Mersin İdman Yurdu
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| Full name | Mersin İdman Yurdu Spor Kulübü Derneği |
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| Nickname(s) |
Kırmızı Şeytanlar (The Red Devils) |
| Founded | 16 August 1925 |
| Ground | Mersin Arena, Mersin, Turkey |
| Capacity | 25,534 |
| President | Mahmut Karak |
| Manager | Levent Eriş |
| League | TFF First League |
| 2015–16 | Süper Lig, 18th (relegated) |
| Website | Club home page |
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY or MİY) is a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The football team has played in the Süper Lig, Turkey's first level division, since the 2011–12 season. The team played in the Turkish first division for 11 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and third divisions. The team was promoted to the Turkish second level division after the 2008–09 season. MİY became the champions of the Turkish second division during the 2010–11 season and earned promotion to the Turkish Süper Lig during the 2011–12 season. Previous ground of the team was 10,125 capacity Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium. In 2013, their new 25,534 person capacity stadium, New Mersin Stadium, was inaugurated on 23 March 2013 with a TFF First League match against Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor. Their main rivals are Adana Demirspor, Adanaspor and Tarsus İdmanyurdu, and are friendly with Bucaspor.
The name "Mersin İdman Yurdu" was originated as Turkish equivalent of "Mersin Sports Club". In the beginning of the Republic, many of the sports clubs carried the names as such. Later, most of those clubs, either by merging or renaming, changed their names. The "İdman Yurdu" name remained for some clubs throughout the country. Later it has lost its meaning. Therefore, "İdmanyurdu" has become a particular name for the club. Then, the club adopted the name "Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club". In its original form, club's name is written separately. However, because of the norm that noun phrases which have lost their meaning are written contiguously, the team's name has become "Mersin İdmanyurdu". (Gençlerbirliği is another example which is the conjunction of "Gençler" and "Birliği", meaning Youth Union. Also; Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş names are conjuncted in such a way.). Today, both depictions are common in Turkish for MİY: Some write it separately (In Turkish, abbreviations are possible, even if the words had been conjunct). Club website has shown divergent interests.
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