Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1980–81. The 1980–81 season was the 10th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in First League, the first level division in Turkey. They have relegated to second division at the end of the season. It was third time the team relegated. The club signed with coach İsmet Arıkan. Arıkan's assistant was conditioner Seyfi Alanya.
1980–81 First League participation The 1980–81 season was the 23rd season of First League. The league was played with 16 teams and last three teams were relegated to Second League 1981–82. Mersin İdmanyurdu finished 15th First League 1980–81 season and relegated to second division.
Mersin İdmanyurdu has become the only team in the history of Turkish first level football league, whose points were deleted. In 1980–81 season the team has drawn away from the field in Beşiktaş game. For that reason TFF decided to award the match to Beşiktaş by 3-0 and delete two extra points of MİY.See "Ligin rekorları ve ilkleri" in Turkish Hürriyet MİY finished season with 21 points at 15th place, 6 points back of 14th team.
At the end of first half MİY became the most violent team with 3 red cards, Tahir, Mücellip, Ali. Mehmet Şilan, Kazım and Osman were one match suspended players due to yellow card penalties.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1980–81 First League summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 1415438916-711 843183+511 7007113-120 Second half 154471218-612 741286+29 8035412-83 Overall 153087152134+1323 15843169+720 150312525-203 Sources: 1980–81 Turkish First Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations from Turkish-Soccer, 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.
League table Mersin İY's league performance in Turkey First League in 1980–81 season is shown in the following table.See Turkey - Final Tables Erdinç Sivritepe and RSSSFWeekly data from
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1980–81 First League by rounds:
First half
Second half
1980–81 Turkish Cup participation 1980–81 Turkish Cup was played for the 19th season as Türkiye Kupası by 139 teams. First four elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Fifth and sixth elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1980–81 Turkish Cup from round 5 and was eliminated at quarterfinals by Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe was eliminated at semifinals by Ankaragücü. Ankaragücü won the Cup for the 2nd time and became eligible for 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup. Ankaragücü who won the Cup as a second division team was also promoted to 1981-82 First League by means of a special decision which was applied only for them.TFF website does not have an official page for 1980–81 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, . 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, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 16 August 2015, .
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1980–81 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResultRound 5First LeagueSecond League Group BŞekerspor1–11–0Promoted to R6Round 6First LeagueSecond League Group BSamsunspor0–12–0Promoted to QFQFFirst LeagueFirst LeagueFenerbahçe0–20–2Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1980–81 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1980–81 Turkish Cup pages.
Management
Club management Aslan Çevirgen was club president.
Coaching team
1980–81 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period Notes 01.08.1980 – 31.05.1981 Note: Only official games were included.
1980–81 squad Stats are counted for 1980–81 First League matches and 1980–81 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1980–81 squad and 1980–81 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1980–81 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and (2) appearances and goals from maçkolik.com team page. Retrieved on 27 August 2015. Some of the detail were obtained from Cem Pekin Archives 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.
Name Birth Born ← Season Notes →11Salih Sayar25 May 1957IstanbulGK26 5 31 previous season.Salih Sayar. In the team since Summer 1979. His previous team was Süleymaniye Sirkeci. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.22Tahir Temur1954IstanbulDF1121 122 1 previous season.Tahir Temur. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İstanbulspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .33İsmail Yavru8 Aug 1958AkçaabatDF16 4 20 Trabzonspor.İsmail Yavru. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Trabzonspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44Mustafa Çimen1952ErdekDF20 4 24 2 Beşiktaş.Mustafa Çimen. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Beiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .55Feridun Alkan DF131 131 previous season.Feridun Alkan. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Karabükspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Nasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF7 1 8 previous season.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 .77Levent Dörtgöz1958AnkaraMF26 4 30 1 Gençlerbirliği.Levent Dörtgöz. K. Levent. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF Player profile.88Özcan Kızıltan12 Jul 1959IstanbulMF251412926 previous season.Özcan Kızıltan. In the team since Summer 1978. He grew up in MİY youth team. Player signed to Fenerbahçe for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.99Harun Erol25 Oct 1960ÇankırıFW2426 302 Gençlerbirliği.Harun Erol. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Gençlerbirliği for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1010Mücellip Pehlivan1 Aug 1954LüleburgazFW2666232831 previous season.Mücellip Pehlivan. In the team since Summer 1978. His previous team was Lülebugazspor. At the end of the season player signed to Bursaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1111Mehmet Şilan17 Dec 1955MersinFW16 2 18 4 previous season.Mehmet Şilan. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1212Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK3 3 1 previous season.Atıf Öztoprak. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1313Yusuf Turan9 Aug 1958TrabzonDF19 4 23 Sebat Gençlik.Yusuf Turan. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Sebat Gençlik. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1414Mehmet Ali Karakuş25 Nov 1957ErzincanFW19 3 22 61 previous season.Mehmet Ali Karakuş. In the team since Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1515Kenan Aydın28 May 1959AdanaDF1 1 previous season.Kenan Aydın. Player signed in Summer 1979. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1613Kazım Renk FW6 6 1 previous season.Kazım Renk. In the team since Summer 1979. In later seasons player signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu. Details from maçkolik.com page .1714Eyüp Hazeren DF10 1 11 Adanaspor.Eyüp Hazeren. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Adanaspor. Details from maçkolik.com page .1815Levent DF 192Osman Öngen19 Jan 1954AdanaDF11 1 12 3 previous season.Osman Öngen. In the team since Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .2013Nejat Ersin29 Aug 1959AdapazarıDF1 1 A.Demirspor.Nejat Ersin. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile and TFF player details for national matches.216Raşit Karasu31 Oct 1950IstanbulMF8 51131 previous season.Raşit Karasu. In the team since Summer 1979. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.2212Özcan Balta1964MersinGK First time professional.Özcan Balta. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .231Ahmet Lülü19 Jan 1952MersinGK1 1 2 Ahmet Lülü. K. Ahmet. Details from maçkolik.com page .248Nevruz Şerif22 Mar 1951IstanbulMF1433 173 Altay.Nevruz Şerif. Player signed on 21 December 1980. He was loaned from Altay for the rest of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.254Esat Öksüzcük22 Mar 1959İzmitDF13 4 17 1 .Esat Nejdet Öksüzcük. Player signed in Winter 1981. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.265Sedat Gezer15 Nov 1954SamsunDF1514 1913 Diyarbakırspor.Sedat Gezer. Player signed in Winter 1981. His previous team was Diyarbakırspor. Details from maçkolik.com page .277Metin Çekiçler3 Jan 1961IstanbulFW1312 151 Galatasaray.Metin Çekiçler. Player signed in Winter 1981. He was loaned from Galatasaray for the second half of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.2810Vehbi Günay1953GöreleFW1442 1646 Diyarbakırspor.Vehbi Günay. Player signed in Winter 1981. He was loaned from Diyarbakırspor for the second half of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page .2915Haluk Turfan22 Jan 1964MersinFW First time professional.Haluk Turfan. In the team since Summer 1980. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.3016Hüseyin Kurtuldu19 Jan 1963MersinMF First time professional.Hüseyin Kurtuldu. In the team since Summer 1980. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile. Sources: 1980–81 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
News from Milliyet: Transfers in (Summer): İsmail (Trabzonspor); Right-back Mustafa Çimen (Beşiktaş); Harun, Levent (Gençlerbirliği); Yusuf (Sebat Gençlik), Eyüp (Adanaspor); Raşit (Tarsus İdmanyurdu). In the mid-season K.Metin was loaned from Galatasaray; and Vehbi was loaned from Diyarbakırspor. Nevruz loaned from Altay (21.12.1980). Özcan went to Fenerbahçe after the season (30.04.1981). In exchange Esat and İsmail came to MİY from Fenerbahçe.
See also Football in Turkey
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