged 20) | Beşiktaş
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| 9 | FW | Mustafa Özkan | 21 February 1975 (aged 22) | Beşiktaş
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| 10 | FW | Serkan Aykut | 24 February 1975 (aged 22) | Samsunspor
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| 11 | FW | Çetin Güner | 28 December 1977 (aged 19) | Trabzonspor
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| 12 | Kubilay Aydın | 30 December 1975 (aged 21) | Gençlerbirliği
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| 13 | Hakkı Daş | 1 February 1977 (aged 20) | Kayseri Erciyesspor
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| 14 | Erdal Eraslan | 17 September 1977 (aged 19) | Trabzonspor
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| 15 | MF | Hasan Yiğit | 2 January 1975 (aged 22) | Gaziantepspor
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| 16 | Sinan Tanış | 1 June 1976 (aged 21) | Gaziantepspor
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| 17 | MF | Yıldıray Baştürk | 24 December 1978 (aged 18) |  SG Wattenscheid 09
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| 18 | MF | Altan Aksoy | 5 February 1976 (aged 21) | Adanaspor
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| 19 | DF | Nuri Çolak | 17 August 1975 (aged 21) | Kocaelispor
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| 20 | Ziya Şahin | 6 April 1976 (aged 21) | Vanspor
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| 21 | FW | Selahattin Kınalı | 15 May 1978 (aged 19) | Gümüşhanespor
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| 22 | DF | Ramazan Tunç | 17 September 1975 (aged 21) | Ankaragücü
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Group B
Albania
Italy
Head coach: Marco Tardelli
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Gianluigi Buffon | 28 January 1978 (aged 19) | Parma
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| GK | Matteo Gianello | 7 May 1976 (aged 21) | Chievo
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| GK | Matteo Sereni | 11 February 1975 (aged 22) | Sampdoria
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| DF | Alessandro Birindelli | 12 November 1974 (aged 22) | Empoli
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| DF | Francesco Coco | 8 January 1977 (aged 20) | Milan
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| DF | Alessandro Dal Canto | 10 March 1975 (aged 22) | Venezia
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| DF | Alessandro Grandoni | 22 July 1977 (aged 19) | Lazio
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| DF | Duccio Innocenti | 20 September 1975 (aged 21) | Lucchese
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| DF | Emanuele Pesaresi | 1 December 1976 (aged 20) | Sampdoria
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| DF | Fabio Rustico | 20 May 1976 (aged 21) | Atalanta
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| DF | Marco Zamboni | 7 December 1977 (aged 19) | Chievo
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| MF | Roberto Baronio | 11 December 1977 (aged 19) | Lazio
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| MF | Jonathan Binotto
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22 January 1975 (aged 22) | Verona
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| MF | Diego De Ascentis | 31 July 1976 (aged 20) | Bari
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| MF | Stefano Fiore | 17 April 1975 (aged 22) | Chievo
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| MF | Giuliano Giannichedda | 21 September 1974 (aged 22) |  Udinese
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| MF | Raffaele Longo | 6 September 1977 (aged 19) | Napoli
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| FW | Marcello Campolonghi | 15 February 1975 (aged 22) | Brescia
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| FW | Alessandro Iannuzzi | 9 October 1975 (aged 21) | Lazio
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| FW | Cristiano Lucarelli | 4 October 1975 (aged 21) | Padova
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| FW | Francesco Totti | 27 September 1976 (aged 20) | Roma
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| FW | Nicola Ventola | 24 May 1978 (aged 19) | Bari
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FR Yugoslavia
Head coach: Milan Živadinović
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Dragoslav Jevrić | 8 July 1974 (aged 22) |  Red Star Belgrade
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| DF | Milan Milijaš | 12 October 1976 (aged 20) | Zemun
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| DF | Nenad Džodić | 4 January 1977 (aged 20) | Zemun
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| DF | Ivica Dragutinović | 13 November 1975 (aged 21) |  Gent
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| MF | Darko Ljubojević | 8 January 1975 (aged 22) | Red Star Belgrade
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| FW | Mihajlo Pjanović | 13 February 1977 (aged 20) | OFK Beograd
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| MF | Slobodan Slović | 9 February 1975 (aged 22) | Železnik
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| MF | Goran Trobok | 6 September 1974 (aged 22) | Budućnost Podgorica
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| MF | Goran Bošković | 11 October 1976 (aged 20) | Red Star Belgrade
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| DF | Mićo Vranješ | 8 September 1975 (aged 21) | Vojvodina
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| FW | Nenad Jestrović | 9 May 1976 (aged 21) | OFK Beograd
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| MF | Nikola Lazetić | 9 February 1978 (aged 19) | Red Star Belgrade
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| MF | Ivan Tomić | 5 January 1976 (aged 21) | Partizan
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| FW | Dragan Isailović | 12 January 1976 (aged 21) | Zemun
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Group C
France
Head coach: Raymond Domenech
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Tony Heurtebis | 15 January 1975 (aged 22) |  Rennes
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| DF | Stéphane Pichot | 2 September 1976 (aged 20) | Laval
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| DF | Franck Jurietti | 30 March 1975 (aged 22) | Gueugnon
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| MF | Laurent Batlles | 23 September 1975 (aged 21) | Toulouse
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| FW | Kaba Diawara | 16 December 1975 (aged 21) | Bordeaux
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| FW | Frédéric Née | 18 April 1975 (aged 22) | Caen
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| MF | Ludovic Asuar | 26 October 1976 (aged 20) | Marseille
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| MF | Laurent Robert | 21 May 1975 (aged 22) | Montpellier
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| DF | François Grenet | 8 March 1975 (aged 22) | Bordeaux
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| DF | Romain Ferrier | 24 February 1976 (aged 21) | Cannes
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| DF | Djibril Diawara | 3 January 1975 (aged 22) | Le Havre
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| MF | Marc Zanotti | 13 November 1975 (aged 21) | Bordeaux
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| DF | Sébastien Schemmel | 2 June 1975 (aged 22) | Nancy
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| FW | Frédéric Machado | 11 November 1975 (aged 21) | Lille
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| DF | Olivier Tébily | 19 December 1975 (aged 21) | Niort
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| DF | Jean-Christophe Devaux | 16 May 1975 (aged 22) | Lyon
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| MF | Henri Savini | 8 May 1975 (aged 22) | Nice
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| DF | Bruno Calegari | 13 May 1975 (aged 22) | Nice
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Greece
Head coach: Ioannis Kollias
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos | 7 August 1976 (aged 20) |  Olympiacos
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| GK | Sotiris Liberopoulos | 29 June 1977 (aged 19) | Kalamata
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| DF | Athanasios Kostoulas | 24 March 1976 (aged 21) | Kalamata
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| DF | Georgios Koulakiotis | 5 May 1977 (aged 20) | Veria
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| DF | Traianos Dellas | 31 January 1976 (aged 21) | Aris
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| DF | Pantelis Konstantinidis | 16 August 1975 (aged 21) | Apollon
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| DF | Paraskevas Antzas | 18 August 1976 (aged 20) | Xanthi
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| DF | Giannis Goumas | 24 May 1975 (aged 22) | Panathinaikos
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| DF | Dimitris Mavrogenidis
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15 February 1975 (aged 22) | Aris
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| DF | Lazaros Semos | 18 July 1975 (aged 21) | Iraklis
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| MF | Giorgos Karagounis | 6 March 1977 (aged 20) | Apollon
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| MF | Vassilis Lakis
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10 September 1976 (aged 20) | Paniliakos
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| MF | Stelios Sfakianakis | 19 March 1976 (aged 21) | Olympiacos
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| MF | Vaggelis Koutsoures
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2 February 1975 (aged 22) | Kalamata
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| MF | Giorgos Koltzos | 13 September 1976 (aged 20) | Athinaikos
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| MF | Mike Panopoulos | 9 October 1976 (aged 20) | Aris
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| MF | Kostas Kiassos | 13 December 1975 (aged 21) | OFI
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| MF | Ieroklis Stoltidis | 2 February 1976 (aged 21) | Iraklis
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| FW | Sotiris Konstantinidis | 19 April 1977 (aged 20) | Iraklis
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| FW | Nikos Liberopoulos | 4 August 1975 (aged 21) | Panathinaikos
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San Marino
Group D
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Head coach: Besim Šabić
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Almir Tolja | 25 October 1974 (aged 22) |  Đerzelez
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| DF | Dženan Hošić | 13 March 1976 (aged 21) | FK Sarajevo
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| MF | Hasan Salihamidžić | 1 January 1977 (aged 20) | Hamburger SV
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Croatia
Head coach: Ivo Šušak
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Mario Bazina | 8 September 1975 (aged 21) |  Hrvatski Dragovoljac
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| MF | Ivan Bulat | 24 June 1975 (aged 21) | Osijek
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| FW | Nino Bule | 19 March 1976 (aged 21) | NK Zagreb
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| DF | Mario Cvitanović | 6 May 1975 (aged 22) | Dinamo Zagreb
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| DF | Toni Grdić | 23 May 1975 (aged 22) | Šibenik
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| MF | Ivan Jurić | 25 August 1975 (aged 21) | Hajduk Split
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| MF | Domagoj Kosić | 11 November 1975 (aged 21) | Inker Zaprešić
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| FW | Petar Krpan | 1 July 1974 (aged 22) | Osijek
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| MF | Ivan Leko | 7 February 1978 (aged 19) | Hajduk Split
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| DF | Mario Tokić | 23 July 1975 (aged 21) | Rijeka
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| FW | Goran Tomić | 18 March 1977 (aged 20) | Šibenik
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| DF | Igor Tudor | 16 April 1978 (aged 19) | Hajduk Split
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| GK | Vladimir Vasilj | 6 July 1975 (aged 21) | Hrvatski Dragovoljac
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| FW | Davor Vugrinec | 24 March 1975 (aged 22) | Varteks
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| DF | Tonči Žilić | 26 February 1975 (aged 22) | Osijek
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| DF | Boris Živković | 15 November 1975 (aged 21) | Hrvatski Dragovoljac
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Spain
Head coach: Javier Clemente
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Iván Pérez | 29 January 1976 (aged 21) |  Extremadura
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| GK | Francesc Arnau | 23 March 1975 (aged 22) | FC Barcelona
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| DF | Luis Cuartero | 17 August 1975 (aged 21) | Zaragoza
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| DF | Felipe Vaqueriza | 23 January 1975 (aged 22) | Real Madrid
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| DF | Gerardo García León | 7 December 1974 (aged 22) | Lleida
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| DF | Quique Álvarez | 20 July 1975 (aged 21) | FC Barcelona
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| DF | Sergio Ballesteros | 4 September 1975 (aged 21) | Tenerife
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| FW | Dani García | 22 December 1974 (aged 22) | Zaragoza
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| MF | Felipe Guréndez | 18 November 1975 (aged 21) | Athletic Bilbao
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| MF | Óscar Arpón | 9 April 1975 (aged 22) | Real Betis
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| MF | Juan Carlos Valerón | 17 June 1975 (aged 21) | Las Palmas
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References
- RSSSF. Dinant Abbink & Erik Garin. December 21, 2002.