1979–80 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1979–80. At the end of 1979–80 season Mersin İdmanyurdu has promoted to First League for the third time. The 1979–80 was the eighth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 1st in Group A. They have lost second league championship game against Kocaelispor by penalties.
1979–80 season | ||||
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President | Hadi Doğan | |||
Coach | Suat Mamat | |||
Stadium | Mersin, Turkey | |||
Second League | Group A: 1st League cup: Runners-up | |||
Turkish Cup | Eliminated at R3 | |||
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1979–80 Second League participation
In its 17th season (1979–80) Second League was played with 32 teams, 16 in two groups: Group A and Group B. Group winners promoted to First League 1980–81. Runners-up played a promotion game to determine the third club to be promoted to first league. No teams relegated because next year second and third leagues merged and third league abandoned. Mersin İY became 1st in Group A with 17 wins and 38 goals.
Results summary
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1979–80 Second League Group A league summary:
Overall | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
Second half | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 6 | ||||
Overall | 1 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
League table
Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Group A in 1979–80 season is shown in the following table.[2]
Pc | Team | Games | Goals | Pts | Home | Away | ||||||||||
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Pl | W | D | L | F | A | F–A | R | Pc | F–A | R | Pc | |||||
1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu (C) (P) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2 | Boluspor (Q) (P) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 19 | 39 | 0–0 | 13 | 1 | 0–2 | 28 | 1 | ||
3 | Samsunspor | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 20 | 36 | 1–0 | 11 | 1 | 0–2 | 26 | 1 | ||
4 | Ankaragücü | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 4–1 | 9 | 1 | 0–1 | 24 | 1 | ||
5 | Karabükspor | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 2–1 | 20 | 1 | 0–1 | 5 | 2 | ||
6 | Giresunspor | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 4–0 | 27 | 1 | 1–2 | 12 | 1 | ||
7 | MKE Kırıkkalespor | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 29 | 31 | 2–0 | 15 | 1 | 0–3 | 30 | 1 | ||
8 | Şekerspor | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 2–0 | 1 | 2 | 2–1 | 16 | 1 | ||
9 | Urfaspor | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 1–0 | 4 | 1 | 2–1 | 19 | 1 | ||
10 | Sivasspor | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 28 | 3–1 | 8 | 1 | 0–0 | 23 | 1 | ||
11 | Konya İdmanyurdu | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 37 | 27 | 1–0 | 18 | 1 | 1–0 | 13 | 1 | ||
12 | Erzurumspor | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 3–2 | 22 | 1 | 0–0 | 7 | 2 | ||
13 | Sebat Gençlik | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 3–1 | 6 | 2 | 0–0 | 21 | 1 | ||
14 | Ankara Demirspor | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 33 | 25 | 0–0 | 29 | 1 | 0–0 | 14 | 1 | ||
15 | Elazığspor | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 22 | 2–0 | 25 | 1 | 1–1 | 10 | 1 | ||
16 | Eskişehir Demirspor | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 48 | 20 | 2–0 | 17 | 1 | 1–0 | 2 | 1 |
Note: 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. No relegation.
Results by round
Results of games MİY played in 1979–80 Second League Group A by rounds:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
First half
26 August 1979 Round 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Şekerspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Report |
2 September 1979 Round 2 | Eskişehir Demirspor | 0 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir |
Sunday, 16:15 | Report |
9 September 1979 Round 3 | Konya İdmanyurdu | 0 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Konya |
Sunday | Report |
16 September 1979 Round 4 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 0 | Urfaspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 16:00 | Report |
23 September 1979 Round 5 | Karabükspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Karabük |
Sunday | Report |
30 September 1979 Round 6 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 1 | Sebat Gençlik | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Report |
7 October 1979 Round 7 | Erzurumspor | 0 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Cemal Gürsel Stadium, Erzurum |
Sunday | Report |
21 October 1979 Round 8 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 1 | Sivasspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Report |
28 October 1979 Round 9 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 4 – 1 | Ankaragücü | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 15:00 | Report |
4 November 1979 Round 10 | Elazığspor | 1 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Atatürk Stadium, Elazığ |
Sunday | Report |
18 November 1979 Round 11 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 0 | Samsunspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Report |
25 November 1979 Round 12 | Giresunspor | 2 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Giresun |
Sunday | Report |
2 December 1979 Round 13 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 0 | Boluspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Report |
9 December 1979 Round 14 | Ankara Demirspor | 0 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Cebeci İnönü Stadium, Ankara |
Sunday | Report |
16 December 1979 Round 15 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | MKE Kırıkkalespor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Report |
Mid-season
In the mid-season, MİY played a jubilee match for captain İbrahim against Galatasaray on 13 January 1980 at Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium. İbrahim left jersey no. 9 to Mücellip on 10th minute.
- 13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0–1.[3]
Second half
9 February 1980 Round 16 | Şekerspor | 1 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Cebeci İnönü Stadium, Ankara |
Sunday | Report |
17 February 1980 Round 17 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Eskişehir Demirspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Report |
24 February 1980 Round 18 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 0 | Konya İdmanyurdu | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:30 | Report |
2 March 1980 Round 19 | Urfaspor | 1 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Şanlıurfa |
Sunday | Şeref 12' | Report[4] | 16' Özcan Kızıltan 41' Mücellip Pehlivan |
Referee: Kemal Kaya |
9 March 1980 Round 20 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 | Karabükspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Feridun Alkan 30' (P) Ferdun Alkan 60' (P) |
Report[5] | 59' (F) Vedat | Referee: Mustafa Gündüz |
16 March 1980 Round 21 | Sebat Gençlik | 0 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Trabzon |
Sunday | Report |
23 March 1980 Round 22 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 2 | Erzurumspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:45 | Mehmet Ali Karakuş 13' Tahir Temur 20' Feridun Alkan 85' (P) |
Report[6] | 44' Sadun Gemici 89' K. Ahmet |
Referee: Yalçın Gümüşkaya |
30 March 1980 Round 23 | Sivasspor | 0 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Sivas |
Sunday | Report |
5 April 1980 Round 24 | Ankaragücü | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Cebeci İnönü Stadium, Ankara |
Saturday | Report |
13 April 1980 Round 25 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Elazığspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Mücellip Pehlivan 6' Mücellip Pehlivan 74' |
Report[7] | Referee: Coşkun Evin |
20 April 1980 Round 26 | Samsunspor | 2 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun |
Sunday | Report |
27 April 1980 Round 27 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 4 – 0 | Giresunspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Mücellip Pehlivan 7' (H) Nevzat 54' (F) Mücellip Pehlivan 65' (H) Özcan Kızıltan 84' (F) |
Report[8] | Referee: Nihat Gürşen |
4 May 1980 Round 28 | Boluspor | 2 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Bolu |
Sunday | Report |
11 May 1980 Round 29 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 0 | Ankara Demirspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday | Report[9] | Referee: Ekrem Yenci |
18 May 1980 Round 30 | MKE Kırıkkalespor | 3 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Fikret Karabudak Stadium, Kırıkkale |
Sunday | Report |
Championship match
Mersin İdmanyurdu lost the second league championship game against Kocaelispor, the Group B's winner.[10]
21 May 1980 2nd League Championship | Kocaelispor | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p) | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara |
16:00 | Güvenç Kurtar 27' Ceyhun Güray 83' |
Report[11] | 30' Özcan Kızıltan 73' Raşit Karasu |
Referee: Hilmi Ok |
Penalties | ||||
Kamil Özteser Mustafa Çapanoğlu Güvenç Kurtar Mahir Danabay |
Feridun Alkan Raşit Karasu Osman Öngen Mehmet Ali Karakuş |
1979–80 Turkish Cup participation
1979–80 Turkish Cup was played for the 18th season as Türkiye Kupası by 123 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 1979–80 Turkish Cup and was eliminated at round 3 by MKE Kırıkkalespor. Kırıkkalespor was eliminated at round 5. Altay won the Cup for the 2nd time and became eligible for 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.[12]
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1979–80 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A/H | Score | Result |
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Round 3 | Second League Group A | Second League Group A | MKE Kırıkkalespor | H | 0–0 (pen. 2–4) | Eliminated |
Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1979–80 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
10 October 1979 Round 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p) | MKE Kırıkkalespor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Wednesday, 14:30 | Report |
Management
Club management
Hadi Doğan was club president.
Coaching team
1979–80 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
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Suat Mamat | 01.08.1979 – 31.05.1980 |
1979–80 squad
Stats are counted for 1979–80 Second League matches and 1979–80 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[13][14] 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 | ← Season Notes → | ||
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1 | 1 | Salih Sayar | 25 May 1957 | İstanbul | GK | 1979 ST S.Sirkeci.[15] | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Nevzat | DF | ||||||||||||
3 | 3 | Tahir Temur | 1954 | İstanbul | DF | → previous season.[16] | |||||||||
4 | 4 | Kemal Damkal | 1950 | Adana | DF | → previous season.[17] | |||||||||
5 | 5 | Osman Öngen | 19 Jan 1954 | Adana | DF | → previous season.[18] | |||||||||
6 | 6 | M. Ali Karakuş | 25 Nov 1957 | Erzincan | FW | → previous season.[19] | |||||||||
7 | 7 | Haydar | FW | → previous season. | |||||||||||
8 | 8 | Feridun Alkan | DF | → previous season.[20] | |||||||||||
9 | 9 | Özcan Kızıltan | 12 Jul 1959 | İstanbul | MF | → previous season.[21] | |||||||||
10 | 10 | İbrahim Arayıcı | 1949 | Silifke | FW | → previous season.[22] | |||||||||
11 | 11 | Sinan | FW | ||||||||||||
12 | 12 | Atıf Öztoprak | 8 May 1952 | Sakarya | GK | → previous season.[23] | |||||||||
13 | 13 | Mücellip Pehlivan | 1 Aug 1954 | Lüleburgaz | FW | → previous season.[24] | |||||||||
14 | 14 | Kazım Renk | FW | 1979 ST.[25] | |||||||||||
15 | 15 | Kenan Aydın | 28 May 1959 | Adana | DF | 1979 ST.[26] | |||||||||
16 | 16 | Bülent | |||||||||||||
17 | 17 | Sabri | |||||||||||||
18 | 6 | Nazif | MF | ||||||||||||
19 | 13 | Mehmet Şilan | 17 Dec 1955 | Mersin | FW | → previous season.[27] | |||||||||
20 | 6 | Nasır Belci | 1 Dec 1955 | Adana | DF | → previous season.[28] | |||||||||
21 | 11 | Raşit Karasu | 31 Oct 1950 | İstanbul | MF | 1979 ST A.Demirspor.[29] | |||||||||
22 | 6 | Özer | FW |
Transfer news from Milliyet:
- Transfers in: Raşit (Adana Demirspor).
MİY forward İbrahim ended his player career in the mid-season. In his jubilee match MİY lost to Galatasaray. This match was also a preparation match for the teams:
- Mid season friendly game - 13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-1.[30] On 5th minute İbrahim left his place and jersey no. 9 to Mücellip.
See also
- Football in Turkey
- 1979–80 Turkish Second Football League
- 1979–80 Turkish Cup
Notes and references
- Standings, 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.
- See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
- Mid-season friendly game - 13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0–1. 13 January 1980, Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, 14:00. Weather: open sunny. Referees: Yener Söker, Mustafa Tan, Nazım Aydın. MİY: Salih (Atıf), Nevzat, Tahir, Kemal, Osman, M.Ali, Haydar, Feridun, Özcan, İbrahim (Mücellip), Sinan. Subs: Kazım, Kenan, Bülent, Sabri. Coach: Suat Mamat. G.Saray: Eser, Erdoğan, Müfit (K.Metin), Güngör, Eyüp, Gürcan (Mustafa), İbrahim (Turgay), Cüneyt, Oğuz (Kemal), Fatih, B.Metin. Subs: Haydar. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Güngör 75'. "Galatasaray beat Mersin İd. Yurdu 1-0 in İbrahim's jubilee match." Galatasaray, İbrahim'in jübile maçında Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 1-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.01.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
- Round 19 - 02.03.1980 - Urfaspor-MİY: 1-2. Referees: Kemal Kaya, Selahattin Alptekin, Gürbüz Birlik. Urfaspor: Hüsnü, Cengiz, Kamil, Recep, Mehmet, Bedii, Cahit, Cozan, Nurcan, Şeref, Mahmut. Goal: Şeref 12'. MİY: Salih, Nevzat, Osman, Tahir, Kemal, Nazif, Mücellip, Feridun, Şiran, M.Ali, Özcan. Goals: Özcan 16', Mücellip 41'. "Mersin İd. Yurdu defeated Urfaspor 2-1". Mersin İd. Yurdu Urfaspor'u 2-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.03.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
- Round 20 - 09.03.1980 - MİY-Karabükspor: 2-1. Mersin. Referees: Mustafa Gündüz, Muzaffer Çam, Hamza Timuçin. MİY: Salih, Nevzat, Osman, Tahir, Mehmet, Nasır, Mücellip, Feridun, Şiran, M.Ali, Özcan. Goals: Feridun 30'(P), 60'(P). Karabükspor: Mehdi, Ergin, Selami, Abdullah, Osman, Mehmet, Ecder, Abdülkadir, Vedat, Salih, Minas. Goal: Vedat 59'(F). "Mersin İd. Y.:2 Karabükspor: 1". Mersin İd. Y.:2 Karabükspor: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.03.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (in Turkish)
- Round 22 - 23.03.1980 - MİY-Erzurumspor: 3-2. Sunday, 14:45. Mersin. Referees: Yalçın Gümüşkaya, Mevlüt Güzel, Biray Doğan. MİY: Salih, Nevzat, Osman, Nasır, Tahir, Mehmet, M.Ali, Mücellip, Feridun, Şiran, Raşit. Goals: M.Ali 13', Tahir 20', Feridun 85'(P). Erzurumspor: Cumhur, Şükrü, Mehmet, Çetin, Yalçın (K.Ahmet), Kemal, Feridun, Haldun, Hüsamettin, Sebahattin, Haldun, Sadun. Goals: Sadun 44', K.Ahmet 89'. "Mersin İd. Yurdu beat Erzurumspor: 3-2". Mersin İd. Yurdu Erzurumspor'u mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.03.1980. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (in Turkish)
- Round 25 - 13.04.1980 - MİY-Elazığspor: 2-0. Referees: Coşkun Evin, Nebi Kardelen, Onursal Uras. MİY: Salih, Nevzat, Osman, Tahir, Mehmet, Nasır (Haydar), Mücellip, Mehmet Ali, Şilan, Feridun, Özer. Goals: Mücellip 6', 74'. Elazığspor: Sedat, İsmail, Celal, Kadir, Ömer, Hakan, Adnan, Talat, Muhittin, Zeki, Hıdır. "Leader Mersin İd. Yurdu beat Erzurumspor: 2-0". Lider Mersin İd. Yurdu Elazığspor'u 2-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.04.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. (in Turkish)
- Round 27 - 27.04.1980 - MİY-Giresunspor: 4-0. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Nihat Gürşen, Erdoğan Ergu, Kemal Yetişkin. MİY: Salih, Mehmet, Osman, Tahir, Kemal, Raşit, Mücellip, M.Ali, Nevzat, Feridun, Özcan. Goals: Mücellip 7'(H), Nevzat 54'(F), Mücellip 65'(H), Özcan 84'(F). Giresun: Şeref, Hüsamettin, Mehmet, Temel, Tuncay, Harun, Nurettin, Hikmet, Hüseyin, Burhan, Zafer. "Mersin İd. Yurdu bombarded Giresunspor: 4-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Giresun'a gol yağdırdı: 4-0.. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.04.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 09.12.2010. (in Turkish)
- Round 29 - 11.05.1980 - MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 0-0. Mersin. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Cengiz Kaynak, Oktay Sülelioğlu. MİY: Salih, Nevzat, Osman, Tahir, B.Metin, K.Mehmet, Mücellip, Mehmet Ali, Raşit, Feridun, Özcan. Ankara Demirspor: Atilla, B.Ali, Ali, Mehmet, Ömer, Ahmet, Erdoğan, Suat, Faysal, K.Ali, Muammer. After this match MİY guaranteed championship. With news that Boluspor lost reached to the stadium, MİY has promoted to first league third time."Mersin İdmanyurdu tied with Ankara Demirspor and guarateed championship". Ankara D. Spor ile berabere kalan Mersin İd. Yurdu Şampiyonluğunu ilan etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.05.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
- See more details at Cem Pekin Archives
- Championship Game - 21.05.1980 - Kocaelispor-MİY: 6-4. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Talat Tokat, Erkan Göksel. Kocaelispor: Baha, Zeki, Bülent, Mahir, Kamil, Ahmet, Mustafa, Baturman (Kamuran), Orhan, Ceyhun, Güvenç. Goals: Güvenç 17', Ceyhun 83'. SP: Kamil, Mustafa, Güvenç, Mahir. MİY: Salih, Nevzat, Osman, Tahir, Mehmet, Feridun, Mehmet Ali, Raşit, Mücellip, Sinan, Özcan. Goals: Özcan 30', Raşit 73'. "Kocaelispor beats Mersin İdmanyurdu 6-4 and becomes the champions of second league." Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 6-4 yenen Kocaelispor ikinci lig şampiyonu oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.05.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (in Turkish). See another page from Cem Pekin Archives which shows game report (including penalty order) at the bottom of the page. (in English).
- TFF website does not have an official page for 1979–80 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).
- Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1979–80 squad and 1979–80 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
- Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1979–80 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
- Salih Sayar. Player signed in Summer 1979. His previous team was Süleymaniye Sirkeci. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
- Tahir Temur. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İstanbulspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- 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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- Osman Öngen. In the team since Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine.
- Mehmet Ali Karakuş. In the team since Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
- Feridun Alkan. In the team since Summer 1976. His previous team was Karabükspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- Özcan Kızıltan. In the team since Summer 1978. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
- İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
- Atıf Öztoprak. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
- Mücellip Pehlivan. In the team since Summer 1978. His previous team was Lülebugazspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- Kazım Renk. Player signed in Summer 1979. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- Kenan Aydın. Player signed in Summer 1979. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- Mehmet Şilan. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 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 page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- Raşit Karasu. Player signed in Summer 1979. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
- 13.01.1980 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-1. Mersin. Weather: open, sunny. Referees: Yener Söker, Mustafa Tan, Nazım Aydın. MİY: Salih (Atıf), Nevzat, Tahir, Kemal, Osman, M.Ali, Haydar, Feridun, Özcan, İbrahim (Mücellip), Sinan. Subs: Kazım, Kenan, Bülent, Sabri. Coach: Suat Mamat. Galatasaray: Eser, Erdoğan, Müfit (K.Metin), Güngör, Eyüp, Gürcan (Mustafa), İbrahim (Turgay), Cüneyt, Oğuz (Kemal), Fatih, B.Metin. Sub: Haydar. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Güngör 75'(F). "Galatasaray beats Mersin İdmanyurdu 1-0 in İbrahim's jubilee match". Galatasaray İbrahim'in jübile maçında Mersin İd yurdunu 1-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.01.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (in Turkish)