Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2005–06. The team participated in Second League Category A for 4th time in the league's 5th season. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2005–06 season in 16th place in Turkish Second League Category A. Team participated in 2005–06 Turkish Cup, and eliminated after group stage.
Hasan Ahi was club president at the start of the season. Erol Ertan was elected president in the mid-season. MİY started to season with Levent Arıkdoğan as the head coach. Then Engin Korukır and Nasır Belci took the position within the season. Serkan Merç and Birand Yataş had the most appearances, with 36 each. Ferdi Yanık was the season top goalscorer with 9 goals.
2005–06 TFF First League participation Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2005–06 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 and runners-up were directly promoted to 2006–07 Süper Lig. The teams placed 3rd through 6th in the normal season played promotion play-offs to determine third team to be promoted. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2006–07 TFF Second League.
Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2005–06 Second League Category A and finished 16th meaning that the team was relegated to 2006–07 Second League Category B, the third tier, for the second time in its history.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2005–06 Second League Category A season league summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 1517 4 4 91528-1316 8 3 3 21110+112 9 1 1 7 418-14 4 Second half 17 2 7 81526-1113 9 1 4 41116-5 7 8 1 3 4 410 -6 6 Owerall 1634 611173054-2429 17 4 7 62226-419 17 2 411 828-2010 Sources: 2005–06 TFF First League pages.Official page for league is TFF league page. Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives; and standings and results from maçkolik.com league page, retrieved on 28 February 2015.
League table Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2005–06 Second League Category A season place in league table.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 2005–06 Second League Category A by rounds:
First half Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2005–06 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2005–06 TFF First League pages.
Second half Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2005–06 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2005–06 TFF First League pages.
2005–06 Turkish Cup participation 2005–06 Turkish Cup was played for 44th time as Fortis Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship purposes. The Cup was played with 54 teams in three stages. In the first stage two qualification rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. In the second stage (group stage) 20 teams played in four groups, 5 teams in each, in a one-leg round-robin system. Top two teams in each group played in knock-out stage. Beşiktaş won the cup for the 6th time. MİY played in qualification stage and was eliminated in fşrst round.2005–06 Turkish Cup pages. See elimination games at TFF Cup page, official page of 2005–06 Ziraat Türkiye Kupası at TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website. An alternative source is maçkolik.com. Also Turkish Soccer and Cem pekin Archives provides information in English.
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2005–06 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResultRound 1First LeagueSecond LeagueAlanyasporA2–1 PromotedRound 2First LeagueSecond LeaguePazarsporH4–1 PromotedGroup StageFirst LeagueSüper LigGalatasarayA0–4Group StageFirst LeagueSüper LigMalatyasporH0–1Group StageFirst LeagueSecond LeagueGiresunsporA1–2Group StageFirst LeagueSüper LigDiyarbakırsporH1–4Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2005–06 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 2005–06 Turkish Cup pages.
Management
Club management Hasan Ahi was club president at the start of the season. Erol Ertan, building contractor and deputy mayor of Mersin was elected president in the mid-season.
Coaching team MİY started the season with Levent Arıkdoğan as the head coach. After 10th round he left. Assistant coaches Ahmet Lülü (goalkeeper trainer) and Yusuf Ömür managed the team during interim period. Before 13th round Engin Korukır signed. He was replaced by Nasır Belci before 25th round.
2004–05 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches Head coach Period NotesLevent Arıkdoğan26.08.2004 – 01.11.200513427Left after 10 the round.Mehmet Levent Arıkdoğan. Arıkdoğan had signed for two seasons. He completed first season, but left team after the 10th round in mid-season. He later signed with İskenderun DÇ. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.Ahmet Lülü & Yusuf Ömür02.11.2005 – 17.11.20062101Assistant coaches.Engin Korukır18.11.2005 – 17.03.200616259Left after 25th round.Engin Korukır. His previous team was Sarıyer. He later signed with Antalyaspor in the next season. Details from TFF coach page. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.Nasır Belci17.03.2006 – 26.09.20069144Continued in the next season.Nasır Belci. He has managed team in previous seasons as well. His previous team was Tarsus İdmanyurdu. He continued in the next season but his contract was ended after 7th round in the next season. Details from TFF coach page. Retrieved on 1 March 2015. Note: Only official games were included.
2005–06 squad Appearances, goals and cards count for 2005–06 Second League Category A and 2005–06 Turkish Cup games.Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 2005–06 team squad. Select season to see staff. 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.