1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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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 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.

PresidentTurhan Lokmanoğlu

Coach

Orhan Yüksel

StadiumMersin, Turkey

First League16th

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Mersin İdmanyurdu

1977–78 season

President

Turhan Lokmanoğlu

Coach

Orhan Yüksel

Stadium

Mersin, Turkey

First League

16th

Turkish Cup

Eliminated at R3

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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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 First 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 summary:

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	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]

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Eskişehirspor	30	6	13	11	24	28	−4	25
13	Adana Demirspor	30	7	11	12	24	36	−12	25
14	Samsunspor	30	8	8	14	26	36	−10	24
15	MKE Ankaragücü (R)	30	8	6	16	21	31	−10	22	Relegation to Turkish Second Football League
16	Mersin İdman Yurdu (R)	30	3	15	12	18	34	−16	21	Relegation to Turkish Second Football League

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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:

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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]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First half

28 August 1977 Round 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Trabzonspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 17:00	Müjdat Karanfilci 84'	Report^[4]		Attendance: Full Referee: Hilmi Ok

3 September 1977 Round 2	Fenerbahçe	5 – 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Saturday, 17:00	Önder Mustafaoğlu 4' (F) Cemil Turan 9' (F) Alpaslan Eratlı 26' (F) Cemil Turan 54' (F) Radomir Antić 51' Alpaslan Eratlı 74'	Report^[5]	30' (F) Feridun Alkan 64' (H) Zeki Temizer 89' (o.g.) Erman Toroğlu	Attendance: 35.516 Referee: Orhan Cebe

11 September 1977 Round 3	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Samsunspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	Müjdat Karanfilci 51'	Report^[6]		Referee: Yılmaz Dinçel

25 September 1977 Round 4	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Ankaragücü	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:45	Zeki Temizer 29' Tahir Temur 53' Erman Toroğlu 77'	Report^[7]	42' Sadık İşcanoğlu 79' Taner Kalender	Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı

2 October 1977 Round 5	Orduspor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Eylül Stadium, Ordu
Sunday, 14:45	Seçkin Türközer 52' (pen.) Kemal Yıldırım 85'	Report^[8]	48' Feridun Alkan	Attendance: Low Referee: Abdülkadir Aypek

9 October 1977 Round 6	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	Galatasaray	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:45	Müjdat Karanfilci 30' (F)	Report^[9]	87' Mehmet Özgül 8' Şükrü Tetik 68' Mehmet Özgül	Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Yılmaz Önen

16 October 1977 Round 7	Altay	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Alsancak Stadium, İzmir
Sunday, 15:15	Çetin Aslan 80'	Report^[10]	35' Tahir Temur 80' Feridun Alkan	Referee: Doğan Babacan

6 November 1977 Round 8	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Adanaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30		Report^[11]	48' Timuçin Çuğ 59' Erhan Arslan	Attendance: Full Referee: Nihat Özbirgül

20 November 1977 Round 9	Beşiktaş	4 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Sunday, 14:15	Mustafa Kaplakaslan 11' Reşit Kaynak 51' Yaşar Elmas 55' (o.g.) Zekeriya Alp 68' Ahmet Börtücene 86'	Report^[12]	35' Mehmet Şilan 53' Müjdat Karanfilci	Attendance: 11.792 Referee: Ertuğrul Aybay

4 December 1977 Round 10	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 2	Diyarbakırspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30	Şeref Başoğlu 84'	Report^[13]	70' Muhittin Köymen 88' Vahdet Yılmaz	Referee: Yavuz Tunç

10 December 1977 Round 11	Bursaspor	2 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Bursa
Saturday, 14:15	Orhan Kırıkçılar 37' Sedat Özden 47'	Report^[14]	48' Hikmet Erön	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Cumhur Demir

18 December 1977 Round 12	Adana Demirspor	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Adana
Sunday, 13:30	Raşit Karasu 32' (pen.) Nezihi Tosuncuk 26'	Report^[15]	72' Müjdat Karanfilci	Referee: Hilmi Ok

25 December 1977 Round 13	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Zonguldakspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30		Report^[16]		Referee: Yılmaz Önen

1 January 1978 Round 14	Eskişehirspor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir
Sunday, 13:45	Nejat Dinçer 28' Burhan Tözer 37'	Report^[17]	52' İbrahim Arayıcı	Referee: Emin Tuncalı

8 January 1978 Round 15	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 2	Boluspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30	Müjdat Karanfilci 49'	Report^[18]	57' Halil İbrahim Eren 79' Halil İbrahim Eren	Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı

Second half

19 February 1978 Round 16	Trabzonspor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Trabzon
Sunday, 13:15	Serdar Bali 48' (F) Kadir Özcan 51' (pen.) Serdar Bali 55'	Report^[19]		Referee: İhsan Türe

26 February 1978 Round 17	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 2	Fenerbahçe	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:45	Müjdat Karanfilci 17' (F) Müjdat Karanfilci 44' (F) Kemal Damkal 29' Zeki Temizer 44' Tahir Temur 69' İbrahim Arayıcı 87'	Report^[20]	36' (pen.) Cemil Turan 59' (F) Engin Verel 36' Radomir Antić 24' Coşkun Demirbakan	Attendance: 22.000 Referee: Yavuz Tunç

5 March 1978 Round 18	Samsunspor	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun
Sunday, 14:15		Report^[21]	66' Feridun Alkan	Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek

12 March 1978 Round 19	Ankaragücü	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Sunday, 14:45	Köksal Mesci 90' Adil Eriç 90'	Report^[22]	15' (pen.) Müjdat Karanfilci 80' Selçuk Yalçıntaş	Referee: Hilmi Ok

19 March 1978 Round 20	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	Orduspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:45	Mehmet Şilan 62'	Report^[23]	40' Kemal Yıldırım	Attendance: Full Referee: Müşfik Talas

26 March 1978 Round 21	Galatasaray	2 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Sunday, 15:00	Gökmen Özdenak 20' (pen.) Güngör Tekin 76' (H) Gökmen Özdenak 58'	Report^[24]	65' (F) Hikmet Erön 22' Tahir Temur 44' Mehmet Şilan 69' Kemal Damkal	Attendance: 13.724 Referee: Yavuz Tunç

2 April 1978 Round 22	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Altay	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00		Report^[25]		Referee: Erdoğan Albay

9 April 1978 Round 23	Adanaspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Adana
Sunday 16:00	Günay Haznedaroğlu 65' Halis Tufan 51' İsa Ertürk 86'	Report^[26]	39' İbrahim Arayıcı	Attendance: Full Referee: İsmail Hendek

16 April 1978 Round 24	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Beşiktaş	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	İbrahim Arayıcı 32'	Report^[27]		Referee: İhsan Türe

23 April 1978 Round 25	Diyarbakırspor	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Diyarbakır
Sunday, 15:00	Tuncay Temeller 49' Ergün Baydar 71'	Report^[28]		Referee: Özer Kızıltan

30 April 1978 Round 26	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	Bursaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00	Erman Toroğlu 2'	Report^[29]	49' Sedat Özbağ	Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek

7 May 1978 Round 27	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 1	Adana Demirspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00		Report^[30]	71' Rasin Gürcan	Attendance: Full Referee: Hilmi Ok

14 May 1978 Round 28	Zonguldakspor	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Zonguldak
Sunday, 16:00		Report^[31]		Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Erkan Göksel

21 May 1978 Round 29	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 1	Eskişehirspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	Nasır Belci 38' Nasır Belci 77'	Report^[32]	35' Hüseyin Şengül	Attendance: Low Referee: Cumhur Demir

28 May 1978 Round 30	Boluspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Bolu
Sunday, 16:00	Ahmet Taber 63' Rıdvan Ertan 40'	Report^[33]	40' Feridun Alkan	Attendance: Low Referee: Emin Tuncalı

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.

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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.

7 December 1977 Round 3 Leg 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 0	Sivasspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 13:30	Müjdat Karanfilci 30' Müjdat Karanfilci 60'	Report		Referee: Nihat Gülşen

21 December 1977 Round 3 Leg 2	Sivasspor	3 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Mersin İdmanyurdu	4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas
Wednesday, 13:00	İlker Erdinç 2' Burhan 38' İlker Erdinç 116'	Report		Referee: Lütfi Keçeli

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

Management

Club management

Turhan Lokmanoğlu was club president.

Coaching team

1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

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Nat	Head coach	Period	Pl	W	D	L	Notes
		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.

More information O, N ...

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

Notes and references

[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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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 with difficulty against Mersin: 2-1". G.saray wins with difficulty against Mersin: 2-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.03.1978, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 06.11.2010. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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. (in Turkish)
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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, (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).
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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.
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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.
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Aydın Tohumcu. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
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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.
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Erman Toroğlu. Player signed in 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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
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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.
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Mehmet Dayan. In the team since Summer 1975. His previous team was İskenderunspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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Erdinç Sandalcı. Player signed in Summer 1977. His previous team was Kayserispor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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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 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
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İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Zeki Temizer. In the team since Summer 1971. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
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Erol Fikri Can. Player signed in 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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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Selçuk Yalçıntaş. Player signed in 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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
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Şeref Başoğlu. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Sakaryaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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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.
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Oktay Akgün. Player signed in Summer 1977. He grew up in MİY youth team. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
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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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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Tahsin. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.