2008–09 Mersin İdmanyurdu season explained

Club:Mersin İdmanyurdu
Season:2008–09
Chrtitle:President
Chairman: Hüseyin Çalışkan

Ali Kahramanlı
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager: Ercan Albay
Stadium:
Mersin, Turkey
League:TFF Second League
League Result:Ranking Group 3: 2nd
Promotion Group: 2nd
Cup1:2008–09 Turkish Cup
Cup1 Result:Did not participate
Cup4:Most appearances
Cup4 Result: Erdal Sezek (36)
Sami İzcican (36)
League Topscorer:
Zafer Biryol (16)
Season Topscorer:
Zafer Biryol (16)
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Prevseason:2007–08
Nextseason:2009–10

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2008–09. The team participated in TFF Second League for 4th time in the league's 7th season. Mersin İdmanyurdu has finished 2007–08 TFF Second League Promotion Group at 2nd place and directly promoted to 2009–10 TFF First League season.

Hüseyin Çalışkan was club president at the start of the season. On 24 September 2008, Ali Kahramanlı was elected president. Ercan Albay managed the team during the season. Erdal Sezek and Sami İzcican were most appeared (36) players, while Zafer Biryol was the top goalscorer with 16 goals.

2008–09 TFF Second League participation

Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2008–09 TFF Second League (the league has been played under the name of "Second League Category B" between 2001–02 and 2005–06; "TFF League B" in 2006–07; and "TFF Second League" since 2007–08. Also sponsor names have been included in various seasons.). League was played by 54 teams in three stages. League was started on 31 August 2008. In the first stage teams fought in regionally specified five ranking groups (10 teams in Group 5, 11 teams in 1,2,3, and 4th 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 2009–10 TFF First League. Champions and runners-up directly were promoted. Remaining (8 in Group 5; 9 in other groups) teams played in Classification Groups. Classification group winners were qualified to promotion play-offs, while bottom two teams relegated to 2009–10 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 (three from promotion group, 5 from each classification groups) in Ankara Cebeci İnönü Stadium between 26–31 May 2009.

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 2008–09 TFF Second League Ranking Group 3 in the first stage and finished 2nd. In Promotion Group, team finished at 2nd again and gained direct promotion to 2009–10 TFF First League.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2008–09 TFF Second League season league summary:

rawspan=2rawspan=2Overallrawspan=1Home rawspan=1Away
Stage
Ranking Group2209833017+133510631188+102110352129+314
Promotion Group2189452614+12319612154+111993331110+112
Overall38181285631+25661912433312+2140196852319+426
Sources: 2008–09 TFF Second League pages.[1]

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 2008–09 TFF Second League Ranking Group 3 is shown in the following table.[2]

TeamGames GoalsHomeAway
1Beykozspor 1908 (Q)201073241537 2–0210–1131
2Mersin İdmanyurdu (Q)20983301735142 34
3Zeytinburnuspor208662119303–01722–062
4Konya Şekerspor206952221270–0534–4 162
5Türk Telekomspor206861816262–1910–2202
6Kırşehirspor206861617262–11921–181
7İstanbulspor 206771917252–11211–115
8MKE Kırıkkalespor205871922231–22122–0101
9Etimesgut Şekerspor2031161822201–11521–145
10Maltepespor2055101835204–1712–0182
11Alibeyköyspor2021171721171–11110–0222
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 2008–09 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 2008–09 TFF Second League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.[1]

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2008–09 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: 2008–09 TFF Second League pages.[1]

Promotion group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 2008–09 TFF Second League Promotion Group season is shown in the following table.[3]

TeamGames GoalsHomeAway
1Bucaspor (C) (P)1811433421370–1922–1182
2Mersin İdmanyurdu (P)18945261431
3Tokatspor (Q)188552728295–0330–1122
4Tarsus İdmanyurdu (Q)187743427282–1711–1162
5 Çorumspor (Q)187652421271–01324–241
6Belediye Vanspor187562227262–0510–1142
7Körfez Belediyespor185761924220–126 1–1112
8Beykozspor 1908185582623201–1172 0–182
9Eyüpspor184772424193–0152 1–161
10Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediye Diskispor180414143741–01022–112
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.
(C): Champions; (P): Promoted to 2009–10 TFF First League; (Q): Qualified to 2008–09 Promotion Play-offs.
Source: 2008–09 TFF Second League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.[1]

Promotion group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2008–09 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: 2008–09 TFF Second League pages.[1]

2008–09 Turkish Cup participation

MİY did not participate in 2008–09 Turkish Cup due to eligibility rules. 47th Turkish Cup (played as Fortis Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship purposes) 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 2007–08 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 (group 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 8th time.[4]

Management

Club management

Hüseyin Çalışkan was club president at the start of the season. Ali Kahramanlı, a businessman, was elected president in the club congress held on 24 September 2008 after fourth round in the first stage.

Coaching team

Ercan Albay managed the team during the season. He was commonly mentioned with Adana sides who were main rivals of the fans, so he met with reaction, but he come down to the history of the club by the promotion to upper league in this season.

2008–09 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches

Note: Only official games were included.

2008–09 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2008–09 TFF Second League Ranking and Promotion Group games.[6] This season optional kit numbers selected by players were allowed for the first time in the league's history. 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 →
199Levent Taşkın27 Jan 1977AnkaraGK35356 previous season.[7]
244Zafer Sağdıç20 Jul 1976MalatyaDF20120131 previous season.[8]
328Cihan Gökal3 Nov 1981TrabzonDF28328310 Etimesgut Şekerspor.[9]
44Erdal Sezek10 Jan 1980KiğıDF36236211 Etimesgut Şekerspor.[10]
535Orhan Terzi31 Dec 1979İzmirDF222231 previous season.[11]
621Ercan Naşal15 Oct 1983HazroMF24245 DBB Diskispor.[12]
762Sertaç Şahin23 Jul 1983İneboluMF33133121 previous season.[13]
86Faruk Atalay18 Mar 1981OfMF2742748 Fatih Karagümrük.[14]
98Zafer Biryol2 Oct 1976RizeFW3016301691 Çaykur Rizespor.[15]
1072Nurullah Kaya20 Jul 1986BatmanMF2642644 previous season.[16]
1165Sami İzcican19 Oct 1983VanFW361036106 previous season.[17]
1267Burak Onur5 Apr 1986DevrekGK33 Türk Telekomspor.[18]
1387Veysel Kılıç7 Sep 1987SeyhanMF2022024 previous season.[19]
1427Ferit Karataş15 Sep 1980ArabanFW1212 previous season.[20]
1522Emre Horoslu25 May 1980BoluDF664 Diyarbakırspor.[21]
165Onur Güney10 Dec 1982KozanDF30305 previous season.[22]
1790Birol Parlak1 Mar 1990PazarFW1414 previous season.[23]
183Mehmet Çolak17 Mar 1979MersinDF14144 previous season.[24]
1910Altan Aksoy5 Feb 1976RizeMF2252252 Çaykur Rizespor.[25]
2011Hakan Delil23 Jan 1981BakırköyMF21211 Karabükspor.[26]
2113Hakan Genç13 Jul 1980MerzifonMF881 Karabükspor.[27]
2234Evren Gayır12 Aug 1982BeykozMF111 previous season.[28]
2333Fuat Onur20 Jan 1987AltınözüDF1711712 previous season.[29]
2491Emre Kanağı6 Feb 1991BatmanGK Batman Petrolspor.[30]
2563Metin İmece22 Mar 1988MersinMF22 previous season.[31]
2638Tuna Kaya3 Feb 1984TomarzaDF16163 Kayseri Erciyesspor.[32]
271Ünal Odabaş10 Mar 1974TrabzonGK Konya Şekerspor.[33]
2853Cumhur Bozacı23 Aug 1974 PazarMF1511516 Eskişehirspor.[34]
299Abdullah Halman15 Aug 1987ŞanlıurfaFW1341342 Eskişehirspor.[35]
Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.[36] [37]

U-18 team

TFF organized Deplasmanlı Süper Gençler Ligi (DSGL) (Round-robin Super Youth League) in 2008–09. League was formed by 10 regional groups. Mersin İdmanyurdu U-18 team took place in Adana Group with 12 other teams from clubs that participated that year in professional leagues. MİY youth team finished 2nd after Adana Demirspor.[38]

WeekPositionPlayedWinDrawLostForAgainstDiff.Points
First half13 1 12 9 3 0 26 6 20 30
Second half26 2 24 16 6 2 53 18 35 54

Being runners-up of Adana Group, MİY U-18 team promoted to national group stage, where three teams played elimination games. MİY eliminated Şanlıurfaspor 1-0 (a.e.t)[39] and Tokatspor 7-6 (1-1 and 6-5 pen.)[40] in Group B. The group B games were played in Kahramanmaraş. In quarter-finals MİY U-18 team lost to Gaziantepspor 1-2[41] in Istanbul and was eliminated. Later Gaziantepspor was eliminated at semi-finals.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Official page for league is TFF 2008–09 Second League page and Ranking Group 3 page. Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 13 February 2010. Standings and results from maçkolik 3rd Ranking Group page and maçkolik Promotion Group page, retrieved on 17 June 2015.
  2. Standings and results from TFF Archive
  3. Standings and results from TFF league page.
  4. 2008–09 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) pages. Official page from TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website, retrieved on 17 June 2015 . An alternative source is maçkolik cup page. Cem Pekin Archives at Turkish Soccer site provides information in .
  5. Ercan Albay. His previous team was Adıyamanspor. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 17 June 2015.
  6. Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 2008–09 team squad. Select season to see staff.
  7. Levent Taşkın. In the team since 16 July 2007. His contract had been for two seasons. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for two seasons. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  8. Zafer Sağdıç. In the team since 12 July 2007. His contract had been for two seasons. 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 .
  9. Cihan Gökal. Player signed on 8 August 2008. Player's contract with his previous team Etimesgut Şekerspor had been mutually terminated. Although it was for two seasons, player's contract was mutually terminated and he signed to Bozüyükspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  10. Erdal Sezek. Player signed on 8 August 2008. Player's contract with his previous team Etimesgut Şekerspor had been mutually terminated. Player's contract was for two seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  11. [Orhan Terzi]
  12. Ercan Naşal. Player signed on 8 August 2008. Players contract with his previous team Diyarbakır BB Diskispor had ended. Although it was for two seasons, player's contract was mutually terminated and he signed to his previous team for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  13. Sertaç Şahin. In the team since 17 August 2006. Contract renewal on 12 July 2007 for two seasons. 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.
  14. Faruk Atalay. Player signed on 20 August 2008 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team had been mutually terminated. he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  15. [Zafer Biryol]
  16. [Nurullah Kaya]
  17. Sami İzcican. In the team since 17 July 2007. Player's contract was for two years. 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.
  18. Burak Onur. Player signed on 8 August 2008 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Türk Telekomspor had been mutually terminated. Player continued but was loaned to Çerkezköyspor in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  19. Veysel Kılıç. In the team since 2 August 2006. Player's contract was for three seasons. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for two seasons. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  20. Ferit Karataş. In the team since 24 July 2007. Player's contract was for two seasons. Player's contract ended at the end of the season and he signed to Adıyamanspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  21. Mustafa Emre Horoslu. Player signed on 8 August 2008 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Diyarbakırspor had been mutually terminated. Player had been on loan to Kartalspor in previous season. At the end of the season player's contract was mutually terminated and he signed to Kartalspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  22. Onur Güney. In the team since 12 July 2007. Player's contract was for two seasons. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Adana Demirspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  23. [Birol Parlak]
  24. [Mehmet Çolak]
  25. [Altan Aksoy]
  26. Hakan Delil. Player signed on 8 August 2008 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Kardemir D.Ç. Karabükspor had been mutually terminated. He continued in the next season, but his contract was mutually terminated in the mid of next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  27. Hakan Genç. Player signed on 8 August 2008 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Kardemir D.Ç. Karabükspor had been mutually terminated. Player's contract was terminated at the end of the season and he signed to Adıyamanspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  28. Evren Gayır. In the team since 1 February 2007. Contract renewal on 12 July 2007 for two seasons. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he became free agent. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  29. Fuat Onur. In the team since 3 August 2006. Player's contract was for five seasons. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  30. Emre Kanağı. Player signed on 1 September 2008 for three seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Batman Petrolspor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract was mutually terminated and he signed to his previous team for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  31. Metin İmece. In the team and professional since 3 September 2007. Contract renewal on 14 August 2008 for three seasons. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  32. Mustafa Tuna Kaya. Player signed on 16 January 2009. Player's contract with his previous team Kayseri Erciyesspor had been mutually terminated. At the end of the season player's contract was renewed for two seasons. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  33. Ünal Odabaş. Player signed on 16 January 2009 for one and a half seasons. At the end of the season player's contract was mutually terminated and he returned to amateur for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page .
  34. Can Cumhur Bozacı. Player signed on 21 January 2009. Player's contract with his previous team Eskişehirspor had been mutually terminated. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Sarıyer for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  35. [Abdullah Halman]
  36. 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.
  37. Mehmet Çolak was seen at team's official web page but does not take place in squad list of TFF. Data belonging to him is obtained through player search. TFF player search
  38. See league table and results from TFF DSGL League 2008-09.
  39. Mersin İdmanyurdu-Şanlıurfaspor: 1–0 Game details
  40. Mersin İdmanyurdu-Tokatspor: 7–6 Game details
  41. Mersin İdmanyurdu-Gaziantepspor: 1–2 Game details