2000–01 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2000–01. Mersin İdmanyurdu has finished 2000–01 Second League season for the 27th time. This was the last season of Second League as second division in Turkish football league system. Team finished second stage at seventh place in 2000–01 season and placed to newly founded 2001-02 Second League Category B in the next season.
Macit Özcan was club president. Levent Arıkdoğan managed the team at the start of the season. Tarkan Özyılmaz had the most appearances, 30, while he shared the top goalscorer title with Zeynel Abidin Oktay with 13 goals.

2000–01 Second League participation

took place in Group 1 in 2000–01 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 2001-02 First League. Remaining teams in each ranking group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams relegated to 2001-02 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 7th place and couldn't took place in promotion group. In classification group, team finished 7th again and could not attend to promotion play-off games. In the next season a new league system was introduced. In the new system a one group second level division is created and named as "Second League Category A" (which would have been named as "League B" starting from 2005–06 season and renamed as "TFF First League" starting from 2010–11 season. The Second League continued as third tier and renamed as "Second League Category B", "League B", and "TFF Second League" accordingly. Promotion Group team who remained after promotions, relegated teams from top division and, top two teams from Classification Groups formed newly founded "Category A". Mersin İdmanyurdu who finished 7th in Classification Group 1 and placed in Category B in the next season, which may mean an automatic relegation.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2000–01 Second League season league summary:
Sources: 2000–01 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 2000–01 Second League Ranking Group 1 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 for 2000–01 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 2000–01 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2000–01 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.
Sources: 2000–01 Turkish Second Football League pages.

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 one team relegated to 2001–02 TFF Third League season. Points and goals were carried from ranking group. MİY obtained 2 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses and finished 7th. Normally, only the last team, Bakırköyspor would have relegated. However, starting from 2001–02, a new system was introduced to second level football league in Turkey. In the new system Second League is divided into two categories: Category A and Category B. Those teams who took place in 2000–01 Second League Promotion Group and top two teams from each classification groups formed Category A. Rest of the teams in Classification Group 1, 3rd through 7, included in Category B. Therefore, MİY relegated to third level league, 2001–02 TFF Second League - Category B after the end of the season. Mersin İY's league performance in 2000–01 Second League Classification Group 1 in 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.

': Promoted to 2001–02 Category A; ': Qualified for 2000–01 Promotion Play-offs; : Relegated to 2001–02 TFF Third League.
Source: 2000–01 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Classification group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2000–01 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: 2000–01 Turkish Second Football League pages.

2000–01 Turkish Cup participation

MİY did not participate in 2000–01 Turkish Cup due to eligibility rules. 39th Turkish Cup was played by 64 teams. Top four teams in previous year's classification groups were qualified for the Cup from Round 1. Mersin İdmanyurdu had finished 1999–2000 in 5th place and did not qualify. Cup was played in 4 rounds prior to quarterfinals. All rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Gençlerbirliği won the cup for the 2nd time.

Management

Club management

, mayor of Mersin city was president. Özcan was elected President in club congress after 18 April 1999 local elections. Mayors presided the club many times in its history.

Coaching team

Levent Arıkdoğan was head coach at the start of the season.
2000–01 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Levent Arıkdoğan01.07.2000 – 18.10.200010226Left after first stage Round 10.
19.10.2000 – 31.05.200122688

Note: Only official games were included.

2000–01 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2000–01 Second League Ranking and Classification Groups games. 18 players appeared in each game roster, three to be replaced. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in order of appearance.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Oğuzhan Doğar1 Jun 1978OsmaniyeGK222221 previous season.
22Hasan Yaşar9 Sep 1973KonyaDF1211211 Elazığspor.
33Murat Akay19 Jul 1976MersinDF882 previous season.
44Fatih Kaymaz18 Sep 1980KarataşDF44 Merzifonspor.
55Köksal Ferizcan13 Oct 1968AnkaraDF10101 previous season.
66Yücel Koçak1 Nov 1971KırıkkaleMF91913 Orduspor.
77Samet Yiğit2 Feb 1975MuşMF242472 previous season.
88Cüneyt Yenişehir9 Jan 1976İzmirMF25225241 Çorluspor.
99Tarkan Özyılmaz3 Apr 1975MersinMF301330135 istanbul BB.
1010Halil Yiğit20 Apr 1976MardinFW28285 Hatayspor.
1111İbrahim Kurt24 Dec 1973BakırköyFW551 Asaşspor.
1212Serkan Erbay25 Aug 1978KırklareliGK10101 Kırklarelispor.
1313İbrahim Metli26 Oct 1981MersinFW991 Mezitlispor.
1414Sercan Yüksekdağ9 Sep 1981MersinDF14141 previous season.
1515Osman Özbek3 Aug 1980TarsusMF2412413 Silifkespor.
1616Ferit Kaya2 Jan 1975AfşinMF2522526 previous season.
1717Ali Kemal Er1 Jan 1978IğdırMF11 previous season.
1818Taylan Eliaçık27 May 1984MalatyaFW1010First time professional.
1913Eren Dağ19 Sep 1983İzmirFW22First time professional.
2015Serdar Sucu18 Apr 1982MersinMF22Amateur player.
2118Abidin Oktay12 Aug 1976MardinFW281328132 previous season.
2216İsmet Keser5 Jan 1974MersinMF17174 previous season.
233Gökhan Kolomoç28 May 1977AkçaabatDF2122127 Trabzonspor.
245Yakup Can3 Feb 1974TrabzonDF33 Adana Demirspor.
254Önal Arıca23 Feb 1976MersinDF2222221 previous season.
2617Gökhan Yıldız22 Aug 1982GölbaşıDFAmateur player.
2715Ahmet Kolcu1 Jan 1983MazgirtFW20207 previous season.
2817Salim Çömert1 Jan 1982MersinFW99Amateur player.
2913Emre Ülker2 Jan 1973BursaDF1011013 previous season.
3016Ahmet Pişkin25 Aug 1972ŞanlıurfaDF1411412 İstanbul BB.
315Emre Koşağan14 Nov 1976İstanbulMF14144 Zeytinburnuspor.
3215Levent Eliballı8 Jun 1982MersinMF11First time professional.
3312Gökhan Mıstık3 Aug 1982TarsusGKAmateur player.
3415Kemal Çiçek15 Dec 1974MersinFW11 Muğlaspor.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.