Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1977–78. The 1977–78 season was the sixth 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 the second relegation from first division after 1973–74. Team's bad performance continued in Cup matches as well.
The team started the season with coach Kadri Aytaç. However Aytaç left the club and became the manager of Rizespor after the 7th round. Trainers Seyfi Alanya and Turgut Kafkas managed the team for the rest of the first half games. Orhan Yüksel became the coach at the start of the second half of the season. Yüksel completed the season.
Pre-season The team has prepared for the season at Uludağ. Preparation games: 07.08.1977 - Balıkesirspor-MİY: 3-0. The team played two jubilee matches on 10 August for Garay from Adana Demirspor and Güray from MİY on 17 August. 18.08.1977 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 1-1.
1977–78 First League participation First League was played with 16 teams in its 21st season, 1977–78. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1978–79. Mersin İY finished 16th with 3 wins and relegated to second division next year. It was worst season of the team in First League.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1977–78 First League summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 16152671121-1010 82425508 7025616-102 Second half 15195813-511 71516607 804427-54 Overall 1630315121934-1521 153931111015 15069823-156 Sources: 1977–78 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 First League in 1977–78 season is shown in the following table.See "Turkey - Final Tables" at Erdinç Sivritepe and RSSSFWeekly data available at
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 1977–78 First League by rounds:
First half
Second half
1977–78 Turkish Cup participation 1977–78 Turkish Cup was played for the 16th season as Türkiye Kupası by 89 teams. First and second elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Third and fourth elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1977–78 Turkish Cup and eliminated at round 3 by Sivasspor. Sivasspor was eliminated at round 4. Trabzonspor won the Cup for the 2nd time.TFF website does not have an official page for 1977–78 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 1977–78 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResultRound 3First LeagueSecond League White GroupSivasspor0–32–0Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1977–78 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1977–78 Turkish Cup pages.
Management
Club management Turhan Lokmanoğlu was club president.
Coaching team
1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period Notes 01.08.1977 – 31.05.1978 Note: Only official games were included.
1977–78 squad Stats are counted for 1977–78 First League matches and 1977–78 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1977–78 squad and 1977–78 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and (2) appearances and goals from maçkolik.com team page. Retrieved on 27 August 2015. 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 →11Aydın Tohumcu1 Feb 1943BilecikGK15 15 previous season.Aydın Tohumcu. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.22Tahir Temur1954IstanbulDF29 2 31 4 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 .33Erman Toroğlu24 Nov 1948AnkaraDF141 141 Ankaragücü.Erman Toroğlu. Player signed in Summer 1977. His previous team was Ankaragücü. At the end of the season player signed to Şekerspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.44Feridun Alkan DF2522 2723 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 .55Mehmet Dayan1951BalıkesirDF24 24 previous season.Mehmet Dayan. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İskenderunspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Rüçhan Dağdeviren1951IstanbulDF6 2 8 previous season.Rüçhan Dağdeviren. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. At the end of the season player signed to Kırıkkalespor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .77Hikmet Erön1948IstanbulMF2422 262 previous season.Hikmet Erön. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Karagümrük. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Karagümrük for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .88Yalçın Tarzan1948 FW24 24 previous season.Yalçın Tarzan. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Malatyaspor. In later seasons he signed to Lüleburgazspor. Details from maçkolik.com page .99Erdinç Sandalcı1 Jul 1949IstanbulFW4 1 5 Kayserispor.Erdinç Sandalcı. Player signed in Summer 1977. His previous team was Kayserispor. Details from maçkolik.com page .1010Müjdat Karanfilci28 Feb 1950GeliboluFW287223092 previous season.Müjdat Karanfilci. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Giresunspor. At the end of the season player signed to Adana Demirspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1111İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW27 2 29 4 previous season.İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1213Mehmet Şilan17 Dec 1955MersinFW2411 2512 previous season.Mehmet Şilan. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .131Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK17 2 19 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.144Kemal Damkal1950AdanaDF28 1 29 2 previous season.Kemal Damkal. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1513Zeki Temizer1945IstanbulFW2022 2221 previous season.Zeki Temizer. In the team since Summer 1971. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1614Erol Can1954 FW1 1 Balıkesirspor.Erol Fikri Can. Player signed in Summer 1977. His previous team was Balıkesirspor. At the end of the season player signed to Düzcespor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .176Selçuk Yalçıntaş1943AnkaraMF14 1 15 1 Beşiktaş.Selçuk Yalçıntaş. Player signed in Summer 1977. His previous team was Beşiktaş. At the end of the season player signed to Şekerspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.186Şeref Başoğu1947AdapazarıMF1611 171 previous season.Şeref Başoğlu. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Sakaryaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .192Nasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF1622 182 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 .2014Oktay Akgün1953 MF6 1 7 Muhafızgücü.Oktay Akgün. Player signed in Summer 1977. He grew up in MİY youth team. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.2113Bülent Taşucu1948MersinFW3 3 First time professional.Bülent Taşucu. In the team since Summer 1977. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .225Tahsin MF1 1 Tahsin. Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1977–78 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
Transfer news from Milliyet: Transfers in: Erdinç (Kayserispor); Erol (Balıkesirspor), Oktay (Muhafızgücü); Nihat, Bülent (professionalized, MİY youth team); Erman, Selçuk (Ankaragücü); Mehmet, Zeki (Tirespor); Celal (Tekirdağspor); Eser (Konya Ereğlispor); Mehmet (Tarsus İdmanyurdu). Müjdat was called for national team for Bulgaria match by coach Metin Türel (13.09.1977). Transfers out: Rüçhan (Kırıkkalespor, who were promoted to first league); Müjdat (Adana Demirspor); Tahir (Diyarbakırspor); Hikmet (Karagümrük); Erman (Şekerspor); K.Erol (Düzcespor).
See also Football in Turkey
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