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 2004–05. The team participated in Second League Category A for 3rd time in the league's 4th season.

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 ...

football team has finished 2004–05 season in 7th place in Turkish Second League Category A. Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2004–05

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, and eliminated at second stage. Hasan Ahi was the president of the club. MİY's formerplayer Levent Arıkdoğan coached the team during the season. Önal Arıca and Selim Özer were the mostly appeared players in the team rosters with 33 appearances each. Season and league top goal scorer was Sedat Debreli (10); and Kerem Zengin, loaned player from Fenerbahçe followed him (9).

2004–05 TFF First League participation

participated in 2004–05 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 second runners-up were directly promoted to

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. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2005–06

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 ...

participated in 2004–05 Second League Category A and finished 7th.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2004–05 Second League Category A season league summary: ''Sources'': 2004–05 TFF First 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 28 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 2005–06 TFF Second League.
Source: 2004–05 TFF First League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 2004–05 Second League Category A by rounds:

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2004–05 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST. ''Sources'': 2004–05 TFF First League pages.

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2004–05 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST. ''Sources'': 2004–05 TFF First League pages.

2004–05 Turkish Cup participation

2003–04

was played for 43rd time as ''

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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 14th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in the cup at first elimination round and was eliminated in second round.2004–05 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 2004–05

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) 2004–05

game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST. ''Source'': 2004–05 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Hasan Ahi, a lawyer from an established family native to

was elected the president of the club in the congress held on 24 May 2004.

Coaching team

Levent Arıkdoğan former player of Mersin İdmanyurdu was the head coach during the season. ''2004–05 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coach'' ''Note:'' Only official games were included.

2004–05 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2004–05 Second League Category A and 2004–05

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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