- 1996–97 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
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Mersin İdmanyurdu Season: Second League 1996–97 League position: Ranking Group 3: 2nd
Promotion Group: 4thTurkish Cup: Eliminated at R3 Most appearances: 
Türkay Başaran (36)
Fazlı Ulusoy (36)Top goal scorers: Bünyamin Kubat (13)President: Coach: 
Previous season
1995–96Next season 
1997–98Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) participated in Second League 1996-97 season for the 23rd time. MİY had finished promotion group in 4th place and later eliminated in promotion play-offs. The team also participated in Türkiye Kupası (Turkey Cup) in 1996-97 and eliminated at Round 3.
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League Participation
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 3 in Second League 1996-97 Season. League played in three stages. In the first stage 50 teams in five groups (10 teams each) played for first two rankings to play in promotion group. Promotion group was consisted of those 10 teams. At the end of the second stage top two teams promoted to First League 1997-98. Remaining 8 teams in each ranking group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams relegated to Third League 1997-98 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 Ankara to determine the third team to be promoted to First League[1].
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 3 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at second place. In promotion group, team finished 4th and attended promotion play-off games and eliminated at quarter finals.
Ranking group
Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Group 3 in 1996-97 season is shown in the following table[2].
place team games goals points home away P W D L F A F-A week plc F-A week plc 1 Adanaspor 18 12 3 3 36 16 39 1-0 2 2 1-2 11 3 2 Mersin İdmanyurdu 18 10 5 3 26 13 35 3 Konyaspor 18 8 3 7 31 21 27 0-1 5 4 2-1 14 2 4 Kemerspor 18 7 3 8 21 24 24 1-1 10 3 2-0 1 2 5 Düzcespor 18 5 8 5 28 31 23 2-1 13 3 0-0 4 2 6 Yeni Afyonspor 18 5 7 6 23 23 22 1-1 9 3 0-2 18 2 7 İnegölspor 18 6 4 8 20 24 22 2-0 17 2 4-1 8 4 8 Eskişehirspor 18 5 6 7 19 19 21 1-1 3 1 1-0 12 3 9 Adana Demirspor 18 4 6 8 17 28 18 2-1 15 2 1-1 6 5 10 Alanyaspor 18 4 3 11 16 38 15 2-0 7 4 3-0 16 2 Won, drawn and lost points are 3, 1 and 0. F belongs to MİY and A belongs to corresponding team for both home and away matches.
Promotion group
Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Promotion Group in 1996-97 season is shown in the following table[3].
place team games goals points home away P W D L F A F-A week plc F-A week plc 1 Kardemir DÇ Karabükspor 18 12 3 3 29 13 39 0-1 10 5 1-0 1 3 2 Kayserispor 18 11 2 5 31 17 35 1-0 3 1 0-1 12 3 3 Zonguldakspor 18 10 2 6 30 28 32 2-0 2 1 2-0 11 3 4 Mersin İdmanyurdu 18 9 2 7 19 14 29 5 Adanaspor 18 6 7 5 19 20 25 0-0 15 3 0-1 6 2 6 Karşıyaka 18 7 3 8 19 21 24 0-0 9 4 3-4 18 4 7 Diyarbakırspor 18 5 5 8 24 24 20 1-0 13 3 0-3 4 2 8 Erzurumspor 18 4 5 9 12 22 17 1-0 7 2 0-1 16 4 9 Çaykur Rizespor 18 4 4 10 13 27 16 3-0 17 4 0-1 8 4 10 Kuşadasıspor 18 3 5 10 14 24 14 1-0 5 2 4-2 14 3 Won, drawn and lost points are 3, 1 and 0. F belongs to MİY and A belongs to corresponding team for both home and away matches. Kayserispor and Kayseri Erciyesspor have interchanged their names at beginning of 2004-05 season.
Promotion play-offs
In quarter finals Mersin İdmanyurdu eliminated to Classification Group 1 winner Kartalspor[4]. Later Kartalspor has been eliminated by Adanaspor at semifinals and Classification Group 4 winner Şekerspor won play-offs.
round date/hour venue referee home team score away team goals details result QF 29 May 1997
16:00Atatürk Ü. Çimen Kartalspor 2-0 Mersin İdmanyurdu Hakan 
17'eliminated Turkish Cup Participation
Mersin İdmanyurdu had participated in Türkiye Kupası (Turkey Cup) in 1996-97 and eliminated at 3rd Round[5].
round date/hour venue referee home team score away team goals details result 2nd 2 Oct 1996
14:30Tevfik Sırrı C. Kum Mersin İdmanyurdu 6-5
1-1 (nt)
2-2 (aet)
4-3 (pen.)İskenderunspor Fazlı 
52' (F), 98' (F), SP'
Tarık SP', İsmet SP',
Ömer SP'Ömer 56', İsmet 88'to R3 3rd 16 Oct 1996
14:305 Ocak M. Bodur Adana Demirspor 2-1 Mersin İdmanyurdu Murat 52' (F)İsmail 84', Ömer 88'eliminated 1996-97 Squad
Stats are counted for Second League 1996-97 Ranking Group 3 and Promotion Group matches and Türkiye Kupası 1996-97 matches only; serial penalties in Cup match R2 are not included[6].
no nat name birth born pos apps 
notes Muharrem Kayan 22 Nov 1969 İstanbul GK 33 8 1 from Erzincan (aug '96), to Gaziantep BB (aug '97) details Bülent Tarık Kapıcı 29 Aug 1973 İstanbul DF 33 5 3 details Türkay Başaran 20 Sep 1966 Çanakkale DF 36 7 details Mustafa Çevirgen 12 Feb 1973 Adana DF 35 2 4 from Ceyhanspor (jun '96) details Hakan Turgut 4 Dec 1968 İçel DF 32 13 details Ferit Kaya 2 Jan 1975 Afşin MF 25 from Keşanspor (aug '96) details Yalçın Günay 2 Jun 1974 Bayburt MF 20 2 3 from Mersinspor (jul '96) details Mehmet İşler 13 Oct 1976 Tarsus MF 34 2 5 loaned from Beşiktaş (aug '96) details Zafer Biryol 2 Oct 1976 Rize MF 34 5 3 loaned from Beşiktaş (aug '96) details Kemal Yardımcı 1 Jan 1972 Şanlıurfa FW 31 6 8 2 from Balıkesirspor (aug '96) details Fazlı Ulusoy 18 Mar 1975 İstanbul FW 36 8 6 details Okan Kopan 19 Oct 1976 Zonguldak GK 7 1 from Kozlu Belediyespor (jul '96) details Serkan Damla 25 Oct 1975 Mersin MF 27 8 1 from Erzurum (jul '96), to Karabük (jul '97) details Murat Şaş 19 May 1977 Gaziantep DF 6 2 F.P. (aug '96) details Ali Ömer Sakarya 28 Dec 1974 Mersin FW 12 1 3 from G.Birliği (aug '96), to Malatya (jul '97) details İsmail Güzel 21 Mar 1967 Kadirli FW 7 1 1 from Ş.Urfa (aug '96), loaned to K.Maraş (oct '96) details Metin Çay 15 Oct 1976 Mersin DF 24 1 1 to Malatyaspor (jul '967) details Abdülkerim Afşin 1 Jan 1974 Karataş FW 1 1 1 from Manisa (aug '96), to Ağrı (oct '96) details Ozan Köprülü 9 Aug 1977 İstanbul FW 32 4 4 1 loaned from Beşiktaş (aug '96) details Önal Arıca 23 Feb 1976 Mersin DF 12 1 from Mersinspor (aug '96) details Mesut Bilir 29 May 1964 İçel MF 4 1 details İsmail Kövenç FW 1 details Bünyamin Kubat 24 Nov 1969 Ankara FW 30 13 5 1 loaned from Gaziantepspor (sep '96) details Oğuzhan Doğar 1 Jun 1978 Osmaniye GK 1 F.P. (aug '96) details Murat Erdoğan 1 Aug 1976 England MF 4 1 1 from Erzurum (sep '96), to Soma (jan '97) details Nurullah Saygılı 10 Nov 1976 Kiğı MF 3 from Mersinspor (aug '96), loaned to Tarsus (jan '97) details İsmet Keser 5 Jan 1974 Erdemli MF 3 1 loaned to Kahramanmaraşspor (oct '96) details Sertan Ünel 24 Apr 1973 Mersin DF 1 F.P. (oct '96), to Mersin Camspor (jul '97) details Reşat Şat 5 Aug 1977 Mersin F.P. (oct '96) details Günay Bahçe 9 Jul 1977 Bad Nauheim MF 1 amateur details Özgür Sarızayim 6 Dec 1976 Ankara MF 1 amateur details Rıdvan Elçiçek 20 Oct 1978 Eruh DF 1 amateur details Özgür Kapan 27 Mar 1978 Mazıdağı FW 1 amateur details Gökmen Özcan 20 Mar 1972 K.Maraş MF 17 4 loaned from Kocaelispor (dec '96) details Akın Altan 18 May 1979 İçel MF 1 amateur details References
- ^ Cem Pekin Archives 12 March 2010.
- ^ Standings and results from TFF Archive
- ^ Standings and results from TFF Archive
- ^ TFF page.
- ^ Select 1996-97 season fixtures at TFF team page game details at TFF page.
- ^ Select 1996-97 fixtures and staff 1996-97 Squad and 1996-97 matches
See also
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