Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1967–68. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team played in Turkish First Football League, the first level division for the first time in 1967–68 season. They finished tenth. In their first season they have become one of the most scorer teams. In Turkish Cup they were eliminated at second round. Before the season MİT had sent an offer to former coach of Turkish national football team Sandro Puppo. However, later Cihat Arman has signed as coach. Bayram Birinci was trainer.
Executive committee: Faruk Miskavi (president); Mehmet Karamehmet (vice-president); Mahir Turan and Ünal Çıkmaz (deputy vice-presidents); Erol Tarhan (general captain); Turgut Atasagun (general secretary); Yılmaz Ok (treasurer); Sedattin Cömert (audit); Şükrü Soydan, Mustafa Tüzmen, Sadık Eliyeşil, Halit Gazioğlu, Aydın Özlü, Necati Bilkan, Sezai Sak, Sungur Baykurt (members)."Opinions of team coaches and executives". Takımların antrenör ve yöneticilerinin görüşleri. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.09.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. . In this news Faruk Miskavi had been shown as president; but in other news Mehmet Karametmet was mentioned as president. Club history page in official web site confirmes Karamehmet as president.
Pre-season Season was opened on 6 August 1967. Preparation games:"Opinions of managers: Cihat Arman". Takımların antrenör ve yöneticilerinin görüşleri. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.09.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. 13.08.1967 - MİY-Adanaspor: 3–2. Sunday, 16:30. MİY: Goals: Tarık, Kadri, Ali. MİY-Hatayspor: 5–2. MİY: Goals: Tarık (3), Kahraman, Osman. MİY-Tarsus İdmanyurdu: 6–2. MİY: Goals: Kahraman (4), Ali, Ayhan. 27.08.1967 - MİY-Feriköy: 3–2. Sunday, 16:30. Mersin Stadium. MİY: Goals: Kadri 36', Tarık 48', Kahraman 89' Kahraman substituted Kadri. Feriköy: Goals: Ruli 79', Arif 13'. 03.09.1967 - MİY-PTT: 2–1. Sunday, 16:15. Mersin. MİY: Goals: Ali, Osman. PTT: Goals: Ertan.
1967–68 First League participation First League was played for the tenth time in 1967–68 season with 17 teams. Last three teams relegated to Second League 1968–69. Mersin İY became tenth in its first season at top level with 12 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was the most scorer player of the team with 18 goals.Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website He also played for national team.
Cihat Arman has resigned on 27.04.1968, one day before the 30th week game. Sezai Sak managed the team against Bursaspor. Before 31st round Turgay Şeren started to manage the team.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1967–68 First League summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 10167182223-115 8602169+712 8116614-83 Second half 165562021-115 8431148+611 8125613-74 Overall 1032126144244-230 1610333017+1323 1623111227-157 Sources: 1967–68 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 place in First League in 1967–68 season league table and game results are shown in the table below.See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues
Note: Won, drawn and lost points are 2, 1 and 0. F belongs to MİY and A belongs to corresponding team for both home and away matches. Bay weeks for MİY are shown in respective raw.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1967–68 First League by rounds:
First half
Mid-season Friendly game: 20.01.1968 - Feriköy-MİY.
Second half
1967–68 Turkish Cup participation 1967–68 Turkish Cup was played for the sixth 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 1967–68 Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the first time.TFF website does not have an official page for 1966–67 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 12 June 2009, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, .
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1967–68 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResultRound 1First LeagueAmateurİzmir Denizgücü1–03–0Promoted to R2Round 2First LeagueFirst LeagueFenerbahçe1–20–0Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1967–68 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1967–68 Turkish Cup pages.
Management
Club management Faruk Miskavi was club president.
Coaching team
1967–68 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period NotesCihat Arman01.08.1967 – 31.05.1968 Note: Only official games were included.
1967–68 squad Stats are counted for 1967–68 First League matches and 1967–68 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1967–68 squad and 1967–68 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 1967–68 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 20 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 →11Yunus Ceyhan1941 GK21 1 22 Ankaragücü.Yunus Ceyhan. Player signed in Summer 1967. His previous team was Ankaragücü. At the end of the season player signed to Şekerspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .22Yalçın Saner1938 DF23 2 25 1 İstanbulspor.Yalçın Saner. Player signed in Summer 1967. His previous team was İstanbulspor. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to İstanbulspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.33Halim Kütükçüoğlu1938 DF29 3 32 Ankaragücü.Halim Kütükçüoğlu. Player signed in Summer 1967. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44İhsan Temen1938 DF3014 341 previous season.Ali İhsan Temen. In the team since Summer 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .55Refik Çoğum1940 MF31 4 35 1 previous season.Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Ali Açıkgöz1945IstanbulFW2844 324 Vefa.Ali Açıkgöz, Yetim. Player signed in Summer 1967. His previous team was Vefa. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .77Burhan Gürel1943 FW13 13 Karşıyaka.Burhanettin Gürel. Player signed in Summer 1967. His previous team was Karşıyaka. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Karşıyaka for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.88Tarık Kutver1940EzineFW2273 257 1 Galatasaray.Tarık Kutver, K. Tarık. Player signed in Summer 1967. His previous team was Galatasaray. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.99Kadri Aytaç (C)6 Aug 1931IstanbulFW3124 352 previous season.Kadri Aytaç. In the team since Summer 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1010Osman Arpacıoğlu5 Jan 1947AnkaraFW29184 3318 1 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.1111Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW30531336 previous season.Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1965. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1211Alp Sümeralp1938IstanbulFW21131242 previous season.Alp Sümeralp. In the team since Summer 1962. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .135Tarık Arıtan1939 MF7 1 8 1 previous season.Tarık Arıtan, B. Tarık. In the team since Summer 1964. At the end of the season player signed to Sakaryaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1410Kahraman İnan1943 FW9322115 Ülküspor.Kahraman İnan. Player signed in Summer 1967. His previous team was Ülküspor. At the end of the season player signed to Manisaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1514Mustafa Aksoy1942 MF1512 171 previous season.Mustafa Ender Aksoy. In the team since Summer 1966. At the end of the season player signed to Adanaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1615Abdullah Turgut1943 FW8 1 9 Altındağ.Abdullah Turgut. Player signed in Summer 1967. His previous team was Altındağ S.K. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .171Fikret Özdil1943 GK14 3 17 previous season.Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1813Battal Toktay1939IstanbulDF17 3 20 previous season.Battal Toktay. In the team since Summer 1965. At the end of the season player signed to Boluspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1913Fikri Pehlivan1948 DF1 1 2 Davutpaşa.Fikri Pehlivan. Player signed in Summer 1967. His previous team was Davutpaşa S.K. He continued in the next season, but signed to Antalyaspor in the mid of the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .208Maula Bakhsh 1947 KarachiFW2 2 Pakistan.Molla Bachs. Foreign transfer. Details from maçkolik.com page .219Abdul Jabbar1945 KarachiFW2 2 Pakistan.Abdül Cabbar. Foreign transfer. Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1967–68 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).
Transfer information from Milliyet: Transfers in (Summer 1967): Tarık Kutver (Galatasaray); Yetim Ali (Vefa); Yalçın (İstanbulspor); İhsan (Gençlerbirliği); Yunus, Halim (Ankaragücü); Kahraman (Ülküspor); Burhan (Karşıyaka); Abdullah (Altındağ); Ahmet (İzmir Egespor); Fikri (Davutpaşa); Mehmet (Tirespor); Adem (İstanbul Tekel). Molla Bachs and Abdül Cabbar (PAK) became the first foreign transfers of MİY (06.04.1968). Ogün (Beşiktaş) did also sign but later withdrew. Transfer out (December 1967): Nihat (Boluspor). Transfers out (Summer 1968): Yalçın (İstanbulspor); Yunus (Şekerspor); K.Tarık (Sakaryaspor). Doğan (Adana Demirspor). Mustafa, Mümtaz (Adanaspor). Fikri (Antalyaspor). Adem (Kayserispor). Kahraman (Manisaspor). Battal (Boluspor).
See also Football in Turkey
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