2001–02 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2001–02. It was the first season in Turkish football league system that a single group second division was introduced with name of Second League Category A. The continuation of Turkish Second Football League was renamed as Second League Category B which was lowered to third layer accordingly. The team took place in first season of this division for the first time, and in Second League for 28th time since its foundation in 1963–64. Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. has finished Second League Category B Promotion Group at second place in 2001–02 season and promoted to 2002–03 TFF First League.
Macit Özcan was club president. Nasır Belci managed the team during the season. Şafak Burak Bayman was the mostly appeared player as well as season top goalscorer.

2001–02 TFF Second League participation

took place in 2001–02 Second League Category B. League was played by 50 teams in three stages. League was started on 19 August 2001. In the first stage teams fought in regionally specified five ranking groups for top two rankings to qualify for Promotion Group in the next stage. In the second stage 10 teams fought for promotion to 2002-03 Second League Category A. Champions and runners-up directly promoted. Remaining 8 teams played in Classification Groups. Classification group winners qualified for promotion play-offs, while bottom two teams relegated to 2002–03 TFF Third League. In the third stage, the third team was determined in promotion-play-offs played in one-leg elimination system in a neutral venue. Play-offs were played by 8 teams in Denizli Atatürk Stadium between 22–27 May 2002.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 2001–02 Second League Category B Ranking Group 1 in the first stage and finished at top. In Promotion Group team finished at second place and gained direct promotion to 2002–03 Second League Category A.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2001–02 Second League Category B season league summary:
Sources: 2001–02 TFF Second League pages.

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 2001–02 Second League Category B 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 2001–02 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 2001–02 TFF Second League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2001–02 Second League Category B season first half game reports in Ranking Group 1 is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2001–02 TFF Second League pages.

Promotion group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 2001–02 Second League Category B 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 2002–03 Second League Category A; : Qualified for 2001–02 Promotion Play-offs.
Source: 2001–02 TFF Second League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Promotion group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2001–02 Second League Category B season first half game reports in Promotion Group is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2001–02 TFF Second League pages.

2001–02 Turkish Cup participation

MİY did not participate in 2001–02 Turkish Cup due to eligibility rules. 40th Turkish Cup was played by 64 teams. Top four teams in previous year's classification groups qualified for the Cup from Round 1. Mersin İdmanyurdu had finished 2000–01 in 7th place and did not qualify. Cup was played in 4 rounds prior to quarterfinals. All rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Kocaelispor 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

Nasır Belci was head coach during the season.
2000–01 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Nasır Belci06.07.2001 – 31.05.20023619107Continued in the next season.

Note: Only official games were included.

2001–02 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2001–02 Second League Category B Ranking and Promotion 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 →
11Serkan Erbay25 Aug 1978KırklareliGK55 previous season.
22Sezgin Altınok18 May 1978İzmirDF31318 Göztepe.
33Tahir Alegöz24 Jul 1971SivasDF3423429 Bursaspor.
44Murat Akay19 Jul 1976MersinDF16161 previous season.
55Tufan Esin7 Aug 1980SilifkeDF32323 Silifkespor.
66Mesut Akşit21 Apr 1982DiyarbakırDF3513516 Silifkespor.
77Osman Özbek3 Aug 1980TarsusMF2812812 previous season.
88Halil Yiğit20 Apr 1976MardinFW3533534 previous season.
99Abidin Oktay12 Aug 1976MardinFW328328 previous season.
1010Görkem Sevim6 Jun 1978MuğlaMF3413417 İzmirspor.
1111Burak Bayman10 Jun 1977SiirtFW361936193 Zeytinburnu.
1212Oğuzhan Doğar1 Jun 1978OsmaniyeGK32323 previous season.
1313Emre Koşağan14 Nov 1976İstanbulMF34134131 previous season.
1414Tarkan Özyılmaz3 Apr 1975MersinMF341034104 previous season.
1515Cüneyt Yenişehir9 Jan 1976İzmirMF1611611 previous season.
1616İbrahim Metli26 Oct 1981MersinFW55 previous season.
1717Ahmet Kolcu1 Jan 1983MazgirtFW3323326 previous season.
1818Volkan Gündüz6 Mar 1979İzmirMF33 İzmirspor.
1917Salim Çömert1 Jan 1982MersinFW10101First time professional.
2018Taylan Eliaçık27 May 1984MalatyaFW33 previous season.
2115Gökhan Yıldız22 Aug 1982GölbaşıDFFirst time professional.
2214İlker Terlemez4 Sep 1983ŞiranFW11First time professional.
2315Maşallah Ertav1 Jan 1985GüroymakDFAmateur player.
2416Levent Şeker6 Jan 1985MersinFW111Amateur player.
2518Fatih Çakmak5 Feb 1984OfDFAmateur player.
2618Alpaslan Kartal23 Jun 1977SakaryaDF77 Diyarbakırspor.
2718Levent Eliballı8 Jun 1982MersinMF previous season.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.