1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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.

Mersin İdmanyurdu
1977–78 season
PresidentTurhan Lokmanoğlu
CoachTurkey Orhan Yüksel
StadiumMersin, Turkey
First League16th
Turkish CupEliminated at R3

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

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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

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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

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Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1977–78 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 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

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Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1977–78 season is shown in the following table.[2][3]

Pos Team 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
Source: [1]
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

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Results of games MİY played in 1977–78 First League by rounds:

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultDLWWLDDDLLLDDLLLDDDDLDLDDDLDWL
Position9141158991012141514141616161616161616161616151616161616
Source: 1977–78 Turkish First Football League pages.[1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First half

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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' (P)
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' (P)
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

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19 February 1978 Round 16 Trabzonspor    2 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Trabzon
Sunday, 13:15 Serdar Bali   48' (F)
Kadir Özcan   51' (P)
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' (P) 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' (P) 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' (P)
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

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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

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The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1977–78 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

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

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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

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Club management

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Turhan Lokmanoğlu was club president.

Coaching team

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1977–78 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat Head Coach Period Pl W D L Notes
  01.08.1977 – 31.05.1978
Note: Only official games were included.

1977–78 squad

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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.

O N Nat 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).

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ See "Turkey - Final Tables" at Erdinç Sivritepe and RSSSF
  3. ^ Weekly data available at Futbol Merkezi Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
  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)
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ 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)
  11. ^ 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)
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ 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)
  14. ^ 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)
  15. ^ 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)
  16. ^ 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)
  17. ^ 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)
  18. ^ 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)
  19. ^ 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)
  20. ^ 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)
  21. ^ 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)
  22. ^ 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)
  23. ^ 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)
  24. ^ 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 difficultly against Mersin: 2-1". G.saray wins difficultly against Mersin: 2-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.03.1978, pp. 13, 14. Retrieved on 06.11.2010. (in Turkish)
  25. ^ 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)
  26. ^ 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)
  27. ^ 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)
  28. ^ 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)
  29. ^ 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)
  30. ^ 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)
  31. ^ 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)
  32. ^ 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)
  33. ^ 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)
  34. ^ a b 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).
  35. ^ 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.
  36. ^ a b 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.
  37. ^ 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.
  38. ^ 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.
  39. ^ 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.
  40. ^ 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.
  41. ^ 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.
  42. ^ 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.
  43. ^ 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.
  44. ^ 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.
  45. ^ 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.
  46. ^ 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.
  47. ^ 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.
  48. ^ 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.
  49. ^ 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.
  50. ^ 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.
  51. ^ 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.
  52. ^ 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.
  53. ^ 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.
  54. ^ 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.
  55. ^ 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.
  56. ^ 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.
  57. ^ 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.
  58. ^ Tahsin. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.