1997–98 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK
Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1997–98
Season: Second League 1997–98
League position: Ranking Group 1: 6th
Classification Group: 6th
Turkish Cup: Eliminated at R4
Most appearances: Turkey ( )
Top goal scorers: Turkey ( )
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Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1997–98. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) participated in Second League 1997–98 season for the 24th time. MİY had a bad season in league and finished 6th. The team also participated in Turkish Cup in 1997–98 and eliminated at Round 4.

1997–98 League participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 1 in Second League 1997–98 season. League played in three stages. In the first stage 51 teams in five groups (one with 11 and others with 10 clubs) 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 1998–99. Remaining 8 teams in each ranking group and ninth team in 2nd group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams relegated to Third League 1998–99 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 Eskişehir to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.[1]

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 1 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at sixth place and couldn't took place in promotion group. In classification group, team finished 6th again and couldn't attend to promotion play-off games.

Ranking Group

Mersin İY's league performance in TFF Second League Ranking Group 1 in 1997–98 season is shown in the following table.[2] First team is MİY for both home and away matches.

place team games goals points home away
P W D L F A F-A week plc F-A week plc
1 Adanaspor 181125372335 2–1176 0–388
2 Sarıyer 181044332134 1–1156 1–166
3 İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor 18945302631 2–356 0–0146
4 Hatayspor 18765252227 2–2 46 1–1137
5 Konyaspor 18666212024 0–076 1–1166
6 Mersin İdmanyurdu 18486262620
7 Boluspor 18558222820 5–2127 2–037
8 Kemerspor 18558223320 5–197 1–2186
9 Bakırköyspor 18459233117 0–1107 2–111
10 Gaziosmanpaşaspor 18378172616 2–222 1–2117

Classification Group

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 Turkish Third Football League 1998–99 season. Points and goals were carried from ranking group. MİY obtained 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses and finished sixth.

Mersin İY's league performance in Turkish Second Football League Classification Group 1 in 1998–99 season is shown in the following table.[3] First team is MİY for both home and away matches.

place team games goals points home away
P W D L F A F-A week plc F-A week plc
1 İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor 321688584456 1–2104 3–435
2 Konyaspor 32141175129'53 1–1134 1–164
3 Hatayspor 3212713354043 1–0124 0–155
4 Boluspor 32101012374240 1–083 0–117
5 Bakırköyspor 3211615445839 2–043 2–3115
6 Mersin İdmanyurdu 3291112444338
7 Kemerspor 329716386034 2–126 1–194
8 Gaziosmanpaşaspor 3251215324927 3–074 0–2145

1997–98 Turkish Cup participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu had participated in Turkish Cup in 1997–98 and eliminated at 4th Round.[4] MİY attended to the cup starting from second round. In the second round MİY eliminated their historical rivals Adana Demirspor which were took place 2nd Lleague Group 2 in that season. In the third round the opponents were Group 2 runner-ups Eskişehirspor. Hatayspor was the team to which MİY lost in 4th round.

round own league opponent's league opponent A/H score result
Round 2 1997–98 Second League 1997–98 Second League Adana Demirspor H1–0 Promoted to R3
Round 3 1997–98 Second League 1997–98 Second League Eskişehirspor H1–0 Promoted to R4
Round 4 1997–98 Second League 1997–98 Second League Hatayspor H1–3 Eliminated

1997–98 Squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for Turkish Second Football League Ranking and Classification Groups games.[5]

No Nat Name Birth Born Pos LA LG CA CG TA TG Red card Notes

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.[6]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Cem Pekin Archives (30 March 2010).
  2. ↑ Standings and results from TFF Archive
  3. ↑ Standings and results from TFF Archive
  4. ↑ Select 1997–98 season fixtures at TFF team page game details at TFF page.
  5. ↑ Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 1997-98 team squad
  6. ↑ TFF club page (select season to confirm), retrieved on 8 September 2013 from tff.org; and maçkolik.com team page, retrieved on 07 February 2015 from maçkolik.com.