1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1970–71
Season: First League 1970–71
League position:	11th
Turkish Cup:	Eliminated at R2
Top goal scorers:	Osman Arpacıoğlu (14)
President:	Mehmet Karamehmet
Coach:	Bülent Giz
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1969–70	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1971–72

The 1970–71 season was the fourth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. They finished eleventh in the league. They also took place in Turkish Cup and eliminated at second round.

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

1 Pre-season
2 1970–71 league participation
3 1970–71 Turkish Cup participation
4 1970–71 squad
5 References
6 See also

Pre-season

MİY opened new srason 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.^[1].

1970–71 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^[2]

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1970–71 season is shown in the following table^[3]^[4]. At the end of the season coach Bülent Giz declared that he will no longer train the team in the next season.

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	17	8	5	51	18	42	2-0	8	11	0-2	23	9
2	Fenerbahçe	30	14	13	3	43	23	41	1-1	9	10	1-2	24	11
3	Göztepe	30	14	9	7	38	21	37	1-0	27	10	0-1	12	11
4	Eskişehirspor	30	10	14	6	29	24	34	0-0	3	10	1-3	18	10
5	Bursaspor	30	11	12	7	25	25	34	3-0	5	7	0-1	20	10
6	Beşiktaş	30	10	13	7	31	20	33	1-0	13	9	0-2	28	11
7	İstanbulspor	30	12	9	9	29	22	33	1-0	21	9	3-4	6	12
8	Altay	30	12	8	10	32	22	32	2-1	22	8	0-1	7	12
9	MKE Ankaragücü	30	7	17	6	18	17	31	0-1	25	11	0-0	10	10
10	Samsunspor	30	10	9	11	29	33	29	2-0	19	10	0-1	4	11
11	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	11	6	13	27	26	28
12	Karşıyaka	30	8	11	11	15	27	27	2-1	15	7	1-2	30	11
13	Boluspor	30	6	12	12	17	31	24	1-0	1	6	0-1	16	9
14	Vefa	30	4	14	12	28	48	22	0-0	29	10	0-0	14	8
15	Ankara Demirspor	30	3	12	15	17	37	18	1-1	11	9	3-0	26	11
16	PTT	30	5	5	20	16	51	15	1-0	17	8	0-1	2	11

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.

First half

01 - 20.09.1970 - MİY-Boluspor: 1-0. Sunday, 15:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Vedat Sığındıre, Kazım Yüce, Yılmaz Önen. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Akın, Mustafa, B.Erol, Refik, K.İbrahim, Naşit, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Coach: Bülent Giz. Goal: Osman 85'. Boluspor: Mehmet, Bilgin, Eyüp, Vadi, Lütfü, Refik, Çetin, Cengiz, Vedat, Soner, Ahmet. Coach: Dinka.^[5]
02 - 26.09.1970 - PTT-MİY: 1-0. Saturday, 15:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Veli Kantar, Erol Eroğlu. PTT: Tomislav, Erhan, Esen Ali, Cevdet, Enver, Cevher, Erdal, Alpay, Haydar, Feridun, Tevfik, Tahsin. Coach: Tamer Güney. MİY: Fikret, Erol, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, Alp, İbrahim, K.Erol, Osman, Ayhan (Muhlis), Muharrem. Coach: Bülent Giz.^[6]
03 - 04.10.1970 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 0-0. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ahmet Bagatır, Erkan Göksel, Hasan Altın. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Ayhan, Osman, İbrahim, Muhlis (K.Erol), Muharrem. Coach: Bülent Giz. Eskişehirspor: Taşkın, Abdurrahman, Faik, Kamuran, İsmail, Süreyya, Doğan, Burhan, Fethi (Halil), Vahap, Ender.^[7]
04 - 11.10.1970 - Samsunspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:15. Samsun. Referees: Ertuğrul Aybay, Yaşar Marmara, Kazım Yücel. Samsunspor: Tekin, Barbaros, Ali, Mustafa, İhsan, Cengiz, Sami, Rıfat (Nuri), Adem, Temel, Hamdi. Goal: İhsan 71'(FK). MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Akın, İbrahim, Ayhan, Osman, Muhlis (K.Erol), Muharrem.^[8]
05 - 24.10.1970 - MİY-Bursaspor: 3-0. Saturday, 14:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Namık Atlı, Altan Peker. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Akın, İbrahim, Alp, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Goals: Osman 35', Ayhan 44', Osman 77'. Bursaspor: Osman, Müfit, Haluk, İsmail, Ahmet, Vahit, Mesut, Ersel, Necati, Cengiz, Sinan. ^[9]
06 - 31.10.1970 - İstanbulspor-MİY: 4-3. Saturday, 14:45. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: İbrahim Fırla, Özer Erkli, Ekrem Yenci. İstanbulspor: Mete, Celal, Yalçın, Türker, Tayfun, Alpaslan, Kasapoğlu, Ali, Ömer (Cemil), K.Ahmet (Bülent), Bilge. Goals: Ali 7'(F), Cemil 47'(F), Bilge 55'(F), Tayfun 87'(F). MİY: Fikret (Taner), Refik, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Akın, İbrahim (Muhlis), Alp, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Goals: Osman 10'(H), Osman 15'(H), Osman 69'(FK).^[10]
07 - 08.11.1970 - Altay-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Zinnur, Necdet, Ali Rıza, Oğuz, K.Mustafa, Mithat, Hıdır, Ayfer, B. Mustafa. Goal: Ayfer 58'. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Akın, Mustafa, Erol, Muhlis, İbrahim, Alp, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem.^[11]
08 - 15.11.1970 - MİY-Galatasaray: 2-0. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Ekrem Yenci, İlhami Tezer. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat (Muhlis), Alp, Osman, Akın, Ayhan, İbrahim, Muharrem. Coach: Bülent Giz. Goals: Muharrem 65', Osman 69'. Red card: Ayhan. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem, Tuncay, Muzaffer, Aydın (Suphi), Savaş, Ergün, Uğur, Metin, Gökmen, Ahmet (Olcay). Coach: Coşkun Özarı. Red card: Tuncay.^[12] Bülent Giz said one day before that MİY has not been defeated at home since 16 months. Red cards were shown after the second goal.
09 - 22.11.1970 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 1-1. Sunday, 14:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Celal, Tarhan, Nazım Nacar. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat, Akın, Alp, Muhlis, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Coach Bülent Giz. Goal: Alp 44'. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Şükrü, Levent, Numan, Ercan, Yılmaz, Fuat, Ziya, Yaşar, Nedim, Ogün. Coach: Teasca. Goal: Ogün 3'. Red card: Ogün 50'.^[13]
10 - 29.11.1970 - Ankaragücü-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 14:15. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Mesut Abadan, Sait Acarbay. Ankaragücü: Aydın, İsmail, Remzi, Adnan, Erman, Mehmet, Sezen, Metin, Coşkun, Abdullah, Köksal. MİY: Fikret, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Erol, İbrahim (K.Erol), Alp, Muhlis, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem.^[14]
11 - 06.12.1970 - MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 1-1. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Weather: field was muddy. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Abdullah Kıvırcık, Veli Kantar. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Akın, Erol, Cihat, Mustafa, Alp, Muhlis, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Goal: Osman 4'. Ankara Demirspor: Altay, İlker, Şenol, Önder, Kadri, Timuçin, Cihat, Sedat, Tuncer, Aydoğan, Şevki. Goal: Sedat 9'.^[15]
12 - 20.12.1970 - Göztepe-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Vedat Sığındere, Kazım Yücel, Taşkın Yücel. Göztepe: Ali, K.Mehmet, B.Mehmet, Özer, Çağlayan, Ertan, Gürsel (Nevzat), Ayhan, Halil (K.Ali), Fevzi, Mehmet III. Goal: Ertan 49'. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, B.Erol, Cihat, Akın, Muhlis, Alp, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. ^[16]
13 - 27.12.1970 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 1-0. Sunday, 13:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Celal Tarhan, Talat Tokat. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat, Akın, Alp, Osman, Ayhan, Muhlis (K.Erol), Muharrem. Goal: Ayhan 25'. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Mehmet, Erkan, Sami, Zekeriya, Güray, Davut, Vedat, Nihat (Cemil), Faruk, Sanlı.^[17]
14 - 02.01.1971 - Vefa-MİY: 0-0. Saturday, 14:15. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Muzaffer Sravan, Veli Kantar, Faruk Ulusel. Vefa: Raduloviç, Niko, Selahattin, Fikri, Doğan, Ertuğrul, Abdülmetin, Raşit, Nedim, Erdal, Erdinç (Nurettin). MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat, Alp, Akın, Osman, Ayhan (Halim), Muhlis (K.Erol), Muharrem.^[18]
15 - 10.01.1971 - MİY-Karşıyaka: 2-1. Sunday, 13:15. Mersin. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Erol Oktay, Altan Peker. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Akın, Alp, Osman, Ayhan, İbrahim (Muhlis), Muharrem. Goals: Osman (2). Karşıyaka: Erdem, Ceyhan, İbrahim, Erdinç, Erol, Tevfik, Doğan, K.Uğur, Atilla, Hamdi, Burhan. Goal: Atilla.^[19]

Second half

16 - 14.02.1971 - Boluspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Bolu. Boluspor: Mehmet, Bilgin, Eyüp, Vadi, Lütfü, Rıdvan, Cengiz, Ahmet, Salim, Soner, Çetin. Goal: Salim 80'. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Akın, Ayhan, Popescu, Osman, Muhlis, Muharrem.^[20]
17 - 21.02.1971 - MİY-PTT: 1-0. Sunday, 14:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. MİY: Taner, Halim, Akın, Mustafa, Erol, Popescu, Ayhan, Alp, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Goal: Ayhan 5'(F). PTT: Aydoğan, Esenali, Muzaffer, Enver, Cevdet, Cevher, Erdal, Zeki, Feridun, Ertan, Tahsin.^[21]
18 - 28.02.1971 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 3-1. Sunday, 14:30. Eskişehir. Referees: Vedat Sığındere, Kazım Yücel, Altan Peker. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, Abdurrahman, İsmail, Nuri, Mustafa, Vahap, Kamuran, B.Burhan, Doğan, Fethi, Ender. Goals: Fethi 13'(F), Vahap 65'(P), Erol 83'(o.g.) MİY: Taner, Refik, B.Erol, Cihat, Akın, Mustafa, Popescu, Alp, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Goal: Osman 87'.^[22]
19 - 07.03.1971 - MİY-Samsunspor: 2-0. Sunday, 14:15. Mersin. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Cumhur Çandarlı, Erol Oktay. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Akın, İbrahim, Popescu, Osman, Alp (Muhlis), Muharrem. Goals: Muharrem 14', Popescu 60'. Samsunspor: Tekin, Barbaros, A.İhsan, Rıfat, İhsan, Ali, Sami, Nuri, Adem, Temel, Hamdi.^[23]
20 - 14.03.1971 - Bursaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:45. Bursa. Referees: Müşfik Talay, Faruk Ulutaş, Ali Kayalı. Bursaspor: Osman, Müfit, İsmail, Sacit, Haluk, Vahit, Mesut, Ersel, Necati, Cemal, Sinan. Goal: Mesut 58'. MİY: Taner, Halim, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat, Akın, İbrahim, Popescu (Naşit), Osman, Alp, Muharrem.^[24]
21 - 21.03.1971 - MİY-İstanbulspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Mersin. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Yaşar Marmara, Fahri Alpagut. MİY: Taner, B.Erol, Mustafa, Cihat, Akın, Popescu (K.Erol), Muhlis, Alp, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Goal: Osman 64. İstanbulspor: Yılmaz, Alpaslan, Türker, Tayfun, Yalçın, Yakup, Cemil, K.Ahmet, Kasaboğlu, Hayati, Bilge.^[25]
22 - 28.03.1971 - MİY-Altay: 2-1. Sunday, 14:30. MİY: Taner, Erol, Akın, Mustafa, Cihat, Muhlis, Alp, Naşit, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Goals: Enver 4' (o.g.), İbrahim 28'(F). Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Enver, Rıza, Zinnur, Ayfer, Mithat, Cihat, Mustafa II, Hıdır, Mustafa. Goal: Hıdır 5'.^[26]
23 - 04.04.1971 - Galatasaray-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 15:00. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. referees: Orhan Gönül, İhsan Türe, Birol Dinç. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem, Muzaffer, Tuncay, Aydın, Olcay, Uğur (Savaş), Ahmet, Mehmet, Ergün, Metin. Coach: Coşkun Özarı. Goals: Mehmet 17', Aydın 51'. MİY: Taner, B.Erol, Mustafa, Cihat (Halim), Akın, Ayhan, Alp, Muhlis (Naşit), İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Coach: Bülent Giz. ^[27]
24 - 11.04.1971 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 15:00. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Teoman Parer, Altan Paker. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Numan, Ercan, Yılmaz, Serkan, Turgay, Selim, Fuat, Ogün, Yaşar, Zeki. Goals: Ogün 47'(P), 70(F). MİY: Tamer, Erol, Mustafa, Cihat, Akın (Halim), Ayhan, Alp, Muhlis, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Goal: Erol 50'(H).^[28]
25 - 02.05.1971 - MİY-Ankaragücü: 0-1. Sunday, 15:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Erkan Göksel, Muhlis Bilgehan. MİY: Taner, Erol, Mustafa, Cihat, Akın, Ayhan, Alp, Popescu (Naşit), İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Mehmet, Erman, İsmail, Remzi, Metin, Selçuk, Köksal, Abdullah, Coşkun, Ömer. Goal: Ömer 84(P).^[29]
26 - 09.05.1971 - Ankara Demirspor-MİY: 0-3. Sunday, 15:00. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Ankara Demirspor: Aydın, İlker, Timuçin, Ulvi, Necat, Sedat, Aydoğan, Kadir, Nail, Yüksel (Raşit), Şevki (Teoman). MİY: Taner, Refik, Mustafa, B.Erol, Cihat, Naşit, Akın, Alp, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Goals: Ayhan 1', Osman 50'(P), Naşit 89'. ^[30]
27 - 16.05.1971 - MİY-Göztepe: 1-0. Sunday, 15:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, İsmail Irmak, İsmail Dürükoğlu. MİY: Taner, Refik, Mustafa, B.Erol, Cihat, Ahmet, Alp, İbrahim, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Goal: Ayhan 71'. Göztepe: Ali, B.Mehmet, Hüseyin, Özer, Çağlayan, Nevzat, Gürsel, Ertan, K.Mehmet, Fevzi, Mehmet III.^[31]
28 - 23.05.1971 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 19:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Ertuğrul Aybay, Sait Yaşar, Altan Eker. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Mehmet, Erkan, Barbu, Zekeriya, Güray (K.Ahmet), Davut, Sanlı, Güvenç (Vedat 45'), Yusuf, Faruk. Goals: Davut 60', Faruk 88'. MİY: Taner, Refik, Erol, Akın, Cihat, Alp, Mustafa, Popescu (İbrahim), Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem.^[32]
29 - 30.05.1971 - MİY-Vefa: 0-0. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin. MİY: Fikret, İbrahim, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Popescu, Alp, İlhan, Osman, Muharrem. Vefa: Raduloviç, Niko, Savaş, Ertuğrul, Doğan, Abdülmetin, Nedim, Bekir, Selahattin, Erdal, Raşit.^[33] Vefa guaranteed non-relegation.
30 - 05.06.1971 - Karşıyaka-MİY: 2-1. Saturday, 20:00. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Karşıyaka: Burhan 72', Rasim 85'. Coach: Arif Dökel. MİY: Goal: Osman 58'.^[34] MİY lost 10th position which provided eligibility for Turkish Cup next year. Samsunspor which have drawn 3-3 with Vefa in the last match gained 10th position.

1970–71 Turkish Cup participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Fortis Türkiye Kupası in 1970–71 and eliminated at second round^[35]

round	own league	opponent's league	opponent	away	home	result
Round 1	First League	Second League White Group	Kütahyaspor	1-1	2-0	promoted to R2
Round 2	First League	First League	Eskişehirspor	0-2	0-0	eliminated

R1 L1 - 28.10.1970 - MİY-Kütahyaspor: 2-0. Wednesday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Refree: Hilmi Ok, Halil Eraydın, Kemal Kaya. MİY: Taner, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Akın, K.Erol, Muhlis, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Goals: İbrahim Arayıcı 57', Muharrem Algıç 81'. Coach: Bülent Giz. Kütahyaspor: Ali, İhsan, Müzdat, Celal, Ural, Ahmet, Halil, B.Ali, Levent, Kemal, Faik. Coach: Mehmet Kocatürk.^[36]
R1 L2 - 23.12.1970 - Kütahyaspor: 1-1. Wednesday, 14:15. Kütahya.
R2 L1 - 31.01.1971 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 14:00. Eskişehir. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Faruk Aksaylı, Erol Eroğlu. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, İlhan, Faik, Apdurrahman, İsmail, Süreyya, Nihat, Kamuran, Fethi, B.Burhan, Ender. Goals: Faik 40'(F), Ender 46'. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Akın, K.Erol, Ayhan, Osman, Muhlis, Muharrem.^[37]
R2 L2 - 07.02.1971 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 0-0. Sunday, 14:00. Mersin.

1970–71 squad

Some of the players of Mersin İdmanyurdu include following^[38]. 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.

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	Taner
		GK	Fikret Özdil
		DF	Refik Çoğum
		DF	Alp Sümeralp
		DF	Cihat Erbil
		DF	Mustafa Yürür
		MF	Erol Evcimen "B. Erol"
		MF	Akın Aksaçlı

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Ayhan Öz
		MF	Octavian Popescu
		MF	İbrahim Arayıcı
		FW	Osman Arpacıoğlu
		FW	Muharrem Algıç
		FW	Muhlis
		FW	Erol Durmuşlu "K. Erol"

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.

References

^ "Galatasaray is determined, they beated Mersin 2-0 too". Mersin'i de 2-0 yenen Galatasaray rakip tanımıyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.09.1970, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ 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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^ "Eskişehirspor: 0 - Mersin İ. Yurdu: 0". Eskişehirspor: 0 - Mersin İ. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.10.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.10.2010. (Turkish)
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^ "Mersin İ. Yurdu: 3 - Bursaspor: 0". Mersin İ. Yurdu: 3 - Bursaspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.10.1970, p. 12. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "İstanbulspor took the bend difficultly: 4-3". İstanbulspor virajı zor döndü: 4-3. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.11.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 17.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0". Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.11.1970, p. 8. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "G.saray disappeared in four minutes". G. saray 4 dakikada yok oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.11.1970, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 08.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "F.bahçe put M.İ. Yurdu to sleep: 1-1". F.bahçe, M.İ. yurdu'nu uyuttu: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.11.1970, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 17.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Ankaragücü: 0 - Mersin: 0". Ankaragücü: 0 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.11.1970. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "M.İ.Yurdu: 1 - Demirspor: 1". M.İ.Yurdu: 1 - Demirspor: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.12.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Göztepe wins by Ertan's score: 1-0". Götepe Ertan'ın golü ile galip: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.12.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 17.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin beats Beşiktaş too." Mersin Beşiktaş'ı da yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.12.1970, p. 12. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Vefa shared points with Mersin: 0-0". Vefa Mersin'le puanları bölüştü: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.01.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 17.01.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 2 - Karşıyaka: 1". Mersin: 2 - Karşıyaka: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.01.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 17.01.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Boluspor: 1 - Mersin: 0". Boluspor: 1 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.02.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 09.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin won against PTT difficultly: 1-0". Mersin PTT önünde zor galip: 1-0. Milliyet Gazete arşivi, 22.02.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Eskişehir: 3 - Mersin: 1". Eskişehir: 3 - Mersin: 1. Milliyet Gazete arşivi, 01.03.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 2 - Samsun: 0". Mersin: 2 - Samsun: 0. Milliyet Gazete arşivi, 08.03.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Bursaspor: 1 - Mersin İ.Y.: 0". Bursaspor: 1 - Mersin İ.Y.: 0. Milliyet Gazete arşivi, 15.03.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.11.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İdmanyurdu - İstanbulspor: 1-0". M. İdmanyurdu - İstanbulspor: 1-0. Milliyet Gazete arşivi, 22.03.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 2 - Altay: 1". Mersin: 2 - Altay: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.03.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "G.saray came to life". G.saray kendine geldi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.04.1971, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 19.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Fenerbahçe wins with Ogün's goals". Fenerbahçe Ogün'ün golleriyle kazandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.04.1971, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (Turkish)
^ "A.Gücü defeated Mersin at its home." A.Gücü Mersin'i sahasında yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.05.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "M. İ. Yurdu: 3 Demirspor: 0". M. İ. Yurdu: 3 Demirspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.05.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 1 - Göztepe: 0". Mersin: 1 - Göztepe: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.05.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Beşiktaş: 2 - M.İ.Yurdu: 0". Beşiktaş: 2 - M.İ.Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.05.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Vefa got point from Mersin: 0-0". Vefa Mersin'den puan aldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 31.05.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Karşıyaka: 2 - M.İdmanyurdu: 1". Karşıyaka: 2 - M.İdmanyurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.06.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin.
^ "Mersin defeated Kütahya by 2-0". Mersin Kütahya'yı 2-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.10.1970, p. 8. Retrieved on 25.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "... Eskişehirspor wins". ...Eskişehirspor galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.02.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
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