Mersin İdmanyurdu (also ''Mersin İdman Yurdu'', ''Mersin İY'', or ''MİY'') Sports Club; located in

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, east

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coast of

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in 1967–68.

Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin İdman Yurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and ...

(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

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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).

Pre-season

Season was opened on 6 August 1967. Preparation games: * 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. Histor
Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website
He also played for

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. 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: ''Sources'': 1967–68 Turkish First Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations fro
Turkish-Soccer
, retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results fro
maçkolik.com league page
retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed i
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. 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

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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.

participated in 1967–68

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 a
TFF Turkish Cup page
retrieved on 15 August 2015, . See some details on cup matches a

retrieved on 12 June 2009, ; an
maçkolik.com Cup page
retrieved on 15 August 2015, .

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1967–68

are shown in the following table. ''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

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:'' ''Note:'' Only official games were included.

1967–68 squad

Stats are counted for 1967–68 First League matches and 1967–68

(''Türkiye Kupası'') matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. Se
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 Years''Retrieved on 29 July 2011 fro
50 Yılın Öyküsü
p. 57. And an advanced search performed i
Milliyet online archive
for 1967–68 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained fro
maçkolik.com
Data related to discipline and substitute players obtained fro
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. ''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).

Notes and references

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