Mersin İdmanyurdu (also ''Mersin İdman Yurdu'', ''Mersin İY'', or ''MİY'') Sports Club; located in

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, east

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coast of

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in 1997–98.

Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin İdman Yurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and ...

(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

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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 (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

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Atatürk Stadium to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.

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 (MİY) 1997–98 Second League season league summary: ''Sources'': 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages.Official page for league i
TFF 1997–98 Second League page
an
Ranking Group 1 page
an
Classification Group 1 page
Standings, promotion and relegations fro

retrieved on 13 February 2010. Standings and results fro
maçkolik 1st Ranking Group page
an
maçkolik 1st Classification Group page
retrieved on 7 June 2015.

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in

TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continu ...

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.
(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.

Ranking group games

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

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. ''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.
(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.

Classification group games

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

. ''Sources'': 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League pages.

1997–98 Turkish Cup participation

1997–98

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. ersin İdmanyurduhad participated in 36th

(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

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which took place in 2nd League Group 2 in that season. In the third round the opponents were Group 2 runners-up

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was the team to which MİY lost in 4th round.

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won the cup for the 5th time.1997–98 Turkish Cup (''Türkiye Kupası'') pages. Official page fro
TFF (Turkish Football Federation)
website, retrieved on 7 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 1997–98

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) 1997–98

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

. ''Source'': 1997–98 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

H. Okan Merzeci,

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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:'' ''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

(''Türkiye Kupası'') 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. ''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 7 February 2015 fro
maçkolik.com

Notes and references

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