1994–95 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1994–95. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has participated in Turkish Second Football League 1994–95 season for the 21st time. MİY had a bad season in ranking group and could not promote to promotion group and later could not take a place in the promotion play-offs. The team also participated in Turkish Cup in 1994–95 and were eliminated at Round 3.
President was H. Okan Merzeci. Kahraman Karataş started the season as the head coach. Levent Arıkdoğan, former MİY player was head coach at the end of the season. Bülent Tarık Kapıcı, Fazlı Ulusoy, Volkan Şahinoğlu, and Burhan Baygın had the most appearances, while the top goalscorer was a loan player Gökkhan Yaşar.

Pre-season

Preparation games:
took place in 1994–95 Second League season. League played in three stages. In the first stage 50 teams in five groups played for first two rankings. In the second, the promotion group consisted of those 10 teams. At the end of the second stage top two teams promoted to First League 1995–96. Remaining 8 teams in each ranking group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams relegated to Third League 1995–96 at the end of the season. In the third stage, 8 clubs played one-leg play-off games in Konya to determine the third team to be promoted to 1995–96 First League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 1994–95 Second League Group 3 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at ninth place. In classification group, team finished 6th and could not play promotion play-off games.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1994–95 Second League season league summary:
Sources: 1994–95 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1994–95 Second League Ranking 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 1994–95 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 1994-95 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1994–95 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: 1994–95 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Classification group performance

Mersin İY's league performance in 1994–95 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 1994–95 Second League Promotion Play-offs; ': Relegated to 1995–96 Turkish Third Football League.
Source: 1994-95 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Classification group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1994–95 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: 1994–95 Turkish Second Football League pages.

1994–95 Turkish Cup participation

was played by 76 teams in 6 rounds prior to quarterfinals in one-leg elimination system. had participated in 33rd Turkish Cup from Round 2 and eliminated at Round 3. The opponents were from Second League like MİY. Trabzonspor won the cup for the 5th time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1994–95 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 2Second LeagueSecond LeagueHataysporA1–0Promoted to R3
Round 3Second LeagueSecond LeagueAlanyasporA1–2Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1994–95 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1994–95 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Hüseyin Okan Merzeci, mayor of Mersin city was president of the club after 27 March 1994 1994 Turkish local elections. Mayors presided the club many times in its history and after 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.

Coaching team

Former MİY player Levent Arıkdoğan managed the football team during the season. At the end of the season he continued for the next season.
1994–95 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Kahraman Karataş09.06.1994 – 20.10.199412408Left after elimination from cup.
21.10.1994 – 31.03.199515537Left after the half of the second stage.
Levent Arıkdoğan01.04.1995 – 31.05.19957331Continued in the next season.

Note: Only official games were included.

1994–95 squad

Stats are counted for 1994–95 Second League Group 3 matches and 1994–95 Turkish Cup matches only. Sixteen players were allowed to appear in game rosters, meaning five substitutes among who two other players and a goalkeeper were being substitutable. Only the players who have appeared in game rosters were included in the table and listed in order of appearance.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Salih Sayar25 May 1957İstanbulGK14115 previous season.
22Hakan Turgut4 Dec 1968MersinDF271128182 Tarsus İY.
33Bülent Kapıcı29 Aug 1973İstanbulDF281230161 previous season.
44Fazlı Ulusoy18 Mar 1975İstanbulDF283230351 previous season.
55Ali Toprak20 Mar 1957AdanaDF152116231 Tarsus İY.
66Eren Matyar1 Jun 1967AdanaMF33 previous season.
77İsmet Keser5 Jan 1974ErdemliMF7293 İçel Polisgücü.
88Özcan Mıhçı22 Jun 1968DüzceMF262128162 previous season.
99Volkan Şahinoğlu10 Sep 1967MersinMF29313034 Vanspor.
1010Burhan Baygın28 Jun 1967SamandağFW29413044 Konyaspor.
1111Özcan Güler29 Dec 1975LübbeckeFW331First time professional.
1212Aydın Barın11 Dec 1967AnkaraGK201215 previous season.
1313Ömer Leylak2 Jan 1963MersinDF22222252 previous season.
1414Mesut Bilir29 May 1964MersinMF161172 İçel Polisgücü.
1515Bilge Gümüştepe30 Jun 1977NiğdeFW819First time professional.
1616Metin Çay15 Oct 1976MersinDF6171 previous season.
1715Ercan Kaplan1 Oct 1972MardinDF2222432 Nizip Belediye.
1816İsmail Kövenç21 Mar 1976MersinDF7292 previous season.
1916Kadir Kureş13 Sep 1969AnkaraDF222224231 Aksarayspor.
2014Mustafa Akıncı19 Oct 1970AnkaraFW previous season.
216Sedat Sezer18 Mar 1974EskicumaMF331Amateur player.
2214Sinan Tanış1 Jun 1976MersinMF152162 previous season.
237Gökhan Yaşar16 Apr 1972İstanbulMF228112396 Gençlerbirliği.
2416Türkay Başaran20 Sep 1966ÇanakkaleDF201212 Konyaspor.
255Olcay Danacı12 Sep 1966KocaeliMF18181 Kocaelispor.
2612Kadir Karataş4 Aug 1975MersinGK previous season.
2715Mehmet Atay22 Jun 1968MersinMF33 Niğdespor.
2814Serkan Uçak23 Jul 1977MersinFWAmateur player.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.