Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1996–97. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) participated in Second League 1996–97 season for the 23rd time. After first stage MİY played in promotion group. MİY had finished the promotion group in 4th place and were later eliminated in promotion play-offs. The team also participated in Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) in 1996–97 and were eliminated at Round 3.

H. Okan Merzeci was president. Kasım Gündüz managed the team during the season. Türkay Başaran and Fazlı Ulusoy were mostly appeared players with 36 appearances. Bünyamin Kubat was the league and season top goalscorer with 13 goals in league.

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in Group 3 in 1996–97 Second League season. League played in three stages. In the first stage 50 teams in five groups (10 teams each) played for first two rankings to play in promotion group. The promotion group consisted of those 10 teams. At the end of the second stage top two teams promoted to First League 1997–98. Remaining 8 teams in each ranking group played in classification groups, by carrying points and goals from ranking groups. Bottom two teams relegated to Third League 1997–98 at the end of the season. In the third stage, 8 clubs (3 from the promotion group and 1 each from 5 classification groups) played one-leg play-off games in Ankara to determine the third team to be promoted to First League.

Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 1996–97 Second League Group 3 consisted of 10 teams and finished first stage at second place. In promotion group, the team finished 4th and attended promotion play-off games and were eliminated at quarter finals.

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