1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu 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. Mersin appointed coach Octavian Popescu. The 1978–79 season was the 7th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 6th in the Red Group.

Pre-season

Preparation games:
The 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. 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 1978–79 Second League Red Group league summary:
Sources: 1978–79 Turkish Second Football League pages.

League table

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

1978–79 Turkish Cup participation

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.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1978–79 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
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 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:

Club management

Atilla Perşembe was club president.

Coaching team

1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
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 matches. 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.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK previous season.
22Tahir Temur1954İstanbulDF previous season.
33Mehmet Dayan1951BalıkesirDF previous season.
44İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW previous season.
55TemelMF
66Osman Öngen19 Jan 1954AdanaDF.
77Nasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF previous season.
88Özcan Kızıltan12 Jul 1959İstanbulMFFirst time professional.
99Mücellip Pehlivan1 Aug 1954LüleburgazFW Lüleburgazspor.
1010HaydarFW
1111ErcanFW
121AliFW
135Kemal Damkal1950AdanaDF previous season.
147Mehmet Ali Karakuş25 Nov 1957ErzincanFW.
158Feridun AlkanDF previous season.
1611CelalFW
1711MuzafferFW
185NevzatDF
192BülentDF
2010Bülent Taşucu1948MersinFW previous season.

Sources: 1978–79 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.