Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2013–14. Team participated in 13th season of the league for 7th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2013–14 season in 6th place in Turkish TFF First League and became eligible to play play-off games. At the end of play-off games MİY has promoted to 2014–15 Süper Lig after one year disappearance. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 2013–14 Turkish Cup and was eliminated in second elimination round.
Ali Kahramanlı was club president. Hakan Kutlu has continued from previous season as head coach. Later Yılmaz Vural took over the team. Kutlu managed the final game. Güven Varol was both most appeared player and top goalscorer.
2013–14 TFF First League participation Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 2013–14 TFF First League. League was played as PTT First League for sponsorship reasons. 19 teams attended due to return of Ankaraspor who were withdrawn from the league in 2010–11 season and reserved their right to attend depending on a court decision. Winners, runners-up and play-off winners were promoted to 2014–15 Süper Lig. Play-offs were played among four teams who finished season at 3rd thru 6th positions. Bottom four teams were relegated to 2014–15 TFF Second League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu finished 2013–14 TFF First League season at 6th place and was qualified for play-offs. Team won the play-offs and promoted to 2014–15 Süper Lig at the end of the season.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2013–14 TFF First League season league summary.
Overall Home Away Stage First half 618 9 6 33219+1333 9 5 2 218 8+1017 9 4 4 11411+316 Second half 18 7 6 52424 027 9 5 3 113 6 +718 9 2 3 41118-7 9 Overall 6361612 85643+1360 1810 5 33114+1735 18 6 7 52529-425 Sources: 2013–14 TFF First League pages.2013–14 PTT First League official page from TFF website; Qualifications and relegations from Turkish-Soccer; and detailed information and news from Maçkolik. Retrieved on 24 January 2015.
League table Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2013–14 TFF First League season place in league table.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 2013–14 TFF First League by rounds.
First half Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2013–14 TFF First League season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2013–14 PTT First League pages.
Second half Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2013–14 TFF First League season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2013–14 PTT First League pages.
Play-offs Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2013–14 TFF First League finished the normal season at sixth place and became eligible to play play-off games. After play-off round the team promoted to 2014–15 Süper Lig. Semifinals played in a round-robin elimination rule while final match was played in a neutral venue, Istanbul Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe's grounds.
Semifinals
At semifinals Mersin İdmanyurdu paired with Orduspor who finished normal season at third place. At semifinals teams played home and away matches. İdmanyurdu won both of the games and promoted to finals.See official page of 2013–14 TFF First League season.
Sources: 2013–14 PTT First League pages.
Finals
At finals, teams played a single match at a neutral venue. İdmanyurdu defeated Samsunspor who finished normal season at 5th place, and promoted to 2014–15 Süper Lig.
Sources: 2013–14 PTT First League pages.
2013–14 Turkish Cup participation 2013–14 Turkish Cup was played for 52nd time as Ziraat Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship reasons. The Cup was played by 158 teams in 1 preliminary and 5 one-leg elimination stages and a two-legs group stage in two groups (A, B), after which first and second teams in each group played semifinals. Galatasaray won the Cup for 15th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in second elimination stage and eliminated to then amateur league team Niğde Belediyespor.See elimination and group stage games at tff.org.tr, official page of 2013–14 Ziraat Türkiye Kupası at TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website. An alternative source is maçkolik.com. Also Turkish Soccer site provides information in English.
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2013–14 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResultRound 2First LeagueRegional AmateurNiğde BelediyesporA1–3Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2013–14 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 2013–14 Ziraat Türkiye Kupası pages.
Management President Ali Kahramanlı continued in his position which he held in 2008. * Club address was: Palmiye Mah. Adnan Menderes Bl. 1204 Sk. Onur Ap. K.2 D.3 Yenişehir/Mersin.Obtained from Club's official page at tff.org.tr. Retrieved on 24 January 2014.
Club management Club President was Ali Kahramanlı.
Coaching team At the start of the season head coach was Hakan Kutlu.Hakan Kutlu had been the Technical Director (meaning "head coach" in Turkey) since 8 March 2013 when he became head coach after mutual termination of contract with Giray Bulak. on 12 July 2014 his contract was renewed for the next season, although Mersin İdmanyurdu had relegated from 2012–13 Süper Lig. However after some bad results his way was parted with the team on 6 March 2014. Team was at 6th position with 13 wins, 8 deuces and 5 losses when he left. See coach page at TFF coach page. His assistants were Hakan Çobanoğlu (trainer), Hail İbrahim Özdemir, Serhat Kandemir and Ercan Akça (physicians), Kemal Gürgez and Barış Demirdizen (masseurs).Obtained from TFF coach search by team name at Mersin idmanyurdu coaches on 24 January 2015. However the list is not complete. Yılmaz Vural took the position prior to 29th round derby against Adana Demirspor.Yılmaz Vural managed 10 matches at the head of the team until the end of normal season and obtained 3 wins, 4 deuces and 3 losses. Team finished at 6th position and became eligible for play-offs. Vural won both matches of semifinals. However his contract was terminated before the final game on 16 May 2014. See coach page at TFF coach page. Hakan Kutlu signed on 16 May 2014 only for the final game. His contract ended on 31 May 2014.
2012–13 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches Head coach Period NotesHakan Kutlu12.07.2013 – 06.03.2014271386Left after 28th round.Yılmaz Vural20.12.2012 – 08.03.201312543Left after play-offs semifinals.Hakan Kutlu16.05.2014 – 31.05.20141100Managed team in play-offs finals. Note: Only official games were included.
2013–14 squad Appearances, goals and cards count for 2013–14 TFF First League and 2013–14 Turkish Cup games. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included. Kit numbers were allowed to select by players. 18 players appeared in each game roster, three to be replaced. Players are listed in order of appearance.