# 2014–15 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2014–15. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in 2014–15 season in Turkish Süper Lig. 2014–15 season was the 14th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Süper Lig, the top level division in Turkey. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2014–15 season in 7th place in Turkish Süper Lig and remained in the league. Team participated in 2014–15 Turkish Cup and was eliminated at quarterfinals.
Ali Kahramanlı was club president. Rıza Çalımbay was head coach. Attacking midfielder Güven Varol and defensive midfielder Murat Ceylan were the most appeared players with 39 appearances in total. Captain and centre back Servet Çetin was most appeared player in league matches with 33 appearances. Welliton was the top goalscorer with 13 goals.

## 2014–15 Süper Lig participation

Süper Lig was played as "Spor-Toto Süper Lig" for Spor-Toto, a publicly owned betting institution, was sponsor for the season. The name of the season was inscribed as "Süleyman Seba Season" in memory of Beşiktaş's former president Süleyman Seba. 18 teams attended. MİY was one of the new entrants along with Balıkesirspor and İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor who changed their names as İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. before the start of the season. Champions was eligible for 2015–16 UEFA Champions League in Group stage. Runners-up were eligible for Champions League 3rd qualifying round. Third and fourth placed teams were eligible for 2015–16 UEFA Europa League at 3rd and 2nd qualifying rounds respectively. Starting from this season 5th team in the league table was eligible for Europa League if the cup winner was among in first four placed teams. If otherwise, winner of 2014–15 Turkish Cup was eligible for Europa League at group stage. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2015–16 TFF First League.

### Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2014–15 Süper Lig season league summary:
| | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Stage | Pc | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt |
| First half | 8 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 6 |
| Second half | | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 13 |
| Overall | 7 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 19 |

### League table

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2014–15 Süper Lig season place in league table.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Bursaspor | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 57 | |
| 7 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 47 | |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 46 | |
| 9 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 40 | |
* 1 2 Trabzonspor finished ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head record: Trabzonspor–Bursaspor 1–0, Bursaspor–Trabzonspor 3–3.
* ↑ Bursaspor were banned from European competitions by UEFA for the following four seasons due to financial issues.
* ↑ Mersin İdmanyurdu, Gaziantepspor, Eskişehirspor, Balıkesirspor, Kasımpaşa and Kayseri Erciyesspor were not granted a UEFA license by the Turkish Football Federation, and could therefore not qualify for European competitions.
* ↑ Gençlerbirliği finished ahead of Gaziantepspor on head-to-head record: Gençlerbirliği–Gaziantepspor 2–0, Gaziantepspor–Gençlerbirliği 0–3.

### Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 2014–15 Süper Lig by rounds:
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |

### First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2014–15 Süper Lig season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

### Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2014–15 Süper Lig season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## 2014–15 Turkish Cup participation

2014–15 Turkish Cup was played for 53rd time as Ziraat Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship reasons. The Cup was played by 156 teams in four stages. In the first stage 1 preliminary and 3 elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. In the second stage 16 teams played in eight groups (A to H) in a two-leg round-robin system. In the third stage, first and second ranked teams in each group played 1/8 games in one-leg elimination system at first ranked team's home. In the fourth stage quarterfinals and semifinals were played in two-leg elimination system, second games being played at higher ranked team's home. Final was played in one game system in a neutral venue. Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in the Cup starting from second elimination round and promoted to group stage. MİY took place in Group C and finished second. In the third stage MİY was paired with Karabükspor and promoted after extra time. In quarterfinals, Fenerbahçe was drawn as opponents, second game being played in opponents' grounds. MİY was eliminated by Fenerbahçe who was eliminated by Bursaspor at semifinals. Galatasaray won the Cup for 16th time.

### Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2014–15 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | Away | Home | Result |
| Round 2 | Süper Lig | Third League | Kemer Tekirovaspor | – | 3–0 | Promoted |
| Round 3 | Süper Lig | Second League | Hatayspor | – | 2–0 | Promoted |
| Group Stage | Süper Lig | Second League | Centone Karagümrük | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| Group Stage | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Bursaspor | 1–1 | 0–5 | |
| Group Stage | Süper Lig | First League | Samsunspor | 1–1 | 3–1 | Promoted |
| Round of 16 | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Kardemir Karabükspor | 4–2 | – | Promoted |
| Q-Finals | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Fenerbahçe | 1–4 | 1–2 | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2014–15 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## Management

President Ali Kahramanlı continued in his position which he held in 2008. Club address was: Palmiye Mah. Adnan Menders Bl. 1204 Sk. Onur Ap. K.2 D.3 Yenişehir/Mersin.

### Club management

The incumbent board of management was elected on 27 October 2014. The division of labor in the board was as follows (as of January 2015): Ali Kahrahramanlı (President), Senan İdin (Deputy President), Beşir Acar General Secretary), Sedat Aydöner (financial and juridical affairs), Hikmet Kaya and Ahmet Turan Serttaş (football division and spokesmen), Apti Öztürk and Şerafettin Kadooğlu (amateur divisions), Sabri Tekli and Ufuk Maya (financial resources and ethics), Ayhan Erdem and Metin Yıldıran (facilities and institutionalization). The administrative staff were as follows: Mesut Bilir (General Coordinator), Murat Öğ (General Director), Duygu Bilir (Accreditation), Özcan Ulusoy (accounting), Rıfkı Çınar and Barış Köksal (public relations), Mustafa Kaya (security), Ökkeş Aybar (transportation).

### Coaching team

Since 3 June 2014 Rıza Çalımbay has been the Technical Director (meaning "head coach" in Turkey). Other technical staff includes: Kerem Atılmaz (Administrative Director), Bülent Albayrak, Kenan Oktay and Ayhan Tenbeloğolu (Trainers), M. Cengiz Birgen (Goalkeeper Trainer), Burhan Kılıç (Statisticial Analyzer), Serkan Damla (General Manager), Ahmet Edremit (Physician), Serkan Sağlık (Physiotherapist), Ersoy Şenel, Oktay Baş and Abdülkadir Topal (Masseurs), Abdülkadir Reşiti and Caner Çakmak (Translators).
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | Rıza Çalımbay | 03.06.2014 – 31.05.2014 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 17 | Contract ended at the end of the season. |

## 2014–15 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2014–15 Süper Lig and Türkiye Kupası (2014–15 Turkish Cup) games. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included. Player's are listed in order of appearance. MİY could not signed with new players in the mid-season, because FIFA decided on two season transfer ban for MİY due to termination of the contract of the MİY's former player David Bičík. The ban was applied for 2015 Winter and Summer transfer seasons.
| O | N | Name | Birth | Born | Pos | LA | LG | CA | CG | TA | TG | | | ← Season Notes → |
| 1 | 1 | Nihat Şahin | 15 Sep 1989 | İzmir | GK | 22 | | 1 | | 23 | | 4 | | 2014 ST Sivasspor. |
| 2 | 30 | Serkan Balcı | 22 Aug 1983 | Nazilli | DF | 25 | | 2 | | 27 | | 9 | | 2014 ST Antalyaspor. |
| 3 | 76 | Servet Çetin | 17 Mar 1981 | Tuzluca | DF | 33 | 3 | | | 33 | 3 | 3 | | 2014 ST Eskişehirspor. |
| 4 | 44 | Mehmet Sığırcı | 24 Feb 1993 | Güngören | DF | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | 2014 ST Hatayspor. |
| 5 | 6 | Wederson | 22 Jul 1981 | Campos | DF | 32 | 3 | | | 32 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2014 ST Antalyaspor. |
| 6 | 3 | Loret Sadiku | 28 Jul 1991 | Pristina | DF | 26 | 2 | 6 | | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2014 ST Helsingborg. |
| 7 | 5 | Murat Ceylan | 2 Mar 1988 | Gaziantep | MF | 31 | | 8 | | 39 | | 8 | 3 | → previous season. |
| 8 | 13 | Oktay Delibalta | 27 Oct 1985 | Samsun | MF | 19 | 5 | 4 | | 23 | 5 | 3 | | 2014 ST Gençlerbirliği. |
| 9 | 58 | Ricardo Pedriel | 19 Jan 1987 | Santa Cruz | FW | 25 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 6 | | 2014 ST Club Bolívar. |
| 10 | 22 | Préjuce Nakoulma | 21 Apr 1987 | Ouaga | FW | 31 | 6 | 3 | | 34 | 6 | 3 | | 2014 ST Górnik Zabrze. |
| 11 | 9 | Márkó Futács | 22 Feb 1990 | Budapest | FW | 26 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 8 | | 2014 ST Leicester City. |
| 12 | 23 | Günay Güvenç | 25 Jun 1991 | Neu-Ulm | GK | | | | | | | | | 2014 SL Beşiktaş |
| 13 | 91 | Mehmet Taş | 20 Mar 1991 | Mersin | DF | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 17 | 1 | 4 | | 2014 ST Nazilli Belediye. |
| 14 | 33 | Efe Özarslan | 29 Mar 1990 | Mersin | DF | 15 | 1 | 10 | | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 15 | 55 | Abdul Khalili | 7 Jun 1992 | Raus, Se | MF | 30 | 2 | 7 | | 37 | 2 | 8 | | 2014 ST Helsingborg. |
| 16 | 10 | Tita | 20 Jul 1981 | Rio de J. | FW | 24 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 5 | | 2014 ST Antalyaspor. |
| 17 | 11 | Sinan Kaloğlu | 10 Jun 1981 | Ovacık | FW | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | | | → previous season. |
| 18 | 73 | Welliton | 22 Oct 1986 | Conceição | FW | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 9 | | 2014 ST Spartak Moscow. |
| 19 | 21 | Muammer Yıldırım | 14 Sep 1990 | Eğil | GK | 7 | | 2 | | 9 | | 1 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 20 | 72 | Nurullah Kaya | 20 Jul 1986 | Batman | MF | 3 | | 5 | | 8 | | | | → previous season. |
| 21 | 7 | Güven Varol | 2 Jun 1981 | Adapazarı | MF | 28 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 39 | 6 | 3 | | → previous season. |
| 22 | 15 | Milan Mitrović | 2 Jul 1988 | Prokuplje | DF | 24 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 5 | | → previous season. |
| 23 | 63 | Nikolay Mihaylov | 28 Jun 1988 | Sofia | GK | 6 | | 8 | | 14 | | 3 | | 2014 ST Verona. |
| 24 | 28 | Eren Tozlu | 27 Dec 1990 | Giresun | FW | 1 | | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | | | → previous season. |
| 25 | 88 | Serol Demirhan | 5 Dec 1988 | Altındağ | DF | 1 | | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 ST Eskişehirspor. |
| 26 | 8 | Mahmut Temür | 8 Oct 1989 | Cologne | MF | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | → previous season. |
| 27 | 99 | Cem Sultan | 27 Feb 1991 | İstanbul | FW | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | → previous season. |
| 28 | 77 | Serkan Yanık | 2 Apr 1987 | Troyes | DF | 4 | | 8 | | 12 | | 6 | | → previous season. |
| 29 | 42 | Berkan Afşarlı | 1 Mar 1991 | Lindau | MF | | | 2 | | 2 | | | | → previous season |
| 30 | 17 | Adem Güven | 11 Sep 1985 | Kulu | DF | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | | | → previous season. |
| 31 | 47 | Tekin Oğrak | 13 Apr 1994 | Nusaybin | FW | | | | | | | | | First time professional. |
| 32 | 95 | Hasan Daş | 6 Jan 1995 | Mersin | GK | | | | | | | | | First time professional. |

## U-21 and U-19 teams

Mersin İdmanyurdu U-21 team participated in U21 League Süper Lig and U19 team in Elite U19 League.