Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2013–14. Team participated in 13th season of the league for 7th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2013–14 season in 6th place in Turkish TFF First League and became eligible to play play-off games. At the end of play-off games MİY has promoted to 2014–15Süper Lig after one year disappearance. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 2013–14Turkish Cup and was eliminated in second elimination round.
Ali Kahramanlı was club president. Hakan Kutlu has continued from previous season as head coach. Later Yılmaz Vural took over the team. Kutlu managed the final game. Güven Varol was both most appeared player and top goalscorer.
2013–14 TFF First League participation
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 2013–14TFF First League. League was played as PTT First League for sponsorship reasons. 19 teams attended due to return of Ankaraspor who were withdrawn from the league in 2010–11 season and reserved their right to attend depending on a court decision. Winners, runners-up and play-off winners were promoted to 2014–15Süper Lig. Play-offs were played among four teams who finished season at 3rd thru 6th positions. Bottom four teams were relegated to 2014–15TFF Second League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2013–14TFF First League finished the normal season at sixth place and became eligible to play play-off games. After play-off round the team promoted to 2014–15Süper Lig. Semifinals played in a round-robin elimination rule while final match was played in a neutral venue, IstanbulŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe's grounds.
Semifinals
At semifinals Mersin İdmanyurdu paired with Orduspor who finished normal season at third place. At semifinals teams played home and away matches. İdmanyurdu won both of the games and promoted to finals.[3]
At finals, teams played a single match at a neutral venue. İdmanyurdu defeated Samsunspor who finished normal season at 5th place, and promoted to 2014–15Süper Lig.
2013–14Turkish Cup was played for 52nd time as Ziraat Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship reasons. The Cup was played by 158 teams in 1 preliminary and 5 one-leg elimination stages and a two-legs group stage in two groups (A, B), after which first and second teams in each group played semifinals. Galatasaray won the Cup for 15th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in second elimination stage and eliminated to then amateur league team Niğde Belediyespor.[4]
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2013–14Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
President Ali Kahramanlı continued in his position which he held in 2008. * Club address was: Palmiye Mah. Adnan Menderes Bl. 1204 Sk. Onur Ap. K.2 D.3 Yenişehir/Mersin.[5]
Club management
Club President was Ali Kahramanlı.
Coaching team
At the start of the season head coach was Hakan Kutlu.[6] His assistants were Hakan Çobanoğlu (trainer), Hail İbrahim Özdemir, Serhat Kandemir and Ercan Akça (physicians), Kemal Gürgez and Barış Demirdizen (masseurs).[7]Yılmaz Vural took the position prior to 29th round derby against Adana Demirspor.[8]Hakan Kutlu signed on 16 May 2014 only for the final game. His contract ended on 31 May 2014.[6]
Appearances, goals and cards count for 2013–14TFF First League and 2013–14Turkish Cup games. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included. Kit numbers were allowed to select by players. 18 players appeared in each game roster, three to be replaced. Players are listed in order of appearance.
Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.[44]
U-21 team
Mersin İdmanyurdu U-21 team had participated in 2013–14 U-21 League. League was played in three stages. In the first stage, 61 teams played ranking group games in 8 groups on regional basis. 5 consisted of 8 and 3 consisted of 7 teams. In the second stage winners of each group consisted final group while the rest played classification group games. In the third stage, winners of classification groups played elimination matches and winners played quarterfinals with first four placed teams in final group. Mersin İdmanyurdu U-21 team took place in Ranking Group 5 and finished 3rd in the first stage. In the second stage the team took place in Classification Group 5 and finished 3rd with 7 wins, 6 deuces and 9 losses.[45]
^ abcde2013–14 PTT First League official page from TFF website; Qualifications and relegations from Turkish-Soccer; and detailed information and news from Maçkolik. Retrieved on 24 January 2015.
^ abİstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor appears as İstanbul Başakşehir in TFF reports. This is because İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Sports Club separated its football section and renamed it İstanbul Başakşehir Football Club before the start of 2014–15 football season. When a team changed its name its name in pages for previous seasons also changed. Therefore all the team names except those appear in weekly game results changed as İstanbul Başakşehir. See TFF club page and seasonal league pages on tff.org.tr.
^ abSee elimination and group stage games at tff.org.tr, official page of 2013–14 Ziraat Türkiye Kupası at TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website. An alternative source is maçkolik.com. Also Turkish Soccer site provides information in English.
^Obtained from Club's official page at tff.org.tr. Retrieved on 24 January 2014.
^ abcdHakan Kutlu had been the Technical Director (meaning "head coach" in Turkey) since 8 March 2013 when he became head coach after mutual termination of contract with Giray Bulak. on 12 July 2014 his contract was renewed for the next season, although Mersin İdmanyurdu had relegated from 2012–13 Süper Lig. However after some bad results his way was parted with the team on 6 March 2014. Team was at 6th position with 13 wins, 8 deuces and 5 losses when he left. See coach page at TFF coach page.
^Obtained from TFF coach search by team name at Mersin idmanyurdu coaches on 24 January 2015. However the list is not complete.
^ abYılmaz Vural managed 10 matches at the head of the team until the end of normal season and obtained 3 wins, 4 deuces and 3 losses. Team finished at 6th position and became eligible for play-offs. Vural won both matches of semifinals. However his contract was terminated before the final game on 16 May 2014. See coach page at TFF coach page.
^Murat Kalkan. Player signed on 2 July 2013. Contract with player's previous team Konyaspor had been mutually terminated. Player's contract was terminated in the mid-season and he signed with Çankırıspor on 3 February 2014. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Efe Halil Özarslan. Player signed on 21 June 2013. Contract with player's previous team Bucaspor had been terminated. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for three seasons. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Milan Mitrović. In the team since 5 January 2013. Player's previous team was Serbian side FK Rad. Player's contract was for three and a half seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Murat Ceylan. In the team since 4 September 2012. Contract renewal on 12 July 2013. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for two seasons. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
^Nduka Morrisson Ozokwo. In the team since 17 January 2011. Contract with player's previous team Boluspor had ended at the end of 2009–10 TFF First League season, and player had remained unattached. He had played for 4 seasons in the team. At the end of 2013–14 season player's contract ended, and player remained unattached again. Later in the mid of next season he signed to Adanaspor. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Emrah Bozkurt. Player signed on 12 July 2013. Contract with player's previous team Kayseri Erciyesspor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended, and player signed with Denizlispor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Eren Tozlu. In the team since 5 August 2012. 75 thousands € transfer fee had been paid to player's previous team Giresunspor. Player's contract was for three seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Veli Acar. Player signed on 28 August 2013. Contract with player's previous team Denizlispor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended, and player signed with Denizlispor again for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Burak Can Kalender. First time professional. Player signed on 25 April 2013. He was playing for Mersin İdmanyurdu A2 team. In the mid-season player's contract was mutually terminated, and player signed with Tarsus İdmanyurdu on 21 January 2014. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Ömer Alp Kulga. Player signed on 12 July 2013. Contract with player's previous team Orduspor had been mutually terminated. In the mid-season player's contract was mutually terminated again, and player signed with Denizlispor on 24 January 2014. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Nurullah Kaya. In the team since 2 August 2006. Contract renewal on 1 June 2013. 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.
^Adem Güven. Player signed on 20 August 2013. Player's previous team was Norwegian side Odds BK. Player's contract was for two seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Mehmet Yıldız. In the team since 18 January 2013. Contract renewal on 28 August 2013. At the end of the season player's contract ended, and he signed with Osmanlıspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Abdulkadir Korkut. In the team since 14 October 2011. Previous season player was loaned to Adıyamanspor for the second half. Before the start of the next season player was loaned to Niğde Belediyespor for the first half. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Mahmut Metin. In the team since 18 November 2001. Professional since 7 August 2012. He was playing for Mersin İdmanyurdu A2 team. Player's contract was for five seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
^Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım. Player signed on 20 August 2013. Contract with player's previous team Belediye Vanspor had ended. Player's contract was for two seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Coşkun Kayhan. Player signed on 12 July 2013. Player's previous team was Austrian Regional League team 1. SC Sollenau. In the mid-season Players contract was terminated, and player signed with another Austrian Regional League team Wiener SK. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Yusuf Türkmen. First time professional. Player signed on 18 September 2013. In the mid-season player was loaned to Kırıkhanspor on 17 January 2014. At the end of the season player's contract was mutually terminated, and player signed with Üsküdar Anadolu SK for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Ahmet Şahin. Player signed on 8 January 2014. Contract with player's previous team Balıkesirspor had been mutually terminated. At the end of the season player's contract ended, and player signed with Osmanlıspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Serkan Yanık. Player signed on 20 January 2014. Contract with player's previous team Gençlerbirliği 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.
^Cem Sultan|. Player signed on 20 January 2014. Contract with player's previous team Kayserispor 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.
^Berkan Afşarlı. Player signed on since 1 January 2014 for one and a half season. He continued next season. Contract with player's previous team German side FC Wil 1900 had ended. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^Ivan Perić. Player signed on 3 February 2014. Player's previous team was Kazakh side FC Zhetysu. At the end of the season player's contract ended, and player signed with Albanian side FK Kukësi for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
^Oğuzhan Biçer. Player signed on 28 January 2014. Contract with player's previous team MKE Ankaragücü had been mutually terminated. He was playing for Mersin idmanyurdu A2 team. At the end of the season player's contract was mutually terminated, and player signed with TFF Third League team Yeşil Bursa S.K. for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
^TFF club page (select season to confirm), retrieved on 7 February 2015 from tff.org; and maçkolik.com team page, retrieved on 7 February 2015 from maçkolik.com.
