1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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Mersin İdmanyurdu
1977–78 season
President Turhan Lokmanoğlu
Coach Turkey Orhan Yüksel
Stadium Mersin, Turkey
First League 16th
Turkish Cup Eliminated at R3
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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.

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:

  • 07.08.1977 - Balıkesirspor-MİY: 3-0.
  • The team played two jubilee matches on 10 August for Garay from Adana Demirspor and Güray from MİY on 17 August.
  • 18.08.1977 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 1-1.

1977–78 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:

Overall Home Away
Stage Pc Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt Pl W D L GF GA GD Pt
First half 16 15 2 6 7 11 21 -10 10 8 2 4 2 5 5 0 8 7 0 2 5 6 16 -10 2
Second half 15 1 9 5 8 13 -5 11 7 1 5 1 6 6 0 7 8 0 4 4 2 7 -5 4
Overall 16 30 3 15 12 19 34 -15 21 15 3 9 3 11 11 0 15 15 0 6 9 8 23 -15 6
Sources: 1977–78 Turkish First Football League pages.[1]

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1977–78 season is shown in the following table.[2][3]

Pc Team Games Goals Pts Home Away
Pl W D L F A F–A R Pc F–A R Pc
1 Fenerbahçe (C) (ECC) 30 17 8 5 48 24 42 2–2 17 16 2–5 2 14
2 Trabzonspor (CW) (ECW) 30 18 5 7 42 16 41 0–0 1 9 0–2 16 16
3 Galatasaray (EUC) 30 13 12 5 38 26 38 1–1 6 9 1–2 21 16
4 Adanaspor (EUC) 30 12 11 7 28 31 35 0–0 8 10 0–1 23 16
5 Beşiktaş 30 12 8 10 33 29 32 0–0 24 16 1–4 9 12
6 Altay 30 9 12 9 29 28 30 0–0 22 16 0–0 7 9
7 Boluspor 30 11 8 11 25 26 30 1–2 15 16 0–1 30 16
8 Zonguldakspor 30 11 8 11 33 35 30 0–0 13 14 0–0 28 16
9 Diyarbakırspor 30 10 10 10 29 31 30 1–2 10 14 0–0 25 16
10 Bursaspor 30 9 10 11 26 24 28 1–1 26 16 1–2 11 15
11 Orduspor 30 10 7 13 30 39 27 1–1 20 16 1–2 5 8
12 Eskişehirspor 30 6 13 11 24 28 25 2–1 26 16 0–2 14 16
13 Adana Demirspor 30 7 11 12 24 36 25 0–1 27 16 1–1 12 14
14 Samsunspor 30 8 8 14 26 36 24 1–0 3 11 0–0 18 16
15 Ankaragücü (R) 30 8 6 16 21 31 22 1–0 4 5 1–1 19 16
16 Mersin İdmanyurdu (R) 30 3 15 12 18 34 21

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:

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ground H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H H A H A
Result D L W W L D D D L L L D D L L L D D D D L D L D D D L D W L
Position 9 14 11 5 8 9 9 10 12 14 15 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 16 16

Source: 1977–78 Turkish First Football League pages.[1] u=14:10, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

First half

Second half

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.[34]

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1977–78 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Round Own League Opponent's League Opponent A H Result
Round 3 First League Second League White Group Sivasspor 0–3 2–0 Eliminated
Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

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.

Source: 1977–78 Turkish Cup pages.[34]

Management

Club management

Turhan Lokmanoğlu was club president.

Coaching team

1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat Head Coach Period Pl W D L Notes
Turkey 01.08.1977 – 31.05.1978
Note: Only official games were included.

1977–78 squad

Stats are counted for 1977–78 First League matches and 1977–78 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[35][36] 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.

O N Nat Name Birth Born Pos LA LG CA CG TA TG Booked Red card Season Notes
1 1 Turkey Aydın Tohumcu 1 Feb 1943 Bilecik GK 15 15 from previous season.[37]
2 2 Turkey Tahir Temur 1954 İstanbul DF 29 2 31 4 from previous season.[38]
3 3 Turkey Erman Toroğlu 24 Nov 1948 Ankara DF 14 1 14 1 1977 ST from Ankaragücü.[39]
4 4 Turkey Feridun Alkan DF 25 2 2 27 2 3 from previous season.[40]
5 5 Turkey Mehmet Dayan 1951 Balıkesir DF 24 24 from previous season.[41]
6 6 Turkey Rüçhan Dağdeviren 1951 İstanbul DF 6 2 8 from previous season.[42]
7 7 Turkey Hikmet Erön 1948 İstanbul MF 24 2 2 26 2 from previous season.[43]
8 8 Turkey Yalçın Tarzan 1948 FW 24 24 from previous season.[44]
9 9 Turkey Erdinç Sandalcı 1 Jul 1949 İstanbul FW 4 1 5 1977 ST from Kayserispor.[45]
10 10 Turkey Müjdat Karanfilci 28 Feb 1950 Gelibolu FW 28 7 2 2 30 9 2 from previous season.[46]
11 11 Turkey İbrahim Arayıcı 1949 Silifke FW 27 2 29 4 from previous season.[47]
12 13 Turkey Mehmet Şilan 17 Dec 1955 Mersin FW 24 1 1 25 1 2 from previous season.[48]
13 1 Turkey Atıf Öztoprak 8 May 1952 Sakarya GK 17 2 19 from previous season.[49]
14 4 Turkey Kemal Damkal 1950 Adana DF 28 1 29 2 from previous season.[50]
15 13 Turkey Zeki Temizer 1945 İstanbul FW 20 2 2 22 2 1 from previous season.[51]
16 14 Turkey Erol Can 1954 FW 1 1 1977 ST from Balıkesirspor.[52]
17 6 Turkey Selçuk Yalçıntaş 1943 Ankara MF 14 1 15 1 1977 ST from Beşiktaş.[53]
18 6 Turkey Şeref Başoğu 1947 Adapazarı MF 16 1 1 17 1 from previous season.[54]
19 2 Turkey Nasır Belci 1 Dec 1955 Adana DF 16 2 2 18 2 from previous season.[55]
20 14 Turkey Oktay Akgün 1953 MF 6 1 7 1977 ST from Muhafızgücü.[56]
21 13 Turkey Bülent Taşucu 1948 Mersin FW 3 3 First time professional.[57]
22 5 Turkey Tahsin MF 1 1 [58]
Sources: 1977–78 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.[36]

Transfer news from Milliyet:

  • Transfers in: Erdinç (Kayserispor); Erol (Balıkesirspor), Oktay (Muhafızgücü); Nihat, Bülent (professionalized, MİY youth team); Erman, Selçuk (Ankaragücü); Mehmet, Zeki (Tirespor); Celal (Tekirdağspor); Eser (Konya Ereğlispor); Mehmet (Tarsus İdmanyurdu). Müjdat was called for national team for Bulgaria match by coach Metin Türel (13.09.1977).
  • Transfers out: Rüçhan (Kırıkkalespor, who were promoted to first league); Müjdat (Adana Demirspor); Tahir (Diyarbakırspor); Hikmet (Karagümrük); Erman (Şekerspor); K.Erol (Düzcespor).

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Standings, promotion and relegations from Turkish-Soccer, retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results from maçkolik.com league page, retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed in Milliyet online archive performed on 12 August 2010.
  2. See "Turkey - Final Tables" at Erdinç Sivritepe and RSSSF
  3. Weekly data available at Futbol Merkezi
  4. Round 01 - 28.08.1977 - MİY-Trabzonspor: 0-0. Sunday, 16:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Weather: 36°C open. Attendance: Full. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Talat Tokat, Yılgör Öktem. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, Rüçhan, Erman, Tahir, Hikmet, Feridun, İbrahim, Yalçın, Müjdat, Erdinç. Subs: Atıf, Sinan, Kemal. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. Yellow card: İbrahim 68'. Trabzonspor: Şenol, Turgay, Necati, Kadir, Hüsnü, Mehmet Ekşi, Bekir, Serdar, Ali Kemal, Hüseyin (Necdet), Ahmet. Subs: Tekin, Güngör, Orhan, Galip. Coach: Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı. "Trabzonspor returns from Mersin with one point: 0-0". Trabzonspor Mersin'den bir puanla dönüyor: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.08.1977, pp. 11, 12. Retrieved on 11.12.2010. (Turkish)
  5. Round 02 - 03.09.1977 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 5-2. Saturday, 17:00. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 35.516. Weather: 24°C, light breeze. Referee: Orhan Cebe, İhsan Türe, Yavuz Tunç. Fenerbahçe: İvançeviç, Onur (Tuna), Cem, Alpaslan, Yenal, Coşkun, Antiç, Önder, Aydın, Cemil, Şevki. Subs: Fuati Niyazi, Bahri, Zafer. Goals Önder 4'(F), Cemil 9'(F), Alpaslan 26'(F), Cemil 54'(F), Erhan 90'(o.g.). Yellow cards: Antiç, Alpaslan. Coach: Toma Kaloperoviç. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet (Erol), Erhan, İbrahim, Kemal, Hikmet, Yalçın, Feridun, K.Mehmet, Müjdat, Erdinç (Zeki 28'). Subs: Atıf, İsmail, Nasır. Goals: Feridun, Zeki 64'(H). penalty missed: Hikmet 68'. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. "Fenerbahçe broke Mersin open: 5-2". Fenerbahçe Mersin'i farklı yendi: 5-2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.09.1977, p. 11, 12. Retrieved on 15.06.2010. (Turkish)
  6. Round 03 - 11.09.1977 - MİY-Samsunspor: 1-0. Sunday, 16:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Yılmaz Dinçel, Yalçın Baytar, Yavuz Bozada. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, Tahir, İbrahim, Kemal, Yalçın, Hikmet, Erman, Müjdat, Zeki, Feridun. Subs: Atıf, İsmail, Erol, Nasir, Mehmet, Şiran. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. Goal: Müjdat 51'. Samsun: Hıfzı, Ömer, Cazip, Kemal, Şendoğan, Ercan, M.Ali, Naim, Temel, Adem, Sami. Subs: Tufan, İsmail, Turgay, Necdet, Necati. Coach: Nuri Atan. "Mersin İd.yurdu: 1 Samsunspor: 0". Mersin İd.yurdu: 1 Samsunspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.09.1977, p. 11. Retrieved on 11.12.2010. (Turkish)
  7. Round 04 - 25.09.1977 - MİY-MKE Ankaragücü: 1-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather 34°C open sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Özer Erkli, Nail Dinçer. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, Erman, Tahir, Kemal, Zeki, İbrahim, Selçuk, Yalçın, Müjdat, Feridun. Subs: Atıf, Nasır, Hikmet, Erol. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. Goal: Zeki 29'. Ankaragücü: Adil, Adnan, Oktay, Mehmet, Sadık, Nihat, Ayhan, İskender, Taner, A.Osman, Haluk. Subs: Mustafa, Müjdat, Erdoğan, Sinan, Mustafa. Coach: Tamer Güney. "Mersin İd. Y.: 1 Ank. Gücü: 0". Mersin İd. Y.: 1 Ank. Gücü: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.09.1977, p. 15. Retrieved on 11.12.2010. (Turkish)
  8. Round 05 - 02.10.1977 - Orduspor-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 14:45. Weather: 12°C heavy. Ordu. Attendance: Low. Referees: Abdülkadir Aybek, Raşit Çeker, Erhan Uzgur. Ordu: Mustafa, Uğur, Faruk (Derya), Erol, Güven, Seçkin, Turgay, Zafer, Arif, Tezcan (Kemal), Cihan. Subs: Ahmet, K.Turgay, Ali. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Seçkin 52', Kemal 85'. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, İbrahim, Tahir, Kemal, Erman, Hikmet, Feridun, Selçuk, Yalçın, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Erol, İsmail, Nasır. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. Goal: Feridun 48'. "Orduspor: 2 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1". Orduspor: 2 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.10.1977, p. 15. Retrieved on 11.12.2010. (Turkish)
  9. Round 06 - 09.10.1977 - MİY-Galatasaray: 1-1. Sunday, 14:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Weather: 30°C open and sunny. Attendance: 20.000. Referees: Yılmaz Önen, Tahsin Çevik. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, İbrahim, Tahir, Kemal, Yalçın, Feridun, Erman, Selçuk, Müjdat, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Hikmet, Mehmet, Şeref. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. Yellow cards: Feridun. Goal: Müjdat 30'(F). Galatasaray: Kajganiç, Cüneyt, Güngör, Fatih, Erdoğan, K.Mehmet, B.Mehmet (Müfit), Şükrü, Öner, Gökmen, Tacettin (Gürcan). Subs: Nihat, Rıdvan, Murat. Coach: Fethi Demircan. Yellow cards: Şükrü, K.Mehmet. Goal: K.Mehmet 87'. "K.Mehmet's goal saved Galatasaray from loss". Galatasaray'ı yenilgiden K.Mehmet'in golü kurtardı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.10.1977, p. 15, 16. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (Turkish)
  10. Round 07 - 16.10.1977 - Altay-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 15:15. Weather: 16°C partly cloudy, breezy. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Bahri Koç, Sina Özcan. Altay: Çetin, Sabahattin, Zafer, Erol, Bilal, Mustafa II (Şeref), Ümit, Akif, Bora, Mustafa III, B. Mustafa. Subs: Tanzer, Zinnur, Muzaffer, Uğur. Coach: Necdet Niş. Yellow card: Çetin 80'. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, Tahir, İbrahim, Rüçhan, Hikmet, Yalçın, Erman, Selçuk, Müjdat, Feridun. Subs: Atıf, Erol, Mehmet, Ahmet, Rıza. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. Yellow cards: Tahir 35', Feridun 80'. "Altay: 0 Mersin İd. Y: 0". Altay: 0 Mersin İd. Y: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.10.1977, p. 11. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
  11. Round 08 - 06.11.1977 - MİY-Adanaspor: 0-0. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 28°C open and sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: Full. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Orhan Tarhan, Halil Cindemir. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, İbrahim, Tahir, Rüçhan, Yalçın, Kemal (Hikmet), Selçuk, Şeref, Müjdat, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Nasır, Erdinç. Coach: Seyfi Alanya. Adanaspor: Şener, Vedat, Mustafa, Timuçin, Selahattin, Ali Rıza, Ertuğrul, İsa, Ahmet, İrfan. Subs: Erhan, Nurettin, Halis, Burhan, İbrahim. Coach: Mustafa Bekbaş. "Mersin: 0 Adanaspor: 0". Mersin: 0 Adanaspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.11.1977, p. 13. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
  12. Round 09 - 20.11.1977 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 4-1. Sunday, 14:15. Weather: heavy. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 11.792. Referees: Ertuğrul Aybay, Altan Şenol, Yener Soysal. Beşiktaş: Rasim, Mustafa, Yaşar, Ali, Zekeriya, Reşit, Mithat, Kemal (Hayri 80'), Mustafa II (Ahmet 84'), Paunoviç, Şaban. Subs: Muharrem, Süleyman, Mehmet. Coach: Miloş Milutinoviç. Goals: Mustafa II 11', Reşit 51', Zekeriya 68', Ahmet 86'. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, İbrahim, Tahir, Rüçhan, Selçuk, Şeref, Feridun, Yalçın (Mehmet I 8'), Müjdat, Zeki (Kemal 80'). Subs: Atıf, Erdinç, Rasim. Coach: Seyfi Alanya. Goal: İbrahim 55'. Yellow cards: Mehmet 35', Müjdat 53'. "Beşiktaş defeated Mersin by playing best football of the season". Mevsimin en iyi futbolunu oynayan Beşiktaş, Mersin'i 4-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.11.1977, p. 13, 14. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
  13. Round 10 - 04.12.1977 - MİY-Diyarbakırspor: 1-2. Sunday, 13:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Yalçın Gürgür, Yalçın Gümüşkaya. MİY: Aydın, Rüçhan, İbrahim, Tahir, Kemal, Nasır, Feridun, Şeref, Zeki, Müjdat, Erdinç (Hikmet). Subs: Atıf, Selçuk. Coach: Seyfi Alanya. Goal: Şeref 84'. Diyarbakırspor: Faruk, Turhan, Ergun, Tuncay, Muhittin, Ayhan, Recai, Faruk (Şeref), Vahdettin, Baykul, Hüseyin. Subs: Kahraman, Süleyman, Mustafa. Coach: Doğan Andaç. Goals: Muhittin 70', Vahdettin 88'. "Mersin İd. Y.: 1 Diyarbakır: 2". Mersin İd. Y.: 1 Diyarbakır: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.12.1977, p. 13. Retrieved on 11.12.2010. (Turkish)
  14. Round 11 - 10.12.1977 - Bursaspor-MİY: 2-1. Saturday, 14:15. Weather: Cold. Bursa. Attendance: c. 10.000. Referees: Cumhur Demir, Coşkun Özal, Yahya Diker. Bursa: Osman, Kemal, İhsan, Özer, Kasım, Feridun (Vahit 35'), B.Sinan, Çeki, Sedat II, Orhan, Sedat III. Subs: Çetin, Hüsnü, Şükrü, Kadir. Coach: Ömeragiç. Goals: Orhan 37', Sedat III 47'. MİY: Aydın, Rüçhan, İbrahim, Tahir, Kemal, Şeref, Nasır, Feridun, Hikmet, Müjdat, Zeki. Subs: Erdinç, Mehmet, Arif, Oktay, Zilan. Coach: Turgut Kafkas. Goal: Hikmet 48'. Yellow cards: Zeki & Kemal 41'. "Bursa: 2 Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Bursa: 2 Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.12.1977, p. 13. Retrieved on 11.12.2010. (Turkish)
  15. Round 12 - 18.12.1977 - Adana Demirspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 12°C partly cloudy. Adana. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Coşkun Uygun, Aydın Örnek. Adana Demirspor: Eser, Ahmet, Ömer, Burhan, Necmettin, Nezihi, Hüseyin, Raşit, Rasin, Sinan, İsmail. Subs: Ahmet, Kemal, Savaş, Eren. Coach: Yüksel Doğanay. Goal: Raşit 32'(P). Yellow card: Nezihi 26'. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, İbrahim, Tahir, Kemal, Hikmet, Nasır, Feridun, Zeki, Müjdat, Erdinç. Subs: Aydın, Rüçhan, Bülent, K.Mehmet, Rıza. Coach: Turgut Kafkas. Goal: Müjdat 72'. "Ad.D.Spor: 1 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1". Ad.D.Spor: 1 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 19.12.1977, p. 13. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
  16. Round 13 - 25.12.1977 - MİY-Zonguldakspor: 0-0. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 20°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yılmaz Önen, Erhan Ergün, Halil Çindemir. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, İbrahim, Tahir, Kemal, Nasır, Feridun, Hikmet, Yalçın, Mehmet, Zeki. Subs: Aydın, Şeref, Selçuk, Erdinç, Rüçhan. Coach: Seyfi Alanya. Zonguldak: Rasim, Şükrü, Erhan, Hüseyin, Turugt, Volkan, Ömer, Hamdi, Ersoy, Sinan, Özer. Subs: Birol, Salih, Alkın, Atakan, Sefer. Coach: G. Tekin Onay. "Zonguldakspor: 0 Mersin İd. Y: 0". Zonguldakspor: 0 Mersin İd. Y: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.12.1977, p. 13. Retrieved on 11.12.2010. (Turkish)
  17. Round 14 - 01.01.1978 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:45. Weather: -2°C snowy. Eskişehir. Referees: Emin Tuncalı, Ali İrfan Ada, Metin Tuğcu. Eskişehir: Adem, Mehmet, Bilal, İsmail, Tayfun, Selahattin, Metin, Burhan, Ender, Nejat, Bahtiyar. Subs: Doğan, K.Mehmet, Serdar, Hüseyin, Halil. Coach: Abdullah Gegiç. Goals: Nejat 28', Burhan 37'. MİY: Atıf, Nasır, İbrahim, Tahir, Kemal, Yalçın, Hikmet, Feridun, Şeref, Müjdat, Zeki. Subs: Aydın, Rüçhan, Mehmet, Erdinç, Bülent. Coach: Seyfi Alanya. Yellow card: İbrahim 52'. "Eskişehir: 2 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0". Eskişehir: 2 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.01.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 12.12.2010. (Turkish)
  18. Round 15 - 08.01.1978 - MİY-Boluspor: 1-2. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 16°C heavy. Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Yalçın Gürgür, Cengiz Kaynak. MİY: Aydın, İsmet, Kemal, Tahir, Nasır, İbrahim, Feridun, Şeref, Yalçın, Müjdat, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Bülent, K.Mehmet, Erdinç, Rüçhan. Coach: Seyfi Alanya. Goal: Müjdat 49'. Bolu: Talip, İbrahim, Nuri, Alaaddin, Ercüment, Şükrü, Mustafa, Rıdvan, Çetin, Fedai, H.İbrahim. Subs: Çetin, Ercan, Ahmet, Fikret, Haldun. Goals: Halil İbrahim 57', 79'. "Boluspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Boluspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.01.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 12.12.2010. (Turkish)
  19. Round 16 - 19.02.1978 - Trabzonspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:45. Şehir Stadium, Trabzon. Weather: 6°C heavy, partly rainy. Referees: İhsan Türe, Özer Erkli, Aykut Akkor. Trabzonspor: Şenol, Turgay, Necati, Kadir, Hüsnü (Bekir), Serdar (Yaşar), Mehmet Ekşi, Orhan, Ali Kemal, Cengiz, Ahmet. Subs: Alptekin, Necdet, Ufuk. Coach: Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı. Goal: Serdar 48'(F), Kadir 50'(P). Yellow card: Serdar 55'. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet (Selçuk), Tahir, İbrahim, Kemal, Yalçın, Tahsin, Hikmet, Ferdiun, Müjdat, Zeki. Subs: Aydın, Oktay, Şeref, Bülent. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. "Trabzonspor started to second half of the season as leader". Trabzonspor ikinci yarıya lider başladı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.02.1978, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 12.12.2010. (Turkish)
  20. Round 17 - 26.02.1978 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 2-2. Sunday, 13:45. Mersin. Weather: 20°C open, sunny. Attendance: 22.000. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Teoman Orbay, Yaçın Gümüşkaya. MİY: Atıf (Aydın), Mehmet, İbrahim, Tahir, Kemal, Yalçın, Nasır, Feridun, Hikmet, Müjdat, Zeki (Şilan). Subs: Oktay, Şeref, Selçuk. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Goals: Müjdat 17'(F), 44'(F). Yellow cards: Kemal, Tahir, İbrahim, Zeki. Fenerbahçe: Fuat, Coşkun, Onur (Halil 55'), Alpaslan (Zafer), Yenal, Antiç, Önder, Engin, Tuna, Cemil, Şevki. Subs: Yavuz, Emin, Bahri. Coach: Toma Kaloperoviç. Goals: Cemil 36'(P), Engin 59'(F). Yellow card: Antiç 36'. Red card: Coşkun 24'. Coach: Toma Kaloperoviç. "Fenerbahçe captured leadership in Meditreenean, which it lost in Black Sea: 2-2". Fenerbahçe Karadeniz'de bıraktığı liderliği Akdeniz'de ele geçirdi: 2-2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.02.1978, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. (Turkish)
  21. Round 18 - 05.03.1978 - Samsunspor-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 14:15. Weather: 2°C. Samsun. Attendance: c. 20.000. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, Metin Tuğcu, Recep Öztürk. Samsun: Fazlı, Ömer, Şendoğan, İsmail, Cazip, Naim, Necati, Ercan, Adem, Temel, Adnan. Subs: Tufan, Beyazıt, Ercüment, Selçuk. Coach: Petrescu. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, Tahir, İbrahim, Kemal, Yalçın, Hikmet, Selçuk, Müjdat, Feridun, Şilan. Subs: Aydın, Erman, Necip, Levent, Zeki. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. "Samsun - Mersin İd. Y.: 0-0". Samsun - Mersin İd. Y.: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.03.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 12.12.2010. (Turkish)
  22. Round 19 - 12.03.1978 - MKE Ankaragücü-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 14:45. Weather: Cold. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Aydın Örnek, Engin Özbay. Ankaragücü: Adil, Adnan, Oktay (Nurettin), Mehmet, Haluk, Erdoğan, Köksal, Nihat, Mustafa, A.Osman, Ayhan. Subs: Hamza, İskender, Müjdat, Nazmi. Coach: Tamer Güney. Goal: Köksal 90'. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, İbrahim (Nasır), Tahir, Kemal, Erman, Selçuk, Yalçın, Hikmet, Müjdat, Şeref. Subs: Oktay, Aydın, Sinan, Zeki. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Goal: Müjdat 15'(P). "Ankaragücü: 1 Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Ankaragücü: 1 Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.03.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
  23. Round 20 - 19.03.1978 - MİY-Orduspor: 1-1. Sunday, 14:45. Weather 22°C open sunny. Mersin. Attendance: Full. Referees: Müşfik Talas, Teoman Orbay, Cengiz Kaynak. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, Tahir, Kemal, Erman, Nasır, Şeref, Selçuk, Yalçın, Müjdat, Hikmet (Şilan). Subs: Aydın, Zeki, Feridun. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Goal: Şilan 62'. Orduspor: Mustafa, B.Mustafa, Faruk, Salih, Güven, Turgay, Cihan, Seçkin, Ali, Arif, Kemal. Subs: Ahmet, Erol, Mehmet, Zafer, Selim. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Kemal 40'. "Mersin İd.Y. - Ordu: 1-1." Mersin İd.Y. - Ordu: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.03.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
  24. Round 21 - 26.03.1978 - Galatasaray-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: Heavy. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 13.724. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Yalçın Gürgür, Engin Kurt. Galatasaray: Bahattin, Müfit, Fatih, Güngör, Erdoğan, Gürcan, Cüneyt, K.Mehmet (Tacettin), B.Mehmet, Gökmen, Öner. Subs: Doğan, Bülent, Rıdvan, Turgay. Coach: Fethi Demircan. Goals: Gökmen 20'(P), Güngör 76'(H). Yellow card: Gökmen.MİY: Atıf, B.Mehmet (Zeki 66'), Tahir, Erman, Kemal, Yalçın, Hikmet, Şeref (Oktay 45'), Nasır, Müjdat, K.Mehmet. Subs: Aydın, Feridun. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Goal: Hikmet 65'(F). Yellow cards: Tahir, Kemal, B.Mehmet. "G.saray wins difficultly against Mersin: 2-1". G.saray wins difficultly against Mersin: 2-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.03.1978, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 06.11.2010. (Turkish)
  25. Round 22 - 02.04.1978 - MİY-Altay: 0-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 24°C, open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Erdoğan Albay, Yusuf Namoğlu, Yahya Diker. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet (Oktay), Erman, Kemal, Tahir, Nasır, Şiran, Hikmet, Yalçın, Müjdat, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Erdinç, İbrahim, Selçuk. Coach: İrfan Yüksel. Altay: Tanzer, Sabahattin, Erol, Zafer, Bilal, Akif, Mustafa, Şeref, Ethem, Bora, B.Mustafa. Subs: Mehmet, Zinnur. Coach: Necdet Niş. "Mersin İd.Y.: 0 Altay: 0". Mersin İd.Y.: 0 Altay: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.04.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
  26. Round 23 - 09.04.1978 - Adanaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday 16:00. Weather: 30°C, open sunny. Adana. Attendance: Full. Referees: İsmail Hendek, Necmettin Çakan, Coşkun Uygun. Adanaspor: Erhan, Şener, Vedat, Timuçin, Necip, K.Halis, İrfan, İsa, Günay, Peroviç, Burhan. Subs: Malik, Şevket, İbrahim, Harun, Ahmet. Coach: Miliç. Goal: Günay 65'. Yellow cards: Halis, İsa. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, Tahir, İbrahim, Kemal, Yalçın, Oktay, Erman (Feridun), Müjdat, Şiran (Hikmet), Nasır. Subs: Atıf, Şeref, Zeki. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Yellow card: İbrahim. "Adanaspor - Mersin İd. Y.: 1-0". Adanaspor - Mersin İd. Y.: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.04.1978, p. 15. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
  27. Round 24 - 16.04.1978 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 0-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 25°C heavy. Mersin. Referees: İhsan Türe, Teoman Orbay, Oğuz Özden. MİY: Atıf, B.Mehmet, Tahir, İbrahim, Kemal, Hikmet (Yalçın), Selçuk (Oktay), Nasır, K.Mehmet, Müjdat, Feridun. Subs: Aydın, Erman, Zeki. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Yellow card: İbrahim 32'. Beşiktaş: Rasim, Ahmet, Yaşar, Ali, Zekeriya, Samet, Mithat, Kemal, Hayri, Paunoviç, Şaban. Subs: Mustafa, Süleyman, Niko, Mehmet. Coach: Miloş Milutinoviç. "Beşiktaş drawn 0-0 with Mersin and left the field with one hour delay". Mersin ile 0-0 berabere kalan Beşiktaş maç sonunda stadı bi saat geç terk etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.04.1978, p. 14. Retrieved on 15.06.2010. (Turkish)
  28. Round 25 - 23.04.1978 - Diyarbakırspor-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: Open, sunny. Referees: Özer Kızıltan, Necmettin Çakan, Sina Özcan. Diyarbakırspor: Faruk, Turan, Ergun, Tuncay, Muhittin, Ayhan, Recai, Vahdet, Baykul, Hüseyin, B.Mustafa (K.Mustafa). Subs: Kahraman, Faruk, Şeref, Necip. Coach: Doğan Andaç. Yellow cards: Tuncay, Ergun. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, Tahir, Erman, Kemal, Yalçın, Oktay, Selçuk, Mehmet II, Müjdat, Feridun. Subs: Aydın, Nasır, Bülent, Şeref, Zeki. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. "Diyarbakır: 0 - Mersin İd.Y.: 0"Diyarbakır: 0 - Mersin İd.Y.: 0.Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.04.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
  29. Round 26 - 30.04.1978 - MİY-Bursaspor: 1-1. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 22°C open, sunny. Mersin. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, İhsan Akat, Nuri Cerrahoğlu. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, Kemal, Erman (İbrahim), Tahir, Oktay, Yalçın, Selçuk, Müjdat, Mehmet, Feridun (Zeki). Subs: Aydın, Şeref, Nasır. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Goal: Erman 2'. Bursaspor: Osman, Sinan, Kasım, İhsan, Sinan, Kemal, Sedat II, Recai, Sedat II, Vahap, Şükrü. Subs: Necati, Vahit, Orhan, Bünyamin, Kadri. Coach: Ömeragiç. Goal: Sedat II 49'. "Mersin İd.Y.: 1 - Bursaspor: 1". Mersin İd.Y.: 1 - Bursaspor: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.01.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
  30. Round 27 - 07.05.1978 - MİY-Adana Demirspor: 0-1. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 25°C open, sunny. Mersin. Attendance: full. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Yaşar Öncül, Ali İrfan, Ada. MİY: Aydın, Mehmet, Tahir, İbrahim, Kemal, Şeref, Selçuk, Feridun, Müjdat, Zeki, Mehmet. Subs: Atıf, Bülent, Erman, Nasır, Yalçın. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Adana Demirspor: Eser, Ahmet, Ömer, Yavuz, Necmettin, Savaş, Orhan, Hüseyin, Rasin, Raşit, Fevzi. Subs: Ahmet, Sinan, İsmail, Burhan, Cemal. Coach: İsmail Doğanay. Goal: Rasin 71'. "Mersin İd.Y: 0 - Ad.D.Spor: 0." Mersin İd.Y: 0 - Ad.D.Spor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.05.1978, p. 15. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
  31. Round 28 - 14.05.1978 - Zonguldakspor-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 14°C sunny. Zonguldak. Attendance: 8000. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Necati Tektimur, Yahya Diker. Zonguldakspor: Faruk, Şükrü, Hamdi, Erhan, Mehmet (Hüseyin), Muammer, Salih, Atakan, Turgut, Ömer, Reha. Subs: Rasim, Sezer, Ahmet, Burhan. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet I, İbrahim, Tahir, Kemal, Şeref (Hikmet), Feridun, Nasır, Müjdat, Bülent, Mehmet II. Subs: Aydın, Yalçın. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. "Zonguldakspor: 0 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0". Zonguldakspor: 0 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.05.1978, p. 15. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
  32. Round 29 - 21.05.1978 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 2-1. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 24°C sunny. Mersin. Attendance: Low. Referees: Cumhur Demir, Tanju Gökman, Yılmaz Sarıoğlu. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, İbrahim, Kemal, Tahir, Hikmet, Şeref, Nasır, K.Mehmet, Müjdat, Feridun. Subs: Aydın, Yalçın, Abdullah. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Goals: Nasır, 38', Nasır 77'. Eskişehirspor: Doğan, Mehmet, Bilal, K.Burhan, Tayfun, B.Burhan, Hüseyin, Hüdai, Ender, Ali, Bahtiyar. Subs: Adem, Sinan, Necmi, Recai, Serdar. Coach: Abdullah Gegiç. Goal: Hüseyin 35'. "Mersin İd.Y.: 2 - Eskişehir: 1". Mersin İd.Y.: 2 - Eskişehir: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.05.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
  33. Round 30 - 28.05.1978 - Boluspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: Open. Bolu. Attendance: Low. Referees: Emin Tuncalı, Necati Bilgiç, Coşkun Uygun. Bolu: Talip, İbrahim, Ahmet, Alaattin, Tümer, Şükrü, Rıdvan, Mustafa, Çetin, H.İbrahim, Haldun (Fedai). Subs: Çetin, Ercan, Etem, Rıfat. Coach: Gürsel Aksel. Goal: Ahmet 53'. Yellow card: Rıdvan 40'. MİY: Atıf, Yalçın, Tahir, İbrahim, Kemal, Hikmet, Şeref, Feridun, Mehmet, Müjdat, Nasır. Subs: Bülent, Muzaffer. Coach: Orhan Yüksel. Yellow card: Feridun 40'. "Bolu: 1 Mersin İd. Y.: 0". Bolu: 1 Mersin İd. Y.: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.05.1978, p. 13. Retrieved on 12.12.2010. (Turkish)
  34. 34.0 34.1 TFF website does not have an official page for 1977–78 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (Turkish). See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, and Turkey - Final Tables by Turkish Soccer by Erdinç Sivritepe, retrieved on 23 July 2010, (English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 16 August 2015, (Turkish).
  35. Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1977–78 squad and 1977–78 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
  36. 36.0 36.1 Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and (2) appearances and goals from maçkolik.com team page. Retrieved on 27 August 2015.
  37. Aydın Tohumcu. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  38. Tahir Temur. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İstanbulspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  39. Erman Toroğlu. Player signed on Summer 1977. His previous team was Ankaragücü. At the end of the season player signed to Şekerspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  40. Feridun Alkan. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Karabükspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  41. Mehmet Dayan. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İskenderunspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  42. Rüçhan Dağdeviren. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. At the end of the season player signed to Kırıkkalespor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  43. Hikmet Erön. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Karagümrük. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Karagümrük for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  44. Yalçın Tarzan. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Malatyaspor. In later seasons he signed to Lüleburgazspor. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  45. Erdinç Sandalcı. Player signed on Summer 1977. His previous team was Kayserispor. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  46. Müjdat Karanfilci. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Giresunspor. At the end of the season player signed to Adana Demirspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  47. İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  48. Mehmet Şilan. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  49. Atıf Öztoprak. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  50. Kemal Damkal. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  51. Zeki Temizer. In the team since Summer 1971. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  52. Erol Fikri Can. Player signed on Summer 1977. His previous team was Balıkesirspor. At the end of the season player signed to Düzcespor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  53. Selçuk Yalçıntaş. Player signed on Summer 1977. His previous team was Beşiktaş. At the end of the season player signed to Şekerspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  54. Şeref Başoğlu. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. At the ned of the season player turned back and signed to Sakaryaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  55. Nasır Belci. In the team since Summer 1976. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  56. Oktay Akgün. Player signed on Summer 1977. He grew up in MİY youth team. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  57. Bülent Taşucu. In the team since Summer 1977. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  58. Tahsin. Details from maçkolik.com page.