# 1999–2000 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1999–2000. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) participated in Second League 1999–00 season for the 26th time. MİY could not attend promotion group and promotion play-offs, therefore couldn't promote. The team also participated in Turkish Cup in 1999–00 and eliminated at Round 3.
Macit Özcan was club president. Ali Gültiken started the season, which was his first head coaching experience. Later Müjdat Yalman took over the team. Murat Akay had the most appearances, while Ersan Parlatan was top goalscorer. The stats are low this season due to the withdrawal of teams who were severely affected by the 1999 İzmit earthquake.

## 1999–2000 Second League participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 1 in 1999–2000 Second League season. League was played in three stages. In the first stage, 50 teams in five groups (10 clubs in each) played for the first two rankings to play in the promotion group. The promotion group consisted of those 10 teams. At the end of the second stage top two teams promoted to 2000–01 First League. The 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 2000–01 Third League at the end of the season. Due to the earthquake that occurred on 17 August 1999, Sakaryaspor and Düzcespor in Group 1 and Darıca Gençlerbirliği in Group 3 withdrew 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 other 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 Atatürk Stadium to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 1 consisted of 10 teams and finished the first stage at 7th place and couldn't take a place in the promotion group. In the classification group, the team finished 4th and could not attend to promotion play-off games.

### Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1999–2000 Second League 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 |
| Ranking Group | 7 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 |
| Classification Group | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 |
| Overall | 5 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 21 |

### Ranking group league table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1999–2000 Second League Ranking Group 1 season is shown in the following table.
| Pc | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Goals | Goals | Pts | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away |
| Pc | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | F–A | R | Pc | F–A | R | Pc |
| 1 | Sarıyer (Q) | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 39 | 1–1 | 10 | 8 | 0–3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Kombassan Konyaspor (Q) | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 39 | 1–0 | 17 | 8 | 0–2 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 1–1 | 3 | 8 | 1–1 | 12 | 8 |
| 4 | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 30 | 0–1 | 5 | 8 | 1–2 | 14 | 8 |
| 5 | Hatayspor | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 26 | 0–0 | 9 | 8 | 2–1 | 18 | 7 |
| 6 | Zeytinburnuspor | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 0–0 | 15 | 8 | 0–0 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 25 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bakırköyspor | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 1–4 | 2 | 10 | 0–0 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | Sakaryaspor | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 49 | 4 | 3–0 | 13 | 8 | 3–0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Düzcespor | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 3–0 | 7 | 8 | 3–0 | 16 | 8 |

### Ranking group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1999–2000 Second League season first half game reports in Ranking Group 1 is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

### Classification group league table

Classification group 1 was played with 8 teams remaining after top two of ranking group were promoted to promotion group. Top team in the group promoted to promotion play-offs, while bottom two teams relegated to 1999–2000 Third League season. Points and goals were carried from ranking group. MİY obtained 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses and finished fourth. However, because points and goals were carried from ranking group, in aggregate MİY finished fifth and did not play promotion play-offs. Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Classification Group 1 in 1999–2000 season is shown in the following table.
| Pc | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Goals | Goals | Pts | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away |
| Pc | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | F–A | R | Pc | F–A | R | Pc |
| 1 | Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Q) | 32 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 58 | 26 | 61 | 0–1 | 4 | 6 | 2–2 | 11 | 5 |
| 2 | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 54 | 1–0 | 13 | 4 | 0–0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Hatayspor | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 34 | 52 | 0–1 | 2 | 6 | 1–1 | 9 | 5 |
| 4 | Bakırköyspor | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 37 | 50 | 2–0 | 8 | 4 | 3–2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 27 | 49 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Zeytinburnuspor (R) | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 50 | 31 | 48 | 2–1 | 7 | 6 | 2–0 | 14 | 5 |
| 7 | Sakaryaspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3–0 | 5 | 6 | 3–0 | 12 | 4 |
| 8 | Düzcespor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3–0 | 10 | 5 | 3–0 | 3 | 6 |

### Classification group games

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1999–2000 Second League season first half game reports in Classification Group 1 is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## 1999–2000 Turkish Cup participation

1999–2000 Turkish Cup was played by 64 teams in 4 rounds prior to quarterfinals in one-leg elimination system. [Mersin İdmanyurdu] had participated in 38th Turkish Cup (played as Türkiye Kupası in 1999–00) from Round 1 and eliminated at Round 2. The opponents in first round were 3rd League team Ceyhanspor. In Round 2, 2nd League team BB Ankaraspor eliminated MİY. Galatasaray won the cup for the 13th time.

### Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1999–00 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A/H | Score | Result |
| Round 1 | Second League | Third League | Ceyhanspor | A | 1–0 | Promoted to R3 |
| Round 2 | Second League | Second League | Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor | A | 2–3 | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1999–00 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## Management
### Club management

Macit Özcan, mayor of Mersin city was president. Özcan elected president in club congress after 18 April 1999 local elections. Mayors presided the club many times in its history.

### Coaching team

Ali Gültiken was head coach at the start of the season. After 4th round Müjdat Yalman, who coached team in previous season came to the position.
1999–2000 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
| Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| Ali Gültiken | 01.07.1999 – 09.09.1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Left after 1st round of the first stage. |
| | 10.09.1999 – 29.09.1999 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Müjdat Yalman | 30.09.1999 – 13.03.2000 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Left after 4th round of the second stage. |
| | 14.03.2000 – 31.05.2000 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |

## 1999–2000 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 1999–00 Second League Ranking and Classification Groups games and 1999–00 Turkish Cup games. 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.
| O | N | Name | Birth | Born | Pos | LA | LG | CA | CG | TA | TG | | | ← Season Notes → |
| 1 | 1 | Bekir Arpacı | 2 Apr 1975 | Hatay | GK | 2 | | 2 | | 4 | | | | → previous season. |
| 2 | 2 | Önal Arıca | 23 Feb 1976 | Mersin | DF | 20 | 1 | | | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 3 | 3 | Murat Şaş | 19 May 1977 | Gaziantep | DF | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | → previous season. |
| 4 | 4 | Murat Akay | 19 Jul 1976 | Mersin | DF | 23 | | 2 | | 25 | | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 5 | 5 | Köksal Ferizcan | 13 Oct 1968 | Ankara | MF | 13 | | 2 | | 15 | | 1 | | → previous season. |
| 6 | 6 | Sercan Yüksekdağ | 9 Sep 1981 | Mersin | DF | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | | | | First time professional. |
| 7 | 7 | Ünal Bulut | 3 Jan 1975 | Konya | DF | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | → previous season. |
| 8 | 8 | Bülent Kapıcı | 29 Aug 1973 | Istanbul | MF | 20 | | | | 20 | | 4 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 9 | 9 | İsmet Keser | 5 Jan 1974 | Mersin | MF | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 4 | | → previous season. |
| 10 | 10 | Ahmet Kolcu | 1 Jan 1983 | Mazgirt | FW | 4 | | 2 | | 6 | | 1 | | Amateur player. |
| 11 | 11 | Nurullah Saygılı | 10 Nov 1976 | Kiğı | FW | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | → previous season. |
| 12 | 12 | Hakan Baygın | 14 Aug 1969 | Mersin | GK | | | | | | | | | → previous season. |
| 13 | 13 | Yalçın Günay | 2 Jun 1974 | Bayburt | MF | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 14 | 14 | Samet Yiğit | 2 Feb 1975 | Muş | DF | 15 | | 1 | | 16 | | 5 | 2 | → previous season. |
| 15 | 15 | Bora Çebi | 6 Mar 1975 | Ordu | MF | 5 | | 2 | | 7 | | 1 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 16 | 16 | Turhan Aktarla | 19 Nov 1974 | Mersin | FW | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | → previous season. |
| 17 | 17 | Salim Çömert | 1 Jan 1982 | Mersin | FW | | | | | | | | | Amateur player. |
| 18 | 18 | Serdar Sucu | 18 Apr 1982 | Mersin | MF | | | | | | | | | Amateur player. |
| 19 | 1 | Oğuzhan Doğar | 1 Jun 1978 | Osmaniye | GK | 22 | | | | 22 | | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 20 | 4 | Mustafa Çevirgen | 12 Feb 1973 | Adana | DF | 4 | | 1 | | 5 | | | | → previous season. |
| 21 | 6 | Ferit Kaya | 2 Jan 1975 | Afşin | MF | 17 | | 1 | | 18 | | | | → previous season. |
| 22 | 9 | Abidin Oktay | 12 Aug 1976 | Mardin | FW | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | | | → previous season. |
| 23 | 16 | Durmuş Tozlu | 19 Feb 1979 | Elbistan | DF | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | → previous season. |
| 24 | 3 | Ali Özyar | 2 Feb 1970 | Sivas | DF | 8 | | 1 | | 9 | | 1 | | 2000 WT Çorluspor. |
| 25 | 5 | Emre Ülker | 2 Jan 1973 | Bursa | DF | 15 | | | | 15 | | 4 | | 2000 WT K. Konyaspor. |
| 26 | 7 | Ersan Parlatan | 1 Aug 1977 | Berlin | MF | 21 | 6 | | | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2000 WT Gençlerbirliği. |
| 27 | 11 | Şenol Erol | 10 Apr 1981 | Tarsus | FW | 10 | | 2 | | 12 | | 2 | | First time professional. |
| 28 | 18 | Erhan Şaş | 9 Feb 1979 | Karataş | FW | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | 2000 WL Ankaragücü. |
| 29 | 4 | Gökhan Kolomoç | 28 May 1977 | Akçaabat | DF | 17 | | | | 17 | | 4 | 1 | 2000 WL Trabzonspor. |
| 30 | 9 | Ragıp Basdağ | 9 Jun 1978 | Trabzon | MF | 17 | 1 | 1 | | 18 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 WL Trabzonspor. |
| 31 | 10 | Serkan Özbalta | 5 Feb 1979 | Of | FW | 11 | | 2 | | 13 | | 3 | | 2000 WL Altay. |
| 32 | 12 | Zekeriya Kuşak | 22 Aug 1976 | Eskişehir | GK | | | | | | | | | 2000 WT Y. Afyonspor. |
| 33 | 15 | İsa Atalay | 1 May 1969 | Adana | FW | | | | | | | | | 2000 WT Tarsus İY. |
| 34 | 11 | Erdal Tanhan | 1 Nov 1978 | Van | FW | 10 | | 1 | | 11 | | 3 | 3 | 2000 WT Gaskispor. |
| 35 | 10 | Gökhan Sakar | 7 Apr 1975 | Osmaniye | FW | 11 | 1 | | | 11 | 1 | 4 | | 2000 WL İstanbulspor. |
| 36 | 11 | Tanser Aydın | 20 May 1970 | Ankara | FW | 11 | 5 | | | 11 | 5 | | 1 | 2000 WT Denizlispor. |
| 37 | 18 | Ali Kemal Er | 1 Jan 1978 | Iğdır | MF | 7 | 1 | | | 7 | 1 | | | First time professional. |