NB: matches in Foggia, Andria, Lecce, Bari and possibly other venues
in southern Italy.
[June 8-25]
Group A
Turkey 2-2 Algeria
Libya 2-2 Slovenia
Turkey 1-0 Libya
Algeria 1-1 Slovenia
Turkey 2-1 Slovenia
Algeria 1-1 Libya
1.TURKEY 3 2 1 0 5- 3 7
2.Algeria 3 0 3 0 4- 4 3
3.Slovenia 3 0 2 1 4- 5 2
4.Libya 3 0 2 1 3- 4 2
Group B
Yugoslavia 3-1 Albania
Italy 4-0 Albania
Italy 0-0 Yugoslavia
1.ITALY 2 1 1 0 4- 0 4
2.Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 3- 1 4
3.Albania 2 0 0 2 1- 7 0
Group C
Greece 4-1 San Marino
France 4-0 San Marino
Greece 3-0 France
1.GREECE 2 2 0 0 7- 1 6
2.France 2 1 0 1 4- 3 3
3.San Marino 2 0 0 2 1- 8 0
Group D
Bosnia 1-0 Croatia
Spain 0-0 Bosnia
Spain 2-1 Croatia
1.SPAIN 2 1 1 0 2- 1 4
2.Bosnia-Hercegovina 2 1 1 0 1- 0 4
3.Croatia 2 0 0 2 1- 3 0
Semifinals [Jun 23]
Turkey 1-0 Greece [aet]
Italy 2-0 Spain
Third Place Match
Greece 1-0 Spain
Final [Jun 25, Bari, Stadio San Nicola; ref: Arsic (Yug); att: 20,000]
Italy U-23 5-1 Turkey U-23
[Totti 28, 43pen, Ventola 30, 51, R.Longo 63; Güner 16]
[Italy: Buffon (41 Sereni), Innocenti, Dal Canto, Grandoni, Pesaresi,
Birindelli (67 Zamboni), Giannichedda, Baronio (52 R.Longo),
De Ascentis, Totti, Ventola; unused subs: Gianello, Binotto,
Iannuzzi, Rustico, Campolonghi, Lucarelli I, Fiore; coach:
M.Tardelli;
Turkey: Caliskan, Akyel (54 Sahin), Ozat, Demircioglu, Tung, Yigit
(53 Aykut), Gusmudere, Eraslan (67 Basturk), Topraktepe,
Guner, Aksoy; unused subs: Aydin, Eren, Das, Tanis, Golak;
coach: Parimoglu;
red card: Aykut 71]
NB: presumably all countries entered U-23 or olympic teams.
Group A Turkey 2-2 Algeria [Jun 16, Andria, Stadio degli Ulivi] ref: ? [goals not known] Turkey: Caliskan, Akyel, Beserler, Ozat, Demircioglu, Yigit, Topraktepe, Eraslan, Aksoy, Ozkan, Guner; used subs: Tanis, Colak; coach: Cem Parimoglu; Algeria: Mezair, Fatahine, Haddou, Bounakaja, Kherbouche, Hamdoud, Smati, Ghoul, Merakchi, Benchikha, Azizane; used subs: Madoui, Boubrit, Fares; coach: Mustapha Aksouh. Libya 2-2 Slovenia [Jun 16, Foggia, Stadio Pino Zaccheria] ref: ? [goals not known] Libya: Aboud, Al Khafi, Al Shebli, Jebril, Abduella, Eddeeb, Al Simo, Al Badri, Al Musrati, Al Milyan, Mehemmed; used subs: ?; coach: Mohammed A. Al Siline; Slovenia: Lalic, Balagic, Knaus, Bulajic, Brezic, Acimovic, Cugmas, Zlogar, Bloudek, Rakovic, Cimerotic; used subs: ?; coach: Karol Kostanjsek. Algeria 1-1 Slovenia [Jun 18, Andria, Stadio degli Ulivi] ref: Georgios Psychomanis (Gre) [Osterc, Bounakaja] Algeria: Mezair, Kherbouche, Madoui, Rahou, Merakchi, Boubrit, Benchikha, Khati, Diab, Ghoul, Azizane; used subs: Haddou, Foudhili, Fares; coach: Mustapha Aksouh; Slovenia: Lalic, Bulajic, Balagic, Knaus, Cugmas, Zlogar, Bloudek, Brezic, Rakovic, Drobne; used subs: Osterc, Cimerotic, Sivko; coach: Karol Kostanjsek. Turkey 1-0 Libya [Jun 18, Lecce, Stadio Via del Mare] ref: Salem Prolic (Bih) [Ozkan] Turkey: Caliskan, Akyel, Beserler, Ozat, Demircioglu, Topraktepe, Ozkan, Guner, Eraslan, Yigit; used subs: Aksoy, Tanis, Golak; coach: Cem Parimoglu; Libya: Aboud, Al Khafi, Erojbani, Eddeeb, Al Badri, Mehemmed, Akili, Al Simo, Al Shebli, Abduella, Mersal; used subs: Jebril, Al Magni, Al Jahouni; coach: Mohammed A. Al Siline. Turkey 2-1 Slovenia [Jun 20, Foggia, Stadio Pino Zaccheria] ref: Zoran Arsic (Yug) [Bulajic (og), Cimerotic, Ozat] Turkey: Aydin, Akyel, Beserler, Ozat, Demircioglu, Yigit, Tunc, Topraktepe, Aksoy, Ozkan, Guner; used subs: Das, Golak, Kinali; coach: Cem Parimoglu; Slovenia: Lalic, Bulajic, Razdrh, Ceh, Cugmas, Zlogar, Bloudek, Brezic, Javornik, Cimerotic, Osterc; used subs: Acimovic, Rakovic, Drobne; coach: Karol Kostanjsek. Algeria 1-1 Libya [Jun 20, Barletta, Stadio Comunale] ref: Marco Turo (Rsm) [Mehemmed, Merakchi] Algeria: Cheriet, Bounekoja, Rahou, Khati, Diab, Smati, Djahnine, Foudhili, Boubrit, Fares, Azizane; used subs: Fatahine, Merakchi, Benchikha; coach: Mustapha Aksouh; Libya: Aboud, Al Khafi, Jebril, Erojbani, Eddeeb, Al Simo, Abduella, Al Marwek, Al Magni, Mehemmed, Al Musrati; used subs: Akili, Al Shebli; coach: Mohammed A. Al Siline yellow card: Al Khafi, Akili, Al Shebli, Djahnine. 1.TURKEY 3 2 1 0 5- 3 7 2.Algeria 3 0 3 0 4- 4 3 3.Slovenia 3 0 2 1 4- 5 2 4.Libya 3 0 2 1 3- 4 2 Group B Yugoslavia 3-1 Albania [Jun 17, Barletta, Stadio Comunale] ref: S. Tivolo (Svn) [Slovic 43, Tomic 48 (p), Bogdani 60, Jestrovic 80] Yugoslavia: Jevric, Milijas (67 Pjanovic), Dragutinovic, Ljubojevic, Dzodic, Slovic (55 Trobok), Boskovic, Vranjes (46 Jestrovic), Lazetic, Tomic, Isailovic; coach: Milan Zivadinovic; Albania: Telaku, Haxhiaj, Baholli (55 Curri), Dashi, Driza, Hushi, Haxhiu, Muka, Miloti (73 Novaku), Martini, Halili (46 Bogdani); coach: Sulejman Mema; yellow card: Milijas, Lazetic, Jubojevic. Italy 4-0 Albania [Jun 19, Foggia, Stadio Pino Zaccheria] ref: Sabri Celik (Tur) [Ventola 13, Baronio 60, Iannuzzi 67, Fiore 69] Italy: Buffon, Dal Canto, Coco, Innocenti, Grandoni, Binotto (46 Iannuzzi), Baronio, Giannichedda (55 Fiore), De Ascentis, Totti, Ventola (72 Campolonghi); coach: Marco Tardelli; unused subs: Sereni, Giannello, Zamboni, Pesaresi, Rustico, R. Longo, Lucarelli I; Albania: Telaku, Haxhiaj, Dashi, Baholli, Hushi, Curri (46 Driza), Muka, Peço (83 Marini), Miloti, Halili, Martini (68 Pinari); unused subs: Merxhushi, Bogdani, Matraku, Novaku; coach: Sulejman Mema; yellow card: Dashi 26; red card : Dashi 43. Italy 0-0 Yugoslavia [Jun 21, Andria, Stadio degli Ulivi] ref: Eric Romain (Bel) Italy: Buffon, Birindelli, Innocenti, Dal Canto, Grandoni, Coco (90 Pesaresi), Giannichedda, Baronio (60 Fiore), De Ascentis, Totti, Ventola (68 Lucarelli I); unused subs: Sereni, Giannello, Zamboni, Rustico, R. Longo, Iannuzzi, Binotto, Campolonghi; coach: Marco Tardelli; Yugoslavia: Jevric, Milijas (82 Filipovic), Boskovic, Dragutinovic, Dzodic, Lazetic, Slovic (65 Pjanovic), Tomic, Ljubojevic (24 Pesic), Jestrovic, Isailovic; unused subs: Ljubanovic, Vranjes; Tanasijevic, Mirkovic; coach; Milan Zivadinovic; yellow card: Birindelli, Innocenti, Baronio; Dragutinovic, Boskovic, Tomic, Lazetic; red card : Jevric 22. 1.ITALY 2 1 1 0 4- 0 4 2.Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 3- 1 4 3.Albania 2 0 0 2 1- 7 0 Group C Greece 4-1 San Marino [Jun 16, Foggia, Stadio Pino Zaccheria] ref: ? [Lakis 7, N.Lymperopoulos 16, 50, Kiassos 58; Serva 91] Greece: Eleftheropoulos (62 S.Lymperopoulos), Kiassos, Kostoulas, Koulakiotis, Dellas, Goumas, Antzas (63 P.Konstantinidis), Karagounis (68 S.Sfakianakis), Lakis, S.Konstantinidis, N.Lymperopoulos; coach: Ioannis Kollias; San Marino: Bacciocchi, B. Gasperoni, Fed. Gasperoni, L. Gasperoni, Manzaroli, Marani, Mazza, Nanni, Fer. Gasperoni, Montagna, Moroni; used subs: Serva; coach: Giorgio Leoni. France 4-0 San Marino [Jun 18, Lecce, Stadio Via del Mare] [K. Diawara, Grenet, Zanotti (2)] ref: Boucif Lazoun (Alg) France: Heurtebis, Pichot, Jurietti, Battles, K. Diawara, Nee, Asuar, Robert, Grenet, Ferrier, D. Diawara; used subs: Zanotti, Schemmel, Machado; coach: Raymond Domenech; San Marino: B. Gasperoni, Bacciocchi, Fed. Gasperoni, Manzaroli, Marani, Montagna, Moroni, F. Pelliccioni, G. Pelliccioni, Ugolini, Vannucci; used subs: Fer. Gasperoni, Selva; coach: Giorgio Leoni. Greece 3-0 France [Jun 20, Brindisi, Stadio Comunale] ref: Graziano Cesari (Ita) [N.Lymperopoulos 16, 40pen, S.Konstantinidis 23] Greece: Eleftheropoulos, Kiassos (64 Koltzos), Kostoulas, Koulakiotis, Goumas, Dellas (72 Koutsoures), Antzas, N.Lymperopoulos, Karagounis, Lakis, S.Konstantinidis (81 Panopoulos); coach: Ioannis Kollias; France: Asuar, Pichot, Zanotti, Tebily, Devaux, D. Diawara, K. Diawara, Jurietti, Ferrier, Grenet, Heurtebis; used subs: Savini, Schemmel, Calegari; coach: Raymond Domenech; yellow card: Ferrier, Tebily, Kiassos, Karagounis, Antzas, Koltzos; red card : K. Diawara, Tebily, Schemmel, Eleftheropoulos. 1.GREECE 2 2 0 0 7- 1 6 2.France 2 1 0 1 4- 3 3 3.San Marino 2 0 0 2 1- 8 0 Group D Bosnia 1-0 Croatia [Jun 17, Brindisi, Stadio Comunale] ref: ? [Topic] Bosnia: Tolja, Hosic, Mehadzic, Smailagic, Hota, Salihamidzic, Kavazovic, Cahtarevic, Joldic, Topic, Mesanovic; used subs: Muratovic, Avdic, Uscuplic; coach: Besim Sabic; Croatia: Vasilj, Zilic, Cvitanovic, Zivkovic, Tokic, Juric, Kosic, Krpan, Bazina, Tudor, Bule; used subs: Tomic, Leko, Vugrinec; coach: Graziano Cesari. Spain 0-0 Bosnia [Jun 19, Taranto, Stadio Erasmo Jacovone] ref: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) Spain: Arnau, Vaqueriza, Cuartero, García Lara, Guréndez, Segura, Ivan Pérez, Múnoz, Domingo, Álvarez, Arpón Ochoa; used subs: García León, Ballesteros, Valerón; coach: Clemente Lázaro Javier; Bosnia: Tolja, Hosic, Mehadzic, Smailagic, Hota, Salihamidzic, Kavazovic, Cahtarevic, Joldic, Topic, Mesanovic; used subs: Juric, Avdic, Uscuplic; coach: Besim Sabic; yellow card: Hosic, Mehadzic, Smailagic, Mesanovic; Domingo, Álvarez, Arpón Ochoa. Spain 2-1 Croatia [Jun 21, Lecce, Stadio Via del Mare] ref: Pascal Garibian (Fra) [Ballesteros (2), Bazina] Spain: López Vallejo, García Díaz, Martínez, Domingo, Guréndez, García León, Valerón, Guerrero, Zarandona, Segura, Ballesteros; used subs: Cuartero, García Lara, Arpón Ochoa; coach: Clemente Lázaro Javier; Croatia: Vasilj, Zilic, Cvitanovic, Tokic, Juric, Tudor, Bulat, Kosic, Bazina, Tomic, Bule; used subs: Krpan, Leko, Grdic; coach: Ivan Susak; yellow card: Guréndez, Zilic, Kosic; red card : Juric. 1.SPAIN 2 1 1 0 2- 1 4 2.Bosnia-Hercegovina 2 1 1 0 1- 0 4 3.Croatia 2 0 0 2 1- 3 0 Semifinals [Jun 23, Taranto, Stadio Erasmo Jacovone] Turkey 1-0 Greece [aet] ref: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) [Aksoy 97] Turkey: Caliskan, Akyel, Beserler, Ozat, Demircioglu, Yigit, Topraktepe, Eraslan, Aksoy, Aykut, Guner; unused subs: Gusmudere, Golak, Tung; coach: Cem Parimoglu; Greece: S.Lymperopoulos, P.Konstantinidis, Koulakiotis, Kostoulas, Goumas, Dellas, Antzas, Karagounis (79 S.Sfakianakis), Lakis, S.Konstantinidis (88 Koutsoures), N.Lymperopoulos. coach: Ioannis Kollias; yellow card: Caliskan, Beserler, Demircioglu, Aykut, Konstantinidis; red card : Koulakiotis. [Jun 23, Lecce, Stadio Via del Mare] Italy 2-0 Spain ref: Pascal Garibian (Fra) [Ventola 69, R. Longo 90] Italy: Buffon, Birindelli, Dal Canto, Grandoni, Pesaresi, Fiore (83 Rustico), Giannichedda, Baronio (74 R. Longo), De Ascentis, Totti, Ventola (84 Lucarelli I); unused subs: Sereni, Giannello, Zamboni, Innocenti, Binotto, Iannuzzi, Campolonghi; coach: Marco Tardelli; Spain: López Vallejo, López Recarte (46 Salva), Álvarez, Cuartero, Arpón Ochoa, Valerón, Gerardo (66 Ballesteros), Guerrero, Felipe (58 Vaqueriza), Benjamín, Dani; unused subs: Arnau, Gorca López, García Díaz, García Calvo, Domingo, Ivan Pérez, Robaina; coach: Clemente Lázaro Javier; yellow card: Pesaresi, Grandoni, Totti, Cuartero, Felipe, Gerardo, Guerrero, Benjamín. Third Place Match [Jun 25, Foggia, Stadio Pino Zaccheria, h. 15:00] Greece 1-0 Spain ref: ? [Lymperopoulos 86] Greece: S.Lymperopoulos, Kiassos, P.Konstantinidis, Kostoulas, Goumas, Dellas, Antzas, Karagounis, Lakis, S.Konstantinidis, N.Lymperopoulos; used subs: S.Sfakianakis, Panopoulos, Koltzos; coach: Ioannis Kollias; Spain: ?. Final [Jun 25, Bari, Stadio San Nicola, h. 17:30] Italy 5-1 Turkey ref: Zoran Arsic (Yug); att: 20,000] [Guner 16, Totti 28, Ventola 30, Totti 43 (p), Ventola 63, R. Longo 63] Italy: Buffon (41 Sereni), Innocenti, Dal Canto, Grandoni, Pesaresi, Birindelli (67 Zamboni), Giannichedda, Baronio (52 R. Longo), De Ascentis, Totti, Ventola; unused subs: Giannello, Binotto, Iannuzzi, Rustico, Campolonghi, Lucarelli I, Fiore; coach: Marco Tardelli; Turkey: Caliskan, Akyel (54 Sahin), Ozat, Demircioglu, Tung, Yigit (53 Aykut), Gusmudere, Eraslan (67 Basturk), Topraktepe, Guner, Aksoy; unused subs: Aydin, Eren, Das, Tanis, Golak; coach: Cem Parimoglu; yellow card: Totti, De Ascentis, Akyel; red card : Ayjut 71. Greece Squad Dimitris Eleftheropoulos Gk 07/08/1976 (Olympiakos Piraeus) Sotiris Lymperopoulos Gk 29/06/1977 (Kalamata) Kostas Kiassos 13/12/1975 (OFI Kreta) Athanassios Kostoulas Df 24/03/1976 (Kalamata) Giorgos Koulakiotis Df 05/05/1977 (Veria) Traianos Dellas Df 31/01/1976 (Aris Thessalonikis) Pantelis Konstantinidis Df/Mdf 16/08/1975 (Apollon Athens) Paraskevas Antzas Df/Mdf 18/08/1976 (Skoda-Xanthi) Giannis Goumas Df 24/05/1975 (Panathinaikos) Giorgos Karagounis Mdf 06/03/1977 (Apollon Athens) Vassilis Lakis Mdf/Fw 10/09/1976 (Paniliakos) Sotiris Konstantinidis Fw 19/04/1977 (Iraklis Thessalonikis) Nikos Lymperopoulos Fw 04/08/1975 (Panathinaikos) Stelios Sfakianakis Mdf 19/03/1976 (Olympiakos Piraeus) Vangelis Koutsoures Mdf 16/02/1975 (Kalamata) Giorgos Koltzos Mdf 13/09/1976 (Athinaikos Vyrona) Michalis Panopoulos Mdf 09/10/1976 (Aris Thessalonikis)
Sources:
“Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio”, LVII (1998), pp. 557-558;
“La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno”, The dailynews of Bari, June 26, 1997
“Mediterranean News”, A Bari dailynews printed in 18 numbers (from June 9th to 26, 1997) during XIII Mediterranean Games
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