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2016–17 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu
2016–17 season
President Turkey Hüseyin Çalışkan
(till 28 September 2016)
Turkey Ali Tekin
(till 25 February 2017)
Turkey Mahmut Karak
(since 25 February 2017)
Head coach Turkey Levent Arıkdoğan
(till 28 October 2016)
Turkey Yusuf Şimşek
(till 19 January 2017)
Turkey Memduh Özbalta
(till 2 March 2017)
Turkey Levent Eriş
(since 3 March 2017)
Stadium Mersin Arena
(Capacity: 25,497)
Mersin, Turkey
TFF First League 18 (R 25)
Turkish Cup Eliminated at R 2
Most appearances Bulgaria Nikolay Mihaylov 25 (R 25)
Top goalscorer League:
Bolivia Ricardo Pedriel 8 (R 25)

All:
Bolivia Ricardo Pedriel 8 (R 25)
Highest home attendance 3.000 (vs. Gaziantep BŞB)
(1. Lig, R 6)
Lowest home attendance 250 (vs. Balıkesirspor)
(1. Lig, R 8)
Average home league attendance 1.340 (R 24)

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 2016–17. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has participated in 2016–17 season in Turkish TFF First League in the league's 16th season since its foundation in 2001. 2015–16 season was the 8th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in TFF First League, and 35th season in the second level division in Turkey since 1963. Team participated in 2016–17 Turkish Cup at second round and was eliminated immediately.

At the start of the season Hüseyin Çalışkan was club president. Levent Arıkdoğan has started as head coach. Hüseyin Çalışkan called for extraordinary congress and leaved the position. Ali Tekin was elected new president. Yusuf Şimşek replaced Arıkdoğan as head coach before 9th round league games.

2016–17 TFF First League was played as "Türkiye Birinci Lig" for Spor-Toto has withdrawn and no new sponsorship was given for the season. Start day of the season is 19 August 2019 and the end day is 21 May 2016. Champions and runners-up were promoted to 2017–18 Süper Lig. Following four teams were eligible for promotion play-offs to determine the third team to be promoted. Bottom three teams were relegated to 2017–18 TFF Second League.

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY)'s place in 2016–17 Süper Lig season league table:


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