Mersin İdmanyurdu
1978–79 season
PresidentAtilla Perşembe
CoachRomania Octavian Popescu
StadiumMersin, Turkey
Second LeagueRed Group: 6th
Turkish CupEliminated at R4

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.[1] 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.[2] 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 Pc Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt
First half 71521031212014724183+58806249-56
Second half 157261614+2168710132+11157016312-91
Overall 63091292826+23015951215+162315078721-147
Sources: 1978–79 Turkish Second Football League pages.[3]

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1978–79 season is shown in the following table.[4]

Pc Team Games Goals Pts Home Away
Pl W D L F A F–A R Pc F–A R Pc
1Gaziantepspor (C) (P)3020824212480–1760–1227
2Kayserispor (Q) (P)3019566322434–0221–4178
3Antalyaspor30101462922341–02372–285
4Düzcespor30111272521340–01260–1277
5Kocaelispor30137104142331–02861–4136
6Mersin İdmanyurdu309129282630
7Edirnespor30118112929301–01660–0111
8Denizlispor30910112224281–02171–163
9Eskişehir Demirspor30115143032271–11460–2297
10Balıkesirspor30811112428271–1962–3248
11Sarıyer30811112632272–21880–032
12DÇ Karabükspor3099122531272–0520–1208
13Urfaspor30810122135261–02560–0106
14Bandırmaspor309912253125[5]1–01970–044
15Gençlerbirliği (R)3094172029220–01160–0266
16Konyaspor (R)3057181549175–03060–2157

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:

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDWDDWDLDDDDDLDLWLDWLWLWLWDLWLW
Position1122423656666667688787778667676
Source: 1978–79 Turkish Second Football League pages.[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First half

3 September 1978 Round 1 Edirnespor    0 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Edirne
Sunday Report
10 September 1978 Round 2 Mersin İdmanyurdu    4 0    Kayserispor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00 Report
17 September 1978 Round 3 Sarıyer    0 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Şeref Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Sunday, 17:00 Report[6] Referee: Orhan Tarhan
24 September 1978 Round 4 Bandırmaspor    0 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Bandırma, Balıkesir
Sunday Report
1 October 1978 Round 5 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 0    Karabükspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00 Report
8 October 1978 Round 6 Denizlispor    1 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Denizli
Sunday Report
15 October 1978 Round 7 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 1    Gaziantepspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday Report
22 October 1978 Round 8 Antalyaspor    2 2    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Antalya
Sunday, 15:00 Report
29 October 1978 Round 9 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 1    Balıkesirspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00 Report
5 November 1978 Round 10 Urfaspor    0 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Şanlıurfa
Sunday Report
19 November 1978 Round 12 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 0    Düzcespor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday Report
26 November 1978 Round 13 Kocaelispor    4 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu İsmetpaşa Stadium, İzmit, Kocaeli
Sunday Report
17 December 1978 Round 15 Konyaspor    2 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Konya
Sunday, 13:30 Report

Mid-season

  • 28.01.1979 - MİY-Adana Demirspor. Sunday, 15:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Goalkeeper Aydın Tohumcu's jubilee match.

Second half

18 February 1979 Round 16 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 0    Edirnespor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00 Report
25 February 1979 Round 17 Kayserispor    4 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Kayseri
Sunday Report
4 March 1979 Round 18 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 2    Sarıyer Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday Tahir Temur 27'
Mücellip Pehlivan 48'
Report[7] 44' (F) Garo Hamamcıoğlu
58' Ali Raik Erüstün
Referee: Ali Güllüpınar
18 March 1979 Round 20 Karabükspor    1 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Karabük
Sunday Report
25 March 1975 Round 21 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 0    Denizlispor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday Report
1 April 1979 Round 22 Gaziantepspor    1 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep
Sunday Murat Kandil 28' (P) Report[8] Referee: İbrahim Acar
8 April 1979 Round 23 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 0    Antalyaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday Report
15 April 1979 Round 24 Balıkesirspor    3 2    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Balıkesir
Sunday Report
22 April 1979 Round 25 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 0    Urfaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday Report
29 April 1979 Round 26 Gençlerbirliği    0 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Sunday Report
6 May 1979 Round 27 Düzcespor    1 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Düzce, Bolu
Sunday Report
13 May 1979 Round 28 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 0    Kocaelispor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30 Report
20 May 1979 Round 29 Eskişehir Demirspor    2 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir
Sunday, 13:30 Serdar 26' Report[9] 13' Feridun Alkan Referee: Sadi Altınok
27 May 1979 Round 30 Mersin İdmanyurdu    5 0    Konyaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30 Report

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.[10]

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1978–79 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Round Own League Opponent's League Opponent A/H Score Result
Round 3Second League Red GroupSecond League Red GroupUrfasporH1–0Promoted to R4
Round 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.

20 September 1978 Round 3 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 0    Urfaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 14:30 Report
4 October 1978 Round 4 Ankaragücü    1 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Cebeci İnönü Stadium, Ankara
Wednesday, 15:30 Report
Source: 1978–79 Turkish Cup pages.[10]

MİY amateur team was also participated and eliminated to Tarsus İdmanyurdu:[11]

  • R2 - 10.09.1970 - Tarsus İdmanyurdu (3)-MİY (A): 5-0.
10 September 1078 Round 2 Tarsus İdmanyurdu    4 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu (Amateur) City Stadium, Tarsus, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30 Report

Management

Club management

Atilla Perşembe was club president.

Coaching team

1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat Head Coach Period Pl W D L Notes
Turkey01.08.1978 – 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.[12][13] 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.

O N Nat Name Birth Born Pos LA LG CA CG TA TG Yellow card Red card Season Notes
11TurkeyAtıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK previous season.[14]
22TurkeyTahir Temur1954IstanbulDF previous season.[15]
33TurkeyMehmet Dayan1951BalıkesirDF previous season.[16]
44Turkeyİbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW previous season.[17]
55TurkeyTemelMF
66TurkeyOsman Öngen19 Jan 1954AdanaDF1978 ST.[18]
77TurkeyNasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF previous season.[19]
88TurkeyÖzcan Kızıltan12 Jul 1959IstanbulMFFirst time professional.[20]
99TurkeyMücellip Pehlivan1 Aug 1954LüleburgazFW1978 ST Lüleburgazspor.[21]
1010TurkeyHaydarFW
1111TurkeyErcanFW
121TurkeyAliFW
135TurkeyKemal Damkal1950AdanaDF previous season.[22]
147TurkeyMehmet Ali Karakuş25 Nov 1957ErzincanFW1978 ST.[23]
158TurkeyFeridun AlkanDF previous season.[24]
1611TurkeyCelalFW
1711TurkeyMuzafferFW
185TurkeyNevzatDF
192TurkeyBülentDF
2010TurkeyBülent Taşucu1948MersinFW previous season.[25]
Sources: 1978–79 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.[13]

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Ergun Emek". Yurdumuza gelen Mersin İdmanyurdu'nun eski antrenörü Popescu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.02.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. (in Turkish)
  2. See some details at Cem Pekin Archives
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
  5. Bandırmaspor's two points were deducted. See Cem Pekin Archives
  6. Round 03 - 17.09.1978 - Sarıyer-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 17:00. Şeref Stadı, İstanbul. Referees: Orhan Tarhan, Macit Akman, Nuri Büyükbektaş. Sarıyer: Cihat, Samim, Hurşit, Oğuz, Mehmet, M.Salih, K.Oğuz, Mahmut, Hüseyin, Ahmet, K.Ahmet. MİY: Atıf, Tahir, Mehmet, İbrahim, Temel, Osman, Nasır, Özcan, Mücellip, Haydar, Ercan. "Sarıyer: 0 Mersin: 0". Sarıyer: 0 Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.09.1978, p. 15. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (in Turkish).
  7. Round 18 - 04.03.1979 - MİY-Sarıyer: 2-2. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Ali Güllüpınar, Yekta Başeğmez, Muammer Aydın. MİY: Ali, Mehmet, Tahir, İbrahim, Kemal, Nasır, Mehmet Ali, Feridun, Özcan, Mücellip, Celal. Goals: Tahir 27', Mücellip 48'. Sarıyer: Cihat, Hüseyin, Hurşit, Mahmut, Oğuz (Samim), Mehmet, Oğuz, Raik, Garo, Kamuran, Atilla. Goals: Garo 44'(F), Ali Raik 58'. "Mersin İdmanyurdu: 2 Sarıyer: 2". Mersin İdmanyurdu: 2 Sarıyer: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.03.1979, p. 15. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. (in Turkish)
  8. Round - 22 - 01.04.1979 - Gaziantepspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Referees: İbrahim Acar, İbrahim Kalfaoğlu, Hıdır Lüle. G.Antep: Yaşar, Ünsal, Necmettin, Fatih, Turgut, Ömer, Sami, Hüseyin, Fevzi, Murat, Erdal. Goal: Murat 28'(P). MİY: Ali, Mehmet, Tahir, İbrahim, Kemal, Nasır, Özcan, Osman, Mücellip, Feridun, Muzaffer. "Gaziantepspor: 1 Mersin id. Yurdu: 0". Gaziantepspor: 1 Mersin id. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.04.1979, p. 14. Retrieved on 10.12.2010. (in Turkish)
  9. Round 29 - 20.05.1979 - Eskişehir Demirspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:30. Eskişehir. Referees: Sadi Altınok, Ziya Adabay, Hikmet Çivelek. Eskişehir Demirspor: Doğan, Mehmet, İlhan, Kenani Mehmet II, Mehmet III, Ahmet, Serdar, Muzaffer, Turan, Selahattin. Goals: Feridun 13'(o.g.), Serdar 26'. MİY: Ali, Bülent, Osman, Feridun, Kemal, Haydar, Mücellip, Özcan, Nasır, Bülent, Ercan. "Esk.D.Spor: 2 Mersin İ.Y: 0". Esk.D.Spor: 2 Mersin İ.Y: 0. Milliyet online archive, Milliyet, 21 May 1979, p. 13. Retrieved on 10.12.2010. (in Turkish).
  10. 1 2 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, (in Turkish). 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, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 16 August 2015, (in Turkish).
  11. Cem Pekin Archives - Retrieved on 23.07.2010.
  12. 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.
  13. 1 2 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.
  14. Atıf Öztoprak. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  15. Tahir Temur. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İstanbulspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  16. Mehmet Dayan. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İskenderunspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  17. İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  18. Osman Öngen. Player signed in Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  19. 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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  20. 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 Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  21. Mücellip Pehlivan. Player signed in Summer 1978. His previous team was Lülebugazspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  22. 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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  23. Mehmet Ali Karakuş. Player signed in Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  24. Feridun Alkan. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Karabükspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  25. 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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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