2003–04 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2003–04. The team participated in Second League Category A for 2nd time in the league's 3rd season. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2003–04 season in 15th place in Second League Category A. Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2003–04 Turkish Cup and eliminated at second round.
Macit Özcan was club president. MİY started to season with Yücel İldiz as the head coach. After 4th round Mehmet Şahan became the head coach. In the mid-season Levent Eriş took over the management of the team. Ufuk Talay was the most appeared player, while top goalscorer was Taner Demirbaş.

2003–04 TFF First League participation

In 2003–04 season Mersin idmanyurdu has participated in Second League Category A. 18 teams attended in the league. Winners, runners-up and play-off winners were directly promoted to 2004–05 Süper Lig. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2003–04 TFF Second League.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2003–04 Second League Category A season league summary:
Sources: 2003–04 Turkish Second Football League pages.

League table

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2003–04 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 2004–05 Süper Lig; : Relegated to 2004–05 TFF Second League.
Source: 2003-04 TFF First League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 2003–04 Second League Category A by rounds:

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2003–04 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2003–04 TFF First League pages.

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2003–04 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
In the half season, player Ahmet Arslaner left the team, Volkan Öztürk was transferred in.
Sources: 2003–04 TFF First League pages.

2003–04 Turkish Cup participation

was played for 42nd 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 7th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in the cup and eliminated at first elimination round.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 2003–04 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 1TFF First LeagueTFF Second LeagueHataysporA1–0Promoted
Round 2TFF First LeagueSüper LigSamsunsporA0–2Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2003–04 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 2003–04 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

, then mayor of Mersin city was president of the club.

Coaching team

was head coach at the start of the season. He took over the team in the mid of previous season. But, after 4th round he was replaced with Mehmet Şahan. In the mid-season Levent Eriş became the head coach. He coached the team until the end of the season.
2003–04 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Yücel İldiz12.08.2003 – 19.09.20034103Left after 4th round.
Mehmet Şahan19.09.2003 – 28.12.200315429Left after first half.
Levent Eriş30.01.2003 – 31.05.200317557Contract ended at the end of the season.

Note: Only official games were included.

2003–04 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2003–04 Second League Category A and 2003–04 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 →
11Hasan Gültang29 Oct 1972AdanaGK241251 Kayserispor.
22Mesut Akşit21 Apr 1982DiyarbakırDF272293 previous season.
33Tufan Esin7 Aug 1980SilifkeDF302232251 previous season.
44Ahmet Arslaner24 Dec 1970ÜsküdarDF172193 Kocaelispor.
55Mehmet Ali Honca54 Mar 1971SamsunDF332 Adanaspor.
66Altay Can17 Oct 1970KırcaaliMF191204 Kayserispor.
77Savaş Göcen30 Aug 1974İstanbulDF30123214 previous season.
88Ufuk Talay26 Mar 1976SydneyMF313233315 Gaziantepspor.
99Özgür Nasuh12 Jan 1978AdanaMF307232711 previous season.
1010Taner Demirbaş20 Nov 1978TrabzonFW3115132158 Adana Demirspor.
1111Ahmet Kolcu1 Jan 1983MazgirtFW271229151 previous season.
1212Özkan Karslı1 May 1978AdanaGK55 MKE Ankaragücü.
1313Emre Eren1 Dec 1976BalıkesirDF141156 previous season.
1414Emre Koşağan14 Nov 1976İstanbulDF121131 Yıldırım Bosna.
1515Bekir Hazar27 Jul 1976OrduMF2012014 previous season.
1616Halil Yiğit20 Apr 1976MardinFW25112616 previous season.
1717Mustafa Sarp5 Nov 1980BakırköyMF281213028 previous season.
1818Ali Kunter3 Aug 1978AnkaraFW16321834 A. Sebatspor.
1912Ömür Özünal11 May 1982AdanaGK112 previous season.
2016Özgür Yıldırım1 May 1981MersinMF112132 Yıldırım Bosna.
2118Ersen Turunç25 May 1978SamandağFW Kilis Belediyespor.
2214Fatih Çakmak5 Feb 1984OfDF213First time professional.
2318İbrahim Özdemir29 Aug 1985KarataşMFFirst time professional.
2415Fatih Şaşmaz5 Mar 1985PozantıDF11First time professional.
2518Nurullah Kaya20 Jul 1986BatmanMFFirst time professional.
2617Sabit Aycıl15 Aug 1985MersinFWFirst time professional.
274Fuad Kınalı18 Apr 1975NeussDF15154 Adana Demirspor.
285Özgür Vurur13 Jan 1976AnkaraMF1711713 Çaykur Rizespor.
2912Orhan Altay1 May 1978SilifkeGK66 Kayserispor.
3013Tarkan Özyılmaz3 Apr 1975MersinMF71712 Zonguldakspor.
3118Volkan Öztürk10 Feb 1979AdanaMF55 Adanaspor.
3217Sezar Güner7 Nov 1972RizeFW1111 Aydınspor.
3316Cemal Koç5 Mar 1977MersinMF662 Adana Demirspor.
3414Sezgin Altınok18 May 1978İzmirMF İzmirspor.
3514Levent Şeker6 Jan 1985MersinFW22 previous season.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.