Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1978–79. Mersin İdmanyurdu 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.[1] The 1978–79 season was the 7th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 6th in the Red Group.
The () 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 League1979–80 in each group. Runners-up of two groups played a play-off game and winner promoted to first league as well.[2] Last two teams in each group relegated to Third League . Mersin İY became 6th with 9 wins and 28 goals in Red Group.
Results summary[]
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) Second League Red Group league summary:
Overall
Home
Away
Stage
Pc
Pl
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pt
Pl
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pt
Pl
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pt
First half
7
15
2
10
3
12
12
0
14
7
2
4
1
8
3
+5
8
8
0
6
2
4
9
-5
6
Second half
15
7
2
6
16
14
+2
16
8
7
1
0
13
2
+11
15
7
0
1
6
3
12
-9
1
Overall
6
30
9
12
9
28
26
+2
30
15
9
5
1
21
5
+16
23
15
0
7
8
7
21
-14
7
Sources: 1978–79 Turkish Second Football League pages.[3]
League table[]
Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in season is shown in the following table.[4]
Turkish Cup 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. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Turkish Cup 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 1979–80European Cup Winners' Cup.[10]
Cup track[]
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Stats are counted for Second League matches and Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[12][13] 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.
^Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1978–79 squad and 1978–79 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
^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.
^Mücellip Pehlivan. Player signed in 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.
^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.