Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1976–77. Mersin İdmanyurdu has promoted from Second League 1975–76, after two season break to first division. It was the second time the team promoted to first division. In the first time, they have remained at the league for seven season. This second promotion had let the team to stay two more seasons. The 1976–77 season was the eighth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League in total. They finished seventh in the league.
General captain was Mustafa Oğultürk (11.10.1976).
Pre-season Before the start of the league, MİY played eight preparation matches. Two matches were played with İskenderunspor in Mersin on 14 and 15 August. Then the team moved to Adana to play "Çukurova Football Tournament"."Mersin İdmanyurdu will play 8 preparation matches until league matches". Mersin İdmanyurdu lig maçlarına kadar 8 hazırlık maçı oynayacak. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.08.1976, p. 11. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. 29.08.1976 - MİY-Adana Demirspor: 2-0.
1976–77 First League participation First League was played with 16 teams in its 20th season, 1976–77. Winner became eligible for European Champion Clubs Cup, runner-up and third teams became eligible for UEFA Cup next season. Trabzonspor also won the Turkish Cup. Beşiktaş was the cup finalist and became eligible for European Cup Winners Cup next year. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1977-78. Mersin İY became 7th with 9 wins and 25 goals.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1976–77 First League summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 8155641013-316 733165+19 823348-47 Second half 154741513-115 834195+410 713368-25 Overall 73091382526-131 156721510+519 153661016-612 Sources: 1976–77 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 1976–77 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Sener Yelkenci and RSSSF. Data for weekly places were calculated.Details also 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. Champions went to ECC 1977–78, and runners-up and second runners-up became eligible for EUC 1977–78.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1976–77 First League by rounds:
First half
Second half
1976–77 Turkish Cup participation 1976–77 Turkish Cup was played for the 15th season as Türkiye Kupası by 96 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 1976–77 Turkish Cup from round 3 and eliminated at round 4 by Göztepe. Göztepe was eliminated by Beşiktaş at quarterfinals. Trabzonspor won the Cup for the first time. Cup finalist Beşiktaş became eligible for playing 1977–78 ECW Cup, because Trabzonspor also won the league title.TFF website does not have an official page for 1976–77 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 1976–77 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResultRound 3First LeagueSecond League White Group Beykoz2–03–2Promoted to R4Round 4First LeagueFirst League Göztepe0–2 (2–4 p)2–0Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1976–77 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1976–77 Turkish Cup pages.Regulations of the UEFA Champions League (PDF) from UEFA website; Page 4, §2.01 "Cup"
Management
Club management Burhan Kanun was club president.
Coaching team
1976–77 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period NotesKadri Aytaç01.08.1976 – 31.05.1977 Note: Only official games were included.
1976–77 squad Stats are counted for 1976–77 First League matches and 1976–77 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1976–77 squad and 1976–77 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1976–77 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 →11Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK4 1 5 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.22Mehmet Dayan1951BalıkesirDF2814 3211 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 .33Feridun Alkan DF1912 211 Karabükspor.Feridun Alkan. Player signed in Summer 1976. His previous team was Karabükspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44Tahir Temur1954IstanbulDF29 4 33 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 .55Kemal Damkal1950AdanaDF28 313112 previous season.Kemal Damkal. K. Kemal. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Şeref Başoğu1947AdapazarıMF4 4 1 previous season.Şeref Başoğlu. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .77Hikmet Erön1948IstanbulMF26 2 28 2 previous season.Hikmet Erön. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Karagümrük. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .88Yalçın Tarzan1948 FW2824 3221 Malatyaspor.Yalçın Tarzan. Player signed in Summer 1976. His previous team was Malatyaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .99İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW2532 2735 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.1010Zeki Temizer1945IstanbulFW203442472 previous season.Zeki Temizer. In the team since Summer 1971. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1111Müjdat Karanfilci28 Feb 1950GeliboluFW27103 3010 1 Giresunspor.Müjdat Karanfilci. Player signed in Summer 1976. His previous team was Giresunspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1213Rüçhan Dağdeviren1951IstanbulDF27 41311 previous season.Rüçhan Dağdeviren. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1314Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW1423 172 previous season.Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Gaziantepspor. Details from maçkolik.com page .141Aydın Tohumcu1 Feb 1943BilecikGK22 3 25 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.153Lütfü Isıgöllü1943 DF8 2 10 Beşiktaş.Lütfü Isıgöllü. Player signed in Summer 1976. His previous team was Beşiktaş. Details from maçkolik.com page .1610Doğan Küçükduru1949IstanbulFW2514129221 previous season.Doğan Küçükduru. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Göztepe. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Göztepe for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.179Tuğrul Şener19 May 1952YalovaFW5 3 8 Beşiktaş.Tuğrul Şener. Player signed in Summer 1976. His previous team was Beşiktaş. At the end of the season player signed to Kocaelispor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .181Erdoğan Demirefe1947 GK4 4 Samsunspor.Erdoğan Demirefe. Player signed in Summer 1976. His previous team was Samsunspor. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1913İsmail Akdağcık DF8 8 previous season.İsmail Akdağcık. In the team since Summer 1974. He grew up in Tarsus İdmanyurdu youth team. Details from. maçkolik.com page .208Ramazan Göktem FW2 2 .Ramazan Göktem. Player signed in Summer 1976. Details from maçkolik.com page .2113Nasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF2 2 First time professional.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 . Sources: 1976–77 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
Transfers in (Summer 1976): Tuğrul (Beşiktaş), Müjdat (İstanbulspor), Enver (Balıkesirspor). After lose against Adana Demirspor, Lütfü from Beşiktaş, Serdar from Galatasaray and Erdoğan from Fenerbahçe have signed. Transfers out: Burhan (Düzcespor); Doğan (Göztepe); Ramazan (İskenderunspor).
See also Football in Turkey
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