1968–69 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1968–69
Season: First League 1968–69
League position:	6th
Turkish Cup:	Eliminated at R1
Top goal scorers:	Osman Arpacıoğlu (14)
President:	Mehmet Karamehmet
Coach:	Turgay Şeren
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1967–68	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1969–70

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.^[1]

Executive committee: Mehmet Karamehmet (president); Mahir Turhan, Ünal Şıhman (vice-presidents); Erol Tarhan (general captain); Şİinasi 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.^[2] 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.

1 Pre-season
2 1968–69 league participation
3 1968–69 Turkish Cup participation
4 1969 Friendship Cup
5 1968–69 squad
6 References
7 See also

Pre-season

Preparation games:

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

1968–69 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.^[3]

Coach Turgay Şeren 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 Şeren's first experience in his coaching career. Şeren left the team at the end of the season, on 9 July 1969.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1968-69 season is shown in the following table.^[4]^[5]

place	team	games				goals		points	home			away
place	team	P	W	D	L	F	A	points	F-A	week	plc	F-A	week	plc
1	Galatasaray	30	19	8	3	49	14	46	0-0	29	6	1-3	14	5
2	Eskişehirspor	30	17	9	4	39	18	43	2-0	30	6	0-1	15	7
3	Beşiktaş	30	14	10	6	30	20	38	0-0	3	4	2-2	18	6
4	Fenerbahçe	30	13	9	8	34	25	35	0-1	25	5	1-0	10	3
5	Bursaspor	30	12	8	10	32	28	32	2-1	1	1	2-3	16	9
6	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	11	9	10	35	29	31
7	Göztepe	30	9	12	9	30	26	30	2-0	27	5	0-1	12	4
8	İstanbulspor	30	9	11	10	27	30	29	1-0	11	2	0-0	26	5
9	PTT	30	9	10	11	28	37	28	2-1	23	5	1-2	8	5
10	Gençlerbirliği	30	8	11	11	28	26	27	1-0	7	3	0-3	22	6
11	Altay	30	7	12	11	22	23	26	2-0	19	5	0-0	4	5
12	Ankara Demirspor	30	8	10	12	29	35	26	0-0	13	3	2-3	28	5
13	Vefa	30	8	8	14	27	37	24	1-1	21	5	1-2	6	4
14	Altınordu	30	6	12	12	20	40	24	2-0	17	6	2-2	2	4
15	Şeker	30	6	9	15	24	44	21	5-0	5	1	1-2	20	6
16	İzmirspor	30	4	12	14	19	39	20	1-0	9	4	1-1	24	5

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.

First half

01 - 15.09.1968 - MİY-Bursaspor: 2-1. Sunday, 16:00. Mersin. Referees: Cezmi Başar, Cevdet Güvenli, Günver Mete. MİY: Taner, Halim, Cihat, İhsan, Refik, Arif, Ali, Kadri, Osman, Tarık Muharrem. Goals: Tarık 3'(F), Osman 69'(F). Bursaspor: Osman, Müfit, İrfan, İsmail, Ahmet, Cengiz, Mesut, Canan, Orhan, Ersel, Haluk. Goal: Haluk 85'(H).^[6]
02 - 22.09.1968 - Altınordu-MİY: 2-2. Sunday, 16:00. İzmir. Referees: Hüseyin Maloğlu, Özdemir Erentok, Salih Durusoy. Altınordu: Mustafa, Müjdat, Behçet, İsmet, Hayrettin, Sümer, Hikmet, Coşkun (Yavuz), Siyaski (Fikret), Balov, Erkan. Goals: Balov 5', Sümer 22'. Coach: Eşfak Aykaç. MİY: Taner (Fikret), Halim, Cihat, İhsan, Refik, Arif, Ali, Osman, Tarık, Alp, Muharrem. Goals: Tarık 32', Osman 49'. Coach: Turgay Şeren.^[7]
03 - 29.09.1968 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 0-0. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Ömer L. Tuncel, Nazım Nacar. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, İhsan, Refik, Arif, Ali (Alp), Ayhan, Tarık, Osman, Muharrem. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Erkan, Fehmi, Vedat, Süreyya, Sami, Davut, Yusuf, Kuzman (K.Ahmet), Sanlı, Faruk. Coach: Ciriç.^[8]
04 - 06.10.1968 - Altay-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 13:30. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Teoman Parer, Lütfü Keçecioğlu. Altay: Tanzer, Yılmaz, Zinnur, Enver, Necdet, Ayfer, Feridun (Oğuz), Aytekin, Mustafa, Aydın, Behzat (Doğan). Coach: Gündüz Kılıç. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, İhsan, Refik, Arif, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Faruk, Alp (Kadri). Coach: Turgay Şeren.^[9]
05 - 13.10.1968 - MİY-Şekerspor: 5-0. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Nejat Şener, Burhan Trak, Cumhur Demir. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, İhsan, Refik, Abdullah (Alp), Ali, Kadri, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goals: Osman 9'(F), Osman 16'(H), Osman 23'(P), Tarık 36', Rıfat (o.g.). Şekerspor: Yunus, İlker (Rıfat), Kubilay, Yiğit, Selahattin, Erol, Cengiz, Oğuz, Ata, Güngör, Muharrem. ^[10]
06 - 27.10.1968 - Vefa-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 13:15. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, Melih Yücesel, Neşet Doğrusöz. Vefa: Raduloviç, Doğan, Çetin, Nedim, Fikri, Savaş, Yılmaz, Ertuğrul, Zeki, Güray, Bekir. Goals: Zeki 2', Bekir 35'(P). Sent off: Zeki. MİY: Fikret (Taner), Halim, Cihat, İhsan, Refik, Arif (İbrahim), Erol, Ayhan, Tarık, Osman, Muharrem (Abdullah). Goal: Ayhan 47'. Sent off: Tarık.^[11]
07 - 03.11.1968 - MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Faruk Talu, Cemil Yıldız, Cahit Aybek. MİY: Taner, B.İbrahim, Cihat, Refik, İhsan, Halim, Ayhan, Abdullah, Osman, Alp, Erol. Goal: Alp 62'. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Gençlerbirliği: Selçuk, Hayrettin, Faik, Turhan, B.Tevfik, K.Tevfik, Necdet, Burhan, Ali, İhsan, Zeynel.^[12]
08 - 17.11.1968 - PTT-MİY: 2-1. Sunday. Ankara. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Ziya Albayrak, Sait Acarbay. PTT: Cavit, Yetik, Esen Ali, Enver, Yusuf, Aydın, Metin, Zeki, Feridun, Ertan, Köksal. Goals: Aydın 10', Feridun 39'. MİY: Taner, İbrahim, Cihat, Alp, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Olcay, Muharrem (Kadri). Goal: Osman 47'.^[13]
09 - 24.11.1968 - MİY-İzmirspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Weather: heavy rainy. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Orhan Alan, Ömer Lütfü Tuncel. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, Kadri (Abdullah), Refik, Arif, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Olcay, Muharrem (B.İbrahim). Goal: Ayhan 42'. İzmirspor: Şakir, Taner, Erdinç, Mustafa, Sezen, Vahit, Selahattin, İbrahim, Fethi, Cihat, Ender.^[14]
10 - 01.12.1968 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 0-1. Sunday, 14:00. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Cezmi Başar, Şani Güllü, Orhan Cebe. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Ercan, Numan, Ziya, Nunweiller, Yılmaz, Ogün, Nedim, Salim, Fuat, Abdullah, Yaşar. Coach: Molnar. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, Refik, İhsan, Arif, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Olcay, Muharrem. Goal: Osman 34'(F). Coach: Turgay Şeren.^[15]
11 - 15.12.1968 - MİY-İstanbulspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:15. Mersin. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Yılgör Öktem, Yılmaz Önen. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, Refik, İhsan, Arif, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Olcay, Ayhan. Goal: Osman 15'. İstanbulspor: Yılmaz, Celal, Yalçın, Türker, Yıldırım, Bülent, Kasapoğlu, K.Ahmet, B.Ahmet, Cemil, Bilge.^[16]
12 - 22.12.1968 - Göztepe-MİY: 1-0. Goal: Ertan.
13 - 26.01.1969 - MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 0-0. (delayed game, originally scheduled on 29.12.1968, but delayed by federation due to heavy rain). Sunday, 14:15. Mersin. MİY: Coach: Turgay Şeren.^[17]
14 - 05.01.1969 - Galatasaray-MİY: 3-1. Sunday, 14:30. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Weather: heavy, field was muddy. Referees: Macit Sarıdana, Cevdet Güvenli, Ömer Lütfü Tuncel. Galatasaray: Nihat, Ergün, Akın, Mazlum (Ahmet), Muzaffer, Turan, Mehmet, Ayhan, Gökmen, Metin, Uğur. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goals: Ali 4', Ahmet 58, Ahmet 85'. MİY: Fikret (Taner), Alp, Cihat, Refik, İhsan (Kadri), Arif, Ali, Olcay, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Ayhan 47'.^[18]
15 - 12.01.1969 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:15. Eskişehir. Referees: Nazif Oturgan, Salih Durusoy, Kemal Akay. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, İlhan, Abdurrahman, Kamuran, İsmail, Nuri, Nihat, Vahap (Emin), Ayhan, Burhan, Ender. Goal: Ender 64'. MİY: Taner, Aydın, Alp, Refik, İhsan, Arif, Ali, Kadri, Osman, Olcay, Muharrem.^[19]

Second half

16 - 16.02.1969 - Bursaspor-MİY: 3-2. Sunday, 14:45. Atatürk Stadium, Bursa. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Turan Alsaç, Bahri Koç. Bursaspor: Osman, Müfit, Haluk, İsmail, Ahmet, Tuncay, Mesut, Ersel, Cemal, Orhan, Canan. Goals: Ersel 35'(H), Cemal 42'(H), Müfit 68'(H). Penalty missed: Mesut (before last goal). MİY: Taner, Alp, Halil, Refik, İhsan (Kadri), Arif, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Olcay, Muharrem. Goals: Muharrem 33'(F), Refik 44'(F).^[20]
17 - 23.02.1969 - MİY-Altınordu: 2-0. Sunday, 14:30. Mersin. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Nazım Nacar, Ö.Lütfü Tuncel. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat (Kadri), Arif, Refik, Halim, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Olcay, Muharrem. Goals: Osman 65', 71'. Altınordu: Tamer, Mikael, Müzdat, Zadel, Behçet, Erkan, Hikmet, Sümer, Siyaşki (Gündüz), Fikret.^[21]
18 - 02.03.1969 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 2-2. Sunday, 13:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Sait Acarbay, Nail Dinçer. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Erkan, Fehmi, Vedat, Sami, Kaya (Kuzman), Davut, Yusuf (Saim), K.Ahmet, Sanlı, Faruk. Goals: Faruk 3', K.Ahmet 29'. MİY: Fikret (Taner), Halim, Alp, Ayhan, Refik, Arif, Ali, Osman, İbrahim (Cihat), Olcay, Muharrem. Goals: Osman 54', Alp 76'.^[22]
19 - 09.03.1969 - MİY-Altay: 2-0. (the game was delayed and played on 09.04.1969). Wednesday, 15:00. Mersin. Referees: MİY: Tarık (K.İbrahim). Tarık 70', K.İbrahim 85'.^[23]
20 - 16.03.1969 - Şekerspor-MİY: 2-1. (the game was delayed and played on 23.04.1969). Wednesday, 15:00. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Malka (GER), Halil Eraydın, Orhan Beşik. Şekerspor: Yunus, Doğan, Oğuz, Erol, Yiğit, Güngör, Canel, Ata, Mehmet, Erdoğan, Muharrem (Cengiz). Ata 6', Cengiz 88'(F). MİY: Fikret, Alp (İbrahim), Halim, Refik, Cihat, Ayhan, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Olcay, Muharrem. Goal: Muharrem 10'.^[24]
21 - 23.03.1969 - MİY-Vefa: 1-1. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Zülbahar Sağnak, Fahri Alpak, Fikret Tancan. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, Kadri, Refik, Arif, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Olcay, Alp. Goal: Alp 31'. Vefa: Ergin, Nedim, Doğan, Çetin, Savaş, Abdülmetin, Yılmaz, Bekir, Zeki, Güray, Ertuğrul. Goal: Zeki 30'.^[25]
22 - 29.03.1969 - Gençlerbirliği-MİY: 3-0. Sunday, 14:45. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Goals: Burhan, Zeynel, İsmail.^[26]
23 - 06.04.1969 - MİY-PTT: 2-1. Sunday, 15:00. Mersin. Referees: Zeki Gürkan, Cumhur Demir, İhsan Gökkule. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, Ayhan, Refik, Arif, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Olcay, Erol (Kadri). Goals: Osman 67', Kadri 80'. PTT: Tomislav, Yetik, Cengiz, Tuncay, Aydın, Enver, Metin, Zeki, Erhan, Ertan, Köksal. Goal: Ertan 12'(P).^[27]
24 - 12.04.1969 - İzmirspor-MİY: 1-1. Saturday, 15:45. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. İzmirspor: Seyfi, Vahit, Erdinç, Mustafa, Sezen, Salih, Sabahattin (Mehmet), Fethi, Ender, Turgay Cihat. Goal: Mustafa 52'. MİY: Fikret, İbrahim, Halim, Ayhan, Cihat, Kadri, Tarık, Ali, K.İbrahim, Alp, Osman. Goal: Osman 42'.^[28]
25 - 20.04.1969 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-1. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Hamza Alan, Erol, Oktay. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, Alp, Refik, Arif, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Olcay, Ayhan. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Şükrü, Numan, Nunweiller, Ercan, Ziya, Yaşar (Raşit), Fuat (Abdullah), Salim, Nedim, Selim. Goal: Salim 83'. Coach: İonescu. Penalty missed: Osman 6'.^[29]
26 - 26.04.1969 - İstanbulspor-MİY: 0-0. Saturday, 15:15. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Zülbahar Sağnak, Talat Tokat, Mümtaz Doğruöz. İstanbulspor: Yılmaz, Celal, Yalçın, Ahmet, Yıldırım, Günay, Zorbay, Kasapoğlu, Ahmet (Ömer), Cemil, Bilge. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, Ayhan, Refik, Arif, Tarık, Osman, Ali, Muharrem.^[30]
27 - 04.05.1969 - MİY-Göztepe: 2-0. Sunday, 15:15. Mersin. Referees: Macit Sarıdana, Teoman Parer, Ömer Lütfü Keçeci. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat (B.İbrahim), Kadri, Refik, Arif, Ali, Ayhan, Tarık, Osman, Muharrem (K.İbrahim). Göztepe: Ali, K.Mehmet, Çağlayan, Hüseyin, B.Mehmet, Ali İhsan, Ertan, Mehmet, Fevzi, Gürsel, Halil. Goals: K.İbrahim 27'(H), Osman 55'.^[31]
28 - 11.05.1969 - Ankara Demirspor-MİY: 3-2. Sunday, 15:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Ankara Demirspor: Goals: Nail 17'(H), Birol 22'(P), Fikri 80'. MİY: Goals: Ali 34', Arif 83'.^[32]
29 - 18.05.1969 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-0. Sunday, 15:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Cezmi Başar, Yılgör Öktem, Yılmaz Önen. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, Alp, Refik, Kadri, Ali, Ayhan, Tarık, Osman, Muharrem (K.Erol). Coach: Turgay Şeren. Galatasaray: Nihat, Ali, Ergün, Muzaffer, Talat, Turan, Mehmet (Akın), Ayhan, Gökmen, Metin, Uğur. Coach: Kaloperoviç.^[33]
30 - 25.05.1969 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 2-0. Sunday, 15:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Rudolf Kreitlein (GER), Hamza Alan, Cevdet Güvenli. MİY: Taner, Alp, Halim, Kadri, Cihat, Refik, Ali, Abdullah (Erol), Tarık, Osman, Muharrem. Goals: Ali 7', Muharrem 52'. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, İlhan (Nehir), Ayhan, Kamuran, İsmail, Nuri, Vahap, Emin, Fethi, Burhan, Ender.^[34]

1968–69 Turkish Cup participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Turkish Cup in 1968–69 and eliminated at first round.^[35]

round	own league	opponent's league	opponent	away	home	result
Round 1	First League	First League	Bursaspor	0-2	1-2	eliminated

R1 L1 - 20.10.1968 - MİY-Bursaspor: 1-2. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.
R1 L2 - 09.11.1968 - Bursaspor-MİY: 2-0. Saturday, 14:30. Atatürk Stadium, Bursa.

1969 Friendship Cup

MİY represented Turkey in 1969 Friendship Cup played in Tehran, Iran. The tournament was play in honour of Shah Reza Pahlavi's birthday. MİY took third place.^[36]

round	date/hour	venue	home team	result	away team
R1	6 March 1969	Tehran	Mersin İdmanyurdu	4-1	Pakistan
R2	9 March 1969	Tehran	Iran	2-1	Mersin İdmanyurdu
R3	11 March 1969	Tehran	Spartak Moscow	2-0	Mersin İdmanyurdu
R4	13 March 1969	Tehran	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1-0	Iraq

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'.

1968–69 squad

Summer transfers: Taner (Galata), Yurdaer (Kasımpaşa), Cihat (Bandırnaspor), İbrahim (Tekirdağspor), Şefik (İskenderunspor), Arif (Feriköy), Muharrem (Boluspor), Mustafa (Konya İdmanyurdu). Amateurs: Erdinç, İbrahim, Erol (Silifkespor), Olcay (Boluspor), Tevfik (Tarsus İdmanyurdu). (Abdullah (amateur).

Osman was capped in national team against Saudi Arabia (03.01.1969) and Poland (27.04.1969). İbrahim was capped in U-21 national team for Balkan U-21 tournament in Romania between 22–29 June 1969.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Fikret Özdil
		GK	Taner Carin
		DF	İbrahim Tezeren
		DF	Cihat Ergül
		DF	İhsan Temen
		DF	Aydın
		DF	Halim Kütükçüoğlu
		DF	Alp Sümeralp
		MF	Arif Omaç
		MF	Kadri Aytaç
			Refik Çoğum (C)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Ayhan Öz
		FW	Ali Açıkgöz "Yetim"
		FW	Abdullah Turgut
		FW	Osman Arpacıoğlu
		FW	Erol Evcimen "İngiliz"
		FW	Olcay Başarır
		FW	Tarık Arıtan
		FW	Muharrem Algıç "Yanık"
			Mustafa Yürür
		FW	K.İbrahim

Transfers out: Olcay (Galatasaray); İhsan (Gençlerbirliği). Necdet (Feriköy). Yurdaer (Vefa). 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.^[37]

References

^ TFF data bank
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^ Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website
^ See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe
^ More details Futbol Merkezi
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^ "Altay: 0 - Mersin: 0". Altay:0 - Mersin: 0, Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.10.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 5 - Şekerspor: 0". Mersin: 5 - Şekerspor: 0, Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.10.1968, p. 7. Retrieved on 03.02.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Vefa got two points from Mersin: 2-1". Vefa Mersin'den iki puan aldı: 2-1, Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.10.1968, p. 7. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 1 - G.birliği: 0". Mersin: 1 - G.birliği: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.11.1968, p. 7. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ "PTT beats Mersin 2-1". PTT Mersin'i 2-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.11.1968, p. 7. Retrieved on 03.02.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin wins 1-0". Mersin 1-0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.11.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ "F.bahçe goes the other way around". F.bahçe tersine gidiyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.12.1968, pp. 7, 8. Retrieved on 11.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "İstanbulspor has beaten by Mersin". İstabulspor Mersin'e 1-0 mağlup oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.12.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 0 - D.spor: 0". Mersin: 0 - D.spor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.01.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 03.02.2011. (Turkish)
^ "G.saray insisted and gained: 2-1". G.saray asıldı ve aldı: 2-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.01.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Eskişehir won 1-0". Eskişehir 1-0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.01.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Bursa won the goal frenzy: 3-2". Gol düellosunu Bursa kazandı: 3-2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.02.1969. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "M. İd. yurdu: 2 Altınordu: 0". M. İd. yurdu: 2 Altınordu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.02.1969, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Beşiktaş lose its power in the second half". Beşiktaşın barutu 2. devrede bitti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.03.1969, pp. 9, 10. Retrieved on 07.02.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin beat Altay 2-0". Mersin Altay'ı 2-0 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.04.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 07.02.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Şekerspor beat Mersin 2-1". Şekerspor Mersin'i 2-1 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.04.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Vefa got one point from Mersin: 1-1". Vefa Mersin'den 1 puan aldı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.03.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "G.Birliği wins 3-0, A.Ordu wins 2-1". G.Birliği 3-0, A.Ordu 2-1 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.03.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.02.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin defeated PTT difficultly". Mersin PTT'yi güç yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.04.1969, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin draws in İzmir". Mersin de İzmir'de berabere kaldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.04.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Fenerbahçe wins the return game". Fenerbahçe rövanşı aldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.04.1969, p. 9. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (Turkish)
^ "İst.spor and Mersin shared points". İst.spor, Mersin puan paylaştı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.04.1969, pp. 7, 8. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin wins 2-0". Mersin 2-0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.05.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Demirspor moved off from danger zone by beatins Mersin 3-2". Mersin'i 3-2 yenen Demirspor tehlikeli bölgeden uzaklaştı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.05.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.02.2011. (Turkish)
^ "One step away from happy end". Mutlu soan bir adım kaldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 19.05.1969, p. 12. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin gave no chance to Eskişehir". Mersin Eskişehir'e şans tanımadı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.05.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ Bursaspor taraftar sitesi
^ Jaam-e-Doosti (Friendship) Cup 1969 (Tehran, Iran) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
^ "Kadri's jubilee was amazing". Kadri'nin jübilesi muhteşem oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.09.2010, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)