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Mersin İdmanyurdu

1980–81 season
Coach	İsmet Arıkan
Stadium	Mersin, Turkey
First League	15th (Relegated)
Turkish Cup	Eliminated at QF
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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 1980–81. The 1980–81 season was the 10th 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 third time the team relegated. The club signed with coach İsmet Arıkan. Arıkan's assistant was conditioner Seyfi Alanya.

1980–81 First League participation

The 1980–81 season was the 23rd season of First League. The league was played with 16 teams and last three teams were relegated to Second League 1981–82. Mersin İdmanyurdu finished 15th First League 1980–81 season and relegated to second division.

Mersin İdmanyurdu has become the only team in the history of Turkish first level football league, whose points were deleted. In 1980–81 season the team has drawn away from the field in Beşiktaş game. For that reason TFF decided to award the match to Beşiktaş by 3-0 and delete two extra points of MİY. MİY finished season with 21 points at 15th place, 6 points back of 14th team.

At the end of first half MİY became the most violent team with 3 red cards, Tahir, Mücellip, Ali. Mehmet Şilan, Kazım and Osman were one match suspended players due to yellow card penalties.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1980–81 First League summary:

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Turkey First League in 1980–81 season is shown in the following table.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1980–81 First League by rounds:

First half

24 August 1980 Round 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	3 – 1	Kocaelispor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 17:00	Özcan Kızıltan 8' Feridun Alkan 47' (P) Mücellip Pehlivan 55'	Report	16' Mahir Danabay  34' Mustafa Çapanoğlu	Referee: Yahya Diker

31 August 1980 Round 2	Beşiktaş	3 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Sunday, 17:00	Mehmet Ekşi 30' (P) Mehmet Ekşi 51' (P) Ziya Doğan 62'	Report		Attendance: 27.606 Referee: Sadık Deda
Note: MİY coach İsmet Arıkan has withdrawn team from the field as a protest to referee's decisions.

27 September 1980 Round 4	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 0	Zonguldakspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00	Mücellip Pehlivan 20' Mücellip Pehlivan 26'	Report		Referee: Erdoğan Albay

19 October 1980 Round 5	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 1	Galatasaray	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00	Mehmet Ali Karakuş  51' Tahir Temur  76' Atıf Öztoprak  78'	Report	65' Cüneyt Tanman  71' Cüneyt Tanman  76' Öner Kılıç	Referee: İhsan Türe

26 October 1980 Round 6	Adana Demirspor	2 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Adana
Sunday, 15:00	Hasan Eryiğit 37' Hasan Eryiğit 77' İzzet Çağlayan  87'	Report	32' Harun Erol  29' Mücellip Pehlivan	Referee: Celal Türk

2 November 1980 Round 7	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Gaziantepspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:15	Mehmet Ali karakuş  9' Mehmet Şilan  40' Özcan Kızıltan  65'	Report	33' Ahmet Yılmaz  57' Fatih Zambak  77' Hayri Kol  88' Ünsal Özer	Referee: Nihat Özbirgül

9 November 1980 Round 8	Rizespor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Rize
Sunday, 14:00	Hüseyin Hemşinlioğlu 80'	Report		Referee: Teoman Parer

16 November 1980 Round 9	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	Fenerbahçe	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:15	Mücellip Pehlivan 47' Osman Öngen  51' Mehmet Ali Karakuş  83'	Report	25' Ali Kemal Denizci  79' Ali Kemal Denizci  83'  Onur Kayador	Referee: Yılmaz Önen

23 November 1980 Round 10	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Boluspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:15	Mücellip Pehlivan 82'	Report		Referee: Nihat Gülşen

7 December 1980 Round 11	Adanaspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Adana
Sunday, 13:30	Bora Öztürk 88'	Report	17' Osman Öngen  33' Mehmet Şilan  69' Kazım Renk  71' Mehmet Ali Karakuş	Referee: Güngör Tuncel

14 December 1980 Round 12	Eskişehirspor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir
Sunday, 13:45	Aykut Yiğit  67' Ali İhsan Silin 80'	Report		Referee: Halil Atalık

21 December 1980 Round 13	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Bursaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30	Mücellip Pehlivan 34'	Report		Referee: Talat Tokat

28 December 1980 Round 14	Altay	3 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Alsancak Stadium, İzmir
Sunday, 14:00	Ethem Adlığ 20' Şeref İncirmen 44' Behiç Başatuğrul 52'	Report	48' Osman Öngen	Referee: Nihat Güner

4 January 1981 Round 15	Orduspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Eylül Stadium, Ordu
Sunday, 13:15	Şenol Çorlu 16' Şenol Çorlu  39'	Report	39' Mustafa Çimen	Referee: Necmi Temizel

Second half

1 February 1981 Round 16	Kocaelispor	3 – 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İsmetpaşa Stadium, İzmit, Kocaeli
Sunday, 14:30	Turgay Aksu 1' Güvenç Kurtar 12' Kamil Öztezer 22' Orhan Görsen  40'	Report	18' Vehbi Günay 76' Vehbi Günay	Referee: Coşkun Kutay

8 February 1981 Round 17	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 1	Beşiktaş	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00	Vehbi Günay  18' Mustafa Çimen  58' Mehmet Şilan  67' Mehmet Ali Karakuş  78'	Report	23' Özer Umdu	Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Talat Tokat

15 February 1981 Round 18	Trabzonspor	3 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:45	Sinan Ünal 58' Sinan Ünal 76' Sinan Ünal 81'	Report		Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Ünal Şahin

22 February 1981 Round 19	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 0	Altay	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00	Sedat Gezer 5' Nevruz Şerif 75' Vehbi Günay  68'	Report	44' Sabahattin Erbuğa  79' Mustafa Turgat  87' Mustafa Denizli	Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu

1 March 1981 Round 20	Zonguldakspor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Zonguldak
Sunday, 14:15	Ayhan Akbin 20' Kemal Yıldırım 60'	Report	65' Mücellip Pehlivan	Referee: Erkan Göksel

8 March 1981 Round 21	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Orduspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30	Nevruz Şerif 23' (P)	Report		Referee: Cumhur Demir

14 March 1981 Round 22	Galatasaray	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Saturday, 15:00		Report	52' Nejdet Öksüzcük  78' Mehmet Şilan	Attendance: 14.788 Referee: İhsan Türe

29 March 1981 Round 23	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Adana Demirspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30	Vehbi Günay 4' Özcan Kızıltan  51' Vehbi Günay  80'	Report		Referee: Ekrem Yenci

5 April 1981 Round 24	Gaziantepspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep
Sunday, 14:45	Erdal Evyapan 11'	Report	40' Levent Dörtgöz  68' Özcan Kızıltan	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Yılmaz Dinçel

19 April 1981 Round 25	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 1	Rizespor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	Tahir Temur 40' Harun Erol 68'	Report	58' Sinan Turhan	Referee: Erkan Göksel

26 April 1981 Round 26	Fenerbahçe	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Sunday, 16:00	Alpaslan Eratlı 55' (P)	Report	7' Metin Çekiçler  28' Sedat Gezer  61' Vehbi Günay	Attendance: 16.570 Referee: Coşkun Kutay

3 May 1981 Round 27	Boluspor	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Bolu
Sunday, 16:00	Mehmet Akdülger 78' Alaattin Yolaçan  26'	Report	67' Nevruz Şerif  26' Mehmet Ali Karakuş	Referee: Necmi Temizel

10 May 1981 Round 28	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 2	Adanaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	Tahir Temur 19' Vehbi Günay 57'	Report	18' Ercan Albay 79' Ahmet Kahraman  71' Şevket Kesler	Referee: Ekrem Yenci

17 May 1981 Round 29	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 2	Eskişehirspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	Sedat Gezer  51' Vehbi Günay  88'	Report	47' Aykut Yiğit 84' Ali İhsan Silin  65' İhsan İdikut	Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu

24 May 1981 Round 30	Bursaspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Bursa
Sunday, 16:00	Sedat Özden 11'	Report	63' Özcan Kızıltan	Referee: Özer Kızıltan

1980–81 Turkish Cup participation

1980–81 Turkish Cup was played for the 19th season as Türkiye Kupası by 139 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 1980–81 Turkish Cup from round 5 and was eliminated at quarterfinals by Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe was eliminated at semifinals by Ankaragücü. Ankaragücü won the Cup for the 2nd time and became eligible for 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup. Ankaragücü who won the Cup as a second division team was also promoted to 1981-82 First League by means of a special decision which was applied only for them.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1980–81 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1980–81 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

12 November 1980 Round 5 Leg 1	Şekerspor	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Wednesday, 14:30	Hayri Obüs 86'	Report	64' Raşit Karasu	Referee: Yahya Diker

17 December 1980 Round 5 Leg 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Şekerspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 13:30	Mücellip Pehlivan 27' Mehmet Ali Karakuş  38'	Report	54' Mehmet Kahveci  68' İsmet Kaynar	Referee: Fikri Öztürk

25 February 1981 Round 6 Leg 1	Samsunspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun
Wednesday, 13:45	Metin Karabulut 76' Hakkı Bayrak  38'	Report		Referee: Erol Polat

11 March 1981 Round 6 Leg 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Samsunspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 14:30	Mücellip Pehlivan 78' Özcan Kızıltan 110' Özcan Kızıltan  42'	Report	59' Kenan Topçu	Referee: Erkan Göksel

1 April 1981 QF Leg 1	Fenerbahçe	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Wednesday, 15:00	Selçuk Yula 28' Raşit Çetiner 88' Sedat Karaoğlu  72'	Report	16' Özcan Kızıltan  29' Vehbi Günay  74' Sedat Gezer	Attendance: 15.465 Referee: İbrahim Acar

8 April 1981 QF Leg 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 2	Fenerbahçe	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 15:00	Mücellip Pehlivan  44'	Report	33' (F) İsa Ertürk 77' Mustafa Arabacıbaşı  40' Müjdat Yetkiner  44' İsa Ertürk  68' Raşit Çetiner	Attendance: 2.989 Referee: Yavuz Tunç

Management

Club management

Aslan Çevirgen was club president.

Coaching team

1980–81 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat	Head Coach	Period	Pl	W	D	L	Notes
		01.08.1980 – 31.05.1981

1980–81 squad

Stats are counted for 1980–81 First League matches and 1980–81 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	Nat	Name	Birth	Born	Pos	LA	LG	CA	CG	TA	TG			← Season Notes →
1	1		Salih Sayar	25 May 1957	Istanbul	GK	26		5		31				→ previous season.
2	2		Tahir Temur	1954	Istanbul	DF	11	2	1		12	2		1	→ previous season.
3	3		İsmail Yavru	8 Aug 1958	Akçaabat	DF	16		4		20				1980 ST Trabzonspor.
4	4		Mustafa Çimen	1952	Erdek	DF	20		4		24		2		1980 ST Beşiktaş.
5	5		Feridun Alkan			DF	13	1			13	1			→ previous season.
6	6		Nasır Belci	1 Dec 1955	Adana	DF	7		1		8				→ previous season.
7	7		Levent Dörtgöz	1958	Ankara	MF	26		4		30		1		1980 ST Gençlerbirliği.
8	8		Özcan Kızıltan	12 Jul 1959	Istanbul	MF	25	1	4	1	29	2	6		→ previous season.
9	9		Harun Erol	25 Oct 1960	Çankırı	FW	24	2	6		30	2			1980 ST Gençlerbirliği.
10	10		Mücellip Pehlivan	1 Aug 1954	Lüleburgaz	FW	26	6	6	2	32	8	3	1	→ previous season.
11	11		Mehmet Şilan	17 Dec 1955	Mersin	FW	16		2		18		4		→ previous season.
12	12		Atıf Öztoprak	8 May 1952	Sakarya	GK	3				3		1		→ previous season.
13	13		Yusuf Turan	9 Aug 1958	Trabzon	DF	19		4		23				1980 ST Sebat Gençlik.
14	14		Mehmet Ali Karakuş	25 Nov 1957	Erzincan	FW	19		3		22		6	1	→ previous season.
15	15		Kenan Aydın	28 May 1959	Adana	DF	1				1				→ previous season.
16	13		Kazım Renk			FW	6				6		1		→ previous season.
17	14		Eyüp Hazeren			DF	10		1		11				1980 ST Adanaspor.
18	15		Levent			DF
19	2		Osman Öngen	19 Jan 1954	Adana	DF	11		1		12		3		→ previous season.
20	13		Nejat Ersin	29 Aug 1959	Adapazarı	DF	1				1				1980 ST A.Demirspor.
21	6		Raşit Karasu	31 Oct 1950	Istanbul	MF	8		5	1	13	1			→ previous season.
22	12		Özcan Balta	1964	Mersin	GK									First time professional.
23	1		Ahmet Lülü	19 Jan 1952	Mersin	GK	1		1		2
24	8		Nevruz Şerif	22 Mar 1951	Istanbul	MF	14	3	3		17	3			1981 WL Altay.
25	4		Esat Öksüzcük	22 Mar 1959	İzmit	DF	13		4		17		1		1981 WT.
26	5		Sedat Gezer	15 Nov 1954	Samsun	DF	15	1	4		19	1	3		1981 WT Diyarbakırspor.
27	7		Metin Çekiçler	3 Jan 1961	Istanbul	FW	13	1	2		15	1			1981 WL Galatasaray.
28	10		Vehbi Günay	1953	Görele	FW	14	4	2		16	4	6		1981 WL Diyarbakırspor.
29	15		Haluk Turfan	22 Jan 1964	Mersin	FW									First time professional.
30	16		Hüseyin Kurtuldu	19 Jan 1963	Mersin	MF									First time professional.

News from Milliyet:

• Transfers in (Summer): İsmail (Trabzonspor); Right-back Mustafa Çimen (Beşiktaş); Harun, Levent (Gençlerbirliği); Yusuf (Sebat Gençlik), Eyüp (Adanaspor); Raşit (Tarsus İdmanyurdu).
• In the mid-season K.Metin was loaned from Galatasaray; and Vehbi was loaned from Diyarbakırspor. Nevruz loaned from Altay (21.12.1980).
• Özcan went to Fenerbahçe after the season (30.04.1981). In exchange Esat and İsmail came to MİY from Fenerbahçe.

See also

• Football in Turkey

Notes and references

1. See "Ligin rekorları ve ilkleri" in Turkish Hürriyet
2. ^ Standings, promotion and relegations from Turkish-Soccer, 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.
3. See Turkey - Final Tables Erdinç Sivritepe and RSSSF
4. Weekly data from Futbol merkezi Archived 2012-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
5. Round 01 - 24.08.1980 - MİY-Kocaelispor: 3-1. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Yahya Diker, Tayfun Özcan, Asım Yazıcıoğlu. MİY: Salih, Mustafa (Yusuf), İsmail, Tahir, Nasır, Levent, Mücellip, Feridun, Şilan (M.Ali), Özcan, Harun. Subs: Atıf, Kenan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Özcan 8', Feridun 47', Mücellip 55'. Kocaelispor: Cumhur, Zeki, Kamil, Mahir, Gürbey, Ahmet, Baturman, Mustafa, Orhan, Güvenç, Halil. Subs: Halit, Veli, K.Halit, Ceyhun, Faik. Coach: Zeynel Soyuer. Goal: Mahir 16'. "Mersin İdman Yurdu beat Kocaelispor 3-1". Mersin İdman Yurdu Kocaelispor'u 3-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.08.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
6. Round 02 - 31.08.1980 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 3-0 (awarded score). Sunday, 17:00. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Weather: 27°C open, sunny. Attendance: 27.606. Referees: Sadık Deda, Nuri Bilgin, Baki Özcan. Beşiktaş: Mustafa, Kemal, Ömer, B.Haluk, Süleyman, Ziya, Mehmet Ekşi, Serdar, Necdet, Akif, Fikret. Subs: Rasim, Bora, Ulvi, Samet, K.Haluk. Coach: Metin Türel. Goals: Mehmet Ekşi 29'(P), 51'(P), Ziya 62'. MİY: Salih, Mehmet Ali, Tahir, İsmail, Nasır, Levent, Mücellip, Feridun, Özcan, Mehmet Şilan (Kazım), Harun. Subs: Atıf, Yusuf, Eyüp, Kenan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Mersin has withdrawn from the field when Beşiktaş was leading 3-0".Beşiktaş 3-0 galipken M. İd. Yurdu sahadan çekildi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.09.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. (in Turkish)
7. Round 03 - 07.09.1980 - MİY-Trabzonspor: 0-0. Sunday. Weather: 24°C open and sunny. Mersin. Referees: Talat Tokat, Zekai Kunak, Hasan Güven. MİY: Atıf, Yusuf, İsmail, Tahir, Nasır, Levent, M.Ali, Feridun, Mücellip, Özcan, Harun. Subs: Salih, Eyüp, Kenan, Şilan, Mustafa, Levent. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Trabzonspor: Şenol, Turgay, Necati, Hüsnü, Ahmet, Yaşar, K.Şenol, İskender, Sinan, Mustafa, Levent. Subs: Ali, Arif, İbrahim, Faruk. Coach: Özkan Sümer was in Poland for European Cup; team was managed by Ergun Kantarcı. "Trabzonspor returns from Mersin İd.Y. match with one point: 0-0". Trabzonspor, Mersin İd.Y. deplasmanından bir puanla dönüyot: 0-0.. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.09.1980, p. 9. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
8. Round 04 - 27.09.1980 - MİY-Zonguldaspor: 2-0. Sunday. Weather: 26°C open and sunny. Referees: Erdoğan Albay, Ali İrfan Ata, Sina Özcan. MİY: Atıf, Yusuf, Tahir, Nasır, İsmail, Levent, Özcan (Necat), Feridun, Mücellip, Şiran (M.Ali), Harun. Subs: Salih, Eyüp, Osman. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Mücellip 20', 26'. Zonguldakspor: Birol, Savaş, Muammer, Turgut, Hüseyin, Hamdi, Fuat (Ercan), Ersoy (Tuğrul), Hamit, Kemal, Günay. Sub: Rasin. Coach: Candan Tarhan. "M.İd.Yurdu beat leader Zonguldak: 2-0". M.İd.Yurdu lider Zonguldak'ı yendi: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.09.1980, p. 9. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
9. Round 06 - 26.10.1980 - Adana Demirspor-MİY: 2-1. Sunday. Adana. Referees: Celal Türk, Mustafa Taşkın, İsmail Irmak. Adana Demirspor: İzzet, Hüseyin, Savaş, İlyas, K.Orhan (Necmettin), Burhan, Eren, B.Orhan, Adnan, Hasan, Nevzat. Goals: Hasan 37', Hasan 66'. Subs: Hasan, Bilbay, İbrahim, Mehmet. Coach: Doğan Emültay. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Osman, Eyüp, Levent, M.Ali, Feridun, Mücellip, Özcan, Harun. Subs: Özcan, Nasır, Nejat, Kazım, Mustafa. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Harun 22'. "Adana D.Spor sent Mersin İd. Yurdu pointless: 2-1". Adana D.Spor Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu puansız gönderdi: 2-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.10.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
10. Round 07 - 02.11.1980 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 0-0. Sunday. Weather: 21°C open. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Atilla Köşel, Zekai Kunat. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, Osman, Eyüp, İsmail, Raşit, Özcan, Levent, Mehmet Ali, Şiran, Harun. Subs: Özcan, Feridun, Nejat, Mustafa. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: M.Ali, Şiran, Özcan. Gaziantepspor: Yaşar, Nurettin, Fatih, Hayri, Ünsal, Reşit, Murat, Tuğrul, B.Hüseyin, Ahmet, Sami, Erdal. Subs: Cemal, Nihat, Müjdat, Hakan. Coach: Refik Özvardar. Yellow cards: Ahmet, Fatih, Hayri, Ünsal. "Gaziantepspor drawn with M.İ.Y. goalless: 0-0". Gaziantepspor M.İ.Y. ile golsüz berabere kaldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.11.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
11. Round 08 - 09.11.1980 - Rizespor-MİY: 1-0. Rize. Referees: Teoman Parel, İbrahim Karaoğlu, Adnan Doğru. Rizespor: Bahattin, Erol, Hüsnü, Yaşar, Oktay, Müfit, Osman, Arif, Hüseyin, Zafer, K.Oktay. Subs: K.Sinan, Kahraman, Muharrem, K.Osman. Coach: Nevzat Soyluoğlu. Goal: Hüseyin 80'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Osman, İsmail, Övünç, Levent, Harun, Özcan, M.Ali, Mücellip, Raşit. Subs: Kazım, Yusuf, Necat, K.Özcan, Kasım. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Rizespor-Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1-0". Rizespor-Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.11.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
12. Round 09 - 16.11.1980 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 1-1. Sunday. Weather: 26°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yılmaz Önen, Mustafa Taşkın, Turan Özener. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Nasır (Eyüp), Osman, Harun, Özcan, Levent, Mehmet Ali, Mücellip, Raşit (Kazım). Subs: Özcan, İsmail, Nejat. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Mücellip. Yellow cards: Osman, M.Ali. Red card: M.Ali. Fenerbahçe: Adem (Fikret), Onur, Erol, Alpaslan, Cem, Önder, Müjdat, Sedat, A.Kemal (Mustafa), Suat, Selçuk. Subs: İsa, Hasan, Mehmet. Coach: Friedl Rausch. Goal: A.Kemal. Yellow cards: Onur, A.Kemal. Red card: Onur. "Fenerbahçe could not save win and leadership in Mersin." Fenerbahçe, Mersin'de galibiyeti ve liderliği koruyamadı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.11.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (in Turkish)
13. Round 10 - 23.11.1980 - MİY-Boluspor: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 26°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Nihat Gülşen, İsmail Hakkı Bora, Hamit Baloğlu. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Eyüp, Osman, Harun, Özcan (Kazım), Levent, Mücellip, Şilan, Raşit. Subs: Ahmet, Necat, Reşit, İsmail. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Mücellip 82'. Boluspor: Çetin, B.İbrahim, Nuri, Alaattin, Erdem, K.İbrahim, Selahattin, Demir, B.Çetin, Halil İbrahim, Minas. Subs: İlker, Ahmet, Mehmet, Şahap, Şenol. Coach: Cahit Sinan. "Mersin-Bolu: 1-0". Mersin-Bolu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.11.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
14. Round 11 - 07.12.1980 - Adanaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Referees: Güngör Tuncel, Macit Aknam, Coşkun Güzelalan. Adanaspor: Malik, Şevket, Timuçin, K.Mustafa, B.Mustafa, Suat, Selahattin, Ercan, Nihat, Bora, Kayhan. Subs: Ahmet, Necat, Sedat, Gani, Nevzat. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goal: Bora: 88'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Osman, Yusuf, İsmail, Mücellip, Mehmet Ali, Harun, Şiran, Özcan, Raşit. Subs: Ahmet, Eyüp, Kazım, Reşit, Levent. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Adanaspor beat Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1-0". Adanaspor Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu yendi: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.12.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
15. Round 12 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-0. 14.12.1980, Sunday. Eskişehir. Referees: Halil Atalık, Nebi Kardelen, Zeki Gündem. Eskişehirspor: Sinan Alağaç, Selahattin, Bilal, İsmail, Tayfun, Burhan, İhsan, Aykut, Zafer, Ender, Ali İhsan. Mersin İdmanyurdu: Salih Sayar, Mustafa Çimen, Yusuf, İsmail, Osman, Harun, Özcan, Levent, Mehmet Ali Karakuş, Mücellip, Reşit. Goals: Aykut (67'), Ali İhsan (80'). Game details from a site of "game memories". maç anıları. Retrieved on 23 July 2015. (in Turkish).
16. Round 13 - 21.12.1980 - MİY-Bursaspor: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 16°C open. Mersin. Referees: Talat Tokat, Bayram Can, Mehmet Arıman. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, İsmail, Osman, Nevruz, Mücellip, Levent, Feridun, Şilan, Harun. Bench: K. Ahmet, Kenan, Özcan, Kazım, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Mücellip 34'. Bursaspor: Alptuğ, Sedat II, Erdinç, Sinan, Özer, Recai, Sedat III, Mustafa, Kadir, Ahmet, Muzaffer. Subs: Aslan, K.Mehmet, İsmail, Beyhan, Altan. Coach: Fethi Demircan. "Mersin İd. Yurdu-Bursa: 1-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu-Bursa: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.12.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
17. Round 14 - 28.12.1980 - Altay-MİY: 3-0. Sunday. İzmir. Referees: Nihat Güner, Zihni Alemdar, Bilgin İnce. Altay: Sabahattin, Zafer, Şeref, Mehmet, Alper, K.Mustafa, Kemal Kılıç, Ethem, Behiç, B.Mustafa. Subs: Can, Ramazan, Önder Ali. Coach: Bayram Dinsel. Goals: Ethem 20', Şeref 44', Behiç 53'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Harun, Osman, Levent, Mücellip, Özcan, Feridun, Şilan, Kazım. Subs: Özcan, Eyüp, Kenan, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Osman 48'. "Altay - Mersin idmanyurdu: 3-0." Altay - Mersin idmanyurdu: 3-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.12.1980, p. 13. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
18. Round 15 - 04.01.1981 - Orduspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Ordu. Weather: Sunny but cold, field was muddy due to previous day's rain. Referees: Necmi Temizel, Aydın Erkal, Sadun Aksoy. Orduspor: İbrahim, Uğur, Salih, Levent, B.Turgay, Üstün, Şükrü, Güven, Arif, Mahmut, Şenol. Subs: Alptekin, Sezai, Adil, Ertuğrul. Coach: Candan Dumanlı. Goal: Şenol 18'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Osman, Harun, Feridun, Levent, Reşit, Mücellip, Şilan, Kazım. Subs: K.Özcan, Eyüp, Kenan, Nejat, B.Özcan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Ordu-Mersin İd.Yurdu: 1-0." Ordu-Mersin İd.Yurdu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.01.1981, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
19. Round 16 - 01.02.1981 - Kocaelispor-MİY: 3-2. Sunday. Weather: heavy. İzmit. Referees: Coşkun Kutay, İbrahim Kalfaoğlu, Koray Kamalıoğlu. Kocaelispor: Müjdat (Erhan), Zeki, Kamil, Mahir, Gürbey (Murat), Turgay, Mustafa, Baturman, Orhan, Ceyhun, Güvenç. Subs: Ahmet, Halil, Yusuf. Coach: Zeynel Soyuer. Goals: Turgay 1'(H) (25th second), Güvenç 13'(H), Kamil 22'(H). MİY: Salih, Mustafa, M.Ali, Sedat, Esat, Levent, Mücellip, Feridun, Metin, Vehbi, Harun. Subs: Özcan, Yusuf, Özcan, Raşit, Mehmet. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Vehbi 18'(F), Vehbi 76'. "Kocaeli defeated Mersin İd. Yurdu by 3-2." Kocaeli Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 3-2 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.02.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (in Turkish)
20. Round 17 - 08.02.1981 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 0-1. Sunday. Weather: First heavy then open. Mersin. Attendance: 20.000. Referees: Talat Tokat, İbrahim Karaoğlan, Turhan Özener. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Mehmet Ali, Esat, Mücellip, Nevruz (Özcan), Feridun, K.Metin, Vehbi, Harun (Şilan). Subs: Ahmet, Yusuf, Levent. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow cards: Vehbi, Şilan, Mustafa, Mehmet Ali. Beşiktaş: Rasim, Süleyman, Ulvi, Mehmet Ekşi, Samet, Rıza, Serdar, Akif, Necdet, Özer, Şaban. Subs: Mustafa, Ünal, Kenan, Fikret, Kemal. Coach: Dorde Miliç. Goal: Özer 23'. After the match Mehmet Ali knocked Serdar. "Özer makes Beşiktaş happy again in Mersin." Beşiktaş'ın Mersin'de yüzünü gene Özer güldürdü. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.02.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (in Turkish)
21. Round 18 - 15.02.1981 - Trabzonspor-MİY: 3-0. Sunday. Weather: 18°C open sunny. Trabzon. Attendance: c. 15.000. Referees: Ünal Şahin, Cemal Keçeci, Hasan Karaca. Trabzonspor: Şenol, Turgay, Necati, Hüsnü, Ahmet, Arif (Mustafa), Güngör, Cemil, Sinan, Tuncay, İskender. Subs: Ali, K. Şenol. Manager: Özkan Sümer. Goals: Sinan 58', 76', 81'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Osman (Sedat), Yusuf, Eyüp, Levent, Ferdiun, Nevruz, Metin, Vehbi, Mücellip. Subs: Ahmet, Esat, Şilan, Harun. Manager: İsmet Arıkan. "Trabzonspor broke Mersin İd. Yurdu away: 3-0". Trabzonspor Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu farklı yendi: 3-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.02.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
22. Round 19 - 22.02.1981 - MİY-Altay: 2-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 20°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yusuf Namoğlu, Sedat Kant, Özcan Dal. MİY: Ahmet, Mustafa, Sedat, İsmail, Esat (Eyüp), Nevruz, Metin, Levent, Feridun, Vehbi, Mücellip. Subs: Salih, Yusuf, Mehmet, Özcan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Sedat 5', Nevruz 75'. Altay: Sait, Sabahattin, Zafer, Şerafettin, Bilal, Alper, Kemal, B.Mustafa, Ümit, Ethem, Mustafa. Subs: Can, Ramazan, Önder, Ali, Behiç. Coach: Rıza Şenol. "Mersin İd. Yurdu - Altay: 2-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu - Altay: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.02.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
23. Round 20 - 01.03.1981 - Zonguldakspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday. Weather: 2°C sleety. Zonguldak. Attendance: Low. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Metin Tuğcu, Zeki İnan. Zonguldakspor: Birol, Hüseyin, Tuğrul, Turgut, Muammer, Ersoy, Hamdi, Savaş, Hamit, Ayhan, Kemal. Subs: Rasim, Fuat, Yaşar, Nurettin, Ercan. Coach: Candan Tarhan. Goals: Ayhan 20', Kemal 60'. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Esat, Sedat, Nevruz, Mehmet, Harun, Mücellip, Vehbi, Metin. Subs: Ahmet, Mustafa, Eyüp, Özcan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Zonguldakspor did not have difficulty against Mersin İd. Yurdu: 2-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu karşısında zorlanmadı: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.03.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
24. Round 21 - 08.03.1981 - MİY-Orduspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 22°C, open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Cumhur Demir, Kemal Ceylan, Sezai Temel. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, Sedat, İsmail, Esat, Nevruz, Harun, Özcan, Mücellip, Vehbi, Metin (Şiran). Subs: Özcan, Eyüp, Kenan, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Ordu: Alptekin, B.Turgay, Levent, K.Turgay, Salih, Seçkin, Zafer, Şükrü (Sezai), Şenol, Mahmut, Güven. Subs: İbrahim, Uğur, Selahattin. Coach: Candan Dumanlı. "Mersin İd. Yurdu left Orduspor pointless: 1-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Orduspor'u puansız bıraktı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.03.1981, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
25. Round 22 - 14.03.1981 - Galatasaray-MİY: 0-0. Saturday, 15:00. Weather: 5°C, heavy, rainy. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 14.788. Referees: İhsan Türe, Erdal Balkanlı, Hasan Zerek. Galatasaray: Haydar, Fettah, Ali Çoban, Fatih, Erdoğan, Cüneyt, Mustafa (B.Metin 57'), Orhan, Öner (Reşit 45'), Müfit, Bülent. Subs: Eser, Turgay, Mehmet. Coach: Brian Birch. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Sedat, Esat, Özcan, Nevruz, Levent, Mücellip, Vehbi, Metin (Mehmet 55'). Subs: Ahmet, Eyüp, Harun, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow cards: Esat 61', Mehmet 88'. "G.saray stambled by Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0-0." G.saray, Mersin İd. Yurdu'na takıldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.03.1981, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (in Turkish)
26. Round 23 - 29.03.1981 - MİY-Adana Demirspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 24°C sunny. Mersin. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Onur Songur, Hasan Ceylan. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, Sedat, İsmail, Esat, Nevruz, Özcan, Levent, Mücellip, Vehbi, Şilan (Harun). Subs: Ahmet, Mustafa, Raşit, Metin. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Vehbi 4'. Yellow card: Özcan (first half). Adana Demirspor: Hasan, Hüseyin, Mehmet, K.Hasan, K.Orhan, K.İbrahim, B.Orhan, Savaş, Eren, Rasin, Müjdat. Subs: İzzet, İbrahim, Nevzat, Bilbay, Adnan. Coach: Coşkun Özarı. "Mersin İd. Yurdu defeated Adana D.Spor: 1-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Adana D.Spor'u yendi: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.03.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
27. Round 24 - 05.04.1981 - Gaziantepspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Weather 2°C sunny. Gaziantep. Attendance: c. 10.000. Referees: Yılmaz Dinçel, Necdet Akkurt, Hakan Tatar. Gaziantepspor: Yaşar, Ünsal, Fatih, Tuğrul, Ali, Doğan, Sami, Hüseyin, Reşit, Ahmet, Erdal, Murat. Subs: Cemal, Nurettin, Uğur, Müjdat, Hakan. Coach: Gürcan Berk. Goal: Erdal 11'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Yusuf, Esat, Levent, Mehmet Ali, Nevruz, Mücellip, Vehbi, Özcan. Bench: Ahmet, Tahir, Kenan Faruk, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Levent. "Gaziantep, Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 1-0 mağlup etti". Gaziantep beats Mersin İd. Yurdu by 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.04.1981, p. 10. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
28. Round 25 - 19.04.1981 - MİY-Rizespor: 2-1. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Coşkun Uygun, Cengiz Demirpençe. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Nevruz, M.Ali, Levent, Metin, Vehbi, Şiran. Subs: Ahmet, Yusuf, Eyüp, Raşit, Harun. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Tahir 40', Harun 68'. Rize: Bahattin, Kasım, Yaşar, Kahraman, Muharrem, Müfit, Sinan, Arif, B.Osman, K.Osman, Zafer. Subs: K.Sinan, Hüseyin, Erol, Reşat. Coach: Halil Güngördü. Goal: Sinan 58'."Mersin İd. Yurdu beat Rizespor 2-1". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Rizespor'u 2-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.04.1981, p. 13. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
29. Round 26 - 26.04.1981 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 21°C open. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 16.570. Referees: Coşkun Kutay, Bedri Dölkeleş, Turan Özener. Fenerbahçe: Adem, Onur, Erol, Alpaslan, Cem, Mehmet (İsa), Müjdat, Raşit, Sedat (Raşit), Mustafa, Suat, Selçuk. Subs: Fikret, Yaşar, Sertaç. Coach: Friedel Rausch. Goal: Alpasalan 55'(P). MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Levent, Metin, Nevruz, Mehmet Ali (Metin), Özcan, Vehbi, Mücellip (Harun). Subs: Atıf, Nasır, Eyüp. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Metin 7'(H). Yellow cards: Sedat, Vehbi. "Fenerbahçe could only save a draw from relegation candidate Mersin: 1-1". Fenerbahçe düşme hattındaki Mersin'den beraberliği güç kurtardı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.04.1981, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
30. Round 27 - 03.05.1981 - Boluspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday. Weather: Partly cloudy. Bolu. Referees: Necmi Temizel, Sezen Duygulu, Fazıl Aksoy. Boluspor: İlker, B.İbrahim, Nuri, Alaattin, Erdem, K.İbrahim, Salahattin, Çetin, Halil İbrahim, Minas. Subs: Çetin, Şahap, Şenol, K.Mehmet, B.Mehmet. Coach: Cahit Sinan. Goal: K.Mehmet 78'. Yellow card: Alaattin 26'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Levent, Nevruz, Mehmet Ali, Metin, Vehbi, Mücellip. Subs: Atıf, Eyüp, Harun, Özcan, Nazım. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Nevruz 67'. Yellow card: Mehmet Ali 26'. "Mersin İd. Yurdu got one point from Boluspor: 1-1." Mersin İd. Yurdu Boluspor'dan bir puan aldı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.05.1981, p. 15. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
31. Round 28 - 10.05.1981 - MİY-Adanaspor: 2-2. Sunday. Mersin. Weather: 18°C, partly cloudy. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Turgut Sözener, Onursal Uras. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Nevruz, M.Ali, Levent, Metin, Vehbi, Özcan. Subs: Atıf, Eyüp, Yusuf, Nasır. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Tahir 19', Vehbi 57'. Adanaspor: Malik, Şevket, K.Mustafa, B.Mustafa, Timuçin, Nejat, Ahmet, Selahattin, Kamil, Bora, Ercan. Subs: B.Ahmet, Varol, Suat, Nihat, Gani. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goals: Ercan 18', Ahmet 79'. "Mersin İd. Yurdu - Adanaspor couldn't beat each other: 2-2." Mersin İd. Yurdu - Adanaspor yenişemedi: 2-2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.05.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
32. Round 29 - 17.05.1981 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 0-2. Sunday. Weather: 18°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yusuf Namoğlu, Kemal, Bayram, Sedat Kant. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat (Eyüp), Nevruz, Mehmet Ali, Levent, Metin, Vehbi, Özcan. Subs: Atıf, Yusuf, Mücellip, Harun. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Sedat. Eskişehirspor: Sinan, Ender, Bilal, İsmail, Tayfun, Serdar, Zafer, Hüdai, Aykut, Ali İhsan, İhsan. Subs: Selahattin, Gani, Burhan, Coşkun. Coach: Nihat Atacan. Goals: Aykut 47', Ali İhsan 84'. Yellow card: İhsan. "Eskişehirspor beat Mersin İd. Yurdu in Mersin by 1-0". Eskişehirspor, Mersin'de Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 2-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.05.1981, p. 15. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
33. Round 30 - 24.05.1981 - Bursaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: open. Bursa. Referees: Özer Kızıltan, Yılmaz Sarıoğlu, Ergüder Yılmaz. Bursaspor: Alptuğ, Sedat II, Erdinç, Ahmet, Sinan, Muzaffer, Recai, Sedat III, Cengiz, B.Ahmet, Mustafa. Subs: Aslan, İsmail, Beyhan, Turgay, Nihat. Coach: Fethi Demircan. Goal: Sedat III 11'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Eyüp, Levent, Harun, Nasır, Metin, Mücellip, Özcan. Subs: Atıf, Raşit, Haluk, Hüseyin. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Özcan."Bursaspor defeated Mersin İd. Yurdu by Sedat III's goal." Bursaspor Mersin İd. Yurdunu Sedat III'ün golüyle yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.05.1981 Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
34. ^ TFF website does not have an official page for 1980–81 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).
35. R6/L1 - 25.02.1981 - Samsunspor-MİY: 1-0. Wednesday. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun. Referees: Erol Polat, Turhan Şahin, Cahit Türüp. Samsunspor: Adnan, Hamdi, Eyüp, Cazip, Adem, Hakkı, Metin, Kenan, Ahmet, Hasan, Murat. MİY: Ahmet, Mustafa, Esat, İsmail, Sedat, Özcan, Nevruz, Metin, Harun, Mücellip, Mehmet. "Samsun - M. İ. Yurdu: 1-0". Samsun - M. İ. Yurdu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.02.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
36. QF/L1 - 01.04.1981 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 2-0. Wednesday, 15:00. Weather: 7°C, sometimes heavy sometimes sunny. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 15.465. Referees: İbrahim Acar, Fikri Kuştemir, İbrahim Karaoğlan. Fenerbahçe: Adem, Müjdat (Hasan 80'), Alpaslan, Erol, Cem (B.Mehmet 69'), Onur, İsa, Sedat, Ali Kemal, Raşit, Selçuk. Subs: Fikret, Yaşar, Mustafa. Goals: Selçuk 29', Raşit 88'. Red card: Sedat 87'. Coach: Friedl Rausch. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Sedat, Esat, Levent, Nevruz (Raşit 57'), Harun, Mücellip, Vehbi, Özcan. Subs: Ahmet, Mustafa, Kenan, Metin. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow cards: Vehbi 30', Özcan 30'. "Bad football, good result for Fenerbahçe: 1-0". Fenerbahçe'de kötü futbol, iyi sonuç: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.04.1981, p. 16. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
37. QF/L2 - 08.04.1981 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-2. Wednesday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Weather: 20°C partly cloudy. Attendance: 2.989. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Muhsin Karabağ, Zeki Gündem. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir Esat (Eyüp), Levent, Nevruz, Raşit, M.Ali, Mücellip, Harun. Subs: Ahmet, Yusuf, Kenan, Reşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Mücellip 24'. Sent offf: Mücellip 44'. Fenerbahçe: Adem, Müjdat, Erol, Alpaslan, Cem, Onur, İsa (Suat), Yaşar (Mustafa), Ali Kemal, Raşit, Selçuk. Subs: Fikret, Mehmet, Hasan. Coach: Rausch. Yellow card: İsa 44', Müjdat, Raşit. Goals: İsa 33(F), Mustafa 77'(F). "F.bahçe promoted to semi-finals by beating Mersin İdmanyurdu". M. İd. yurdu'nu 2-0 yenen F.bahçe yarıfinale yükseldi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.04.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. (in Turkish)
38. Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1980–81 squad and 1980–81 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
39. ^ Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1980–81 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
40. Salih Sayar. In the team since Summer 1979. His previous team was Süleymaniye Sirkeci. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
41. Tahir Temur. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İstanbulspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
42. İsmail Yavru. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Trabzonspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
43. Mustafa Çimen. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Beiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
44. Feridun Alkan. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Karabükspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
45. 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 page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
46. Levent Dörtgöz. K. Levent. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine and TFF Player profile.
47. Özcan Kızıltan. In the team since Summer 1978. He grew up in MİY youth team. Player signed to Fenerbahçe for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
48. Harun Erol. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Gençlerbirliği for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
49. Mücellip Pehlivan. In the team since Summer 1978. His previous team was Lülebugazspor. At the end of the season player signed to Bursaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
50. Mehmet Şilan. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
51. Atıf Öztoprak. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
52. Yusuf Turan. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Sebat Gençlik. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
53. Mehmet Ali Karakuş. In the team since Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
54. Kenan Aydın. Player signed in Summer 1979. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
55. Kazım Renk. In the team since Summer 1979. In later seasons player signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
56. Eyüp Hazeren. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Adanaspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
57. Osman Öngen. In the team since Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine.
58. Nejat Ersin. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile and TFF player details for national matches.
59. Raşit Karasu. In the team since Summer 1979. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
60. Özcan Balta. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
61. Ahmet Lülü. K. Ahmet. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
62. Nevruz Şerif. Player signed on 21 December 1980. He was loaned from Altay for the rest of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
63. Esat Nejdet Öksüzcük. Player signed in Winter 1981. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
64. Sedat Gezer. Player signed in Winter 1981. His previous team was Diyarbakırspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
65. Metin Çekiçler. Player signed in Winter 1981. He was loaned from Galatasaray for the second half of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
66. Vehbi Günay. Player signed in Winter 1981. He was loaned from Diyarbakırspor for the second half of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
67. Haluk Turfan. In the team since Summer 1980. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
68. Hüseyin Kurtuldu. In the team since Summer 1980. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.

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