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1995–96 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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President
  
H. Okan Merzeci

Most appearances
  
Türkay Başaran (36)

Turkish Cup
  
Eliminated at R3

Head coach
  
Levent Arıkdoğan (till 28 February 1996) Candan Dumanlı (till 31 May 1996)

Stadium
  
Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Mersin, Turkey

Second League
  
Group 3: 1st (Q) Promotion Group: 8th

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1995–96. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) participated in Second League 1995–96 season for the 22nd time. MİY had finished promotion group in 8th place and later couldn't take place in neither among the promoted teams nor promotion play-offs. The team also participated in Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) in 1995–96 and eliminated at Round 3.

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President was H. Okan Merzeci, mayor of the Mersin city. Most appeared player was. head coach was Levent Arıkdoğan in the start of the season. In the mid-season Candan Dumanlı took over the team. Türkay Başaran with 36 appearances, while Sedat Varak was the league and season top goalscorer with 18 goals.

1995–96 Second League participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 3 in Second League 1995–96 season. League was 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. The promotion group consisted of those 10 teams. At the end of the second stage top two teams promoted to First League 1996–97. 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 1996–97 at the end of the season. In the third stage, 8 clubs (3 from the Promotion Group and 1 from each 5 Classification groups) played one-leg play-off games in Ankara to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 3 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at first place. In promotion group, team finished 8th and couldn't promote; and couldn't play promotion play-off games either.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1995–96 Second League season league summary:

Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1995–96 Second League Group 3 in season is shown in the following table.

Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1995–96 Second League season first half game reports in Ranking Group 3 is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Promotion group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1995–96 Second League Promotion Group season is shown in the following table.

Promotion group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1995–96 Second League season second half game reports in Promotion Group is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

1995–96 Turkish Cup participation

1995–96 Turkish Cup was played by 88 teams in 6 rounds prior to quarterfinals in one-leg elimination system. [Mersin İdmanyurdu] had participated in 34th Turkish Cup (played as Türkiye Kupası in 1995–96) from Round 2 and eliminated at Round 3. The opponents were from same ranking group in Second League with MİY. Galatasaray won the cup for the 11th time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1995–96 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1995–96 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Club management

Hüseyin Okan Merzeci, mayor of Mersin city was president of the club after 27 March 1994 Turkish local elections, 1994. Mayors presided the club many times in its history and after 1987 mayors were also elected as club presidents in club congresses. At the end of season in 2004 this rule has changed following a law issued by central government to disallow local heads of administrative bodies from being presidents of sports clubs.

Coaching team

Former MİY player Levent Arıkdoğan managed the football team during the season. At the end of the season he continued for the next season.

1995–96 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

1995–96 squad

Stats are counted for 1995–96 Second League Ranking Group 3 and Promotion Group matches and 1995–96 Turkish Cup matches. Teams declared 16 players in game rosters in each game. Three substitutions were possible. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.

References

1995–96 Mersin İdmanyurdu season Wikipedia