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Below are the squads for the Football at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, hosted in Tunis, Tunisia, and took place between 5 June and 15 September 2001. [1] Teams were national U-21 sides.
Head coach: Pierre Mankowski
Head coach: Giorgio Leoni [3]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Federico Valentini | 22 January 1982 (aged 19) |  Valleverde Riccione | |||
| DF | Nicola Albani | 15 April 1981 (aged 20) |  SS Murata | |||
| DF | Gianluca Bollini | 24 March 1980 (aged 21) | SP Cailungo | |||
| DF | Federico Crescentini | 13 April 1982 (aged 19) | Virtus Villa | |||
| DF | Alessandro Della Valle | 8 June 1982 (aged 19) | San Marino Calcio | |||
| MF | N. Della Valle | |||||
| MF | Michele Moretti | 26 October 1981 (aged 19) | AC Juvenes/Dogana | |||
| MF | Michele Marani | 16 November 1982 (aged 18) | San Marino Calcio | |||
| FW | Alan Toccaceli | 14 April 1983 (aged 18) | AC Libertas | |||
| FW | Roberto Selva | 2 January 1981 (aged 20) | SP La Fiorita | |||
| FW | Manuel Marani | 7 June 1984 (aged 17) | San Marino Calcio |
Head coach: Khemaïs Laabidi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Walid Ben Hassine | 16 March 1982 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 |  CS Sfaxien | |
| GK | Anis Zitouni | 8 September 1982 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Club Africain | |
| DF | Saïf Ghezal | 30 June 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | ES Sahel | |
| DF | Karim Hamida | 24 April 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 |  Stade Rennais | |
| DF | Chokri Zaalani | 9 October 1980 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Club Africain | |
| DF | Alaeddine Yahia | 26 September 1981 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | EA Guingamp | |
| DF | Anis Ayari | 16 February 1982 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Stade Tunisien | |
| DF | Anis Boussaïdi | 10 April 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Stade Tunisien | |
| MF | Ahmed Hammi | 9 November 1981 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | CS Sfaxien | |
| MF | Ahmed Khanchil | 27 February 1982 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Stade Tunisien | |
| MF | Lassaâd Ouertani | 2 May 1980 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Stade Tunisien | |
| MF | Selim Benachour | 8 September 1981 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Paris SG | |
| MF | Imed Bouthouri | 1 August 1980 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Club Africain | |
| MF | Karim Dalhoum | 17 July 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | CS Sfaxien | |
| MF | Achraf Khalfaoui | 24 October 1980 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Club Africain | |
| FW | Ali Zitouni | 11 January 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | ES Tunis | |
| FW | Bassam Daâssi | 13 September 1980 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Stade Tunisien | |
| FW | Mohamed Sliti | 28 March 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Olympique Béja |
Head coach: Raşit Çetiner
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Orkun Usak | 5 November 1980 (aged 20) |  Elazığspor | ||
| 2 | DF | Mustafa Yalçınkaya | 18 August 1981 (aged 20) | Antalyaspor | ||
| 3 | DF | Egemen Korkmaz | 3 November 1982 (aged 18) | Kartalspor | ||
| 4 | DF | İbrahim Yavuz | 10 November 1982 (aged 18) | Adanaspor | ||
| 5 | DF | Mehmet Kahriman | 6 August 1980 (aged 21) | Trabzonspor | ||
| 6 | MF | Utku Yılmaz | 26 November 1981 (aged 19) | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 7 | DF | Tunç Kip | 13 February 1981 (aged 20) | Beşiktaş | ||
| 8 | FW | Necati Ateş | 3 January 1980 (aged 21) | Altay | ||
| 9 | MF | Ömer Ateş | 14 August 1981 (aged 20) | Galatasaray | ||
| 10 | MF | Faruk Atalay | 18 March 1981 (aged 20) | Galatasaray | ||
| 11 | FW | Tuncay Şanlı | 16 January 1982 (aged 19) | Sakaryaspor | ||
| 12 | GK | Volkan Demirel | 27 October 1981 (aged 19) | Kartalspor | ||
| 13 | MF | Hamit Altıntop | 8 December 1982 (aged 18) |  SG Wattenscheid 09 | ||
| 14 | FW | Hasan Tunçel | 26 February 1980 (aged 21) | Sakaryaspor | ||
| 15 | DF | Gökhan Yıldız | 21 February 1983 (aged 18) | Galatasaray | ||
| 16 | MF | Eyüp Kaymakçı | 26 September 1981 (aged 19) | Galatasaray | ||
| 17 | MF | Ümit Aydın | 16 January 1980 (aged 21) | Galatasaray | ||
| 18 | MF | Selçuk Şahin | 31 January 1981 (aged 20) | İstanbulspor |
Head coach: Mokhtar Kalem and Mustapha Seridi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Merouane Abdouni | 27 March 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 |  USM El Harrach | |
| GK | Rachid Khentache | 3 March 1982 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | CR Belouizdad | |
| GK | Yacine Djebarat | 27 January 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | JSM Béjaïa | |
| DF | Mohamed Deghmoum | 28 November 1980 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | USM El Harrach | |
| DF | Samir Zazou | 24 March 1980 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | CR Belouizdad | |
| DF | Zoubir Ouasti | 28 February 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | MC Oran | |
| DF | Mohamed Frih Bengabou | 15 January 1982 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | ASM Oran | |
| DF | Abdelkader Laïfaoui | 29 July 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | OMR El Annasser | |
| DF | Aziz Irmal | 0 | 0 | MC Alger | ||
| MF | Mohamed Nabil Bellat | 29 January 1982 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | USM El Harrach | |
| MF | Mehdi Boudar | 2 March 1980 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | USM Annaba | |
| MF | Mohamed Aoun Seghir | 27 August 1983 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | USM Blida | |
| MF | Yacine Bezzaz | 10 July 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | JS Kabylie | |
| MF | Kamel Marek | 6 February 1980 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | JSM Béjaïa | |
| MF | Lamouri Djediat | 20 January 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | E Sour El Ghozlane | |
| FW | Abdelaziz Rouaïghia | 10 February 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | NARB Réghaïa | |
| FW | Adel El Hadi | 18 January 1980 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | CR Belouizdad | |
| FW | Redouane Zouaghi | 15 November 1981 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | CA Batna | |
| FW | Adlène Bensaïd | 3 November 1981 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | USM Annaba | |
| FW | Fouad Naceri | 9 May 1983 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | JSM Béjaïa | |
| FW | Ali Boulebda | 21 August 1980 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Nîmes Olympique | |
| FW | Salem Hamouda | 1 August 1981 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | RC Kouba |
Head coach: Francesco Rocca
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Vitangelo Spadavecchia | 25 November 1982 (aged 18) | Bari | |||
| GK | Gianluca Pegolo | 25 March 1981 (aged 20) | Verona | |||
| DF | Cristian Zaccardo | 21 December 1981 (aged 19) | Bologna | |||
| DF | Christian Maggio | 11 February 1982 (aged 19) | Vicenza | |||
| DF | Riccardo Fissore | 18 February 1980 (aged 21) | Torino | |||
| DF | Roberto Cardinale | 12 June 1981 (aged 20) | Salernitana | |||
| DF | Andrea Dossena | 11 September 1981 (aged 19) | Verona | |||
| DF | Federico Balzaretti | 6 December 1981 (aged 19) | Torino | |||
| MF | Simone Pacini | 8 January 1981 (aged 20) | Cesena | |||
| MF | Marco Mancinelli | 31 January 1982 (aged 19) | Verona | |||
| MF | Simonluca Agazzone | 23 July 1981 (aged 20) | Monza | |||
| MF | Angelo Palombo | 25 September 1981 (aged 19) | Fiorentina | |||
| MF | Franco Semioli | 20 June 1980 (aged 21) | Torino | |||
| FW | Emanuele Calaiò | 8 January 1982 (aged 19) | Torino | |||
| FW | Giuseppe Sculli | 23 March 1981 (aged 20) | Juventus | |||
| FW | Luca Del Chiaro | 21 January 1981 (aged 20) | Lucchese | |||
| FW | Alessandro Pellicori | 22 July 1981 (aged 20) | Lecce | |||
| FW | Marco Ferro | 7 August 1981 (aged 20) | Pistoiese |
Head coach: Mustapha Madih
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Omar Charef | 19 February 1981 (aged 20) |  Mouloudia Club d'Oujda | ||
| DF | Badr El Kaddouri | 31 January 1981 (aged 20) | Wydad Casablanca | |||
| DF | Hassan El Mouataz | 21 September 1981 (aged 19) | FAR Rabat | |||
| MF | Zakaria Aboub | 3 June 1980 (aged 21) | Raja Casablanca | |||
| MF | Redouane El Ouardi | 13 November 1981 (aged 19) | RC Lens | |||
| MF | Aziz Souidi | 21 January 1979 (aged 22) | FUS Rabat | |||
| FW | Mustapha Allaoui | 30 May 1983 (aged 18) | MAS Fes | |||
| FW | Bouabid Bouden | 1 February 1982 (aged 19) | Lens | |||
| FW | Saïd Kharazi | 1 August 1982 (aged 18) | Raja Casablanca | |||
| FW | Jaouad Akaddar | 9 September 1984 (aged 16) | Olympique Khouribga |
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