2012–13 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) 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.
| 2012–13 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President |  Ali Kahramanlı | |||
| Head coach |  Nurullah Sağlam (till 18 December 2012)  Giray Bulak (till 8 March 2013)  Hakan Kutlu (till 31 May 2013) | |||
| Stadium | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Mersin, Turkey (Capacity: 10,128) | |||
| Süper Lig | 18th (Relegated) | |||
| Turkish Cup | Eliminated at Group Stage | |||
| Most appearances |  Nduka Ozokwo (37) | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Márcio Nobre (13) All:  Márcio Nobre (14) | |||
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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 made the most appearances in league matches (31 apps.). 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 (ECL). The third and fourth teams were qualified for 2013–14 UEFA Europa League (UEL). 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 (MİY) 2011–12 Süper Lig season league summary.
| Overall | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 3 | |||
| Second half | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 2 | ||||
| Overall | 18 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 53 | -22 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 33 | -19 | 5 | |||
League table
    
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2012–13 Süper Lig season place in league table.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 42 | |
| 15 | Kardemir Karabükspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 40 | |
| 16 | İstanbul B.B. (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 36 | Relegation to TFF First League | 
| 17 | Orduspor (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 29 | |
| 18 | Mersin İdman Yurdu (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 22 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results by round
    
First half
    
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2012–13 Süper Lig season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
| 19 August 2012 Round 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 0 | Orduspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Sunday 21:45 | Milan Stepanov  16' Mustafa Sarp  59' Mustafa Keçeli  89' | Report |  55' Ferhat Çökmüş  75' Miguel Garcia | Referee: Çağatay Şahan | 
| 25 August 2012 Round 2 | Sivasspor | 3 – 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas | 
| Saturday, 19:00 | Aatif Chahechouhe  9' (F) Michael Eneramo  27' (F) Michael Eneramo  34' (F) Kadir Bekmezci  25' Uğur Kavuk  89' Doğa Kaya  post-match' | Report |  17' (F) Emmanuel Culio  36' (H) Milan Stepanov  69' (F) Wissem Ben Yahia  32' Joseph Boum  79' Emmanuel Culio | Referee: Serkan Çınar | 
| 31 August 2012 Round 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 3 | Eskişehirspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Monday, 21:15 | Emmanuel Culio  44' (F) Mustafa Keçeli  78' | Report |  1' (F) Diomansy Kamara  22' (F) Erkan Zengin  89' (F) Diomansy Kamara | Referee: Mustafa Kamil Abitoğlu | 
| 16 September 2012 Round 4 | Fenerbahçe | 2 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul | 
| Sunday, 20:30 | Mehmet Topal  45' (F) Cristian Baroni  89' (F) Gökhan Gönül  56' Miroslav Stoch  84' Cristian Baroni  90' | Report |  7' (F) Wissem Ben Yahia  34' Aydın Toscalı  80' Nduka Ozokwo  post-match' Wissem Ben Yahia | Referee: Hüseyin Göçek | 
| 22 September 2012 Round 5 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 1 | Gençlerbirliği | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Saturday, 20:00 | Márcio Nobre  60' (F) Hakan Bayraktar  36' Ömer Aysan Barış  62' | Report |  43' (F) Ante Kulušić  6' Serkan Kurtuluş  33' Radosav Petrović  86' Ramazan Köse | Attendance: Played without spectators Referee: Özgür Yankaya | 
| 30 September 2012 Round 6 | Trabzonspor | 1 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon | 
| Sunday, 19:00 | Soner Aydoğdu  46' (F) Sol Bamba  61' Yasin Öztekin  70' | Report |  14' (F) Márcio Nobre  59' Wissem Ben Yahia | Attendance: Played without spectators Referee: Mustafa İlker Coşkun | 
| 7 October 2012 Round 7 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 2 | Kayserispor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Sunday, 19:00 | Márcio Nobre  53' (F) Joseph Boum  26' | Report |  20' (F) Alexandre Silva Cleyton  77' (H) Grétar Steinsson  80' Bobô | Referee: Volkan Bayarslan | 
| 21 October 2012 Round 8 | Kasımpaşa | 2 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | RTE Stadium, Kasımpaşa, İstanbul | 
| Sunday, 16:00 | Tabaré Viúdez  90' (F) Adem Büyük  92' (H) Hüseyin Kala  14' | Report |  27' (H) Márcio Nobre  50' (F) Mustafa Keçeli  20' Hakan Bayraktar  37' Nduka Ozokwo  68' Ibrahim Šehić | Referee: Fırat Aydınus | 
| 27 October 2012 Round 9 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | İstanbul BŞB | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Saturday, 16:00 | Márcio Nobre  23' (H) Márcio Nobre  48' (F) Wissem Ben Yahia  17' Joseph Boum  57' Aydın Toscalı  60' Emmanuel Culio  68' | Report[2] |  44' Metin Depe  73' Pierre Webó  88' Kamil Zayatte | Referee: Ali Palabıyık | 
| 4 November 2012 Round 10 | Beşiktaş | 3 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | BJK İnönü Stadium, İstanbul | 
| Sunday, 19:00 | Hugo Almeida  7' (P) Oğuzhan Özyakup  31' (F) Filip Hološko  45' (F) Roberto Hilbert  30' Oğuzhan Özyakup  49'  Ersan Gülüm  71' Allan McGregor  87' | Report |  6' Joseph Boum  64' Wissem Ben Yahia | Referee: Barış Şimşek | 
| 11 November 2012 Round 11 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 1 | Galatasaray | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Sunday, 17:00 | Márcio Nobre  63' (H) Serkan Yanık  50' Emmanuel Culio  74' | Report |  48' (F) Umut Bulut  55' Albert Riera | Referee: Mustafa İlker Coşkun | 
| 18 November 2012 Round 12 | Bursaspor | 3 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Bursa | 
| Sunday, 19:00 | Ferhat Kiraz  43' (F) Alfred N'Diaye  73' (P) Fernando Belluschi  92' (P) İbrahim Öztürk  9' Stanislav Šesták  16' Serdar Aziz  90+4' | Report |  28' Joseph Boum  42' Emmanuel Culio  44' Nduka Ozokwo  90+2' Murat Erdoğan  90+2' Ömer Aysan Barış  90+4' Ivan de Souza | Referee: Bülent Yıldırım | 
| 23 November 2012 Round 13 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 | Kardemir DÇ Karabükspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Friday, 20:00 | Márcio Nobre  55' (P) Milan Stepanov  89' (H) Mustafa Keçeli  59' Nduka Ozokwo  65' Márcio Nobre  89' Milan Stepanov  89' | Report |  62' (H) İlhan Parlak  55' İshak Doğan  75' Ahmet İlhan Özek | Referee: Süleyman Abay | 
| 2 December 2012 Round 14 | Medical Park Antalyaspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Akdeniz University Stadium, Antalya | 
| Sunday, 16:00 | Ömer Şişmanoğlu  83' (F) Emre Güngör  48' | Report |  54' Ivan Saraiva de Souza  80' Eren Tozlu  86' Márcio Nobre  89' Danilo Bueno | Referee: Serkan Çınar | 
| 7 December 2012 Round 15 | Sanica Boru Elazığspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Elazığ | 
| Friday, 20:00 | Sinan Kaloğlu  66' (F) | Report |  60' Milan Stepanov  68' Mustafa Sarp  88' Mustafa Keçeli | Referee: Mustafa Kamil Abitoğlu | 
| 15 December 2012 Round 16 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 | Akhisar Belediyespor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Saturday, 16:00 | Ömer Aysan Barış  11' (F) Márcio Nobre  44' (H) Hakan Bayraktar  36' Aydın Toscalı  39' Márcio Nobre  52' Özden Öngün  89' | Report |  35' (F) Kenan Özer  57' Serkan Yalçın  71' Çağdaş Atan  86' Ibrahima Sonko | Referee: Abdullah Yılmaz | 
| 23 December 2012 Round 17 | Gaziantepspor | 2 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep | 
| Sunday, 16:00 | Turgut Doğan Şahin  49' (F) Cenk Tosun  85' (F) Haris Medunjanin  65' Serdar Kurtuluş  89' | Report |  51' (F) Murat Ceylan  50' Özden Öngün  50' Wissem Ben Yahia  57' Ömer Aysan Barış  80' Emmanuel Culio  84' Danilo Bueno | Referee: Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu | 
Second half
    
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2012–13 Süper Lig season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
| 21 January 2013 Round 18 | Orduspor | 1 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Eylül Stadium, Ordu | 
| Monday, 20:00 | Şamil Çinaz  87' (H) Ali Çamdalı  44' Nizamettin Çalışkan  67' Vincente Alfredo Monje  80' David Barral  83' Atila Turan  89' | Report |  42' (F) Nduka Ozokwo  6' Murat Ceylan  38' Márcio Nobre  89' Emmanuel Culio | Referee: Ali Palabıyık | 
| 27 January 2013 Round 19 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Sivasspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Sunday, 16:00 | Emmanuel Culio  11' (F) Emmanuel Culio  43' (P) Can Erdem  86' (F) Mehmet Yıldız  79' | Report |  21' Ümit Kurt  43' Kadir Bekmezci  73' Arkadiusz Piech  87' Ziya Erdal | Referee: Bülent Yıldırım | 
| 3 February 2013 Round 20 | Eskişehirspor | 0 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir | 
| Sunday, 16:00 | Servet Çetin  25' Rodrigo Tello  36' Atdhe Nuhiu  74' | Report |  37' Burhan Eşer  56' Murat Ceylan | Referee: Barış Şimşek | 
| 10 February 2013 Round 21 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 1 | Fenerbahçe | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Sunday, 16:30 | Raheem Lawal  82' | Report |  45' (F) Pierre Webó  88' Raul Meireles | Referee: Özgür Yankaya | 
| 17 February 2013 Round 22 | Gençlerbirliği | 3 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara | 
| Sunday, 13:30 | Björn Vleminckx  32' (H) Jimmy Durmaz  55' (F) Ermin Zec  73' (F) Aykut Demir  54' Özgür İleri  58' Ante Kulušić  78' Duško Tošić  90+1' | Report |  79' (F) Emmanuel Culio  37' Milan Stepanov  49' Mustafa Keçeli  65' Joseph Boum  87' Emmanuel Culio | Referee: Süleyman Abay | 
| 23 February 2013 Round 23 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 1 | Trabzonspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Saturday, 19:00 | Milan Mitrović  23' Milan Stepanov  47' Márcio Nobre  70' | Report |  36' (F) Paulo Henrique  20' Ondřej Čelůstka  65' Paulo Henrique Carneiro Filho | Referee: Tolga Özkalfa | 
| 3 March 2013 Round 24 | Kayserispor | 2 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri | 
| Sunday, 13:30 | Salih Dursun  22' (H) Bobô  56' (F) Abdullah Durak  18' Zurab Khizanishvili  44' Ertuğrul Taşkıran  45' Salih Dursun  45' Marko Simić  72' Ömer Bayram  85' | Report |  50' (F) Burhan Eşer  45' Márcio Nobre  60' Joseph Boum  89' Mustafa Keçeli  90+1' Burhan Eşer  90+1'  Emmanuel Culio  90+1' Wissem Ben Yahia | Referee: Hüseyin Sabancı | 
| 11 March 2013 Round 25 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 1 | Kasımpaşa | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Monday, 20:00 | Márcio Nobre  74' (P) Serkan Yanık  31' Raheem Lawal  35' Ozan İpek  72' Joseph Boum  81' | Report |  28' (F) Kalu Uche  Abdullah Elyasa Süme  75' Adem Büyük | Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoğlu | 
| 16 March 2013 Round 26 | İstanbul BŞB | 4 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Olympic Stadium, İstanbul | 
| Saturday, 13:30 | Simon Zenke  8' (F) Wellington Brito da Silva  12' (F) Mahmut Tekdemir  65' (H) Samuel Holmén  76' (F) Samuel Holmén  42' Mahmut Tekdemir  44' Can Arat  52' Wellington Brito da Silva  57' Ömer Can Sokullu  72' | Report[2] |  79' (H) Márcio Nobre  88' (F) Márcio Nobre  68' Mustafa Keçeli | Referee: Barış Şimşek | 
| 1 April 2013 Round 27 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 2 | Beşiktaş | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Monday, 20:00 | Márcio Nobre  34' (H) Márcio Nobre  51' (o.g.) Nduka Ozokwo  16' Murat Ceylan  21' Aydın Toscalı  32' Wissem Ben Yahia  54' | Report |  32' (F) Manuel Fernandes  65' Veli Kavlak | Referee: Abdullah Yılmaz | 
| 6 April 2013 Round 28 | Galatasaray | 3 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Türk Telekom Arena, İstanbul | 
| Saturday, 19:00 | Felipe Melo  60' (P) Didier Drogba  69' (F) Didier Drogba  83' (H) Dany Nounkeu  30' Fernando Muslera  31' Hakan Balta  31' Hamit Altıntop  46' Nordin Amrabat  72' | Report |  3' (H) Burhan Eşer  7' Joseph Boum  20' Raheem Lawal  49' Murat Ceylan  80' Serkan Yanık | Referee: Süleyman Abay | 
| 13 April 2013 Round 29 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 1 | Bursaspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Saturday, 16:00 | Jean-Jacques Gosso  36' Murat Ceylan  58' | Report |  64' (F) Sebastián Pinto  21' Ferhat Kiraz  43' Musa Çağıran  73' Sebastián Pinto | Referee: Serkan Çınar | 
| 20 April 2013 Round 30 | Kardemir DÇ Karabükspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | N. Şeyhoğlu Stadium, Karabük | 
| Saturday, 20:00 | Lomana LuaLua  73' (F) Larrys Mabiala  90+3' | Report |  40' Jean-Jacques Gosso  52' Emmanuel Culio  61' Orkun Uşak | Referee: Suat Arslanboğa | 
| 26 April 2013 Round 31 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 1 | Medical Park Antalyaspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Friday, 20:00 | Milan Stepanov  50' (F) Tanju Kayhan  90+2' | Report |  77' (F) Murat Duruer  60' Emre Güngör  64' Mehmet Sedef | Referee: Mustafa Aydin | 
| 5 May 2013 Round 32 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 2 | Sanica Boru Elazığspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Sunday, 20:00 | Jean-Jacques Gosso  15' Wissem Ben Yahia  39' Tanju Kayhan  70' Ivan Saraiva de Souza  75' Burhan Eşer  81' Milan Stepanov  81' | Report |  7' (f) Tidiane Sane  81' (F) Tidiane Sane  61' Orhan Ak  88' Volkan Yılmaz | Referee: Halis Özkahya | 
| 13 May 2013 Round 33 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Manisa | 
| Monday, 20:00 | Theofanis Gekas  88' (H) Bruno Mezenga  59' Merter Yüce  75' Güray Vural  90+2' Bilal Kısa  90+3' Çağdaş Atan  90+3' | Report |  14' Eren Tozlu  26' Emmanuel Culio  26' Márcio Nobre  90+2' Burhan Eşer | Referee: Süleyman Abay | 
| 17 May 2013 Round 34 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 2 | Gaziantepspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Friday, 20:00 | Wissem Ben Yahia  72' (F) Emmanuel Culio  44' | Report |  27' (F) Turgut Doğan Şahin  30' (F) Cenk Tosun  43' Turgut Doğan Şahin  56' Bekir Ozan Has | Referee: Taner Gizlenci | 
2012–13 Turkish Cup participation
    
2012–13 Turkish Cup 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 (A and B) 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.[3]
Cup track
    
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 2012–13 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | Away | Home | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 2 | Süper Lig | Third League | Siirtspor | – | 3–0 | Promoted | 
| Round 3 | Süper Lig | Second League | Giresunspor | 3–0 | – | Promoted | 
| Round 4 | Süper Lig | Second League | Tokatspor | 1–0 | – | Promoted | 
| Round 5 | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Gençlerbirliği | 3–2 | – | Promoted | 
| Group Stage | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Medical Park Antalyaspor | 2–4 | 0–5 | |
| Group Stage | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Eskişehirspor | 1–3 | 0–3 | |
| Group Stage | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Trabzonspor | 0–3 | 0–2 | Eliminated | 
Game details
    
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 2012–13 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
| 27 September 2012 Round 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Siirtspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Thursday, 20:30 | Eren Tozlu  4' (H) Eren Tozlu  49' (H) Márcio Nobre  53' (H) Ömer Aysan Barış  42' | Report |  48' Ferhat Karakaya | Referee: Mesut Carık | 
| 31 October 2012 Round 3 | Giresunspor | 0 – 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Giresun | 
| Wednesday, 15:30 | Burak Karaduman  32' | Report |  53' (F) Wissem Ben Yahia  59' (F) Wissem Ben Yahia  63' (F) Ergin Keleş  6' Hasan Üçüncü  20' Ömer Aysan Barış  47' Milan Stepanov  86' Ergin Keleş | Referee: Ömer Faruk Ocak | 
| 27 November 2012 Round 4 | Tokatspor | 0 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Gaziosmanpaşa Stadium, Tokat | 
| Tuesday, 13:00 | Alihan Kubalas  40' Haluk Ulaşoğlu  57' Hacı Kalın  79' | Report |  65' (F) Mustafa Keçeli  7' Joseph Boum  75' Nduka Ozokwo | Referee: Mustafa Aydin | 
| 12 December 2012 Round 5 | Gençlerbirliği | 2 – 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium Ankara | 
| Wednesday, 15:30 | Dejan Lekić  71' (F) Artun Akçakın  90' (F) Radosav Petrović  62' | Report |  64' (F) Danilo Bueno  75' (F) Emmanuel Culio  88' (F) Ergin Keleş  25' Hasan Üçüncü  65' Eren Tozlu | Referee: Barış Şimşek | 
| 20 December 2012 Round 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 5 | Medical Park Antalyaspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Thursday, 18:00 | Danilo Bueno  70' | Report |  9' (H) Lamine Diarra  27' (F) Ergün Teber  55' (P) Ismaïl Aissati  60' (F) Lamine Diarra  80' (F) Nikola Žižić  8' Emre Güngör | Referee: İlker Meral | 
| 11 January 2013 Round 2 | Eskişehirspor | 3 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium Eskişehir | 
| Friday, 19:00 | Erkan Zengin  21' (F) Goran Čaušić  43' (F) Necati Ateş  87' (F) Diomansy Kamara  69' | Report |  50' (F) Nduka Ozokwo  68' Burhan Eşer | Referee: Çağatay Şahan | 
| 15 January 2013 Round 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 2 | Trabzonspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Tuesday, 20:30 | Mahmut Metin  80' Ivan Saraiva de Souza  90+2' | Report |  35' (H) Mustafa Yumlu  83' (F) Mustafa Yumlu  29' Tolga Zengin  73' Alanzinho | Referee: Fırat Aydınus | 
| 24 January 2013 Round 4 | Trabzonspor | 3 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon | 
| Thursday, 20:30 | Adrian Mierzejewski  5' (F) Róbert Vittek  42' (F) Halil Altıntop  86' (F) Marek Čech  24' Olcan Adın  69' | Report |  32' Can Erdem | Referee: Özgüç Türkalp | 
| 30 January 2013 Round 5 | Medical Park Antalyaspor | 4 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Akdeniz University Stadium, Antalya | 
| Wednesday, 20:30 | Lamine Diarra  1' (H) Lamine Diarra  5' (H) Emrah Başsan  38' (F) Koray Arslan  88' (F) Zeki Yıldırım  42' Musa Nizam  63' Nikola Žižić  89' | Report |  74' (F) Burhan Eşer  89' (F) Nduka Ozokwo  23' Can Erdem | Referee: Hakan Ceylan | 
| 27 February 2013 Round 6 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 3 | Eskişehirspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin | 
| Wednesday, 18:00 | Aydın Toscalı  77' (o.g.) Raheem Lawal  31' Eren Tozlu  67' Ozan İpek  68' Milan Stepanov  74' Can Erdem  83' | Report |  48' (F) Jerry Akaminko  50' (H) Erkan Zengin  37' Veysel Sarı | Referee: Kutluhan Bilgiç | 
Management
    
- Club address was: Palmiye Mah. Adnan Menderes Bl. 1204 Sk. Onur Ap. K.2 D.3 Yenişehir/Mersin.[4]
Club management
    
- President Ali Kahramanlı continued in his position which he held in 2008.
Coaching team
    
- Since 22 October 2010 until 18 December 2012. Head coach: Nurullah Sağlam.[5] In his technical team were Lütfü Hindal Gündüz (trainer), Kadir Ekinci (masseur).[6]
- Since 20 December 2012 until 8 March 2013. Head coach: Giray Bulak.[7]
- Since 8 March 2013 until 6 March 2014. Head coach: Hakan Kutlu.[8] His assistant was Kadir Tolga Demirtaş (trainer).[6]
2012–13 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Nurullah Sağlam | 11.07.2011 – 18.12.2012 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Left after 16th round.[5] | 
|  | Giray Bulak | 20.12.2012 – 08.03.2013 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | Left after 24th round.[7] | 
|  | Hakan Kutlu | 08.03.2013 – 31.05.2013 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | Continued in the next season.[8] | 
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.
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.[53]
See also
    
    
Notes and references
    
- 2012–13 Spor-Toto Süper lig Official page from TFF website; Qualifications and relegations from Turkish-Soccer; and detailed information and news from Maçkolik. Retrieved on 24 January 2015.
- 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.
- See elimination and group stage games and Group B table at tff.org.tr, official page of 2012–13 Ziraat Türkiye Kupası at TFF (Turkish Football Federation) website. An alternative source is maçkolik.com. Also Turkish Soccer site provides information in English.
- Obtained from Club's official page at tff.org.tr. Retrieved on 24 January 2014.
- He left the team after 16th round.MİY was at 17th place with 3 wins, 6 deuces and 7 losses. Details from TFF coach page.
- Obtained from TFF coach search by team name at Mersin idmanyurdu coaches on 24 January 2015. However the list is not complete.
- Giray Bulak. Previously he was sports director in Trabzonspor. Under his management from 17th to 24th round, MİY had 1 win, 2 deuces and 5 losses. Details from TFF coach page.
- Hakan Kutlu. In the rest of the season MİY had 2 deuces and 8 losses under his management and finished at last place. His contract ended on 31 May 2013 but was renewed for the next season on 12 July 2014, although Mersin İdmanyurdu had relegated from 2012–13 Süper Lig. Details from TFF coach page.
- Ibrahim Šehić. In the team since 29 June 2011. Player's previous team was Bosnian side FK Željezničar Sarajevo. Although player's contract was for five seasons, was terminated during the first half of the next season and player signed to Azerbaijani side Qarabağ FK for the rest of the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Milan Stepanov. Player signed on 24 July 2012. Contract with player's previous team Gaziantepspor had been mutually terminated. His contract was for two seasons, but he terminated his contract at the end of the season and signed to Greek Cypriot side AC Omonia for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Nduka Morrisson Ozokwo. In the team since 17 January 2011. Contract with player's previous team Boluspor had ended at the end of 2009–10 TFF First League season, and player had remained unattached. He had played for 4 seasons in the team. At the end of 2013–14 season player's contract ended, and player remained unattached again. Later he signed to Adanaspor in mid 2014–15 season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Ergin Keleş. Player signed on 18 July 2012. Contract with player's previous team Kardemir Karabükspor had ended. Although player's contract was for two seasons, was mutually terminated in the mid-season and player signed to Göztepe for the rest of the season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Wissem Ben Yahia. In the team since 15 June 2011. 400 thousands € transfer fee had been paid to player's previous team Club Africain, a Tunisian side. Player's contract was for three years and he continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Mustafa Sarp. Player signed on 25 July 2012. Contract with player's previous team Kardemir Karabükspor had been mutually terminated. Although signed for two seasons, player's contract was terminated mutually and he signed with Elazığspor for the rest of the season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Ibrahim Yattara; in Turkey, İbrahim Üçüncü. Trabzonspor's former right winger. Player signed on 24 July 2012 after his contract with Saudi Arabian side Al Shabab FC had ended. Player got injured on fourth round and did not play in the rest of the league games. At the end of the season, player's contract ended and he signed to Belgian third league side UR La Louvière Centre for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Mustafa Keçeli. In the team since 11 July 2011. Contract renewal on 16 July 2012. Player's previous team was Bursaspor. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed with Bugsaşspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Aydın Toscalı. Player signed on 27 July 2012. Contract with player's previous team MKE Ankaragücü had ended. At the end of the season player's contract ended. Player turned back to his previous team for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Hakan Bayraktar. In the team since 5 September 2011. Contract renewal on 12 July 2012. Contract with player's previous team Samsunspor had been mutually terminated. At the end of the season player's contract ended and he signed with Karşıyaka for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Serkan Yanık. Player signed on 16 July 2012. Player's contract with his previous team Bucaspor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract anded and player signed with Gençlerbirliği for the next season. However in the mid-season of 2013-14 he turned back to MİY. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Cengiz Biçer. In the team since 15 July 2010. Player's previous team was Samsunspor who had terminated player's contract. At the end of the season player's contract was terminated and player signed with Göztepe for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Danilo Petrolli Bueno. In the team since 6 January 2012. Player's previous team was Tunisian side Étoile du Sahel. In the mid-season player terminated his contract and signed with Brazilian side Botafogo FC. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Juan Emmanuel Culio. Player was loaned from Galatasaray for the whole season. At the end of the season player's contract with Galatasaray was terminated mutually and player signed with Spanish side Deportivo de La Coruña for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Erdal Kılıçaslan. Player signed on 18 January 2012. Contract with player's previous team Gençlerbirliği had been mutually terminated. At the end of previous season player's contract ended but renewed on 20 June 2012. After first round games, on the other hand, player was transferred to Konyaspor, then TFF First league team, in exchange for FW Marcin Robak, even though MİY had no other left winger. At the end of the season Konyaspor promoted. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Nurullah Kaya. In the team since 2 August 2006. Contract renewal on 29 June 2012. In the mid-season player was loaned out to Adana Demirspor for the rest of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to MİY. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Murat Erdoğan. Player signed on 15 June 2012. Contract with player's previous team Denizlispor had ended. At the end of the season player's contract was ended and he put a close to his player career. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Mahmut Metin. In the team since 18 November 2009. On 7 August 2012 he became first time professional. He was playing for Mersin İdmanyurdu A2 team. In the mid-season player was loaned out to Adıyamanspor. At the end of the season he turned back and continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile; and maçkolik page.
- Joseph Boum II. In the team since 12 January 2010. Player's previous team was Turkish Cypriot side Tatlısu Halk Odası S.K. On 3 May 2013 he terminated his contract and remained unattached. Next year in the mid-season he signed with then Süper lig team Antalyaspor. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Márcio Ferreira Nobre; in Turkey, Mert Nobre (also has Turkish passport). In the team since 7 July 2011. At the end of the season player's contract ended and player signed with Kayserispor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Özden Öngün. Player signed on 22 June 2012. Contract with player's previous team Gaziantepspor had ended. In the mid-season player's contract was mutually terminated, and player turned back to Gaziantepspor on 31 January 2013. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Ivan Saraiva de Souza. Player signed on 4 September 2012. Contract with player's previous team Gaziantepspor had been mutually terminated. His contract was for two seasons, but he terminated his contract at the end of the season and remained unattached. Next year in the mid-season he signed to Brazilian side Figueirense FC. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Murat Ceylan. Player signed on 4 September 2012. Contract with player's previous team Gaziantepspor had been mutually terminated. 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.
- Ömer Aysan Barış. Player signed on 10 August 2012. Contract with player's previous team Manisaspor had been mutually terminated. Players contract was terminate on 29 April 2013. Player later signed with Şanlıurfaspor in the mid-season of 2013-14. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Hasan Üçüncü. In the team since 15 July 2010. Contract renewal on 12 July 2012. Contract with player's previous team Çaykur Rizespor had ended at the end of 2009–10. In the mid-season player's contract was mutually terminated and he remained unattached until the signature of the contract with Orduspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Marcin Andrzej Robak. Transferred from Konyaspor after first round games in exchange for Erdal Kılıçaslan. In the mid-season player's contract was terminated and player signed with Polish side Piast Gliwice on 11 March 2013. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Eren Tozlu. Player signed on 5 August 2012 for three seasons. 75 thousands € transfer fee had been paid to player's previous team Giresunspor. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Abdulkadir Korkut. In the team since 14 October 2011. On 12 July 2012 he became first time professional. In the mid-season player was loaned to Adıyamanspor for the second half. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Abdullah Halman. Player signed on 13 July 2012. Player's contract with his previous team Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor had been mutually terminated. Although his contract was for three years, mutually terminated in the mid-season and player signed with 1461 Trabzon for the rest of the season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Orkun Uşak. Player signed on 5 January 2013. Player's contract with Antalyaspor had ended at the end of previous season and player ha remained unattached until mid-season. At the end of the season player's contract ended and player signed with Adana Demirspor. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Can Erdem. Player signed on 9 January 2013. Contract with player's previous team Denizlispor had been mutually terminated. At the end of the season player's contract was terminated and he signed with Ankaraspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Tanju Kayhan. On loan from Beşiktaş for the rest of the season. Player signed on 9 January 2013. At the end of the season player turned back to Beşiktaş, then was loaned to Eskişehirspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Burhan Eşer. On loan from Eskişehirspor for the rest of the season. Player signed on 5 January 2013. At the end of the season player's contract with Eskişehirspor was terminated and he signed with Sivasspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- David Bičík. Player signed on 17 January 2012. Player's previous team was Czech side FC Slovan Liberec. At the end of the season player's contract was terminated and he signed to Karşıyaka for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page. FIFA decided on two season transfer ban for MİY due to termination of player's contract. The ban was applied on 2015 Winter and Summer transfer seasons. Details from spr33.com. Retrieved on 3 February 2015. (in Turkish)
- Milan Mitrović. Player signed on 5 January 2013 for three and a half seasons. Player's previous team was Serbian side FK Rad. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Mehmet Yıldız. Player signed on 18 January 2013. Contract with player's previous team Kardemir Karabükspor had been mutually terminated. At the end of the season player's contract ended but was renewed on for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Ozan İpek. On loan from Bursaspor for the second half of the season. Player signed on 25 January 2013. At the end of the season he turned back to Bursaspor. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Mert Can. In the team since 26 September 2007. He became first time professional on 12 July 2012. He was playing for Mersin İdmanyurdu A2 team. For next two seasons (2013-14 and 2014-15) he did not have game records in TFF game reports. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Raheem Adewole Lawal. Player signed on 31 January 2013 for 3 and a half seasons. 350 thousands € transfer fee had been paid to player's previous team Adana Demirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Yenal Tuncer. Player was loaned from Bursaspor and signed on 1 February 2013. He was loaned out to Denizlispor in the first half of the season. At the end of the season player's contract with his team was mutually terminated and he signed to Denizlispor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Tarık Altuntaş. In the team since 7 September 2009. He became first time professional in the team on 27 January 2011. On 12 July 2012 his contract was renewed for three seasons. However, at the end of the season player's contract was terminated mutually and player signed with Balçova Yaşamspor for the next season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso. Player signed on 14 January 2013. Player's contract with his previous team Orduspor had been terminated. Before the start of second half, player got injured and had chance to play for last six games of the season. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- Burak Can Kalender. In the team since 17 November 2011. Player became first time professional on 25 April 2013, before the end of the season. He was playing for Mersin İdmanyurdu A2 team. Details from TFF player profile and maçkolik page.
- 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.
- See details for 2013–14 U-21 League TFF official page.
















