Tarsus İdman Yurdu

Tarsus İdman Yurdu is a Turkish sports club based in Tarsus.

Tarsus İdman Yurdu

Full name	Tarsus İdman Yurdu Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Çukurova'nın Efendisi (Ruler of Çukurova)
Founded	1923; 102 years ago (1923)
Ground	Burhanettin Kocamaz Stadium, Tarsus[1]
Capacity	4,201[1]
Chairman	Muhammet Günkut[1]
League	Turkish Regional Amateur League
2023–24	TFF Third League Group I, 15th of 15 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1923, the football team plays at the Burhanettin Kocamaz Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,201.^[1] They were named as Tarsus İdman Yurdu Erkutspor between 1983 and 1986 during the chairmanship of Erkut Kuzeyman, who was also a businessman.

Rivalries

Adana Demirspor, Adanaspor and Mersin İdman Yurdu are the rivals of Tarsus İY. The matches between these clubs are also referred to as the Çukurova derbies.

League participations

• TFF First League: 1969–72, 1980–83, 1984–88, 1991–95
• TFF Second League: 1967–69, 1972–80, 1988–91, 1995–01, 2002–11, 2012–16, 2018–23
• TFF Third League: 2001–02, 2011–12, 2016–18, 2023–24
• Turkish Regional Amateur League: 1983–84, 2024–

Current squad

As of 12 December 2022^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Abdülaziz Demircan 3 DF  TUR Ömer Çakı 4 DF  TUR Eyüpcan Delibalta 7 FW  GER Cengiz Ötkün 8 MF  TUR Fatih Somuncu 10 FW  TUR Yılmaz Can Taşkıran 11 FW  TUR Halil İbrahim Tuna 17 DF  TUR Yusuf Talum 18 MF  TUR Mutlu Aksu Doğan (on loan from Adanaspor) 19 FW  TUR Artun Akçakın 20 MF  TUR Oğuzhan Kayar 22 FW  TUR Alperen Pak 23 DF  TUR Fatih Solmaz

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  TUR Uğur Utlu 35 GK  TUR Barış Türkmen 41 DF  TUR Gökhan Meral 42 GK  TUR Mert Can Salık 47 MF  TUR Azad Filiz 50 FW  TUR Mert Temizkan 54 DF  TUR Furkan Özcan 61 FW  TUR Taha Balcı 68 DF  TUR Volkan Altınsoy 69 DF  TUR Sefa Durmuş 97 MF  TUR Ferit Bay Gündüz — MF  SYR Mohammad Lith Alzin

Further reading

• Daşlı, Özgür (2003) 80 Yıllık Öykü Tarsus İdman Yurdu. Yeni Zamanlar Dağıtım, ISBN 9789759206901.