# 2005–06 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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 | 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 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -14 | 4 |
| Second half | | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| Owerall | 16 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 54 | -24 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 28 | -20 | 10 |

### League table

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2005–06 Second League Category A season place in league table.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Uşakspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 40 | |
| 15 | Akçaabat Sebatspor | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 34 | |
| 16 | Mersin İdman Yurdu (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 29 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
| 17 | Yozgatspor (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
| 18 | Çanakkale Dardanelspor (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 73 | −50 | 19 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |

### Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 2005–06 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |

### 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.

### 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.

## 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.

### Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2005–06 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 | Alanyaspor | A | 2–1 | Promoted |
| Round 2 | First League | Second League | Pazarspor | H | 4–1 | Promoted |
| Group Stage | First League | Süper Lig | Galatasaray | A | 0–4 | |
| Group Stage | First League | Süper Lig | Malatyaspor | H | 0–1 | |
| Group Stage | First League | Second League | Giresunspor | A | 1–2 | |
| Group Stage | First League | Süper Lig | Diyarbakırspor | H | 1–4 | Eliminated |

### 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.

## 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 | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| Levent Arıkdoğan | 26.08.2004 – 01.11.2005 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | Left after 10 the round. |
| Ahmet Lülü & Yusuf Ömür | 02.11.2005 – 17.11.2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Assistant coaches. |
| Engin Korukır | 18.11.2005 – 17.03.2006 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | Left after 25th round. |
| Nasır Belci | 17.03.2006 – 26.09.2006 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Continued in the next season. |

## 2005–06 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2005–06 Second League Category A and 2005–06 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 | 17 | | 5 | | 22 | | | | → previous season. |
| 2 | 2 | Birand Yaytaş | 11 Jul 1975 | İzmir | DF | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 7 | | 2005 ST Erzurumspor. |
| 3 | 3 | Cemal Koç | 5 Mar 1977 | Mersin | MF | 25 | | 3 | | 28 | | 12 | | → previous season. |
| 4 | 4 | Ulaç Çağlayan | 9 Feb 1983 | Mersin | DF | 24 | 2 | 4 | | 28 | 2 | 6 | 2 | → previous season. |
| 5 | 5 | Selim Özer | 26 Dec 1968 | Istanbul | DF | 30 | 1 | 5 | | 35 | 1 | 8 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 6 | 6 | Serkan Damla | 25 Oct 1973 | Mersin | MF | 26 | | 3 | | 29 | | 3 | | 2005 ST Kayserispor. |
| 7 | 7 | Kamil Aslan | 4 May 1981 | Aksaray | MF | 21 | | 2 | | 23 | | 2 | 1 | 2005 ST Adana Demirspor. |
| 8 | 8 | Serkan Merç | 1 Jan 1981 | Denizli | MF | 31 | | 5 | | 36 | | 8 | | 2005 ST Aydınspor. |
| 9 | 9 | Seydihan Başlantı | 29 Nov 1983 | Würselen | MF | 10 | | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2005 ST Çaykur Rizespor. |
| 10 | 10 | Sezar Güner | 7 Nov 1972 | Rize | FW | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 3 | | → previous season. |
| 11 | 11 | Ferdi Yanık | 6 Mar 1981 | Samsun | FW | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 6 | | 2005 ST Altay. |
| 12 | 12 | Şükrü Fırtına | 17 Feb 1984 | Kuşadası | GK | | | | | | | | | 2005 ST Konya GB. |
| 13 | 13 | Mevlüt Metli | 17 Aug 1979 | Mersin | MF | 11 | | 2 | | 13 | | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 14 | 14 | Mehmet Zengin | 13 Jun 1972 | Turgutlu | MF | 24 | 6 | 3 | | 27 | 6 | 1 | | → previous season. |
| 15 | 15 | Yaser Yıldız | 1 Jun 1988 | Adapazarı | MF | 28 | 2 | 5 | | 33 | 2 | 5 | | 2005 SL Denizlispor. |
| 16 | 16 | Ercan Güneri | 15 Jun 1981 | Ankara | MF | 5 | | 2 | | 7 | | | | 2005 ST Tarım Kredispor. |
| 17 | 17 | Bülent Gökalp | 27 Nov 1977 | Erdemli | MF | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 4 | | → previous season. |
| 18 | 18 | Önal Arıca | 23 Feb 1976 | Mersin | DF | 22 | | 3 | | 25 | | 4 | | → previous season. |
| 19 | 4 | İlkan Aksoy | 16 Oct 1973 | Rize | DF | 9 | | 4 | | 13 | | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 20 | 14 | Metin Çay | 15 Oct 1976 | Mersin | DF | | | | | | | | | 2005 ST Şanlıurfa Bel. |
| 21 | 12 | Ömür Özünal | 11 May 1982 | Adana | GK | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | → previous season. |
| 22 | 13 | Altay Can | 17 Oct 1970 | Kırcaali | MF | 19 | | 4 | | 23 | | 7 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 23 | 16 | Yavuz Onuk | 25 Nov 1983 | Germany | DF | 4 | | 2 | | 6 | | | | 2005 ST Karlsruher SC II. |
| 24 | 15 | Fatih Nazlım | 24 Aug 1985 | France | MF | 3 | | 1 | | 4 | | 1 | | 2005 ST Clermont Foot. |
| 25 | 8 | Mesut Akşit | 21 Apr 1982 | Diyarbakır | DF | 15 | 3 | 1 | | 16 | 3 | 1 | | → previous season. |
| 26 | 12 | Oğuzhan Doğar | 1 Jun 1978 | Osmaniye | GK | 17 | | 1 | | 18 | | 1 | | 2006 WT Uşakspor. |
| 27 | 18 | Özgün Can Özgür | 13 Jul 1987 | Seyhan | FW | | | | | | | | | 2006 WT Mersin BŞB. |
| 28 | 17 | Macit Güven | 2 Mar 1980 | Trabzon | DF | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 2006 WT Kocaelispor |
| 29 | 18 | Ali Öztürk | 28 Jul 1986 | Gölhisar | MF | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 5 | | 2006 WL Gençlerbirliği. |
| 30 | 4 | Ramazan Özalp | 16 Oct 1974 | Adana | DF | 10 | 1 | 1 | | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 WT Elazığspor. |
| 31 | 16 | Barış Karaoğlu | 21 Dec 1987 | Hizan | FW | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | First time professional. |
| 32 | 8 | Doğan Şengül | 15 Sep 1985 | Fatih | DF | 8 | | 2 | | 10 | | 2 | | 2006 WT Turgutluspor. |