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1989–90 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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President
  
Kaya Mutlu

Turkish Cup
  
Eliminated at Round 1

Second League
  
Group C: 3rd

Most appearances
  
Hakan (31)

Head coach
  
Aydın Tohumcu (till 4 January 2010) Ger Blok (till 31 May 1990)

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 1989–90. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in 1989–90 season. The team fought for promotion to first division in second league but finished 3rd in its group. According to a ranking published in France Football magazin, MİY ranked as 448th among 528 teams who participated in European cups since 1955.

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Kaya Mutlu was the president. Head coach was Aydın Tohumcu at the start of the season; in the mid season Gerhart Block took over the team. Most appeared player was Hakan with 32 appearances, while Yasin Evkuran was the top goalscorer with 15 goals.

Pre-season

MİY released 8 players in July 1989. With new transfers MİY formed a challenging team. MİY started season with championshio claims in Second League Group C.

  • Preparation games: MİY-Adana Demirspor: 1–1 (13 August 1989). Adana Demirspor-MİY: 2–1. Niğdespor-MİY: 1–1. Hatayspor-MİY: 0–0. MİY-Hatayspor: 5–0.
  • 1989–90 Second League participation

    Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in the 1989–90 Second League season. League was played by 51 teams in three groups with 17 teams in each. Nine teams had been promoted from lower league, whereas three had been relegated from upper league. Season was started on 2 September 1989 and ended on 20 May 1990. Top teams in each group were promoted to 1990–91 First League, whereas bottom three teams were relegated to 1990–91 Third League at the end of the season.

    Mersin İdmanyurdu took place in the 1989–90 Second League season in Group C and finished 3rd with 16 wins and 43 goals.

    Results summary

    Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1989–90 Second League season league summary:

    League table

    Mersin İY's league performance in 1989–90 Second League Group C season is shown in the following table.

    Results by round

    Results of games MİY played in 1989–90 Second League Group C by rounds:

    Source: 1989-90 Turkish Second Football League pages. u=11:50, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    First half

    Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1989–90 Second League Group C season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

    Mid-season

  • Faruk Karadoğan's jubilee match: 28.01.1990 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 0–2. Faruk Karadoğan was a former player of MİY, Beşiktaş and Turkish National team. It had been 15 years since Karadoğan left football in Beşiktaş.
  • Second half

    Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1989–90 Second League Group C season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

    1989–90 Turkish Cup participation

    1989–90 Turkish Cup was played for the 28th season as Federasyon Kupası by 46 teams: 18 first league (then top division) teams; 25 second league teams (teams finished top 9 places and rlegated teams from upper level). Five elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1989–90 Turkish Cup and eliminated at first elimination round by PTT. Beşiktaş won the Cup for the 3rd time. Because Beşiktaş had also won the league title, Cup finalist Trabzonspor was qualified for 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup.

    Cup track

    The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1989–90 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

    Game details

    Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1989–90 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

    Club management

    President of the club was Kaya Mutlu, Mayor of Mersin city.

    Coaching team

    Aydın Tohumcu was the manager at the start of the season. Aydın Tohumcu signed as the head coach on 9 August 1989. On 4 January 1990, the Netherlands national football team's former trainer Gerhart Block became MİY manager.

    1989–90 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

    1989–90 squad

    Sources: TFF club page and maçkolik team page.

    Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    Transfers out: Hakan (Adanaspor).

    References

    1989–90 Mersin İdmanyurdu season Wikipedia