1987–88 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1987–88. Mersin İdmanyurdu football in 1987-88 season. Starting from this season three points for a win rule is adopted.

1987–88 Second League participation

took place in 1987–88 Second League season. Starting from this season three points for a win rule is adopted. League was played by 52 teams in three groups one with 18 teams and two with 17. Ten teams had been promoted from lower league, whereas two had been relegated from upper league. Season was started on 16 August 1987 and ended on 29 May 1988. Top teams in each group promoted to 1988–89 First League, whereas bottom three teams in each group were relegated to 1988–89 Third League at the end of the season.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in 1987–88 Second League season in Group B and finished 11th with 11 wins and 42 goals.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1987–88 Second League Group B league summary:
Sources: 1987–88 Turkish Second Football League pages.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1987–88 Second League Group B season is shown in the following table.
Three points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tie-break; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. In the score columns first scores belong to MİY.
': Champions; ': Promoted to 1988–89 First League ; : Relegated to 1988–89 Third League.
Source: 1987–88 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1987–88 Second League Group B by rounds:

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1987–88 Second League Group B season first half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1987–88 Turkish Second Football League pages. Details which are not seen in game reports were obtained from Milliyet online archive.

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1987–88 Second League Group B season second half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1987–88 Turkish Second Football League pages. Details which are not seen in game reports were obtained from Milliyet online archive.

1987–88 Turkish Cup participation

was played for the 26th season as Federasyon Kupası by 68 teams. Among the teams three groups of Second League, teams through 2nd to 6th in previous year, in addition to those relegated from upper league and those promoted from lower league were qualified to play in the Cup. Mersin İdmanyurdu did not participate in 1987–88 Turkish Cup, because they had finished previous season at 11th place in Second League Red Group. Sakaryaspor won the Cup for the first time and was qualified for 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Management

Club management

H. Okan Merzeci was club president.

Coaching team

MİY'S former player Aydın Tohumcu managed the team.
1987–88 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Aydın Tohumcu01.08.1987 – 31.05.19883211813Contract ended at the end of the season.

Note: Only official games were included.

1987–88 squad

NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
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Note: Names of the players were obtained through a search in Milliyet archives for "Mersin idmanyurdu" in "1987-88" season.