President Turhan Lokmanoğlu Stadium Mersin, Turkey Turkish Cup Eliminated at R3 | Coach Orhan Yüksel First League 16th | |
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1977–78. The 1977–78 season was the sixth 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 the second relegation from first division after 1973–74. Team's bad performance continued in Cup matches as well.
Contents
- Pre season
- 197778 First League participation
- Results summary
- League table
- Results by round
- 197778 Turkish Cup participation
- Cup track
- Game details
- Club management
- Coaching team
- 197778 squad
- References
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:
1977–78 First League participation
First League 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 (MİY) 1977–78 First League league summary:
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:
Source: 1977–78 Turkish First Football League pages. u=14:10, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
1977–78 Turkish Cup participation
1977–78 Turkish Cup 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 (MİY) followed in 1977–78 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1977–78 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Club management
Turhan Lokmanoğlu was club president.
Coaching team
1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
1977–78 squad
Stats are counted for 1977–78 First League matches and 1977–78 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.
Transfer news from Milliyet: