1999–2000 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1999–2000. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Second League 1999–00 season for the 26th time. MİY couldn't attend promotion group and promotion play-offs, therefore couldn't promote. The team also participated in Türkiye Kupası in 1999–00 and eliminated at Round 3.
Macit Özcan was club president. Ali Gültiken started to season, which was his first head coaching experience. Later Müjdat Yalman took over the team. Murat Akay had the most appearances, while Ersan Parlatan was top goalscorer. The stats are low this season due to withdrawal of teams who were severely affected by the 1999 İzmit earthquake.

1999–2000 Second League participation

took place in Group 1 in 1999–2000 Second League season. League was played in three stages. In the first stage 50 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 2000–01 First League. Remaining 8 teams in each ranking group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams in Groups 2, 4, 5 relegated to 2000–01 Third League at the end of the season. Due to the earthquake that occurred on August 17, 1999, Sakaryaspor and Düzcespor in Group 1 and Darıca Gençlerbirliği in Group 3 withdrew from the league and demanded excuse. TFF has decided that the teams would not be relegated. One another worst team from Group 1 and two another worst teams in Group 3 had relegated at the end of the season. In the third stage, 8 clubs played one-leg play-off games in Antalya 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 7th place and couldn't take a place in the promotion group. In classification group, team finished 4th and couldn't attend to promotion play-off games.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1999–2000 Second League season league summary:
Sources: 1999–2000 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1999–2000 Second League Ranking Group 1 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 1999–2000 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 1999–2000 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1999–2000 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: 1999–2000 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Classification group league table

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 1999–2000 Third League season. Points and goals were carried from ranking group. MİY obtained 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses and finished fourth. However, because points and goals were carried from ranking group, in aggregate MİY finished fifth and did not play promotion play-offs. Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Classification Group 1 in 1999–2000 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 1999–2000 Promotion Play-offs; ': Relegated to 2000–01 Turkish Third Football League.
Source: 1999–2000 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Classification group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1999–2000 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: 1999–2000 Turkish Second Football League pages.

1999–2000 Turkish Cup participation

was played by 64 teams in 4 rounds prior to quarterfinals in one-leg elimination system. had participated in 38th Turkish Cup from Round 1 and eliminated at Round 2. The opponents in first round were 3rd League team Ceyhanspor. In Round 2, 2nd League team BB Ankaraspor eliminated MİY. Galatasaray won the cup for the 13th time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1999–00 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 1Second LeagueThird LeagueCeyhansporA1–0Promoted to R3
Round 2Second LeagueSecond LeagueBüyükşehir Belediye AnkarasporA2–3Eliminated

Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1999–00 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1999–2000 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

, mayor of Mersin city was president. Özcan elected President in club congress after 18 April 1999 local elections. Mayors presided the club many times in its history.

Coaching team

was head coach at the start of the season. After 4th round Müjdat Yalman, who coached team in previous season came to the position.
1999–2000 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Ali Gültiken01.07.1999 – 09.09.19991001Left after 1st round of the first stage.
10.09.1999 – 29.09.19993111
Müjdat Yalman30.09.1999 – 13.03.200020767Left after 4th round of the second stage.
14.03.2000 – 31.05.200010631

Note: Only official games were included. 8 of the wins were awarded. See above tables within date ranges.

1999–2000 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 1999–00 Second League Ranking and Classification Groups games and 1999–00 Turkish Cup games. 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
11Bekir Arpacı2 Apr 1975HatayGK224 previous season.
22Önal Arıca23 Feb 1976MersinDF20120161 previous season.
33Murat Şaş19 May 1977GaziantepDF33 previous season.
44Murat Akay19 Jul 1976MersinDF232252 previous season.
55Köksal Ferizcan13 Oct 1968AnkaraMF132151 previous season.
66Sercan Yüksekdağ9 Sep 1981MersinDF213First time professional.
77Ünal Bulut3 Jan 1975KonyaDF11 previous season.
88Bülent Kapıcı29 Aug 1973İstanbulMF202041 previous season.
99İsmet Keser5 Jan 1974MersinMF172211934 previous season.
1010Ahmet Kolcu1 Jan 1983MazgirtFW4261Amateur player.
1111Nurullah Saygılı10 Nov 1976KiğıFW33 previous season.
1212Hakan Baygın14 Aug 1969MersinGK previous season.
1313Yalçın Günay2 Jun 1974BayburtMF2132 previous season.
1414Samet Yiğit2 Feb 1975MuşDF1511652 previous season.
1515Bora Çebi6 Mar 1975OrduMF52711 previous season.
1616Turhan Aktarla19 Nov 1974MersinFW11 previous season.
1717Salim Çömert1 Jan 1982MersinFWAmateur player.
1818Serdar Sucu18 Apr 1982MersinMFAmateur player.
191Oğuzhan Doğar1 Jun 1978OsmaniyeGK22222 previous season.
204Mustafa Çevirgen12 Feb 1973AdanaDF415 previous season.
216Ferit Kaya2 Jan 1975AfşinMF17118 previous season.
229Abidin Oktay12 Aug 1976MardinFW13121152 previous season.
2316Durmuş Tozlu19 Feb 1979ElbistanDF111 previous season.
243Ali Özyar2 Feb 1970SivasDF8191 Çorluspor.
255Emre Ülker2 Jan 1973BursaDF15154 K. Konyaspor.
267Ersan Parlatan1 Aug 1977BerlinMF21621631 Gençlerbirliği.
2711Şenol Erol10 Apr 1981TarsusFW102122First time professional.
2818Erhan Şaş9 Feb 1979KarataşFW21131 Ankaragücü.
294Gökhan Kolomoç28 May 1977AkçaabatDF171741 Trabzonspor.
309Ragıp Basdağ9 Jun 1978TrabzonMF17111811 Trabzonspor.
3110Serkan Özbalta5 Feb 1979OfFW112133 Altay.
3212Zekeriya Kuşak22 Aug 1976EskişehirGK Y. Afyonspor.
3315İsa Atalay1 May 1969AdanaFW Tarsus İY.
3411Erdal Tanhan1 Nov 1978VanFW1011133 Gaskispor.
3510Gökhan Sakar7 Apr 1975OsmaniyeFW1111114 İstanbulspor.
3611Tanser Aydın20 May 1970AnkaraFW1151151 Denizlispor.
3718Ali Kemal Er1 Jan 1978IğdırMF7171First time professional.

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.