1988–89 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1988–89. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team has participated in Second League in 1988–89 season and finished 6th in Group B.

Pre-season

Preparation games:
took place in the 1988–89 Second League season. League was played by 53 teams in three groups one with 17 teams and two with 18. Nine teams had been promoted from lower league, whereas four had been relegated from upper league. Season was started on 20 August 1988 and ended on 14 May 1989. Top teams in each group promoted to 1989–90 First League, whereas bottom three teams in Group A and bottom four teams in Groups B and C were relegated to 1989–90 Third League at the end of the season. In Group B winner was the second team of Bursaspor whose first team was in 1988–89 First League and took place among the relegated teams. Therefore, no promotion occurred. After that season TFF decided that only one team from each group can take place in professional leagues.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in the 1988–89 Second League season in Group B and finished 6th with 14 wins and 48 goals.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1988–89 Second League Group B league summary:
Sources: 1988–89 Turkish Second Football League pages.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in 1988–89 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 1989–90 First League ; : Relegated to 1989–90 Third League.
Source: 1988–89 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1988–89 Second League Group B by rounds:

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1988–89 Second League Group B season first half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1988–89 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Mid-season

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1988–89 Second League Group B season second half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1988–89 Turkish Second Football League pages.

1988–89 Turkish Cup participation

was played for the 27th season as Federasyon Kupası by 71 teams: 19 first league teams; 34 second league teams ; and 17 third league teams. First two rounds were played in one-leg elimination system, while rest of the rounds were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu did not participate in 1988–89 Turkish Cup, because they had finished previous season at 11th place in Second League Red Group. Beşiktaş won the Cup for the 2nd time and was qualified for 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Management

Club management

H. Okan Merzeci was club president.

Coaching team

1988–89 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
İsmet Arıkan01.08.1988 – 31.12.1988Left in the mid-season.
Ali Hoşfikirer01.01.1989 – 31.05.1989Contract ended at the end of the season.

Note: Only official games were included.

1988–89 squad

NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
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Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.
Note: Names of the players were obtained through a search in Milliyet archives for Mersin idmanyurdu in 1988–89 season.