1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1978-79
Season: Second League 1978–79
League position:	Red Group: 6th
Turkish Cup:	Eliminated at R4
Top goal scorers:
President:	Atilla Perşembe
Coach:
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1977–78	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1979–80

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). The 1978–79 season was the seventh 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 league participation

The (1978–79) was 16 th 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. Runner-ups of two groups played a play-off game and winner promoted to first league as well^[1]. 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.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1978–79 season is shown in the following table^[2].

place	team	games				goals		points		home				away
		P	W	D	L	F	A			F-A	week	plc		F-A	week	plc
1	Gaziantepspor	30	20	8	2	42	12	48		0-1				0-1
2	Kayserispor	30	19	5	6	63	22	43		4-0				1-4
3	Antalyaspor	30	10	14	6	29	22	34		1-0				2-2
4	Düzcespor	30	11	12	7	25	21	34		0-0				0-1
5	Kocaelispor	30	13	7	10	41	42	33		1-0				1-4
6	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	9	12	9	28	26	30
7	Edirnespor	30	11	8	11	29	29	30		1-0				0-0
8	Denizlispor	30	9	10	11	22	24	28		1-0				1-1
9	Eskişehir Demirspor	30	11	5	14	30	32	27		1-1				0-2
10	Balıkesirspor	30	8	11	11	24	28	27		1-1				2-3
11	Sarıyer	30	8	11	11	26	32	27		2-2				0-0
12	DÇ Karabükspor	30	9	9	12	25	31	27		2-0				0-1
13	Urfaspor	30	8	10	12	21	35	26		1-0				0-0
14	Bandırmaspor	30	9	9	12	25	31	25[3]		1-0	4	4		0-0	19
15	Gençlerbirliği	30	9	4	17	20	29	22		0-0	11			0-0	26
16	Konyaspor	30	5	7	18	15	49	17		5-0				0-2

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.

First half

• 01 - 03.09.1978 - Edirnespor-MİY: 0-0. Sunday. MİY: Mehmet. pos: 7 (1 0 1 0 0 0 1).
• 02 - 10.09.1978 - MİY-Kayserispor: 4-0. Sunday, 16:00. Mersin.
• 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.^[4] pos: 2 (3 1 2 0 4 0 4).
• 04 - 24.09.1978 - Bandırmaspor-MİY: 0-0. Sunday. pos: 4 (4 1 3 0 4 0 5).
• 05 - 01.10.1978 - MİY-Karabükspor: 2-0. Sunday, 14:00. Mersin. MİY: Feridun. pos: 2 (5 2 3 0 6 0 7).
• 06 - 08.10.1978 - Denizlispor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday. Denizli. MİY: Ali. pos: 3 (6 2 4 0 7 1 8).
• 07 - 15.10.1978 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 0-1. Sunday. pos: 6 (7 2 4 1 7 2 8).
• 08 - 22.10.1978 - Antalyaspor-MİY: 2-2. Sunday, 15:00. Antalya.
• 09 - 29.10.1978 - MİY-Balıkesirspor: 1-1. Sunday, 15:00. Mersin. pos: 6 (9 2 6 1 10 5 10).
• 10 - 05.11.1978 - Urfaspor-MİY: 0-0. Sunday. pos: 6 (10 2 7 1 10 5 11).
• 11 - 12.11.1978 - MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 0-0. Sunday, 14:00. Mersin. pos: 6 (11 2 8 1 10 5 12).
• 12 - 19.11.1978 - MİY-Düzcespor: 0-0. Sunday, 13:45. Mersin. pos: 6 (12 2 9 1 10 5 13).
• 13 - 26.11.1978 - Kocaelispor-MİY: 4-1. Sunday. pos: 6 (13 2 9 2 11 9 13).
• 14 - 03.12.1978 - MİY-Eskişehir Demirspor: 1-1. Sunday. pos: 6 (14 2 10 2 12 10 14).
• 15 - 17.12.1978 - Konyaspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:30. Konya. pos: 7 (15 2 10 3 12 12 14).

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

Second half

• 16 - 18.02.1979 - MİY-Edirnespor: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Mersin.
• 17 - 25.02.1979 - Kayserispor-MİY: 4-1. pos: 8 (17 3 10 4 14 16 16).
• 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'.^[5] Pos: 8 (18 3 11 4 16 18 17).
• 19 - 11.03.1979 - MİY-Bandırmaspor: 1-0. Sunday.
• 20 - 18.03.1979 - Karabükspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. pos: 8 (20 4 11 5 17 19 19).
• 21 - 25.03.1979 - MİY-Denizlispor: 1-0. Sunday. pos: 7 (21 5 11 5 18 19 21).
• 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.^[6] pos: 7 (22 5 11 6 18 20 21).
• 23 - 08.04.1979 - MİY-Antalyaspor: 1-0. Sunday. MİY: Nasır. pos: 7 (23 6 11 6 19 20 23).
• 24 - 15.04.1979 - Balıkesirspor-MİY: 3-2. Sunday.
• 25 - 22.04.1979 - MİY-Urfaspor: 1-0. Sunday. MİY: Mücellip. pos: 6 (25 7 11 7 22 23 25).
• 26 - 29.04.1979 - Gençlerbirliği-MİY: 0-0. Sunday. MİY: Özcan. pos: 6 (26 7 12 7 22 23 26).
• 27 - 06.05.1979 - Düzcespor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday.
• 28 - 13.05.1979 - MİY-Kocaelispor: 1-0. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin.
• 29 - 20.05.1979 - Eskişehir Demirspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:30. Eskişehir. Referees: Sadi Altınok, Ziya Adabay, Hikmet Çivelek. E.Demir: 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, Mücellipü Özcan, Nasur, Bülent, Ercan. pos: 7 (29 8 12 9 23 26 28).
• 30 - 27.05.1979 - MİY-Konyaspor: 5-0. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin. pos: 6 (9 12 9 28 26 30).

1978–79 Turkish Cup participation

MİY participated at R3 and eliminated at R4^[7]

round	own league	opponent's league	opponent	A/H	score	result
Round 3	Second League Red Group	Second League Red Group	Urfaspor	H	1-0	promoted to R4
Round 4	Second League Red Group	First League	Ankaragücü	A	0-1	eliminated

• R3 - 20.09.1970 - MİY-Urfaspor: 1-0.
• R4 - 04.10.1978 - Ankaragücü-MİY: 1-0.

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

• R2 - 10.09.1970 - Tarsus İdmanyurdu (3)-MİY (A): 5-0.

1978–79 squad

Some of the players of Mersin İdmanyurdu include following^[8].

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Atıf Öztoprak GK Ali DF Mehmet DF Tahir Temur DF İbrahim Arayıcı DF Nevzat DF Bülent DF Temel DF Kemal

No. Position Player MF Nasır Belci MF Osman Öngen MF Özcan Kızıltan MF Mehmet Ali Karakuş MF Mücellip Pehlivan FW Feridun FW Haydar FW Ercan FW Celal

References

1. ^ See some details at Cem Pekin Archives
2. ^ See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
3. ^ Bandırmaspor's two points were deducted. See Cem Pekin Archives
4. ^ "Sarıyer: 0 Mersin: 0". Sarıyer: 0 Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.09.1978, p. 15. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (Turkish)
5. ^ "Mersin İdmanyurdu: 2 Sarıyer: 2". Mersin İdmanyurdu: 2 Sarıyer: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.03.1979, p. 15. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. (Turkish)
6. ^ "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. (Turkish)
7. ^ Cem Pekin Archives - Retrieved on 23.07.2010.
8. ^ Player names obtained from game against Gençlerbirliği Gençlerbirliği fan site. 7 April 2010.

See also

• Football in Turkey
• Turkish Second Football League