2005–06 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2005–06. The team participated in Second League Category A for 4th time in the league's 5th season. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2005–06 season in 16th place in Turkish Second League Category A. Team participated in 2005–06 Turkish Cup, and eliminated after group stage.
Hasan Ahi was club president at the start of the season. Erol Ertan was elected president in the mid-season. MİY started to season with Levent Arıkdoğan as the head coach. Then Engin Korukır and Nasır Belci took the position within the season. Serkan Merç and Birand Yataş had the most appearances, with 36 each. Ferdi Yanık was the season top goalscorer with 9 goals.

2005–06 TFF First League participation

participated in 2005–06 Second League Category A. 18 teams attended in the league. Winners and runners-up were directly promoted to 2006–07 Süper Lig. The teams placed 3rd through 6th in the normal season played promotion play-offs to determine third team to be promoted. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2006–07 TFF Second League.
Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2005–06 Second League Category A and finished 16th meaning that the team was relegated to 2006–07 Second League Category B, the third tier, for the second time in its history.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2005–06 Second League Category A season league summary:
Sources: 2005–06 TFF First League pages.

League table

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2005–06 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 2006–07 Süper Lig; ': Qualified to Promotion Play-offs; ': Relegated to 2006–07 TFF Second League.
Source: 2005–06 TFF First League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 2005–06 Second League Category A by rounds:

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2005–06 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2005–06 TFF First League pages.

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2005–06 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2005–06 TFF First League pages.

2005–06 Turkish Cup participation

was played for 44th time as Fortis Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship purposes. The Cup was played with 54 teams in three stages. In the first stage two qualification rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. In the second stage 20 teams played in four groups, 5 teams in each, in a one-leg round-robin system. Top two teams in each group played in knock-out stage. Beşiktaş won the cup for the 6th time. MİY played in qualification stage and was eliminated in fşrst round.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 2005–06 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 1First LeagueSecond LeagueAlanyasporA2–1Promoted
Round 2First LeagueSecond LeaguePazarsporH4–1Promoted
Group StageFirst LeagueSüper LigGalatasarayA0–4
Group StageFirst LeagueSüper LigMalatyasporH0–1
Group StageFirst LeagueSecond LeagueGiresunsporA1–2
Group StageFirst LeagueSüper LigDiyarbakırsporH1–4Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2005–06 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 2005–06 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Hasan Ahi was club president at the start of the season. Erol Ertan, building contractor and deputy mayor of Mersin was elected president in the mid-season.

Coaching team

MİY started the season with Levent Arıkdoğan as the head coach. After 10th round he left. Assistant coaches Ahmet Lülü and Yusuf Ömür managed the team during interim period. Before 13th round Engin Korukır signed. He was replaced by Nasır Belci before 25th round.
2004–05 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Levent Arıkdoğan26.08.2004 – 01.11.200513427Left after 10 the round.
Ahmet Lülü & Yusuf Ömür02.11.2005 – 17.11.20062101Assistant coaches.
Engin Korukır18.11.2005 – 17.03.200616259Left after 25th round.
Nasır Belci17.03.2006 – 26.09.20069144Continued in the next season.

Note: Only official games were included.

2005–06 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2005–06 Second League Category A and 2005–06 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 →
11Orhan Altay1 May 1978SilifkeGK17522 previous season.
22Birand Yaytaş11 Jul 1975İzmirDF311513627 Erzurumspor.
33Cemal Koç5 Mar 1977MersinMF2532812 previous season.
44Ulaç Çağlayan9 Feb 1983MersinDF242428262 previous season.
55Selim Özer26 Dec 1968İstanbulDF301535181 previous season.
66Serkan Damla25 Oct 1973MersinMF263293 Kayserispor.
77Kamil Aslan4 May 1981AksarayMF2122321 Adana Demirspor.
88Serkan Merç1 Jan 1981DenizliMF315368 Aydınspor.
99Seydihan Başlantı29 Nov 1983WürselenMF102212231 Çaykur Rizespor.
1010Sezar Güner7 Nov 1972RizeFW191612523 previous season.
1111Ferdi Yanık6 Mar 1981SamsunFW268413096 Altay.
1212Şükrü Fırtına17 Feb 1984KuşadasıGK Konya GB.
1313Mevlüt Metli17 Aug 1979MersinMF112132 previous season.
1414Mehmet Zengin13 Jun 1972TurgutluMF24632761 previous season.
1515Yaser Yıldız1 Jun 1988AdapazarıMF28253325 Denizlispor.
1616Ercan Güneri15 Jun 1981AnkaraMF527 Tarım Kredispor.
1717Bülent Gökalp27 Nov 1977ErdemliMF211512624 previous season.
1818Önal Arıca23 Feb 1976MersinDF223254 previous season.
194İlkan Aksoy16 Oct 1973RizeDF94132 previous season.
2014Metin Çay15 Oct 1976MersinDF Şanlıurfa Bel.
2112Ömür Özünal11 May 1982AdanaGK11 previous season.
2213Altay Can17 Oct 1970KırcaaliMF1942371 previous season.
2316Yavuz Onuk25 Nov 1983GermanyDF426 Karlsruher SC II.
2415Fatih Nazlım24 Aug 1985FranceMF3141 Clermont Foot.
258Mesut Akşit21 Apr 1982DiyarbakırDF15311631 previous season.
2612Oğuzhan Doğar1 Jun 1978OsmaniyeGK171181 Uşakspor.
2718Özgün Can Özgür13 Jul 1987SeyhanFW Mersin BŞB.
2817Macit Güven2 Mar 1980TrabzonDF112 Kocaelispor
2918Ali Öztürk28 Jul 1986GölhisarMF143221655 Gençlerbirliği.
304Ramazan Özalp16 Oct 1974AdanaDF10111111 Elazığspor.
3116Barış Karaoğlu21 Dec 1987HizanFW1121First time professional.
328Doğan Şengül15 Sep 1985FatihDF82102 Turgutluspor.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.