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 1970–71. The 1970–71 season was the fourth season of

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 in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in

. They finished eleventh in the league. They also took place in

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and eliminated at second round. Mehmet Karamehmet was president. Erol Tarhan was general captain. Mahir Turhan, Sezai Sak, Orhan Mutlu were executive committee member.

Pre-season

MİY opened new season on 10.08.1970. Preparation games: * 23.08.1970 - Bursaspor-MİY. * 05.09.1970 - Galatasaray-MİY: 2-0. Saturday 17:00. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Nazif Oturgan, Necmettin Çakan, Adnan Paksüt. ''Galatasaray'': Nihat (Yasin), Ekrem, Tuncay, Muzaffer, Aydın, Ahmet, Ergün, Uğur, Gökmen, Metin, Ayhan. Goals: Metin 10', Gökmen 40'. Coach: Coşkun Özarı. ''MİY'': Fikret, Taner, B.Erol, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Ayhan, Osman, İbrahim, Alp, Muharrem. Coach: Bülent Giz.

1970–71 First League participation

First League was played with 16 teams in its 13th season, 1970–71. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1971–72. Mersin İY became 11th with 11 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was most scorer player with 14 goals

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1970–71 First League summary: ''Sources'': 1970–71 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 1970–71 season is shown in the following table. At the end of the season coach Bülent Giz declared that he will no longer train the team in the next season. 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 1970–71 First League by rounds:

First half

Second half

1970–71 Turkish Cup participation

1970–71

was played for the 9th season as ''Türkiye Kupası'' by 25 teams. Two elimination rounds (including one preliminary round) and finals were played in two-legs elimination system.

participated in 1970–71

from the first round and was eliminated at second round by

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. Eskişehirspor won the Cup for the first time. TFF website does not have an official page for 1970–71 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 9 September 2010, ; an
maçkolik.com Cup page
retrieved on 15 August 2015, .

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1970–71

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) 1970–71

game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST. ''Source'': 1970–71 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

Coaching team

''1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:'' ''Note:'' Only official games were included.

1970–71 squad

Stats are counted for 1970–71 First League matches and 1970–71

(''Türkiye Kupası'') matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. Se
TFF Club page
Search for 1970–71 squad and 1970–71 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 1970–71 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'': 1970–71 season squad data from maçkolik com, ''Milliyet'', and Erbil (1975). News from ''Milliyet'': * Akın, Muhlis and Naşit were transferred from Galatasaray, 14.07.1970. * Erol was included in "Ümit milli takım" (U-21 national team) for Balkan U-21 championship in Sofia between 8–15 June 1970. * Transfers out: At end of the season Muharrem (Fenerbahçe), forward Osman (Fenerbahçe), Ayhan and Refik were transferred out. Tarık went to Giresunspor in mid-season.

Notes and references

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