Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1978–79. Mersin İdmanyurdu had relegated from First League in 1977–78 season. It was the second relegation of the team after 2 seasons appearances in first league (9 in total). Mersin appointed coach Octavian Popescu."Ergun Emek". Yurdumuza gelen Mersin İdmanyurdu'nun eski antrenörü Popescu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.02.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. The 1978–79 season was the 7th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 6th in the Red Group.
Pre-season Preparation games: 13.08.1978 - Konya İdmanyurdu-MİY: 0-3. 16.08.1978 - MİY-Konya İdmanyurdu: 2-0. 20.08.1978 - MİY-Zonguldakspor: 2-1.
1978–79 Second League participation The (1978–79) was 16th season of Second League. The league was played with 32 teams, 16 in Red Group and 16 in White Group. Group winners promoted to First League 1979–80 in each group. Runners-up of two groups played a play-off game and winner promoted to first league as well.See some details at Cem Pekin Archives Last two teams in each group relegated to Third League 1979–80. Mersin İY became 6th with 9 wins and 28 goals in Red Group.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1978–79 Second League Red Group league summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 71521031212014 724183+58 806249-56 Second half 157261614+216 8710132+1115 7016312-91 Overall 63091292826+230 15951215+1623 15078721-147 Sources: 1978–79 Turkish Second Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results from maçkolik.com league page, retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed in Milliyet online archive performed on 12 August 2010.
League table Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1978–79 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
TeamGames Goals Home Away 1Gaziantepspor (C) (P)302082421248 0–176 0–12272Kayserispor (Q) (P)301956632243 4–022 1–41783Antalyaspor3010146292234 1–0237 2–2854Düzcespor3011127252134 0–0126 0–12775Kocaelispor3013710414233 1–0286 1–41366Mersin İdmanyurdu309129282630 ––– –––7Edirnespor3011811292930 1–0166 0–01118Denizlispor3091011222428 1–0217 1–1639Eskişehir Demirspor3011514303227 1–1146 0–229710Balıkesirspor3081111242827 1–196 2–324811Sarıyer3081111263227 2–2188 0–03212DÇ Karabükspor309912253127 2–052 0–120813Urfaspor3081012213526 1–0256 0–010614Bandırmaspor309912253125Bandırmaspor's two points were deducted. See Cem Pekin Archives 1–0197 0–04415Gençlerbirliği (R)309417202922 0–0116 0–026616Konyaspor (R)305718154917 5–0306 0–2157 Note: Won, drawn and lost points are 2, 1 and 0. F belongs to MİY and A belongs to corresponding team for both home and away matches.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1978–79 Second League Red Group by rounds:
First half
Mid-season 28.01.1979 - MİY-Adana Demirspor. Sunday, 15:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Goalkeeper Aydın Tohumcu's jubilee match.
Second half
1978–79 Turkish Cup participation 1978–79 Turkish Cup was played for the 17th season as Türkiye Kupası by 122 teams. First, four elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Fifth and sixth elimination rounds and finals were played in the two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1978–79 Turkish Cup from round 3 and was eliminated at round 4 by Ankaragücü. Ankaragücü was eliminated at round 6. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the 3rd time and became eligible for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup.TFF website does not have an official page for 1978–79 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, . See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, and Turkey - Final Tables by Turkish Soccer by Erdinç Sivritepe, retrieved on 23 July 2010, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 16 August 2015, .
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1978–79 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResultRound 3Second League Red GroupSecond League Red GroupUrfasporH1–0Promoted to R4Round 4Second League Red GroupFirst LeagueAnkaragücüA0–1Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1978–79 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1978–79 Turkish Cup pages.
MİY amateur team was also participated and eliminated to Tarsus İdmanyurdu:Cem Pekin Archives - Retrieved on 23.07.2010. R2 - 10.09.1970 - Tarsus İdmanyurdu (3)-MİY (A): 5-0.
Management
Club management Atilla Perşembe was club president.
Coaching team
1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period Notes 01.08.1978 – 31.05.1979 Note: Only official games were included.
1978–79 squad Stats are counted for 1978–79 Second League matches and 1978–79 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1978–79 squad and 1978–79 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and (2) appearances and goals from maçkolik.com team page. Retrieved on 27 August 2015. (3) Some of the players of Mersin İdmanyurdu include following. Player names obtained from game against Gençlerbirliği Gençlerbirliği fan site. 7 April 2010. In the team rosters five substitutes were allowed to appear, two of whom were substitutable. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.
Name Birth Born ← Season Notes →11Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK previous season.Atıf Öztoprak. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.22Tahir Temur1954IstanbulDF previous season.Tahir Temur. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İstanbulspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .33Mehmet Dayan1951BalıkesirDF previous season.Mehmet Dayan. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İskenderunspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW previous season.İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.55Temel MF 66Osman Öngen19 Jan 1954AdanaDF .Osman Öngen. Player signed in Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .77Nasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF previous season.Nasır Belci. In the team since Summer 1976. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .88Özcan Kızıltan12 Jul 1959IstanbulMF First time professional.Özcan Kızıltan. In the team since Summer 1978. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.99Mücellip Pehlivan1 Aug 1954LüleburgazFW Lüleburgazspor.Mücellip Pehlivan. Player signed in Summer 1978. His previous team was Lülebugazspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1010Haydar FW 1111Ercan FW 121Ali FW 135Kemal Damkal1950AdanaDF previous season.Kemal Damkal. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .147Mehmet Ali Karakuş25 Nov 1957ErzincanFW .Mehmet Ali Karakuş. Player signed in Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.158Feridun Alkan DF previous season.Feridun Alkan. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Karabükspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1611Celal FW 1711Muzaffer FW 185Nevzat DF 192Bülent DF 2010Bülent Taşucu1948MersinFW previous season.Bülent Taşucu. In the team since Summer 1977. He grew up in MİY youth team. In later seasons he played for Karşıyaka. Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1978–79 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
See also Football in Turkey
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