1980–81 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu
1980–81 season
CoachTurkey İsmet Arıkan
StadiumMersin, Turkey
First League15th (Relegated)
Turkish CupEliminated at QF

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1980–81. The 1980–81 season was the 10th 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 third time the team relegated. The club signed with coach İsmet Arıkan. Arıkan's assistant was conditioner Seyfi Alanya.

1980–81 First League participation

The 1980–81 season was the 23rd season of First League. The league was played with 16 teams and last three teams were relegated to Second League 1981–82. Mersin İdmanyurdu finished 15th First League 1980–81 season and relegated to second division.

Mersin İdmanyurdu has become the only team in the history of Turkish first level football league, whose points were deleted. In 1980–81 season the team has drawn away from the field in Beşiktaş game. For that reason TFF decided to award the match to Beşiktaş by 3-0 and delete two extra points of MİY.[1] MİY finished season with 21 points at 15th place, 6 points back of 14th team.

At the end of first half MİY became the most violent team with 3 red cards, Tahir, Mücellip, Ali. Mehmet Şilan, Kazım and Osman were one match suspended players due to yellow card penalties.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1980–81 First 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 14 15 4 3 8 9 16 -7 11 8 4 3 1 8 3 +5 11 7 0 0 7 1 13 -12 0
Second half 15 4 4 7 12 18 -6 12 7 4 1 2 8 6 +2 9 8 0 3 5 4 12 -8 3
Overall 15 30 8 7 15 21 34 +13 23 15 8 4 3 16 9 +7 20 15 0 3 12 5 25 -20 3
Sources: 1980–81 Turkish First Football League pages.[2]

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Turkey First League in 1980–81 season is shown in the following table.[3][4]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Adana Demirspor 30 11 7 12 25 26 −1 29
13 Boluspor 30 9 11 10 32 36 −4 29
14 Çaykur Rizespor (R) 30 11 7 12 35 42 −7 29 Relegation to Turkish Second Football League
15 Mersin İdman Yurdu (R) 30 8 7 15 21 34 −13 23
16 Orduspor (R) 30 8 4 18 19 38 −19 20
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1980–81 First League by rounds:

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHHHAHAHHAAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA
ResultWLDWLLDLDWLLWLLLLLWLWDWLWDDDLL
Position3111169119111291112111414141515151615151515151515151515
Source: 1980–81 Turkish First Football League pages.[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First half

24 August 1980 Round 1 Mersin İdmanyurdu    3 – 1    Kocaelispor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 17:00 Özcan Kızıltan 8'
Feridun Alkan 47' (P)
Mücellip Pehlivan 55'		 Report[5] 16' Mahir Danabay
Yellow card 34' Mustafa Çapanoğlu		 Referee: Yahya Diker
31 August 1980 Round 2 Beşiktaş    3 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Sunday, 17:00 Mehmet Ekşi 30' (P)
Mehmet Ekşi 51' (P)
Ziya Doğan 62'		 Report[6] Attendance: 27.606
Referee: Sadık Deda
Note: MİY coach İsmet Arıkan has withdrawn team from the field as a protest to referee's decisions.
7 September 1980 Round 3 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 0    Trabzonspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 17:00 Report[7] Referee: Talat Tokat
27 September 1980 Round 4 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0    Zonguldakspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00 Mücellip Pehlivan 20'
Mücellip Pehlivan 26'		 Report[8] Referee: Erdoğan Albay
19 October 1980 Round 5 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 1    Galatasaray Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00 Mehmet Ali Karakuş Yellow card 51'
Tahir Temur Red card 76'
Atıf Öztoprak Yellow card 78'		 Report 65' Cüneyt Tanman
Yellow card 71' Cüneyt Tanman
Red card 76' Öner Kılıç		 Referee: İhsan Türe
26 October 1980 Round 6 Adana Demirspor    2 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Adana
Sunday, 15:00 Hasan Eryiğit 37'
Hasan Eryiğit 77'
İzzet Çağlayan Yellow card 87'		 Report[9] 32' Harun Erol
Yellow card 29' Mücellip Pehlivan		 Referee: Celal Türk
2 November 1980 Round 7 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 0    Gaziantepspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:15 Mehmet Ali karakuş Yellow card 9'
Mehmet Şilan Yellow card 40'
Özcan Kızıltan Yellow card 65'		 Report[10] Yellow card 33' Ahmet Yılmaz
Yellow card 57' Fatih Zambak
Yellow card 77' Hayri Kol
Yellow card 88' Ünsal Özer		 Referee: Nihat Özbirgül
9 November 1980 Round 8 Rizespor    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Rize
Sunday, 14:00 Hüseyin Hemşinlioğlu 80' Report[11] Referee: Teoman Parer
16 November 1980 Round 9 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 1    Fenerbahçe Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:15 Mücellip Pehlivan 47'
Osman Öngen Yellow card 51'
Mehmet Ali Karakuş Red card 83'		 Report[12] 25' Ali Kemal Denizci
Yellow card 79' Ali Kemal Denizci
Yellow card 83' Red card Onur Kayador		 Referee: Yılmaz Önen
23 November 1980 Round 10 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Boluspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:15 Mücellip Pehlivan 82' Report[13] Referee: Nihat Gülşen
7 December 1980 Round 11 Adanaspor    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Adana
Sunday, 13:30 Bora Öztürk 88' Report[14] Yellow card 17' Osman Öngen
Yellow card 33' Mehmet Şilan
Yellow card 69' Kazım Renk
Yellow card 71' Mehmet Ali Karakuş		 Referee: Güngör Tuncel
14 December 1980 Round 12 Eskişehirspor    2 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir
Sunday, 13:45 Aykut Yiğit Yellow card 67'
Ali İhsan Silin 80'		 Report[15] Referee: Halil Atalık
21 December 1980 Round 13 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Bursaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30 Mücellip Pehlivan 34' Report[16] Referee: Talat Tokat
28 December 1980 Round 14 Altay    3 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Alsancak Stadium, İzmir
Sunday, 14:00 Ethem Adlığ 20'
Şeref İncirmen 44'
Behiç Başatuğrul 52'		 Report[17] Yellow card 48' Osman Öngen Referee: Nihat Güner
4 January 1981 Round 15 Orduspor    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu 19 Eylül Stadium, Ordu
Sunday, 13:15 Şenol Çorlu 16'
Şenol Çorlu Yellow card 39'		 Report[18] Yellow card 39' Mustafa Çimen Referee: Necmi Temizel

Second half

1 February 1981 Round 16 Kocaelispor    3 – 2    Mersin İdmanyurdu İsmetpaşa Stadium, İzmit, Kocaeli
Sunday, 14:30 Turgay Aksu 1'
Güvenç Kurtar 12'
Kamil Öztezer 22'
Orhan Görsen Yellow card 40'		 Report[19] 18' Vehbi Günay
76' Vehbi Günay		 Referee: Coşkun Kutay
8 February 1981 Round 17 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 1    Beşiktaş Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00 Vehbi Günay Yellow card 18'
Mustafa Çimen Yellow card 58'
Mehmet Şilan Yellow card 67'
Mehmet Ali Karakuş Yellow card 78'		 Report[20] 23' Özer Umdu Attendance: 20.000
Referee: Talat Tokat
15 February 1981 Round 18 Trabzonspor    3 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:45 Sinan Ünal 58'
Sinan Ünal 76'
Sinan Ünal 81'		 Report[21] Attendance: 15.000
Referee: Ünal Şahin
22 February 1981 Round 19 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0    Altay Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00 Sedat Gezer 5'
Nevruz Şerif 75'
Vehbi Günay Yellow card 68'		 Report[22] Yellow card 44' Sabahattin Erbuğa
Yellow card 79' Mustafa Turgat
Yellow card 87' Mustafa Denizli		 Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu
1 March 1981 Round 20 Zonguldakspor    2 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Zonguldak
Sunday, 14:15 Ayhan Akbin 20'
Kemal Yıldırım 60'		 Report[23] Yellow card 65' Mücellip Pehlivan Referee: Erkan Göksel
8 March 1981 Round 21 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Orduspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30 Nevruz Şerif 23' (P) Report[24] Referee: Cumhur Demir
14 March 1981 Round 22 Galatasaray    0 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Saturday, 15:00 Report[25] Yellow card 52' Nejdet Öksüzcük
Yellow card 78' Mehmet Şilan		 Attendance: 14.788
Referee: İhsan Türe
29 March 1981 Round 23 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Adana Demirspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30 Vehbi Günay 4'
Özcan Kızıltan Yellow card 51'
Vehbi Günay Yellow card 80'		 Report[26] Referee: Ekrem Yenci
5 April 1981 Round 24 Gaziantepspor    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep
Sunday, 14:45 Erdal Evyapan 11' Report[27] Yellow card 40' Levent Dörtgöz
Yellow card 68' Özcan Kızıltan		 Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Yılmaz Dinçel
19 April 1981 Round 25 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 1    Rizespor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00 Tahir Temur 40'
Harun Erol 68'		 Report[28] 58' Sinan Turhan Referee: Erkan Göksel
26 April 1981 Round 26 Fenerbahçe    1 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Sunday, 16:00 Alpaslan Eratlı 55' (P) Report[29] 7' Metin Çekiçler
Yellow card 28' Sedat Gezer
Yellow card 61' Vehbi Günay		 Attendance: 16.570
Referee: Coşkun Kutay
3 May 1981 Round 27 Boluspor    1 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Bolu
Sunday, 16:00 Mehmet Akdülger 78'
Alaattin Yolaçan Yellow card 26'		 Report[30] 67' Nevruz Şerif
Yellow card 26' Mehmet Ali Karakuş		 Referee: Necmi Temizel
10 May 1981 Round 28 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 2    Adanaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00 Tahir Temur 19'
Vehbi Günay 57'		 Report[31] 18' Ercan Albay
79' Ahmet Kahraman
Yellow card 71' Şevket Kesler		 Referee: Ekrem Yenci
17 May 1981 Round 29 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 2    Eskişehirspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00 Sedat Gezer Yellow card 51'
Vehbi Günay Yellow card 88'		 Report[32] 47' Aykut Yiğit
84' Ali İhsan Silin
Yellow card 65' İhsan İdikut		 Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu
24 May 1981 Round 30 Bursaspor    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Bursa
Sunday, 16:00 Sedat Özden 11' Report[33] Yellow card 63' Özcan Kızıltan Referee: Özer Kızıltan

1980–81 Turkish Cup participation

1980–81 Turkish Cup was played for the 19th season as Türkiye Kupası by 139 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 1980–81 Turkish Cup from round 5 and was eliminated at quarterfinals by Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe was eliminated at semifinals by Ankaragücü. Ankaragücü won the Cup for the 2nd time and became eligible for 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup. Ankaragücü who won the Cup as a second division team was also promoted to 1981-82 First League by means of a special decision which was applied only for them.[34]

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1980–81 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Round Own League Opponent's League Opponent A H Result
Round 5 First League Second League Group B Şekerspor 1–1 1–0 Promoted to R6
Round 6 First League Second League Group B Samsunspor 0–1 2–0 Promoted to QF
QF First League First League Fenerbahçe 0–2 0–2 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) 1980–81 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

12 November 1980 Round 5 Leg 1 Şekerspor    1 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Wednesday, 14:30 Hayri Obüs 86' Report 64' Raşit Karasu Referee: Yahya Diker
17 December 1980 Round 5 Leg 2 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Şekerspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 13:30 Mücellip Pehlivan 27'
Mehmet Ali Karakuş Yellow card 38'		 Report Yellow card 54' Mehmet Kahveci
Yellow card 68' İsmet Kaynar		 Referee: Fikri Öztürk
25 February 1981 Round 6 Leg 1 Samsunspor    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun
Wednesday, 13:45 Metin Karabulut 76'
Hakkı Bayrak Red card 38'		 Report[35] Referee: Erol Polat
11 March 1981 Round 6 Leg 2 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0 (a.e.t.)    Samsunspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 14:30 Mücellip Pehlivan 78'
Özcan Kızıltan 110'
Özcan Kızıltan Yellow card 42'		 Report Yellow card 59' Kenan Topçu Referee: Erkan Göksel
1 April 1981 QF Leg 1 Fenerbahçe    2 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Wednesday, 15:00 Selçuk Yula 28'
Raşit Çetiner 88'
Sedat Karaoğlu Red card 72'		 Report[36] Yellow card 16' Özcan Kızıltan
Yellow card 29' Vehbi Günay
Yellow card 74' Sedat Gezer		 Attendance: 15.465
Referee: İbrahim Acar
8 April 1981 QF Leg 2 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 2    Fenerbahçe Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 15:00 Mücellip Pehlivan Yellow card 44' Red card Report[37] 33' (F) İsa Ertürk
77' Mustafa Arabacıbaşı
Yellow card 40' Müjdat Yetkiner
Yellow card 44' İsa Ertürk
Yellow card 68' Raşit Çetiner		 Attendance: 2.989
Referee: Yavuz Tunç
Source: 1980–81 Turkish Cup pages.[34]

Management

Club management

Aslan Çevirgen was club president.

Coaching team

1980–81 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat Head Coach Period Pl W D L Notes
Turkey 01.08.1980 – 31.05.1981
Note: Only official games were included.

1980–81 squad

Stats are counted for 1980–81 First League matches and 1980–81 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[38][39] 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 Yellow card Red card ← Season Notes →
1 1 Turkey Salih Sayar 25 May 1957 Istanbul GK 26 5 31 → previous season.[40]
2 2 Turkey Tahir Temur 1954 Istanbul DF 11 2 1 12 2 1 → previous season.[41]
3 3 Turkey İsmail Yavru 8 Aug 1958 Akçaabat DF 16 4 20 1980 ST Trabzonspor.[42]
4 4 Turkey Mustafa Çimen 1952 Erdek DF 20 4 24 2 1980 ST Beşiktaş.[43]
5 5 Turkey Feridun Alkan DF 13 1 13 1 → previous season.[44]
6 6 Turkey Nasır Belci 1 Dec 1955 Adana DF 7 1 8 → previous season.[45]
7 7 Turkey Levent Dörtgöz 1958 Ankara MF 26 4 30 1 1980 ST Gençlerbirliği.[46]
8 8 Turkey Özcan Kızıltan 12 Jul 1959 Istanbul MF 25 1 4 1 29 2 6 → previous season.[47]
9 9 Turkey Harun Erol 25 Oct 1960 Çankırı FW 24 2 6 30 2 1980 ST Gençlerbirliği.[48]
10 10 Turkey Mücellip Pehlivan 1 Aug 1954 Lüleburgaz FW 26 6 6 2 32 8 3 1 → previous season.[49]
11 11 Turkey Mehmet Şilan 17 Dec 1955 Mersin FW 16 2 18 4 → previous season.[50]
12 12 Turkey Atıf Öztoprak 8 May 1952 Sakarya GK 3 3 1 → previous season.[51]
13 13 Turkey Yusuf Turan 9 Aug 1958 Trabzon DF 19 4 23 1980 ST Sebat Gençlik.[52]
14 14 Turkey Mehmet Ali Karakuş 25 Nov 1957 Erzincan FW 19 3 22 6 1 → previous season.[53]
15 15 Turkey Kenan Aydın 28 May 1959 Adana DF 1 1 → previous season.[54]
16 13 Turkey Kazım Renk FW 6 6 1 → previous season.[55]
17 14 Turkey Eyüp Hazeren DF 10 1 11 1980 ST Adanaspor.[56]
18 15 Turkey Levent DF
19 2 Turkey Osman Öngen 19 Jan 1954 Adana DF 11 1 12 3 → previous season.[57]
20 13 Turkey Nejat Ersin 29 Aug 1959 Adapazarı DF 1 1 1980 ST A.Demirspor.[58]
21 6 Turkey Raşit Karasu 31 Oct 1950 Istanbul MF 8 5 1 13 1 → previous season.[59]
22 12 Turkey Özcan Balta 1964 Mersin GK First time professional.[60]
23 1 Turkey Ahmet Lülü 19 Jan 1952 Mersin GK 1 1 2 [61]
24 8 Turkey Nevruz Şerif 22 Mar 1951 Istanbul MF 14 3 3 17 3 1981 WL Altay.[62]
25 4 Turkey Esat Öksüzcük 22 Mar 1959 İzmit DF 13 4 17 1 1981 WT.[63]
26 5 Turkey Sedat Gezer 15 Nov 1954 Samsun DF 15 1 4 19 1 3 1981 WT Diyarbakırspor.[64]
27 7 Turkey Metin Çekiçler 3 Jan 1961 Istanbul FW 13 1 2 15 1 1981 WL Galatasaray.[65]
28 10 Turkey Vehbi Günay 1953 Görele FW 14 4 2 16 4 6 1981 WL Diyarbakırspor.[66]
29 15 Turkey Haluk Turfan 22 Jan 1964 Mersin FW First time professional.[67]
30 16 Turkey Hüseyin Kurtuldu 19 Jan 1963 Mersin MF First time professional.[68]
Sources: 1980–81 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.[39]

News from Milliyet:

  • Transfers in (Summer): İsmail (Trabzonspor); Right-back Mustafa Çimen (Beşiktaş); Harun, Levent (Gençlerbirliği); Yusuf (Sebat Gençlik), Eyüp (Adanaspor); Raşit (Tarsus İdmanyurdu).
  • In the mid-season K.Metin was loaned from Galatasaray; and Vehbi was loaned from Diyarbakırspor. Nevruz loaned from Altay (21.12.1980).
  • Özcan went to Fenerbahçe after the season (30.04.1981). In exchange Esat and İsmail came to MİY from Fenerbahçe.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ See "Ligin rekorları ve ilkleri" in Turkish Hürriyet
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ See Turkey - Final Tables Erdinç Sivritepe and RSSSF
  4. ^ Weekly data from Futbol merkezi Archived 2012-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Round 01 - 24.08.1980 - MİY-Kocaelispor: 3-1. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Yahya Diker, Tayfun Özcan, Asım Yazıcıoğlu. MİY: Salih, Mustafa (Yusuf), İsmail, Tahir, Nasır, Levent, Mücellip, Feridun, Şilan (M.Ali), Özcan, Harun. Subs: Atıf, Kenan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Özcan 8', Feridun 47', Mücellip 55'. Kocaelispor: Cumhur, Zeki, Kamil, Mahir, Gürbey, Ahmet, Baturman, Mustafa, Orhan, Güvenç, Halil. Subs: Halit, Veli, K.Halit, Ceyhun, Faik. Coach: Zeynel Soyuer. Goal: Mahir 16'. "Mersin İdman Yurdu beat Kocaelispor 3-1". Mersin İdman Yurdu Kocaelispor'u 3-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.08.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  6. ^ Round 02 - 31.08.1980 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 3-0 (awarded score). Sunday, 17:00. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Weather: 27°C open, sunny. Attendance: 27.606. Referees: Sadık Deda, Nuri Bilgin, Baki Özcan. Beşiktaş: Mustafa, Kemal, Ömer, B.Haluk, Süleyman, Ziya, Mehmet Ekşi, Serdar, Necdet, Akif, Fikret. Subs: Rasim, Bora, Ulvi, Samet, K.Haluk. Coach: Metin Türel. Goals: Mehmet Ekşi 29'(P), 51'(P), Ziya 62'. MİY: Salih, Mehmet Ali, Tahir, İsmail, Nasır, Levent, Mücellip, Feridun, Özcan, Mehmet Şilan (Kazım), Harun. Subs: Atıf, Yusuf, Eyüp, Kenan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Mersin has withdrawn from the field when Beşiktaş was leading 3-0".Beşiktaş 3-0 galipken M. İd. Yurdu sahadan çekildi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.09.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. (in Turkish)
  7. ^ Round 03 - 07.09.1980 - MİY-Trabzonspor: 0-0. Sunday. Weather: 24°C open and sunny. Mersin. Referees: Talat Tokat, Zekai Kunak, Hasan Güven. MİY: Atıf, Yusuf, İsmail, Tahir, Nasır, Levent, M.Ali, Feridun, Mücellip, Özcan, Harun. Subs: Salih, Eyüp, Kenan, Şilan, Mustafa, Levent. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Trabzonspor: Şenol, Turgay, Necati, Hüsnü, Ahmet, Yaşar, K.Şenol, İskender, Sinan, Mustafa, Levent. Subs: Ali, Arif, İbrahim, Faruk. Coach: Özkan Sümer was in Poland for European Cup; team was managed by Ergun Kantarcı. "Trabzonspor returns from Mersin İd.Y. match with one point: 0-0". Trabzonspor, Mersin İd.Y. deplasmanından bir puanla dönüyot: 0-0.. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.09.1980, p. 9. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
  8. ^ Round 04 - 27.09.1980 - MİY-Zonguldaspor: 2-0. Sunday. Weather: 26°C open and sunny. Referees: Erdoğan Albay, Ali İrfan Ata, Sina Özcan. MİY: Atıf, Yusuf, Tahir, Nasır, İsmail, Levent, Özcan (Necat), Feridun, Mücellip, Şiran (M.Ali), Harun. Subs: Salih, Eyüp, Osman. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Mücellip 20', 26'. Zonguldakspor: Birol, Savaş, Muammer, Turgut, Hüseyin, Hamdi, Fuat (Ercan), Ersoy (Tuğrul), Hamit, Kemal, Günay. Sub: Rasin. Coach: Candan Tarhan. "M.İd.Yurdu beat leader Zonguldak: 2-0". M.İd.Yurdu lider Zonguldak'ı yendi: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.09.1980, p. 9. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  9. ^ Round 06 - 26.10.1980 - Adana Demirspor-MİY: 2-1. Sunday. Adana. Referees: Celal Türk, Mustafa Taşkın, İsmail Irmak. Adana Demirspor: İzzet, Hüseyin, Savaş, İlyas, K.Orhan (Necmettin), Burhan, Eren, B.Orhan, Adnan, Hasan, Nevzat. Goals: Hasan 37', Hasan 66'. Subs: Hasan, Bilbay, İbrahim, Mehmet. Coach: Doğan Emültay. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Osman, Eyüp, Levent, M.Ali, Feridun, Mücellip, Özcan, Harun. Subs: Özcan, Nasır, Nejat, Kazım, Mustafa. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Harun 22'. "Adana D.Spor sent Mersin İd. Yurdu pointless: 2-1". Adana D.Spor Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu puansız gönderdi: 2-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.10.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  10. ^ Round 07 - 02.11.1980 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 0-0. Sunday. Weather: 21°C open. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Atilla Köşel, Zekai Kunat. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, Osman, Eyüp, İsmail, Raşit, Özcan, Levent, Mehmet Ali, Şiran, Harun. Subs: Özcan, Feridun, Nejat, Mustafa. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: M.Ali, Şiran, Özcan. Gaziantepspor: Yaşar, Nurettin, Fatih, Hayri, Ünsal, Reşit, Murat, Tuğrul, B.Hüseyin, Ahmet, Sami, Erdal. Subs: Cemal, Nihat, Müjdat, Hakan. Coach: Refik Özvardar. Yellow cards: Ahmet, Fatih, Hayri, Ünsal. "Gaziantepspor drawn with M.İ.Y. goalless: 0-0". Gaziantepspor M.İ.Y. ile golsüz berabere kaldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.11.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  11. ^ Round 08 - 09.11.1980 - Rizespor-MİY: 1-0. Rize. Referees: Teoman Parel, İbrahim Karaoğlu, Adnan Doğru. Rizespor: Bahattin, Erol, Hüsnü, Yaşar, Oktay, Müfit, Osman, Arif, Hüseyin, Zafer, K.Oktay. Subs: K.Sinan, Kahraman, Muharrem, K.Osman. Coach: Nevzat Soyluoğlu. Goal: Hüseyin 80'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Osman, İsmail, Övünç, Levent, Harun, Özcan, M.Ali, Mücellip, Raşit. Subs: Kazım, Yusuf, Necat, K.Özcan, Kasım. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Rizespor-Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1-0". Rizespor-Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.11.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  12. ^ Round 09 - 16.11.1980 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 1-1. Sunday. Weather: 26°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yılmaz Önen, Mustafa Taşkın, Turan Özener. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Nasır (Eyüp), Osman, Harun, Özcan, Levent, Mehmet Ali, Mücellip, Raşit (Kazım). Subs: Özcan, İsmail, Nejat. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Mücellip. Yellow cards: Osman, M.Ali. Red card: M.Ali. Fenerbahçe: Adem (Fikret), Onur, Erol, Alpaslan, Cem, Önder, Müjdat, Sedat, A.Kemal (Mustafa), Suat, Selçuk. Subs: İsa, Hasan, Mehmet. Coach: Friedl Rausch. Goal: A.Kemal. Yellow cards: Onur, A.Kemal. Red card: Onur. "Fenerbahçe could not save win and leadership in Mersin." Fenerbahçe, Mersin'de galibiyeti ve liderliği koruyamadı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.11.1980, p. 12. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  13. ^ Round 10 - 23.11.1980 - MİY-Boluspor: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 26°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Nihat Gülşen, İsmail Hakkı Bora, Hamit Baloğlu. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Eyüp, Osman, Harun, Özcan (Kazım), Levent, Mücellip, Şilan, Raşit. Subs: Ahmet, Necat, Reşit, İsmail. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Mücellip 82'. Boluspor: Çetin, B.İbrahim, Nuri, Alaattin, Erdem, K.İbrahim, Selahattin, Demir, B.Çetin, Halil İbrahim, Minas. Subs: İlker, Ahmet, Mehmet, Şahap, Şenol. Coach: Cahit Sinan. "Mersin-Bolu: 1-0". Mersin-Bolu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.11.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  14. ^ Round 11 - 07.12.1980 - Adanaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Referees: Güngör Tuncel, Macit Aknam, Coşkun Güzelalan. Adanaspor: Malik, Şevket, Timuçin, K.Mustafa, B.Mustafa, Suat, Selahattin, Ercan, Nihat, Bora, Kayhan. Subs: Ahmet, Necat, Sedat, Gani, Nevzat. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goal: Bora: 88'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Osman, Yusuf, İsmail, Mücellip, Mehmet Ali, Harun, Şiran, Özcan, Raşit. Subs: Ahmet, Eyüp, Kazım, Reşit, Levent. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Adanaspor beat Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1-0". Adanaspor Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu yendi: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.12.1980, p. 10. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  15. ^ Round 12 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-0. 14.12.1980, Sunday. Eskişehir. Referees: Halil Atalık, Nebi Kardelen, Zeki Gündem. Eskişehirspor: Sinan Alağaç, Selahattin, Bilal, İsmail, Tayfun, Burhan, İhsan, Aykut, Zafer, Ender, Ali İhsan. Mersin İdmanyurdu: Salih Sayar, Mustafa Çimen, Yusuf, İsmail, Osman, Harun, Özcan, Levent, Mehmet Ali Karakuş, Mücellip, Reşit. Goals: Aykut (67'), Ali İhsan (80'). Game details from a site of "game memories". maç anıları. Retrieved on 23 July 2015. (in Turkish).
  16. ^ Round 13 - 21.12.1980 - MİY-Bursaspor: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 16°C open. Mersin. Referees: Talat Tokat, Bayram Can, Mehmet Arıman. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, İsmail, Osman, Nevruz, Mücellip, Levent, Feridun, Şilan, Harun. Bench: K. Ahmet, Kenan, Özcan, Kazım, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Mücellip 34'. Bursaspor: Alptuğ, Sedat II, Erdinç, Sinan, Özer, Recai, Sedat III, Mustafa, Kadir, Ahmet, Muzaffer. Subs: Aslan, K.Mehmet, İsmail, Beyhan, Altan. Coach: Fethi Demircan. "Mersin İd. Yurdu-Bursa: 1-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu-Bursa: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.12.1980, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  17. ^ Round 14 - 28.12.1980 - Altay-MİY: 3-0. Sunday. İzmir. Referees: Nihat Güner, Zihni Alemdar, Bilgin İnce. Altay: Sabahattin, Zafer, Şeref, Mehmet, Alper, K.Mustafa, Kemal Kılıç, Ethem, Behiç, B.Mustafa. Subs: Can, Ramazan, Önder Ali. Coach: Bayram Dinsel. Goals: Ethem 20', Şeref 44', Behiç 53'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Harun, Osman, Levent, Mücellip, Özcan, Feridun, Şilan, Kazım. Subs: Özcan, Eyüp, Kenan, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Osman 48'. "Altay - Mersin idmanyurdu: 3-0." Altay - Mersin idmanyurdu: 3-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.12.1980, p. 13. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  18. ^ Round 15 - 04.01.1981 - Orduspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Ordu. Weather: Sunny but cold, field was muddy due to previous day's rain. Referees: Necmi Temizel, Aydın Erkal, Sadun Aksoy. Orduspor: İbrahim, Uğur, Salih, Levent, B.Turgay, Üstün, Şükrü, Güven, Arif, Mahmut, Şenol. Subs: Alptekin, Sezai, Adil, Ertuğrul. Coach: Candan Dumanlı. Goal: Şenol 18'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Yusuf, Osman, Harun, Feridun, Levent, Reşit, Mücellip, Şilan, Kazım. Subs: K.Özcan, Eyüp, Kenan, Nejat, B.Özcan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Ordu-Mersin İd.Yurdu: 1-0." Ordu-Mersin İd.Yurdu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.01.1981, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  19. ^ Round 16 - 01.02.1981 - Kocaelispor-MİY: 3-2. Sunday. Weather: heavy. İzmit. Referees: Coşkun Kutay, İbrahim Kalfaoğlu, Koray Kamalıoğlu. Kocaelispor: Müjdat (Erhan), Zeki, Kamil, Mahir, Gürbey (Murat), Turgay, Mustafa, Baturman, Orhan, Ceyhun, Güvenç. Subs: Ahmet, Halil, Yusuf. Coach: Zeynel Soyuer. Goals: Turgay 1'(H) (25th second), Güvenç 13'(H), Kamil 22'(H). MİY: Salih, Mustafa, M.Ali, Sedat, Esat, Levent, Mücellip, Feridun, Metin, Vehbi, Harun. Subs: Özcan, Yusuf, Özcan, Raşit, Mehmet. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Vehbi 18'(F), Vehbi 76'. "Kocaeli defeated Mersin İd. Yurdu by 3-2." Kocaeli Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 3-2 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.02.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  20. ^ Round 17 - 08.02.1981 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 0-1. Sunday. Weather: First heavy then open. Mersin. Attendance: 20.000. Referees: Talat Tokat, İbrahim Karaoğlan, Turhan Özener. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Mehmet Ali, Esat, Mücellip, Nevruz (Özcan), Feridun, K.Metin, Vehbi, Harun (Şilan). Subs: Ahmet, Yusuf, Levent. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow cards: Vehbi, Şilan, Mustafa, Mehmet Ali. Beşiktaş: Rasim, Süleyman, Ulvi, Mehmet Ekşi, Samet, Rıza, Serdar, Akif, Necdet, Özer, Şaban. Subs: Mustafa, Ünal, Kenan, Fikret, Kemal. Coach: Dorde Miliç. Goal: Özer 23'. After the match Mehmet Ali knocked Serdar. "Özer makes Beşiktaş happy again in Mersin." Beşiktaş'ın Mersin'de yüzünü gene Özer güldürdü. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.02.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  21. ^ Round 18 - 15.02.1981 - Trabzonspor-MİY: 3-0. Sunday. Weather: 18°C open sunny. Trabzon. Attendance: c. 15.000. Referees: Ünal Şahin, Cemal Keçeci, Hasan Karaca. Trabzonspor: Şenol, Turgay, Necati, Hüsnü, Ahmet, Arif (Mustafa), Güngör, Cemil, Sinan, Tuncay, İskender. Subs: Ali, K. Şenol. Manager: Özkan Sümer. Goals: Sinan 58', 76', 81'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Osman (Sedat), Yusuf, Eyüp, Levent, Ferdiun, Nevruz, Metin, Vehbi, Mücellip. Subs: Ahmet, Esat, Şilan, Harun. Manager: İsmet Arıkan. "Trabzonspor broke Mersin İd. Yurdu away: 3-0". Trabzonspor Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu farklı yendi: 3-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.02.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  22. ^ Round 19 - 22.02.1981 - MİY-Altay: 2-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 20°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yusuf Namoğlu, Sedat Kant, Özcan Dal. MİY: Ahmet, Mustafa, Sedat, İsmail, Esat (Eyüp), Nevruz, Metin, Levent, Feridun, Vehbi, Mücellip. Subs: Salih, Yusuf, Mehmet, Özcan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Sedat 5', Nevruz 75'. Altay: Sait, Sabahattin, Zafer, Şerafettin, Bilal, Alper, Kemal, B.Mustafa, Ümit, Ethem, Mustafa. Subs: Can, Ramazan, Önder, Ali, Behiç. Coach: Rıza Şenol. "Mersin İd. Yurdu - Altay: 2-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu - Altay: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.02.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  23. ^ Round 20 - 01.03.1981 - Zonguldakspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday. Weather: 2°C sleety. Zonguldak. Attendance: Low. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Metin Tuğcu, Zeki İnan. Zonguldakspor: Birol, Hüseyin, Tuğrul, Turgut, Muammer, Ersoy, Hamdi, Savaş, Hamit, Ayhan, Kemal. Subs: Rasim, Fuat, Yaşar, Nurettin, Ercan. Coach: Candan Tarhan. Goals: Ayhan 20', Kemal 60'. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Esat, Sedat, Nevruz, Mehmet, Harun, Mücellip, Vehbi, Metin. Subs: Ahmet, Mustafa, Eyüp, Özcan. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. "Zonguldakspor did not have difficulty against Mersin İd. Yurdu: 2-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu karşısında zorlanmadı: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.03.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  24. ^ Round 21 - 08.03.1981 - MİY-Orduspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 22°C, open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Cumhur Demir, Kemal Ceylan, Sezai Temel. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, Sedat, İsmail, Esat, Nevruz, Harun, Özcan, Mücellip, Vehbi, Metin (Şiran). Subs: Özcan, Eyüp, Kenan, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Ordu: Alptekin, B.Turgay, Levent, K.Turgay, Salih, Seçkin, Zafer, Şükrü (Sezai), Şenol, Mahmut, Güven. Subs: İbrahim, Uğur, Selahattin. Coach: Candan Dumanlı. "Mersin İd. Yurdu left Orduspor pointless: 1-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Orduspor'u puansız bıraktı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.03.1981, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
  25. ^ Round 22 - 14.03.1981 - Galatasaray-MİY: 0-0. Saturday, 15:00. Weather: 5°C, heavy, rainy. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 14.788. Referees: İhsan Türe, Erdal Balkanlı, Hasan Zerek. Galatasaray: Haydar, Fettah, Ali Çoban, Fatih, Erdoğan, Cüneyt, Mustafa (B.Metin 57'), Orhan, Öner (Reşit 45'), Müfit, Bülent. Subs: Eser, Turgay, Mehmet. Coach: Brian Birch. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Sedat, Esat, Özcan, Nevruz, Levent, Mücellip, Vehbi, Metin (Mehmet 55'). Subs: Ahmet, Eyüp, Harun, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow cards: Esat 61', Mehmet 88'. "G.saray stambled by Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0-0." G.saray, Mersin İd. Yurdu'na takıldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.03.1981, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (in Turkish)
  26. ^ Round 23 - 29.03.1981 - MİY-Adana Demirspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 24°C sunny. Mersin. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Onur Songur, Hasan Ceylan. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, Sedat, İsmail, Esat, Nevruz, Özcan, Levent, Mücellip, Vehbi, Şilan (Harun). Subs: Ahmet, Mustafa, Raşit, Metin. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Vehbi 4'. Yellow card: Özcan (first half). Adana Demirspor: Hasan, Hüseyin, Mehmet, K.Hasan, K.Orhan, K.İbrahim, B.Orhan, Savaş, Eren, Rasin, Müjdat. Subs: İzzet, İbrahim, Nevzat, Bilbay, Adnan. Coach: Coşkun Özarı. "Mersin İd. Yurdu defeated Adana D.Spor: 1-0". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Adana D.Spor'u yendi: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.03.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  27. ^ Round 24 - 05.04.1981 - Gaziantepspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Weather 2°C sunny. Gaziantep. Attendance: c. 10.000. Referees: Yılmaz Dinçel, Necdet Akkurt, Hakan Tatar. Gaziantepspor: Yaşar, Ünsal, Fatih, Tuğrul, Ali, Doğan, Sami, Hüseyin, Reşit, Ahmet, Erdal, Murat. Subs: Cemal, Nurettin, Uğur, Müjdat, Hakan. Coach: Gürcan Berk. Goal: Erdal 11'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Yusuf, Esat, Levent, Mehmet Ali, Nevruz, Mücellip, Vehbi, Özcan. Bench: Ahmet, Tahir, Kenan Faruk, Raşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Levent. "Gaziantep, Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 1-0 mağlup etti". Gaziantep beats Mersin İd. Yurdu by 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.04.1981, p. 10. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  28. ^ Round 25 - 19.04.1981 - MİY-Rizespor: 2-1. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Coşkun Uygun, Cengiz Demirpençe. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Nevruz, M.Ali, Levent, Metin, Vehbi, Şiran. Subs: Ahmet, Yusuf, Eyüp, Raşit, Harun. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Tahir 40', Harun 68'. Rize: Bahattin, Kasım, Yaşar, Kahraman, Muharrem, Müfit, Sinan, Arif, B.Osman, K.Osman, Zafer. Subs: K.Sinan, Hüseyin, Erol, Reşat. Coach: Halil Güngördü. Goal: Sinan 58'."Mersin İd. Yurdu beat Rizespor 2-1". Mersin İd. Yurdu, Rizespor'u 2-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.04.1981, p. 13. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
  29. ^ Round 26 - 26.04.1981 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 21°C open. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 16.570. Referees: Coşkun Kutay, Bedri Dölkeleş, Turan Özener. Fenerbahçe: Adem, Onur, Erol, Alpaslan, Cem, Mehmet (İsa), Müjdat, Raşit, Sedat (Raşit), Mustafa, Suat, Selçuk. Subs: Fikret, Yaşar, Sertaç. Coach: Friedel Rausch. Goal: Alpasalan 55'(P). MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Levent, Metin, Nevruz, Mehmet Ali (Metin), Özcan, Vehbi, Mücellip (Harun). Subs: Atıf, Nasır, Eyüp. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Metin 7'(H). Yellow cards: Sedat, Vehbi. "Fenerbahçe could only save a draw from relegation candidate Mersin: 1-1". Fenerbahçe düşme hattındaki Mersin'den beraberliği güç kurtardı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.04.1981, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
  30. ^ Round 27 - 03.05.1981 - Boluspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday. Weather: Partly cloudy. Bolu. Referees: Necmi Temizel, Sezen Duygulu, Fazıl Aksoy. Boluspor: İlker, B.İbrahim, Nuri, Alaattin, Erdem, K.İbrahim, Salahattin, Çetin, Halil İbrahim, Minas. Subs: Çetin, Şahap, Şenol, K.Mehmet, B.Mehmet. Coach: Cahit Sinan. Goal: K.Mehmet 78'. Yellow card: Alaattin 26'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Levent, Nevruz, Mehmet Ali, Metin, Vehbi, Mücellip. Subs: Atıf, Eyüp, Harun, Özcan, Nazım. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goal: Nevruz 67'. Yellow card: Mehmet Ali 26'. "Mersin İd. Yurdu got one point from Boluspor: 1-1." Mersin İd. Yurdu Boluspor'dan bir puan aldı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.05.1981, p. 15. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  31. ^ Round 28 - 10.05.1981 - MİY-Adanaspor: 2-2. Sunday. Mersin. Weather: 18°C, partly cloudy. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Turgut Sözener, Onursal Uras. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat, Nevruz, M.Ali, Levent, Metin, Vehbi, Özcan. Subs: Atıf, Eyüp, Yusuf, Nasır. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Goals: Tahir 19', Vehbi 57'. Adanaspor: Malik, Şevket, K.Mustafa, B.Mustafa, Timuçin, Nejat, Ahmet, Selahattin, Kamil, Bora, Ercan. Subs: B.Ahmet, Varol, Suat, Nihat, Gani. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goals: Ercan 18', Ahmet 79'. "Mersin İd. Yurdu - Adanaspor couldn't beat each other: 2-2." Mersin İd. Yurdu - Adanaspor yenişemedi: 2-2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.05.1981, p. 12. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  32. ^ Round 29 - 17.05.1981 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 0-2. Sunday. Weather: 18°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Yusuf Namoğlu, Kemal, Bayram, Sedat Kant. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Esat (Eyüp), Nevruz, Mehmet Ali, Levent, Metin, Vehbi, Özcan. Subs: Atıf, Yusuf, Mücellip, Harun. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Sedat. Eskişehirspor: Sinan, Ender, Bilal, İsmail, Tayfun, Serdar, Zafer, Hüdai, Aykut, Ali İhsan, İhsan. Subs: Selahattin, Gani, Burhan, Coşkun. Coach: Nihat Atacan. Goals: Aykut 47', Ali İhsan 84'. Yellow card: İhsan. "Eskişehirspor beat Mersin İd. Yurdu in Mersin by 1-0". Eskişehirspor, Mersin'de Mersin İd. Yurdu'nu 2-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.05.1981, p. 15. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  33. ^ Round 30 - 24.05.1981 - Bursaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: open. Bursa. Referees: Özer Kızıltan, Yılmaz Sarıoğlu, Ergüder Yılmaz. Bursaspor: Alptuğ, Sedat II, Erdinç, Ahmet, Sinan, Muzaffer, Recai, Sedat III, Cengiz, B.Ahmet, Mustafa. Subs: Aslan, İsmail, Beyhan, Turgay, Nihat. Coach: Fethi Demircan. Goal: Sedat III 11'. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir, Eyüp, Levent, Harun, Nasır, Metin, Mücellip, Özcan. Subs: Atıf, Raşit, Haluk, Hüseyin. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Özcan."Bursaspor defeated Mersin İd. Yurdu by Sedat III's goal." Bursaspor Mersin İd. Yurdunu Sedat III'ün golüyle yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.05.1981 Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  34. ^ a b TFF website does not have an official page for 1980–81 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).
  35. ^ R6/L1 - 25.02.1981 - Samsunspor-MİY: 1-0. Wednesday. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun. Referees: Erol Polat, Turhan Şahin, Cahit Türüp. Samsunspor: Adnan, Hamdi, Eyüp, Cazip, Adem, Hakkı, Metin, Kenan, Ahmet, Hasan, Murat. MİY: Ahmet, Mustafa, Esat, İsmail, Sedat, Özcan, Nevruz, Metin, Harun, Mücellip, Mehmet. "Samsun - M. İ. Yurdu: 1-0". Samsun - M. İ. Yurdu: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.02.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  36. ^ QF/L1 - 01.04.1981 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 2-0. Wednesday, 15:00. Weather: 7°C, sometimes heavy sometimes sunny. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 15.465. Referees: İbrahim Acar, Fikri Kuştemir, İbrahim Karaoğlan. Fenerbahçe: Adem, Müjdat (Hasan 80'), Alpaslan, Erol, Cem (B.Mehmet 69'), Onur, İsa, Sedat, Ali Kemal, Raşit, Selçuk. Subs: Fikret, Yaşar, Mustafa. Goals: Selçuk 29', Raşit 88'. Red card: Sedat 87'. Coach: Friedl Rausch. MİY: Salih, Yusuf, İsmail, Sedat, Esat, Levent, Nevruz (Raşit 57'), Harun, Mücellip, Vehbi, Özcan. Subs: Ahmet, Mustafa, Kenan, Metin. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow cards: Vehbi 30', Özcan 30'. "Bad football, good result for Fenerbahçe: 1-0". Fenerbahçe'de kötü futbol, iyi sonuç: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.04.1981, p. 16. Retrieved on 08.12.2010. (in Turkish)
  37. ^ QF/L2 - 08.04.1981 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-2. Wednesday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Weather: 20°C partly cloudy. Attendance: 2.989. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Muhsin Karabağ, Zeki Gündem. MİY: Salih, Mustafa, Sedat, Tahir Esat (Eyüp), Levent, Nevruz, Raşit, M.Ali, Mücellip, Harun. Subs: Ahmet, Yusuf, Kenan, Reşit. Coach: İsmet Arıkan. Yellow card: Mücellip 24'. Sent offf: Mücellip 44'. Fenerbahçe: Adem, Müjdat, Erol, Alpaslan, Cem, Onur, İsa (Suat), Yaşar (Mustafa), Ali Kemal, Raşit, Selçuk. Subs: Fikret, Mehmet, Hasan. Coach: Rausch. Yellow card: İsa 44', Müjdat, Raşit. Goals: İsa 33(F), Mustafa 77'(F). "F.bahçe promoted to semi-finals by beating Mersin İdmanyurdu". M. İd. yurdu'nu 2-0 yenen F.bahçe yarıfinale yükseldi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.04.1981, p. 11. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. (in Turkish)
  38. ^ Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1980–81 squad and 1980–81 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
  39. ^ a b Data were obtained from; (1) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1980–81 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
  40. ^ 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 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  41. ^ 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.
  42. ^ İsmail Yavru. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Trabzonspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  43. ^ Mustafa Çimen. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Beiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  44. ^ 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.
  45. ^ 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.
  46. ^ Levent Dörtgöz. K. Levent. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine and TFF Player profile.
  47. ^ Özcan Kızıltan. In the team since Summer 1978. He grew up in MİY youth team. Player signed to Fenerbahçe for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  48. ^ Harun Erol. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Gençlerbirliği for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  49. ^ Mücellip Pehlivan. In the team since Summer 1978. His previous team was Lülebugazspor. At the end of the season player signed to Bursaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  50. ^ 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.
  51. ^ 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.
  52. ^ Yusuf Turan. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Sebat Gençlik. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  53. ^ 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.
  54. ^ 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.
  55. ^ Kazım Renk. In the team since Summer 1979. In later seasons player signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  56. ^ Eyüp Hazeren. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Adanaspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  57. ^ 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.
  58. ^ Nejat Ersin. Player signed in Summer 1980. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile and TFF player details for national matches.
  59. ^ Raşit Karasu. In the team since Summer 1979. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  60. ^ Özcan Balta. 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.
  61. ^ Ahmet Lülü. K. Ahmet. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  62. ^ Nevruz Şerif. Player signed on 21 December 1980. He was loaned from Altay for the rest of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  63. ^ Esat Nejdet Öksüzcük. Player signed in Winter 1981. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  64. ^ Sedat Gezer. Player signed in Winter 1981. His previous team was Diyarbakırspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  65. ^ Metin Çekiçler. Player signed in Winter 1981. He was loaned from Galatasaray for the second half of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  66. ^ Vehbi Günay. Player signed in Winter 1981. He was loaned from Diyarbakırspor for the second half of the season. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  67. ^ Haluk Turfan. In the team since Summer 1980. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  68. ^ Hüseyin Kurtuldu. In the team since Summer 1980. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.