Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1968–69. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team took place in Turkish First Football League, the first level division for the second time in 1968–69 season. They finished sixth. They have eliminated from Turkish Cup at first round. They represented Turkey in a friendly cup played in Tehran, Iran. Osman Arpacıoğlu became the first player of MİY capped in Turkey national football team when he was playing in the team.TFF data bank
Executive committee: Mehmet Karamehmet (president); Mahir Turhan, Ünal Şıhman (vice-presidents); Erol Tarhan (general captain); Şinasi Develei (general secretary); Şükrü Soydan (club director); Çetin Hocaer (treasurer); Cemal Evrim (audit); Sedat Gülergün, Aydın Özlü, Yılmaz Ok, Sadık Eliyeşil, Sungur Baydur, Necati Bolkan (members). Club address: Bahçelievler/Mersin. Tel. no: none."General look over the teams". takımların genel görünümü. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.09.1968, sports supplement p. 3. Retrieved on 07.02.2011. Turgay Şeren was the head coach; Bayram Birinci was his assistant. Şeren had targeted 10th position before the start of the season, but the team performed better.
Pre-season Preparation games: 11.08.1968 - MİY-Antalyaspor: 2-0. Sunday. Mersin. 18.08.1968 - Antalyaspor-MİY: 2-2. Sunday. Antalya. 25.08.1968 - MİY-PTT: 3-1. Sunday. Mersin. 01.09.1968 - Ispartaspor-MİY: 0-2. Sunday. Isparta. 08.09.1968 - MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 1-0. Sunday. Mersin. Goal: Osman (P).
1968–69 First League participation First League was played with 16 teams in its eleventh season, 1968–69. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1969–70. Mersin İY became sixth with 11 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was most scorer player with 14 goals.Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. fan site
Coach Turgay Şeren declared that the team was very young (age average was 21) and that they will fight for championship next year. However, he resigned after the end of season. It was Şeren's first experience in his coaching career. Şeren left the team at the end of the season, on 9 July 1969.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1968–69 First League summary:
OverallHomeAway Stage First half 7156451612+416 7520101+912 8125611-54 Second half 155551917+215 8521113+812 7034814-63 Overall 630119103529+631 151041214+1724 151591425-117 Sources: 1968–69 Turkish First Football League pages.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.
League table Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1968–69 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe
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 1968–69 First League by rounds:
First half
Second half
1968–69 Turkish Cup participation 1968–69 Turkish Cup was played for the 7th season as Türkiye Kupası by 31 teams. Two elimination rounds (including one preliminary round) and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1968–69 Turkish Cup and was eliminated at first round by Bursaspor. Bursaspor was eliminated in semifinals by Göztepe who won the Cup for the first time.TFF website does not have an official page for 1968–69 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, . See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, retrieved on 13 September 2010, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, .
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1968–69 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResultRound 1First LeagueFirst LeagueBursaspor0–21–2Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1968–69 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1968–69 Turkish Cup pages.
1969 Friendship Cup MİY represented Turkey in 1969 Friendship Cup played in Tehran, Iran. The tournament was play in honour of Shah Reza Pahlavi's birthday. MİY took third place.Jaam-e-Doosti (Friendship) Cup 1969 (Tehran, Iran) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
round date/hour venue referee home team result away team R1 6 March 1969 Tehran Mersin İdmanyurdu 4-1 Pakistan R2 9 March 1969 Tehran Iran 2-1 Mersin İdmanyurdu R3 11 March 1969 Tehran Spartak Moscow 2-0 Mersin İdmanyurdu R4 13 March 1969 Tehran Mersin İdmanyurdu 1-0 Iraq 06.03.1969 - MİY-Pakistan: 4–1. 09.03.1969 - Iran-MİY: 2–1. 11.03.1969 - Spartak Moscow-MİY: 2–0. 13.03.1969 - MİY-Iraq: 1–0. Goal: Ali 20'.
Management
Club management Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.
Coaching team
1968–69 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period NotesTurgay Şeren01.08.1968 – 31.05.1969 Note: Only official games were included.
1968–69 squad Stats are counted for 1968–69 First League matches and 1968–69 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1968–69 squad and 1968–69 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 YearsRetrieved on 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57. And an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1968–69 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained from maçkolik.com. Data related to discipline and substitute players obtained from maçkolik.com are not complete. Retrieved on 21 August 2015. In the team rosters four substitutes were allowed to appear, two of whom were substitutable. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.
Name Birth Born ← Season Notes →11Taner Carin1945IstanbulGK12 1 13 Galata G.K.Taner Carin. Player signed in Summer 1968. His previous team was Galata G.K. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .22İhsan Temen1938 DF15 2 17 previous season.Ali İhsan Temen. In the team since Summer 1966. Details from maçkolik.com page .33Cihat Erbil1946AlpulluDF24 2 26 Bandırmaspor.Cihat Erbil. Player signed in Summer 1968. His previous team was Bandırmaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44Halim Kütükçüoğlu1938 DF24 2 26 previous season.Halim Kütükçüoğlu. In the team since Summer 1967. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .55Refik Çoğum (C)1940 MF2812 301 previous season.Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Arif Omaç1942 MF2312 251 Feriköy.Arif Omaç. Player signed in Summer 1968. His previous team was Feriköy. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .77Ali Açıkgöz1945IstanbulFW2731 283 previous season.Ali Açıkgöz, Yetim. In the team since Summer 1967. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .88Tarık Kutver1940EzineFW184 184 previous season.Tarık Kutver. In the team since Summer 1967. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.99Muharrem Algıç1948IstanbulFW193 193 Boluspor.Muharrem Algıç, Yanık. Player signed in Summer 1968. His previous team was Boluspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1010Osman Arpacıoğlu5 Jan 1947AnkaraFW3014213215 previous season.Osman Arpacıoğlu. In the team since Summer 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1111Kadri Aytaç6 Aug 1931IstanbulFW2211 231 previous season.Kadri Aytaç. In the team since Summer 1966. He continued in the next season. He was also trainer of MİY's youth team. At the end of the season he put an end to his player career and became technical advisor of MİY responsible of foreign player transfers. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1210Alp Sümeralp1938IstanbulFW2531 263 previous season.Alp Sümeralp. In the team since Summer 1962. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .131Fikret Özdil1943 GK23 1 24 previous season.Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1413İbrahim Tezeren31 Jan 1948TekirdağDF7 1 8 Tekirdağspor.İbrahim Tezeren. Player signed in Summer 1968. His previous team was Tekirdağspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1510Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW2522 272 previous season.Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1965. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .162Fikri Pehlivan1948 DF2 2 previous season.Fikri Pehlivan. In the team since Summer 1967. Player signed to Antalyaspor in the mid-season. Details from maçkolik.com page .177Abdullah Turgut1943 FW7 2 9 previous season.Abdullah Turgut. In the team since Summer 1967. Details from maçkolik.com page .1815İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW9 2 11 First time professional.İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.197Erol Durmuşlu1 Nov 1950SilifkeFW6 6 First time professional.Erol Durmuşlu. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.206Olcay Başarır1949 FW17 2 19 Boluspor.Olcay Başarır. Player signed in Summer 1968. His previous team was Boluspor. At the end of the season player signed to Galatasaray for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .213Aydın Ünsal1942 MF1 1 Şekerspor.Aydın Ünsal. Player signed in Summer 1968. His previous team was Şekerspor. Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1968–69 season squad data from maçkolik.com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).
Transfer news from Milliyet: Summer transfers: Taner (Galata), Yurdaer (Kasımpaşa), Cihat (Bandırnaspor), İbrahim (Tekirdağspor), Şefik (İskenderunspor 1967), Arif (Feriköy SK), Muharrem (Boluspor), Mustafa (Konya İdmanyurdu). Amateurs: Erdinç, İbrahim, Erol (Silifkespor), Olcay (Boluspor), Tevfik (Tarsus İdmanyurdu). Abdullah (amateur). Transfers out: Olcay (Galatasaray); İhsan (Gençlerbirliği). Necdet (Feriköy). Yurdaer (Vefa).
National team appearances: Osman was capped in national team against Saudi Arabia (03.01.1969) and Poland (27.04.1969). İbrahim was capped in U-21 national team for Balkan U-21 tournament in Romania between 22 and 29 June 1969.
After the season Kadri put an end to his player career and later become a manager. 08.06.1969 - Kadri's jubilee match, MİY against Celebrities. Sunday, 17:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Celebrities-MİY: 5-5. Referee: Kemal Bunu. Celebrities: Turgay, Ercan, Basri, Yusuf, Talat, Kaya, Ogün, Şeref, Metin, Can, Uğur. Substitutions: Varol, Süreyya, Faruk, Muzaffer, Abdullah, Ahmet Şahin, Yaşar, Gökmen, Mazlum, Akın, Çeloviç, Harun. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, Abdullah, İbrahim, Kadri, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Erol. Goals (in order): Metin, Ogün, Can, Kadri, Uğur, Kadri, Uğur, Osman, Kadri, Kadri. President Mehmet Karamehmet and Governor Nihat Bor presented cups to Kadri."Kadri's jubilee was amazing". Kadri'nin jübilesi muhteşem oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.09.2010, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.09.2010.
See also Football in Turkey
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