2015–16 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2015–16. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has participated in 2015–16 season in Turkish Süper Lig. 2015–16 season was the 15th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Süper Lig, the top level division in Turkey. Team participated in 2015–16 Turkish Cup at third round.
2015–16 Hasan Doğan season | ||||
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President | (till 11 January 2016) (since 11 January 2016) | |||
Head coach | (till 18 September 2015) (till 4 January 2016) (since 19 January 2016) | |||
Stadium | Mersin Arena (Capacity: 25,497) Mersin, Turkey | |||
Süper Lig | 17 (R 20) | |||
Turkish Cup | Eliminated at Group Stage | |||
Most appearances | ||||
Top goalscorer | League: All: | |||
Highest home attendance | 12.388 (vs. Galatasaray) (Süper Lig, R 21) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 3.000 (vs. Kasımpaşa) (Süper Lig, R 16) | |||
Average home league attendance | 6.244 (R 17) (League only) | |||
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At the start of the season Ali Kahramanlı was club president for eight years since 24 September 2008. Mesut Bakkal has started as head coach, later e resigned and Bülent Korkmaz replaced him after fifth round loss against Osmanlıspor. In the mid-season, Hüseyin Çalışkan was elected new president and agreed with Ümit Özat as the new head coach. Due to transfer bans by UEFA and then by TFF, no new transfers had been realized. Mid-fielder Murat Ceylan was the mostly appeared player during the season (33). Considering only the league matches stoppers Loret Sadiku and Milan Mitrović made the most appearances, 29, and Préjuce Nakoulma and Welliton were top goalscorers with 7 goals each.
2015–16 Süper Lig participation
2015–16 Süper Lig was played as "Spor-Toto Süper Lig" for Spor-Toto, a publicly owned betting institution, was sponsor for the season. The season named as "Hasan Doğan Season" after the name of former president of Turkish Football Federation who died at office in 2008. Start day of the season is 14 August 2015 and the end day is 22 May 2016.[1] Champions was eligible for 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in Group stage. Runners-up were eligible for Champions League 3rd qualifying round. Third and fourth placed teams were eligible for 2016–17 UEFA Europa League at 3rd and 2nd qualifying rounds respectively. Starting from previous season 5th team in the league table was eligible for Europa League if the cup winner was among in first four placed teams. If otherwise, winner of 2015–16 Turkish Cup was eligible for Europa League at group stage. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2016–17 TFF First League.
Results summary
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2015–16 Süper Lig 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 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 36 | -15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 3 | |||
Second half | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 35 | -25 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 3 | ||||
Overall | 18 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 71 | -40 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -14 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 38 | -26 | 6 |
League table
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY)'s place in 2015–16 Süper Lig season league table:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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14 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 36 | |
15 | Kayserispor | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 34 | |
16 | Sivasspor (R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 31 | Relegation to the 2016–17 TFF First League |
17 | Eskişehirspor (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 30 | |
18 | Mersin İdmanyurdu (R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 71 | −40 | 21 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[3]
(R) Relegated.
Results by round
Results of games MİY played in 2015–16 Süper Lig by rounds:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
First half
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2015–16 Süper Lig season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
16 August 2015 Round 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 5 | Beşiktaş | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 22:00 | Préjuce Nakoulma Préjuce Nakoulma Mehmet Taş Wederson |
Report | Attendance: 10.500 Referee: |
22 August 2015 Round 2 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 2 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Balıkesir |
Saturday, 21:45 | Hugo Rodallega Güray Vural Custódio Castro Merter Yüce |
Report | Attendance: 650 Referee: |
29 August 2015 Round 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 2 | Kayserispor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Saturday, 21:15 | Welliton Préjuce Nakoulma Welliton |
Report | Attendance: 4.379 Referee: |
12 September 2015 Round 4 | Galatasaray | 1 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | TT Arena, Sarıyer, İstanbul |
Saturday, 20:15 | Lukas Podolski Hakan Balta Sabri Sarıoğlu Olcan Adın Selçuk İnan |
Report | Attendance: 21.450 Referee: |
18 September 2015 Round 5 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 4 | Osmanlıspor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Friday, 20:00 | Murat Ceylan Loret Sadiku Nurullah Kaya |
Report | Attendance: 4.770 Referee: |
27 September 2015 Round 6 | Konyaspor | 2 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Konya Büyükşehir Stadı, Konya |
Sunday, 14:00 | Abdou Razack Traoré Samuel Holmén |
Report | Attendance: 11.631 Referee: |
2 October 2015 Round 7 | Sivasspor | 2 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas |
Friday, 20:00 | John Boye Djakaridja Koné Mehdi Taouil İbrahim Öztürk |
Report | Attendance: 4.132 Referee: |
19 October 2015 Round 8 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 2 | Trabzonspor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Monday, 20:00 | Préjuce Nakoulma Préjuce Nakoulma Wederson Serkan Balcı Ricardo Pedriel Wederson Nurullah Kaya Préjuce Nakoulma |
Report | Attendance: 7.399 Referee: |
24 October 2015 Round 9 | Gaziantepspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep |
Saturday, 19:00 | Daniel Larsson |
Report | Attendance: 1.857 Referee: |
29 October 2015 Round 10 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 1 | Medipol Başakşehir | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Thursday, 19:00 | Ricardo Pedriel Güven Varol Muammer Yıldırım Wederson |
Report | Attendance: 4.705 Referee: |
6 November 2015 Round 11 | Gençlerbirliği | 1 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara |
Friday, 20:00 | Bogdan Stancu Moestafa El Kabir |
Report | Attendance: 1.258 Referee: |
21 November 2015 Round 12 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 3 | Fenerbahçe | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Saturday, 17:00 | Préjuce Nakoulma Ricardo Pedriel Servet Çetin Nurullah Kaya |
Report | Attendance: 11.800 Referee: |
28 November 2015 Round 13 | Eskişehirspor | 3 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir |
Saturday, 19:00 | Emre Güral Engin Bekdemir Emre Güral Kamil Çörekçi Raheem Lawal |
Report | Attendance: 6.757 Referee: |
6 December 2015 Round 14 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Çaykur Rizespor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 19:00 | Wederson Serkan Balcı Welliton Ricardo Pedriel Loret Sadiku |
Report | Attendance: 3.401 Referee: |
12 December 2015 Round 15 | Antalyaspor | 3 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Akdeniz University Stadium, Antalya |
Saturday, 19:00 | Mbilla Etame Samuel Eto'o Lokman Gör Saso Fornezzi |
Report | Attendance: 6.113 Referee: |
19 December 2015 Round 16 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 2 | Kasımpaşa | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Saturday, 19:00 | Servet Çetin Préjuce Nakoulma Oktay Delibalta Wederson Murat Ceylan Milan Mitrović |
Report | Attendance: 3.000 Referee: |
27 December 2015 Round 17 | Bursaspor | 2 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Bursa |
Sunday, 14:00 | Tomáš Necid Sercan Yıldırım Hajime Hosogai Tomáš Sivok Serdar Aziz |
Report | Attendance: 10.398 Referee: |
Second half
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2015–16 Süper Lig season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
17 February 2016 Round 18 | Beşiktaş | 1 - 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | FT Stadium, Başakşehir, İstanbul |
Wednesday, 19:30 | José Sosa Duško Tošić Necip Uysal |
Report | Attendance: 7.385 Referee: | |
Note: The game was started on 17 January 2016, Sunday, 20:00, but was suspended by referee Mete Kalkavan at 12' and delayed by TFF due to adverse weather conditions. On Feb 17 game started from 12'. |
23 January 2016 Round 19 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 0 | Akhisar Belediyespor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Saturday, 16:00 | Serkan Balcı Milan Mitrović |
Report | Attendance: 3.430 Referee: |
6 February 2016 Round 20 | Kayserispor | 0 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | B.B. Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri |
Saturday, 13:30 | Ömer Bayram Samba Sow Mustafa Akbaş |
Report | Attendance: 2.150 Referee: |
13 February 2016 Round 21 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 | Galatasaray | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Saturday, 19:00 | Préjuce Nakoulma Güven Varol Serkan Balcı Loret Sadiku |
Report | Attendance: 12.388 Referee: |
21 February 2016 Round 22 | Osmanlıspor | 3 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Osmanlı Stadium, Ankara |
Sunday, 13:00 | Raul Rusescu Musa Çağıran Raheem Lawal Dzon Delarge Raheem Lawal Musa Çağıran |
Report | Attendance: 4,051 Referee: |
27 February 2016 Round 23 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 2 | Konyaspor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Saturday, 13:30 | Tita Güven Varol |
Report | Attendance: 4.260 Referee: |
4 March 2016 Round 24 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 0 | Sivasspor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Friday, 20:00 | Welliton Loret Sadiku Welliton Milan Mitrović |
Report | Attendance: 4.470 Referee: |
11 March 2016 Round 25 | Trabzonspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon |
Friday, 20:00 | Óscar Cardozo José Bosingwa Mustafa Yumlu Okay Yokuşlu |
Report | Loret Sadiku Ricardo Pedriel |
Attendance: 8.896 Referee: |
20 March 2016 Round 26 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 0 | Gaziantepspor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 13:30 | Welliton Güven Varol Milan Mitrović |
Report | Attendance: 4.947 Referee: |
3 April 2016 Round 27 | Medipol Başakşehir | 3 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | FT Stadium, Başakşehir, İstanbul |
Sunday, 13:30 | Edin Višća Mossoró Hakan Özmert Stefano Napoleoni |
Report | {{yel<62}} Ricardo Pedriel |
Attendance: 1.182 Referee: |
10 April 2016 Round 28 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 3 | Gençlerbirliği | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 13:30 | Ricardo Pedriel Serkan Balcı Milan Mitrović |
Report | Attendance: 3.647 Referee: |
17 April 2016 Round 29 | Fenerbahçe | 4 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Ülker Stadium, Kadıköy, İstanbul |
Sunday, 19:00 | Volkan Şen Volkan Şen Fernandão Robin van Persie |
Report | Attendance: 19.561 Referee: |
24 April 2016 Round 30 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 2 | Eskişehirspor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 13:30 | Mehmet Taş Serkan Balcı Milan Mitrović |
Report | Attendance: 2.165 Referee: |
1 May 2016 Round 31 | Çaykur Rizespor | 2 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | New City Stadium, Rize |
Saturday, 19:00 | Ahmet İlhan Özek Mehmet Akyüz |
Report | Attendance: 2.448 Referee: |
8 May 2016 Round 32 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 1 | Antalyaspor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 19:00 | Loret Sadiku Güven Varol |
Report | Attendance: 920 Referee: |
15 May 2016 Round 33 | Kasımpaşa | 7 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | RTE Stadium, Kasımpaşa, İstanbul |
Sunday, 19:00 | Adem Büyük Bengali-Fodé Koita Ezequiel Óscar Scarione André Castro Ezequiel Óscar Scarione Ezequiel Óscar Scarione Hakan Arslan |
Report | Attendance: - Referee: |
18 May 2016 Round 34 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 5 | Bursaspor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Wednesday, 20:00 | Mahmut Metin Gökhan Akkan Mahmut Metin Berkan Afşarlı |
Report | Attendance: 785 Referee: |
2015–16 Turkish Cup participation
2015–16 Turkish Cup was played for 54th time as Ziraat Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship reasons. The cup was played by 159 teams in three stages. In the first stage, a preliminary qualification round and three elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. In the second stage, 32 teams played two-legs round-robin games in 8 groups, 4 in each. In the third stage, knock-out games were played in two-leg elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu attended the cup in 3rd elimination round and eliminated Second League (third division) team Fatih Karagümrük after penalties and promoted to group stage. In group stage MİY took place in Group D. After the group games İdmanyurdu became 3rd in Group D and was eliminated. Galatasaray won the Cup for 17th time.[5]
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2015–16 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | Away | Home | Result |
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Round 3 | Süper Lig | 2nd League Red Group | Fatih Karagümrük | 8–7 | – | Promoted |
Group D | Süper Lig | 2nd League Red Group | Aydınspor 1923 | 0–4 | 4–0 | |
Group D | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Çaykur Rizespor | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
Group D | Süper Lig | 2nd League Red Group | Bucaspor | 0–1 | 1–2 | Eliminated |
Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2015–16 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
2 December 2015 Round 3 | Fatih Karagümrük | 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p) | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Vefa Stadium, Karagümrük, İstanbul |
Wednesday, 13:00 | Serdar Dursun Yasin Şahan Hakan Soylu Yasin Şahan Mehmet Yılmaz Muhammed Akarslan Serhat Keskinsoy Cankut Atasoy |
Report[6] | Attendance: 420 Referee: | |
Penalties | ||||
Mehmet Yılmaz Serdar Dursun Gökhan Şen Muhammed Akarslan Serhat Keskinsoy Mert Ilıman |
16 December 2015 GS Round 1 | Aydınspor 1923 | 4 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Adnan Menderes Stadium, Aydın |
Wednesday, 13:00 | Gürcan Gözüm Uğur Tülümen Mehmet Bektaş Mehmet Bektaş |
Report | Attendance: 3.500 Referee: |
22 December 2015 GS Round 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 2 | Çaykur Rizespor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Tuesday, 19:00 | Berkan Afşarlı Sinan Kaloğlu Hakan Olkan Eren Tozlu |
Report | Attendance: 500 Referee: |
9 January 2016 GS Round 3 | Bucaspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Buca Arena, Buca, İzmir |
Saturday, 16:00 | Onur Yılmaz Alper Sürücü |
Report | Attendance: 1.100 Referee: |
13 January 2015 GS Round 4 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 2 | Bucaspor | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Wednesday, 20:30 | Préjuce Nakoulma Eren Tozlu Mehmet Taş Hakan Olkan Tekin Oğrak |
Report | Attendance: 300 Referee: |
20 January 2015 GS Round 5 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 4 – 0 | Aydınspor 1923 | Mersin Stadium, Mersin |
Wednesday, 13:00 | Ricardo Pedriel Milan Mitrović Tita Welliton |
Report | Attendance: 500 Referee: |
28 January 2015 GS Round 6 | Çaykur Rizespor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | A. Suat Özyazıcı Stadium, Trabzon |
Thursday, 18:00 | Ludovic Sylvestre |
Report | Attendance: 70 Referee: | |
Note: The game was originally scheduled on 27 January 2016, Wednesday, 17:00 in New Rize Stadium, but was delayed and moved to Trabzon due to adverse weather conditions. |
Management
At the start of the season, president Ali Kahramanlı continued in his position which he held in 2008. In the mid-season Hüseyin Çalışkan who was former president and a businessman from Mersin was elected president. Former president Hamit İzol was declared honorary president. Club address was: Palmiye Mah. Adnan Menders Bl. 1204 Sk. Onur Ap. K.2 D.3 Yenişehir/Mersin.[7]
Club management
On 11 January 2016 club congress was held and a new executive committee took over the club:
- Executive committee: Hüseyin Çalışkan (president); Senan İdin, Özgür Sanal (vice -presidents); Beşir Acar (deputy vice-president); Abdi Kurt, Mahsum Sevimli (General Secretary); Hikmet Kaya, Vedat Yüksel (football division); Sedat Aydöner (financial affairs), Akif Serin (public institutions and foreign affairs); Sabri Tekli (the 1925 project); Mehmet Can Duman, Abdi Öztürk, Vedat Yüksel (amateur divisions and youth setup); Mahsum Sevimli (legal affairs); Murat Altındere (spokesman and trademark); Metin Yıldıran (ads, sponsorships and funding); Engin Şahin (facilities, investments, projects); Cihat Gündoğar (spectators).[8]
President Kahramanlı resigned due to health problems and financial difficulties after eight years on 9 December 2015. Later he turned back until the new congress on 11 January 2016. Before his resignation the club management was as follows:[9]
- Executive committee: Ali Kahramanlı (president); Senan İdin (vice-president); Mehmet Özgür Sanal (vice-president); Beşir Acar (deputy vice-president); Sedat Aydöner (financial affairs); Hikmet Kaya (football division and youth setup); Ahmet Turan Serttaş (professional football); Adem Serin (General secretary); Şerafettin Kadooğlu (deputy vice-president); İlkay Mahanoğlu (legal affairs); Ahmet Nusret Canözkan (advertisements, sponsorships and fund searching); Mustafa Yüksel Güngör and Murat Harman (facilities, investments and projects); Ayhan Erdem (spokesman); Metin Yıldıran (deputy vice-president).
- Administrative personnel: Mesut Bilir (general coordinator); Murat Öğ (general director); Duygu Gürani (accreditations); Özcan Ulusoy (bookkeeping); Rıfkı Çınar (press relations); Barış Köksal (social media); Mustafa Kaya (security); Ökkeş Aybar (A team driver).
Coaching team
2015–16 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches
Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
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Rıza Çalımbay | 15.06.2015 – 28.06.2016 | – | – | – | – | Resigned. | |
Mesut Bakkal | 03.07.2015 – 18.09.2016 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Resigned. | |
Bülent Korkmaz | 22.09.2015 – 04.01.2016 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | Unilateral cancellation (dismissed in mid-season camp). | |
Hakan Kutlu | 05.01.2016 – 06.01.2016 | – | – | – | – | Attended and left the camp next day. | |
Serkan Damla | 06.01.2016 – 18.01.2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Trainer. Managed the team in cup matches in interim period. | |
Nurullah Sağlam | 12.01.2016 – 14.01.2016 | – | – | – | – | Signed for 1,5 years, but left after two days. | |
Ümit Özat | 19.01.2016 – 06.05.2016 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Contract was terminated | |
Serkan Damla | 06.05.2016 – 31.05.2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Trainer. Managed the team at the end of the season. |
Other coaching team members were as follows:[10]
- Mesut Bakkal's team: Ümit Bozkurt (trainer), Zafer Özgültekin (goalkeeper coach);
- Bülent Korkmaz's team: Çağdaş Çavuş (trainer), Ümit Bozkurt (trainer), Zafer Özgültekin (goalkeeper coach), Murat Kuyucuoğlu (trainer);
- Ümit Özat's team: Önder Engin (trainer), Gökhan Tokgöz (trainer), Sonkan Konak (youth team).
- Tamer Sivrikaya (trainer), Serkan Damla (trainer), Nezih Ali Boloğlu (goalkeeper coach), Eren Matyar (U21 team), Muzaffer Tozlu (U21 team), Ali ÖmerSakarya (U19 team), Sedat Hazımoğlu (U17 team), Mesud Cömert (U16 team), Tarkan Özyılmaz (U15 team), Burhan Baygın (U15 team), Oğuzhan Doğar (U15 team), Önal Arıca (U14 team), Ahmet Edremit (physician), Serkan Sağlık (physiotherapist), Abdulkadir Topal, Kemal Gürgez, Ersoy Şenel Oktay Baş (masseurs).
2015–16 squad
Appearances, goals and cards count for 2015–16 Süper Lig and Türkiye Kupası (2015–16 Turkish Cup) games. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included.[11] Player's are listed in order of appearance. MİY could not signed with new players in Summer 2015, because FIFA decided on two season transfer ban for MİY due to termination of the contract of the MİY's former player David Bičík.[12] The ban was applied for 2015 Winter and Summer transfer seasons. Although the UEFA ban was removed after two transfer seasons, this time TFF did not open transfer table due to financial difficulties. Therefore, no new transfers became possible in 2015–16 season.
U-21 and U-19 teams
Mersin İdmanyurdu U-21 team participated in U21 League Süper Lig and U19 team in Elite U19 League.[49]
See also
Notes and references
- See fixture on official TFF page. "Spor Toto Süper Lig Hasan Doğan Sezonu fikstürü çekildi" (in Turkish). TFF.org. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 2015–16 Spor-Toto Süper Lig official page from TFF website; Qualifications and relegations from Turkish-Soccer; and detailed information and news from Maçkolik. Retrieved on 5 July 2015.
- "Süper Lig 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- Numbers of spectators were obtained from team page at ntvspor.net. Retrieved on 5 July 2015 (in Turkish). Later ntvspor.net removed content for previous seasons. Number of spectators starting from 23rd round through the end of the season were obtained from ligtv.com.tr team page. Retrieved on 1 October 2016 (in Turkish)
- See elimination and group stage games and Group C table and finals at tff.org.tr, official page of 2015–16 Ziraat Türkiye Kupası at TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website. An alternative source is maçkolik.com. Also Turkish Soccer site provides information in English.
- Turkish Cup R 3. Fatih Karagümrük-Mersin İdmanyurdu: 7–8. Detailed information (attendance and serial penalties from idaa.com. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.
- Obtained from Club's official page at tff.org.tr.
- Obtained from Spor33, an internet site making news related to local sports events, on 12 January 2016. See the news in Turkish at Work distribution in Mersin.
- Obtained from club website. Executive committee from Yönetim Kurulu Archived 14 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, administrative personnel from İdari kKadro ve Personel Listesi Archived 15 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.
- Information obtained from club's official website at Teknik Kadro Archived 15 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved on 9 December 2015); and TFF website TFF coach search (retrieved on 9 December 2015).
- Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 2015–16 team squad
- Details from spor33.com. Retrieved on 3 February 2015. (Turkish)
- Nikolay Borislavov Mihaylov. Goalkeeper. In the team since 1 September 2014 for two seasons. Player's previous team was Italian side Hellas Verona F.C. with whom contract had ended. He continued in this season. His contact was terminated mutually on 23 December 2015. He remained as a free agent. Later his contract was renewed for the next season on 19 August 2016. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Loret Sadiku. Stopper. In the team since 20 August 2014 for three seasons. Player's previous team was Swedish side Helsingborgs IF. He continued in this season. Although his contract had covered the next season, player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed to Kasımpaşa for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Wederson Luiz da Silva Medeiros; in Turkey Gökçek Vederson (also has Turkish passport). Left back. In the team since 14 July 2014 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Antalyaspor had ended. He continued in this season. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Adana Demirspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Sidney Cristiano dos Santos; in Turkey Melih Gökçek (also has Turkish passport). Upon receiving Turkish nationality player took the name Melih Gökçek after Mayor of Ankara, while his international field name is Tita. Left wing. In the team since 23 July 2014 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Antalyaspor had been mutually terminated. He continued in this season. At the end of the season player's contract ended, but was renewed for the next season on 31 August 2016. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Welliton Soares de Morais. Centre forward. In the team since 20 August 2014 for two seasons. Player's previous team was FC Spartak Moscow and 1 million € transfer fee was paid. He continued in this season. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Kayserispor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Oktay Delibalta. Central midfielder. In the team since 4 July 2014. Player's contract with his previous team Gençlerbirliği had ended. Contract renewal on 17 June 2015 for this season. Although his contract covered this season, he unilaterally terminated his contract on 20 January 2016 and signed to Antalyaspor for the rest of the season. He later signed to Şanlıurfaspor for the next season. Later TFF started investigation on the doubts that his transfer to Antalyaspor was manipulated. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Milan Mitrović. Stopper. In the team since 5 January 2013. Player's previous team was Serbian side FK Rad. Player's contract was for three and a half seasons and he continued in this season. His contract covered the next season, so he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Préjuce Niguimbe Nakoulma. Left wing. In the team since 17 July 2014 for two seasons. Player's previous team was Polish side Górnik Zabrze with whom contract was mutually terminated. He continued in this season. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Kayserispor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Mehmet Taş. Sweeper (libero). In the team since 24 July 2014 for three seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Nazilli Belediyespor had ended. He continued in this season. Although his contract had covered the next season, he unilaterally terminated his contract due to unpaid receivables at the end of the season. He signed to Adana Demirspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Serkan Balcı. Right back. In the team since 22 August 2014. Player's contract with his previous team Antalyaspor had been mutually terminated. Contract renewal on 17 June 2015 for this season. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Ankaragücü for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Abdul Rahman Khalili. Central midfielder. In the team since 30 June 2014 for three seasons. Player's previous team was Swedish side Helsingborgs IF. He continued in this season. Although his contract had covered the next season, he unilaterally terminated his contract due to unpaid receivables at the end of the season. He signed to Gençlerbirliği for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım. Goalkeeper. In the team since 20 August 2013. Player's previous team was Belediye Vanspor with whom contract ended. Player's contract was for two seasons and he continued in this season. Contract renewal on 17 June 2015 for three seasons. Although his contract had covered next two seasons, he unilaterally terminated his contract due to unpaid receivables at the end of the season. He signed to Kayserispor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Güven Varol. Attacking midfielder. In the team since 20 August 2013. Player's previous team was Kardemir Karabükspor with whom contract ended. Contract renewal on 17 June 2015 for this season. His contract was renewed on 31 August 2016 for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Efe Halil Özarslan. Stopper. In the team since 21 June 2013. Contract renewal on 10 July 2014 for three seasons. Player's previous team was Bucaspor with whom contract was terminated. Although player's contract had covered 2016-17 season, his contract was mutually terminated on 7 January 2016. He signed to Karşıyaka for the rest of the season. Later he was transferred to Boluspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Mehmet Enes Sığırcı. Stopper. On the team since 26 June 2014 for five seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Hatayspor had been mutually terminated. His contract was renewed on 13 August 2015 for four seasons, until the end of 2018-19. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Ricardo Pedriel Suárez. Left wing. In the team since 13 June 2014 for two seasons. Player's previous team was Bolivian side Club Bolívar with whom contract ended. He continued in this season. At the end of the season player's contract was renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Nurullah Kaya. Central midfielder. In the team since 2 August 2006. Contract renewal on 10 July 2014 for two seasons. He continued in this season. At the end of the season player's contract was renewed for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Márkó Futács. Centre forward. In the team since 13 June 2014 for two seasons. Player's previous team was Hungarian side Diósgyör to whom he was loaned by Leicester City and contract had ended. He continued in this season. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Croatian side Hajduk Split for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Murat Ceylan. Defensive midfielder. In the team since 4 September 2012. Contract renewal on 24 June 2014 for two seasons. Player's previous team was Gaziantepspor. He continued in this season. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Servet Çetin. Stopper. In the team since 18 July 2014. Player's contract with previous team Eskişehirspor had ended. At the end of the previous season player's contract ended. After several negotiations his contract was renewed for 2015-16 season on 31 August 2015. On 19 February 2016 he unilaterally terminated his contract due to unpaid receivables and remained as free agent. Later he ended his player career. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Sinan Kaloğlu. Centre forward. In the team since 3 February 2014 for one and a half season. Player's previous team was Kayseri Erciyesspor with whom contract was mutually terminated. His contract was renewed for 2015-16 season. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed for the next season on 31 August 2016. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Nihat Şahin. Goalkeeper. In the team since 24 July 2014 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Sivasspor had been mutually terminated. Although, player's contract was covering this season, he unilaterally terminated his contract due to unpaid receivables and signed to Gençlerbirliği for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Eren Tozlu. Centre forward. In the team since 5 August 2012. Player's previous team was Giresunspor and 75 thousands € transfer fee was paid. Player loaned out to Samsunspor in the mid of 2014-15 season. Player's contract was for three seasons and ended at the end of the previous season, but was renewed for 2015-16 season prior to loan agreement. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed to Yeni Malatyaspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Serol Demirhan. Left back. In the team since 1 September 2014 for two seasons. Player's contract with his previous team Eskişehirspor had been mutually terminated. He also played for U21 team. Player's contract has ended at the end of the season, but was renewed for the next season on 19 August 2016. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Berkan Afşarlı. Central midfielder. In the team since 14 January 2014. Player's previous team was German side FC Wil 1900 with whom contract had ended. Player's contract was for one and a half season and ended at the end of the previous season. Contract renewal on 31 August 2015. Player's contract ended at the end of the season and he signed to Denizlispor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Hakan Olkan. Right back. In the team since 24 July 2014. Player's previous team was İstanbul amateur team Çıksalınspor where he had become first time professional. He was on loan to Tarsus İdmanyurdu for previous season. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Hasan Daş. Goalkeeper. In the team since 28 November 2007. He had had his first licence in MİY. He had become first time professional on 20 November 2014. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Kudbettin Tekin Oğrak. Sweeper (libero). In the team since 17 February 2102. Player's previous team was Galatasaray. He had become first time professional on 12 August 2014. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Rahmi Çelik. Left back. In the team since 27 August 2013. Player's previous team was 1907 KKTC side Atatköy Çobançeşmespor. He had become first time professional on 30 September 2015. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Emrah Özyaylaz. Central midfielder. In the team since 23 September 2013. Player's previous team was Mersin amateur league team Karacailyas Veteranlarspor. He had become first time professional on 13 August 2015. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Ahmet Taner Çukadar. Right back. In the team since 30 March 2011. He had had his first licence in MİY. He had become first time professional on 13 August 2015. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Mahmut Metin. Left wing. In the team since 18 November 2009. He had had his first licence in MİY. He had become first time professional on 9 August 2012. He was on loan to Orhangazispor for the second half of previous season. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Mehmet Ali Kaçar. Left wing. In the team since 14 October 2011. Player's previous team was Mersin amateur league team Türkocağı Mersinspor. He had become first time professional on 26 January 2016. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Gökhan Akkan. Stopper. In the team since 14 October 2011. Player's previous team was Mersin amateur league team Toroslar Belediyespor. He had become first time professional on 26 January 2016. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Hilmi Reşiti. Right back. In the team since 26 September 2014. Player's previous team was Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor. He had become first time professional on 11 May 2016. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- TFF club page (select season to confirm), retrieved on 5 July 2015 from tff.org; and maçkolik.com team page, retrieved on 5 July 2015 from maçkolik.com.
- See Turkish Football Federation league page for U21 League Süper Lig and for Elite U19 League Süper Lig. Retrieved on 17 January 2015. (in Turkish)