1997–98 Mersin İdmanyurdu season explained

Club:	Mersin İdmanyurdu
Season:	1997–98
Manager:	Zafer Bilgetay Kasım Gündüz Zafer Göncüler
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	H. Okan Merzeci Mehmet Küver
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Mersin, Turkey
League:	Second League
League Result:	Ranking Group 1: 6th Classification Group 1: 6th
Cup1:	Turkish Cup
Cup1 Result:	Eliminated at R4
Cup3:	Most appearances
Cup3 Result:	Türkay Başaran (32)
League Topscorer:	Hakan Kayalar (10)
Season Topscorer:	Hakan Kayalar (10)
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Prevseason:	1996–97
Nextseason:	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 had the most appearances, 32, while Hakan Kayalar was the league and season top goalscorer with 10 goals.

1997–98 Second 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 take a 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:

rawspan=2		rawspan=2		Overall									rawspan=1		Home								rawspan=1		Away
Stage
Ranking Group		6	18	4	8	6	26	26	0	20		9	3	4	2	19	13	+6	13		9	1	4	4	7	13	-6	7
Classification Group		5	14	5	3	6	18	17	+1	18		7	5	1	1	11	4	+7	16		7	0	2	5	7	13	-6	2
Overall		6	32	9	11	12	44	43	+1	38		16	8	5	3	30	17	+13	29		16	1	6	9	14	26	-12	9

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]

	Team	Games				Goals				Home				Away
1	Adanaspor (Q)	18	11	2	5	37	23	35		2–1	17	6		0–3	8	8
2	Sarıyer (Q)	18	10	4	4	33	21	34		1–1	15	6		1–1	6	6
3	İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor	18	9	4	5	30	26	31		2–3	5	6		0–0	14	6
4	Hatayspor	18	7	6	5	25	22	27		2–2	4	6		1–1	13	7
5	Konyaspor	18	6	6	6	21	20	24		0–0	7	6		1–1	16	6
6	Mersin İdmanyurdu	18	4	8	6	26	26	20
7	Boluspor	18	5	5	8	22	28	20		5–2	12	7		0–2	3	7
8	Kemerspor	18	5	5	8	22	33	20		5–1	9	7		1–2	18	6
9	Bakırköyspor	18	4	5	9	23	31	17		0–1	10	7		2–1	1	1
10	Gaziosmanpaşaspor	18	3	7	8	17	26	16		2–2	2	2		1–2	11	7

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.^[5]

	Team	Games				Goals				Home				Away
1	İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Q)	32	16	8	8	58	44	56		1–2	10	4		3–4	3	5
2	Konyaspor	32	14	11	7	51	29	53		1–1	13	5		1–1	6	6
3	Hatayspor	32	12	7	13	35	40	43		1–0	12	4		0–1	5	5
4	Boluspor	32	10	10	12	37	42	40		1–0	8	4		0–1	1	6
5	Bakırköyspor	32	11	6	15	44	58	39		2–0	4	5		2–3	11	6
6	Mersin İdmanyurdu	32	9	11	12	44	43	38
7	Kemerspor (R)	32	9	7	16	38	60	34		2–1	2	5		1–1	9	4
8	Gaziosmanpaşaspor (R)	32	5	12	15	32	49	27		3–0	7	4		0–2	14	6

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] [6]}

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 took place in 2nd League Group 2 in that season. In the third round the opponents were Group 2 runners-up Eskişehirspor. Hatayspor was the team to which MİY lost in 4th round. Beşiktaş won the cup for the 5th time.^[7]

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		Score	Result
Round 2	Second League	Second League	Adana Demirspor	H	1–0	Promoted to R3
Round 3	Second League	Second League	Eskişehirspor	H	1–0	Promoted to R4
Round 4	Second League	Second League	Hatayspor	H	1–3	Eliminated

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.^[7]

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:

	Head Coach	Period					Notes
	Zafer Bilgetay	03.07.1997 – 18.09.1997	4	1	1	2	Left after 4th round of first stage.^[8]
		20.09.1997 – 29.10.1997	9	3	2	4
	Kasım Gündüz	30.10.1997 – 12.02.1998	8	2	4	2	Left in the mid-season.^[9]
	Zafer Göncüler	12.02.1998 – 31.05.1998	14	5	3	6	Contract ended at the end of the season.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.

			Name	Birth	Born										← Season Notes →
1	1		Varol Özhan	20 Jan 1968	İzmir	GK	4				4				Altay.^[12]
2	2		Bülent Kapıcı	29 Aug 1973	Istanbul	DF	25	1	1	1	26	2	8	1	previous season.^[13]
3	3		Türkay Başaran	20 Sep 1966	Çanakkale	DF	31		1		32		2		previous season.^[14]
4	4		Mustafa Çevirgen	12 Feb 1973	Adana	DF	20		1		21		5		previous season.^[15]
5	5		Hakan Turgut	4 Dec 1968	Mersin	DF	12				12		2		previous season.^[16]
6	6		Mehmet Özer	3 Sep 1971	Siirt	MF	21	1	1		22	1	2	2	Erzurumspor.^[17]
7	7		Recep Yavaş	11 Aug 1972	Adapazarı	MF	27	6	1		28	6	2		Akçakocaspor.^[18]
8	8		Gökhan Sakar	7 Apr 1975	Osmaniye	MF	28	2	2		30	2	4	1	Ankaragücü.^[19]
9	9		Hakan Kayalar	13 Apr 1970	İzmir	FW	30	10	1		31	10	2	2	Altay.^[20]
10	10		Hüseyin Gün	1 Jan 1975	İzmir	MF	11	2	1		12	2	2		Aydınspor.^[21]
11	11		Kemal Yardımcı	1 Jan 1972	Şanlıurfa	FW	9	2	1	1	10	3	3		previous season.^[22]
12	12		Okan Kopan	19 Oct 1976	Zonguldak	GK	19				19		3	1	previous season.^[23]
13	13		Önal Arıca	23 Feb 1976	Mersin	DF	25	1	3		28	1	6	1	previous season.^[24]
14	14		Murat Şaş	19 May 1977	Gaziantep	FW	8	1	3		11	1			previous season.^[25]
15	15		Fazlı Ulusoy	18 Mar 1975	Istanbul	FW	29	8	2	1	31	9			previous season.^[26]
16	16		Abdullah Akan	1 Feb 1970	Diyarbakır	DF	1				1				Ceyhanspor.^[27]
17	17		Yalçın Günay	2 Jun 1974	Bayburt	MF	26	1	3		29	1	7		previous season.^[28]
18	18		Serkan Uçak	23 July 1977	Mersin	FW	7		2		9		1		previous season.^[29]
19	16		Ümit Aktaş	12 Jul 1968	Mersin	MF	19		2		21		2		Diyarbakırspor.^[30]
20	17		Aydın Yetgin	5 June 1975	Rize	MF	2		3		5				Altay.^[31]
21	12		Oğuzhan Doğar	1 Jun 1978	Osmaniye	GK	9		3		12				previous season.^[32]
22	18		Murat Erdoğan	1 Aug 1976	London	MF	18	5	2		20	5	2		previous season.^[33]
23	18		İbrahim Durmuşlu	22 May 1973	Silifke	DF	20		2		22		4	1	Silifkespor.^[34]
24	15		Ferit Kaya	2 Jan 1975	Afşin	MF	26	2	2		28	2	4		previous season.^[35]
25	12		Volkan Barış Ercan	10 Sep 1980	Mersin	GK									Amateur player.^[36]
26	15		Mevlüt Metli	17 Aug 1979	Mersin	MF			1		1				Amateur player.^[37]
27	16		Selman Turan	11 Nov 1978	Mersin	DF			2		2				Amateur player.^[38]
28	17		Eyyüp Özdemir	4 Jun 1983	Beytüşşebap	DF									Amateur player.^[39]
29	15		Nurullah Saygılı	10 Sep 1976	Kiğı	FW	6				6				previous season.^[40]
30	18		İnan Günal	4 Apr 1980	Tunceli	DF	3		1		4				First time professional.^[41]
31	17		Turhan Aktarla	19 Nov 1974	Mersin	MF									Alanyaspor.^[42]
32	16		Arap Öztürk	15 May 1977	İzmir	FW	16	3			16	3	2		Karşıyaka.^[43]
33	12		Hakan Baygın	14 Aug 1969	Mersin	GK	1				1				Ispartaspor.^[44]

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.^[45]

See also

• Football in Turkey
• 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League
• 1997–98 Turkish Cup

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. . (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.
3. 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. 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.
6. Places in league table by rounds were obtained from Milliyet online archive through an advanced search (note: free membership is required to search). . Searched on 7 June 2015.
7. 1997–98 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) pages. Official page from TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website, retrieved on 7 June 2015 . An alternative source is maçkolik cup page. Cem Pekin Archives at Turkish Soccer site provides information in .
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 1997–98 team squad.Select season to view.
12. 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 .
13. 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 .
14. 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 .
15. 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 .
16. 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 .
17. 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 .
18. 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 .
19. 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 .
20. 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 .
21. 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 .
22. 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 .
23. 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 .
24. 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 .
25. 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 .
26. 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 .
27. 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 .
28. 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 .
29. 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 .
30. Ümit Aktaş. Player signed on 5 August 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Diyarbakırspor had been 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 .
31. 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 .
32. 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 .
33. [Murat Erdoğan]
34. 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 .
35. 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 .
36. 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 .
37. 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 .
38. Selman Turan. He was an amateur player who found chance to appear in two cup games. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
39. 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 .
40. 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 .
41. 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 .
42. 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.
43. 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.
44. 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 .
45. 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.