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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 League1980–81. 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.
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.
Kamil Özteser Mustafa Çapanoğlu Güvenç Kurtar Mahir Danabay
Feridun Alkan Raşit Karasu Osman Öngen Mehmet Ali Karakuş
1979–80 Turkish Cup participation
1979–80Turkish 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 1979–80Turkish 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 1981–82European Cup Winners' Cup.
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1979–80Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Stats are counted for 1979–80Second League matches and 1979–80Turkish 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.
Sources: 1979–80 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
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.
^ Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results from maçkolik.com league page, retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed in Milliyet online archive performed on 12 August 2010.
Round 29 - 11.05.1980 - MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 0-0. Mersin. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Cengiz Kaynak, Oktay Sülelioğlu. MİY: Salih, Nevzat, Osman, Tahir, B.Metin, K.Mehmet, Mücellip, Mehmet Ali, Raşit, Feridun, Özcan. Ankara Demirspor: Atilla, B.Ali, Ali, Mehmet, Ömer, Ahmet, Erdoğan, Suat, Faysal, K.Ali, Muammer. After this match MİY guaranteed championship. With news that Boluspor lost reached to the stadium, MİY has promoted to first league third time."Mersin İdmanyurdu tied with Ankara Demirspor and guarateed championship". Ankara D. Spor ile berabere kalan Mersin İd. Yurdu Şampiyonluğunu ilan etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.05.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
Championship Game - 21.05.1980 - Kocaelispor-MİY: 6-4. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Talat Tokat, Erkan Göksel. Kocaelispor: Baha, Zeki, Bülent, Mahir, Kamil, Ahmet, Mustafa, Baturman (Kamuran), Orhan, Ceyhun, Güvenç. Goals: Güvenç 17', Ceyhun 83'. SP: Kamil, Mustafa, Güvenç, Mahir. MİY: Salih, Nevzat, Osman, Tahir, Mehmet, Feridun, Mehmet Ali, Raşit, Mücellip, Sinan, Özcan. Goals: Özcan 30', Raşit 73'. "Kocaelispor beats Mersin İdmanyurdu 6-4 and becomes the champions of second league." Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 6-4 yenen Kocaelispor ikinci lig şampiyonu oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.05.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (in Turkish). See another page from Cem Pekin Archives which shows game report (including penalty order) at the bottom of the page. (in English).
^ TFF website does not have an official page for 1979–80 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in Turkish). See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, and Turkey - Final Tables by Turkish Soccer by Erdinç Sivritepe, retrieved on 23 July 2010, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 16 August 2015, (in Turkish).
Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1979–80 squad and 1979–80 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
^ Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1979–80 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and (2) appearances and goals from maçkolik.com team page. Retrieved on 27 August 2015. Some of the detail were obtained from Cem Pekin Archives
Kemal Damkal. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
Mücellip Pehlivan. In the team since Summer 1978. His previous team was Lülebugazspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
Nasır Belci. In the team since Summer 1976. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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