Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1966-1967. The season was the 3rd season of Mersin İdmanyurdufootball team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. The team became the champions of the league and promoted to 1967-68 Turkish First Football League at the end of the season.
The team's name was changed to Mersin İdmanyurdu from Çukurova İdmanyurdu which was the name adopted under Çukurova Group sponsorship. This decision was made in the congress of the club held on 15.06.1966. In the congress, following were elected for executive committee: Nevzat Emrealp, Mehmet Karamehmet, Halit Gazioğlu, Mahir Turhan, Mustafa Sözmen, Faruk Niskavi, Ünal Şıhman, Erol Tarhan, Sungur Baydur, Sezai Sak, Aydın Özlü. The committee declared that an amount of TL 500.000 was allocated for transfers and Sabri Kiraz was decided to be spoken with as manager of the football team.[1] However, later, Lefter Küçükandonyadis has become the manager,[2] famous former player of Fenerbahçe and Turkey national football team. In the mid-season Küçükandonyadis left his previous team and started his manager career in MİY on 16.02.1967. He demanded that existing coach Fahrettin Cansever should also remain as trainer.[3]
Executive committee at the beginning of the season had been consisted of: Nevzat Emrealp (president), Nail Turan (deputy president), Dr. Aydın Özlü (secretary), Sezai Sak (general captain), Sungur Baydur (accountant), Halil Gazioğlu, Ünal Şıhman (members).[4]
Mersin İdmanyurdu has won the league title in Turkish Second Football League, 1966–67 season. They finished the season in Red Group at first place. After season they won Second League Championship match against Bursaspor. As champions they were eligible to play Prime Minister's Cup (Chancellor Cup) against champions of the amateur leagues.
28.08.1966 - Adana Demirspor-MİY: 0–0. Sunday. Adana.
04.09.1966 - MİY-Kayserispor: 1–0. Sunday. Adana.
1966–67 Second League participation[]
Second League was played for the fourth time in season with 33 teams grouped in red (17) and white (16) groups. In each group top teams promoted to First League1967–68 and last teams relegated to Third League formed that year. Mersin İY took place in Red Group and finished first. The most scorer player was Osman Arpacıoğlu with 23 goals. They won all the home games during the league.
Results summary[]
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) Second League Red Group 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
2
16
10
4
2
25
14
+11
24
7
7
0
0
16
4
+12
14
9
3
4
2
9
10
-1
10
Second half
16
12
2
2
37
7
+30
26
9
9
0
0
28
1
+27
18
7
3
2
2
9
6
+3
8
Overall
1
32
22
6
4
62
21
+41
50
16
16
0
0
44
5
+39
32
16
6
6
4
18
16
+2
18
Sources: 1966–67 Turkish Second Football League pages.[5]
League table[]
The final league table of Red Group of Second League in season and results of games played by Mersin İY are provided in the following table.[6]
Two points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. First team is MİY in both cases, home and away. Bye weeks are shown in team's raw. (P): Promoted to 1967–68 Turkish First Football League; (R): Relegated to .
Source: 1966–67 Turkish Second Football League in Cem Pekin Archives; and in mackolik.com; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu season.
Results by round[]
Results of games MİY played in Second League Red Group by rounds:
Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
Ground
A
A
H
A
H
B
A
H
A
H
A
H
A
H
A
H
A
H
H
A
H
A
H
A
B
H
A
H
A
H
A
H
A
H
Result
D
L
W
W
W
D
W
L
W
D
W
W
W
W
W
D
W
W
D
W
D
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
L
W
Position
11
14
10
5
5
7
4
5
7
5
6
6
5
5
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Source: 1966–67 Turkish Second Football League pages.[5] A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
The fifth Turkish Cup in was played as Türkiye Kupası by 81 teams: 17 from First league, 33 from Second league, 18 from regional leagues and 15 from amateurs. Three elimination rounds (including preliminary rounds) were played in one-leg elimination system at first team's grounds. QF, SF, and finals were played in two-leg elimination system. But starting from the previous Cup finals were played in single match if the finalist were from the same city. Two İzmir teams drew in the final match; and Altay won the fifth cup by casting lots after extra time against Göztepe and become eligible for ECW. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) in and was eliminated at preliminary round 2 of round 3 by Gençlerbirliği.[21]
Cup track[]
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Stats are counted for Second League matches and Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[23][24] 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.
^"Milliyet Second League Sports Supplement". Milliyet 2. Lig Spor İlavesi, p. 4. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.09.1966. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
^06 - 30.10.1966 - BYE - In the bye week MİY played a friendly game in Mersin. MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 2-1. MİY: Goals: Selahattin, Renda. ADS: Goal: Özer. Source milliyet online archive[permanent dead link] on 31.10.1966. Retrieved on 16.07.2010. (in Turkish)
^07 - 05.11.1966 - Beyoğluspor-MİY: 1-1. Saturday, 13:00. Vefa Stadium, İstanbul. Beyoğluspor: Aleko, Panayot, Petridis, Taki, Maruli, Vecdi, Çetin, Kazancı, Avram, Necdet, Kalfin. Goal: Avram 5'(P). MİY: Doğan, Battal, Emin, Hasan, Vefik, Mustafa, Yahya, Ayhan, Osman, Renda, Alp. Goal: Osman 37'(F). pos: 4. "Beyoğluspor: 1 - İ. Yurdu: 1". Beyoğluspor: 1 - İ. Yurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.11.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
^13 - 29.01.1967 - Sarıyer-MİY: 1-2. Sunday. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Sarıyer: Goal: Ruli (1-1). MİY: Goals: Vural (1-0), Kadri Aytaç 84'. pos: 5. "Surprise in 2nd league: M.İdmanyurdu: 2 - Sarıyer: 1". II. ligde sürpriz: M.İdmanyurdu: 2 - Sarıyer: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.01.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (in Turkish)
^15 - 11.02.1967 - Petrolspor-MİY: 1-2. Saturday, 14:15. 19 Mayıs Stadyumu, Ankara. MİY: Goals: Osman 30', 56'. Petrolspor: Goal: Burhan 85'. pos: 3. "Şekerspor saved leadership". Şekerspor liderliği korudu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.02.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (in Turkish)
^22 - 02.04.1967 - Beykoz-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 13:45. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Beykoz: Sıtkı, Metin, İsmail, Adnan, Oral, Garbis, Mustafa, Ateş, Cemal, Harun, Rahmi. Coach: Şirzat Dağcı. Goal: Cemal 56'. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Nihat, Refik, İhsan, Mümtaz, Tarık, Ayhan, Kadri, Osman, Alp. Coach: Lefter. Goal: Adnan 74'(o.g.). pos: 1. "Candidates draw ...". Adaylar berabere kaldı .... Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.04.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 03.11.2010. (in Turkish)
^24 - 16.04.1967 - Altındağ-MİY: 0-1. Sunday. Ankara. pos: 1. On return way MİY fans had a wreck, Corci Zaharyan died, 9 were injured." In an accident on return from match a fan died, 9 injured". Maç dönüşü kazaya uğrayan bir taraftar öldü, 9'u yaralandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.04.1967, p. 3. Retrieved on 10.02.2011. (in Turkish)
^34 - 25.06.1967 - MİY-Edirnespor: 3-0. Sunday. Mersin. MİY: Alp, Kadri, Ayhan, Osman. Goals: Alp 24'(F), Ayhan 38'(H), Osman 83'(H). pos: 1. "M.İdmanyurdu won the last game 3-0". M.İdmanyurdu son maçını 3-0 kazandı. Milliyet gazetet arşivi, 26.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (in Turkish)
^Championship game - 27.06.1967 - MİY-Bursaspor: 2-0. Tuesday, 19:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Fahri Alpagut, Cevdet Güvenli. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Nihat, Refik, İhsan, Mümtaz, Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Alp. Coach: Lefter. Goals: Alp 35'(F), Ayhan 38'(H). Bursaspor: Osman, Turgut, İrfan, İsmail, Müfit, Taner, Mesut, Vedat, Mustafa, Ersel, Riay. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. "M.İ.Yurdu, Turkish Second League Champions". M.İ.Yurdu II. Türkiye Ligi Şampiyonu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 11.10.2010. (in Turkish)
^CHP (Republican People's Party) General Secretary Bülent Ecevit, on behalf of a journal, gave cups to both MİY and Bursaspor. "Short news with picture". Resimli kısa haberler. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (in Turkish)0
^Chancellor Cup - 30.06.1967 - MİY-İzmir Denizgücü: 2-0. Ankara. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Servet Kaftancı, Cemil Yıldız. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Nihat, Refik, İhsan, Mümtaz, Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Alp. Goals: İhsan 38', Osman 59'. Penalty missed: Kadri 59' (Osman kicked the returning ball from Güngör). İzmir Denizgücü: Güngör, K.Ali, Cudi, B.Ali, Şakir, Mazlum, Yılmaz, Safa, Hayrettin, K.Orhan, B.Orhan. Mersin İdmanyurdu captain Kadri received the Cup from Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel. "Chancellor's Cup won by Mersin". Başbakanlık kupası Mersin'in. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.07.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (in Turkish)
^ Jump up to: abTFF 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, (in Turkish). See details for 1966–67 Turkish Cup pages at Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 23.07.2010, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in Turkish).
^ Jump up to: abErbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years(in Turkish). Retrieved on 30 August 2013 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57.
^Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1966–67 squad and 1966–67 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
^ Jump up to: abErbil, 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 1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained from maçkolik.com. Appearance and goal stats obtained from maçkolik.com are not complete, because rosters of some games were not available at the date these stats were obtained. Retrieved on 30 August 2013.
^Nihat Fırat. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was PTT. At the end of the season player signed to Aydınspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
^Renda Dikmen. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. At the end of the season player signed to Karşıyaka for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.