1980–81 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1980–81
Season: First League 1980–81
League position:	15th (Relegated)
Turkish Cup:	Eliminated at QF
Top goal scorers:
President:
Coach:	İsmet Arıkan
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1979–80	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1981–82

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.

1 1980–81 league participation
2 1980–81 Turkish Cup participation
3 1980–81 squad
4 References
5 See also

1980–81 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.^[1] 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.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Turkey First League in 1980–81 season is shown in the following table.^[2]^[3]

place	team	games				goals		points	home			away
place	team	P	W	D	L	F	A	points	F-A	week	plc	F-A	week	plc
1	Trabzonspor	30	16	7	7	41	21	39	0-0	3	11	0-3	18	15
2	Adanaspor	30	13	8	9	36	28	34	2-2	28	15	0-1	11	11
3	Galatasaray	30	13	8	9	28	25	34	0-1	5	10	0-0	22	15
4	Gaziantepspor	30	12	9	9	23	22	33	0-0	7	9	0-1	24	15
5	Beşiktaş	30	12	7	11	27	23	31	0-1	17	15	0-3	2	11
6	Eskişehirspor	30	10	11	9	19	19	31	0-2	29	15	0-2	12	13
7	Zonguldakspor	30	12	6	12	36	33	30	2-0	4	6	0-2	20	16
8	Kocaelispor	30	11	8	11	34	32	30	3-1	1	3	2-3	16	14
9	Bursaspor	30	12	6	12	30	30	30	1-0	13	11	0-1	30	15
10	Fenerbahçe	30	9	11	10	31	27	29	1-1	9	11	1-1	26	15
11	Altay	30	8	13	9	29	30	29	2-0	19	15	0-3	14	14
12	Adana Demirspor	30	11	7	12	25	26	29	1-0	23	15	1-2	6	11
13	Boluspor	30	9	11	10	32	36	29	1-0	10	9	1-1	27	15
14	Rizespor	30	11	7	12	35	42	29	2-1	25	15	0-1	8	11
15	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	8	7	15	21	34	21^[4]
16	Orduspor	30	8	4	18	19	38	20	1-0	21	15	0-1	15	14

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 1981-82, and runner-ups became eligible for UEFA Cup 1983-84.

First half

01 - 24.08.1980 - MİY-Kocaelispor: 3-1. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Yahya Diker, Tayfun Özcan, Asım Yazıcıoğlu. MİY: Salih, Mustafa (Yusuf), İsmail, Tahir, Nasır, Levent, Mücellip, Feridun, Şilan (M.Ali), Özcan, Harun. Subs: Atıf, Kenan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Özcan 8', Feridun 47', Mücellip 55'. Kocaelispor: Cumhur, Zeki, Kamil, Mahir, Gürbey, Ahmet, Baturman, Mustafa, Orhan, Güvenç, Halil. Subs: Halit, Veli, K.Halit, Ceyhun, Faik. Coach: Zeynel Soyuer. Goal: Mahir 16'.^[5]
02 - 31.08.1980 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 3-0 (awarded score). Sunday, 17:00. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Weather: 27°C open, sunny. Attendance: 27.606. Referees: Sadık Deda, Nuri Bilgin, Baki Özcan. Beşiktaş: Mustafa, Kemal, Ömer, B.Haluk, Süleyman, Ziya, Mehmet Ekşi, Serdar, Necdet, Akif, Fikret. Subs: Rasim, Bora, Ulvi, Samet, K.Haluk. Coach: Metin Türel. Goals: Mehmet Ekşi 29'(P), 51'(P), Ziya 62'. MİY: Salih, Mehmet Ali, Tahir, İsmail, Nasır, Levent, Mücellip, Feridun, Özcan, Mehmet Şilan (Kazım), Harun. Subs: Atıf, Yusuf, Eyüp, Kenan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan.^[6] MİY coach İsmet Arıkan has withdrawn the team from the field as a protest to referee's decisions.
03 - 07.09.1980 - MİY-Trabzonspor: 0-0. Sunday. Weather: 24°C open and sunny. Mersin. Referees: Talat Tokat, Zekai Kunak, Hasan Güven. MİY: Atıf, Yusuf, İsmail, Tahir, Nasır, Levent, M.Ali, Feridun, Mücellip, Özcan, Harun. Subs: Salih, Eyüp, Kenan, Şilan, Mustafa, Levent. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Trabzonspor: Şenol, Turgay, Necati, Hüsnü, Ahmet, Yaşar, K.Şenol, İskender, Sinan, Mustafa, Levent. Subs: Ali, Arif, İbrahim, Faruk. Coach: Özkan Sümer was in Poland for European Cup. Team was managed by Ergun Kantarcı.^[7]
04 - 27.09.1980 - MİY-Zonguldaspor: 2-0. Sunday. Weather: 26°C open and sunny. Referees: Erdoğan Albay, Ali İrfan Ata, Sina Özcan. MİY: Atıf, Yusuf, Tahir, Nasır, İsmail, Levent, Özcan (Necat), Feridun, Mücellip, Şiran (M.Ali), Harun. Subs: Salih, Eyüp, Osman. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Mücellip 20', 26'. Zonguldakspor: Birol, Savaş, Muammer, Turgut, Hüseyin, Hamdi, Fuat (Ercan), Ersoy (Tuğrul), Hamit, Kemal, Günay. Sub: Rasin. Coach: Candan Tarhan.^[8]
05 - 19.10.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-1. Sunday, 15:00. Mersin.
06 - 26.10.1980 - Adana Demirspor-MİY: 2-1. Sunday. Adana. Referees: Celal Türk, Mustafa Taşkın, İsmail Irmak. Adana Demirspor: İzzet, Hüseyin, Savaş, İlyas, K.Orhan (Necmettin), Burhan, Eren, B.Orhan, Adnan, Hasan, Nevzat. Goals: Hasan 37', Hasan 66'. Subs: Hasan, Bilbay, İbrahim, Mehmet. Coach: Doğan Emültay. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Osman, Eyüp, Levent, M.Ali, Feridun, Mücellip, Özcan, Harun. Subs: Özcan, Nasır, Nejat, Kazım, Mustafa. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Harun 22'.^[9]
07 - 02.11.1980 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 0-0. Sunday. Weather: 21°C open. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Atilla Köşel, Zekai Kunat. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, Osman, Eyüp, İsmail, Raşit, Özcan, Levent, Mehmet Ali, Şiran, Harun. Subs: Özcan, Feridun, Nejat, Mustafa. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: M.Ali, Şiran, Özcan. Gaziantepspor: Yaşar, Nurettin, Fatih, Hayri, Ünsal, Reşit, Murat, Tuğrul, B.Hüseyin, Ahmet, Sami, Erdal. Subs: Cemal, Nihat, Müjdat, Hakan. Coach: Refik Özvardar. Yellow cards: Ahmet, Fatih, Hayri, Ünsal.^[10]
08 - 09.11.1980 - Rizespor-MİY: 1-0. Rize. Referees: Teoman Parel, İbrahim Karaoğlu, Adnan Doğru. Rizespor: Bahattin, Erol, Hüsnü, Yaşar, Oktay, Müfit, Osman, Arif, Hüseyin, Zafer, K.Oktay. Subs: K.Sinan, Kahraman, Muharrem, K.Osman. Coach: Nevzat Soyluoğlu. Goal: Hüseyin 80'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Osman, İsmail, Övünç, Levent, Harun, Özcan, M.Ali, Mücellip, Raşit. Subs: Kazım, Yusuf, Necat, K.Özcan, Kasım. Coach: İsmet Arıkan.^[11]
09 - 16.11.1980 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 1-1. Sunday. Weather: 26°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yılmaz Önen, Mustafa Taşkın, Turan Özener. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Nasır (Eyüp), Osman, Harun, Özcan, Levent, Mehmet Ali, Mücellip, Raşit (Kazım). Subs: Özcan, İsmail, Nejat. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Mücellip. Yellow cards: Osman, M.Ali. Red card: M.Ali. Fenerbahçe: Adem (Fikret), Onur, Erol, Alpaslan, Cem, Önder, Müjdat, Sedat, A.Kemal (Mustafa), Suat, Selçuk. Subs: İsa, Hasan, Mehmet. Coach: Friedl Rausch. Goal: A.Kemal. Yellow cards: Onur, A.Kemal. Red card: Onur.^[12]
10 - 23.11.1980 - MİY-Boluspor: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 26°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Nihat Gülşen, İsmail Hakkı Bora, Hamit Baloğlu. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Eyüp, Osman, Harun, Özcan (Kazım), Levent, Mücellip, Şilan, Raşit. Subs: Ahmet, Necat, Reşit, İsmail. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Mücellip 82'. Boluspor: Çetin, B.İbrahim, Nuri, Alaattin, Erdem, K.İbrahim, Selahattin, Demir, B.Çetin, Halil İbrahim, Minas. Subs: İlker, Ahmet, Mehmet, Şahap, Şenol. Coach: Cahit Sinan.^[13]
11 - 07.12.1980 - Adanaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Referees: Güngör Tuncel, Macit Aknam, Coşkun Güzelalan. Adanaspor: Malik, Şevket, Timuçin, K.Mustafa, B.Mustafa, Suat, Selahattin, Ercan, Nihat, Bora, Kayhan. Subs: Ahmet, Necat, Sedat, Gani, Nevzat. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goal: Bora: 88'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Osman, Yusuf, İsmail, Mücellip, Mehmet Ali, Harun, Şiran, Özcan, Raşit. Subs: Ahmet, Eyüp, Kazım, Reşit, Levent. Coach: İsmet Arıkan.^[14]
12 - 14.12.1980 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:45. Eskişehir.
13 - 21.12.1980 - MİY-Bursaspor: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 16°C open. Mersin. Referees: Talat Tokat, Bayram Can, Mehmet Arıman. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, İsmail, Osman, Nevruz, Mücellip, Levent, Feridun, Şilan, Harun. Bench: K. Ahmet, Kenan, Özcan, Kazım, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Mücellip 34'. Bursaspor: Alptuğ, Sedat II, Erdinç, Sinan, Özer, Recai, Sedat III, Mustafa, Kadir, Ahmet, Muzaffer. Subs: Aslan, K.Mehmet, İsmail, Beyhan, Altan. Coach: Fethi Demircan.^[15]
14 - 28.12.1980 - Altay-MİY: 3-0. Sunday. İzmir. Referees: Nihat Güner, Zihni Alemdar, Bilgin İnce. Altay: Sabahattin, Zafer, Şeref, Mehmet, Alper, K.Mustafa, Kemal Kılıç, Ethem, Behiç, B.Mustafa. Subs: Can, Ramazan, Önder Ali. Coach: Bayram Dinsel. Goals: Ethem 20', Şeref 44', Behiç 53'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Harun, Osman, Levent, Mücellip, Özcan, Feridun, Şilan, Kazım. Subs: Özcan, Eyüp, Kenan, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Osman 48'.^[16]
15 - 04.01.1981 - Orduspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Ordu. Weather: Sunny but cold, field was muddy due to previous day's rain. Referees: Necmi Temizel, Aydın Erkal, Sadun Aksoy. Orduspor: İbrahim, Uğur, Salih, Levent, B.Turgay, Üstün, Şükrü, Güven, Arif, Mahmut, Şenol. Subs: Alptekin, Sezai, Adil, Ertuğrul. Coach: Candan Dumanlı. Goal: Şenol 18'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Osman, Harun, Feridun, Levent, Reşit, Mücellip, Şilan, Kazım. Subs: K.Özcan, Eyüp, Kenan, Nejat, B.Özcan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan.^[17]

Second half

16 - 01.02.1981 - Kocaelispor-MİY: 3-2. Sunday. Weather: heavy. İzmit. Referee: Coşkun Kutay. Referees: Coşkun Kutay, İbrahim Kalfaoğlu, Koray Kamalıoğlu. Kocaelispor: Müjdat (Erhan), Zeki, Kamil, Mahir, Gürbey (Murat), Turgay, Mustafa, Baturman, Orhan, Ceyhun, Güvenç. Subs: Ahmet, Halil, Yusuf. Coach: Zeynel Soyuer. Goals: Turgay 1'(H) (25), Güvenç 13'(H), Kamil 22'(H). MİY: Salih, Mustafa, M.Ali, Sedat, Esat, Levent, Mücellip, Feridun, Metin, Vehbi, Harun. Subs: Özcan, Yusuf, Özcan, Raşit, Mehmet. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Vehbi 18'(F), Vehbi 76'.^[18]
17 - 08.02.1981 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 0-1. Sunday. Weather: First heavy then open. Mersin. Attendance: 20.000. Referres: Talat Tokat, İbrahim Karaoğlan, Turhan Özener. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Mehmet Ali, Esat, Mücellip, Nevruz (Özcan), Feridun, K.Metin, Vehbi, Harun (Şilan). Subs: Ahmet, Yusuf, Levent. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow cards: Vehbi, Şilan, Mustafa, Mehmet Ali. Beşiktaş: Rasim, Süleyman, Ulvi, Mehmet Ekşi, Samet, Rıza, Serdar, Akif, Necdet, Özer, Şaban. Subs: Mustafa, Ünal, Kenan, Fikret, Kemal. Coach: Dorde Miliç. Goal: Özer 23'.^[19] After the match Mehmet Ali knocked Serdar.
18 - 15.02.1981 - Trabzonspor-MİY: 3-0. Sunday. Weather: 18°C open sunny. Trabzon. Attendance: c. 15.000. Referees: Ünal Şahin, Cemal Keçeci, Hasan Karaca. Trabzonspor: Şenol, Turgay, Necati, Hüsnü, Ahmet, Arif (Mustafa), Güngör, Cemil, Sinan, Tuncay, İskender. Subs: Ali, K. Şenol. Manager: Özkan Sümer. Goals: Sinan 58', 76', 81'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Osman (Sedat), Yusuf, Eyüp, Levent, Ferdiun, Nevruz, Metin, Vehbi, Mücellip. Subs: Ahmet, Esat, Şilan, Harun. Manager: İsmet Arıkan.^[20]
19 - 22.02.1981 - MİY-Altay: 2-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 20°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yusuf Namoğlu, Sedat Kant, Özcan Dal. MİY: Ahmet, Mustafa, Sedat, İsmail, Esat (Eyüp), Nevruz, Metin, Levent, Feridun, Vehbi, Mücellip. Subs: Salih, Yusuf, Mehmet, Özcan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Sedat 5', Nevruz 75'. Altay: Sait, Sabahattin, Zafer, Şerafettin, Bilal, Alper, Kemal, B.Mustafa, Ümit, Ethem, Mustafa. Subs: Can, Ramazan, Önder, Ali, Behiç. Coach: Rıza Şenol.^[21]
20 - 01.03.1981 - Zonguldakspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday. Weather: 2°C sleety. Zonguldak. Attendance: Low. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Metin Tuğcu, Zeki İnan. Zonguldakspor: Birol, Hüseyin, Tuğrul, Turgut, Muammer, Ersoy, Hamdi, Savaş, Hamit, Ayhan, Kemal. Subs: Rasim, Fuat, Yaşar, Nurettin, Ercan. Coach: Candan Tarhan. Goals: Ayhan 20', Kemal 60'. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Esat, Sedat, Nevruz, Mehmet, Harun, Mücellip, Vehbi, Metin. Subs: Ahmet, Mustafa, Eyüp, Özcan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan.^[22]
21 - 08.03.1981 - MİY-Orduspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 22°C, open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Cumhur Demir, Kemal Ceylan, Sezai Temel. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, Sedat, İsmail, Esat, Nevruz, Harun, Özcan, Mücellip, Vehbi, Metin (Şiran). Subs: Özcan, Eyüp, Kenan, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Ordu: Alptekin, B.Turgay, Levent, K.Turgay, Salih, Seçkin, Zafer, Şükrü (Sezai), Şenol, Mahmut, Güven. Subs: İbrahim, Uğur, Selahattin. Coach: Candan Dumanlı.^[23]
22 - 14.03.1981 - Galatasaray-MİY: 0-0. Saturday, 15:00. Weather: 5°C, heavy, rainy. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 14.788. Referees: İhsan Türe, Erdal Balkanlı, Hasan Zerek. Galatasaray: Haydar, Fettah, Ali Çoban, Fatih, Erdoğan, Cüneyt, Mustafa (B.Metin 57'), Orhan, Öner (Reşit 45'), Müfit, Bülent. Subs: Eser, Turgay, Mehmet. Coach: Brian Birch. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Sedat, Esat, Özcan, Nevruz, Levent, Mücellip, Vehbi, Metin (Mehmet 55'). Subs: Ahmet, Eyüp, Harun, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow cards: Esat 61', Mehmet 88'.^[24]
23 - 29.03.1981 - MİY-Adana Demirspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 24°C sunny. Mersin. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Onur Songur, Hasan Ceylan. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, Sedat, İsmail, Esat, Nevruz, Özcan, Levent, Mücellip, Vehbi, Şilan (Harun). Subs: Ahmet, Mustafa, Raşit, Metin. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Vehbi 4'. Yellow card: Özcan (first half). Adana Demirspor: Hasan, Hüseyin, Mehmet, K.Hasan, K.Orhan, K.İbrahim, B.Orhan, Savaş, Eren, Rasin, Müjdat. Subs: İzzet, İbrahim, Nevzat, Bilbay, Adnan. Coach: Coşkun Özarı.^[25]
24 - 05.04.1981 - Gaziantepspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Weather 2°C sunny. Gaziantep. Attendance: c. 10.000. Referees: Yılmaz Dinçel, Necdet Akkurt, Hakan Tatar. Gaziantepspor: Yaşar, Ünsal, Fatih, Tuğrul, Ali, Doğan, Sami, Hüseyin, Reşit, Ahmet, Erdal, Murat. Subs: Cemal, Nurettin, Uğur, Müjdat, Hakan. Coach: Gürcan Berk. Goal: Erdal 11'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Yusuf, Esat, Levent, Mehmet Ali, Nevruz, Mücellip, Vehbi, Özcan. Bench: Ahmet, Tahir, Kenan Faruk, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Levent.^[26]
25 - 19.04.1981 - MİY-Rizespor: 2-1. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Coşkun Uygun, Cengiz Demirpençe. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Nevruz, M.Ali, Levent, Metin, Vehbi, Şiran. Subs: Ahmet, Yusuf, Eyüp, Raşit, Harun. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Tahir 40', Harun 68'. Rize: Bahattin, Kasım, Yaşar, Kahraman, Muharrem, Müfit, Sinan, Arif, B.Osman, K.Osman, Zafer. Subs: K.Sinan, Hüseyin, Erol, Reşat. Coach: Halil Güngördü. Goal: Sinan 58'.^[27]
26 - 26.04.1981 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 21°C open. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 16.570. Referees: Coşkun Kutay, Bedri Dölkeleş, Turan Özener. Fenerbahçe: Adem, Onur, Erol, Alpaslan, Cem, Mehmet (İsa), Müjdat, Raşit, Sedat (Raşit), Mustafa, Suat, Selçuk. Subs: Fikret, Yaşar, Sertaç. Coach: Friedel Rausch. Goal: Alpasalan 55'(P). MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Levent, Metin, Nevruz, Mehmet Ali (Metin), Özcan, Vehbi, Mücellip (Harun). Subs: Atıf, Nasır, Eyüp. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Metin 7'(H). Yellow cards: Sedat, Vehbi.^[28]
27 - 03.05.1981 - Boluspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday. Weather: Partly cloudy. Bolu. Referees: Necmi Temizel, Sezen Duygulu, Fazıl Aksoy. Boluspor: İlker, B.İbrahim, Nuri, Alaattin, Erdem, K.İbrahim, Salahattin, Çetin, Halil İbrahim, Minas. Subs: Çetin, Şahap, Şenol, K.Mehmet, B.Mehmet. Coach: Cahit Sinan. Goal: K.Mehmet 78'. Yellow card: Alaattin 26'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Levent, Nevruz, Mehmet Ali, Metin, Vehbi, Mücellip. Subs: Atıf, Eyüp, Harun, Özcan, Nazım. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Nevruz 67'. Yellow card: Mehmet Ali 26'.^[29]
28 - 10.05.1981 - MİY-Adanaspor: 2-2. Sunday. Mersin. Weather: 18°C, partly cloudy. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Turgut Sözener, Onursal Uras. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Nevruz, M.Ali, Levent, Metin, Vehbi, Özcan. Subs: Atıf, Eyüp, Yusuf, Nasır. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Tahir 19', Vehbi 57'. Adanaspor: Malik, Şevket, K.Mustafa, B.Mustafa, Timuçin, Nejat, Ahmet, Selahattin, Kamil, Bora, Ercan. Subs: B.Ahmet, Varol, Suat, Nihat, Gani. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goals: Ercan 18', Ahmet 79'.^[30]
29 - 17.05.1981 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 0-2. Sunday. Weather: 18°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yusuf Namoğlu, Kemal, Bayram, Sedat Kant. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat (Eyüp), Nevruz, Mehmet Ali, Levent, Metin, Vehbi, Özcan. Subs: Atıf, Yusuf, Mücellip, Harun. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Sedat. Eskişehirspor: Sinan, Ender, Bilal, İsmail, Tayfun, Serdar, Zafer, Hüdai, Aykut, Ali İhsan, İhsan. Subs: Selahattin, Gani, Burhan, Coşkun. Coach: Nihat Atacan. Goals: Aykut 47', Ali İhsan 84'. Yellow card: İhsan.^[31]
30 - 24.05.1981 - Bursaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: open. Bursa. Referees: Özer Kızıltan, Yılmaz Sarıoğlu, Ergüder Yılmaz. Bursaspor: Alptuğ, Sedat II, Erdinç, Ahmet, Sinan, Muzaffer, Recai, Sedat III, Cengiz, B.Ahmet, Mustafa. Subs: Aslan, İsmail, Beyhan, Turgay, Nihat. Coach: Fethi Demircan. Goal: Sedat III 11'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Eyüp, Levent, Harun, Nasır, Metin, Mücellip, Özcan. Subs: Atıf, Raşit, Haluk, Hüseyin. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Özcan.^[32]

1980–81 Turkish Cup participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Türkiye Kupası in 1980–81 and eliminated at quarter finals. MKE Ankaragücü, a second division team, won the cup that year and was pormoted to First League 1981-82 by means of a special decision which was applied only for them.^[33]

round	own league	opponent's league	opponent	away	home	result
Round 5	First League	Second League Group B	Şekerspor	1-1	1-0	promoted to R6
Round 6	First League	Second League Group B	Samsunspor	0-1	2-0	promoted to QF
QF	First League	Second League Group C	Fenerbahçe	0-2	0-2	eliminated

R5/L1 - 12.11.1980 - Şekerspor-MİY: 1-1. Wednesday, 14:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara.
R5/L2 - 17.12.1980 - MİY-Şekerspor: 1-0. Wednesday, 13:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.
R6/L1 - 25.02.1981 - Samsunspor-MİY: 1-0. Wednesday. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun. Referees: Erol Polat, Turhan Şahin, Cahit Türüp. Samsunspor: Adnan, Hamdi, Eyüp, Cazip, Adem, Hakkı, Metin, Kenan, Ahmet, Hasan, Murat. MİY: Ahmet, Mustafa, Esat, İsmail, Sedat, Özcan, Nevruz, Metin, Harun, Mücellip, Mehmet.^[34]
R6/L2 - 11.03.1981 - MİY-Samsunspor: 2-0 (aet). Wednesday. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium. MİY: Goals: Mücellip Pehlivan, Özcan Kızıltan (ET).
QF/L1 - 01.04.1981 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 2-0. Wednesday, 15:00. Weather: 7°C, sometimes heavy sometimes sunny. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 15.465. Referees: İbrahim Acar, Fikri Kuştemir, İbrahim Karaoğlan. Fenerbahçe: Adem, Müjdat (Hasan 80'), Alpaslan, Erol, Cem (B.Mehmet 69'), Onur, İsa, Sedat, Ali Kemal, Raşit, Selçuk. Subs: Fikret, Yaşar, Mustafa. Goals: Selçuk 29', Raşit 88'. Red card: Sedat 87'. Coach: Friedl Rausch. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Sedat, Esat, Levent, Nevruz (Raşit 57'), Harun, Mücellip, Vehbi, Özcan. Subs: Ahmet, Mustafa, Kenan, Metin. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow cards: Vehbi 30', Özcan 30'.^[35]
QF/L2 - 08.04.1981 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-2. Wednesday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Weather: 20°C partly cloudy. Attendance: 2.989. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Muhsin Karabağ, Zeki Gündem. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir Esat (Eyüp), Levent, Nevruz, Raşit, M.Ali, Mücellip, Harun. Subs: Ahmet, Yusuf, Kenan, Reşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Mücellip 24'. Sent offf: Mücellip 44'. Fenerbahçe: Adem, Müjdat, Erol, Alpaslan, Cem, Onur, İsa (Suat), Yaşar (Mustafa), Ali Kemal, Raşit, Selçuk. Subs: Fikret, Mehmet, Hasan. Coach: Rausch. Yellow card: İsa 44', Müjdat, Raşit. Goals: İsa 33(F), Mustafa 77'(F).^[36]

1980–81 squad

Some of the players of Mersin İdmanyurdu include following.^[37] 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).

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Salih Sayar
		GK	K. Ahmet
		DF	Mustafa Çimen
		DF	Yusuf
		DF	Sedat
		DF	İsmail
		DF	Tahir Temur
		DF	Osman Öngen
		DF	Esat
		DF	Eyüp
		DF	Kasım
		DF	B. Ahmet
		MF	Harun
		MF	Nejat
		MF	Kenan

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Özcan Kızıltan B. Özcan
		MF	Levent Arıkdoğan
		MF	Feridun
		MF	Nasır
		MF	Nevruz
		MF	Vehbi
		MF	K. Özcan
		MF	Kazım
		DF	Övünç
		MF	Metin Koyuncuoğlu
		MF	Mehmet Ali Karakuş
		FW	Mücellip Pehlivan
		FW	Raşit Karasu
		FW	Şilan
		FW	Reşit

Özcan went to Fenerbahçe after the season (30.04.1981). In exchange Esat and İsmail came to MİY from Fenerbahçe.

References

^ See "Ligin rekorları ve ilkleri" in Turkish Hürriyet
^ See Turkey - Final Tables Erdinç Sivritepe and RSSSF
^ Weekly data from Futbol merkezi
^ Team's two points were deleted upon the withdrawing of the team in Beşiktaş game in İstanbul. See "Ligin rekorları ve ilkleri" in Turkish Hürriyet
^ "Mersin İdman Yurdu beat Kocaelispor 3-1". Mersin İdman Yurdu Kocaelispor'u 3-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.08.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin has withdrawn from the field when Beşiktaş was leading 3-0".Beşiktaş 3-0 galipken M. İd. Yurdu sahadan çekildi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.09.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Trabzonspor retuns from Mersin İd.Y. match with one point: 0-0". Trabzonspor, Mersin İd.Y. deplasmanından bir puanla dönüyot: 0-0.. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.09.1980, p. 9. Retrieved on 08.12.2010.
^ "M.İd.Yurdu beated leader Zonguldak: 2-0". M.İd.Yurdu lider Zonguldak'ı yendi: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.09.1980, p. 9. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Adana D.Spor sent Mersin İd. Yurdu pointless: 2-1". Adana D.Spor Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu puansız gönderdi: 2-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.10.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Gaziantepspor drawn with M.İ.Y. goalless: 0-0". Gaziantepspor M.İ.Y. ile gosüz berabere kaldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.11.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Rizespor-Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1-0". Rizespor-Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.11.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Fenerbahçe could not save win and leadership in Mersin." Fenerbahçe, Mersin'de galibiyeti ve liderliği koruyamadı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.11.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin-Bolu: 1-0". Mersin-Bolu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.11.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Adanaspor beat Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1-0". Adanaspor Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu yendi: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.12.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu-Bursa: 1-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu-Bursa: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.12.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Altay - Mersin idmanyurdu: 3-0." Altay - Mersin idmanyurdu: 3-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.12.1980, p. 13. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Ordu-Mersin İd.Yurdu: 1-0." Ordu-Mersin İd.Yurdu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.01.1981, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Kocaeli defeated Mersin İd. Yurdu by 3-2." Kocaeli Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 3-2 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.02.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Özer makes Beşiktaş happy in Mersin too." Beşiktaş'ın Mersin'de yüzünü gene Özer güldürdü. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.02.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Trabzonspor broke Mersin İd. Yurdu away: 3-0". Trabzonspor Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu farklı yendi: 3-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.02.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu - Altay: 2-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu - Altay: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.02.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Zonguldakspor did not sweat against Mersin İd. Yurdu: 2-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu karşısında zorlanmadı: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.03.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu left Orduspor pointless: 1-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Orduspor'u puansız bıraktı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.03.1981, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "G.saray stambled by Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0-0." G.saray, Mersin İd. Yurdu'na takıldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.03.1981, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu defeated Adana D.Spor: 1-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Adana D.Spor'u yendi: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.03.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Gaziantep, Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 1-0 mağlup etti". Gaziantep beats Mersin İd. Yurdu by 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.04.1981, p. 10. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu beat Rizspor 2-1". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Rizespor'u 2-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.04.1981, p. 13. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Fenerbahçe could only save a draw from relegation candidate Mersin: 1-1". Fenerbahçe düşme hattındaki Mersin'den beraberliği güç kurtardı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.04.1981, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu got one point from Boluspor: 1-1." Mersin İd. Yurdu Boluspor'dan bir puan aldı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.05.1981, p. 15. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu - Adanaspor couldn't beat each other: 2-2." Mersin İd. Yurdu - Adanaspor yenişemedi: 2-2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.05.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Eskişehirspor beated Mersin İd. Yurdu in Mersin by 1-0". Eskişehirspor, Mersin'de Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 2-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.05.1981, p. 15. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Bursaspor defeated Mersin İd. Yurdu by Sedat III's goal." Bursaspor Mersin İd. Yurdunu Sedat III'ün golüyle yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.05.1981 Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ See some details on cup matches at Cepm Pekin Archives - Retrieved on 23.07.2010.
^ "Samsun - M. İ. Yurdu: 1-0". Samsun - M. İ. Yurdu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.02.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Bad football, good result for Fenerbahçe: 1-0". Fenerbahçe'de kötü futbol, iyi sonuç: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.04.1981, p. 16. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "F.bahçe promoted to semi-finals by beating Mersin İdmanyurdu". M. İd. yurdu'nu 2-0 yenen F.bahçe yarıfinale yükseldi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.04.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. (Turkish)
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