1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1977–78. The 1977–78 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu 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:
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 1977–78 First League summary:
Sources: 1977–78 Turkish First Football League pages.

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

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 followed in 1977–78 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResult
Round 3First LeagueSecond League White GroupSivasspor0–32–0Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 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:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
01.08.1977 – 31.05.1978

Note: Only official games were included.

1977–78 squad

Stats are counted for 1977–78 First League matches and 1977–78 Turkish Cup 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.
NameBirthBorn Season Notes
11Aydın Tohumcu1 Feb 1943BilecikGK1515 previous season.
22Tahir Temur1954İstanbulDF292314 previous season.
33Erman Toroğlu24 Nov 1948AnkaraDF141141 Ankaragücü.
44Feridun AlkanDF25222723 previous season.
55Mehmet Dayan1951BalıkesirDF2424 previous season.
66Rüçhan Dağdeviren1951İstanbulDF628 previous season.
77Hikmet Erön1948İstanbulMF2422262 previous season.
88Yalçın Tarzan1948FW2424 previous season.
99Erdinç Sandalcı1 Jul 1949İstanbulFW415 Kayserispor.
1010Müjdat Karanfilci28 Feb 1950GeliboluFW287223092 previous season.
1111İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW272294 previous season.
1213Mehmet Şilan17 Dec 1955MersinFW24112512 previous season.
131Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK17219 previous season.
144Kemal Damkal1950AdanaDF281292 previous season.
1513Zeki Temizer1945İstanbulFW20222221 previous season.
1614Erol Can1954FW11 Balıkesirspor.
176Selçuk Yalçıntaş1943AnkaraMF141151 Beşiktaş.
186Şeref Başoğu1947AdapazarıMF1611171 previous season.
192Nasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF1622182 previous season.
2014Oktay Akgün1953MF617 Muhafızgücü.
2113Bülent Taşucu1948MersinFW33First time professional.
225TahsinMF11

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