Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1969–70. The 1969–70 season was the third season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. They finished fourth which was the best position the team ever obtained.
The team manager was Bülent Giz, one of the famous managers in 1970's Turkish football; and the club president was , Çukurova Group's owner.[1] Deputy president was Mahir Turan. Erol Tarhan was general captain. Sadri Usluoğlu who worked as executive for Beşiktaş and national team became general manager of İdmanyurdu. Before the start of the season Kadri Aytaç was the technical advisor and look for foreign transfers. Later he attended in a course in Romania.[2]
Mersin İdmanyurdu has targeted championship in this season. Coach Bülent Giz has written an article to declare their target in the mid-season. He said that if the substitutes had been good enough they hadn'nt been finished first half at third place.[3] His claim remained until the end of the league when the team lost last two matches to average teams and lost the chance to be eligible for European Cups next year.
17.09.1969 – In the first preparation match in their home ground MİY defeated Tarsus İdmanyurdu: 6–0. Goals: Ayhan (3), Muharrem (2) and Arif.[6] In another preparation game Bursaspor defeated MİY 5–1. The first match of the league was also played against Bursa but MİY this time beat them at away game.
1969–70 First League participation[]
First League was played with 16 teams in its twelfth season, 1969–70. Last two teams relegated to Second League . Mersin İY became fourth with 12 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was most scorer player with 6 goals.[1] Mersin İdmanyurdu has fought for second place -which provided eligibility for Fairs Cup- with Eskişehirspor, Altay, and Göztepe; and missed the chance of participation in a European cup.
Results summary[]
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1969–70First 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
3
15
8
5
2
19
10
+9
21
8
6
2
0
11
3
+8
14
7
2
3
2
8
7
+1
7
Second half
15
4
7
4
13
17
−4
15
7
4
3
0
7
2
+5
11
8
0
4
4
6
15
−9
4
Overall
4
30
12
12
6
32
27
+5
36
15
10
5
0
18
5
+13
25
15
2
7
6
14
22
−8
11
Sources: 1969–70 Turkish First Football League pages.[7]
League table[]
Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1969–70 season is shown in the following table.[8][9]
Turkish Cup was played for the 8th season as Türkiye Kupası by 30 teams. Two elimination rounds (including one preliminary round) and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by then second division team Kütahyaspor. Kütahyaspor was eliminated at semifinals. Göztepe won the Cup for the 2nd time.[39]
Cup track[]
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Stats are counted for 1969–70First League matches and Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[41][42] 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.
^"Kadri went to Yugoslavia to make foreign transfers". Kadri Yugoslavya'dan oyuncu almaya gitti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.07.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (in Turkish)
^"Mersin İdmanyurdu will be the champs" Mersin İdmanyurdu şampiyon olacaktır. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.01.1970. Retrieved on 22.08.2010. (in Turkish)
^"Galatasaray draws again". Galatasaray gene berabere kaldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.08.1969, p. 12. Retrieved on 05.08.1969. (in Turkish)
^"Bursaspor supersaturates Mersin". Bursaspor Mersin'i gole doyurdu: 5–1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.08.1969, p. 12. Retrieved on 25.10.2010. (in Turkish)
^"Mersin wins 6–0". Mersin 6–0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.09.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 05.08.1969. (in Turkish)
^See full table and results from Turkish Soccer – Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe. Results given in a matching table, weekly results and tables are not available.
^More details Futbol MerkeziArchived 2009-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. Won, drawn and lost points are 2,1 and 0. Weekly results and league tables can be seen via drop menu.
^Round 01 – 21.09.1969 – Bursaspor-MİY: 0–2. Sunday, 16:00. Balıkesir. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Mustafa Takımoğlu, Müfit Sun. Bursaspor: Osman (Yıldız), Vahit, İrfan, İsmail, İbrahim, Cengiz, Necati, Ersel, Engin (Cemal), Orhan (Sinan), Haluk. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, Refik, Erol, Cihat, K.Erol, Tarık, Ayhan, Mustafa, Muharrem. Goals: Ayhan 3', Muharrem 48'. "Mersin betaed Bursaspor with a net score". Mersin Bursaspor'u net farkla yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.09.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.09.2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 02 – 28.09.1969 – MİY-Samsunspor: 0–0. Sunday, 16:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ahmet Bagatır, Özer Kızıltan, İsmail Hendek. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, B.Erol, Cihat, Refik, Ali (K.Erol), Tarık, Ayhan, Mustafa, Muharrem (K.İbrahim). Samsunspor: Tekin, İhsan, Cengiz, Cevdet, Rıfat, Hamdi, Sami, Temel, Adem, A.Şahin, Abidin. "Mersin:0 – Samsun: 0". Mersin:0 – Samsun: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.09.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 03 – 05.10.1969 – MİY-Eskişehirspor: 1–0. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, Necmi Temizel, Turhan Yağmurlu. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goal: Tarık 67'. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, Abdurrahman, Faik, Kamuran, İsmail, Nuri, Nihat, Mustafa, Fethi, Vahap, Ender. "Mersin defeated Eskişehir with single goal: 1–0". Mersin Eskişehir'i tek golle yıktı: 1–0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.10.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.10.2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 04 – 19.10.1969 – Galatasaray-MİY: 2–1. Sunday, 15:15. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Cezmi Başar, Taşkın Yalçınkaya, Cumhur Çandarlı. Galatasaray: Nihat, Ali, Ergün, Muzaffer (Akın), Talat, Turan, Mehmet, Ayhan, Gökmen, Muhlis, Uğur. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goal: Refik 22' (o.g.), Mehmet 60' MİY: Fikret, Alp (Halim), Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goals: Tarık 28'. "G.saray won difficultly". G.saray zor kazandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.10.1969, p. 12. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 17 – 01.03.1970 – Samsunspor-MİY: 1–0. Sunday, 14:30. Samsun. Samsunspor: Nejat, Barbaros, Cengiz, Cevdet, Rıfat, Nuri, Sami, Temel, Adem, Yücel (Yılmaz), Hamdi. Goal: Temel 3'(P). MİY: Fikret, İbrahim, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Arif, Ayhan (Ali), Tarık, Osman, Popescu, Muharrem. "Samsunspor beat Mersin: 1–0". Samsunspor da Mersin'i yendi: 1–0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.03.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (in Turkish)
^Round 19 – 27.05.1970 – MİY-Galatasaray: 1–0 (delayed game). Wednesday, 15:30. Game was originally planned to be played on 15 March 170 Sunday, but was delayed due to European cup game that Galatasaray would play. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Cezmi Başar, Talat Tokat, Kazım Yücel. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Popescu, Ali, Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, K.İbrahim, Muharrem. Goal: K.İbrahim 50'. Galatasaray: Yasin, Samim, Ekrem, Muzaffer, Akın, Mazlum, Harun, Ali, Feridun, Gökmen, Muhlis. "Mersin beat G.saray: 1–0." Mersin G.saray'ı 1–0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.05.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 28 – 17.05.1970 – MİY-Beşiktaş: 0–0. Mersin. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Erol Oktay, Taşkın Yalçınkaya. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Popescu, Ali, Ayhan, Tarık, Osman, Muharrem. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Erkan, Fehmi, Güray, Sami, Ali, Davut, Yusuf, Nihat, Sanlı, Faruk. "Beşiktaş completed away game in Mersin with one point: 00". Beşiktaş Mersin deplasmanını bir puanla kapadı: 0–0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.05.1970, p.10. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 29 – 23.05.1970 – İstanbulspor-MİY: 3–0. Saturday, 15:30. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Yılmaz Önen, Teoman Parel. İstanbulspor: Yılmaz (Mete), Celal, Yalçın, Alpaslan, Türker, Bülent, Zorbay (Ömer), Kasapoğlu, Bilge, K.Ahmet, B.Ahmet. Goals: K.Ahmet 26', Kasaboğlu 48', B.Ahmet 49'. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Ayhan, Ali (Arif), Tarık, Osman, Popescu (K.Erol), Muharrem. "İstanbulspor outpoints Mersin: 3–0." İst.spor Mersin'e fark yaptı: 3–0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.05.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 30 – 30.05.1970 – MKE Ankaragücü-MİY: 3–0. Saturday, 15:15. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Fikret, Remzi, K.Mehmet, K.İsmail, Metin, Coşkun, Sakıp, B.Mehmet, Doğan, Candan (Ömer). Goals: B.Mehmet 7', Metin, Coşkun. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Ayhan (K.Erol), Tarık, Ali, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. "Ankaragücü defeated Mersin: 3–0". Ankaragücü Mersin'e fark yaptı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 31.05.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (in Turkish)
^ Jump up to: abTFF website does not have an official page for 1969–70 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, retrieved on 13 September 2010, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in Turkish).
^Turkish Cup R2 L2 – 04.03.1970 – Kütahyaspor-MİY: 1–0. (note: game was originally scheduled on 17 Dec 1969). MİY: Kütahyaspor: Goal: Ali 79'(H). "Kütahyaspor eliminated İdmanyurdu from the Cup". Kütahyaspor İdmanyurdu'nu Kupadan eledi, Milliyet online archive, Milliyet, 5 March 1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 6 August 2015. (in Turkish).
^Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1969–70 squad and 1969–70 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
^ Jump up to: abData 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 1969–70 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.
^Mustafa Yürür, Böbrek (lit. Kidney). Player signed in Summer 1969. His previous team was İzmirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
^Taner Carin. In the team since Summer 1968. His previous team was Galata G.K. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com pageArchived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.