1996–97 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1996–97. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Second League 1996–97 season for the 23rd time. After first stage MİY played in promotion group. MİY had finished the promotion group in 4th place and were later eliminated in promotion play-offs. The team also participated in Turkish Cup in 1996–97 and were eliminated at Round 3.
H. Okan Merzeci was president. Kasım Gündüz managed the team during the season. Türkay Başaran and Fazlı Ulusoyhad the most appearances, 36 each; Bünyamin Kubat was the league and season top goalscorer with 13 goals in league.

1996–97 Second League participation

took place in Group 3 in 1996–97 Second League season. League played in three stages. In the first stage 50 teams in five groups played for first two rankings to play in promotion group. The promotion group consisted of those 10 teams. At the end of the second stage top two teams promoted to First League 1997–98. 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 1997–98 at the end of the season. In the third stage, 8 clubs played one-leg play-off games in Ankara to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 1996–97 Second League Group 3 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at second place. In promotion group, the team finished 4th and attended promotion play-off games and were eliminated at quarter finals.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1996–97 Second League season league summary:
Sources: 1996–97 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Group 3 in 1996–97 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 1996–97 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 1996–97 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1996–97 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: 1996–97 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Promotion group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1996-97 Second League Promotion Group 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.

': Champions; ': Promoted to 1997–98 Turkish First Football League; : Qualified to Promotion play-offs.
Source: 1996–97 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Promotion group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1996–97 Second League season second half game reports in promotion group is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1996–97 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Promotion play-offs

Five classification group winners and the teams who took 3rd, 4th and 5th places in promotion group played promotion play-offs at a neutral venue. Play-offs played in one-leg elimination system in Antalya between 29 May 1997 and 4 June 1997. In quarter finals Mersin İdmanyurdu was eliminated to Classification Group 1 winners Kartalspor. Later Kartalspor has been eliminated by Adanaspor at semifinals and Classification Group 4 winners Şekerspor won play-offs.
Game details:
Source: 1996–97 Turkish Second Football League Promotion Play-offs pages.

1996–97 Turkish Cup participation

was played by 87 teams in 6 rounds prior to quarterfinals in one-leg elimination system. had participated in 35th Turkish Cup from Round 2 and eliminated at Round 3. The opponents were from ranking groups in Second League like MİY. Kocaelispor won the cup for the 1st time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1996–97 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 2Second LeagueSecond LeagueİskenderunsporH6–5Promoted to R3
Round 3Second LeagueSecond LeagueAdana DemirsporA1–2Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1996–97 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1996–97 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

Kasım Gündüz managed the football team during the season.
1996–97 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Kasım Gündüz08.07.1996 – 31.05.19973820711Contract ended at the end of the season.

Note: Only official games were included.

1996–97 squad

Stats are counted for 1996–97 Second League Ranking Group 3 and Promotion Group matches and 1996–97 Turkish Cup matches only. Serial penalties in Cup match R2 were not included. Teams declared 16 players in game rosters in each game. Three substitutions were possible. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Muharrem Kayan22 Nov 1969İstanbulGK333381 Erzincanspor.
22Bülent Kapıcı29 Aug 1973İstanbulDF3213352 previous season.
33Türkay Başaran20 Sep 1966ÇanakkaleDF36367 previous season.
44Mustafa Çevirgen12 Feb 1973AdanaDF34213524 Ceyhanspor.
55Hakan Turgut4 Dec 1968MersinDF323213 previous season.
66Ferit Kaya2 Jan 1975AfşinMF24125 Keşanspor.
77Yalçın Günay2 Jun 1974BayburtMF18222023 Mersinspor.
88Mehmet İşler13 Oct 1976TarsusMF33213425 Beşiktaş.
99Zafer Biryol2 Oct 1976RizeMF3453453 Beşiktaş.
1010Kemal Yardımcı1 Jan 1972ŞanlıurfaFW31631682 Balıkesirspor.
1111Fazlı Ulusoy18 Mar 1975İstanbulFW346223686 previous season.
1212Okan Kopan19 Oct 1976ZonguldakGK5271 Kozlu Belediye.
1313Serkan Damla25 Oct 1975MersinMF272781 Erzurumspor.
1414Murat Şaş19 May 1977GaziantepDF5162First time professional.
1515Ali Ömer Sakarya28 Dec 1974MersinFW10121213 Gençlerbirliği.
1616İsmail Güzel21 Mar 1967KadirliFW512711 Şanlıurfaspor.
1715Metin Çay15 Oct 1976MersinDF2312411 previous season.
1815Abdülkerim Afşin1 Jan 1974KarataşFW11 Manisaspor.
1910Ozan Köprülü9 Aug 1977İstanbulFW32432441 Beşiktaş.
2014Önal Arıca23 Feb 1976MersinDF111121 Mersinspor.
2115Mesut Bilir29 May 1964MersinMF2241 previous season.
2216İsmail Kövenç21 Mar 1996MersinFW11 previous season.
2311Bünyamin Kubat24 Nov 1969AnkaraFW3013301351 Gaziantepspor.
2412Oğuzhan Doğar1 Jun 1978OsmaniyeGK11First time professional.
2515Murat Erdoğan1 Aug 1976LondonMF221411 Erzurumspor.
2616Nurullah Saygılı10 Nov 1976KiğıMF123 Mersinspor.
2715İsmet Keser5 Jan 1974ErdemliMF1231 previous season.
283Sertan Ünel24 Apr 1973MersinDF11First time professional.
2913Reşat Şat5 Aug 1977MersinFirst time professional.
3014Günay Bahçe9 Jul 1977B.NauheimMF11Amateur player.
3115Özgür Sarızayim6 Dec 1976AnkaraMF11Amateur player.
3213Rıdvan Elçiçek20 Oct 1978EruhDF11Amateur player.
3316Özgür Kapan27 Mar 1978MazıdağıFW11Amateur player.
348Gökmen Özcan20 Mar 1972K.MaraşMF17174 Kocaelispor.
3516Akın Altan18 May 1979MersinMF11Amateur player.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.