2015–16 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu
2015–16 Hasan Doğan season
President	Ali Kahramanlı; (till 11 January 2016); Hüseyin Çalışkan; (since 11 January 2016)
Head coach	Mesut Bakkal; (till 18 September 2015); Bülent Korkmaz; (till 4 January 2016); Ümit Özat; (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	Murat Ceylan 33
Top goalscorer	League: ; Préjuce Nakoulma 6; Welliton 6; All: ; Préjuce Nakoulma 7; Welliton 7
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)

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.

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
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

Sources: 2015–16 Spor-Toto Süper Lig pages.^[2]

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
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 TFF First League
17	Eskişehirspor (R)	34	8	6	20	39	64	−25	30
18	Mersin İdman Yurdu (R)	34	5	6	23	31	71	−40	21

Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
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:

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2016. Source: TFF League page
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 20' (F) Préjuce Nakoulma 89' (F) Mehmet Taş 64' Wederson 72'	Report	9' (F) Cenk Tosun 44' (F) Cenk Tosun 68' (F) Cenk Tosun 73' (F) Olcay Şahan 90+2' Kerim Frei 50' Oğuzhan Özyakup 87' Tolga Zengin	Attendance: 10.500 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

22 August 2015 Round 2	Akhisar Belediyespor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Balıkesir
Saturday, 21:45	Hugo Rodallega 67' (F) Güray Vural 89' (P) Custódio Castro 53' Merter Yüce 69'	Report	28' Güven Varol 36' Murat Ceylan 87' Efe Özarslan	Attendance: 650 Referee: Kutluhan Bilgiç

29 August 2015 Round 3	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 2	Kayserispor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 21:15	Welliton 48' (F) Préjuce Nakoulma 59' Welliton 72'	Report	70' (F) Ömer Bayram 85' (F) Zeki Yavru 49' İbrahim Dağaşan 59' Marko Simić 79' Deniz Türüç	Attendance: 4.379 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

12 September 2015 Round 4	Galatasaray	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	TT Arena, Sarıyer, Istanbul
Saturday, 20:15	Lukas Podolski 50' (F) Hakan Balta 33' Sabri Sarıoğlu 38' Olcan Adın 90+2' Selçuk İnan 90+4'	Report	49' (F) Welliton 28' Abdul Khalili 81' Muammer Yıldırım 90+4' Wederson 90+4' Tita	Attendance: 21.450 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

18 September 2015 Round 5	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 4	Osmanlıspor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Friday, 20:00	Murat Ceylan 27' Loret Sadiku 65' Nurullah Kaya 88'	Report	34' (F) Pierre Webó 39' (F) Papa Alioune Ndiaye 90' (F) Papa Alioune Ndiaye 90+2' (F) Papa Alioune Ndiaye 7' Gabriel Torje 77' Musa Çağıran 82' Mehmet Güven	Attendance: 4.770 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

27 September 2015 Round 6	Konyaspor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Konya Büyükşehir Stadı, Konya
Sunday, 14:00	Abdou Razack Traoré 9' (F) Samuel Holmén 85' (F)	Report	29' Milan Mitrović 48' Serkan Balcı 53' Oktay Delibalta	Attendance: 11.631 Referee: Bülent Birincioğlu

2 October 2015 Round 7	Sivasspor	2 – 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas
Friday, 20:00	John Boye 3' (H) Djakaridja Koné 40' (F) Mehdi Taouil 44' İbrahim Öztürk 53'	Report	58' (P) Wederson 82' (F) Ricardo Pedriel 25' Servet Çetin 75' Serkan Balcı	Attendance: 4.132 Referee: Umit Öztürk

19 October 2015 Round 8	Mersin İdmanyurdu	3 – 2	Trabzonspor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Monday, 20:00	Préjuce Nakoulma 26' (F) Préjuce Nakoulma 40' (F) Wederson 61' (F) Serkan Balcı 24' Ricardo Pedriel 62' Wederson 74' Nurullah Kaya 81' Préjuce Nakoulma 81'	Report	75' (H) Óscar Cardozo 90' (H) Stéphane Mbia 39' Douglas Franco Teixeira 59' Sefa Yılmaz	Attendance: 7.399 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

24 October 2015 Round 9	Gaziantepspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep
Saturday, 19:00	Daniel Larsson 47' (F)	Report	56' Murat Ceylan 89' Loret Sadiku	Attendance: 1.857 Referee: Hakan Ceylan

29 October 2015 Round 10	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	Medipol Başakşehir	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Thursday, 19:00	Ricardo Pedriel 45' (H) Güven Varol 71' Muammer Yıldırım 90+3' Wederson after match'	Report	90+4' (F) Mehmet Batdal 28' Mehmet Batdal 45' Rajko Rotman 74' Stéphane Badji	Attendance: 4.705 Referee: Özgüç Türkalp

6 November 2015 Round 11	Gençlerbirliği	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Friday, 20:00	Bogdan Stancu 12' (F) Moestafa El Kabir 45'	Report	77' (F) Ricardo Pedriel 41' Servet Çetin 58' Ricardo Pedriel	Attendance: 1.258 Referee: Erkan Engin

21 November 2015 Round 12	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 3	Fenerbahçe	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 17:00	Préjuce Nakoulma 60' (F) Ricardo Pedriel 66' Servet Çetin 80' Nurullah Kaya 84'	Report	8' (F) Hasan Ali Kaldırım 49' (F) Nani 57' (F) Robin van Persie	Attendance: 11.800 Referee: Alper Ulusoy

28 November 2015 Round 13	Eskişehirspor	3 – 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir
Saturday, 19:00	Emre Güral 41' (H) Engin Bekdemir 70' (F) Emre Güral 43' Kamil Çörekçi 44' Raheem Lawal 88'	Report	28' (o.g.) Milan Mitrović 67' (F) Welliton 89' (H) Milan Mitrović 90+2' Milan Mitrović	Attendance: 6.757 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

6 December 2015 Round 14	Mersin İdmanyurdu	3 – 0	Çaykur Rizespor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 19:00	Wederson 13' (P) Serkan Balcı 70' (F) Welliton 73' (F) Ricardo Pedriel 6' Loret Sadiku 37'	Report	52' Ertuğrul Ersoy 72' Murat Duruer 89' Orhan Ovacıklı	Attendance: 3.401 Referee: İlker Meral

12 December 2015 Round 15	Antalyaspor	3 – 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Akdeniz University Stadium, Antalya
Saturday, 19:00	Mbilla Etame 53' (H) Samuel Eto'o 74' (F) Lokman Gör 89' (F) Saso Fornezzi 24'	Report	26' (P) Milan Mitrović 30' (H) Ricardo Pedriel 33' Milan Mitrović 44' Ricardo Pedriel 72' Oktay Delibalta 77' Wederson 84' Préjuce Nakoulma 87' Serkan Balcı	Attendance: 6.113 Referee: Barış Şimşek

19 December 2015 Round 16	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 2	Kasımpaşa	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 19:00	Servet Çetin 1' (H) Préjuce Nakoulma 45' Oktay Delibalta 59' Wederson 63' Murat Ceylan 72' Milan Mitrović 90+2'	Report	20' (F) Eren Derdiyok 90+4' (H) Ryan Donk 78' Ryan Donk 83' Vasil Bozhikov	Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

27 December 2015 Round 17	Bursaspor	2 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Bursa
Sunday, 14:00	Tomáš Necid 47' (F) Sercan Yıldırım 54' (H) Hajime Hosogai 51' Tomáš Sivok 85' Serdar Aziz 90'	Report	37' (F) Welliton 50' Eren Tozlu 81' Servet Çetin	Attendance: 10.398 Referee: Tolga Özkalfa

Sources: 2015–16 Süper Lig pages.^[2]^[4]

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, Istanbul
Wednesday, 19:30	José Sosa 73' (F) Duško Tošić 58' Necip Uysal 59'	Report	69' Milan Mitrović 72' Ricardo Pedriel	Attendance: 7.385 Referee: Barış Şimşek
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 16' Milan Mitrović 34'	Report	8' Merter Yüce 13' Kadir Keleş 20' Douglão	Attendance: 3.430 Referee: Bülent Birincioğlu

6 February 2016 Round 20	Kayserispor	0 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	B.B. Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri
Saturday, 13:30	Ömer Bayram 5' Samba Sow 17' Mustafa Akbaş 19'	Report	20' (P) Wederson 13' Wederson 14' Mehmet Sığırcı 77' Serkan Balcı 90' Eren Tozlu	Attendance: 2.150 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

13 February 2016 Round 21	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 1	Galatasaray	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 19:00	Préjuce Nakoulma 39' (F) Güven Varol 63' (H) Serkan Balcı 77' Loret Sadiku 83'	Report	88' (F) Lukas Podolski 15' Lionel Carole 28' Semih Kaya 38' Ryan Donk 53' Semih Kaya 65' Wesley Sneijder 76' Yasin Öztekin 90' Aurélien Chedjou 90' Sabri Sarıoğlu	Attendance: 12.388 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

21 February 2016 Round 22	Osmanlıspor	3 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Osmanlı Stadium, Ankara
Sunday, 13:00	Raul Rusescu 35' (H) Musa Çağıran 66' (H) Raheem Lawal 90' (F) Dzon Delarge 76' Raheem Lawal 80' Musa Çağıran 86'	Report	(' (F) Abdul Khalili 54' Mehmet Taş 85' Wederson	Attendance: 4,051 Referee: Kutluhan Bilgic

27 February 2016 Round 23	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 2	Konyaspor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 13:30	Tita 25' Güven Varol 68'	Report	62' (F) Abdou Razack Traoré 76' (H) Riad Bajić 17' Nejc Skubic 20' Dimitar Rangelov	Attendance: 4.260 Referee: Alper Ulusoy

4 March 2016 Round 24	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Sivasspor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Friday, 20:00	Welliton 62' (F) Loret Sadiku 45' Welliton 62' Milan Mitrović 85'	Report	51' Yiğit İncedemir 82' Beykan Şimşek 86' Mehdi Taouil 90+2' John Boye	Attendance: 4.470 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

11 March 2016 Round 25	Trabzonspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
Friday, 20:00	Óscar Cardozo 48' (F) José Bosingwa 19' Mustafa Yumlu 63' Okay Yokuşlu 69'	Report	60' Wederson 63' Welliton Loret Sadiku 73' Ricardo Pedriel 85'	Attendance: 8.896 Referee: Halis Özkahya

20 March 2016 Round 26	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Gaziantepspor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30	Welliton 31' Güven Varol 59' Milan Mitrović 62'	Report	52' Barış Yardımcı 90' Emre Nefiz	Attendance: 4.947 Referee: Tolga Özkalfa

3 April 2016 Round 27	Medipol Başakşehir	3 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	FT Stadium, Başakşehir, Istanbul
Sunday, 13:30	Edin Višća 7' (P) Mossoró 30' (F) Hakan Özmert 49' (F) Stefano Napoleoni 87'	Report	{{yel<62}} Ricardo Pedriel 70' Abdul Khalili	Attendance: 1.182 Referee:

10 April 2016 Round 28	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 3	Gençlerbirliği	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30	Ricardo Pedriel 90' (H) Serkan Balcı 7' Milan Mitrović 73'	Report	16' (F) Bogdan Stancu 45' (F) Djalma Campos 79' (F) Djalma Campos	Attendance: 3.647 Referee: Özgür Yankaya

17 April 2016 Round 29	Fenerbahçe	4 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Ülker Stadium, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Sunday, 19:00	Volkan Şen 7' (F) Volkan Şen 9' (F) Fernandão 57' (f) Robin van Persie 63' (P)	Report	45' (H) Güven Varol 46' Eren Tozlu	Attendance: 19.561 Referee: Serkan Çınar

24 April 2016 Round 30	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 2	Eskişehirspor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30	Mehmet Taş 37' (H) Serkan Balcı 31' Milan Mitrović 71'	Report	55' (F) Mehemt Murat Uçar 90' (F) Tornike Okriashvili 84' Emre Güngör 90' Mehmet Murat Uçar	Attendance: 2.165 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

1 May 2016 Round 31	Çaykur Rizespor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	New City Stadium, Rize
Saturday, 19:00	Ahmet İlhan Özek 22' (F) Mehmet Akyüz 74' (F)	Report	43' Mehmet Taş	Attendance: 2.448 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

8 May 2016 Round 32	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 1	Antalyaspor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 19:00	Loret Sadiku 32' Güven Varol 62'	Report	20' (F) Mbilla Etame 65' Sakıb Aytaç 67' Jean Makoun	Attendance: 920 Referee: Mehmet Emre Atasoy

15 May 2016 Round 33	Kasımpaşa	7 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	RTE Stadium, Kasımpaşa, Istanbul
Sunday, 19:00	Adem Büyük 19' (F) Bengali-Fodé Koita 36' (F) Ezequiel Óscar Scarione 44' (F) André Castro 57' (F) Ezequiel Óscar Scarione 66' (F) Ezequiel Óscar Scarione 75' (F) Hakan Arslan 83' (F)	Report	43' Gökhan Akkan	Attendance: - Referee: Murat Özcan

18 May 2016 Round 34	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 5	Bursaspor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 20:00	Mahmut Metin 27' (F) Gökhan Akkan 84' (H) Mahmut Metin 40' Berkan Afşarlı 51'	Report	3' (F) Kubilay Kanatsızkuş 25' (H) Kubilay Kanatsızkuş 55' (F) Pablo Batalla 75' (F) Talha Çalışkan 90+1' (F) Furkan Emre Ünever 62' Ricardo Faty 70' Kubilay Kanatsızkuş	Attendance: 785 Referee: Oktay Taş

Sources: 2015–16 Süper Lig pages.^[2]^[4]

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
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

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

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, Istanbul
Wednesday, 13:00	Serdar Dursun 26' (F) Yasin Şahan 51' (H) Hakan Soylu 83' (F) Yasin Şahan 33' Mehmet Yılmaz 80' Muhammed Akarslan 90' Serhat Keskinsoy 110' Cankut Atasoy 120'	Report^[6]	40' (F) Mehmet Taş 68' (F) Mehmet Taş 90' (F) Tita 64' Nurullah Kaya 74' Mehmet Taş 116' Serol Demirhan	Attendance: 420 Referee: Levent Balcı
	Penalties
	Mehmet Yılmaz Serdar Dursun Gökhan Şen Muhammed Akarslan Serhat Keskinsoy Mert Ilıman		Tita Eren Tozlu Berkan Afşarlı Murat Ceylan Mehmet Taş Güven Varol

16 December 2015 GS Round 1	Aydınspor 1923	4 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Adnan Menderes Stadium, Aydın
Wednesday, 13:00	Gürcan Gözüm 5' (F) Uğur Tülümen 43' (F) Mehmet Bektaş 45' (F) Mehmet Bektaş 65' (F)	Report	41' Hakan Olkan 70' Murat Ceylan	Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Ali Şansalan

22 December 2015 GS Round 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 2	Çaykur Rizespor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Tuesday, 19:00	Berkan Afşarlı 55' (F) Sinan Kaloğlu 82' (F) Hakan Olkan 64' Eren Tozlu 77'	Report	2' (F) Patryk Tuszyński 38' (F) Mehmet Akyüz	Attendance: 500 Referee: Mehmet Emre Atasoy

9 January 2016 GS Round 3	Bucaspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Buca Arena, Buca, İzmir
Saturday, 16:00	Onur Yılmaz 88' Alper Sürücü 90'	Report	73' (o.g.) Serol Demirhan 68' Eren Tozlu 81' Tekin Oğrak 90' Hakan Olkan	Attendance: 1.100 Referee: Çağdaş Altay

13 January 2015 GS Round 4	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 2	Bucaspor	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 20:30	Préjuce Nakoulma 64' (F) Eren Tozlu 45' Mehmet Taş 47' Hakan Olkan 70' Tekin Oğrak 90+5'	Report	90+2' (F) Alper Sürücü 90+6' (P) Emre Şahin 26' Ferhat Çulcuoğlu 45' Deniz Pero	Attendance: 300 Referee: Selim Özen

20 January 2015 GS Round 5	Mersin İdmanyurdu	4 – 0	Aydınspor 1923	Mersin Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 13:00	Ricardo Pedriel 32' (H) Milan Mitrović 37' (P) Tita 45' (F) Welliton 64' (F)	Report	37' Hasan Erbey 39' Ulaş Güler 46' Gürkan Öztürk 73' Gürcan Gözüm 77' Erdi Bakırcı	Attendance: 500 Referee: Emre Türkmen

28 January 2015 GS Round 6	Çaykur Rizespor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	A. Suat Özyazıcı Stadium, Trabzon
Thursday, 18:00	Ludovic Sylvestre 14' (F)	Report	41' Mehmet Taş	Attendance: 70 Referee: Mustafa İlker Coşkun
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.

Source: 2015–16 Turkish Cup (Ziraat Türkiye Kupası) official TFF page.^[5] Attendance data from ntvspor.net.^[4]

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

Head Coach	Period	Pl	W	D	L	Notes
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.

Note: Only official games were included.

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.

O	N	Name	Birth	Born	Pos	LA	LG	CA	CG	TA	TG			← Season Notes →
1	1	Nikolay Mihaylov	28 Jun 1988	Sofia	GK	3				3				→ previous season.^[13]
2	3	Loret Sadiku	28 Jul 1991	Pristina	DF	29				29		7		→ previous season.^[14]
3	6	Wederson	22 Jul 1981	Campos	DF	26	4	1		27	4	9	2	→ previous season.^[15]
4	10	Tita	20 Jul 1981	Rio de J.	FW	25		4	2	29	2	2	1	→ previous season.^[16]
5	11	Welliton	22 Oct 1986	Conceição	FW	21	6	1	1	22	7	4		→ previous season.^[17]
6	13	Oktay Delibalta	27 Oct 1985	Samsun	MF	15				15		3		→ previous season.^[18]
7	15	Milan Mitrović	2 Jul 1988	Prokuplje	DF	29	2	2	1	31	3	9	1	→ previous season.^[19]
8	22	Préjuce Nakoulma	21 Apr 1987	Ouaga	FW	27	6	4	1	31	7	4		→ previous season.^[20]
9	25	Mehmet Taş	20 Mar 1991	Mersin	DF	22	1	7	2	29	3	5	1	→ previous season.^[21]
10	30	Serkan Balcı	22 Aug 1983	Nazilli	DF	28	1	3		31	1	9		→ previous season.^[22]
11	55	Abdul Khalili	7 Jun 1992	Raus, Se	MF	23	1			23	1	2		→ previous season.^[23]
12	90	Muammer Yıldırım	14 Sep 1990	Eğil	GK	26				26	2			→ previous season.^[24]
13	7	Güven Varol	2 Jun 1981	Adapazarı	MF	27	2	4		31	2	5		→ previous season.^[25]
14	33	Efe Özarslan	29 Mar 1990	Mersin	DF	2		2		4			1	→ previous season.^[26]
15	4	Mehmet Sığırcı	24 Feb 1993	Güngören	DF	4		6		10		1		→ previous season.^[27]
16	58	Ricardo Pedriel	19 Jan 1987	Santa Cruz	FW	27	5	4	1	31	6	8	1	→ previous season.^[28]
17	72	Nurullah Kaya	20 Jul 1986	Batman	MF	9		6		15		2	1	→ previous season.^[29]
18	99	Márkó Futács	22 Feb 1990	Budapest	FW	4				4				→ previous season.^[30]
19	5	Murat Ceylan	2 Mar 1988	Gaziantep	MF	27		6		33		5		→ previous season.^[31]
20	76	Servet Çetin	17 Mar 1981	Tuzluca	DF	14	1			14	1	4		→ previous season.^[32]
21	17	Sinan Kaloğlu	10 Jun 1981	Ovacık	FW	17		3	1	20	1			→ previous season.^[33]
22	90	Nihat Şahin	15 Sep 1989	İzmir	GK	5		6		11				→ previous season.^[34]
23	39	Eren Tozlu	27 Dec 1990	Giresun	FW	18		6		24		7		→ previous season.^[35]
24	88	Serol Demirhan	5 Dec 1988	Altındağ	DF	11		6		17		1		→ previous season.^[36]
25	42	Berkan Afşarlı	1 Mar 1991	Lindau	MF	5		4	1	9	1	1		→ previous season.^[37]
26	92	Hakan Olkan	9 Jan 1992	Şişli	DF	5		6		11		4		→ previous season.^[38]
27	95	Hasan Daş	6 Jan 1995	Mersin	GK	1		2		3				→ previous season.^[39]
28	47	Tekin Oğrak	13 Apr 1991	Nusaybin	MF	3		5		8		2		→ previous season.^[40]
29	77	Rahmi Çelik	11 Aug 1995	Güzelyurt	DF			1		1				→ previous season.^[41]
30	94	Emrah Özyaylaz	1 Dec 1994	Mersin	MF	2		1		3				→ previous season.^[42]
31	96	Taner Çukadar	4 Aug 1998	Mersin	DF	4		1		5				→ previous season.^[43]
32	98	Mahmut Metin	12 Jul 1994	Besni	MF	4	1	1		5	1	1		→ previous season.^[44]
33	46	Mehmet Ali Kaçar	18 Jan 1998	Afşin	MF	1		1		2				→ previous season.^[45]
34	66	Gökhan Akkan	30 Aug 1998	Seyhan	DF	7	1	1		8	1	1		→ previous season.^[46]
35	45	Hilmi Reşiti	29 Jul 1997	Bornova	DF									→ previous season.^[47]

Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.^[48]

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]

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.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 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)
1 2 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 Archived 6 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine. 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 contract 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)

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[1] See fixture on official TFF page. "Spor Toto Süper Lig Hasan Doğan Sezonu fikstürü çekildi" (in Turkish). TFF.org. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[league-2] 1 2 3 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.

[3] "Süper Lig 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[spectators-4] 1 2 3 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)

[cup-5] 1 2 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.

[6] Turkish Cup R 3. Fatih Karagümrük-Mersin İdmanyurdu: 7–8. Detailed information (attendance and serial penalties from idaa.com Archived 6 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.

[7] Obtained from Club's official page at tff.org.tr.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] 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).

[11] Stats obtained from TFF team page Mersin İdmanyurdu 2015–16 team squad

[12] Details from spor33.com. Retrieved on 3 February 2015. (Turkish)

[13] 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 contract 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.

[14] 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.

[15] 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.

[16] 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.

[17] 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.

[18] 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.

[19] 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.

[20] 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.

[21] 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.

[22] 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.

[23] 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.

[24] 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.

[25] 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.

[26] 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.

[27] 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.

[28] 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.

[29] 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.

[30] 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.

[31] 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.

[32] 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.

[33] 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.

[34] 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.

[35] 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.

[36] 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.

[37] 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.

[38] 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.

[39] 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.

[40] 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.

[41] 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.

[42] 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.

[43] 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.

[44] 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.

[45] 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.

[46] 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.

[47] 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.

[48] 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.

[49] 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)

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Top national division appearances marked in italics.