Mersin İdman Yurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and third divisions. The team was promoted to the Turkish second level division after the 2008–09 season. MİY became the champions of the Turkish second division during the 2010–11 season and earned promotion to the Turkish Süper Lig during the 2011–12 season. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium was the previous ground of the team with a capacity of 10,125.[1] In 2013, their new 25,534 person capacity stadium, Mersin Arena, was inaugurated on 23 March 2013 with a TFF First League match against Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor. Their main rivals were Adana Demirspor, Adanaspor and Tarsus İdman Yurdu, and were friendly with Bucaspor.

Mersin Talim Yurdu
Full nameMersin Talim Yurdu Spor Kulübü Derneği
Nickname(s)Kırmızı Şeytanlar (The Red Devils)
Founded16 August 1925; 99 years ago (1925-08-16)
Dissolved30 June 2019
GroundMersin Arena, Mersin, Turkey
Capacity25,534
PresidentŞevket Varan
Websitehttp://www.mersinidmanyurdu.com.tr/

Name

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The name "Mersin İdman Yurdu" was originated as Turkish equivalent of "Mersin Sports Club". In the beginning of the Republic, many of the sports clubs carried the names as such. Later, most of those clubs, either by merging or renaming, changed their names. The "İdman Yurdu" name remained for some clubs throughout the country. Later it lost its meaning. Therefore, "İdman Yurdu" has become a particular name for the club. Then, the club adopted the name "Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club". In its original form, the club's name is written separately. However, because of the norm that noun phrases which have lost their meaning are written contiguously, the team's name has become "Mersin İdmanyurdu". Today, both depictions are common in Turkish for MİY: Some write it separately (In Turkish, abbreviations are possible, even if the words had been conjunct). Club website has shown divergent interests.

Their nickname is Şeytanlar (meaning "Devils") or Kırmızı Şeytanlar ("Red Devils").[2] Their song is "Şampiyon yap bizi / Cehennemde yak bizi" ("Make us the champs / Burn us in hellfire").[2]

History

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Club logo in the 1960s
 
Club logo in the 1970s
 
Mersin İdman Yurdu park, a part of Mersin coastal park reserved for Mersin İdman Yurdu, with view to Muğdat Mosque
 
Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium

Mersin İdman Yurdu is one of the oldest clubs of the Mediterranean region. The club was founded on 16 August 1925 as Mersin Gençlerbirliği (English: Mersin Youth Union) during a meeting between Edip Buran and his friends İbrahim Yekta, Fevzi Serdengeçti, Asım Güler, Muhip Batıbeki, Necati Salim, Lütfi Resimci, Sami İstanbullu, Hayri Güntekin, Hakkı Cemal Üçer, Hasan Tahsin, and Mustafa Lütfi. Their aim was to provide Mersin's youth with activities to fill their spare time with sports during long, hot summer days in Mersin. Later, the club obtained a license with the participation of other founders, namely İbrahim Bigam, İhsan Dağıstan, Hamit Abey, Rauf Süleymaniyeli, Semih Can, Ömer, Cevdet Türkmenli, Kazım Kırzade, and Muharrem Yeğin.[3]

The first colors of the team were red and white. The club changed its name to Mersin İdman Yurdu in 1926, and their colors were changed to red and dark blue.[4] The logo was established as three connected circles, the center circle in red and the left and right circles in dark blue.

Mersin İdman Yurdu had won the regional title every year since its foundation until 1964, except during the 1949–50 season when Mersin Demirspor captured the title. In 1944, the team reached the third place in the Turkish Football Championship. In 1952, the club inaugurated their new stadium, Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadyumu,[5] by playing an opening match that was tied 3–3 with Galatasaray.[6]

In 1957, the club became sponsored by the Çukurova Group and adopted the name Çukurova İdmanyurdu. The team again finished third in the Turkish Amateur Championship.[6] Çukurova İdmanyurdu, as "a rather well-known amateur club from the city of Mersin",[7] turned professional and was promoted to Turkey's first second level league founded in 1963. Çukurova İdmanyurdu again became the amateur champions of Turkey in 1963. When they became a part of the Turkish second division they were one of only three clubs that came from outside of the major cities of Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir, the other clubs being Adana Demirspor and Bursaspor.

In June 1966, the club changed its name to Mersin İdman Yurdu after three seasons and became champions of the Turkish second division in the 1966–67 season. At the end of that season they won the Prime Minister's Cup by defeating the Amateur League champions. Beginning in the 1967–68 season they played in the Turkish top level division (Süper Lig) for 7 consecutive years and 11 years in total. The same season on 6 April 1968, Pakistani internationals Maula Bakhsh and Abdul Jabbar became the team's first foreign transfers.[8][9]

After the 1982–83 season, MİY was relegated from the Süper Lig. They played in the second division until the formation of a one-group second level division in 2001–02. Because of their place in the 2000–01 season they were automatically relegated to third level formed under the name of "Second League, Category B". They spent one season there and were promoted to the second division (Second League, Category A). After the 2005–06 season, they were relegated to the third division again.

In 2008, Ali Kahramanlı was elected president of the club. They finished the 2008–09 season in the TFF Second League playoffs in second place and advanced to the second division, now with the name TFF First League, also known as Bank Asya 1. Lig. After spending two seasons in the TFF First League, MİY became the champions of 2010–11 Bank Asya 1. Lig and were promoted to 2011–12 Süper Lig after being absent from the Süper Lig for 28 years. Their championship was widely attributed to coach Nurullah Sağlam, who took over the team after the 9th week during that season. They finished Süper Lig as 12th in the 2011–12 season but relegated again to First League after finishing 18th or last in the 2012–13 season. MİY finished the First League as 6th and qualified for the promotion play-offs in the 2013–14 season. They beat Orduspor 3–0 on aggregate and 2–0 Samsunspor and returned to top level at the first attempt. MİY finished the 2014-15 season as seventh. However, next season was a disaster for MİY due to financial problems. Eventually MİY relegated to second level after a 2-0 defeat to Çaykur Rizespor on 29 April 2016.

After the city of Mersin hosted the 2013 Mediterranean Games, there was an urgent need to build a modern stadium in the city. After the games were over, the club started to use the stadium for their league games. The stadium has a capacity of 25,534 people and it is one of the most modern stadiums in Turkey.[10]

Honours

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Domestic competitions

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Regional competitions

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  • Adana Professional Football League
    • Winners (1): 1959–60
  • Adana Football League
    • Winners (4): 1926, 1927, 1931, 1933

Others

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  • 1969 Friendship Cup
    • Third place (1): 1969 (Represented Turkey in a friendly tournament, and played four matches against Pakistan, Spartak Moscow, Iran, and Iraq in a one-leg league system; finished third with 2 wins and 2 losses. See MİY 1968–69 for details)

League participations

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Before 2001

After 2001

All time league table

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Period League Season Pl W D L F A Av Pt
Before 2001
Turkish First Football League 11 336 102 104 130 295 339 −44 306
Turkish Second Football League 27 858 381 218 261 1152 863 279 1175
After 2001
Süper Lig 1 34 12 6 16 34 45 42
TFF First League 6 168 59 39 70 208 231 −23 216
TFF Second League 4 142 66 40 36 190 137 53 238
All times
First division 12 370 114 110 146 329 384 −55 348
Second division 33 1026 440 257 331 1360 1094 256 1391
Third division 4 142 66 40 36 190 137 53 238
Overall Totals 49 1470 591 394 489 1806 1541 253 1879

Note: 2011–12 stats are not included. Play-off games are not included. Before 1987 two-points-for-a-win rule was accepted.

Seasonal league table

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Mersin İdman Yurdu professional league participations by season.[11]

First stage Second stage
Season League Place P W D L F A Av P Group Place P W D L F A Av P
1963–64 2nd League* 5 24 10 5 9 29 31 −2 25
1964–65 2nd League* 3 30 18 4 8 42 24 18 40
1965–66 2nd League Red Group* 2 20 9 7 4 26 13 13 25 Final Group 5 14 6 3 5 21 16 5 15
1966–67 2nd League Red Group 1 32 22 6 4 62 21 41 50
1967–68 1st League 10 30 12 6 14 42 44 −4 30
1968–69 1st League 6 30 11 9 10 35 29 6 31
1969–70 1st League 4 30 12 12 6 32 27 5 36
1970–71 1st League 11 30 11 6 13 27 26 1 28
1971–72 1st League 7 30 10 10 10 35 29 6 30
1972–73 1st League 11 30 8 11 11 26 31 −5 27
1973–74 1st League 15 30 8 6 16 15 27 −12 22
1974–75 2nd League Red Group 3 30 14 6 10 36 23 13 34
1975–76 2nd League Red Group 1 30 14 11 5 39 17 22 39
1976–77 1st League 7 30 9 13 8 25 26 −1 31
1977–78 1st League 16 30 3 15 12 18 34 −16 21
1978–79 2nd League Red Group 6 30 9 12 9 28 26 2 30
1979–80 2nd League Group A 1 30 17 7 6 38 20 18 41
1980–81 1st League 15 30 8 7 15 21 34 −13 23
1981–82 2nd League Group C 1 28 21 5 2 46 11 35 47
1982–83 1st League 15 34 10 9 15 19 32 −13 29
1983–84 2nd League Group B 2 32 19 8 5 53 25 28 46
1984–85 2nd League Group B 8 30 10 8 12 34 38 −4 28
1985–86 2nd League Group C 12 34 8 16 10 21 28 −7 32
1986–87 2nd League Group B 11 32 9 14 11 27 32 −5 32
1987–88 2nd League Group B 11 32 11 8 13 42 37 5 41
1988–89 2nd League Group B 6 34 14 7 13 48 44 4 49
1989–90 2nd League Group C 3 32 16 4 12 43 37 6 52
1990–91 2nd League Group C 3 32 19 7 6 69 36 33 64
1991–92 2nd League Group C 10 32 12 6 14 44 39 5 42
1992–93 2nd League Group 2 2 18 12 3 3 44 20 24 39 Promotion Group 5 18 8 3 7 25 21 4 27
1993–94 2nd League Group 3 8 18 3 8 7 19 26 −7 17 Classification Group 3 5 32 9 14 9 37 34 3 41
1994–95 2nd League Group 3 9 18 6  – 12 13 23 −10 18 Classification Group 3 6 32 11 6 15 29 37 −8 39
1995–96 2nd League Group 3 1 18 12 4 2 31 17 14 40 Promotion Group 8 18 5 3 10 15 23 −8 18
1996–97 2nd League Group 3 2 18 10 5 3 26 13 13 35 Promotion Group 4 18 9 2 7 19 14 5 29
1997–98 2nd League Group 1 6 18 4 8 6 26 26  – 20 Classification Group 1 6 32 9 11 12 44 43 1 38
1998–99 2nd League Group 1 3 18 11  – 7 31 21 10 33 Classification Group 1 1 32 17 3 12 53 40 3 54
1999–00 2nd League Group 1 7 18 6 7 5 20 16 4 25 Classification Group 1 5 32 13 10 9 42 27 15 49
2000–01 2nd League Group 1 7 18 6 4 8 23 32 −9 22 Classification Group 1 7 32 8 10 14 39 56 −17 34
2001–02 TFF 2nd League Group 1 1 18 10 5 3 34 19 15 35 Promotion Group 2 18 9 5 4 17 12 5 32
2002–03 TFF 1st League 12 34 12 6 16 52 51 1 42
2003–04 TFF 1st League 15 34 9 7 18 38 44 −6 34
2004–05 TFF 1st League 7 34 15 8 11 49 53 −4 53
2005–06 TFF 1st League 16 34 6 11 17 30 54 −24 29
2006–07 TFF 2nd League Group 2 3 18 9 2 7 26 25 1 29 Classification Group 2 3 32 11 10 11 41 45 −4 43
2007–08 TFF 2nd League Group 2 2 18 12 3 3 24 11 13 39 Promotion Group 6 18 6 5 7 18 19 −1 23
2008–09 TFF 2nd League Group 3 2 20 9 8 3 30 17 13 35 Promotion Group 2 18 9 4 5 26 14 12 31
2009–10 TFF 1st League 13 34 11 8 15 36 44 −8 41
2010–11 TFF 1st League 1 32 17 7 8 39 29 10 58
2011–12 Süper Lig

Note: Classification group statistics are accumulated on normal season.
Note (*): The team played as "Çukurova İdmanyurdu".
League and group colors: Green: Promoted; Light green: Qualified; Pink: Relegated.

Play-off games

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  • 2013–14 – Turkish First League championship game: Mersin İdman Yurdu 2–0 Samsunspor
  • 1998–99 – Turkish Second League play-offs quarter-finals: Çaykur Rizespor 2–0 Mersin İdman Yurdu
  • 1996–97 – Turkish Second League play-offs quarter-finals: Kartalspor 2–0 Mersin İdman Yurdu
  • 1979–80 – Turkish Second League championship game: Kocaelispor 2–2 (pen: 4–2) Mersin İdman Yurdu
  • 1975–76 – Turkish Second League championship game: Samsunspor 3–1 Mersin İdman Yurdu
  • 1966–67 – Turkish Second League championship game: Mersin İdman Yurdu 2–0 Bursaspor

Turkish Cup participations

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Participated in the Turkish Cup since 1962.

All-time competition statistics

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Period League attended Season Pl W D L F A Av Pt
Before 2001
Turkish First Football League 9 42 18 10 14 53 40 13 46
Turkish Second Football League 22 58 28 7 23 96 72 24 72
Turkish Amateur Football Championship 1 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4
After 2001
Süper Lig 1
TFF First League 6 16 7 0 9 31 38 −7 21
TFF Second League 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
All-time
First division 10 42 18 10 14 53 40 13 46
Second division 28 74 35 7 32 127 110 17 93
Third division 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Amateur division 1 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4
Overall 40 120 55 17 48 183 155 28 143

Note: 2011–12 stats are not included. Before 1987 two-points-for-a-win rule was accepted. Serial penalties included in the match scores.

Seasonal competition statistics

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Season Competition League attended Rounds played Pl W D L F A Pt
1962–63 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Amateur Football Championship R1 Preliminary, R1, R2 3 2 0 1 3 3 4
1963–64 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R3 Preliminary, R3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2
1964–65 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2 P, R2, R3 P2 3 2 0 1 6 5 4
1966–67 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2 P2, R2, R3 P2 3 2 0 1 7 4 4
1967–68 Türkiye Kupası Turkish First Football League R1, R2 4 2 1 1 5 2 5
1968–69 Türkiye Kupası Turkish First Football League R1 2 0 0 2 1 4 0
1969–70 Türkiye Kupası Turkish First Football League R1, R2 P, R2 6 3 1 2 16 5 7
1970–71 Türkiye Kupası Turkish First Football League R1, R2 4 1 2 1 3 3 4
1972–73 Türkiye Kupası Turkish First Football League R1, R2 4 1 2 1 3 3 4
1975–76 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2 S1, R2 S2, R3, R4 6 3 1 2 10 6 7
1976–77 Türkiye Kupası Turkish First Football League R3, R4 4 3 0 1 9 6 6
1977–78 Türkiye Kupası Turkish First Football League R3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2
1978–79 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R3, R4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2
1979–80 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R3 1 0 0 1 2 4 0
1980–81 Türkiye Kupası Turkish First Football League R5, R6 QF 6 2 1 3 4 6 5
1981–82 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 10 5 3 2 13 6 13
1982–83 Federasyon Kupası Turkish First Football League R5, R6, QF, SF, F 10 5 3 2 10 8 13
1983–84 Federasyon Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2, R3, R4 6 5 0 1 13 3 10
1984–85 Federasyon Kupası Turkish Second Football League R1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
1985–86 Federasyon Kupası Turkish Second Football League R1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1
1986–87 Federasyon Kupası Turkish Second Football League R1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
1989–90 Federasyon Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
1990–91 Federasyon Kupası Turkish Second Football League R1, R2 2 1 0 1 8 3 3
1991–92 Federasyon Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2, R3 2 1 0 1 3 3 3
1992–93 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R1 1 0 0 1 3 4 0
1993–94 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R1, R2 2 1 0 1 4 3 3
1994–95 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2, R3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3
1995–96 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2, R3 2 1 0 1 4 3 3
1996–97 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2, R3 2 1 0 1 7 7 3
1997–98 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2, R3, R4 3 2 0 1 3 3 6
1998–99 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R2 1 0 0 1 3 4 0
1999–00 Türkiye Kupası Turkish Second Football League R1, R2 2 1 0 1 3 3 3
2002–03 Türkiye Kupası TFF First League R1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
2003–04 Türkiye Kupası TFF First League R1, R2 2 1 0 1 1 2 3
2004–05 Türkiye Kupası TFF First League R1, R2 2 1 0 1 4 4 3
2005–06 Fortis Türkiye Kupası TFF First League R1, R2, R3 (group stage) 6 2 0 4 8 13 6
2006–07 Fortis Türkiye Kupası TFF Second League R1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
2009–10 Ziraat Türkiye Kupası TFF First League R1, R2, R3 (play-off) 3 2 0 1 14 12 6
2010–11 Ziraat Türkiye Kupası TFF First League R2, R3 (play-offs) 2 1 0 1 3 5 3
2011–12 Ziraat Türkiye Kupası TFF First League R3 (play-offs)

Note: Serial penalties added to match scores. Before 1987, two points for a win rule accepted.

European participations

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As of 28 September 1983
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2 0 1 1 0 1 –1

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1983–84 1R   Spartak Varna 0–0 0–1 0–1

UEFA Ranking history:

As of 1988
Season Rank Points Ref.
1984 199   0.500 [12]
1985 210   0.500 [13]
1986 207   0.500 [14]
1987 204   0.500 [15]
1988 206   0.500 [16]

Current squad

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As of 1 September 2016[17]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   TUR Ahmet Taner Cukadar
4 DF   TUR Mehmet Sığırcı
5 MF   TUR Tekin Oğrak
6 DF   TUR Serol Demirhan
7 MF   TUR Mahmut Metin
10 MF   TUR Tolga Sahin
11 FW   TUR Ahmet Bener
17 MF   TUR Emre Can Dönmez
19 DF   TUR Abdulkadir Korkut
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK   TUR Hasan Daş
25 GK   TUR Furkan Güzel
32 DF   TUR Mesut Aggül
33 MF   TUR Nurullah Kaya
46 FW   TUR Mehmet Ali Kacar
66 DF   TUR Gökhan Akkan
77 FW   TUR Güven Varol
81 FW   TUR Sinan Kaloğlu
99 MF   TUR Furkan Aydemir

Presidents

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  • Current President: Mahmut Karak since 25 February 2017.

Former presidents

President Period
  Reşit Galip Bey
  Hakkı Cemal Üçer
  Edip Buran
  Halil Zaloğlu
  Muharrem Hilmi Yeğin
  Sait Arif Akıncı
  Enver Ali Gernaz
  Fuat Morel
  Rıza Kurtuluş
  Mitat Toroğlu 1930–1940
  Fahri Merzeci
  Tarık Özergin
  Muhittin Aynaz
  Anvi Gürsel
  Şadi Eliyeşil
President Period
  Mehmet Karamehmet
  Sadık Eliyeşil
  Mehmet Karamehmet 1963–1965
  Halit Gazioğlu 1965–1966
  Nevzat Emrealp 1966–1967
  Faruk Miskavi 1967–1968
  Mehmet Karamehmet 1968–1974
  Kaya Mutlu 1974–1976
  Burhan Kanun 1976–1977
  Salih Turhan Lokmanoğlu 1977–1978
  Atilla Perşembe 1978–1979
  Hadi Doğan 1979–1980
  Aslan Çevirgen 1980–1981
  Mehmet Fatih Deveci 1981–1983
  Haluk Ulusoy 1983–1987
President Period
  H. Okan Merzeci 1987–26.03.1989
  Kaya Mutlu 27.03.1989–26.03.1994
  H. Okan Merzeci 27.03.1994–20.10.1997
  Mehmet Küver 21.10.1997–18.04.1999
  Macit Özcan 19.04.1999–22.05.2004
  Hasan Ahi 24.05.2004–15.01.2006
  Erol Ertan 16.01.2006–08.01.2007
  Hamit İzol 09.01.2007–12.12.2007
  Hüseyin Çalışkan 13.12.2007–23.09.2008
  Ali Kahramanlı 24.09.2008–11.01.2016
  Hüseyin Çalışkan 11.01.2016–27.09.2016
  Ali Tekin 28.09.2016–25.02.2017
  Mahmut Karak 25.02.2017–present

Sources: Club history[18]

Coaches

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  • Head coach:   Levent Eriş since 3 March 2017.

Former coaches[19]

Head coach Period
  İlhan Taşucu 01.08.1963–31.05.1965
  Fahrettin Cansever 01.08.1965–20.01.1966
  Lefter Küçükandonyadis 20.01.1966–31.05.1967
  Cihat Arman 01.08.1967–28.04.1968
  Turgay Şeren 15.06.1968–25.03.1969
  Bülent Giz 27.08.1969–31.05.1971
  Dumitru Teodorescu 01.07.1971–29.08.1971
  Turgay Şeren 31.08.1971–11.02.1973
  Ion Motroc 09.09.1973–23.09.1973
  Nazım Koka 30.09.1973–10.03.1974
  Tomislav Kaloperović 23.03.1974–31.05.1974
  Bülent Giz 01.08.1974–31.05.1975
  Kadri Aytaç 01.08.1975–31.05.1977
  Turgut Kafkas 01.08.1977–31.12.1977
  Orhan Yüksel 01.01.1978–31.05.1978
  Octavian Popescu 01.08.1978–31.05.1979
  Suat Mamat 01.08.1979–31.05.1980
  İsmet Arıkan 02.06.1980–31.05.1981
  Candan Dumanlı 01.08.1981–31.05.1982
  Gündüz Tekin Onay 01.08.1982–31.05.1983
  Kahraman Karataş 01.08.1983–31.05.1985
  Aydın Tohumcu 01.08.1985–31.05.1986
  Kahraman Karataş 01.08.1986–31.05.1987
  Aydın Tohumcu 01.08.1987–31.05.1988
  İsmet Arıkan 01.08.1988–31.05.1989
Head coach Period
  Ali Hoşfikirer 01.08.1988–31.05.1989
  Aydın Tohumcu 01.08.1989–04.01.1990
  Ger Blok 04.01.1990–31.05.1990
  Kadri Aytaç 01.08.1990–31.05.1991
  Adnan Dinçer 01.06.1991–31.05.1992
  Kadri Aytaç 22.06.1992–20.12.1992
  Fevzi Zemzem 24.12.1992–25.04.1993
  Nasır Belci 05.05.1993–31.05.1993
  Aydın Tohumcu 01.07.1993–25.10.1993
  Battal Toktay 01.11.1993–31.05.1994
  Kahraman Karataş 09.06.1994–20.10.1994
  Levent Arıkdoğan 01.04.1995–28.02.1996
  Candan Dumanlı 28.02.1996–31.05.1996
  Kasım Gündüz 08.07.1996–31.05.1997
  Zafer Bilgetay 03.07.1997–18.09.1997
  Kasım Gündüz 30.10.1997–12.02.1998
  Zafer Göncüler 12.02.1998–31.07.1998
  Müjdat Yalman 01.08.1998–14.12.1999
  Kahraman Karataş 11.02.1999–31.05.1999
  Ali Gültiken 01.07.1999–09.09.1999
  Müjdat Yalman 30.09.1999–13.03.2000
  Levent Arıkdoğan 01.07.2000–18.10.2000
  Nasır Belci 06.07.2001–27.01.2003
  Yücel İldiz 30.01.2003–19.09.2003
  Mehmet Şahan 19.09.2003–28.12.2003
Head coach Period
  Levent Eriş 22.01.2004–31.05.2004
  Levent Arıkdoğan 26.08.2004–01.11.2005
  Engin Korukır 18.11.2005–17.03.2006
  Nasır Belci 17.03.2006–26.09.2006
  İlyas Tüfekçi 02.10.2006–08.03.2007
  Kahraman Karataş 13.03.2007–31.05.2007
  Abdülkerim Durmaz 17.07.2007–31.05.2008
  Ercan Albay 14.08.2008–31.05.2009
  Serhat Güller 19.08.2009–31.01.2010
  Ergün Penbe 05.02.2010–31.05.2010
  Yüksel Yeşilova 03.06.2010–17.10.2010
  Nurullah Sağlam 22.10.2010–18.12.2012
  Giray Bulak 20.12.2012–06.03.2013
  Hakan Kutlu 08.03.2013–06.03.2014
  Yılmaz Vural 06.03.2014–16.05.2014
  Hakan Kutlu 16.05.2013–31.05.2014
  Rıza Çalımbay 03.06.2014–31.05.2015
  Mesut Bakkal 03.07.2015–18.09.2015
  Bülent Korkmaz 22.09.2015–04.01.2016
  Ümit Özat 19.01.2016–06.05.2016
  Levent Arıkdoğan 21.07.2016–28.10.2016
  Yusuf Şimşek 28.10.2016–19.01.2017
  Memduh Özbalta 09.02.2017–02.03.2017
  Levent Eriş 03.03.2017–present
Note: Start dates of coaches who started regularly have been shown as 1 August, before 1990, if there was no TFF records.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Team Page 22 August 2009
  2. ^ a b MERSIN IDMANYURDU turkish-football.com (English) accessed 29 May 2010
  3. ^ "The history of Mersin İdman Yurdu". Mersin İdmanyurdu Kulübünün tarihçesi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.06.1982. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (in Turkish)
  4. ^ Mersin İdmanyurdu Fan Site
  5. ^ Tevfik Sırrı Gür was a well reputed governor of Mersin Province between 1931–1947. Mersin From Railway Station To The Lighthouse 22 August 2009.
  6. ^ a b Mersin İdmanyurdu Spor Kulübü Resmi Internet Sitesi[permanent dead link]. (in Turkish)
  7. ^ this quote was spelled in Cem Pekin Archives.
  8. ^ Molla Bachs. Foreign transfer. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ^ Abdül Cabbar. Foreign transfer. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ Berksun, Emre. "Mersin Arena Stadi". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  11. ^ Sources: TRT Spor; TFF ; Cem Pekin Archives.
  12. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1984". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  13. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1985". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  14. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1986". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  15. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1987". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  16. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1988". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  17. ^ "Club Details". TFF. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  18. ^ Name of presidents and their terms of presidency are determined through a comparative review of page on the previous presidents of the club at the club's official website Archived 2011-12-02 at the Wayback Machine; Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years (in Turkish). Retrieved on 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü; and an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for various Mersin İdmanyurdu seasons.Other details obtained from web search.
  19. ^ Dates are obtained from TFF coach search for post-1990 cases. Pre-1990 date information have been collected from various web sites including official web site Archived 2011-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Maç anıları, Milliyet gazete arşivi, maçkolik Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Please search for names in mentioned websites to verify.
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