2002–03 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2002–03. The team participated in Second League Category A for the first time in the league's second season. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2002–03 season in 12th place in Turkish Second League Category A. Mersin idmanyurdu also participated in 2002–03 Turkish Cup, and eliminated at first round.
Macit Özcan was club president. Nasır Belci was head coach in the beginning of the season. In the mid-season Yücel İldiz took over the team's management. Savaş Göcen was the most appeared player, while top goalscorer was Özgür Nasuh with 10 goals.

2002–03 TFF First League participation

. 18 teams attended in the league. Winners, runners-up and play-off winners were directly promoted to 2003–04 Süper Lig. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2003–04 TFF Second League.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2002–03 Second League Category A season league summary:
Sources: 2002–03 TFF First League pages.

League table

2002–03 Second League Category A season place in league 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 2003–04 Süper Lig; : Relegated to 2003–04 TFF Second League.

Source: 2002-03 TFF First League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 2002–03 Second League Category A by rounds:

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2002–03 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2002–03 TFF First League pages.

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2002–03 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2002–03 TFF First League pages.

2002–03 Turkish Cup participation

was played for 41st time as Fortis Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship purposes. This season Cup was played by 48 teams in one-leg elimination system in 3 elimination rounds prior to quarter-finals. Trabzonspor won the cup for the 6th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in the cup and eliminated at first elimination round.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 2002–03 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 1TFF First LeagueTFF Second LeagueGaziantep Büyükşehir BelediyesporH1–2Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2002–03 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 2002–03 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

, mayor of Mersin city was president of the club.

Coaching team

Nasır Belci was head coach in the first half of the season. Yücel İldiz signed before the start of second half and managed the team in the rest of the season.
2002–03 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Nasır Belci23.07.2002 – 27.01.200318738Left in the mid-season.
Yücel İldiz30.01.2003 – 31.05.200317539Continued in the next season.

Note: Only official games were included.

2002–03 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2002–03 Second League Category A and 2002–03 Turkish Cup 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 →
11Adnan Erkan15 Jan 1968DenizliGK32321 Denizlispor.
22Savaş Göcen30 Aug 1974İstanbulDF3423423 Darıca GB.
33Tufan Esin7 Aug 1980SilifkeDF32232211 previous season.
44Fatih Çayla13 Sep 1975BursaDF24212522 Zeytinburnu.
55Furkan Şükürcü27 Dec 1973ÜsküdarDF2913082 Batman Petrol.
66Bekir Hazar27 Jul 1976OrduMF295130571 Çankırı Belediye.
77Halil Yiğit20 Apr 1976MardinFW2952956 previous season.
88Mustafa Sarp5 Nov 1980BakırköyMF3123126 Gaziosmanpaşa.
99Erbil Aktepe12 Aug 1978BeykozMF81191 Kasımpaşa.
1010Serkan Reçber18 Oct 1975BakırköyFW2152151 Zeytinburnu.
1111Yaşar Aydın10 Apr 1974KocaeliFW3273276 Darıca GB.
1212Levent Çetin24 Aug 1978HerfordGK3141 Çankırı Belediye.
1313Armağan Yapıcı6 Jul 1973MersinMF2952953 Diyarbakırspor.
1414Ahmet Kolcu1 Jan 1983MazgirtFW22412344 previous season.
1515Osman Özbek3 Aug 1980TarsusMF13114 previous season.
1616Erhan Şentürk4 Jul 1977MuşDF1010 Darıca GB.
1717Mesut Akşit21 Apr 1982DiyarbakırDF29313038 previous season.
1818Taylan Eliaçık27 May 1984MalatyaFW718 previous season.
199Özgür Nasuh12 Jan 1978AdanaMF2710271011 Bursaspor.
2014Emre Eren1 Dec 1976BalıkesirDF211226 Gençlerbirliği.
2114Salim Çömert1 Jan 1982MersinFW314 previous season.
2217Aydın Kaldırım13 Mar 1977SürmeneMF9110 Artvin Hopaspor.
2312Ömür Özünal11 May 1982AdanaGK Ceyhanspor.
2413Levent Şeker6 Jan 1985MersinFW112First time professional.
2514Sefer Gezer13 Jan 1980İstanbulFW11 Artvin Hopaspor.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.