Mersin Talim Yurdu Explained

Clubname:Mersin Talim Yurdu
Fullname:Mersin Talim Yurdu Spor Kulübü Derneği
Nickname:Kırmızı Şeytanlar (The Red Devils)
Ground:Mersin Arena, Mersin, Turkey
Capacity:25,534
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Şevket Varan
Website:http://www.mersinidmanyurdu.com.tr/
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Dissolved:30 June 2019

Mersin İdman Yurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and third divisions. The team was promoted to the Turkish second level division after the 2008–09 season. MİY became the champions of the Turkish second division during the 2010–11 season and earned promotion to the Turkish Süper Lig during the 2011–12 season. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium was the previous ground of the team with a capacity of 10,125.[1] In 2013, their new 25,534 person capacity stadium, Mersin Arena, was inaugurated on 23 March 2013 with a TFF First League match against Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor. Their main rivals were Adana Demirspor, Adanaspor and Tarsus İdman Yurdu, and were friendly with Bucaspor.

Name

The name "Mersin İdman Yurdu" was originated as Turkish equivalent of "Mersin Sports Club". In the beginning of the Republic, many of the sports clubs carried the names as such. Later, most of those clubs, either by merging or renaming, changed their names. The "İdman Yurdu" name remained for some clubs throughout the country. Later it lost its meaning. Therefore, "İdman Yurdu" has become a particular name for the club. Then, the club adopted the name "Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club". In its original form, the club's name is written separately. However, because of the norm that noun phrases which have lost their meaning are written contiguously, the team's name has become "Mersin İdmanyurdu". Today, both depictions are common in Turkish for MİY: Some write it separately (In Turkish, abbreviations are possible, even if the words had been conjunct). Club website has shown divergent interests.

Their nickname is Şeytanlar (meaning "Devils") or Kırmızı Şeytanlar ("Red Devils").[2] Their song is "Şampiyon yap bizi / Cehennemde yak bizi" ("Make us the champs / Burn us in hellfire").[2]

History

Mersin İdman Yurdu is one of the oldest clubs of the Mediterranean region. The club was founded on 16 August 1925 as Mersin Gençlerbirliği (English: Mersin Youth Union) during a meeting between Edip Buran and his friends İbrahim Yekta, Fevzi Serdengeçti, Asım Güler, Muhip Batıbeki, Necati Salim, Lütfi Resimci, Sami İstanbullu, Hayri Güntekin, Hakkı Cemal Üçer, Hasan Tahsin, and Mustafa Lütfi. Their aim was to provide Mersin's youth with activities to fill their spare time with sports during long, hot summer days in Mersin. Later, the club obtained a license with the participation of other founders, namely İbrahim Bigam, İhsan Dağıstan, Hamit Abey, Rauf Süleymaniyeli, Semih Can, Ömer, Cevdet Türkmenli, Kazım Kırzade, and Muharrem Yeğin.[3]

The first colors of the team were red and white. The club changed its name to Mersin İdman Yurdu in 1926, and their colors were changed to red and dark blue.[4] The logo was established as three connected circles, the center circle in red and the left and right circles in dark blue.

Mersin İdman Yurdu had won the regional title every year since its foundation until 1964, except during the 1949–50 season when Mersin Demirspor captured the title. In 1944, the team reached the third place in the Turkish Football Championship. In 1952, the club inaugurated their new stadium, Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadyumu,[5] by playing an opening match that was tied 3–3 with Galatasaray.[6]

In 1957, the club became sponsored by the Çukurova Group and adopted the name Çukurova İdmanyurdu. The team again finished third in the Turkish Amateur Championship.[6] Çukurova İdmanyurdu, as "a rather well-known amateur club from the city of Mersin",[7] turned professional and was promoted to Turkey's first second level league founded in 1963. Çukurova İdmanyurdu again became the amateur champions of Turkey in 1963. When they became a part of the Turkish second division they were one of only three clubs that came from outside of the major cities of Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir, the other clubs being Adana Demirspor and Bursaspor.

In June 1966, the club changed its name to Mersin İdman Yurdu after three seasons and became champions of the Turkish second division in the 1966–67 season. At the end of that season they won the Prime Minister's Cup by defeating the Amateur League champions. Beginning in the 1967–68 season they played in the Turkish top level division (Süper Lig) for 7 consecutive years and 11 years in total.

After the 1982–83 season, MİY was relegated from the Süper Lig. They played in the second division until the formation of a one-group second level division in 2001–02. Because of their place in the 2000–01 season they were automatically relegated to third level formed under the name of "Second League, Category B". They spent one season there and were promoted to the second division (Second League, Category A). After the 2005–06 season, they were relegated to the third division again.

In 2008, Ali Kahramanlı was elected president of the club. They finished the 2008–09 season in the TFF Second League playoffs in second place and advanced to the second division, now with the name TFF First League, also known as Bank Asya 1. Lig. After spending two seasons in the TFF First League, MİY became the champions of 2010–11 Bank Asya 1. Lig and were promoted to 2011–12 Süper Lig after being absent from the Süper Lig for 28 years. Their championship was widely attributed to coach Nurullah Sağlam, who took over the team after the 9th week during that season. They finished Süper Lig as 12th in the 2011–12 season but relegated again to First League after finishing 18th or last in the 2012–13 season. MİY finished the First League as 6th and qualified for the promotion play-offs in the 2013–14 season. They beat Orduspor 3–0 on aggregate and 2–0 Samsunspor and returned to top level at the first attempt. MİY finished the 2014-15 season as seventh. However, next season was a disaster for MİY due to financial problems. Eventually MİY relegated to second level after a 2-0 defeat to Çaykur Rizespor on 29 April 2016.

After the city of Mersin hosted the 2013 Mediterranean Games, there was an urgent need to build a modern stadium in the city. After the games were over, the club started to use the stadium for their league games. The stadium has a capacity of 25,534 people and it is one of the most modern stadiums in Turkey.[8]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Regional competitions

Others

League participations

Before 2001

After 2001

All time league table

PeriodLeagueSeasonPlWDLFAAvPt
Before 2001
Turkish First Football League11336102104130295339−44306
Turkish Second Football League2785838121826111528632791175
After 2001
Süper Lig13412616344542
TFF First League6168593970208231−23216
TFF Second League414266403619013753238
All times
First division12370114110146329384−55348
Second division331026440257331136010942561391
Third division414266403619013753238
Overall Totals491470591394489180615412531879
Note: 2011–12 stats are not included. Play-off games are not included. Before 1987 two-points-for-a-win rule was accepted.

Seasonal league table

Mersin İdman Yurdu professional league participations by season.[9]

First stageSecond stage
SeasonLeaguePlacePWDLFAAvPGroupPlacePWDLFAAvP
1963–642nd League5 24 10 5 9 29 31 −2 25
1964–652nd League3 30 18 4 8 42 24 18 40
1965–662nd League Red Group2 20 9 7 4 26 13 13 25 Final Group 5 14 6 3 5 21 16 5 15
1966–672nd League Red Group1 32 22 6 4 62 21 41 50
1967–681st League10 30 12 6 14 42 44 −4 30
1968–691st League6 30 11 9 10 35 29 6 31
1969–701st League4 30 12 12 6 32 27 5 36
1970–711st League11 30 11 6 13 27 26 1 28
1971–721st League7 30 10 10 10 35 29 6 30
1972–731st League11 30 8 11 11 26 31 −5 27
1973–741st League15 30 8 6 16 15 27 −12 22
1974–752nd League Red Group3 30 14 6 10 36 23 13 34
1975–762nd League Red Group1 30 14 11 5 39 17 22 39
1976–771st League7 30 9 13 8 25 26 −1 31
1977–781st League16 30 3 15 12 18 34 −16 21
1978–792nd League Red Group6 30 9 12 9 28 26 2 30
1979–802nd League Group A1 30 17 7 6 38 20 18 41
1980–811st League15 30 8 7 15 21 34 −13 23
1981–822nd League Group C1 28 21 5 2 46 11 35 47
1982–831st League15 34 10 9 15 19 32 −13 29
1983–842nd League Group B2 32 19 8 5 53 25 28 46
1984–852nd League Group B8 30 10 8 12 34 38 −4 28
1985–862nd League Group C12 34 8 16 10 21 28 −7 32
1986–872nd League Group B11 32 9 14 11 27 32 −5 32
1987–882nd League Group B11 32 11 8 13 42 37 5 41
1988–892nd League Group B6 34 14 7 13 48 44 4 49
1989–902nd League Group C3 32 16 4 12 43 37 6 52
1990–912nd League Group C3 32 19 7 6 69 36 33 64
1991–922nd League Group C10 32 12 6 14 44 39 5 42
1992–932nd League Group 22 18 12 3 3 44 20 24 39 Promotion Group 5 18 8 3 7 25 21 4 27
1993–942nd League Group 38 18 3 8 7 19 26 −7 17 Classification Group 3 5 32 9 14 9 37 34 3 41
1994–952nd League Group 39 18 6  – 12 13 23 −10 18 Classification Group 3 6 32 11 6 15 29 37 −8 39
1995–962nd League Group 31 18 12 4 2 31 17 14 40 Promotion Group 8 18 5 3 10 15 23 −8 18
1996–972nd League Group 32 18 10 5 3 26 13 13 35 Promotion Group 4 18 9 2 7 19 14 5 29
1997–982nd League Group 16 18 4 8 6 26 26  – 20 Classification Group 1 6 32 9 11 12 44 43 1 38
1998–992nd League Group 13 18 11  – 7 31 21 10 33 Classification Group 1 1 32 17 3 12 53 40 3 54
1999–002nd League Group 17 18 6 7 5 20 16 4 25 Classification Group 1 5 32 13 10 9 42 27 15 49
2000–012nd League Group 17 18 6 4 8 23 32 −9 22 Classification Group 1 7 32 8 10 14 39 56 −17 34
2001–02TFF 2nd League Group 11 18 10 5 3 34 19 15 35 Promotion Group 2 18 9 5 4 17 12 5 32
2002–03TFF 1st League12 34 12 6 16 52 51 1 42
2003–04TFF 1st League15 34 9 7 18 38 44 −6 34
2004–05TFF 1st League7 34 15 8 11 49 53 −4 53
2005–06TFF 1st League16 34 6 11 17 30 54 −24 29
2006–073 18 9 2 7 26 25 1 29 Classification Group 2 3 32 11 10 11 41 45 −4 43
2007–08TFF 2nd League Group 22 18 12 3 3 24 11 13 39 Promotion Group 6 18 6 5 7 18 19 −1 23
2008–09TFF 2nd League Group 32 20 9 8 3 30 17 13 35 Promotion Group 2 18 9 4 5 26 14 12 31
2009–10TFF 1st League13 34 11 8 15 36 44 −8 41
2010–11TFF 1st League1 32 17 7 8 39 29 10 58
2011–12Süper Lig

Note: Classification group statistics are accumulated on normal season.
Note (*): The team played as "Çukurova İdmanyurdu".
League and group colors: Green: Promoted; Light green: Qualified; Pink: Relegated.

Play-off games

Turkish Cup participations

Participated in the Turkish Cup since 1962.

All-time competition statistics

PeriodLeague attendedSeasonPlWDLFAAvPt
Before 2001
Turkish First Football League94218101453401346
Turkish Second Football League22582872396722472
Turkish Amateur Football Championship132013304
After 2001
Süper Lig1
TFF First League6167093138−721
TFF Second League1100102−20
All-time
First division104218101453401346
Second division2874357321271101793
Third division1100102−20
Amateur division132013304
Overall4012055174818315528143
Note: 2011–12 stats are not included. Before 1987 two-points-for-a-win rule was accepted. Serial penalties included in the match scores.

Seasonal competition statistics

SeasonCompetitionLeague attendedRounds playedPlWDLFAPt
1962–63Türkiye KupasıTurkish Amateur Football ChampionshipR1 Preliminary, R1, R23201334
1963–64Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football LeagueR3 Preliminary, R32101222
1964–65Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football LeagueR2 P, R2, R3 P23201654
1966–67Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R2 P2, R2, R3 P23201744
1967–68Türkiye KupasıTurkish First Football League R1, R24211525
1968–69Türkiye KupasıTurkish First Football League R12002140
1969–70Türkiye KupasıTurkish First Football League R1, R2 P, R263121657
1970–71Türkiye KupasıTurkish First Football League R1, R24121334
1972–73Türkiye KupasıTurkish First Football League R1, R24121334
1975–76Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R2 S1, R2 S2, R3, R463121067
1976–77Türkiye KupasıTurkish First Football League R3, R44301966
1977–78Türkiye KupasıTurkish First Football League R32101232
1978–79Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R3, R42101112
1979–80Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R31001240
1980–81Türkiye KupasıTurkish First Football League R5, R6 QF6213465
1981–82Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R2, R3, R4, R5, R61053213613
1982–83Federasyon KupasıTurkish First Football League R5, R6, QF, SF, F1053210813
1983–84Federasyon KupasıTurkish Second Football League R2, R3, R4650113310
1984–85Federasyon KupasıTurkish Second Football League R12020112
1985–86Federasyon KupasıTurkish Second Football League R12011021
1986–87Federasyon KupasıTurkish Second Football League R11001120
1989–90Federasyon KupasıTurkish Second Football League R21001010
1990–91Federasyon KupasıTurkish Second Football League R1, R22101833
1991–92Federasyon KupasıTurkish Second Football League R2, R32101333
1992–93Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R11001340
1993–94Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R1, R22101433
1994–95Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R2, R32101223
1995–96Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R2, R32101433
1996–97Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R2, R32101773
1997–98Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R2, R3, R43201336
1998–99Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R21001340
1999–00Türkiye KupasıTurkish Second Football League R1, R22101333
2002–03Türkiye KupasıTFF First League R11001120
2003–04Türkiye KupasıTFF First League R1, R22101123
2004–05Türkiye KupasıTFF First League R1, R22101443
2005–06Fortis Türkiye KupasıTFF First League R1, R2, R3 (group stage)62048136
2006–07Fortis Türkiye KupasıTFF Second League R11001020
2009–10Ziraat Türkiye KupasıTFF First League R1, R2, R3 (play-off)320114126
2010–11Ziraat Türkiye KupasıTFF First League R2, R3 (play-offs)2101353
2011–12Ziraat Türkiye KupasıTFF First League R3 (play-offs)

Note: Serial penalties added to match scores. Before 1987, two points for a win rule accepted.

European participations

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Ranking history:

See also: UEFA coefficient.

Season Rank Points Ref.
1984199 0.500[10]
1985210 0.500[11]
1986207 0.500[12]
1987204 0.500[13]
1988206 0.500[14]

Presidents

Former presidents

PresidentPeriod
Hakkı Cemal Üçer
Edip Buran
Halil Zaloğlu
Muharrem Hilmi Yeğin
Sait Arif Akıncı
Enver Ali Gernaz
Fuat Morel
Rıza Kurtuluş
Mitat Toroğlu 1930–1940
Fahri Merzeci
Tarık Özergin
Muhittin Aynaz
Anvi Gürsel
Şadi Eliyeşil
PresidentPeriod
Mehmet Karamehmet
Mehmet Karamehmet 1963–1965
Halit Gazioğlu 1965–1966
Nevzat Emrealp 1966–1967
Faruk Miskavi 1967–1968
Mehmet Karamehmet 1968–1974
Kaya Mutlu 1974–1976
Burhan Kanun 1976–1977
Salih Turhan Lokmanoğlu 1977–1978
Atilla Perşembe 1978–1979
Hadi Doğan 1979–1980
Aslan Çevirgen 1980–1981
Mehmet Fatih Deveci 1981–1983
1983–1987
PresidentPeriod
H. Okan Merzeci 1987–26.03.1989
Kaya Mutlu 27.03.1989–26.03.1994
H. Okan Merzeci 27.03.1994–20.10.1997
Mehmet Küver 21.10.1997–18.04.1999
19.04.1999–22.05.2004
Hasan Ahi 24.05.2004–15.01.2006
Erol Ertan 16.01.2006–08.01.2007
Hamit İzol 09.01.2007–12.12.2007
Hüseyin Çalışkan 13.12.2007–23.09.2008
Ali Kahramanlı 24.09.2008–11.01.2016
Hüseyin Çalışkan 11.01.2016–27.09.2016
Ali Tekin 28.09.2016–25.02.2017
Mahmut Karak 25.02.2017–present

Sources: Club history[15]

Coaches

Former coaches[16]

Head coachPeriod
İlhan Taşucu 01.08.1963–31.05.1965
Fahrettin Cansever 01.08.1965–20.01.1966
20.01.1966–31.05.1967
01.08.1967–28.04.1968
15.06.1968–25.03.1969
27.08.1969–31.05.1971
01.07.1971–29.08.1971
31.08.1971–11.02.1973
09.09.1973–23.09.1973
Nazım Koka 30.09.1973–10.03.1974
23.03.1974–31.05.1974
01.08.1974–31.05.1975
01.08.1975–31.05.1977
Turgut Kafkas 01.08.1977–31.12.1977
Orhan Yüksel 01.01.1978–31.05.1978
01.08.1978–31.05.1979
01.08.1979–31.05.1980
İsmet Arıkan 02.06.1980–31.05.1981
Candan Dumanlı 01.08.1981–31.05.1982
01.08.1982–31.05.1983
Kahraman Karataş 01.08.1983–31.05.1985
Aydın Tohumcu 01.08.1985–31.05.1986
Kahraman Karataş 01.08.1986–31.05.1987
Aydın Tohumcu 01.08.1987–31.05.1988
İsmet Arıkan 01.08.1988–31.05.1989
Head coachPeriod
Ali Hoşfikirer 01.08.1988–31.05.1989
Aydın Tohumcu 01.08.1989–04.01.1990
04.01.1990–31.05.1990
01.08.1990–31.05.1991
Adnan Dinçer 01.06.1991–31.05.1992
22.06.1992–20.12.1992
24.12.1992–25.04.1993
Nasır Belci 05.05.1993–31.05.1993
Aydın Tohumcu 01.07.1993–25.10.1993
Battal Toktay01.11.1993–31.05.1994
Kahraman Karataş 09.06.1994–20.10.1994
Levent Arıkdoğan 01.04.1995–28.02.1996
Candan Dumanlı 28.02.1996–31.05.1996
Kasım Gündüz 08.07.1996–31.05.1997
Zafer Bilgetay 03.07.1997–18.09.1997
Kasım Gündüz 30.10.1997–12.02.1998
Zafer Göncüler 12.02.1998–31.07.1998
Müjdat Yalman 01.08.1998–14.12.1999
Kahraman Karataş 11.02.1999–31.05.1999
01.07.1999–09.09.1999
Müjdat Yalman 30.09.1999–13.03.2000
Levent Arıkdoğan 01.07.2000–18.10.2000
Nasır Belci 06.07.2001–27.01.2003
30.01.2003–19.09.2003
Mehmet Şahan 19.09.2003–28.12.2003
Head coachPeriod
Levent Eriş 22.01.2004–31.05.2004
Levent Arıkdoğan 26.08.2004–01.11.2005
Engin Korukır 18.11.2005–17.03.2006
Nasır Belci 17.03.2006–26.09.2006
02.10.2006–08.03.2007
Kahraman Karataş 13.03.2007–31.05.2007
Abdülkerim Durmaz 17.07.2007–31.05.2008
Ercan Albay 14.08.2008–31.05.2009
19.08.2009–31.01.2010
05.02.2010–31.05.2010
Yüksel Yeşilova 03.06.2010–17.10.2010
22.10.2010–18.12.2012
20.12.2012–06.03.2013
08.03.2013–06.03.2014
06.03.2014–16.05.2014
16.05.2013–31.05.2014
03.06.2014–31.05.2015
03.07.2015–18.09.2015
22.09.2015–04.01.2016
19.01.2016–06.05.2016
Levent Arıkdoğan 21.07.2016–28.10.2016
28.10.2016–19.01.2017
Memduh Özbalta 09.02.2017–02.03.2017
Levent Eriş 03.03.2017–present

Note: Start dates of coaches who started regularly have been shown as 1 August, before 1990, if there was no TFF records.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=395&kulupID=118 Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Team Page
  2. http://www.turkish-football.com/team_profile.php?teamID=63 MERSIN IDMANYURDU
  3. "The history of Mersin İdman Yurdu". Mersin İdmanyurdu Kulübünün tarihçesi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.06.1982. Retrieved on 23.08.2010.
  4. http://www.forzaseytanlar.com/miytarihi.php Mersin İdmanyurdu Fan Site
  5. Tevfik Sırrı Gür was a well reputed governor of Mersin Province between 1931–1947. Mersin From Railway Station To The Lighthouse 22 August 2009.
  6. http://www.mersinidmanyurdu.org.tr/tr/icerik/7-tarihce.html Mersin İdmanyurdu Spor Kulübü Resmi Internet Sitesi
  7. this quote was spelled in Cem Pekin Archives.
  8. Web site: Berksun. Emre. Mersin Arena Stadi. 5 November 2016.
  9. Sources: TRT Spor; TFF ; Cem Pekin Archives.
  10. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 1984 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09.
  11. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 1985 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09.
  12. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 1986 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09.
  13. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 1987 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09.
  14. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 1988 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09.
  15. Name of presidents and their terms of presidency are determined through a comparative review of page on the previous presidents of the club at the club's official website ; Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years . Retrieved on 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü; and an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for various Mersin İdmanyurdu seasons.Other details obtained from web search.
  16. Dates are obtained from TFF coach search for post-1990 cases. Pre-1990 date information have been collected from various web sites including official web site, Maç anıları, Milliyet gazete arşivi, maçkolik . Please search for names in mentioned websites to verify.