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Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1981–82. At the end of 1981–82 season Mersin İdmanyurdu has promoted to First League for the fourth time. The 1981–82 was the eighth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 1st in Group C.
Mersin İdmanyurdu Executive Committee was consisting of the following: Mehmet Fatih Deveci (president), Mahir Turan and Mustafa Nihat Sözmen (vice-presidents), Remon Kumdereli (general captain), Mircan Fırat (general secretary), Hamit Hayfavi (audit), Mehmet Biricik (captain of amateur branches), Şefik Balcı (treasurer), Aydın Özlü (club physician), Sever Yıldızçelik, Ramazan Balta, Özge Cadun, Basil Dumani, Nesimi Sağay and Erol Tarhan (members). The club's address was: "Atatürk Cad. Toros Ofis İşhanı, Kat: 3 Mersin" "Telefon: 153 17".[1]
Candan Dumanlı became the head coach. His assistant was Kahraman Karataş. İlhami Özata was press officer.
In its 19th season (1981–82) Second League was played with 60 teams, 15 in four groups: Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D. Group winners promoted to First League1982–83. Bottom teams in each group relegated to promotion league (Third league was abandoned previous year). Mersin İY became 1st with 21 wins and 46 goals in Group C. No second league championship game played starting from 1980–81.
1981–82Turkish Cup was played for the 20th season as Federasyon Kupası by 146 teams. First elimination round was played in one-leg elimination system. Second through sixth elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1981–82Turkish Cup from round 2 and was eliminated at round 6 (1/16) by Samsunspor. Samsunspor was eliminated at quarterfinals. Galatasaray won the Cup for the 7th time and became eligible for 1982–83European Cup Winners' Cup.[8]
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1981–82Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Source: 1981–82 Turkish Cup (Federasyon Kupası) pages.[8]
Management
Club management
Mehmet Fatih Deveci was club president.
Coaching team
1981–82 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Nat
Head Coach
Period
Pl
W
D
L
Notes
01.08.1981 – 31.05.1982
Note: Only official games were included.
1981–82 squad
Stats are counted for 1981–82Second League matches and 1981–82Turkish Cup (Federasyon Kupası) matches.[12][13] 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.
Galatasaray coach Birch did not want and Öner loaned from Galatasaray, 26.10.1981.
Özcan Balta was capped in U-18 national team in European championship organized in Hama, Finland between 21–30 May 1982. Turkey was in the same group with Scotland, Holland and Albania.
Kemal went to Galata Gençlik in Summer 1982. Reşit (Vefa Simtel)
^ abStandings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, 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.
^Round 01 – 23.08.1981 - Ankara Demirspor-MİY: 1-2. Sunday, 16:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referee: Özcan Oal, side referee: Mevlüt Eryılmaz. MİY: Mustafa, Levent III, Suat, Sertaç, Memik. Goal: Sertaç (1-2). "Side referee raised his flag for flying boot". Yan hakem havada uçan ayakkabıya bayrağını kaldırdı. Milliyet online archive, Milliyet, 26 August 1981, pp. 16, 12. Retrieved on 20 July 2015. (in Turkish)
^Round 09 – Gençlerbirliği–Mersin İdmanyurdu: 0–0. 18.10.1981. Ankara. Referees: Haşim Gökay, Ergüder Yılmaz, Rauf Afir. Gençlerbirliği fan site. Retrieved on 21 July 2015. (in Turkish).
^Mid-season preparation game. 31.01.1982 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 2-0. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Yener Söker, Nazım Aydın, Mustafa Tan. MİY: Salih, Levent, İsmail, Nasır (Osman), Şükrü, K.Levent (Mehmet Ali), B.Levent, Sertaç, Öner (Esat), İrfan, Memik (Abdülkadir). Goals: İrfan 12'(F), Memik 15'(F). Beşiktaş: Adem, Samet, Ulvi, Mehmet Ekşi, Kadir, Serdar, Rıza, B.Haluk, Şaban (Feyyaz), Bora, Kenan (K.Haluk). "Mersin İd. Yurdu beat Beşiktaş easily". Mersin İd. Yurdu Beşiktaş'ı kolay yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 1 February 1982, p. 12. Retrieved on 2 December 2010. (in Turkish).
^Round 24 – Mersin idmanyurdu – Gençlerbirliği: 1–0. 02.05.1982, 16:30. Mersin. Hakemler : Halit Tankut, Yılmaz Sarıoğlu, Ertuğrul Duygulu. Goal: 30' Levent (Mersin İdmanyurdu). Gençlerbirliği fan site. Retrieved on 21 July 2015. (in Turkish).
^ abTFF website does not have an official page for 1981–82 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in 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, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 16 August 2015, (in Turkish).
^Turkish Cup R5 L2 – 03.03.1982 – Sarıyer-MİY: 0–3. (awarded score). Original score: MİY-Sarıyer: 0–2 (not registered). Wednesday, 16:00. İstanbul. Referees: Yavuz Karaozan, Faik Köksal, Zeki Gömdel. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Tahir, İsmail, Esat, K.Levent, B.Levent, M.Ali, Ömer, Sertaç, Memik. Sarıyer: İlkay, Hüseyin, Oğuz, Mahmut, Muammer, Mehmet Kalkavan, Aykut, Hakan, Oktay, Hayri, Rıfkı. goals: Hayri 46' (H), Oktay 50'. Unregistered score was Sarıyer-Mersin İdmanyurdu: 2–0. With this result MİY was eliminated. "Sarıyer eliminated Mersin İd. Yurdu: 2-0." Sarıyer Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu eledi: 2-0. Milliyet Gazetesi arşivi, 4 March 1982, p. 12. Retrieved on 21 May 2010. (in Turkish)
^Turkish Cup R5 L2 - However the game was awarded to MİY 3–0, because in Sarıyer team a player (Mehmet Kalkavan) who had received two yellow cards in previous games, took place. Although MİY had warned before the day, he played in the game. Then MİY applied to TFF and federation has eliminated Sarıyer from the Cup. "Sarıyer was eliminated from Turkish Cup because they included a player who has received yellow cards in two successive games". İki maç üst üste sarı kart gören futbolcuyu oynattığı için Sarıyer Türkiye Kupası'ndan elendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11 March 1982, p. 15. Retrieved on 2 December 2010. (in Turkish)
^Turkish Cup R6 L2 – 24.03.1982 – MİY-Samsunspor: 0–1. Wednesday, 15:15. Mersin. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Faik Köksal, Meriç Ölçüşerenler. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Tahir, İsmail, Esat, Sertaç, B.Levent, K.Levent, Öner, Haluk, Memik (Şükrü). Samsunspor: Hasan, Necati, Kenan, Cazip, Kemal, Hamdi, Hasan, Tanju, Murat (Ümit), Metin, Hakkı. Goal: Ümit 77'. "Samsunspor passed Mersin with 1-0". Samsunspor Mersin'i 1-0'la geçti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.03.1982, p. 13. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
^Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1981–82 squad and 1981–82 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
^ abData were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1981–82 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and (2) appearances and goals from maçkolik.com team page. Retrieved on 27 August 2015. Some of the detail were obtained from Cem Pekin Archives
^Mustafa Çimen. B. Mustafa. In the team since Summer 1980. His previous team was Beiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
^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 pageArchived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
^Mehmet Levent Arıkdoğan. Player signed in Summer 1981. His previous team was İskenderunspor. He was selected as yıldız kralı (star king; meaning player who collected most stars during the season) in the group. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
^İrfan Ertürk. Player signed in Winter 1982. He was loaned in the mid-season from Göztepe for the rest of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile and .
^Levent. Levent III. He was the third Levent in the team and appeared in the first round of the league.
^Muammer. Player signed in Summer 1981. His previous team was Ankara Demirspor.
^Kemal. At the end of the season player signed to Galata G.K. for the next season.
^Suat. He was transferred from Fenerbahçe in exchange for Özcan Kızıltan's transfer.
^Özcan Balta. In the team since Summer 1980. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.