# 1979–80 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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 Second 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. Runners-up 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.

### Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1979–80 Second League Group A 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 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Second half | | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| Overall | 1 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 13 |

### League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Group A in 1979–80 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) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Boluspor (Q) (P) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 19 | 39 | 0–0 | 13 | 1 | 0–2 | 28 | 1 |
| 3 | Samsunspor | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 20 | 36 | 1–0 | 11 | 1 | 0–2 | 26 | 1 |
| 4 | Ankaragücü | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 4–1 | 9 | 1 | 0–1 | 24 | 1 |
| 5 | Karabükspor | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 2–1 | 20 | 1 | 0–1 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Giresunspor | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 4–0 | 27 | 1 | 1–2 | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | MKE Kırıkkalespor | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 29 | 31 | 2–0 | 15 | 1 | 0–3 | 30 | 1 |
| 8 | Şekerspor | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 2–0 | 1 | 2 | 2–1 | 16 | 1 |
| 9 | Urfaspor | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 1–0 | 4 | 1 | 2–1 | 19 | 1 |
| 10 | Sivasspor | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 28 | 3–1 | 8 | 1 | 0–0 | 23 | 1 |
| 11 | Konya İdmanyurdu | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 37 | 27 | 1–0 | 18 | 1 | 1–0 | 13 | 1 |
| 12 | Erzurumspor | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 3–2 | 22 | 1 | 0–0 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | Sebat Gençlik | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 3–1 | 6 | 2 | 0–0 | 21 | 1 |
| 14 | Ankara Demirspor | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 33 | 25 | 0–0 | 29 | 1 | 0–0 | 14 | 1 |
| 15 | Elazığspor | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 22 | 2–0 | 25 | 1 | 1–1 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | Eskişehir Demirspor | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 48 | 20 | 2–0 | 17 | 1 | 1–0 | 2 | 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. No relegation.

### Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1979–80 Second League Group A 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Mid-season

In the mid-season, MİY played a jubilee match for captain İbrahim against Galatasaray on 13 January 1980 at Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium. İbrahim left jersey no. 9 to Mücellip on 10th minute.
* 13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0–1.

### Championship match

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

## 1979–80 Turkish Cup participation

1979–80 Turkish Cup was played for the 18th season as Türkiye Kupası by 123 teams. First four elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Fifth and sixth elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1979–80 Turkish Cup and was eliminated at round 3 by MKE Kırıkkalespor. Kırıkkalespor was eliminated at round 5. Altay won the Cup for the 2nd time and became eligible for 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.

### Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1979–80 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A/H | Score | Result |
| Round 3 | Second League Group A | Second League Group A | MKE Kırıkkalespor | H | 0–0 (pen. 2–4) | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1979–80 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## Management
### Club management

Hadi Doğan was club president.

### Coaching team

1979–80 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | Suat Mamat | 01.08.1979 – 31.05.1980 | | | | | |

## 1979–80 squad

Stats are counted for 1979–80 Second League matches and 1979–80 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 | Salih Sayar | 25 May 1957 | Istanbul | GK | 1979 ST S.Sirkeci. |
| 2 | 2 | Nevzat | | | DF | |
| 3 | 3 | Tahir Temur | 1954 | Istanbul | DF | → previous season. |
| 4 | 4 | Kemal Damkal | 1950 | Adana | DF | → previous season. |
| 5 | 5 | Osman Öngen | 19 Jan 1954 | Adana | DF | → previous season. |
| 6 | 6 | M. Ali Karakuş | 25 Nov 1957 | Erzincan | FW | → previous season. |
| 7 | 7 | Haydar | | | FW | → previous season. |
| 8 | 8 | Feridun Alkan | | | DF | → previous season. |
| 9 | 9 | Özcan Kızıltan | 12 Jul 1959 | Istanbul | MF | → previous season. |
| 10 | 10 | İbrahim Arayıcı | 1949 | Silifke | FW | → previous season. |
| 11 | 11 | Sinan | | | FW | |
| 12 | 12 | Atıf Öztoprak | 8 May 1952 | Sakarya | GK | → previous season. |
| 13 | 13 | Mücellip Pehlivan | 1 Aug 1954 | Lüleburgaz | FW | → previous season. |
| 14 | 14 | Kazım Renk | | | FW | 1979 ST. |
| 15 | 15 | Kenan Aydın | 28 May 1959 | Adana | DF | 1979 ST. |
| 16 | 16 | Bülent | | | | |
| 17 | 17 | Sabri | | | | |
| 18 | 6 | Nazif | | | MF | |
| 19 | 13 | Mehmet Şilan | 17 Dec 1955 | Mersin | FW | → previous season. |
| 20 | 6 | Nasır Belci | 1 Dec 1955 | Adana | DF | → previous season. |
| 21 | 11 | Raşit Karasu | 31 Oct 1950 | Istanbul | MF | 1979 ST A.Demirspor. |
| 22 | 6 | Özer | | | FW | |
Transfer news from Milliyet:
* Transfers in: Raşit (Adana Demirspor).
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:
* Mid season friendly game - 13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-1. On 5th minute İbrahim left his place and jersey no. 9 to Mücellip.