# 1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1978–79. Mersin İdmanyurdu had relegated from First League in 1977–78 season. It was the second relegation of the team after 2 seasons appearances in first league (9 in total). Mersin appointed coach Octavian Popescu. The 1978–79 season was the 7th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 6th in the Red Group.

## Pre-season

Preparation games:
* 13.08.1978 - Konya İdmanyurdu-MİY: 0-3.
* 16.08.1978 - MİY-Konya İdmanyurdu: 2-0.
* 20.08.1978 - MİY-Zonguldakspor: 2-1.

## 1978–79 Second League participation

The (1978–79) was 16th season of Second League. The league was played with 32 teams, 16 in Red Group and 16 in White Group. Group winners promoted to First League 1979–80 in each group. Runners-up of two groups played a play-off game and winner promoted to first league as well. Last two teams in each group relegated to Third League 1979–80. Mersin İY became 6th with 9 wins and 28 goals in Red Group.

### Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1978–79 Second League Red Group league summary:
| | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Stage | Pc | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt |
| First half | 7 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| Second half | | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 1 |
| Overall | 6 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 7 |

### League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1978–79 season is shown in the following table.
| Pc | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Goals | Goals | Pts | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away |
| Pc | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | F–A | R | Pc | F–A | R | Pc |
| 1 | Gaziantepspor (C) (P) | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 48 | 0–1 | 7 | 6 | 0–1 | 22 | 7 |
| 2 | Kayserispor (Q) (P) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 22 | 43 | 4–0 | 2 | 2 | 1–4 | 17 | 8 |
| 3 | Antalyaspor | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 34 | 1–0 | 23 | 7 | 2–2 | 8 | 5 |
| 4 | Düzcespor | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 34 | 0–0 | 12 | 6 | 0–1 | 27 | 7 |
| 5 | Kocaelispor | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 42 | 33 | 1–0 | 28 | 6 | 1–4 | 13 | 6 |
| 6 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Edirnespor | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 1–0 | 16 | 6 | 0–0 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Denizlispor | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 1–0 | 21 | 7 | 1–1 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | Eskişehir Demirspor | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 32 | 27 | 1–1 | 14 | 6 | 0–2 | 29 | 7 |
| 10 | Balıkesirspor | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 1–1 | 9 | 6 | 2–3 | 24 | 8 |
| 11 | Sarıyer | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 27 | 2–2 | 18 | 8 | 0–0 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | DÇ Karabükspor | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 2–0 | 5 | 2 | 0–1 | 20 | 8 |
| 13 | Urfaspor | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 26 | 1–0 | 25 | 6 | 0–0 | 10 | 6 |
| 14 | Bandırmaspor | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 25 | 1–0 | 19 | 7 | 0–0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Gençlerbirliği (R) | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 29 | 22 | 0–0 | 11 | 6 | 0–0 | 26 | 6 |
| 16 | Konyaspor (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 49 | 17 | 5–0 | 30 | 6 | 0–2 | 15 | 7 |
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.

### Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1978–79 Second League Red Group by rounds:
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |

### Mid-season

* 28.01.1979 - MİY-Adana Demirspor. Sunday, 15:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Goalkeeper Aydın Tohumcu's jubilee match.

### Second half
## 1978–79 Turkish Cup participation

1978–79 Turkish Cup was played for the 17th season as Türkiye Kupası by 122 teams. First, four elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Fifth and sixth elimination rounds and finals were played in the two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1978–79 Turkish Cup from round 3 and was eliminated at round 4 by Ankaragücü. Ankaragücü was eliminated at round 6. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the 3rd time and became eligible for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup.

### Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1978–79 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A/H | Score | Result |
| Round 3 | Second League Red Group | Second League Red Group | Urfaspor | H | 1–0 | Promoted to R4 |
| Round 4 | Second League Red Group | First League | Ankaragücü | A | 0–1 | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1978–79 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
MİY amateur team was also participated and eliminated to Tarsus İdmanyurdu:
* R2 - 10.09.1970 - Tarsus İdmanyurdu (3)-MİY (A): 5-0.

## Management
### Club management

Atilla Perşembe was club president.

### Coaching team

1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | | 01.08.1978 – 31.05.1979 | | | | | |

## 1978–79 squad

Stats are counted for 1978–79 Second League matches and 1978–79 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches. 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.
| O | N | Name | Birth | Born | Pos | ← Season Notes → |
| 1 | 1 | Atıf Öztoprak | 8 May 1952 | Sakarya | GK | → previous season. |
| 2 | 2 | Tahir Temur | 1954 | Istanbul | DF | → previous season. |
| 3 | 3 | Mehmet Dayan | 1951 | Balıkesir | DF | → previous season. |
| 4 | 4 | İbrahim Arayıcı | 1949 | Silifke | FW | → previous season. |
| 5 | 5 | Temel | | | MF | |
| 6 | 6 | Osman Öngen | 19 Jan 1954 | Adana | DF | 1978 ST. |
| 7 | 7 | Nasır Belci | 1 Dec 1955 | Adana | DF | → previous season. |
| 8 | 8 | Özcan Kızıltan | 12 Jul 1959 | Istanbul | MF | First time professional. |
| 9 | 9 | Mücellip Pehlivan | 1 Aug 1954 | Lüleburgaz | FW | 1978 ST Lüleburgazspor. |
| 10 | 10 | Haydar | | | FW | |
| 11 | 11 | Ercan | | | FW | |
| 12 | 1 | Ali | | | FW | |
| 13 | 5 | Kemal Damkal | 1950 | Adana | DF | → previous season. |
| 14 | 7 | Mehmet Ali Karakuş | 25 Nov 1957 | Erzincan | FW | 1978 ST. |
| 15 | 8 | Feridun Alkan | | | DF | → previous season. |
| 16 | 11 | Celal | | | FW | |
| 17 | 11 | Muzaffer | | | FW | |
| 18 | 5 | Nevzat | | | DF | |
| 19 | 2 | Bülent | | | DF | |
| 20 | 10 | Bülent Taşucu | 1948 | Mersin | FW | → previous season. |