Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1971–72. The 1971–72 season was the fifth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. They finished seventh in the league.
Club address was: Bahçelievler, Silifke Caddesi, Mersin. Tel: 1321. Executive committee: Mehmet Karamehmet (president), Ünal Sakman, Emin Yıldız, Orhan Sesimutlu, Erol Tarhan, Güneş Topsal, Çetin Kocaer, Sezai Sak, İbrahim Günay, Aydın Özlü, Özcan Özgürmen, Kayhan Oktar, M. Sözmen, C. Baydur, M. Şahin."Identification cards of the teams at the start of Turkish League". Türkiye Ligi başlarken takımların kimlik kartı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.08.1971, p. 8. Retrieved on 14.01.2011.
Vice-presidents Erol Tarhan and Mahir Turhan called former coach Turgay Şeren back to club but they could not agree. Mersin İdmanyurdu signed a contract with a foreign manager for the first time in its history, Dumitru Teodorescu.Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website . Club executives Orhan Mutlu and Sezai Sak signed former Beşiktaş coach in İstanbul. However, because MİY couldn't obtain a work permit for Teodorescu from Romanian Football Federation, they signed with Turgay Şeren after the second round. Turgay Şeren completed the season.
Pre-season MİY opened the season on 16.07.1971 with a ceremony in Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium. 04.08.1971 - MİY-Tarsus İdmanyurdu: 6–0. Tarsus. Ayhan 8', Zeki 42'(P), Halit 60', Ayhan 65', Mustafa 74'(P), Zeki 89'. 11.08.1971 - MİY-Adana Demirspor: 2–1. 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. "Anatolian Cup" game. MİY-Adana Demirspor: 1–0. 17.08.1971 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 4–1. Tuesday, 20:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Engil Türkdil, Tuncay Sözer. Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Niyazi, Levent, Ercan (K.Yaşar), serkan, Ostojiç, Fuat, Cevher (Yılmaz), Yaşar, Osman, Şükrü. Goals: Ostojiç 12', Osman 33', Fuat 43', Osman 89'. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Cihat (Güvenir), B.Erol, Akın, Ayhan (Erol), Mustafa, Güray, Ömer (Muhlis), Zeki, Güvenç. Goal: Güvenç 85'."F.Bahçe broke Mersin away: 4-1". F.Bahçe Mersin'e fark yaptı: 4-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.08.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 16.01.2011. Game played to complete the Zeki-Osman exchange contract. 20.08.1971 - Kayserispor-MİY: 2–1.
1971–72 First League participation First League was played with 16 teams in its 15th season, 1971–72. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1972–73. Mersin İY became 7th with 10 wins. Before the season, team's most scorer player Osman Arpacıoğlu was transferred to Fenerbahçe; in return Zeki Temizer from Fenerbahçe and Güvenç Kurtar from Beşiktaş were transferred to Mersin İY. In that season most scorer players were Güvenç Kurtar (12 goals) and Zeki Temizer (8 goals).
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1971–72 First League summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 4155821914+518 8440157+812 714247-36 Second half 155281615+112 7421123+910 8107412-82 Overall 7301010103529+630 158612710+1722 15249819-118 Sources: 1971–72 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 1971–72 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe.
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.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1971–72 First League by rounds:
First half
Second half
1971–72 Turkish Cup participation 1971–72 Turkish Cup was played for the 10th season as Türkiye Kupası by 26 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Top ten first division teams from previous season participated. Mersin İdmanyurdu did not participate in the Cup because they had finished previous season at 11th place. MKE Ankaragücü won the Cup for the first time.TFF website does not have an official page for 1971–72 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 15 August 2015, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page , retrieved on 15 August 2015, .
Management
Club management Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.
Coaching team
1971–72 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period Notes 01.08.1971 – 31.05.1972 Turgay Şeren01.08.1971 – 31.05.1972 Note: Only official games were included.
1971–72 squad Stats are counted for 1971–72 First League matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1971–72 squad and 1971–72 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 1971–72 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 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.
Name Birth Born ← Season Notes →11Fikret Özdil1943 GK17 17 previous season.Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .22Güvenir Kurtar1947TurhalDF12 12 Trabzonspor.Güvenir Kurtar. Player signed in Summer 1971. His previous team was Trabzonspor. At the end of the season player signed to Konya İdman Yurdu for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .33Akın Aksaçlı1947 DF28 28 previous season.Akın Aksaçlı. In the team since Summer 1970. His previous team was Galatasaray. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44Erol Evcimen1944 DF14 14 previous season.Erol Evcimen, B. Erol. In the team since Summer 1969. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.55Refik Çoğum1940 MF28 28 previous season.Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Mustafa Yürür (C)26 Jun 1938IstanbulMF273 273 previous season.Mustafa Yürür, Böbrek (lit. Kidney). In the team since Summer 1969. At the end of the season player signed to Kasımpaşa for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.77Ömer Tokgöz1947 FW291 291 Ankaragücü.Ömer Tokgöz. Player signed in Summer 1971. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.88Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW243 243 previous season.Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1965. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .99Güray Erdener12 Jan 1944ÇanakkaleFW263 263 Beşiktaş.Güray Erdener. Player signed in Summer 1971. His previous team was Beşiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1010Zeki Temizer1945IstanbulFW288 288 1 Fenerbahçe.Zeki Temizer. Player signed in Summer 1971. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1111Güvenç Kurtar25 Jul 1950UşakFW2412 2412 Beşiktaş.Güvenç Kurtar. Player signed in Summer 1971. His previous team was Beşiktaş. At the end of the season player signed to Bursaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1213Erol Durmuşlu1 Nov 1950SilifkeFW7 7 previous season.Erol Durmuşlu, K. Erol. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1314Turgay FW1 1 Aksarayspor.Turgay. Player signed in Summer 1971. His previous team was Aksarayspor. Details from maçkolik.com page .142Cihat Erbil1946AlpulluDF211 211 previous season.Cihat Erbil. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .155Halit Kutlu MF16 16 Beşiktaş.Halit Kutlu. Player signed in Summer 1971. His previous team was Beşiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1613Muhittin FW1 1 Muhittin. Details from maçkolik.com page .1710Alp Sümeralp1938IstanbulFW121 121 previous season.Alp Sümeralp. In the team since Summer 1962. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1813İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW91 91 1 previous season.İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.194Remzi Sezer MF82 82 Remzi Sezer. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .201Branislav Veljković1944 GK15 15 Adanaspor.Branislav Velkovic. Player signed in Summer 1971. He was loaned from Adanaspor. At the end of the season player turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page .2113Mehmet Şilan17 Dec 1955MersinFW1 1 First time professional.Mehmet Şilan. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1971–72 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).
News from Milliyet: After the season Cihat Erbil (28) has cancered. The club has started a fund drive for the player. Transfers in: Zeki has come from Fenerbahçe in exchange for Osman. Güray, Güvenç and Halit were transferred from Beşiktaş; and Ömer from Ankaragücü. Velkoviç loaned from Adanaspor. Güvenir from Trabzonspor. Selahattin and İbrahim from İçelspor. Turgay and Erol from Aksarayspor. Mehmet from Tayfun. Transfers out: Mustafa Yürür (Kasımpaşa). Necmi (Vefa). Ekrem (Hatayspor).
See also Football in Turkey
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