Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1979–80. At the end of 1979–80 season Mersin İdmanyurdu has promoted to First League for the third time. The 1979–80 was the eighth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 1st in Group A. They have lost second league championship game against Kocaelispor by penalties.
1979–80 Second League participation In its 17th season (1979–80) Second League was played with 32 teams, 16 in two groups: Group A and Group B. Group winners promoted to First League 1980–81. Runners-up played a promotion game to determine the third club to be promoted to first league. No teams relegated because next year second and third leagues merged and third league abandoned. Mersin İY became 1st in Group A with 17 wins and 38 goals.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1979–80 Second League Group A league summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 115942207+1322 8710163+1315 72324407 Second half 158341813+519 7610143+1113 8224410-66 Overall 13017763820+1841 151320306+2428 15456814-613 Sources: 1979–80 Turkish Second Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, 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 Second League Group A in 1979–80 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
TeamGames Goals Home Away 1Mersin İdmanyurdu (C) (P)301776382041 ––– –––2Boluspor (Q) (P)301677381939 0–0131 0–22813Samsunspor301488342036 1–0111 0–22614Ankaragücü3013107383536 4–191 0–12415Karabükspor301299252733 2–1201 0–1526Giresunspor3011109373432 4–0271 1–21217MKE Kırıkkalespor3011910392931 2–0151 0–33018Şekerspor308139302829 2–012 2–11619Urfaspor3012513282729 1–041 2–119110Sivasspor3011613263928 3–181 0–023111Konya İdmanyurdu3010713323727 1–0181 1–013112Erzurumspor3071211222726 3–2221 0–07213Sebat Gençlik3081012213126 3–162 0–021114Ankara Demirspor308913213325 0–0291 0–014115Elazığspor307815203822 2–0251 1–110116Eskişehir Demirspor306816334820 2–0171 1–021 Note: 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. No relegation.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1979–80 Second League Group A by rounds:
First half
Mid-season In the mid-season, MİY played a jubilee match for captain İbrahim against Galatasaray on 13 January 1980 at Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium. İbrahim left jersey no. 9 to Mücellip on 10th minute. 13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0–1.Mid-season friendly game - 13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0–1. 13 January 1980, Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, 14:00. Weather: open sunny. Referees: Yener Söker, Mustafa Tan, Nazım Aydın. MİY: Salih (Atıf), Nevzat, Tahir, Kemal, Osman, M.Ali, Haydar, Feridun, Özcan, İbrahim (Mücellip), Sinan. Subs: Kazım, Kenan, Bülent, Sabri. Coach: Suat Mamat. G.Saray: Eser, Erdoğan, Müfit (K.Metin), Güngör, Eyüp, Gürcan (Mustafa), İbrahim (Turgay), Cüneyt, Oğuz (Kemal), Fatih, B.Metin. Subs: Haydar. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Güngör 75'. "Galatasaray beat Mersin İd. Yurdu 1-0 in İbrahim's jubilee match." Galatasaray, İbrahim'in jübile maçında Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 1-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.01.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 08.12.2010.
Second half
Championship match Mersin İdmanyurdu lost the second league championship game against Kocaelispor, the Group B's winner.See more details at Cem Pekin Archives
1979–80 Turkish Cup participation 1979–80 Turkish Cup was played for the 18th season as Türkiye Kupası by 123 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 1979–80 Turkish Cup and was eliminated at round 3 by MKE Kırıkkalespor. Kırıkkalespor was eliminated at round 5. Altay won the Cup for the 2nd time and became eligible for 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.TFF website does not have an official page for 1979–80 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 1979–80 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResultRound 3Second League Group ASecond League Group AMKE KırıkkalesporH0–0 (pen. 2–4)Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1979–80 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1979–80 Turkish Cup pages.
Management
Club management Hadi Doğan was club president.
Coaching team
1979–80 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period NotesSuat Mamat01.08.1979 – 31.05.1980 Note: Only official games were included.
1979–80 squad Stats are counted for 1979–80 Second League matches and 1979–80 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1979–80 squad and 1979–80 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1979–80 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 1957IstanbulGK S.Sirkeci.Salih Sayar. Player signed in Summer 1979. His previous team was Süleymaniye Sirkeci. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.22Nevzat DF 33Tahir Temur1954IstanbulDF 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 .44Kemal Damkal1950AdanaDF 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 .55Osman Öngen19 Jan 1954AdanaDF previous season.Osman Öngen. In the team since Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66M. Ali Karakuş25 Nov 1957ErzincanFW 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.77Haydar FW previous season.88Feridun Alkan DF 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 .99Özcan Kızıltan12 Jul 1959IstanbulMF previous season.Özcan Kızıltan. In the team since Summer 1978. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1010İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW previous season.İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1111Sinan FW 1212Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK 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.1313Mücellip Pehlivan1 Aug 1954LüleburgazFW previous season.Mücellip Pehlivan. In the team since Summer 1978. His previous team was Lülebugazspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1414Kazım Renk FW .Kazım Renk. Player signed in Summer 1979. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1515Kenan Aydın28 May 1959AdanaDF .Kenan Aydın. Player signed in Summer 1979. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1616Bülent 1717Sabri 186Nazif MF 1913Mehmet Şilan17 Dec 1955MersinFW previous season.Mehmet Şilan. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .206Nasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF 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 .2111Raşit Karasu31 Oct 1950IstanbulMF A.Demirspor.Raşit Karasu. Player signed in Summer 1979. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.226Özer FW Sources: 1979–80 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
Transfer news from Milliyet: Transfers in: Raşit (Adana Demirspor).
MİY forward İbrahim ended his player career in the mid-season. In his jubilee match MİY lost to Galatasaray. This match was also a preparation match for the teams: Mid season friendly game - 13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-1.13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-1. Mersin. Weather: open, sunny. Referees: Yener Söker, Mustafa Tan, Nazım Aydın. MİY: Salih (Atıf), Nevzat, Tahir, Kemal, Osman, M.Ali, Haydar, Feridun, Özcan, İbrahim (Mücellip), Sinan. Subs: Kazım, Kenan, Bülent, Sabri. Coach: Suat Mamat. Galatasaray: Eser, Erdoğan, Müfit (K.Metin), Güngör, Eyüp, Gürcan (Mustafa), İbrahim (Turgay), Cüneyt, Oğuz (Kemal), Fatih, B.Metin. Sub: Haydar. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Güngör 75'(F). "Galatasaray beats Mersin İdmanyurdu 1-0 in İbrahim's jubilee match". Galatasaray İbrahim'in jübile maçında Mersin İd yurdunu 1-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.01.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. On 5th minute İbrahim left his place and jersey no. 9 to Mücellip.
See also Football in Turkey
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