1997–98 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1997–98. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 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.

Mersin İdmanyurdu
1997–98 season
PresidentTurkey H. Okan Merzeci
(till 20 October 1997)
Turkey Mehmet Küver
(since 21 October 1997)
Head coachTurkey Zafer Bilgetay
(till 18 September 1997)
Turkey Kasım Gündüz
(till 12 February 1998)
Turkey Zafer Göncüler
(till 31 May 1998)
StadiumTevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium
Mersin, Turkey
Second LeagueRanking Group 1: 6th
Classification Group 1: 6th
Turkish CupEliminated at R4
Most appearancesTurkey Türkay Başaran (32)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Turkey Hakan Kayalar (10)

All:
Turkey Hakan Kayalar (10)
Away[1] colours
← 1996–97

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 edit

Mersin İdmanyurdu 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 (one with 11 and others with 10 clubs) 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 (3 from the promotion group and 1 each from 5 classification groups) played one-leg play-off games in Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.[2]

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 edit

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1997–98 Second League season league summary:

Overall Home Away
Stage Pc Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt
Ranking Group 6 18 4 8 6 26 26 0 20 9 3 4 2 19 13 +6 13 9 1 4 4 7 13 -6 7
Classification Group 5 14 5 3 6 18 17 +1 18 7 5 1 1 11 4 +7 16 7 0 2 5 7 13 -6 2
Overall 6 32 9 11 12 44 43 +1 38 16 8 5 3 30 17 +13 29 16 1 6 9 14 26 -12 9
Sources: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages.[3]

Ranking group league table edit

Mersin İY's league performance in TFF Second League Ranking Group 1 in 1997–98 season is shown in the following table.[4]

Pc Team Games Goals Pts Home Away
Pl W D L F A F–A R Pc F–A R Pc
1 Adanaspor (Q) 18 11 2 5 37 23 35 2–1 17 6 0–3 8 8
2 Sarıyer (Q) 18 10 4 4 33 21 34 1–1 15 6 1–1 6 6
3 İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor 18 9 4 5 30 26 31 2–3 5 6 0–0 14 6
4 Hatayspor 18 7 6 5 25 22 27 2–2 4 6 1–1 13 7
5 Konyaspor 18 6 6 6 21 20 24 0–0 7 6 1–1 16 6
6 Mersin İdmanyurdu 18 4 8 6 26 26 20
7 Boluspor 18 5 5 8 22 28 20 5–2 12 7 0–2 3 7
8 Kemerspor 18 5 5 8 22 33 20 5–1 9 7 1–2 18 6
9 Bakırköyspor 18 4 5 9 23 31 17 0–1 10 7 2–1 1 1
10 Gaziosmanpaşaspor 18 3 7 8 17 26 16 2–2 2 2 1–2 11 7
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 1997–98 Second League Promotion Group.
Source: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.[3]

Ranking group games edit

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 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.

24 August 1997 Round 1 Bakırköyspor    1–2    Mersin İdmanyurdu Şenlikköy Std., Bakırköy, Istanbul
Sunday, 17:00 Engin Çalışkan   76' (F)
Kasım Çıkla   13'
Ahmet Kilimcioğlu   82'
Mahmut Taşdemir   88'
Report   7' (F) Hakan Kayalar
  32' (F) Recep Yavaş
  5' Bülent Kapıcı
Referee: Sebahattin Bitirim
31 August 1997 Round 2 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2–2    Gaziosmanpaşaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 17:00 Kemal Yardımcı   62' (F)
Kemal Yardımcı   87' (F)
Hüseyin Gün   62'
Kemal Yardımcı   89'
Report   71' (F) Ümit Karabaş
  82' (F) Atilla Alioğlu
  31' Doğan Pek
  52' Fatih Diker
Referee: Selami Şimşek
7 September 1997 Round 3 Boluspor    2–0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Bolu
Sunday, 16:00 Tuncay Hakan Güzey   37' (F)
Tuncay Hakan Güzey   46' (F)
Suat Yakut   50'
Kerim Kara   57'
Report   31' Hüseyin Gün
  62' Hakan Turgut
Referee: Levent Yardımcı
14 September 1997 Round 4 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2–2    Hatayspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00 Hakan Kayalar   2' (F)
Recep Yavaş   21' (F)
Hakan Turgut   61'
Önal Arıca   85'
Report   48' (F) Mehmet Kakil
  65' (F) Yunus Altun
  53' Hakan Özyay
  60' Mehmet Kakil
  65' Mustafa Hakan Şimşek
Referee: Habeşi Bilal Kutlu
21 September 1997 Round 5 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2–3    İstanbul BŞB Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00 Recep Yavaş   33' (F)
Hüseyin Gün   47' (F)
Bülent Kapıcı   64'
Report[5]   53' (F) Bünyamin Kubat
  63' (F) Bünyamin Kubat
  76' (F) Cem Baki
  57' Halit Köprülü
Referee: Kenan Gökkaya
28 September 1997 Round 6 Sarıyer    1–1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Y.Z. Öniş Stadium, Sarıyer, Istanbul
Sunday, 16:30 Nail Uğur Timurcioğlu   3' (F)
Ender Özinç   43'
Hakan Çimen   68'
Nail Uğur Timurcioğlu   83'
Ersel Uzgur   88'
Report   85' (F) Fazlı Ulusoy
  48' Önal Arıca
  51' Mustafa Çevirgen
  70' Oktay Kopan
  75' Ferit Kaya
  87' Yalçın Günay
Referee: Sebahattin Bitirim
5 October 1997 Round 7 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0–0    Konyaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00 Kemal Yardımcı   34'
Mustafa Çevirgen   55'
Report   53' Mustafa Katip
  67' Ozan Köprülü
  82' Mehmet Can
Referee: Ahmet İbanoğlu
12 October 1997 Round 8 Adanaspor    3–0    Mersin İdmanyurdu 5 Ocak Stadium, Adana
Sunday, 19:00 Hamdi Demirtaş   31' (F)
Altan Aksoy   40' (F)
Sertan Eser   65' (F)
Kamil Ustaömer   60'
Emrah Eren   62'
Sertan Eser   71'
Report   21' Mehmet Özer
  33' Kemal Yardımcı
  42' Ümit Aktaş
  87' Ferit Kaya
Referee: Ali Koraş
19 October 1997 Round 9 Mersin İdmanyurdu    5–1    Kemerspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00 Hakan Kayalar   43' (P)
Fazlı Ulusoy   54' (F)
Hüseyin Gün   58' (F)
Önal Arıca   61' (F)
Hakan Kayalar   85' (F)
Okan Kopan   23'
Ümit Aktaş   58'
Hakan Kayalar   89'
Report   21' (F) Uğur Aksu
  44' Mehmet Çeker
Referee: İsmet Arzuman
26 October 1997 Round 10 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0–1    Bakırköyspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30 Türkay Başaran   8'
Gökhan Sakar   44'
İbrahim Durmuşlu   58'
Report   75' (F) Engin Çalışkan
  21' Kasım Çıkla
  66' Hakan Saral
  67' Engin Çalışkan
Referee: Sebahattin Şahin
2 November 1997 Round 11 Gaziosmanpaşaspor    2–1    Mersin İdmanyurdu GOP Stadium, G.o.paşa, Istanbul
Sunday, 14:00 Güngör Öztürk   60' (F)
Taner Ertaş   62' (F)
Canel Çalışkan   22'
Nezih Balcı   36'
Alpaslan Kartal   84'
Ümit Karabaş   89'
Report   89' (F) Yalçın Günay
  34' Recep Yavaş
  42' Ferit Kaya
  60' Hakan Kayalar
  72' Mustafa Çevirgen
  83' Gökhan Sakar
  87' Bülent Kapıcı
Referee: Hakan Özkan
9 November 1997 Round 12 Mersin İdmanyurdu    5–2    Boluspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30 Fazlı Ulusoy   31' (F)
Fazlı Ulusoy   44' (F)
Murat Erdoğan   68' (F)
Murat Erdoğan   76' (F)
Murat Erdoğan   80' (F)
Bülent Kapıcı   18'
Mustafa Çevirgen   44'
Yalçın Günay   51'
Report   5' (F) Cüneyt Karakuş
  19' (F) Cüneyt Karakuş
  31' Cüneyt Karakuş
  55' Muhsin Sezer
  72' Targan Seymen
  78' Salih Yorulmaz
  83' Atilla Ermen
Referee: Nihat Doker
16 November 1997 Round 13 Hatayspor    1–1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Antakya, Hatay
Sunday, 13:30 Yunus Altun   89' (F)
Zafer Uysal   73'
Hakan Özyay   86'
Yusuf Işık   89'
Report   27' (F) Hakan Kayalar
  73' Önal Arıca
Referee: Metin Çakarel
23 November 1997 Round 14 İstanbul BŞB    0–0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Ç. Emeç Stadium, B.paşa, Istanbul
Sunday, 14:00 Ufuk Çam   21'
İsmail Demirci   34'
Telat Özden   71'
Sinan Demircioğlu   89'
Report[5]   58' İbrahim Durmuşlu
  87' Okan Kopan
Referee: Ahmet İbanoğlu
29 November 1997 Round 15 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1–1    Sarıyer Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 13:30 Ferit Kaya   3' (F)
Mehmet Özer   84'
Report   82' (F) Ersel Uzgur
  37' Osman Cengiz Güzeltepe
  40' Ersel Uzgur
  76' Ender Özinç
Referee: Bülent Akkaşlı
7 December 1997 Round 16 Konyaspor    1–1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Konya
Sunday, 13:30 Suvat Karadağ   50' (F) Report   41' (F) Fazlı Ulusoy
  79' Yalçın Günay
Referee: Namık Orhan
14 December 1997 Round 17 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2–1    Adanaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30 Hakan Kayalar   2' (F)
Hakan Kayalar   41' (P)
Bülent Kapıcı   75'
Report   37' (F) Hayati Şen
  1' Mehmet Öğüt
  28' Murat Özdemir
  44' Candan Sayın
  70' Hayati Şen
  85' Emrah Eren
21 December 1997 Round 18 Kemerspor    2–1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Kemer, Antalya
Sunday, 13:30 Hakan Şimşek   25' (F)
Tufan Devrim Zengin   41' (F)
İhsan Tanrıverdi   85'
Hakan Şimşek   88'
Report   31' (F) Hakan Kayalar
  32' Recep Yavaş
  89' Önal Arıca
Referee: Satılmış Kavacıklı
Sources: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages.[3]

Classification Group edit

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.[6]

Pc Team Games Goals Pts Home Away
Pl W D L F A F–A R Pc F–A R Pc
1 İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Q) 32 16 8 8 58 44 56 1–2 10 4 3–4 3 5
2 Konyaspor 32 14 11 7 51 29 53 1–1 13 5 1–1 6 6
3 Hatayspor 32 12 7 13 35 40 43 1–0 12 4 0–1 5 5
4 Boluspor 32 10 10 12 37 42 40 1–0 8 4 0–1 1 6
5 Bakırköyspor 32 11 6 15 44 58 39 2–0 4 5 2–3 11 6
6 Mersin İdmanyurdu 32 9 11 12 44 43 38
7 Kemerspor (R) 32 9 7 16 38 60 34 2–1 2 5 1–1 9 4
8 Gaziosmanpaşaspor (R) 32 5 12 15 32 49 27 3–0 7 4 0–2 14 6
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 1997–98 Second League Promotion Play-offs;   (R): 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.[3][7]

Classification group games edit

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 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.

15 February 1998 Round 1 Boluspor    1–0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Bolu
Sunday, 13:30 Cüneyt Karakuş   56' (F)
Targan Seymen   70'
Report   63' Önal Arıca Referee: Metin Seval
22 February 1998 Round 2 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2–1    Kemerspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30 Recep Yavaş   29' (F)
Fazlı Ulusoy   87' (F)
Hakan Kayalar   10'
Report   64' (F) Ercan Erkavas
  14' Ramazan Kafes
  22' Ramazan Özen
  39' Hakan Şimşek
  41' Tevfik Hakan Alkan
  80' Reşat Yılmaz
Referee: Habeşi Bilal Kutlu
1 March 1998 Round 3 İstanbul BŞB    4–3    Mersin İdmanyurdu Ç. Emeç Stadium, B.paşa, Istanbul
Sunday, 13:30 Haluk Kulaçoğlu   9' (F)
Telat Özden   67' (F)
Ebubekir Keskin   87' (F)
İsmail Demirci   89' (F)
Murat Karakale   28'
Mustafa Sarıgül   39'
İsmail Demirci   61'
Şükrü Sebat   73'
Report[5]   20' (F) Arap Öztürk
  50' (F) Fazlı Ulusoy
  59' (F) Murat Erdoğan
  61' Önal Arıca
  68' Murat Erdoğan
Referee: Kazım Erçakır
8 March 1998 Round 4 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2–0    Bakırköyspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30 Hakan Kayalar   21' (P)
Bülent Kapıcı   86' (F)
İbrahim Durmuşlu   14'
Hakan Kayalar   43'
Türkay Başaran   52'
Bülent Kapıcı   76'
Yalçın Günay   85'
Okan Kopan   88'
Report   20' Ercüment Eren Referee: Cem Tosyalı
15 March 1998 Round 5 Hatayspor    1–0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Antakya, Hatay
Sunday, 13:30 Yunus Altun   69' (F)
Bülent Görgün   78'
Zafer Uysal   89'
Report   58' İbrahim Durmuşlu
  59' Arap Öztürk
Referee: Nurettin Saka
22 March 1998 Round 6 Konyaspor    1–1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Konya
Sunday, 13:30 Suvat Karadağ   11' (F)
İsa Dündar   19'
Ozan Köprülü   26'
Erdoğan Genç   74'
Mustafa Göztok   85'
Report   24' (F) Recep Yavaş
  9' Ferit Kaya
  26' Mustafa Çevirgen
  57' Bülent Kapıcı
  64' Gökhan Sakar
  76' Yalçın Günay
Referee: İsmet Arzuman
28 March 1998 Round 7 Mersin İdmanyurdu    3–0    Gaziosmanpaşaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 14:30 Arap Öztürk   2' (F)
Hakan Kayalar   36' (F)
Fazlı Ulusoy   84' (F)
Arap Öztürk   42'
Report   27' Adem Mandıralı
  43' Güngör Öztürk
  57' Ahmet Cemalettin Cengiz
  60' Doğan Pek
  77' Alpaslan Kartal
  88' Tolga Yüksek
Referee: Habeşi Bilal Kutlu
5 April 1998 Round 8 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1–0    Boluspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30 Murat Erdoğan   89' (P)
Yalçın Günay   78'
Murat Erdoğan   89'
Bülent Tarık Kapıcı   89'
Report   58' Bülent Karakuş
  89' Muhsin Sezer
  89' Targan Seymen
Referee: Sebahattin Şahin
12 April 1998 Round 9 Kemerspor    1–1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Kemer, Antalya
Sunday, 14:30 Yusuf Ünal   82' (F)
Uğur Aksu   68'
Hakan Şimşek   88'
Report   74' (F) Arap Öztürk Referee: Mustafa Arslan
19 April 1998 Round 10 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1–2    İstanbul BŞB Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30 Gökhan Sakar   80' (F)
İbrahim Durmuşlu   87'
Report[5]   10' (F) Bünyamin Kubat
  49' (F) Zafer Turan
  2' Fevzi Korkmaz
  4' Ayhan Alemdaroğlu
  75' Halit Köprülü
Referee: Şahin Taşkınsoy
26 April 1998 Round 11 Bakırköyspor    3–2    Mersin İdmanyurdu Şenlikköy Std., Bakırköy, Istanbul
Sunday, 15:30 Engin Çalışkan   27' (F)
Gökmen Özcan   43' (P)
Kasım Çıkla   88' (F)
Erol Gündoğdu   30'
Ahmet Kilimcioğlu   89'
Report   35' (F) Gökhan Sakar
  78' (F) Ferit Kaya
  32' Gökhan Sakar
Referee: Fikret Akay
3 May 1998 Round 12 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1–0    Hatayspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30 Recep Yavaş   43' (F)
Gökhan Sakar   58'
Yalçın Günay   88'
Report   69' Ahmet Taşyürek
  77' Murat Karaalioğlu
Referee: Sebahattin Şahin
10 May 1998 Round 13 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1–1    Konyaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30 Murat Şaş   47' (F)
Bülent Kapıcı   40'
Report   44' (F) Suvat Karadağ
  22' Bülent Okyaz
  41' Yunus Emre Ülker
  76' Erdoğan Genç
  90' Mustafa Göztok
Referee: Ali Koraş
16 May 1998 Round 14 Gaziosmanpaşaspor    2–0    Mersin İdmanyurdu GOP Stadium, G.o.paşa, Istanbul
Saturday, 15:30 Alpaslan Kartal   40' (F)
Salim Ayan   80' (F)
Sinan Közen   16'
Report Referee: Şerif Dursun
Sources: 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages.[3]

1997–98 Turkish Cup participation edit

1997–98 Turkish Cup 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. [Mersin İdmanyurdu] 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.[8]

Cup track edit

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1997–98 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Round Own League Opponent's League Opponent A/H Score Result
Round 2 Second League Second League Adana Demirspor H 1–0 Promoted to R3
Round 3 Second League Second League Eskişehirspor H 1–0 Promoted to R4
Round 4 Second League Second League Hatayspor H 1–3 Eliminated
Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details edit

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1997–98 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

1 October 1997 Round 2 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1–0    Adana Demirspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 14:00 Fazlı Ulusoy   75' (F) Report   54' Koray Çevik
  59' Levent Güngör
Referee: Rahim Onar
15 October 1997 Round 3 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1–0 (a.e.t.)    Eskişehirspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 14:00 Kemal Yardımcı   110' (P)
Önal Arıca   76'
Report   103' Riyaz Murat Özduran Referee: Selçuk Yılmaz
29 October 1997 Round 4 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1–3    Hatayspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 13:00 Bülent Kapıcı   38' (F)
Serkan Uçak   89'
Report   11' (F) Cavit Öğrüce
  73' (F) Yunus Altun
  82' (F) Mustafa Hakan Şimşek
Referee: Namık Orhan
Source: 1997–98 Turkish Cup pages.[8]

Management edit

Club management edit

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 edit

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:

Nat Head Coach Period Pl W D L Notes
  Zafer Bilgetay 03.07.1997 – 18.09.1997 4 1 1 2 Left after 4th round of first stage.[9]
20.09.1997 – 29.10.1997 9 3 2 4
  Kasım Gündüz 30.10.1997 – 12.02.1998 8 2 4 2 Left in the mid-season.[10]
  Zafer Göncüler 12.02.1998 – 31.05.1998 14 5 3 6 Contract ended at the end of the season.[11]
Note: Only official games were included.

1997–98 squad edit

Appearances, goals and cards count for 1997–98 Second League Group 1 matches and 1997–98 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches only.[12] 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.

O N Nat Name Birth Born Pos LA LG CA CG TA TG     Season Notes
1 1   Varol Özhan 20 Jan 1968 İzmir GK 4 4 1997 ST Altay.[13]
2 2   Bülent Kapıcı 29 Aug 1973 Istanbul DF 25 1 1 1 26 2 8 1 previous season.[14]
3 3   Türkay Başaran 20 Sep 1966 Çanakkale DF 31 1 32 2 previous season.[15]
4 4   Mustafa Çevirgen 12 Feb 1973 Adana DF 20 1 21 5 previous season.[16]
5 5   Hakan Turgut 4 Dec 1968 Mersin DF 12 12 2 previous season.[17]
6 6   Mehmet Özer 3 Sep 1971 Siirt MF 21 1 1 22 1 2 2 1997 ST Erzurumspor.[18]
7 7   Recep Yavaş 11 Aug 1972 Adapazarı MF 27 6 1 28 6 2 1997 ST Akçakocaspor.[19]
8 8   Gökhan Sakar 7 Apr 1975 Osmaniye MF 28 2 2 30 2 4 1 1997 ST Ankaragücü.[20]
9 9   Hakan Kayalar 13 Apr 1970 İzmir FW 30 10 1 31 10 2 2 1997 ST Altay.[21]
10 10   Hüseyin Gün 1 Jan 1975 İzmir MF 11 2 1 12 2 2 1997 ST Aydınspor.[22]
11 11   Kemal Yardımcı 1 Jan 1972 Şanlıurfa FW 9 2 1 1 10 3 3 previous season.[23]
12 12   Okan Kopan 19 Oct 1976 Zonguldak GK 19 19 3 1 previous season.[24]
13 13   Önal Arıca 23 Feb 1976 Mersin DF 25 1 3 28 1 6 1 previous season.[25]
14 14   Murat Şaş 19 May 1977 Gaziantep FW 8 1 3 11 1 previous season.[26]
15 15   Fazlı Ulusoy 18 Mar 1975 Istanbul FW 29 8 2 1 31 9 previous season.[27]
16 16   Abdullah Akan 1 Feb 1970 Diyarbakır DF 1 1 1997 ST Ceyhanspor.[28]
17 17   Yalçın Günay 2 Jun 1974 Bayburt MF 26 1 3 29 1 7 previous season.[29]
18 18   Serkan Uçak 23 July 1977 Mersin FW 7 2 9 1 previous season.[30]
19 16   Ümit Aktaş 12 Jul 1968 Mersin MF 19 2 21 2 1997 ST Diyarbakırspor.[31]
20 17   Aydın Yetgin 5 June 1975 Rize MF 2 3 5 1997 SL Altay.[32]
21 12   Oğuzhan Doğar 1 Jun 1978 Osmaniye GK 9 3 12 previous season.[33]
22 18   Murat Erdoğan 1 Aug 1976 London MF 18 5 2 20 5 2 previous season.[34]
23 18   İbrahim Durmuşlu 22 May 1973 Silifke DF 20 2 22 4 1 1997 ST Silifkespor.[35]
24 15   Ferit Kaya 2 Jan 1975 Afşin MF 26 2 2 28 2 4 previous season.[36]
25 12   Volkan Barış Ercan 10 Sep 1980 Mersin GK Amateur player.[37]
26 15   Mevlüt Metli 17 Aug 1979 Mersin MF 1 1 Amateur player.[38]
27 16   Selman Turan 11 Nov 1978 Mersin DF 2 2 Amateur player.[39]
28 17   Eyyüp Özdemir 4 Jun 1983 Beytüşşebap DF Amateur player.[40]
29 15   Nurullah Saygılı 10 Sep 1976 Kiğı FW 6 6 previous season.[41]
30 18   İnan Günal 4 Apr 1980 Tunceli DF 3 1 4 First time professional.[42]
31 17   Turhan Aktarla 19 Nov 1974 Mersin MF 1997 ST Alanyaspor.[43]
32 16   Arap Öztürk 15 May 1977 İzmir FW 16 3 16 3 2 1998 WT Karşıyaka.[44]
33 12   Hakan Baygın 14 Aug 1969 Mersin GK 1 1 1998 WT Ispartaspor.[45]
Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.[46]

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ Away colors were adapted from a picture on Milliyet online archive depicting two players from 11th round game against Gaziosmanpaşaspor. See G.O.Paşa iki dakikada Third colors were adapted from a picture from first round game against İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor from Milliyet online archive. See Son anda Belediye. (in Turkish). (free membership is required to search). Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  2. ^ See league tables, promotion and relegation from Cem Pekin Archives. Retrieved on 30 March 2010. (in English)
  3. ^ a b c d e Official page for league is TFF 1997–98 Second League page and Ranking Group 1 page and Classification Group 1 page. Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 13 February 2010. Standings and results from maçkolik 1st Ranking Group page Archived 13 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine and maçkolik 1st Classification Group page, retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  4. ^ Standings and results from TFF Archive.
  5. ^ a b c d İstanbul 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.
  6. ^ Standings and results from Cem Pekin Archives. Although classification group games should have been accumulated on ranking group data in the league tables, in TFF pages classification group tables are shown as unaccumulated. See Classification Group 1 page at TFF website. Maçkolik site makes the same mistake: See maçkolik 1997–98 Second League Classification Group 1 page. Final standings are seen correctly in former source. On the other hand, this source does not supply round-by-round league table. Therefore place after rounds columns are empty. As of 7 June 2015.
  7. ^ Places in league table by rounds were obtained from Milliyet online archive through an advanced search (note: free membership is required to search). (in Turkish). Searched on 7 June 2015.
  8. ^ a b 1997–98 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) pages. Official page from TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website, retrieved on 7 June 2015 (in Turkish). An alternative source is maçkolik cup page. Cem Pekin Archives at Turkish Soccer site provides information in (in English).
  9. ^ Zafer Bilgetay. His contract was terminated after a bad start. His previous team was Altay. Later he signed with Karşıyaka in the mid of second stage. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  10. ^ Mehmet Kasım Gündüz. He signed after 10th round of first stage. His contract was terminated in the mid-season. Later he signed to Kuşadasıspor for the next season. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  11. ^ Mehmet Zafer Göncüler. His previous team was Sarıyer. He completed the season and signed to Aydınspor for the next season. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
  12. ^ Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 1997–98 team squad.Select season to view.
  13. ^ Varol Özhan. Player signed on 4 July 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Altay had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was extended for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ Bülent Tarık Kapıcı. Started as DF player but later moved to FW position. In the team since 16 August 1993. Contract renewal on 27 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ Türkay Başaran. In the team 15 October 1994. Contract renewal on 26 June 1996. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ^ Mustafa Çevirgen. In the team since 6 August 1996. Contract renewal on 26 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  17. ^ Hakan Turgut. In the team since 13 June 1994. Contract renewal on 7 July 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Mardinspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  18. ^ Mehmet Recep Özer. Player signed on 28 July 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Erzurumspor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Batman Petrolspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ^ Recep Yavaş. Player signed on 30 June 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Akçakocaspor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Kartalspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  20. ^ Gökhan Sakar. Player signed on 27 June 1996. Player was on loan to MKE Kırıkkalespor in previous season. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  21. ^ Hakan Kayalar. Player signed on 1 July 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Altay had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Bucaspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  22. ^ Hüseyin Gün. Player signed on 19 August 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Aydınspor had been terminated mutually. In the mid-season player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed to Karşıyaka for the rest of the season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  23. ^ Kemal Yardımcı. In the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 7 July 1997. In the mid-season player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed to Düzcespor for the rest of the season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  24. ^ Okan Kopan. In the team since 12 July 1997. Contract renewal on 4 June 1996. 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 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  25. ^ Önal Arıca. In the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 5 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ^ Murat Şaş. Professionalized and in the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 5 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  27. ^ Fazlı Ulusoy. In the team since 16 August 1993. Contract renewal on 7 July 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Şanlıurfaspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  28. ^ Abdullah Akan. Player signed on 27 June 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Ceyhanspor had ended. In the mid-season player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed to Siirt Köy Hizmetleri YSE Spor for the rest of the season. Details from player profile and TFF maçkolik page Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  29. ^ Yalçın Günay. In the team since 12 July 1996. Contract renewal on 24 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  30. ^ Serkan Uçak. Professionalized and in the team since 12 July 1996. Contract renewal on 4 June 1997 for two seasons. At the end of the season player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 21 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  31. ^ Ümit Aktaş. Player signed on 5 August 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Diyarbakırspor had been mutually terminated. At the end of the season player's contract ended and renewed for the next season. Later he was loaned out to Tarsus İdmanyurdu on 9 October 1998. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  32. ^ Aydın Yetgin. Player was loaned from Altay and signed on 21 August 1997. At the end of the season player turned back to his team and loaned out to İzmirspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  33. ^ Oğuzhan Doğar. Professionalized and in the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 4 June 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  34. ^ Murat Erdoğan. He was in the team in the first half of previous season. He later signed to Soma Linyitspor in the mid season. In the Summer 1997 he firstly signed to MKE Kırıkkalespor, but later his contract was mutually terminated and he signed to MİY on 11 September 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  35. ^ İbrahim Durmuşlu. Player signed on 24 June 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Silifkespor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  36. ^ Ferit Kaya. In the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 3 July 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended but renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  37. ^ Volkan Barış Ercan. He was an amateur player who found chance to appear in roster in a cup game. He was later professionalized for the first time by then top division team Dardanelspor in Summer 1998. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  38. ^ Mevlüt Metli. He was an amateur player who found chance to appear in a cup game. He was later professionalized for the first time by MİY in Summer 1998 and loaned out to Doğubayazıtspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 21 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  39. ^ Selman Turan. He was an amateur player who found chance to appear in two cup games. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  40. ^ Eyyüp Özdemir. He was an amateur player who found chance to appear in roster in a cup game. He later continued his career as an amateur player. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  41. ^ Nurullah Saygılı. In the team since 1 August 1996. Contract renewal on 24 June 1997. 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 Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  42. ^ İnan Günal. First time professionalized and signed on 3 September 1997. At the end of the season player's contract ended and extended for the next season but loaned to Anamur Belediyespor on 22 October 1998. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  43. ^ Turhan Aktarla. Player signed on 3 July 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Alanyaspor had ended. 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.
  44. ^ Arap Öztürk. Player signed on 26 November 1997. Player's contract with his previous team Karşıyaka had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended he signed to Diyarbakırspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
  45. ^ Hakan Baygın. Player signed on 2 February 1998. Player's contract with his previous team Ispartaspor 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 Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  46. ^ 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.