President H. Okan Merzeci Turkish Cup Did not participate | Second League Group B: 6th Most appearances Yasin Evkuran (29) | |
Head coach İsmet Arıkan
Ali Hoşfikirer Stadium Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium
Mersin, Turkey | ||
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1988–89. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team has participated in Second League in 1988–89 season and finished 6th in Group B.
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Pre-season
Preparation games:
1988–89 Second League participation
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in the 1988–89 Second League season. League was played by 53 teams in three groups one with 17 teams and two with 18. Nine teams had been promoted from lower league, whereas four had been relegated from upper league. Season was started on 20 August 1988 and ended on 14 May 1989. Top teams in each group promoted to 1989–90 First League, whereas bottom three teams in Group A and bottom four teams in Groups B and C were relegated to 1989–90 Third League at the end of the season. In Group B winner was the second team of Bursaspor whose first team was in 1988–89 First League and took place among the relegated teams. Therefore, no promotion occurred. After that season TFF decided that only one team from each group can take place in professional leagues.
Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in the 1988–89 Second League season in Group B and finished 6th with 14 wins and 48 goals.
Results summary
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1988–89 Second League Group B league summary:
League table
Mersin İY's league performance in 1988–89 Second League Group B season is shown in the following table.
Results by round
Results of games MİY played in 1988–89 Second League Group B by rounds:
Source: 1988–89 Turkish Second Football League pages. u=14:10, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
First half
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1988–89 Second League Group B season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Mid-season
Second half
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1988–89 Second League Group B season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
1988–89 Turkish Cup participation
1988–89 Turkish Cup was played for the 27th season as Federasyon Kupası by 71 teams: 19 first league (then top division) teams; 34 second league teams (teams finished top 8 places and promoted teams in previous season ); and 17 third league teams (teams finished top 3 places in previous season). First two rounds were played in one-leg elimination system, while rest of the rounds were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu did not participate in 1988–89 Turkish Cup, because they had finished previous season at 11th place in Second League Red Group. Beşiktaş won the Cup for the 2nd time and was qualified for 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup.
Club management
H. Okan Merzeci was club president.
Coaching team
1988–89 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
1988–89 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Names of the players were obtained through a search in Milliyet archives for Mersin idmanyurdu in 1988-89 season.