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in 2003–04. The team participated in Second League Category A for 2nd time in the league's 3rd season.

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football team has finished 2003–04 season in 15th place in Second League Category A. Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2003–04

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and eliminated at second round.

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was club president. MİY started to season with Yücel İldiz as the head coach. After 4th round Mehmet Şahan became the head coach. In the mid-season Levent Eriş took over the management of the team.

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was the most appeared player (33), while top goalscorer was Taner Demirbaş (15).

2003–04 TFF First League participation

In 2003–04 season Mersin idmanyurdu has participated in Second League Category A (the league has been played under the name of "Second League Category A" between 2001–02 and 2005–06; "TFF League A" in 2006–07; and "TFF First League" since 2007–08. Also sponsor names have been included in various seasons.). 18 teams attended in the league. Winners, runners-up and play-off winners were directly promoted to

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. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2003–04

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Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season league summary: ''Sources'': 2003–04 Turkish Second Football League pages.Official page for league i
TFF league page
Standings, promotion and relegations fro

and standings and results fro
maçkolik.com league page
retrieved on 26 February 2015.

League table

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season place in league 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.
(C): Champions; (P): Promoted to

; (R): Relegated to 2004–05 TFF Second League.
Source: 2003-04 TFF First League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 2003–04 Second League Category A by rounds:

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in

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. ''Sources'': 2003–04 TFF First League pages.

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in

and

. In the half season, player Ahmet Arslaner (Elazığspor) left the team, Volkan Öztürk (Adanaspor) was transferred in. ''Sources'': 2003–04 TFF First League pages.

2003–04 Turkish Cup participation

2003–04

was played for 42nd time as '' Fortis Türkiye Kupası'' for sponsorship purposes. This season Cup was played by 48 teams in one-leg elimination system in 3 elimination rounds prior to quarter-finals.

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won the cup for the 7th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in the cup and eliminated at first elimination round.2003–04 Turkish Cup (''Fortis Türkiye Kupası'') pages. Official page fro
TFF (Turkish Football Federation)
website, retrieved on 14 June 2015 . An alternative source i
maçkolik cup page
Cem Pekin Archives a

site provides information in .

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2003–04

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04

game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in

and

. ''Source'': 2003–04 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

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of Mersin city was president of the club.

Coaching team

Yücel İldiz was head coach at the start of the season. He took over the team in the mid of previous season. But, after 4th round he was replaced with Mehmet Şahan. In the mid-season Levent Eriş became the head coach. He coached the team until the end of the season. ''2003–04 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches'' ''Note:'' Only official games were included.

2003–04 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2003–04 Second League Category A and 2003–04

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. ''Sources'': TFF club page and maçkolik team page.TFF club page (select season to confirm), retrieved on 8 September 2013 fro
tff.org
and maçkolik.com team page, retrieved on 07 February 2015 fro
maçkolik.com

Notes and references

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