Mersin İdmanyurduSports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1982-83. The 1982–83 season was the 11th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in First League, the first level division in Turkey. The team was promoted to first division last season for the fourth time. President Mehmet Fatih Deveci has transferred two famous players from Fenerbahçe, and Bursaspor's former manager Gündüz Tekin Onay. General Captain was Remon Kumdereli. The club address was: "Yaşat İşhanı K: 3. Mersin. Tel: 15317". Manager Gündüz Tekin Onay suffered from gastrointestinal bleeding; and his assistant Erhan Dodanlı coached the team from 22nd through 25th round. In the first half of the season the team was successful. However, in the second half they couldn't score goals and they have relegated to second division at the end of the season. It was fourth time the team relegated. In Turkish Cup they played finals and lost against Fenerbahçe. Since Fenerbahçe also won the league title MİY represented Turkey in CWC in next season. MİY became the first team who became eligible to represent Turkey in a European cup and relegated to second league. Ironically, as MİY relegated and couldn't have promoted again to first league, Fenerbahçe couldn't have won again the Turkish Cup.
Pre-season
MİY prepared to the season at Uludağ. Later played some away games. Before the start of the season MİY attended in a tournament in Ankara.
1 August 1982 - Sakaryaspor-MİY: 2-0. Goals: B.Turgay 6', Yenal 67'. Adapazarı. Sakaryaspor's and Fenerbahçe's former player Zafer's jubilee match.
14 August 1982 - MİY-Bursaspor: 0-0; 6-5. penalties. TSYD Kupası, Ankara. Saturday 16:00. MİY: Goals: B.Cevat, İsa, Metin, Tahir, Rıdvan, Nasır. Bursaspor: Goals: Sedat, Beyhan, Karaliç, Erdinç, İsa. With this score MİY promoted to finals of the cup. The other game was played between Ankaragücü and Zonguldakspor at 18:00 same day. On second day, winners of the first day played for the cup while the losers played for third place.
MİY attended First League in 1982–83 season. At the end of the season MİY was relegated to Second League by goal average and number of goals. First team qualified for Champion Clubs' Cup, second for UEFA Cup. MİY became the first club in Turkey which qualified for a European Cup and relegated to second division in Turkey.
was played for the 21st season as Federasyon Kupası by 186 teams. Six elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1982–83 Turkish Cup from round 5 and was eliminated at Finals by Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the 4th time. Because cup winner Fenerbahçe also won the league title, Mersin İdmanyurdu was qualified for 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup.
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1982–83 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Round
Own League
Opponent's League
Opponent
Result
Round 5
First League
Second League Group B
Göztepe
1–0
2–1
Promoted to R6
Round 6
First League
First League
Bursaspor
0–0
2–1
Promoted to QF
QF
First League
First League
Sarıyer
1–0
1–1
Promoted to SF
SF
First League
First League
Trabzonspor
1–1
1–0
Promoted to F
F
First League
First League
Fenerbahçe
0–2
1–2
Eligible for ECWC
Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu 1982–83 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST. Source: 1982–83 Turkish Cup pages.
