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:

''Sources'': 1977–78 Turkish First Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations fro
Turkish-Soccer
retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results fro
maçkolik.com league page
retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed i
Milliyet online archive
performed on 12 August 2010.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1977–78 season is shown in the following table.

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:

First half

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. TFF website does not have an official page for 1977–78 Turkish Cup, but results for finals a
TFF Turkish Cup page
retrieved on 15 August 2015, . See some details on cup matches a

an

by Turkish Soccer by Erdinç Sivritepe, retrieved on 23 July 2010, ; an
maçkolik.com Cup page
retrieved on 16 August 2015, .

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1977–78 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

''Note'': In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

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.

''Source'': 1977–78 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Turhan Lokmanoğlu was club president.

Coaching team

''1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:''

''Note:'' Only official games were included.

1977–78 squad

Stats are counted for 1977–78 First League matches and 1977–78 Turkish Cup (''Türkiye Kupası'') matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. Se
TFF Club page
Search for 1977–78 squad and 1977–78 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed i
Milliyet online archive
for 1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and (2) appearances and goals fro
maçkolik.com team page
Retrieved on 27 August 2015. 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.

''Sources'': 1977–78 season squad data from maçkolik com, ''Milliyet'', and Cem Pekin Archives.

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).

See also

* Football in Turkey

Notes and references

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Turkish football clubs 1977–78 season