Mersin İdmanyurdu (also ''Mersin İdman Yurdu'', ''Mersin İY'', or ''MİY'') Sports Club; located in

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, east

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coast of

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in 1978–79.

Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin İdman Yurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and ...

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

(MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in

. 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: ''Sources'': 1978–79 Turkish Second Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations fro
Cem Pekin Archives
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 Second League Red Group in 1978–79 season is shown in the following table. 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:

First half

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 The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

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.

participated in 1978–79

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 The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European association football, football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renam ...

. TFF website does not have an official page for 1978–79 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 1978–79

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) 1978–79

game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and

EEST Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes it ...

. ''Source'': 1978–79 Turkish Cup pages. MİY amateur team was also participated and eliminated to Tarsus İdmanyurdu:Cem Pekin Archives
- Retrieved on 23.07.2010. * 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:'' ''Note:'' Only official games were included.

1978–79 squad

Stats are counted for 1978–79 Second League matches and 1978–79

(''Türkiye Kupası'') matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. Se
TFF Club page
Search for 1978–79 squad and 1978–79 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed i
Milliyet online archive
for 1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and (2) appearances and goals fro
maçkolik.com team page
Retrieved on 27 August 2015. (3) Some of the players of Mersin İdmanyurdu include following. Player names obtained from game against Gençlerbirliğibr>Gençlerbirliği fan site
7 April 2010. 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'': 1978–79 season squad data from maçkolik com, ''Milliyet'', and Cem Pekin Archives.

Notes and references

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