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"."The history of Mersin İdmanyurdu Club". Mersin İdmanyurdu Kulübünün tarihçesi . Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.06.1982. Retrieved on 23.08.2010.

Candan Dumanlı became the head coach. His assistant was Kahraman Karataş. İlhami Özata was press officer.

Pre-season Preparation games: MİY – Hatayspor: 0–0. MİY – Adana Demirspor: 1–1. MİY – Ceyhanspor: 3–1. 16.08.1981 - İskenderunspor – MİY: 0–2.

1981–82 Second League participation 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 League 1982–83. 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.

Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1981–82 Second League Group C league summary:

Overall Home Away Stage First half 1141031277+2023 7610193+1613 742184+410 Second half 141121194+1524 7700132+1114 742162+410 Overall 12821524611+3547 141310325+2727 14842146+820 Sources: 1981–82 Turkish Second Football League pages.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.

League table Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Group C in 1981–82 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives

TeamGames Goals Home Away 1Mersin İdmanyurdu (C) (P)282152461147 –122 –2712Kayserispor282053601745 2–1131 0–12823Gençlerbirliği281297322433 1–0241 0–0914Konyaspor289136282531 0–0101 1–02515Burdurspor287129212126 4–141 1–01916Urfaspor2881010252826 2–181 0–02317Ispartaspor2810612313526 3–0151 2–13018Hatayspor287129242926 3–1181 2–1319İskenderunspor287129253126 1–0221 1–17110Ceyhanspor2881010223126 1–02612–011111Ankara Demirspor286139232925 2–0161 2–11312Mardinspor287912233023 2–1201 0–15113Malatyaspor287813273422 3–0291 1–014114Tarsus İdmanyurdu287714213321 2–021 2–017115Elazığspor (R)2821313144417 6–061 0–0211 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.

Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1981–82 Second League Group C by rounds:

First half

Mid-season Preparation games: 24.01.1982 - MİY-Sakaryaspor. 31.01.1982 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 2-0.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. .

Second half

1981–82 Turkish Cup participation 1981–82 Turkish 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 1981–82 Turkish 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 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup.TFF 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, . 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, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 16 August 2015, .

Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1981–82 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResultRound 2Second League Group CSecond League Group CTarsus İdmanyurdu1–12–0Promoted to R3Round 3Second League Group CAmateurKonya Demirspor2–22–0Promoted to R4Round 4Second League Group CSecond League Group CCeyhanspor2–10–1Promoted to R5Round 5Second League Group CSecond League Group ASarıyer3–01–0Promoted to R6Round 6Second League Group CSecond League Group DSamsunspor0–00–1Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1981–82 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Source: 1981–82 Turkish Cup (Federasyon Kupası) pages.

Management

Club management Mehmet Fatih Deveci was club president.

Coaching team

1981–82 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period Notes 01.08.1981 – 31.05.1982 Note: Only official games were included.

1981–82 squad Stats are counted for 1981–82 Second League matches and 1981–82 Turkish Cup (Federasyon Kupası) matches.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.Data 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 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.

Name Birth Born ← Season Notes →11Salih Sayar25 May 1957IstanbulGK previous season.Salih Sayar. In the team since Summer 1979. His previous team was Süleymaniye Sirkeci. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.22Tahir Temur1954IstanbulDF 3 previous season.Tahir Temur. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İstanbulspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .33Esat Öksüzcük22 Mar 1959İzmitDF previous season.Esat Nejdet Öksüzcük. In the team since Winter 1981. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.44Mustafa Çimen1952ErdekDF previous season.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 page .55İsmail Yavru8 Aug 1958AkçaabatDF previous season.İsmail Yavru. In the team since Summer 1980. His previous team was Trabzonspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Nasır Belci1 Dec 1955AdanaDF previous season.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 .77Levent Arıkdoğan23 Aug 1953MersinMF İskenderunspor.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 page .88Levent Dörtgöz1958AnkaraMF previous season.Levent Dörtgöz. K. Levent. In the team since Summer 1980. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF Player profile.99Sertaç Yüzbaş20 Mar 1958AdanaMF 10 Ankaragücü.Sertaç M. Yüzbaş. Player signed in Summer 1981. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1010Mehmet Ali Karakuş25 Nov 1957ErzincanFW previous season.Mehmet Ali Karakuş. In the team since Summer 1978. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1111Şükrü Işık1959 FW İstanbulspor.Şükrü Işık. Player signed in Summer 1981. His previous team was İstanbulspoe. At the end of the season player signed to Bakırköyspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1212Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK previous season.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.1313Osman Öngen19 Jan 1954AdanaDF previous season.Osman Öngen. In the team since Summer 1978. At the end of the season player signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu Erkutspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1410Mehmet Ertanıroğlu1960TarsusFW Tarsus İY.Mehmet Ertanıroğlu. Memik. Player signed in Summer 1981. His previous team was Tarsus İdmanyurdu. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1511Öner Behlül FW Öner Behlül. Player signed in Summer 1981. Details from maçkolik.com page .1611Haluk Turfan22 Jan 1964MersinFW previous season.Haluk Turfan. In the team since Summer 1980. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1713Abdulkadir Arslan1 Nov 1961AkçaabatDF Trabzonspor.Abdülkadir Aslan. Player signed in Summer 1981. His previous team was Trabzonspor. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.186Raşit Karasu31 Oct 1950IstanbulMF previous season.Raşit Karasu. In the team since Summer 1979. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. At the end of the season player signed to Vefa Simtel for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1911Mehmet Şilan17 Dec 1955MersinFW previous season.Mehmet Şilan. In the team since Summer 1971. Details from maçkolik.com page .2010İrfan Ertürk25 May 1957AhmetliFW Göztepe.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 page and TFF player profile and .213Levent DF previous season.Levent. Levent III. He was the third Levent in the team and appeared in the first round of the league.2213Muammer Ank.Demirspor.Muammer. Player signed in Summer 1981. His previous team was Ankara Demirspor.2314Kemal Kemal. At the end of the season player signed to Galata G.K. for the next season.2415Suat Fenerbahçe.Suat. He was transferred from Fenerbahçe in exchange for Özcan Kızıltan's transfer.2516Hüseyin Kurtuldu19 Jan 1963MersinMF previous season.Hüseyin Kurtuldu. In the team since Summer 1980. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.2612Özcan Balta1964MersinGK previous season.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 page . Sources: 1981–82 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.

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