2012–13 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2012–13. 2012–13 season was the 13th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Süper Lig, the top level division in Turkey. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2012–13 season in 18th place in Turkish Süper Lig and relegated to 2013–14 TFF First League at the end of the season. Team participated in 2012–13 Turkish Cup and was eliminated at group stage.
Ali Kahramanlı was club president. Nurullah Sağlam continued as head coach. However things have gone bad and he resigned before the end of the first half. Giray Bulak took over the team, but he couldn't succeed yet. Hakan Kutlu was charged to complete the season and prepare team for the next season in the lower league. Attacking midfielder Nduka Ozokwo was the most appeared player with 37 appearances in total. Emmanuel Culio, a winger loaned from Galatasaray was most appeared player in league matches. Márcio Nobre who known as Mert Nobre in Turkey was the top goalscorer with 13 goals.

2012–13 Süper Lig participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 2011–12 Süper Lig. The league was played as Spor-Toto Süper Lig in that season due to sponsorship reasons. 18 teams attended. The champions and runners-up were qualified for 2013–14 UEFA Champions League. The third and fourth teams were qualified for 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. The third team to be qualified for UEL was the Cup runners-up, because Cup winners were already qualified for ECL. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2013–14 TFF First League.
Mersin İdmanyurdu finished 2012–13 Süper Lig season at 18th place and was relegated to 2013–14 TFF First League at the end of the season.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2011–12 Süper Lig season league summary.
Sources: 2012–13 Süper Lig pages.

League table

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2012–13 Süper Lig season place in league table.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 2012–13 Süper Lig by rounds:

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2012–13 Süper Lig season first half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2012–13 Süper Lig pages.

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2012–13 Süper Lig season second half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 2012–13 Süper Lig pages.

2012–13 Turkish Cup participation

was played for 51st time as Ziraat Türkiye Kupası for sponsorship reasons. The Cup was played by 156 teams in three stages. In the first stage, 5 one-leg elimination rounds were played. In the second stage 8 remaining teams played in two groups in a two-leg round robin system. In the third stage first and second teams in each group played semifinals and after finals Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the 6th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in the Cup starting from second elimination stage and was eliminated in group stage.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 2012–13 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentAwayHomeResult
Round 2Süper LigThird LeagueSiirtspor–3–0Promoted
Round 3Süper LigSecond LeagueGiresunspor3–0–Promoted
Round 4Süper LigSecond LeagueTokatspor1–0–Promoted
Round 5Süper LigSüper LigGençlerbirliği3–2–Promoted
Group StageSüper LigSüper LigMedical Park Antalyaspor2–40–5
Group StageSüper LigSüper LigEskişehirspor1–30–3
Group StageSüper LigSüper LigTrabzonspor0–30–2Eliminated

Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 2012–13 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 2012–13 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

2012–13 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Nurullah Sağlam11.07.2011 – 18.12.201220767Left after 16th round.
Giray Bulak20.12.2012 – 08.03.2013141211Left after 24th round.
Hakan Kutlu08.03.2013 – 31.05.201310028Continued in the next season.

Note: Only official games were included.

2012–13 squad

Appearances, goals and cards count for 2012–13 Süper Lig and 2012–13 Turkish Cup games. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included. Kit numbers were allowed to select by players. 18 players appeared in each game roster, three to be replaced. Players are listed in order of appearance.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
112Ibrahim Šehić2 Sep 1988RogaticaGK141151 previous season.
25Milan Stepanov2 Apr 1983KisačDF263329381 Bursaspor.
37Nduka Ozokwo25 Dec 1988EnuguMF301723736 previous season.
49Ergin Keleş1 Jan 1987ArsinFW11521621 Karabükspor.
513Wissem Ben Yahia9 Sep 1984TunisMF2832230571 previous season.
616Mustafa Sarp5 Nov 1980BakırköyMF102122 Karabükspor.
718Ibrahim Yattara3 Jun 1980KamsarMF415 Al Shabab FC.
823Mustafa Keçeli15 Sep 1978AnkaraDF201512527 previous season.
925Aydın Toscalı14 Aug 1980AydınDF103134 Ankaragücü.
1055Hakan Bayraktar11 Feb 1976SamsunMF265313 previous season.
1187Serkan Yanık2 Apr 1987TroyesDF256314 Bucaspor.
1238Cengiz Biçer11 Dec 1987GrabsGK11 previous season.
138Danilo Bueno7 Dec 1981São PauloMF7511213 previous season.
1410Emmanuel Culio30 Aug 1983Buenos AiresMF31541356111 Galatasaray.
1517Erdal Kılıçaslan23 Aug 1984MunichMF11 previous season.
1620Nurullah Kaya20 Jul 1986BatmanMF2810 previous season.
1733Murat Erdoğan1 Aug 1976LondonMF133161 Manisaspor.
1894Mahmut Metin12 Jul 1994BesniMF11 previous season.
193Joseph Boum26 Sep 1989YaoundéDF1621810 previous season.
2011Márcio Nobre6 Nov 1980JateíFW30133133147 previous season.
211Özden Öngün10 Sep 1978İzmitGK3472 Gaziantepspor.
226Ivan de Souza18 Jan 1982CampinasDF274314 Gaziantepspor.
234Murat Ceylan2 Mar 1988GaziantepMF18191714 Gaziantepspor.
2441Ömer Aysan Barış23 Jul 1982İzmitDF7131014 Manisaspor.
2515Hasan Üçüncü16 Nov 1980SürmeneMF1562 previous season.
2622Marcin Robak29 Nov 1982LegnicaFW22 Konyaspor.
2728Eren Tozlu27 Dec 1990GiresunFW15922424 Giresunspor.
2844Abdulkadir Korkut7 Nov 1993MersinDF44 previous season.
2989Abdullah Halman15 Aug 1987ŞanlıurfaFW33 Gaziantep BB.
3054Orkun Uşak5 Nov 1980İstanbulGK55101 Antalyaspor.
3119Can Erdem8 Jun 1987ŞişliFW415913 Denizlispor.
3224Tanju Kayhan21 Jul 1989ViennaDF115162 Beşiktaş.
3321Burhan Eşer1 Jan 1985LiceMF162412035 Eskişehirspor.
3435David Bičík6 Apr 1981PragueGK1111 Slovan Liberec.
3530Milan Mitrović2 Jul 1988ProkupljeDF142161 FK Rad.
3658Mehmet Yıldız14 Sep 1981YozgatFW7291 Karabükspor.
3777Ozan İpek10 Oct 1986AnkaraMF4262 Bursaspor
3893Mert Can9 Oct 1993MersinDF11 previous season
3988Raheem Lawal4 May 1990LagosMF111124 Adana Demirspor
4078Yenal Tuncer28 Apr 1985DenizliDF11 Bursaspor.
4191Tarık Altuntaş23 Aug 1991BorMF previous season
4247Jean-Jacques Gosso15 Mar 1983Grand-BérébyMF663 Orduspor.
4395Burak Can Kalender24 Jun 1995SeyhanMF11 previous season

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.

U-21 team

Mersin İdmanyurdu U-21 team had participated in 2012–13 U-21 League. League was played in three stages. In the first stage, 46 teams played ranking group games in 4 groups on regional basis. 2 consisted of 11 and 2 consisted of 12 teams. In the second stage winners and runners-up of each ranking group constituted final group while the rest played classification group games. In the third stage, winners of classification groups played quarterfinals with first four placed teams in final group. Mersin idmanyurdu U-21 team took place in Ranking Group 4 and finished 6th in the first stage. In the second stage the team took place in Classification Group 4 and finished 4th with 17 wins, 8 deuces and 15 losses.