1999–00 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu
Season: Second League 1999–00
League position:	Ranking Group 1: 7th Classification Group: 5th
Turkish Cup:	Eliminated at R3
Most appearance:	( )
Top goal scorer:	( )
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$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1998-99	Next season $\rightarrow$ 2000-01

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) participated in Second League 1999–00 season for the 26th time. MİY couldn't attend promotion group and promotion play-offs, therefore couldn't promote. The team also participated in Türkiye Kupası (Turkey Cup) in 1999–00 and eliminated at Round 3.

League Participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 1 in Second League 1998–99 season. League played in three stages again. In the first stage 50 teams in five groups (10 clubs in 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 2000–01. Remaining 8 teams in each ranking group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams in Groups 2, 4, 5 relegated to Third League 2000-01 at the end of the season.

Due to earthquake occurred on August 17, 1999, Sakaryaspor and Düzcespor in Group 1 and Darıca Gençlerbirliği in Group 3 withdrawed from the league and demanded excuse. TFF has decided that the teams would not be relegated. One another worst team from Group 1 and two another worst teams in Group 3 had relegated 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 Antalya to determine the third team to be promoted to First League^[1].

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 1 consisted of 8 teams and finished first stage at 7th place and couldn't took place in promotion group. In classification group, team finished 6th and couldn't attend to promotion play-off games. The team didn't relegate by 1 point increment.

Turkish Cup Participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu had participated in Türkiye Kupası (Turkey Cup) in 1999–00 and eliminated at 3rd Round^[2]. MİY attended to the cup starting from second round. In the second round MİY has beat Ceyhanspor; but in Round 3 then Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankaraspor has eliminated MİY.

round	date/hour	venue	referee	home team	score	away team	goals	details	result
2nd	27 Oct 1999 14:00	Ceyhan	İ. Pancar	Ceyhanspor	0-1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Abidin  16' (F)	Ahmet 36', Serdal 67', Hasan 80'	to R3
3rd	10 Nov 1999 13:00	Aktepe	H. Özkan	BB Ankaraspor	3-2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İsmet  11' (P), Erhan  62' (F)	Ali 62'	eliminated

References

1. ^ Cem Pekin Archives (30 March 2010).
2. ^ Select 1999-00 season fixtures at TFF team page game details at TFF page.

See also

• Football in Turkey
• TFF Second League