1979–80 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK
Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1979-80
Season: Second League 1979–80
League position: Group A: 1st
League cup: Runner-ups
Turkish Cup: Eliminated at R3
Top goal scorers:
President: Hadi Doğan
Coach: Turkey Suat Mamat
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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 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. Runner-ups 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.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Group A in 1979–80 season is shown in the following table.[1]

place team games goals points home away
P W D L F A F-A week plc F-A week plc
1     Mersin İdmanyurdu301776382041
2     Boluspor301677381939 0-0 0-2
3     Samsunspor301488342036 1-0 0-2
4     MKE Ankaragücü3013107383536 4-1 0-1
5     DÇ Karabükspor301299252733 2-1 0-1
6     Giresunspor3011109373432 4-0 1-2
7     MKE Kırıkkalespor3011910392931 2-0 0-3
8     Şekerspor308139302829 2-012 2-1
9     Urfaspor3012513282729 1-0 2-1
10     Sivasspor3011613263928 3-1 0-0
11     Konya İdmanyurdu3010713323727 1-0 1-0
12     Erzurumspor3071211222726 3-2 0-0
13     Sebat Gençlik3081012213126 3-1 0-0
14     Ankara Demirspor308913213325 0-0 0-0
15     Elazığspor307815203822 2-0 1-1
16     Eskişehir Demirspor306816334820 2-0 1-0

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.

First half


Second half


Championship match

Mersin İdmanyurdu lost the second league championship game against Kocaelispor, the Group B's winner.[9]



1979–80 Turkish Cup participation

MİY participated and eliminated at R3:[11]

round own league opponent's league opponent A/H score result
Round 3Second League Group ASecond League Group A     MKE KırıkkalesporH0-0 (pen. 2-4)eliminated


1979–80 squad

no nat name birth born pos apps Red card notes

Numbered players in the below squad were those who played second league championship match on 21 May 1980.[12] Transfers in: Raşit (Adana Demirspor).

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

No. Position Player
1 Turkey GK Salih Sayar
2 Turkey DF Nevzat
Turkey DF Kemal
3 Turkey FW Osman Öngen
4 Turkey DF Tahir Temur
5 Turkey DF Mehmet Ertanıroğlu
6 Turkey DF Feridun
No. Position Player
7 Turkey MF Mehmet Ali Karakuş
8 Turkey MF Raşit Karasu
9 Turkey MF Mücellip Pehlivan
10 Turkey MF Sinan
Turkey MF Nazif
Turkey FW Şiran
11 Turkey FW Özcan Kızıltan

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:

See also

References

  1. See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
  2. "Galatasaray beat Mersin İd. Yurdu 1-0 in İbrahim's jubilee match." Galatasaray, İbrahim'in jübile maçımda Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 1-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.01.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (Turkish)
  3. "Mersin İd. Yurdu defeated Urfaspor 2-1". Mersin İd. Yurdu Urfaspor'u 2-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.03.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
  4. "Mersin İd. Y.:2 Karabükspor: 1". Mersin İd. Y.:2 Karabükspor: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.03.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
  5. "Mersin İd. Yurdu beat Erzurumspor: 3-2". Mersin İd. Yurdu Erzurumspor'u mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.03.1980. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (Turkish)
  6. "Leader Mersin İd. Yurdu beat Erzurumspor: 2-0". Lider Mersin İd. Yurdu Elazığspor'u 2-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.04.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. (Turkish)
  7. "Mersin İd. Yurdu bombarded Giresunspor: 4-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Giresun'a gol yağdırdı: 4-0.. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.04.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 09.12.2010. (Turkish)
  8. "Mersin İdmanyurdu tied with Ankara Demirspor and guarateed championship". Ankara D. Spor ile berabere kalan Mersin İd. Yurdu Şampiyonluğunu ilan etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.05.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)
  9. See more details at Cem Pekin Archives
  10. "Kocaelispor beats Mersin İdmanyurdu 6-4 and becomes the champions of second league." Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 6-4 yenen Kocaelispor ikinci lig şampiyonu oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.05.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
  11. Cem Pekin ARchives - Retrieved on 23.07.2010.
  12. Obtained from game details shown above Cem Pekin Archives
  13. "Galatasarat 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. (Turkish)