2002–03 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2002–03. The team participated in Second League Category A for the first time in the league's second season. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2002–03 season in 12th place in Turkish Second League Category A. Mersin idmanyurdu also participated in 2002–03 Turkish Cup, and eliminated at first round.
2002–03 season | ||||
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President | ||||
Head coach | (till 27 January 2003) (since 30 January 2003) | |||
Stadium | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Mersin, Turkey | |||
TFF First League | 12th | |||
Turkish Cup | Eliminated at R1 | |||
Most appearances | ||||
Top goalscorer | League: All: | |||
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Macit Özcan was club president. Nasır Belci was head coach in the beginning of the season. In the mid-season Yücel İldiz took over the team's management. Savaş Göcen was the most appeared player (34), while top goalscorer was Özgür Nasuh with 10 goals.
2002–03 TFF First League participation
Mersin idmanyurdu 2002–03 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 play-off winners were directly promoted to 2003–04 Süper Lig. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2003–04 TFF Second League.
Results summary
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2002–03 Second League Category A season league summary:
Overall | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 8 | |||
Second half | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 1 | ||||
Overall | 12 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -16 | 9 |
League table
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2002–03 Second League Category A season place in league table.
Pc | Team | Games | Goals | Pts | Home | Away | ||||||||||
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Pl | W | D | L | F | A | F–A | R | Pc | F–A | R | Pc | |||||
1 | Konyaspor (C) (P) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 28 | 68 | 3–0 | 15 | 8 | 0–2 | 32 | 11 | ||
2 | Çaykur Rizespor (P) | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 63 | 31 | 66 | 2–0 | 11 | 8 | 1–2 | 28 | 12 | ||
3 | Akçaabat Sebatspor (P) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 39 | 64 | 3–1 | 27 | 11 | 1–0 | 10 | 10 | ||
4 | Sivasspor | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 63 | 39 | 62 | 4–2 | 2 | 4 | 1–2 | 19 | 10 | ||
5 | Kayserispor | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 37 | 59 | 2–1 | 20 | 10 | 0–3 | 3 | 10 | ||
6 | Sakaryaspor | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 33 | 58 | 0–0 | 5 | 8 | 2–2 | 22 | 10 | ||
7 | Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 43 | 56 | 3–3 | 29 | 12 | 1–4 | 12 | 10 | ||
8 | Vestel Manisaspor | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 52 | 0–1 | 9 | 10 | 0–1 | 26 | 12 | ||
9 | Yimpaş Yozgatspor | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 52 | 45 | 2–0 | 33 | 9 | 2–2 | 16 | 9 | ||
10 | Adana Demirspor | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 62 | 65 | 42 | 1–2 | 13 | 10 | 2–3 | 30 | 13 | ||
11 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 47 | 42 | 3–0 | 4 | 4 | 0–2 | 21 | 10 | ||
12 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 52 | 51 | 42 | ||||||||
13 | İzmirspor | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 65 | 41 | 2–3 | 25 | 17 | 2–3 | 8 | 9 | ||
14 | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 48 | 40 | 0–1 | 17 | 9 | 0–2 | 34 | 12 | ||
15 | Dardanelspor | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 48 | 34 | 2–1 | 18 | 9 | 1–1 | 1 | 10 | ||
16 | Erzurumspor (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 60 | 31 | 0–0 | 23 | 9 | 0–1 | 6 | 11 | ||
17 | Gümüşhane Doğanspor (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 57 | 29 | 5–1 | 7 | 6 | 0–1 | 24 | 9 | ||
18 | Şekerspor (R) | 34 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 71 | 13 | 3–2 | 31 | 11 | 4–2 | 14 | 9 |
(C): Champions; (P): Promoted to 2003–04 Süper Lig; (R): Relegated to 2003–04 TFF Second League.
Results by round
Results of games MİY played in 2002–03 Second League Category A by rounds:
First half
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2002–03 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
25 August 2002 Round 1 | Dardanelspor | 1 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 18 Mart Stadium, Çanakkale |
Sunday, 19:00 | Mehmet Şen Gökhan Zan Levent Devrim |
Report | Referee: Hakan Özkan |
31 August 2002 Round 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 4 – 2 | Sivasspor | City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Saturday, 17:00 | Mustafa Sarp Bekir Hazar Mustafa Sarp Mehmet Fatih Çayla Armağan Yapıcı Tufan Esin |
Report | Referee: Namık Karaman |
8 September 2002 Round 3 | Kayserispor | 3 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Kayseri |
Sunday, 19:00 | Cihat Arslan Yusuf Tokuş Fatih Sezer Orhan Kaynak |
Report[2] | Referee: Ahmet Şahin |
14 September 2002 Round 4 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Antalyaspor | City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Saturday, 16:00 | Armağan Yapıcı İbrahim Halil Yiğit Yaşar Aydın Tufan Esin Ahmet Kolcu Furkan Şükürcü Savaş Göcen |
Report | Referee: Bülent Akkaşlı |
20 November 2002 Round 5 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 0 | Sakaryaspor | City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Wednesday, 13:30 | Özgür Nasuh Armağan Yapıcı |
Report[3] | Referee: Hasan Sirviservi |
29 September 2002 Round 6 | Erzurumspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Cemal Gürsel Stadium, Erzurum |
Sunday, 15:30 | Okan Çebi Hüseyin Topkaya İlker Erdem |
Report | Referee: Reha Biçici |
6 October 2002 Round 7 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 5 – 1 | Gümüşhane Doğanspor | City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Sunday, 12:00 | İbrahim Halil Yiğit Serkan Reçber Serkan Reçber Yaşar Aydın Serkan Reçber Emre Eren |
Report | Referee: Aytekin Durmaz |
12 October 2002 Round 8 | İzmirspor | 3 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Alsancak Stadium, İzmir |
Saturday, 19:00 | Hakan Gostak Halim Karaköse Cüneyt Yis Burhan Akcan Cüneyt Yis |
Report | Referee: Oktay Demiray |
20 October 2002 Round 9 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 1 | Vestel Manisaspor | City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Sunday, 15:00 | Bekir Hazar Furkan Şükürcü |
Report | Referee: Oğuz Uğurlu |
27 October 2002 Round 10 | Akçaabat Sebatspor | 0 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Fatih Stadium, Akçaabat, Trabzon |
Sunday, 13:30 | Mehmet Yılmaz Semavi Uzun |
Report | Referee: Coşkun Özkara |
2 November 2002 Round 11 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Çaykur Rizespor | City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Saturday, 13:30 | Serkan Reçber Mesut Akşit Furkan Şükürcü Mustafa Srap Özgür Nasuh |
Report | Referee: İsmet Arzuman |
9 November 2002 Round 12 | BŞB Ankaraspor | 4 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Ostim Stadium, Ankara |
Saturday, 12:00 | Sinan Közen Gökşin Çelik Birol Aksancak Birol Aksancak Hürriyet Gücer |
Report[4] | Referee: Cüneyt Elmaskeser |
17 November 2002 Round 13 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 2 | Adana Demirspor | City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Sunday, 13:30 | Serkan Reçber Mehmet Fatih Çayla Tufan Esin İbrahim Halil Yiğit Mustafa Sarp |
Report | Referee: Cem Tosyalı |
24 October 2002 Round 14 | Şekerspor | 2 – 4 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Cebeci İnönü Stadium, Ankara |
Sunday, 13:30 | Önder Dalkıran Ahmet Cem Çorakçı Tolga Taş Mustafa Akuçan |
Report | Referee: Aytekin Durmaz |
30 November 2002 Round 15 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Konyaspor | City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Saturday, 13:30 | Ahmet Kolcu Mesut Akşit Bekir Hazar Tufan Esin İbrahim Halil Yiğit Ahmet Kolcu |
Report | Referee: Sebahattin Şahin |
8 December 2002 Round 16 | Yimpaş Yozgatspor | 2 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Bozok Stadium, Yozgat |
Sunday, 13:30 | Mustafa Özsöğüt Hakan Kaygusuz Koray Karagözoğlu |
Report | Referee: Cem Papila |
14 December 2002 Round 17 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 1 | İstanbul BŞB | City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Saturday, 13:30 | Yaşar Aydın Serkan Reçber Tufan Esin Savaş Göcen |
Report[5] | Referee: Tolga Özkalfa |
Second half
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2002–03 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
1 February 2003 Round 18 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 | Dardanelspor | Koray Aydın Stadium, Mersin |
Saturday, 13:30 | İbrahim Halil Yiğit Mesut Akşit Bekir Hazar Furkan Şükürcü Emre Eren |
Report | Referee: Özgüç Türkalp |
9 February 2003 Round 19 | Sivasspor | 2 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas |
Sunday, 13:30 | Mehmet Yıldız Burak Akdiş Mehmet Yener Mehmet Yıldız Ertuğrul Arslan Cevat Macit |
Report | Referee: İsmet Cengiz |
16 February 2003 Round 20 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 | Kayserispor | Koray Aydın Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 13:30 | Bekir Hazar Özgür Nasuh İbrahim Halil Yiğit Savaş Göcen Yaşar Aydın Özgür Nasuh Furkan Şükürcü |
Report[2] | Referee: Çetin Sarıgül |
23 February 2003 Round 21 | Antalyaspor | 2 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Antalya |
Sunday, 13:30 | Fazlı Ulusal Necdet Sekmen Fazlı Ulusal Necdet Sekmen Mustafa Akhanım Ufuk Çam Erol Kapusuz |
Report | Referee: Metin Aydoğan |
2 March 2003 Round 22 | Sakaryaspor | 2 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Adapazarı, Sakarya |
Sunday, 13:30 | Abdulkadir Şakşak Mehmet Altıparmak Mehmet Altıparmak |
Report | Referee: Erol Ersoy |
9 March 2003 Round 23 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 0 | Erzurumspor | Koray Aydın Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 13:30 | Bekir Hazar |
Report | Referee: Çetin Sarıgül |
16 March 2003 Round 24 | Gümüşhane Doğanspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Gümüşhane |
Sunday, 13:30 | Targan Seymen Targan Seymen Yıldırım Eroğlu |
Report | Referee: Taner Balbay |
23 March 2003 Round 25 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 3 | İzmirspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 13:30 | Yaşar Aydın Özgür Nasuh Yaşar Aydın Özgür Nasuh |
Report | Referee: Metin Aydoğan |
30 March 2003 Round 26 | Vestel Manisaspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Manisa |
Sunday, 14:30 | Sezar Güner Ali Yılmaz Mutlu Kızıltan |
Report | Referee: Bülent Yıldırım |
6 April 2003 Round 27 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 1 | Akçaabat Sebatspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:30 | Özgür Nasuh Özgür Nasuh Yaşar Aydın Özgür Nasuh Yaşar Aydın Emre Eren Mesut Akşit Tufan Esin |
Report | Referee: Zafer Önder İpek |
13 April 2003 Round 28 | Çaykur Rizespor | 2 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Rize |
Sunday, 14:30 | Serkan Özdemir Yunus Altun Koray Avcı Gündüz Gürol Azer Kürşat Duymuş |
Report | Referee: Yılnur Önen |
20 April 2003 Round 29 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 3 | BŞB Ankaraspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:30 | Armağan Yapıcı Özgür Nasuh Mustafa Sarp Özgür Nasuh Furkan Şükürcü |
Report[4] | Referee: İsmet Cengiz |
27 April 2003 Round 30 | Adana Demirspor | 3 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 5 Ocak Stadium, Adana |
Sunday, 14:30 | Taner Demirbaş Taner Demirbaş Şenol Erol Şenol Erol Ali Yılmaz Muhammet Terzi Hakan Genç Fuad Kınalı |
Report | Referee: Oktay Demiray |
4 May 2003 Round 31 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 2 | Şekerspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 15:30 | Özgür Nasuh Armağan Yapıcı Mehmet Fatih Çayla Furkan Şükürcü |
Report | Referee: Bülent Akkaşlı |
11 May 2003 Round 32 | Konyaspor | 2 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Konya |
Sunday, 16:30 | Adem Akın Hayri Yılmaz İlkan Aksoy Adem Akın Yasin Çelik |
Report | Referee: Ünsal Çimen |
18 May 2003 Round 33 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Yimpaş Yozgatspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 16:30 | İbrahim Halil Yiğit Ahmet Kolcu Tufan Esin |
Report | Referee: Tolga Özkalfa |
25 May 2003 Round 34 | İstanbul BŞB | 2 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Bahçelievler Stadium, İstanbul |
Sunday, 17:00 | Metin Karaca Gökmen Ağbulak |
Report[5] | Referee: Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer |
2002–03 Turkish Cup participation
2002–03 Turkish Cup was played for 41st 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. Trabzonspor won the cup for the 6th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in the cup and eliminated at first elimination round.[6]
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2002–03 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A/H | Score | Result |
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Round 1 | TFF First League | TFF Second League | Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor | H | 1–2 | Eliminated |
Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2002–03 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
6 November 2002 Round 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Gaziantep BŞB | Tarsus City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin |
Wednesday, 13:00 | Erbil Aktepe Furkan Şükürcü Mesut Akşit |
Report | Referee: M. Cemil Şensöz |
Management
Club management
Macit Özcan, mayor of Mersin city was president of the club.
Coaching team
Nasır Belci was head coach in the first half of the season. Yücel İldiz signed before the start of second half and managed the team in the rest of the season.
2002–03 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches
Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
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Nasır Belci | 23.07.2002 – 27.01.2003 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | Left in the mid-season.[7] | |
Yücel İldiz | 30.01.2003 – 31.05.2003 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | Continued in the next season.[8] |
2002–03 squad
Appearances, goals and cards count for 2002–03 Second League Category A and 2002–03 Turkish Cup games.[9] 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 | Nat | Name | Birth | Born | Pos | LA | LG | CA | CG | TA | TG | ← Season Notes → | ||
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1 | 1 | Adnan Erkan | 15 Jan 1968 | Denizli | GK | 32 | 32 | 1 | 2002 ST Denizlispor.[10] | ||||||
2 | 2 | Savaş Göcen | 30 Aug 1974 | İstanbul | DF | 34 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 2002 ST Darıca GB.[11] | ||||
3 | 3 | Tufan Esin | 7 Aug 1980 | Silifke | DF | 32 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 11 | → previous season.[12] | ||||
4 | 4 | Fatih Çayla | 13 Sep 1975 | Bursa | DF | 24 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2002 ST Zeytinburnu.[13] | |||
5 | 5 | Furkan Şükürcü | 27 Dec 1973 | Üsküdar | DF | 29 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2002 ST Batman Petrol.[14] | ||||
6 | 6 | Bekir Hazar | 27 Jul 1976 | Ordu | MF | 29 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2002 ST Çankırı Belediye.[15] | ||
7 | 7 | Halil Yiğit | 20 Apr 1976 | Mardin | FW | 29 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 6 | → previous season.[16] | ||||
8 | 8 | Mustafa Sarp | 5 Nov 1980 | Bakırköy | MF | 31 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2002 ST Gaziosmanpaşa.[17] | ||||
9 | 9 | Erbil Aktepe | 12 Aug 1978 | Beykoz | MF | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2002 ST Kasımpaşa.[18] | ||||
10 | 10 | Serkan Reçber | 18 Oct 1975 | Bakırköy | FW | 21 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2002 ST Zeytinburnu.[19] | ||||
11 | 11 | Yaşar Aydın | 10 Apr 1974 | Kocaeli | FW | 32 | 7 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 2002 ST Darıca GB.[20] | ||||
12 | 12 | Levent Çetin | 24 Aug 1978 | Herford | GK | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2002 ST Çankırı Belediye.[21] | |||||
13 | 13 | Armağan Yapıcı | 6 Jul 1973 | Mersin | MF | 29 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2002 ST Diyarbakırspor.[22] | ||||
14 | 14 | Ahmet Kolcu | 1 Jan 1983 | Mazgirt | FW | 22 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 4 | → previous season.[23] | |||
15 | 15 | Osman Özbek | 3 Aug 1980 | Tarsus | MF | 13 | 1 | 14 | → previous season.[24] | ||||||
16 | 16 | Erhan Şentürk | 4 Jul 1977 | Muş | DF | 10 | 10 | 2002 ST Darıca GB.[25] | |||||||
17 | 17 | Mesut Akşit | 21 Apr 1982 | Diyarbakır | DF | 29 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 8 | → previous season.[26] | |||
18 | 18 | Taylan Eliaçık | 27 May 1984 | Malatya | FW | 7 | 1 | 8 | → previous season.[27] | ||||||
19 | 9 | Özgür Nasuh | 12 Jan 1978 | Adana | MF | 27 | 10 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 2002 ST Bursaspor.[28] | ||||
20 | 14 | Emre Eren | 1 Dec 1976 | Balıkesir | DF | 21 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 2002 ST Gençlerbirliği.[29] | |||||
21 | 14 | Salim Çömert | 1 Jan 1982 | Mersin | FW | 3 | 1 | 4 | → previous season.[30] | ||||||
22 | 17 | Aydın Kaldırım | 13 Mar 1977 | Sürmene | MF | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2002 ST Artvin Hopaspor.[31] | ||||||
23 | 12 | Ömür Özünal | 11 May 1982 | Adana | GK | 2002 ST Ceyhanspor.[32] | |||||||||
24 | 13 | Levent Şeker | 6 Jan 1985 | Mersin | FW | 1 | 1 | 2 | First time professional.[33] | ||||||
25 | 14 | Sefer Gezer | 13 Jan 1980 | İstanbul | FW | 1 | 1 | 2002 ST Artvin Hopaspor.[34] |
See also
Notes and references
- Official page for league is TFF league page. Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives; and standings and results from maçkolik.com league page, retrieved on 26 February 2015.
- At the end of 2003–04 TFF First League season, Kayseri Erciyesspor finished the season at second place and gained direct promotion to 2004–05 Süper Lig. The club interchanged their name and logo with those of Kayserispor (who finished 6th and could not promote) upon the request of 11th President of Turkey Abdullah Gül, then Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Kayseri. Therefore, before that season two teams take the place of each other in TFF archive pages. See [TFF website at http://www.tff.org.tr].
- Game was originally planned to be played on 22 September 2002.
- Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor appears as Osmanlıspor in TFF reports. Team's name has been changed to simply Ankaraspor before the start of 2005–06 season. Büyükşehir Belediye means "metropolitan municipality" in Turkish. Before the start of 2014–15 season owners of the club changed its name as Osmanlıspor F.K. (meaning Ottoman Sports F.C.). When a team changes its name, in TFF Info Bank its name in previous seasons also changes. Therefore in all game reports and league tables team appears with its new name. See TFF club page and league pages in tff.org.
- İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor appears as İstanbul Başakşehir in TFF reports. This is because İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Sports Club separated its football section and renamed it İstanbul Başakşehir Football Club before the start of 2014–15 football season. When a team changed its name its name in pages for previous seasons also changed. Therefore all the team names except those appear in weekly game results changed as İstanbul Başakşehir. See TFF club page and seasonal league pages on tff.org.tr.
- 2002–03 Turkish Cup (Fortis Türkiye Kupası) pages. Official page from TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website, retrieved on 12 June 2015 (in Turkish). An alternative source is maçkolik cup page. Cem Pekin Archives at Turkish Soccer site provides information in (in English).
- Nasır Belci. He continued from previous season when team has promoted to TFF Firs League. His contract was terminated in the mid-season. He later signed to Mardinspor in the next season. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 12 June 2015.
- Yücel İldiz. His previous team was Malatyaspor. His contract had ended but was renewed for the next season on 12 August 2003. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 12 June 2015.
- Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 2002–03 team squad. Select season to see staff.
- Adnan Erkan. Player signed on 5 August 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Denizlispor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he became free agent. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Savaş Göcen. Player signed on 6 August 2002 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Darıca Gençlerbirliği had ended. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Tufan Esin. In the team since 15 June 2001. Contract renewal on 12 August 2002 for two seasons. He continued in the next season. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Mehmet Fatih Çayla. Player signed on 22 July 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Zeytinburnuspor had been terminated mutually. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Altay for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Furkan Şükürcü. Player signed on 6 August 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Batman Petrolspor had ended. Although player had signed for two seasons, at the end of the season his contract was mutually terminated and he signed to Şekerspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Bekir Hazar. Player signed on 22 July 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Çankırı Belediyespor had ended. Player's contract was for two seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- İbrahim Halil Yiğit. In the team since 7 July 2000. Contract renewal on 27 July 2002. Player's contract was for two seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Mustafa Sarp. Player signed on 22 July 2002. Players contract with his previous team Gaziosmanpaşaspor had ended. Player's contract was for two seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Erbil Aktepe. Player signed on 29 July 2002. He was on loan to Küçükköyspor in previous season. Player's contract with his previous team Kasımpaşa had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Kartalspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Serkan Reçber. Player signed on 22 July 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Zeytinburnuspor had been mutually terminated. Although player's contract was for two seasons, was mutually terminated at the end of the season, and he signed to Göztepe for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Yaşar Aydın. Player signed on 1 August 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Darıca Gençlerbirliği had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Kocaelispor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Levent Çetin. Player signed on 22 July 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Çankırı Belediyespor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Zonguldakspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Armağan Yapıcı. Player signed on 8 August 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Diyarbakırspor had been terminated mutually. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Ahmet Kolcu. In the team since 12 August 1998. Contract renewal on 22 July 2002. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Osman Özbek. In the team since 10 August 2000. Contract renewal on 22 July 2002. Player's contract was two seasons. He was loaned out to Mezitlispor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Erhan Şentürk. Player signed on 1 August 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Darıca Gençlerbirliği had ended. At the end of the season player's contract was mutually terminated and he signed to Zeytinburnuspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Mesut Akşit. Player signed on 15 June 2001. Contract renewal on 22 July 2002. Player's contract was renewed for two seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Taylan Eliaçık. In the team since 29 January 2001. Contract renewal on 22 July 2002 for three seasons. For the second half of previous season, he was loaned out to Mardinspor. He was loaned out to Erzincanspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Özgür Nasuh. Player signed on 29 August 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Bursaspor had been mutually terminated. Player's contract was for two seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Emre Eren. Player signed on 20 August 2002. He was loaned out to Siirt Jet-Pa Spor in second half of previous season. Player's contract with his previous team Gençlerbirliği had been mutually terminated. He signed to MİY for two seasons and continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 21 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Salim Çömert. He was first time professionalized by MİY and had been in the team since 15 June 2001. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Aydın Kaldırım. Player signed on 29 August 2002. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Zonguldakspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Ömür Özünal. Player signed on 14 August 2002. Player's contract with his previous team Ceyhanspor had ended. Player's contract with MİY was for two seasons and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Hidayet Levent Şeker. In the team as an amateur player since 1 September 1999. He signed his first professional contract with MİY on 22 July 2002 for three seasons. He was loaned out to Erzincanspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Sefer Gezer. Player signed on 29 August 2002. In the mid-season he was loaned out to Yalovaspor. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Yeniköyspor. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- TFF club page (select season to confirm), retrieved on 8 September 2013 from tff.org; and maçkolik.com team page, retrieved on 7 February 2015 from maçkolik.com.