# 1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1977–78. The 1977–78 season was the sixth 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 the second relegation from first division after 1973–74. Team's bad performance continued in Cup matches as well.
The team started the season with coach Kadri Aytaç. However Aytaç left the club and became the manager of Rizespor after the 7th round. Trainers Seyfi Alanya and Turgut Kafkas managed the team for the rest of the first half games. Orhan Yüksel became the coach at the start of the second half of the season. Yüksel completed the season.

## Pre-season

The team has prepared for the season at Uludağ. Preparation games:
* 07.08.1977 - Balıkesirspor-MİY: 3-0.
* The team played two jubilee matches on 10 August for Garay from Adana Demirspor and Güray from MİY on 17 August.
* 18.08.1977 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 1-1.

## 1977–78 First League participation

First League was played with 16 teams in its 21st season, 1977–78. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1978–79. Mersin İY finished 16th with 3 wins and relegated to second division next year. It was worst season of the team in First League.

### Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1977–78 First 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 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 2 |
| Second half | | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| Overall | 16 | 30 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 34 | -15 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 6 |

### League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1977–78 season is shown in the following table.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Eskişehirspor | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 25 | |
| 13 | Adana Demirspor | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 25 | |
| 14 | Samsunspor | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 24 | |
| 15 | MKE Ankaragücü (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 22 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 16 | Mersin İdman Yurdu (R) | 30 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 21 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
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 1977–78 First League 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

### Second half
## 1977–78 Turkish Cup participation

1977–78 Turkish Cup was played for the 16th season as Türkiye Kupası by 89 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 1977–78 Turkish Cup and eliminated at round 3 by Sivasspor. Sivasspor was eliminated at round 4. Trabzonspor won the Cup for the 2nd time.

### Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1977–78 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A | H | Result |
| Round 3 | First League | Second League White Group | Sivasspor | 0–3 | 2–0 | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1977–78 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## Management
### Club management

Turhan Lokmanoğlu was club president.

### Coaching team

1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | | 01.08.1977 – 31.05.1978 | | | | | |

## 1977–78 squad

Stats are counted for 1977–78 First League matches and 1977–78 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 | LA | LG | CA | CG | TA | TG | | | ← Season Notes → |
| 1 | 1 | Aydın Tohumcu | 1 Feb 1943 | Bilecik | GK | 15 | | | | 15 | | | | → previous season. |
| 2 | 2 | Tahir Temur | 1954 | Istanbul | DF | 29 | | 2 | | 31 | | 4 | | → previous season. |
| 3 | 3 | Erman Toroğlu | 24 Nov 1948 | Ankara | DF | 14 | 1 | | | 14 | 1 | | | 1977 ST Ankaragücü. |
| 4 | 4 | Feridun Alkan | | | DF | 25 | 2 | 2 | | 27 | 2 | 3 | | → previous season. |
| 5 | 5 | Mehmet Dayan | 1951 | Balıkesir | DF | 24 | | | | 24 | | | | → previous season. |
| 6 | 6 | Rüçhan Dağdeviren | 1951 | Istanbul | DF | 6 | | 2 | | 8 | | | | → previous season. |
| 7 | 7 | Hikmet Erön | 1948 | Istanbul | MF | 24 | 2 | 2 | | 26 | 2 | | | → previous season. |
| 8 | 8 | Yalçın Tarzan | 1948 | | FW | 24 | | | | 24 | | | | → previous season. |
| 9 | 9 | Erdinç Sandalcı | 1 Jul 1949 | Istanbul | FW | 4 | | 1 | | 5 | | | | 1977 ST Kayserispor. |
| 10 | 10 | Müjdat Karanfilci | 28 Feb 1950 | Gelibolu | FW | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 11 | 11 | İbrahim Arayıcı | 1949 | Silifke | FW | 27 | | 2 | | 29 | | 4 | | → previous season. |
| 12 | 13 | Mehmet Şilan | 17 Dec 1955 | Mersin | FW | 24 | 1 | 1 | | 25 | 1 | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 13 | 1 | Atıf Öztoprak | 8 May 1952 | Sakarya | GK | 17 | | 2 | | 19 | | | | → previous season. |
| 14 | 4 | Kemal Damkal | 1950 | Adana | DF | 28 | | 1 | | 29 | | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 15 | 13 | Zeki Temizer | 1945 | Istanbul | FW | 20 | 2 | 2 | | 22 | 2 | 1 | | → previous season. |
| 16 | 14 | Erol Can | 1954 | | FW | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 1977 ST Balıkesirspor. |
| 17 | 6 | Selçuk Yalçıntaş | 1943 | Ankara | MF | 14 | | 1 | | 15 | | | 1 | 1977 ST Beşiktaş. |
| 18 | 6 | Şeref Başoğu | 1947 | Adapazarı | MF | 16 | 1 | 1 | | 17 | 1 | | | → previous season. |
| 19 | 2 | Nasır Belci | 1 Dec 1955 | Adana | DF | 16 | 2 | 2 | | 18 | 2 | | | → previous season. |
| 20 | 14 | Oktay Akgün | 1953 | | MF | 6 | | 1 | | 7 | | | | 1977 ST Muhafızgücü. |
| 21 | 13 | Bülent Taşucu | 1948 | Mersin | FW | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | First time professional. |
| 22 | 5 | Tahsin | | | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | |
Transfer news from Milliyet:
* Transfers in: Erdinç (Kayserispor); Erol (Balıkesirspor), Oktay (Muhafızgücü); Nihat, Bülent (professionalized, MİY youth team); Erman, Selçuk (Ankaragücü); Mehmet, Zeki (Tirespor); Celal (Tekirdağspor); Eser (Konya Ereğlispor); Mehmet (Tarsus İdmanyurdu). Müjdat was called for national team for Bulgaria match by coach Metin Türel (13.09.1977).
* Transfers out: Rüçhan (Kırıkkalespor, who were promoted to first league); Müjdat (Adana Demirspor); Tahir (Diyarbakırspor); Hikmet (Karagümrük); Erman (Şekerspor); K.Erol (Düzcespor).