1997–98 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1997–98. Mersin İdmanyurdu 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

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 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 played one-leg play-off games in Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.
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 1997–98 Second League season league summary:
Sources: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages.

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.
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 1997–98 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 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.

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.
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 1997–98 Second League Promotion Play-offs; ': 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.

Classification group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 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.

1997–98 Turkish Cup participation

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. 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.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1997–98 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
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 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.

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 CoachPeriodNotes
Zafer Bilgetay03.07.1997 – 18.09.19974112Left after 4th round of first stage.
20.09.1997 – 29.10.19979324
Kasım Gündüz30.10.1997 – 12.02.19988242Left in the mid-season.
Zafer Göncüler12.02.1998 – 31.05.199814536Contract ended at the end of the season.

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 matches only. 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.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Varol Özhan20 Jan 1968İzmirGK44 Altay.
22Bülent Kapıcı29 Aug 1973İstanbulDF2511126281 previous season.
33Türkay Başaran20 Sep 1966ÇanakkaleDF311322 previous season.
44Mustafa Çevirgen12 Feb 1973AdanaDF201215 previous season.
55Hakan Turgut4 Dec 1968MersinDF12122 previous season.
66Mehmet Özer3 Sep 1971SiirtMF211122122 Erzurumspor.
77Recep Yavaş11 Aug 1972AdapazarıMF27612862 Akçakocaspor.
88Gökhan Sakar7 Apr 1975OsmaniyeMF282230241 Ankaragücü.
99Hakan Kayalar13 Apr 1970İzmirFW30101311022 Altay.
1010Hüseyin Gün1 Jan 1975İzmirMF11211222 Aydınspor.
1111Kemal Yardımcı1 Jan 1972ŞanlıurfaFW92111033 previous season.
1212Okan Kopan19 Oct 1976ZonguldakGK191931 previous season.
1313Önal Arıca23 Feb 1976MersinDF251328161 previous season.
1414Murat Şaş19 May 1977GaziantepFW813111 previous season.
1515Fazlı Ulusoy18 Mar 1975İstanbulFW29821319 previous season.
1616Abdullah Akan1 Feb 1970DiyarbakırDF11 Ceyhanspor.
1717Yalçın Günay2 Jun 1974BayburtMF26132917 previous season.
1818Serkan Uçak23 July 1977MersinFW7291 previous season.
1916Ümit Aktaş12 Jul 1968MersinMF192212 Diyarbakırspor.
2017Aydın Yetgin5 June 1975RizeMF235 Altay.
2112Oğuzhan Doğar1 Jun 1978OsmaniyeGK9312 previous season.
2218Murat Erdoğan1 Aug 1976LondonMF18522052 previous season.
2318İbrahim Durmuşlu22 May 1973SilifkeDF2022241 Silifkespor.
2415Ferit Kaya2 Jan 1975AfşinMF26222824 previous season.
2512Volkan Barış Ercan10 Sep 1980MersinGKAmateur player.
2615Mevlüt Metli17 Aug 1979MersinMF11Amateur player.
2716Selman Turan11 Nov 1978MersinDF22Amateur player.
2817Eyyüp Özdemir4 Jun 1983BeytüşşebapDFAmateur player.
2915Nurullah Saygılı10 Sep 1976KiğıFW66 previous season.
3018İnan Günal4 Apr 1980TunceliDF314First time professional.
3117Turhan Aktarla19 Nov 1974MersinMF Alanyaspor.
3216Arap Öztürk15 May 1977İzmirFW1631632 Karşıyaka.
3312Hakan Baygın14 Aug 1969MersinGK11 Ispartaspor.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.