1997–98 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu
1997–98 season
President Turkey H. Okan Merzeci
(till 20 October 1997)
Turkey Mehmet Küver
(since 21 October 1997)
Head coach Turkey Zafer Bilgetay
(till 18 September 1997)
Turkey Kasım Gündüz
(till 12 February 1998)
Turkey Zafer Göncüler
(till 31 May 1998)
Stadium Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium
Mersin, Turkey
Second League Ranking Group 1: 6th
Classification Group 1: 6th
Turkish Cup Eliminated at R4
Most appearances Turkey Türkay Başaran (32)
Top goalscorer League:
Turkey Hakan Kayalar (10)
All:
Turkey Hakan Kayalar (10)
Home colours
Third colours
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1997–98. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) participated in Second League 1997–98 season for the 24th time. MİY had a bad season in league and finished 6th. The team also participated in Turkish Cup in 1997–98 and eliminated at Round 4.

H. Okan Merzeci was succeeded by Mehmet Küver as president of the club. Zafer Bilgetay was head coach at the start of the season. Kasım Gündüz completed first half of the season. In the second half Zafer Göncüler managed the team. Türkay Başaran was mostly appeared player (32 apps.), while Hakan Kayalar was league and season top goalscorer with 10 goals.

1997–98 League participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 1 in Second League 1997–98 season. League played in three stages. In the first stage 51 teams in five groups (one with 11 and others with 10 clubs) played for first two rankings to play in promotion group. The promotion group consisted of those 10 teams. At the end of the second stage top two teams promoted to First League 1998–99. Remaining 8 teams in each ranking group and ninth team in 2nd group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams relegated to Third League 1998–99 at the end of the season. In the third stage, 8 clubs (3 from the promotion group and 1 each from 5 classification groups) played one-leg play-off games in Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.[2]

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 1 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at sixth place and couldn't took place in promotion group. In classification group, team finished 6th again and couldn't attend to promotion play-off games.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1997–98 Second League season league summary:

Overall Home Away
Stage Pc Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt
Ranking Group 6184862626020 93421913+613 9144713-67
Classification Group 5145361817+118 7511114+716 7025713-62
Overall 632911124443+138 168533017+1329 161691426-129
Sources: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages.[3]

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in TFF Second League Ranking Group 1 in 1997–98 season is shown in the following table.[4]

Pc Team Games Goals Pts Home Away
Pl W D L F A F–A R Pc F–A R Pc
1Adanaspor (Q)181125372335 2–1176 0–388
2Sarıyer (Q)181044332134 1–1156 1–166
3İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor18945302631 2–356 0–0146
4Hatayspor18765252227 2–2 46 1–1137
5Konyaspor18666212024 0–076 1–1166
6Mersin İdmanyurdu18486262620
7Boluspor18558222820 5–2127 0–237
8Kemerspor18558223320 5–197 1–2186
9Bakırköyspor18459233117 0–1107 2–111
10Gaziosmanpaşaspor18378172616 2–222 1–2117
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.
     (Q): Qualified to 1997–98 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.[3]

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1997–98 Second League season first half game reports in Ranking Group 1 is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Sources: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages.[3]

Classification Group

Classification group 1 was played with 8 teams remaining after top two of ranking group were promoted to promotion group. Top team in the group promoted to promotion play-offs, while bottom two teams relegated to 1997–98 Third League season. Points and goals were carried from ranking group. MİY obtained 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses and finished sixth. Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Classification Group 1 in 1997–98 season is shown in the following table.[6]

Pc Team Games Goals Pts Home Away
Pl W D L F A F–A R Pc F–A R Pc
1İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Q)321688584456 1–2104 3–435
2Konyaspor3214117512953 1–1135 1–166
3Hatayspor3212713354043 1–0124 0–155
4Boluspor32101012374240 1–084 0–116
5Bakırköyspor3211615445839 2–045 2–3116
6Mersin İdmanyurdu3291112444338
7Kemerspor (R)329716386034 2–125 1–194
8Gaziosmanpaşaspor (R)3251215324927 3–074 0–2146
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.
     (Q): Qualified to 1997–98 Second League Promotion Play-offs;      (R): Relegated to 1998–99 Turkish Third Football League.
Source: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.[3][7]

Classification group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1997–98 Second League season first half game reports in Classification Group 1 is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Sources: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages.[3]

1997–98 Turkish Cup participation

1997–98 Turkish Cup was played by 83 teams in 6 rounds prior to quarterfinals. First five round were played in one-leg elimination system, starting from 6th round two leg elimination rounds were played. [Mersin İdmanyurdu] had participated in 36th Turkish Cup (played as Türkiye Kupası in 1997–98 from Round 2 and eliminated at Round 4. The opponents were from Second League like MİY. MİY attended to the cup starting from second round. In the second round MİY eliminated their historical rivals Adana Demirspor which were took place 2nd League Group 2 in that season. In the third round the opponents were Group 2 runner-ups Eskişehirspor. Hatayspor was the team to which MİY lost in 4th round. Beşiktaş won the cup for the 5th time.[8]

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1997–98 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Round Own League Opponent's League Opponent A/H Score Result
Round 2Second LeagueSecond LeagueAdana DemirsporH1–0Promoted to R3
Round 3Second LeagueSecond LeagueEskişehirsporH1–0Promoted to R4
Round 4Second LeagueSecond LeagueHataysporH1–3Eliminated
Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1997–98 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Source: 1997–98 Turkish Cup pages.[8]

Management

Club management

H. Okan Merzeci, mayor of Mersin city was president of the club. However, on 20 October 1997 Merzeci died due to cerebral hemorrhage. Halil Kuriş acted as mayor while municipality official Mehmet Küver became president of the club.

Coaching team

Zafer Bilgetay was head coach at the start of the season. After presidential change, when 10the round was lost and team was eliminated from the cup, Kasım Gündüz who coached the team in previous season as well, took over the team. Zafer Göncüler came to the position before the start of the second stage and completed the season.

1997–98 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat Head Coach Period Pl W D L Notes
TurkeyZafer Bilgetay03.07.1997 – 18.09.19974112Left after 4th round of first stage.[9]
20.09.1997 – 29.10.19979324
TurkeyKasım Gündüz30.10.1997 – 12.02.19988242Left in the mid-season.[10]
TurkeyZafer Göncüler12.02.1998 – 31.05.199814536Contract ended at the end of the season.[11]
Note: Only official games were included.

1997–98 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 1997–98 Second League Group 1 matches and 1997–98 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches only.[12] Starting from this season, the number of players in roster were increased to 18; of the 7 substitutes 3 were eligible to be replaced. Players who only appeared in game rosters were included and listed in order of appearance.

O N Nat Name Birth Born Pos LA LG CA CG TA TG Red card ← Season Notes →
11TurkeyVarol Özhan20 Jan 1968İzmirGK4 4 1997 Summer transfer from Altay.[13]
22TurkeyBülent Kapıcı29 Aug 1973İstanbulDF2511126281Continued from previous season.[14]
33TurkeyTürkay Başaran20 Sep 1966ÇanakkaleDF31 1 32 2 Continued from previous season.[15]
44TurkeyMustafa Çevirgen12 Feb 1973AdanaDF20 1 21 5 Continued from previous season.[16]
55TurkeyHakan Turgut4 Dec 1968MersinDF12 12 2 Continued from previous season.[17]
66TurkeyMehmet Özer3 Sep 1971SiirtMF2111 221221997 Summer transfer from Erzurumspor.[18]
77TurkeyRecep Yavaş11 Aug 1972AdapazarıMF2761 2862 1997 Summer transfer from Akçakocaspor.[19]
88TurkeyGökhan Sakar7 Apr 1975OsmaniyeMF2822 302411997 Summer transfer from Ankaragücü.[20]
99TurkeyHakan Kayalar13 Apr 1970İzmirFW30101 3110221997 Summer transfer from Altay.[21]
1010TurkeyHüseyin Gün1 Jan 1975İzmirMF1121 1222 1997 Summer transfer from Aydınspor.[22]
1111TurkeyKemal Yardımcı1 Jan 1972ŞanlıurfaFW92111033 Continued from previous season.[23]
1212TurkeyOkan Kopan19 Oct 1976ZonguldakGK19 19 31Continued from previous season.[24]
1313TurkeyÖnal Arıca23 Feb 1976MersinDF2513 28161Continued from previous season.[25]
1414TurkeyMurat Şaş19 May 1977GaziantepFW813 111 Continued from previous season.[26]
1515TurkeyFazlı Ulusoy18 Mar 1975İstanbulFW29821319 Continued from previous season.[27]
1616TurkeyAbdullah Akan1 Feb 1970DiyarbakırDF1 1 1997 Summer transfer from Ceyhanspor.[28]
1717TurkeyYalçın Günay2 Jun 1974BayburtMF2613 2917 Continued from previous season.[29]
1818TurkeySerkan Uçak23 July 1977MersinFW7 2 9 1 Continued from previous season.[30]
1916TurkeyÜmit Aktaş12 Jul 1968MersinMF19 2 21 2 1997 Summer transfer from Diyarbakırspor.[31]
2017TurkeyAydın Yetgin5 June 1975RizeMF2 3 5 1997 Summer loan from Altay.[32]
2112TurkeyOğuzhan Doğar1 Jun 1978OsmaniyeGK9 3 12 Continued from previous season.[33]
2218TurkeyMurat Erdoğan1 Aug 1976LondonMF1852 2052 Continued from previous season.[34]
2318Turkeyİbrahim Durmuşlu22 May 1973SilifkeDF20 2 22 411997 Summer transfer from Silifkespor.[35]
2415TurkeyFerit Kaya2 Jan 1975AfşinMF2622 2824 Continued from previous season.[36]
2512TurkeyVolkan Barış Ercan10 Sep 1980MersinGK Amateur player.[37]
2615TurkeyMevlüt Metli17 Aug 1979MersinMF 1 1 Amateur player.[38]
2716TurkeySelman Turan11 Nov 1978MersinDF 2 2 Amateur player.[39]
2817TurkeyEyyüp Özdemir4 Jun 1983BeytüşşebapDF Amateur player.[40]
2915TurkeyNurullah Saygılı10 Sep 1976KiğıFW6 6 Continued from previous season.[41]
3018Turkeyİnan Günal4 Apr 1980TunceliDF3 1 4 First time professional.[42]
3117TurkeyTurhan Aktarla19 Nov 1974MersinMF 1997 Summer transfer from Alanyaspor.[43]
3216TurkeyArap Öztürk15 May 1977İzmirFW163 1632 1998 Winter transfer from Karşıyaka.[44]
3312TurkeyHakan Baygın14 Aug 1969MersinGK1 1 1998 Winter transfer from Ispartaspor.[45]
Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.[46]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Away colors were adapted from a picture on Milliyet online archive depicting two players from 11th round game against Gaziosmanpaşaspor. See G.O.Paşa iki dakikada Third colors were adapted from a picture from first round game against İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor from Milliyet online archive. See Son anda Belediye. (Turkish). (free membership is required to search). Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  2. ↑ See league tables, promotion and relegation from Cem Pekin Archives. Retrieved on 30 March 2010. (English)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Official page for league is TFF 1997–98 Second League page and Ranking Group 1 page and Classification Group 1 page. Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 13 February 2010. Standings and results from maçkolik 1st Ranking Group page and maçkolik 1st Classification Group page, retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Standings and results from TFF Archive.
  5. 1 2 3 4 İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor appears as İstanbul Başakşehir in TFF reports. This is because İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Sports Club separated its football section and renamed it İstanbul Başakşehir Football Club before the start of 2014–15 football season. When a team changed its name its name in pages for previous seasons also changed. Therefore all the team names except those appear in weekly game results changed as İstanbul Başakşehir. See TFF club page and seasonal league pages on tff.org.tr.
  6. ↑ Standings and results from Cem Pekin Archives. Although classification group games should have been accumulated on ranking group data in the league tables, in TFF pages classification group tables are shown as unaccumulated. See Classification Group 1 page at TFF website. Maçkolik site makes the same mistake: See maçkolik 1997–98 Second League Classification Group 1 page. Final standings are seen correctly in former source. On the other hand, this source does not supply round-by-round league table. Therefore place after rounds columns are empty. As of 7 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Places in league table by rounds were obtained from Milliyet online archive through an advanced search (note: free membership is required to search). (Turkish). Searched on 7 June 2015.
  8. 1 2 1997–98 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) pages. Official page from TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website, retrieved on 7 June 2015 (Turkish). An alternative source is maçkolik cup page. Cem Pekin Archives at Turkish Soccer site provides information in (English).
  9. ↑ Zafer Bilgetay. His contract was terminated after a bad start. His previous team was Altay. Later he signed with Karşıyaka in the mid of second stage. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Mehmet Kasım Gündüz. He signed after 10th round of first stage. His contract was terminated in the mid-season. Later he signed to Kuşadasıspor for the next season. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  11. ↑ Mehmet Zafer Göncüler. His previous team was Sarıyer. He completed the season and signed to Aydınspor for the next season. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 1997–98 team squad.Select season to view.
  13. ↑ Varol Özhan. Player signed on 4 July 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Altay had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was extended for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  14. ↑ Bülent Tarık Kapıcı. Started as DF player but later moved to FW position. In the team since 16 August 1993. Contract renewal on 27 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  15. ↑ Türkay Başaran. In the team 15 October 1994. Contract renewal on 26 June 1996. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  16. ↑ Mustafa Çevirgen. In the team since 6 August 1996. Contract renewal on 26 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  17. ↑ Hakan Turgut. In the team since 13 June 1994. Contract renewal on 7 July 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Mardinspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  18. ↑ Mehmet Recep Özer. Player signed on 28 July 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Erzurumspor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Batman Petrolspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  19. ↑ Recep Yavaş. Player signed on 30 June 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Akçakocaspor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Kartalspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  20. ↑ Gökhan Sakar. Player signed on 27 June 1996. Player was on loan to MKE Kırıkkalespor in previous season. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  21. ↑ Hakan Kayalar. Player signed on 1 July 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Altay had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Bucaspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  22. ↑ Hüseyin Gün. Player signed on 19 August 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Aydınspor had been terminated mutually. In the mid-season player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed to Karşıyaka for the rest of the season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  23. ↑ Kemal Yardımcı. In the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 7 July 1997. In the mid-season player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed to Düzcespor for the rest of the season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  24. ↑ Okan Kopan. In the team since 12 July 1997. Contract renewal on 4 june 1996. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  25. ↑ Önal Arıca. In the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 5 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  26. ↑ Murat Şaş. Professionalized and in the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 5 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  27. ↑ Fazlı Ulusoy. In the team since 16 August 1993. Contract renewal on 7 July 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Şanlıurfaspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  28. ↑ Abdullah Akan. Player signed on 27 June 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Ceyhanspor had ended. In the mid-season player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed to Siirt Köy Hizmetleri YSE Spor for the rest of the season. Details from player profile and TFF maçkolik page.
  29. ↑ Yalçın Günay. In the team since 12 July 1996. Contract renewal on 24 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  30. ↑ Serkan Uçak. Professionalized and in the team since 12 July 1996. Contract renewal on 4 June 1997 for two seasons. At the end of the season player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  31. ↑ Ümit Aktaş. Player signed on 5 August 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Diyarbakırspor had beed mutually terminated. At the end of the season player's contract ended and renewed for the next season. Later he was loaned out to Tarsus İdmanyurdu on 9 October 1998. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  32. ↑ Aydın Yetgin. Player was loaned from Altay and signed on 21 August 1997. At the end of the season player turned back to his team and loaned out to İzmirspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  33. ↑ Oğuzhan Doğar. Professionalized and in the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 4 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  34. ↑ Murat Erdoğan. He was in the team in the first half of previous season. He later signed to Soma Linyitspor in the mid season. In the Summer 1997 he firstly signed to MKE Kırıkkalespor, but later his contract was mutually terminated and he signed to MİY on 11 September 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  35. ↑ İbrahim Durmuşlu. Player signed on 24 June 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Silifkespor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  36. ↑ Ferit Kaya. In the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 3 July 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  37. ↑ Volkan Barış Ercan. He was an amateur player who found chance to appear in roster in a cup game. He was later professionalized for the first time by then top division team Dardanelspor in Summer 1998. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  38. ↑ Mevlüt Metli. He was an amateur player who found chance to appear in a cup game. He was later professionalized for the first time by MİY in Summer 1998 and loaned out to Doğubayazıtspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  39. ↑ Selman Turan. He was an amateur player who found chance to appear in two cup games. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  40. ↑ Eyyüp Özdemir. He was an amateur player who found chance to appear in roster in a cup game. He later continued his career as an amateur player. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  41. ↑ Nurullah Saygılı. In the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 24 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  42. ↑ İnan Günal. First time professionalized and signed on 3 September 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended and extended for the next season but loaned to Anamur Belediyespor on 22 October 1998. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  43. ↑ Turhan Aktarla. Player signed on 3 July 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Alanyaspor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  44. ↑ Arap Öztürk. Player signed on 26 November 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Karşıyaka had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended he signed to Diyarbakırspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  45. ↑ Hakan Baygın. Player signed on 2 February 1998. Player's contract with his previous team Ispartaspor had been mutually terminated. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  46. ↑ TFF club page (select season to confirm), retrieved on 8 September 2013 from tff.org; and maçkolik.com team page, retrieved on 7 February 2015 from maçkolik.com.
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