1968–69 Mersin İdmanyurdu Season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also ''Mersin İdman Yurdu'', ''Mersin İY'', or ''MİY'') Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1968–69. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team took place in Turkish First Football League, the first level division for the second time in 1968–69 season. They finished sixth. They have eliminated from Turkish Cup at first round. They represented Turkey in a friendly cup played in Tehran, Iran. Osman Arpacıoğlu became the first player of MİY capped in Turkey national football team when he was playing in the team.

Executive committee: Mehmet Karamehmet (president); Mahir Turhan, Ünal Şıhman (vice-presidents); Erol Tarhan (general captain); Şinasi Develei (general secretary); Şükrü Soydan (club director); Çetin Hocaer (treasurer); Cemal Evrim (audit); Sedat Gülergün, Aydın Özlü, Yılmaz Ok, Sadık Eliyeşil, Sungur Baydur, Necati Bolkan (members). Club address: Bahçelievler/Mersin. Tel. no: none. Turgay Şeren was the head coach; Bayram Birinci was his assistant. Şeren had targeted 10th position before the start of the season, but the team performed better.

Pre-season

Preparation games:
* 11.08.1968 - MÄ°Y-Antalyaspor: 2-0. Sunday. Mersin.
* 18.08.1968 - Antalyaspor-MÄ°Y: 2-2. Sunday. Antalya.
* 25.08.1968 - MÄ°Y-PTT: 3-1. Sunday. Mersin.
* 01.09.1968 - Ispartaspor-MÄ°Y: 0-2. Sunday. Isparta.
* 08.09.1968 - MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 1-0. Sunday. Mersin. Goal: Osman (P).

1968–69 First League participation

First League was played with 16 teams in its eleventh season, 1968–69. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1969–70. Mersin İY became sixth with 11 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was most scorer player with 14 goals.

Coach Turgay Åžeren declared that the team was very young (age average was 21) and that they will fight for championship next year. However, he resigned after the end of season. It was Åžeren's first experience in his coaching career. Åžeren left the team at the end of the season, on 9 July 1969.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1968–69 First League summary:

''Sources'': 1968–69 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 league performance in First League in 1968–69 season is shown in the following table.

Won, drawn and lost points are 2, 1 and 0. F belongs to MÄ°Y and A belongs to corresponding team for both home and away matches.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1968–69 First League by rounds:

First half

Second half

1968–69 Turkish Cup participation

1968–69 Turkish Cup was played for the 7th 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 1968–69 Turkish Cup and was eliminated at first round by Bursaspor. Bursaspor was eliminated in semifinals by Göztepe who won the Cup for the first time. TFF website does not have an official page for 1968–69 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 13 September 2010, ; an
maçkolik.com Cup page
retrieved on 15 August 2015, .

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1968–69 Turkish Cup 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) 1968–69 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

''Source'': 1968–69 Turkish Cup pages.

1969 Friendship Cup

MÄ°Y represented Turkey in 1969 Friendship Cup played in Tehran, Iran. The tournament was play in honour of Shah Reza Pahlavi's birthday. MÄ°Y took third place.

* 06.03.1969 - MİY-Pakistan: 4–1.
* 09.03.1969 - Iran-MİY: 2–1.
* 11.03.1969 - Spartak Moscow-MİY: 2–0.
* 13.03.1969 - MİY-Iraq: 1–0. Goal: Ali 20'.

Management

Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

Coaching team

''1968–69 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:''

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

1968–69 squad

Stats are counted for 1968–69 First League matches and 1968–69 Turkish Cup (''Türkiye Kupası'') matches.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 1968–69 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 21 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'': 1968–69 season squad data from maçkolik.com, ''Milliyet'', and Erbil (1975).

Transfer news from ''Milliyet'':
* Summer transfers: Taner (Galata), Yurdaer ( Kasımpaşa), Cihat (Bandırnaspor), İbrahim ( Tekirdağspor), Şefik (İskenderunspor 1967), Arif (Feriköy SK), Muharrem (Boluspor). Abdullah (amateur).
* Transfers out: Olcay (Galatasaray); İhsan (Gençlerbirliği). Necdet (Feriköy). Yurdaer (Vefa).

National team appearances:
* Osman was capped in national team against Saudi Arabia (03.01.1969) and Poland (27.04.1969). Ä°brahim was capped in U-21 national team for Balkan U-21 tournament in Romania between 22 and 29 June 1969.

After the season Kadri put an end to his player career and later become a manager.
* 08.06.1969 - Kadri's jubilee match, MİY against Celebrities. Sunday, 17:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Celebrities-MİY: 5-5. Referee: Kemal Bunu. ''Celebrities'': Turgay, Ercan, Basri, Yusuf, Talat, Kaya, Ogün, Şeref, Metin, Can, Uğur. Substitutions: Varol, Süreyya, Faruk, Muzaffer, Abdullah, Ahmet Şahin, Yaşar, Gökmen, Mazlum, Akın, Çeloviç, Harun. ''MİY'': Fikret, Halim, Alp, Abdullah, İbrahim, Kadri, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Erol. Goals (in order): Metin, Ogün, Can, Kadri, Uğur, Kadri, Uğur, Osman, Kadri, Kadri. President Mehmet Karamehmet and Governor Nihat Bor presented cups to Kadri."Kadri's jubilee was amazing"
Kadri'nin jübilesi muhteşem oldu
Milliyet gazete arÅŸivi, 13.09.2010, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.09.2010.

See also

* Football in Turkey

Notes and references

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Mersin Talim Yurdu seasons
Turkish football clubs 1968–69 season