1980–81 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1980–81. The 1980–81 season was the 10th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu 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 1980–81 First League summary:
Sources: 1980–81 Turkish First Football League pages.

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

Second half

1980–81 Turkish Cup participation

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 followed in 1980–81 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResult
Round 5First LeagueSecond League Group BŞekerspor1–11–0Promoted to R6
Round 6First LeagueSecond League Group BSamsunspor0–12–0Promoted to QF
QFFirst LeagueFirst LeagueFenerbahçe0–20–2Eliminated

Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1980–81 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1980–81 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Aslan Çevirgen was club president.

Coaching team

1980–81 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
01.08.1980 – 31.05.1981

Note: Only official games were included.

1980–81 squad

Stats are counted for 1980–81 First League matches and 1980–81 Turkish Cup 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.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Salih Sayar25 May 1957İstanbulGK26531 previous season.
22Tahir Temur1954İstanbulDF11211221 previous season.
33İsmail Yavru8 Aug 1958AkçaabatDF16420 Trabzonspor.
44Mustafa Çimen1952ErdekDF204242 Beşiktaş.
55Feridun AlkanDF131131 previous season.
66Nasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF718 previous season.
77Levent Dörtgöz1958AnkaraMF264301 Gençlerbirliği.
88Özcan Kızıltan12 Jul 1959İstanbulMF251412926 previous season.
99Harun Erol25 Oct 1960ÇankırıFW2426302 Gençlerbirliği.
1010Mücellip Pehlivan1 Aug 1954LüleburgazFW2666232831 previous season.
1111Mehmet Şilan17 Dec 1955MersinFW162184 previous season.
1212Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK331 previous season.
1313Yusuf Turan9 Aug 1958TrabzonDF19423 Sebat Gençlik.
1414Mehmet Ali Karakuş25 Nov 1957ErzincanFW1932261 previous season.
1515Kenan Aydın28 May 1959AdanaDF11 previous season.
1613Kazım RenkFW661 previous season.
1714Eyüp HazerenDF10111 Adanaspor.
1815LeventDF
192Osman Öngen19 Jan 1954AdanaDF111123 previous season.
2013Nejat Ersin29 Aug 1959AdapazarıDF11 A.Demirspor.
216Raşit Karasu31 Oct 1950İstanbulMF851131 previous season.
2212Özcan Balta1964MersinGKFirst time professional.
231Ahmet Lülü19 Jan 1952MersinGK112
248Nevruz Şerif22 Mar 1951İstanbulMF1433173 Altay.
254Esat Öksüzcük22 Mar 1959İzmitDF134171.
265Sedat Gezer15 Nov 1954SamsunDF15141913 Diyarbakırspor.
277Metin Çekiçler3 Jan 1961İstanbulFW1312151 Galatasaray.
2810Vehbi Günay1953GöreleFW14421646 Diyarbakırspor.
2915Haluk Turfan22 Jan 1964MersinFWFirst time professional.
3016Hüseyin Kurtuldu19 Jan 1963MersinMFFirst time professional.

Sources: 1980–81 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
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