1998–99 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1998–99. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1998–99 Second League season for the 25th time. MİY couldn't attend promotion group but had finished classification in the first place and attended promotion play-offs, but couldn't promote. Team also participated in Turkish Cup in 1998–99 and eliminated at Round 2.
Mehmet Küver was club president. Müjdat Yalman managed the team in the first half. In the second half Kahraman Karataş was head coach. Oğuzhan Doğar appeared in all league games. In total Gökhan Sakar share the most appearance with 32 appearances. Gökhan Sakar was also league and season top goalscorer.

1998–99 Second League participation

took place in Group 1 in 1998–99 Second League season. League was 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 1999–00 First League. Remaining 8 teams in each ranking group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams relegated to 1999–00 Third League at the end of the season. In the third stage, 8 clubs played one-leg play-off games in Antalya Atatürk Stadium to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 1 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at third place and couldn't took place in promotion group. In classification group, team finished at top and attended to promotion play-off games but eliminated at first round.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1998–99 Second League season league summary:
Sources: 1998–99 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in TFF Second League Ranking Group 1 in 1998–99 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 1998–99 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 1998–99 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1998–99 Second League season first half game reports in Ranking Group 1 is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Classification group league table

Classification group 1 was played with 8 teams remaining after top two of ranking group were promoted to promotion group. Top team in the group promoted to promotion play-offs, while bottom two teams relegated to 1998–99 Third League season. Points and goals were carried from ranking group. MİY obtained 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses and finished fourth. However, because points and goals were carried from ranking group, in aggregate MİY finished first and became eligible to play promotion play-offs. Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Classification Group 1 in 1998–99 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 1998–99 Promotion Play-offs; ': Relegated to 1999–2000 Turkish Third Football League.
Source: 1998–99 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Classification group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1998–99 Second League season first half game reports in Classification Group 1 is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1998–99 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 24–30 May 1997. In quarter finals Mersin İdmanyurdu was eliminated by Çaykur Rizespor who finished Promotion Group at fifth place. Later Kartalspor has been eliminated by Göztepe at finals and Promotion Group second runners-up Göztepe won play-offs.
Game details:
Source: 1998–99 Turkish Second Football League Promotion Play-offs pages.

1998–99 Turkish Cup participation

was played by 90 teams in 6 rounds prior to quarterfinals. First five round were played in one-leg elimination system, starting from 6th round two leg elimination rounds were played. had participated in 37th Turkish Cup at Round 2 and eliminated. The opponents Hatayspor were from Second League like MİY. Previous year Hatayspor was the team to which MİY had lost in 4th round. Galatasaray won the cup for the 12th time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1998–99 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 2Second LeagueSecond LeagueHataysporH3–4Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1998–99 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1998–99 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Municipality official Mehmet Küver was president of the club at the start of the season. Halil Kuriş was acting mayor of Mersin city. However, on 18 April 1999 local elections were held in Turkey, and mayor of the city changed. Macit Özcan won the elections in Mersin. Mayors presided the club many times in its history and Özcan elected president in club congress.

Coaching team

Müjdat Yalman was head coach at the first half of the season. Kahraman Karataş came to the position before the start of the second stage and completed the season.
1998–99 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Müjdat Yalman01.07.1998 – 14.12.1999191108Left after first stage.
Kahraman Karataş11.02.1999 – 31.05.199914635Contract ended at the end of the season.

Note: Only official games were included.

1998–99 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 1998–99 Second League Ranking and Classification Groups games, promotion play-offs QF game and 1998–99 Turkish Cup. 18 players appeared in each game roster, three to be replaced. Players who only appeared in game rosters were included and listed in order of appearance.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Oğuzhan Doğar1 Jun 1978OsmaniyeGK32322 previous season.
22Murat Akay19 Jul 1976MersinDF291306 Konyaspor.
33Samet Yiğit2 Feb 1975MuşDF161174 Balıkesirspor.
44Gökhan Kolomoç28 May 1977AkçaabatDF26126191 Trabzonspor.
55Türkay Başaran20 Sep 1966ÇanakkaleDF31315 previous season.
66İsmet Keser5 Jan 1974ErdemliMF51161 previous season.
77Ersan Parlatan1 Aug 1977BerlinMF2922928 Gençlerbirliği.
88Bülent Kapıcı29 Aug 1973İstanbulMF6621 previous season.
99Erdal Tanhan1 Nov 1978VanMF23312435 Gaziantepspor.
1010Gökhan Sakar7 Apr 1975OsmaniyeFW31201232226 previous season.
1111Murat Erdoğan1 Aug 1976LondonFW2242247 previous season.
1212Hakan Baygın14 Aug 1969MersinGK11 previous season.
1313Ferit Kaya2 Jan 1975AfşinMF27427491 previous season.
1414Durmuş Tozlu19 Feb 1979ElbistanDF415 İskenderun DÇ.
1515Nurullah Saygılı10 Sep 1976KiğıFW112 previous season.
1616İbrahim Durmuşlu22 May 1973SilifkeDF112 previous season.
1717Abidin Oktay12 Aug 1976MardinFW21512251 Ü. Anadolu.
1818Önal Arıca23 Feb 1976MersinDF30304 previous season.
1918Akın Sağlam16 Dec 1977TrabzonMF287112984 Trabzonspor.
2013Ünal Bulut3 Jan 1975KonyaDF28112911 Kütahyaspor.
2118Önder Karaveli26 Mar 1974İstanbulFW Ü. Anadolu.
2212Bekir Arpacı2 Apr 1975HatayGK22 Kilis Belediye.
2315Tolga Erdem6 Jan 1975AnkaraDF151165 Petrolofisi.
2417Köksal Ferizcan13 Oct 1968AnkaraMF15111612 Petrolofisi.
2514Serdar Çelebi13 Mar 1972GiresunMF55 Gençlerbirliği.
2615Bora Çebi6 Mar 1975OrduMF662 Zonguldakspor.
2717Mustafa Çevirgen12 Feb 1973AdanaDF1011013 previous season.
2818Alper Salgın29 Sep 1975NiğdeFW122122 Niğdespor.
2916Salim Çömert1 Jan 1982MersinFWAmateur player.
3017Serdar Sucu18 Apr 1982MersinMFAmateur player.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.