# 1981–82 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1981–82. At the end of 1981–82 season Mersin İdmanyurdu has promoted to First League for the fourth time. The 1981–82 was the eighth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 1st in Group C.
Mersin İdmanyurdu Executive Committee was consisting of the following: Mehmet Fatih Deveci (president), Mahir Turan and Mustafa Nihat Sözmen (vice-presidents), Remon Kumdereli (general captain), Mircan Fırat (general secretary), Hamit Hayfavi (audit), Mehmet Biricik (captain of amateur branches), Şefik Balcı (treasurer), Aydın Özlü (club physician), Sever Yıldızçelik, Ramazan Balta, Özge Cadun, Basil Dumani, Nesimi Sağay and Erol Tarhan (members). The club's address was: "Atatürk Cad. Toros Ofis İşhanı, Kat: 3 Mersin" "Telefon: 153 17".
Candan Dumanlı became the head coach. His assistant was Kahraman Karataş. İlhami Özata was press officer.

## Pre-season

Preparation games:
* MİY – Hatayspor: 0–0.
* MİY – Adana Demirspor: 1–1.
* MİY – Ceyhanspor: 3–1.
* 16.08.1981 - İskenderunspor – MİY: 0–2.

## 1981–82 Second League participation

In its 19th season (1981–82) Second League was played with 60 teams, 15 in four groups: Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D. Group winners promoted to First League 1982–83. Bottom teams in each group relegated to promotion league (Third league was abandoned previous year). Mersin İY became 1st with 21 wins and 46 goals in Group C. No second league championship game played starting from 1980–81.

### Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1981–82 Second League Group C 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 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 |
| Second half | | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 |
| Overall | 1 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 11 | +35 | 47 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | +27 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 20 |

### League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Group C in 1981–82 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 | Mersin İdmanyurdu (C) (P) | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 11 | 47 | – | 12 | 2 | – | 27 | 1 |
| 2 | Kayserispor | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 17 | 45 | 2–1 | 13 | 1 | 0–1 | 28 | 2 |
| 3 | Gençlerbirliği | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 33 | 1–0 | 24 | 1 | 0–0 | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | Konyaspor | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 0–0 | 10 | 1 | 1–0 | 25 | 1 |
| 5 | Burdurspor | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 4–1 | 4 | 1 | 1–0 | 19 | 1 |
| 6 | Urfaspor | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 2–1 | 8 | 1 | 0–0 | 23 | 1 |
| 7 | Ispartaspor | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 26 | 3–0 | 15 | 1 | 2–1 | 30 | 1 |
| 8 | Hatayspor | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 26 | 3–1 | 18 | 1 | 2–1 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | İskenderunspor | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 26 | 1–0 | 22 | 1 | 1–1 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | Ceyhanspor | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 1–0 | 26 | 1 | 2–0 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | Ankara Demirspor | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 2–0 | 16 | 1 | 2–1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Mardinspor | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 30 | 23 | 2–1 | 20 | 1 | 0–1 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Malatyaspor | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 34 | 22 | 3–0 | 29 | 1 | 1–0 | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | Tarsus İdmanyurdu | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 33 | 21 | 2–0 | 2 | 1 | 2–0 | 17 | 1 |
| 15 | Elazığspor (R) | 28 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 17 | 6–0 | 6 | 1 | 0–0 | 21 | 1 |
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 1981–82 Second League Group C 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | B | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | B | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

### Mid-season

Preparation games:
* 24.01.1982 - MİY-Sakaryaspor.
* 31.01.1982 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 2-0.

### Second half
## 1981–82 Turkish Cup participation

1981–82 Turkish Cup was played for the 20th season as Federasyon Kupası by 146 teams. First elimination round was played in one-leg elimination system. Second through sixth elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1981–82 Turkish Cup from round 2 and was eliminated at round 6 (1/16) by Samsunspor. Samsunspor was eliminated at quarterfinals. Galatasaray won the Cup for the 7th time and became eligible for 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup.

### Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1981–82 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A | H | Result |
| Round 2 | Second League Group C | Second League Group C | Tarsus İdmanyurdu | 1–1 | 2–0 | Promoted to R3 |
| Round 3 | Second League Group C | Amateur | Konya Demirspor | 2–2 | 2–0 | Promoted to R4 |
| Round 4 | Second League Group C | Second League Group C | Ceyhanspor | 2–1 | 0–1 | Promoted to R5 |
| Round 5 | Second League Group C | Second League Group A | Sarıyer | 3–0 | 1–0 | Promoted to R6 |
| Round 6 | Second League Group C | Second League Group D | Samsunspor | 0–0 | 0–1 | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1981–82 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## Management
### Club management

Mehmet Fatih Deveci was club president.

### Coaching team

1981–82 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | | 01.08.1981 – 31.05.1982 | | | | | |

## 1981–82 squad

Stats are counted for 1981–82 Second League matches and 1981–82 Turkish Cup (Federasyon 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 | TG | ← Season Notes → |
| 1 | 1 | Salih Sayar | 25 May 1957 | Istanbul | GK | | → previous season. |
| 2 | 2 | Tahir Temur | 1954 | Istanbul | DF | 3 | → previous season. |
| 3 | 3 | Esat Öksüzcük | 22 Mar 1959 | İzmit | DF | | → previous season. |
| 4 | 4 | Mustafa Çimen | 1952 | Erdek | DF | | → previous season. |
| 5 | 5 | İsmail Yavru | 8 Aug 1958 | Akçaabat | DF | | → previous season. |
| 6 | 6 | Nasır Belci | 1 Dec 1955 | Adana | DF | | → previous season. |
| 7 | 7 | Levent Arıkdoğan | 23 Aug 1953 | Mersin | MF | | 1981 ST İskenderunspor. |
| 8 | 8 | Levent Dörtgöz | 1958 | Ankara | MF | | → previous season. |
| 9 | 9 | Sertaç Yüzbaş | 20 Mar 1958 | Adana | MF | 10 | 1981 ST Ankaragücü. |
| 10 | 10 | Mehmet Ali Karakuş | 25 Nov 1957 | Erzincan | FW | | → previous season. |
| 11 | 11 | Şükrü Işık | 1959 | | FW | | 1981 ST İstanbulspor. |
| 12 | 12 | Atıf Öztoprak | 8 May 1952 | Sakarya | GK | | → previous season. |
| 13 | 13 | Osman Öngen | 19 Jan 1954 | Adana | DF | | → previous season. |
| 14 | 10 | Mehmet Ertanıroğlu | 1960 | Tarsus | FW | | 1981 ST Tarsus İY. |
| 15 | 11 | Öner Behlül | | | FW | | 1981 ST |
| 16 | 11 | Haluk Turfan | 22 Jan 1964 | Mersin | FW | | → previous season. |
| 17 | 13 | Abdulkadir Arslan | 1 Nov 1961 | Akçaabat | DF | | 1981 ST Trabzonspor. |
| 18 | 6 | Raşit Karasu | 31 Oct 1950 | Istanbul | MF | | → previous season. |
| 19 | 11 | Mehmet Şilan | 17 Dec 1955 | Mersin | FW | | → previous season. |
| 20 | 10 | İrfan Ertürk | 25 May 1957 | Ahmetli | FW | | 1982 WL Göztepe. |
| 21 | 3 | Levent | | | DF | | → previous season. |
| 22 | 13 | Muammer | | | | | 1981 ST Ank.Demirspor. |
| 23 | 14 | Kemal | | | | | |
| 24 | 15 | Suat | | | | | 1981 ST Fenerbahçe. |
| 25 | 16 | Hüseyin Kurtuldu | 19 Jan 1963 | Mersin | MF | | → previous season. |
| 26 | 12 | Özcan Balta | 1964 | Mersin | GK | | → previous season. |
News from Milliyet:
* Transfers: Suat, Esat (Fenerbahçe (in exchange for Özcan)), Sertaç (Ankaragücü), Muammer (Ankara Demirspor), Levent (İskenderunspor), Memik (Tarsus İdmanyurdu), Metin (Sirkeci), Abdülkadir (Trabzonspor), Şükrü (İstanbulspor).
* Team squad: Salih, Atıf, Tahir, Esat, Mustafa, İsmail, Abdülkadir, Muammer, Şükrü, M.Ali, B.Levent, K.Levent, Nasır, Raşit, Levent, Kemal, Ömer, Suat, Sertaç, Memik, Sılan, Haluk.
* Galatasaray coach Birch did not want and Öner loaned from Galatasaray, 26.10.1981.
* Özcan Balta was capped in U-18 national team in European championship organized in Hama, Finland between 21–30 May 1982. Turkey was in the same group with Scotland, Holland and Albania.
* Kemal went to Galata Gençlik in Summer 1982. Reşit (Vefa Simtel)