2007–08 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2007–08. The team participated in TFF Second League for 3rd time in the league's 6th season. Mersin İdmanyurdu has finished 2007–08 TFF Second League Promotion Group at 6th place remained in the league.
Hamit İzol was club president at the start of the season. Hüseyin Çalışkan was elected president in the mid-season. Abdülkerim Durmaz managed the team during the season. Nurullah Kaya was most appeared player, while Abdullah Halman was season and league top goalscorer.
2007–08 TFF Second League participation
participated in 2007–08 TFF Second League. League was played by 50 teams in three stages. League was started on 19 August 2007. In the first stage teams fought in regionally specified five ranking groups for top two rankings to be qualified for Promotion Group in the next stage. In the second stage 10 teams fought for promotion to 2008–09 TFF First League. Champions and runners-up directly were promoted. Remaining 8 teams played in Classification Groups. Classification group winners were qualified to promotion play-offs, while bottom two teams relegated to 2008–09 TFF Third League. In the third stage, the third team to be promoted was determined in promotion-play-offs played in one-leg elimination system in a neutral venue. Play-offs were played by 8 teams in Konya Atatürk Stadium between 24–30 May 2008.Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 2007–08 TFF Second League Ranking Group 2 in the first stage and finished 2nd. In Promotion Group, team finished at 6th and could not promote.
Results summary
Mersin İdmanyurdu 2007–08 TFF Second League season league summary:Sources: 2007–08 TFF Second League pages.
Ranking group league table
Mersin İY's league performance in 2007–08 TFF Second League Ranking Group 2 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 to 2007–08 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 2007–08 TFF Second League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.
Ranking group games
Mersin İdmanyurdu 2007–08 TFF Second League season first half game reports in Ranking Group 2 is shown in the following table.Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2007–08 TFF Second League pages.
Promotion group league table
Mersin İY's league performance in 2007–08 TFF Second League 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 2008–09 TFF First League; : Qualified to 2007–08 Promotion Play-offs.
Source: 2007–08 TFF Second League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.
Promotion group games
Mersin İdmanyurdu 2007–08 TFF Second League season first half game reports in Promotion Group is shown in the following table.Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2007–08 TFF Second League pages.
2007–08 Turkish Cup participation
MİY did not participate in 2007–08 Turkish Cup due to eligibility rules. 46th Turkish Cup was played by 54 teams in three stages. Top four teams in previous year's TFF Second League groups were eligible to play. MİY had finished 2006–07 season in 6th place was not eligible to play in the Cup. 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. Kayserispor won the cup for the 1st time.Management
Club management
Hamit İzol was club president at the start of the season. Hüseyin Çalışkan, a businessman, was elected president in the mid-season.Coaching team
Abdülkerim Durmaz managed the team during the season.2007–08 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches
| Head Coach | Period | Notes | |||||
 | Abdülkerim Durmaz | 17.07.2007 – 31.05.2008 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | Contract ended at the end of the season. |
Note: Only official games were included.
2007–08 squad
Appearances, goals and cards count for 2007–08 TFF Second League Ranking and Promotion Group 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.| Name | Birth | Born | ← Season Notes → | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | | Levent Taşkın | 27 Jan 1977 | Ankara | GK | 33 | 33 | 2 | Türk Telekomspor. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | | Zafer Sağdıç | 20 Jul 1976 | Malatya | DF | 30 | 30 | 4 | 1 | K. Maraşspor. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | | Mehmet Çolak | 17 Mar 1979 | Mersin | DF | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Mardinspor. | ||
| 4 | 4 | | Orhan Terzi | 31 Dec 1979 | İzmir | DF | 31 | 31 | 8 | 1 | K. Maraşspor. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | | Onur Güney | 10 Dec 1982 | Kozan | DF | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 8 | Mersin BŞB. | |||
| 6 | 6 | | Ahmet Mercan | 21 Oct 1981 | Of | MF | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 13 | 1 | Kartalspor. | ||
| 7 | 7 | | Veysel Kılıç | 7 Sep 1987 | Seyhan | MF | 32 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 3 | previous season. | |||
| 8 | 8 | | Nurullah Kaya | 20 Jul 1986 | Batman | MF | 34 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | previous season. | ||
| 9 | 9 | | Abdullah Halman | 15 Aug 1987 | Şanlıurfa | FW | 28 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 3 | Gaziantepspor. | |||
| 10 | 10 | | Yusuf Tokaç | 2 Dec 1973 | Hatay | FW | 26 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 6 | previous season. | |||
| 11 | 11 | | Ferit Karataş | 15 Sep 1980 | Araban | FW | 28 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 2 | K. Maraşspor. | |||
| 12 | 12 | | Candan Genç | 23 Feb 1972 | Mersin | GK | 3 | 3 | 1 | Fethiyespor. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | | Sertaç Şahin | 23 Jul 1983 | İnebolu | MF | 27 | 27 | 6 | 1 | previous season. | ||||
| 14 | 14 | | Fuat Onur | 20 Jan 1987 | Altınözü | DF | 26 | 26 | 2 | previous season. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | | Fırat Benli | 11 Sep 1983 | Germany | MF | 13 | 13 | 2 | SC Padernborn II. | |||||
| 16 | 16 | | Sami İzcican | 19 Oct 1983 | Van | FW | 28 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 2 | Belediye Vanspor. | |||
| 17 | 17 | | Abdullah Apak | 1 Mar 1975 | Gemlik | MF | 33 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 3 | Uşakspor. | |||
| 18 | 18 | | Mutlu Akça | 14 Aug 1983 | Ordu | DF | 7 | 7 | 1 | Orduspor. | |||||
| 19 | 16 | | Taylan Eliaçık | 27 May 1984 | Malatya | FW | 4 | 4 | 1 | previous season. | |||||
| 20 | 12 | | Murat Uslu | 17 Jul 1978 | Gülşehir | GK | previous season. | ||||||||
| 21 | 18 | | Koray Çelikkaya | 20 May 1980 | Mersin | FW | Mersin BŞB. | ||||||||
| 22 | 13 | | Ahmet Bağış | 23 Aug 1987 | Anamur | DF | 1 | 1 | Mersin BŞB. | ||||||
| 23 | 18 | | Uğur Uyanıkoğlu | 16 Jun 1981 | Akçakale | MF | previous season. | ||||||||
| 24 | 18 | | Ramazan Yoğurt | 1 Jan 1979 | Şanlıurfa | MF | Erzurumspor. | ||||||||
| 25 | 18 | | Evren Gayır | 12 Aug 1982 | Beykoz | MF | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | previous season. | |||
| 26 | 18 | | Mehmet Balcı | 4 Feb 1980 | Nizip | DF | 1 | 1 | previous season. | ||||||
| 27 | 18 | | Ruşen Duranoğlu | 1 Oct 1977 | Kırcaali | DF | 3 | 3 | Kasımpaşa. | ||||||
| 28 | 17 | | Neşat Memiş | 15 Feb 1988 | Seyhan | MF | First time professional. | ||||||||
| 29 | 18 | | Birol Parlak | 1 Mar 1990 | Pazar | DF | 2 | 2 | previous season. | ||||||
| 30 | 18 | | Cem Aktarla | 2 Sep 1988 | Mersin | MF | 1 | 1 | previous season. | ||||||
| 31 | 17 | | Tunç Behram | 21 Jul 1990 | Mersin | MF | previous season. | ||||||||
| 32 | 17 | | Anıl Gezer | 31 Jul 1990 | Erdemli | FW | previous season. |
Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.
U-18 Team
organized Deplasmanlı Süper Gençler Ligi in 2007-08. League was formed by 10 regional groups. Mersin İdmanyurdu U-19 team took place in Adana Group with 12 other teams from clubs that participated that year in professional leagues. MİY youth team finished 8th.| Week | Position | Played | Win | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Diff. | Points | |
| First half | 13 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| Second half | 26 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 31 |