1993–94 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1993–94. Mersin İdmanyurdu has participated in Second League in 1993–94 season for the 20th time. Starting from the previous year the league had been played in two stages. In this season a third stage, promotion play-offs has been initiated. MİY had a bad season in ranking group and couldn't promote to promotion group and later could not take place in promotion play-offs. The team also participated in Turkish Cup 1993–94 and eliminated at Round 2.
President Kaya Mutlu was succeeded by H. Okan Merzeci, as mayor of the city had changed after municipal elections. Aydın Tohumcu was head coach at the start of the season, but Battal Toktay managed team starting from the second half of first stage. Salih Sayar was the mostly appeared player during the season with 32 appearances, while Bülent Okyaz and Kurthan Yılmaz followed him with 30 appearances. Mehmet Diner was top goalscorer.

Pre-season

Preparation games:
took place in 1993–94 Second League season. League was played in three stages. In the first stage 50 teams in five ranking groups played for top two ranks. The promotion group consisted of those 10 teams. At the end of the second stage, top three teams promoted to top level division 1994–95 First League. Remaining teams in each ranking group played classification matches in classification groups. Bottom two teams relegated to 1994–95 Third League at the end of the season. In the third stage, 8 clubs played one-leg play-off games in Ankara to determine the two more teams to be promoted to First League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 1993–94 Second League Group 3 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at eighth place. In classification group, team finished 5th and couldn't play promotion play-off games.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1993–94 Second League season league summary:
Sources: 1993–94 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1993–94 Second League Group 3 season is shown in the following table.
Three points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tie-break; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. In the score columns first scores belong to MİY.

: Qualified to 1993–94 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 1993-94 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1993–94 Second League season first half game reports in Ranking Group 3 is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1993–94 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Classification group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1993–94 Second League Classification Group 3 season is shown in the following table.
Three points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tie-break; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. In the score columns first scores belong to MİY.

': Qualified to 1993–94 Second League Promotion Play-offs; ': Relegated to 1994–95 Turkish Third Football League.
Source: 1993-94 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Classification group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1993–94 Second League season first half game reports in Classification Group 3 is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1993–94 Turkish Second Football League pages.

1993–94 Turkish Cup participation

was played by 139 teams in 6 rounds prior to quarterfinals in one-leg elimination system. had participated in 32nd Turkish Cup (played as Türkiye Kupası in 1993–94 from Round 1 and eliminated at Round 2. The opponents were from the same group with MİY in Second League. Beşiktaş won the cup for the 4th time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1993–94 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 1Second LeagueSecond LeagueTarsus İdmanyurduH3–1Promoted to R2
Round 2Second LeagueSecond LeagueKonyasporA1–2Eliminated

Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1993–94 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1993–94 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Kaya Mutlu, mayor of Mersin city was president of the club. However, on 27 March 1994 local elections were held in Turkey, and mayor of the city changed. Hüseyin Okan Merzeci won the elections in Mersin. This was his second term. His first term preceded Kaya Mutlu's last term. Merzeci was elected president in club congress met shortly after the local elections. Mayors presided the club many times in its history and since 1987 mayors were also elected as club presidents in club congresses. At the end of season in 2004 this rule has changed following a law issued by central government to disallow local heads of administrative bodies from being presidents of sports clubs.
After 10th round of the first stage General Secretary Münif Aper declared that they had fined the players.

Coaching team

Aydın Tohumcu managed the team as head coach at the start of the season. Battal Toktay took over the team after his resignment. Both of them were former players of MİY in 1970's. Alp Sümeralp was Super Youth League team coach
1993–94 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Aydın Tohumcu01.07.1993 – 25.10.199311236Left after 9th round of first stage.
26.10.1993 – 31.10.19931010
Battal Toktay01.11.1993 – 31.05.1994238114Contract ended at the end of the season.

Note: Only official games were included.

1993–94 squad

Stats are counted for 1993–94 Second League Group 3 matches and 1993–94 Turkish Cup matches only. Five substitutes were allowed to appear in game rosters among who two were substitutable. Players who only appeared in game rosters were included and listed in order of appearance.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Salih Sayar25 May 1957İstanbulGK302321 K.çekmece.
22Caner Dumanoğlu17 Jan 1971İzmirDF1822031 İzmirspor.
33Bülent Kapıcı29 Aug 1973İstanbulDF252275 Beşiktaş.
44Cemre Özbalkan2 Oct 1971İstanbulDF1221451 Beşiktaş.
55Fazlı Ulusoy18 Mar 1975İstanbulDF202224First time professional.
66Özcan Mıhçı22 Jun 1968DüzceMF181841 Kütahyaspor.
77Bülent Okyaz1 Sep 1969AnkaraMF3073072 previous season.
88Turan İlciktay16 Mar 1974AlmanyaMF241125172 Beşiktaş.
99Özkan Göynügüzel21 May 1972İstanbulMF221231 Beşiktaş.
1010Burhan Kaba3 Mar 1963MuşFW2292295 Siirt KHYSE.
1111Kurthan Yılmaz15 Sep 1969MersinFW29813087 previous season.
1212Tekin İncebaldır15 Jun 1964AdanaMF11 previous season.
1313Mevlüt Ataseven1 Jan 1962KonyaDF441 previous season.
1414Sinan Panta16 Feb 1968AdapazarıMF6281 Erdemirspor.
1515Mehmet Diner1 Jul 1970HatayMF261022281241 previous season.
161Aydın Barın11 Dec 1967AnkaraGK22 Keçiörengücü.
1714Metin Çay15 Oct 1976MersinDF112Amateur player.
1813Özgür Yüksekdağ3 Jun 1971SamandağDF22First time professional.
1914Nihat Kılıç4 Feb 1973AnkaraMF11First time professional.
201Kadir Karataş4 Aug 1975MersinGK22First time professional.
2112Ömer Leylak2 Jan 1963MersinDF242264 previous season.
2213Gökhan Bıyık5 Mar 1972İstanbulMF6171 Galata SK.
2312Eren Matyar1 Jun 1967AdanaMF55 previous season.
2414İzzet Kazancı5 Sep 1963K.MaraşMF14211611 previous season.
259Mustafa Akıncı19 Oct 1970AnkaraFW2121 Seydişehir EAS.
2611Sinan Tanış1 Jun 1976MersinMF314 previous season.
275Olcay Danacı12 Sep 1966KocaeliMF19193 Kocaelispor.
288Abdurrahman Arıkan25 May 1971SivasMF881 Kocaelispor.
2915Gökhan Ünsal23 Dec 1972İstanbulFW11 Kocaelispor.
3012Metin Erbilmiş1 Sep 1962BurdurMF17173 Siirt KHYSE.
3115Aytümen Akyıldız9 Sep 1967AdanaDF77 previous season.
3212Yunus Tanış19 Aug 1967MersinGK previous season.
3313Sarper Ergün27 May 1966AnkaraMF33 previous season.
3414İsmail Kövenç21 Mar 1976MersinFW3333Amateur player.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.