Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2003–04. The team participated in Second League Category A for 2nd time in the league's 3rd season. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has finished 2003–04 season in 15th place in Second League Category A. Mersin idmanyurdu participated in 2003–04 Turkish Cup and eliminated at second round.

Macit Özcan was club president. MİY started to season with Yücel İldiz as the head coach. After 4th round Mehmet Şahan became the head coach. In the mid-season Levent Eriş took over the management of the team. Ufuk Talay was the most appeared player (33), while top goalscorer was Taner Demirbaş (15).

2003–04 TFF First League participation In 2003–04 season Mersin idmanyurdu has participated in 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 2004–05 Süper Lig. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2003–04 TFF Second League.

Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season league summary:

Overall Home Away Stage First half 1817 4 2111425-1114 8 4 0 410 7 +312 9 0 2 7 418-14 2 Second half 17 5 5 72419 +520 9 4 2 314 7 +714 8 1 3 41012 -2 6 Overall 1534 9 7183844 -634 17 8 2 72414+1026 17 1 5111430-16 8 Sources: 2003–04 Turkish Second Football League pages.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.

League table Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season place in league table.

TeamGames Goals Home Away 1Sakaryaspor (C) (P)342158623668 0–12417 1–57182Kayseri Erciyesspor (P)341996472766 1–01918 0–3 2113Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor (P)341987584165 0–11218 1–229174Vestel Manisaspor341879593661 1–2519 1–222175Kocaelispor341699544457 0–13215 0–115186Kayserispor3415109595155 0–12817 2–411187Antalyaspor3414812454550 4–0816 1–225188Sivasspor3414614444648 4–03016 0–113189Altay34121111584847 0–31018 1–1271710Türk Telekomspor34111211403845 0–02117 0–241811Yimpaş Yozgatspor3410915445239 0–1314 0–0201812Karşıyaka3410915364639 1–016 3–4181813İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor3410717425037 2–01418 2–0311514Dardanelspor349817465835 2–22316 1–261815Mersin İdmanyurdu349718384434 16Adana Demirspor (R)348917365633 2–01618 1–1331517Göztepe (R)348917366233 4–02617 0–0 91618İzmirspor (R)348719376131 3–23415 0–01718 Three points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tie-break; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. In the score columns first scores belong to MİY. (C): Champions; (P): Promoted to 2004–05 Süper Lig; (R): Relegated to 2004–05 TFF Second League. Source: 2003-04 TFF First League pages from TFF website, Turkish-Soccer website, and Maçkolik website.

Results by round Results of games MİY played in 2003–04 Second League Category A by rounds:

First half Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Sources: 2003–04 TFF First League pages.

Second half Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Second League Category A season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

In the half season, player Ahmet Arslaner (Elazığspor) left the team, Volkan Öztürk (Adanaspor) was transferred in.Milliyet online archive. "Ara transfer raporu" (Mid transfer report) issue 08 February 2004, p. 25. Retrieved on 07 July 2014, 22:36.

Sources: 2003–04 TFF First League pages.

2003–04 Turkish Cup participation 2003–04 Turkish Cup was played for 42nd 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 7th time. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in the cup and eliminated at first elimination round.2003–04 Turkish Cup (Fortis Türkiye Kupası) pages. Official page from TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website, retrieved on 14 June 2015 . An alternative source is maçkolik cup page. Cem Pekin Archives at Turkish Soccer site provides information in .

Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2003–04 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResultRound 1TFF First LeagueTFF Second LeagueHataysporA1–0PromotedRound 2TFF First LeagueSüper LigSamsunsporA0–2Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2003–04 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Source: 2003–04 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management Macit Özcan, then mayor of Mersin city was president of the club.

Coaching team Yücel İldiz was head coach at the start of the season. He took over the team in the mid of previous season. But, after 4th round he was replaced with Mehmet Şahan. In the mid-season Levent Eriş became the head coach. He coached the team until the end of the season.

2003–04 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches Head coach Period NotesYücel İldiz12.08.2003 – 19.09.20034103Left after 4th round.Yücel İldiz. He was coaching MİY in previous season. His contract was terminated and he became free. Later he signed to Orduspor in the next season. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.Mehmet Şahan19.09.2003 – 28.12.200315429Left after first half.Mehmet Şahan. His previous team was Sivasspor. His contract was terminated after the end of first half. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.Levent Eriş30.01.2003 – 31.05.200317557Contract ended at the end of the season.Levent Eriş. His previous team was Kayserispor. His contract ended at the end of the season and he signed to Manisaspor for the next season. See TFF coach page for other details at TFF coach page. Retrieved on 28 February 2015. Note: Only official games were included.

2003–04 squad Appearances, goals and cards count for 2003–04 Second League Category A and 2003–04 Turkish Cup games.Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 2003–04 team squad. Select season to see staff. 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.