# 2004–05 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2004–05. The team participated in Second League Category A for 3rd time in the league's 4th season. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2004–05 season in 7th place in Turkish Second League Category A. Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2004–05 Turkish Cup, and eliminated at second stage.
Hasan Ahi was the president of the club. MİY's formerplayer Levent Arıkdoğan coached the team during the season. Önal Arıca and Selim Özer were the mostly appeared players in the team rosters with 33 appearances each. Season and league top goal scorer was Sedat Debreli (10); and Kerem Zengin, loaned player from Fenerbahçe followed him (9).

## 2004–05 TFF First League participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 2004–05 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, runners-up and second runners-up were directly promoted to 2005–06 Süper Lig. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2005–06 TFF Second League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 2004–05 Second League Category A and finished 7th.

### Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2004–05 Second League Category A 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 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 8 |
| Second half | | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 13 |
| Overall | 7 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 53 | -4 | 53 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | -10 | 21 |

### League table

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season place in league 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 | Sivasspor (C) (P) | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 24 | 74 | 0–3 | 29 | 7 | 0–2 | 12 | 7 |
| 2 | Vestel Manisaspor (P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 55 | 26 | 69 | 1–4 | 5 | 13 | 0–3 | 22 | 8 |
| 3 | Kayseri Erciyesspor (P) | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 46 | 68 | 2–1 | 11 | 7 | 2–0 | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Bursaspor | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 61 | 26 | 63 | 0–0 | 17 | 10 | 0–5 | 17 | 7 |
| 5 | Kocaelispor | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 62 | 2–2 | 15 | 10 | 1–3 | 32 | 7 |
| 6 | Elazığspor | 34 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 45 | 57 | 2–2 | 2 | 16 | 3–2 | 19 | 8 |
| 7 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 53 | 53 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Türk Telekomspor | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 49 | 1–0 | 27 | 7 | 2–3 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 46 | 1–0 | 18 | 10 | 0–2 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Mardinspor | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 34 | 45 | 2–1 | 20 | 7 | 2–0 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | Altay | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 49 | 40 | 2–1 | 7 | 10 | 0–1 | 24 | 9 |
| 12 | Dardanelspor | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 54 | 57 | 39 | 3–2 | 31 | 7 | 0–4 | 14 | 10 |
| 13 | Karşıyaka | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 50 | 38 | 2–1 | 33 | 7 | 0–0 | 16 | 10 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 42 | 45 | 37 | 0–1 | 23 | 9 | 1–1 | 6 | 14 |
| 15 | Yimpaş Yozgatspor | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 64 | 33 | 2–2 | 13 | 8 | 3–1 | 30 | 7 |
| 16 | Sarıyer (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 56 | 27 | 1–0 | 25 | 8 | 4–3 | 8 | 8 |
| 17 | Adanaspor (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 70 | 27 | 0–0 | 4 | 10 | 1–1 | 21 | 8 |
| 18 | Fatih Karagümrük (R) | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 31 | 77 | 23 | 6–1 | 9 | 6 | 3–1 | 26 | 7 |
(C): Champions; (P): Promoted to 2005–06 Süper Lig; (R): Relegated to 2005–06 TFF Second League.

### Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 2004–05 Second League Category A 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 17 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

### First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2004–05 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

### Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2004–05 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## 2004–05 Turkish Cup participation

2003–04 Turkish Cup was played for 43rd time as Fortis Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship purposes. This season Cup was played by 48 teams in one-leg elimination system in 3 elimination rounds prior to quarter-finals. Galatasaray won the cup for the 14th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in the cup at first elimination round and was eliminated in second round.

### Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2004–05 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A/H | Score | Result |
| Round 1 | First League | Second League | Adana Demirspor | H | 2–0 | Promoted |
| Round 2 | First League | Süper Lig | Diyarbakırspor | A | 4–2 | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2004–05 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## Management
### Club management

Hasan Ahi, a lawyer from an established family native to Mersin was elected the president of the club in the congress held on 24 May 2004.

### Coaching team

Levent Arıkdoğan former player of Mersin İdmanyurdu was the head coach during the season.
2004–05 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coach
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | Levent Arıkdoğan | 26.08.2004 – 01.11.2005 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | Continued in the next season. |

## 2004–05 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2004–05 Second League Category A and 2004–05 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 | Orhan Altay | 1 May 1978 | Silifke | GK | 25 | | | | 25 | | 3 | | → previous season. |
| 2 | 2 | Ulaç Çağlayan | 9 Feb 1983 | Mersin | DF | 30 | 2 | 1 | | 31 | 2 | 9 | | 2004 ST Kartalspor. |
| 3 | 3 | Emre Koşağan | 14 Nov 1976 | Istanbul | DF | 15 | | 1 | | 16 | | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 4 | 4 | Önal Arıca | 23 Feb 1976 | Mersin | DF | 32 | | 1 | | 33 | | 3 | 1 | 2004 ST Karabükspor. |
| 5 | 5 | Selim Özer | 26 Dec 1968 | Istanbul | DF | 31 | 2 | 2 | | 33 | 2 | 6 | | 2004 ST Kocaelispor. |
| 6 | 6 | İlker Erbay | 14 Jun 1984 | Sarıyer | MF | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2004 ST Beylerbeyi. |
| 7 | 7 | Cemal Koç | 5 Mar 1977 | Mersin | MF | 30 | 1 | 1 | | 31 | 1 | 8 | | → previous season. |
| 8 | 8 | Ufuk Talay | 26 Mar 1976 | Sydney | MF | 12 | 1 | 2 | | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 9 | 9 | Sedat Debreli | 1 Jan 1983 | Istanbul | MF | 26 | 10 | 1 | | 27 | 10 | 1 | | 2004 ST Beylerbeyi. |
| 10 | 10 | Mesut Akşit | 21 Apr 1982 | Diyarbakır | FW | 23 | 4 | 1 | | 24 | 4 | 8 | | → previous season. |
| 11 | 11 | Murat Ataş | 17 Oct 1985 | Bulanık | FW | 10 | | 1 | | 11 | | 3 | | 2004 ST Esk. Şekerspor. |
| 12 | 12 | Ömür Özünal | 11 May 1982 | Adana | GK | 2 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | → previous season. |
| 13 | 13 | Mevlüt Metli | 17 Aug 1979 | Mersin | MF | 7 | | 1 | | 8 | | 1 | | 2004 ST Mezitlispor. |
| 14 | 14 | Sezar Güner | 7 Nov 1972 | Rize | FW | 16 | 3 | 1 | | 17 | 3 | | | → previous season. |
| 15 | 15 | Bülent Gökalp | 27 Nov 1977 | Erdemli | MF | 16 | | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 ST Mezitlispor. |
| 16 | 16 | Kerim Zengin | 13 Apr 1975 | Mersin | MF | 21 | 9 | | | 21 | 9 | 1 | | 2004 ST Fenerbahçe. |
| 17 | 17 | Ahmet Kolcu | 1 Jan 1983 | Mazgirt | FW | 28 | 6 | | | 28 | 6 | 4 | | → previous season. |
| 18 | 18 | Altay Can | 17 Oct 1970 | Kırcaali | MF | 21 | 1 | | | 21 | 1 | 4 | | → previous season. |
| 19 | 12 | Kazım Sarı | 9 Mar 1982 | Balıkesir | GK | 7 | | 2 | | 9 | | 1 | | 2004 SL Dardanelspor. |
| 20 | 16 | Halil Tosun | 19 May 1980 | Orhaneli | MF | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 1 | | 2004 SL Dardanelspor. |
| 21 | 17 | Taylan Eliaçık | 27 May 1984 | Malatya | MF | 7 | 1 | 1 | | 8 | 1 | | | → previous season. |
| 22 | 6 | Engin Şimşek | 17 Apr 1977 | Ankara | MF | 15 | | 2 | | 17 | | 1 | | 2004 ST Altay. |
| 23 | 14 | Levent Şeker | 6 Jan 1985 | Mersin | FW | 3 | | 2 | | 4 | | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 24 | 15 | Nurullah Kaya | 20 Jul 1986 | Batman | MF | | | | | | | | | → previous season. |
| 25 | 16 | Tarkan Özyılmaz | 3 Apr 1975 | Mersin | MF | 16 | 3 | 2 | | 18 | 3 | | | → previous season. |
| 26 | 11 | Serkan Uçak | 23 Jul 1977 | Mersin | FW | 13 | | 1 | | 14 | | 4 | 1 | 2004 ST Şanlıurfa Bld. |
| 27 | 14 | Veysel Kılıç | 7 Sep 1987 | Seyhan | FW | | | | | | | | | First time professional. |
| 28 | 18 | Sabit Aycıl | 15 Aug 1985 | Mersin | FW | | | | | | | | | → previous season. |
| 29 | 17 | Mehmet Zengin | 13 Jun 1972 | Turgutlu | MF | 14 | 1 | | | 14 | 1 | | 1 | 2005 WT Sivasspor. |
| 30 | 18 | İlkan Aksoy | 16 Oct 1973 | Rize | DF | 6 | | | | 6 | | 1 | | 2005 WT BB Ankaraspor. |