1967–68 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1967–68
Season: First League 1967–68
League position:	10th
Turkish Cup:	Eliminated at R2
Top goal scorers:	Osman Arpacıoğlu (18)
President:	Faruk Miskavi
Coach:	Cihat Arman
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1966–67	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1968–69

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1967–68. Mersin İdmanyurdu (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 Turkish national football team 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).^[1]

Pre-season

Season was opened on 6 August 1967. Preparation games:^[2]

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 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.^[3] He also played for national team.

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.

League table

Mersin İY's place in First League in 1967–68 season league table and game results are shown in the table below.^[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	Fenerbahçe	32	19	11	2	38	12	49	1-2	33	10	0-1	16	12
2	Beşiktaş	32	15	12	5	42	24	42	0-0	21	11	0-1	4	14
3	Galatasaray	32	13	10	9	44	36	36	1-2	1	12	0-3	18	12
4	Göztepe	32	13	9	10	37	46	35	1-1	24	11	0-3	7	15
5	Altay	32	11	13	8	37	30	35	1-0	3	13	1-1	20	10
6	Bursaspor	32	10	13	9	37	33	33	2-1	30	7	1-2	13	7
7	PTT	32	10	13	9	34	31	33	2-1	12	4	0-0	29	10
8	Gençlerbirliği	32	11	10	11	28	26	32	2-0	17	10	1-2	34	10
9	Eskişehirspor	32	11	9	12	40	33	31	2-1	22	9	2-2	5	14
10	Mersin İdmanyurdu	32	12	6	14	42	44	30		11	8		28	10
11	Ankara Demirspor	32	8	14	10	29	33	30	1-1	31	7	1-3	14	11
12	Vefa	32	8	13	11	31	35	29	3-1	6	11	0-2	23	11
13	Altınordu	32	11	7	14	33	47	29	5-1	19	10	1-2	2	16
14	Şeker	32	9	10	13	32	41	28	3-1	10	5	1-2	27	10
15	Hacettepe	32	9	10	13	32	45	28	3-4	15	12	2-3	32	10
16	Ankaragücü	32	8	6	18	30	47	22	1-0	8	10	1-0	25	10
17	Feriköy	32	8	6	18	27	48	22	2-1	26	8	1-0	9	8

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.

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01 - 10.09.1967 - MİY-Galatasaray: 1-2. Sunday, 16:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Ziya Albayrak, Sait Acarbay. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goal: Osman 67'. Galatasaray: Radunoviç, Erdal, Doğan, Onursal, Talat, Turan, Yılmaz, Ergün, Ayhan, Metin, Uğur. Goals: Metin 7', Ergün 76'.^[6]
02 - 16.09.1967 - Altınordu-MİY: 2-1. Saturday, 16:15. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Hikmet Kolonkaya, Fehmi Pazarcı. Altınordu: Tamer, Neyir, Behçet, Hayrettin, Bahri, Yavuz, Davut, Balov (Mikael), Özer (Cengiz), Zadel, Hikmet. Goals: Behçet 64'(H), Cengiz 80'. MİY: Yunus, Halil, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali (Burhan), Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Alp. Goal: Tarık 86'.^[7]
03 - 24.09.1967 - MİY-Altay: 1-0. Sunday, 15:30. City Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Fahri Alpagut, Hamza Alan. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, K.Tarık, B.Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goal: B.Tarık 75'. Red card: Osman 52'. Altay: Varol, Yılmaz, Zinnur (Tuncay), Enver, A.Rıza, Ayfer, Aytekin, Doğan, Feridun, Ender (Behzat), Aydın. Red card: Enver 52'.^[8]
04 - 01.10.1967 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Salih Durusoy, Burhan Trak. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Yavuz, Fehmi, Yusuf, Süreyya, Kaya, Erdoğan, Fethi, Faruk, Sanlı (Cevdet), K.Ahmet (Şenol). Goal: Sanlı 43'(H). Red card: Yusuf 40'. Coach: Recep Adanır. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, K.Tarık, B.Tarık, Kahraman, Ayhan, Burhan. Red card: K.Tarık 43'.^[9]
05 - 08.10.1967 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-2. Sunday, 15:00. Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir. Referees: Faruk Talû, Turan Alsaç, Orhan Yorulmaz. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goals: Ali 17', Osman 71'. Eskişehirspor: Taşkın (Yusuf), İlhan, Necdet, Muzaffer, İsmail, Ruhi (Burhan), Nihat, Canan, Fethi, Kâmuran, Ender. Goals: Nihat 32', Fethi 54'.^[10]
06 - 15.10.1967 - MİY-Vefa: 3-1. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Orhan Gönül, Ali İhsan Yiğit, Sabahattin Yurttaş. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik (Mustafa), Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goals: Osman 17', Osman 46', Ali 87'. Penalty missed: Ayhan 52'. Vefa: Raduloviç, Hasan, Çetin, Abdülmetin, Metin, Fikri, Güray, Savaş (Nedim), Zeki, Bekir, Saviç. Goal: Zeki 85'.^[11]
07 - 21.10.1967 - Göztepe-MİY: 3-0. Saturday, 15:00. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Zeki Gürkan, Sait Acarbay, Veli Kantar. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali (Abdullah), Mustafa, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Göztepe: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali (Abdullah), Mustafa, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goals: Nevzat 44', Fevzi 54', Gürsel 86'.^[12]
08 - 29.10.1967 - MİY-Ankaragücü: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Mustafa Oğultürk, Kemal Bulu. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, Refik, İhsan (Abdullah), Ali, Tarık, Osman, Mustafa, Ayhan. Goal: Ayhan 62'. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Haydar, Remzi, Yılmaz, Şehmuz, Metin, B.Yüksel, Doğan, Coşkun, Nuri, Teoman.^[13]
09 - 04.11.1967 - Feriköy-MİY: 0-1. Saturday, 14:30. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Yüksel Erkan, Cahit Aybek. Feriköy: Necdet, Erol, Müjdat, Turgay, Ahmet, Arif, Mehmet, Zekeriya, Rıdvan, Ruli, Bilgin. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Mustafa, Kadri, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Abdullah, Ayhan. Goal: Tarık 65'. Red card: Mustafa 85'.^[14]
10 - 12.11.1967 - MİY-Şekerspor: 3-1. Sunday, 14:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Tahir Turgay, Özdemir Erentok. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.Tarık, Osman, Abdullah, Ayhan. Goals: Osman 50', Tarık 56', Tarık 67'(P). Şekerspor: Sefa, Oğuz, İsmail, Doğan, Selahattin, Güngör, Fahrettin, Erol, İbrahim, Vahap, Muharrem. Goal: Fahrettin 87'.^[15]
11 - 19.11.1967 - MİY bye.
12 - 03.12.1967 - MİY-PTT: 2-1. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Müfit Sun, Oktay Üner. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Mustafa, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Kadri, Ayhan. Goals: Ayhan 16', Ali 79'. PTT: Cavit, Yetik, Aydın, Ayhan, Yusuf, Enver, metin, Zeki, Altan, Ertan, Köksal. Goal: Ertan 75'.^[16]
13 - 10.12.1967 - Bursaspor-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 13:45. Atatürk Stadium, Bursa. Referees: Cezmi Başar, Fahri Alpagut, Yılgör Öktem. Bursaspor: Osman, Müfit, İrfan, İsmail, Ahmet, Taner, Mesut, Stefanoviç, Vedat, Ergun, Ersel. Goals: Stefanoviç 38', Ergun 85'. Red card: İrfan 44'. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İlhan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Abdullah, Alp. Goal: Ali 18'. Red card: Osman 44'.^[17] After the game MİY player Mustafa Ender was arrested. He was later released on 12.12.1967.
14 - 16.12.1967 - Ankara Demirspor-MİY: 3-1. Saturday, 12:15. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Hakkı Çaktırma, Talat Tokat, Erol Esentürk. Ankara Demirspor: Altay, Nejat, Hakkı, İsmet, Muzaffer, Timuçin, Sait (Fikri), Sedat, Vural, Birol, Ersan (Ulvi). Goals: Vural 22', Timuçin 42', Birol 55'(P). Sent off: Nejat. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Tarık, Abdullah (Burhan), Alp (Battal). Goals: İhsan 47'. Red card: Yalçın. Referee managed the match very badly.^[18]
15 - 24.12.1967 - MİY-Hacettepe: 3-4. Sunday, 15:00. Mersin. Referees: Nejat Şener, Nazif Oturgan, Tarık Yamaç. MİY: Yunus (Fikret), Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan (Kahraman). Goals: Kahraman 26', 34', 57'. Hacettepe: Baskın, Arif, K.Osman, Uğur, Nuri, B.Osman, İhsan, Turan, Kökten, Suphi, Rıza. Goals: Kökten 9', İhsan 15', Suphi 28', İhsan 41'.^[19]
16 - 31.12.1967 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 26.721. Referees: Necdet Oralap, Teoman Parer, Hamza Alan. Fenerbahçe: Hazım, Numan, Levent, Ziya, Ercan, Yılmaz, Ogün, Nedim (Şükrü) (Raşit), Aptullah, Fuat, Yaşar. Coach: Ignace Molnar. Goal: Ziya 13'. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan (Tarık), Kahraman, Tarık, Alp.^[20]
17 - 07.01.1968 - MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 2-0. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Zeki Gürkan, Hilmi Ok, Yüksel Erkan. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.tarık, Osman, Kahraman, Alp. Goals: B.Tarık 44', Osman 70'. Gençlerbirliği: Selçuk, Ekrem, Faik, Ali, Cevdet, K.Tevfik, Dirani, Hayrettin, Salim, Burhan, Zeynel.^[21]

Mid-season

Friendly game:

20.01.1968 - Feriköy-MİY.

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18 - 04.02.1968 - Galatasaray-MİY: 3-0. Sunday, 12:45. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Orhan Gönül, Burhan Trak, Muhittin Somer. Galatasaray: Yasin, Bekir, Doğan, Mustafa, Talat (Erdal), Turhan, Yılmaz, Ergün, Ayhan, Metin, Uğur. Coach: Eşfak Aykaç. Goals: Ayhan, 50'(F), 53'(F), 59'(F). MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın (battal), Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Coach: Cihat Arman.^[22]
19 - 11.02.1968 - MİY-Altınordu: 5-1. Sunday, 14:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Ömer Lütfü Tuncel, Nazım Nacar. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.Tarık, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goals: Kadri 20'(F), Osman 25'(F), B.Tarık 47'(P), Osman 60', Osman 89'. Altınordu: Mümin, İsmet, Behçet, Hayrettin, Cengiz, Sümer, Balov, Zadel, Bahri, Yavuz, Hikmet. Goal: Bahri 74'.^[23]
20 - 18.02.1968 - Altay-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 13:00. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Yılmaz Önen, Yıldır Öktem. Altay: Varol, Yılmaz, Oğuz, Necdet, A.Rıza, Ayfer, Behzat, Aytekin (Doğan), Ender, Roland, Aydın. Goal: Ender 46'. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Mustafa, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goal: Mustafa 50'.^[24]
21 - 25.02.1968 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 0-0. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: 25.000. Referees: Necdet Oralp, Teoman Parer, Lütfi Keçelioğlu. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Alp, K.Tarık (Kahraman). Beşiktaş: Sabri, Erkan, Fehmi, Sami, Süreyya, Kaya, Fethi, Yusuf, K.Ahmet (Cevdet), Sanlı, Faruk (Erdoğan 23').^[25]
22 - 03.03.1968 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 2-1. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Fahri Alpagut, İzzet Özbaydur. MİY: Fikret, Halim (Battal), Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.Tarık, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goals Ayhan 11', Osman 39'. Eskişehirspor: Yusuf, İlhan, Necdet, Muzaffer, İsmail, Kamuran, Orhan, Canan, Fethi, Burhan, Ender. Goal: Burhan 35'.^[26]
23 - 10.03.1968 - Vefa-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Vefa: Red card: Saviç.
24 - 17.03.1968 - MİY-Göztepe: 1-1. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Faruk Talu, Müfit Sun, M. Takımoğlu. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Yalçın (Battal), Kadri, İhsan, refik, Ali, Mustafa, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goal: Osman 29'. Göztepe: Ali, Halil (Mehmet), Çağlayan, Hüseyin (B.Mehmet), Nevzat, A.İhsan, Cenap, Ertan, Fevzi, Gürsel, Nihat. Goal: Nihat 56'.^[27]
25 - 23.03.1968 - Ankaragücü-MİY: 0-1. Saturday, 14:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Nazif Oturgan, Yavuz Tunç. Ankaragücü: Aydın, İsmail, Haydar, Yılmaz, Fikret, Selçuk, Doğan, Sakıp, Abdullah (Metin), Nuri, Candan (Ali Rıza). MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan (Burhan), Refik, Ali, Mustafa, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goal: Osman 50'(F).^[28]
26 - 31.03.1968 - MİY-Feriköy: 2-1. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Bekirov (BUL), Yılmaz Önen, Yılgör Ökten. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri (Burhan), İhsan, Refik, Ali, Mustafa, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goals: Ayhan 84', Osman 90'(P). Feriköy: Necdet, Erol, Müjdat, Zekeriya, Ahmet, Turgay, Mehmet, İsmet, Rıdvan, Bilgin, Ruli. Goal: Zekeriya 87'.^[29]
27 - 06.04.1968 - Şekerspor-MİY: 2-1. Saturday, 13:00. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Veli Kantar, Sait Acarbay. Şekerspor: Atilla, Oğuz, İsmail, Doğan, Selahattin, Güngör, Mücahit, Erol, Muharrem, Vahap, Tufan (Yalçın). Goals: Doğan 18', Erol 60'(P). MİY: Fikret, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri (Mustafa), İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Alp, B.Tarık. Goal: Ayhan 80'(H).^[30]
28 - 14.04.1968 - MİY bye.
29 - 21.04.1968 - PTT-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 13:15. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Cumhur Demir, Adnan Aksüt. PTT: Cavit, Esen, Altan, Ayhan, Yusuf, Enver, Metin, Zeki, Feridun, Ertan, Musa (Köksal). MİY: Yunus, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Mustafa, Alp.^[31]
30 - 28.04.1968 - MİY-Bursaspor: 2-1. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referee: Necdet Oralalp. MİY: Yunus, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Molla, B.Tarık. Goals: Osman 6'(F), 26'(P). Bursaspor: Osman, Osman, Cengiz, İsmail, Müfit, Taner, Mesut, Stefanoviç, Ersel, Vedat, Haluk. Goal: Taner 32'.^[32]
31 - 05.05.1968 - MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 1-1. Sunday, 15:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. MİY: Yunus (Fikret), Battal, Halim, Molla (Ali), İhsan, Refik, B.Tarık, Cabbar, Osman, Ayhan, Alp. Goal: Osman 64'. Ankara Demirspor: Tekin, Nejat, İbrahim Kemal, İsmet, Muzaffer, Yalçın, Cahit, Sedat, Fikri, Birol, Timuçin. Goal: Sedat 13'.^[33] After the match players were punished by cash fine.
32 - 11.05.1968 - Hacettepe-MİY: 3-2. Saturday, 15:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Roland Marendan (SUI), Halil Erdoğan, Orhan Beşik. Hacettepe: Baskın, Arif, Osman, Zafer, Suphi, Nuri, Selçuk, Turan (Goran), Kökten, Murat (Esat), İhsan. Goals: İhsan 16', İhsan 57', Refik 90'(o.g.). MİY: Yunus, Battal, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali (K.Tarık), Ayhan, Cabbar (Osman), Alp, Burhan. Goals: Kadri 45', Osman 61'.^[34]
33 - 19.05.1968 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 1-2. Sunday, 16:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referee: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Yılmaz Önen, Yılgör Öktem. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Yalçın, Abdullah, İhsan, Refik, K.Tarık (Mustafa), Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Burhan. Goal: Osman 15'. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Şükrü, Levent, Özcan, Ercan, Yılmaz, Ogün, Ziya, Abdullah, Fuat, Yaşar. Goals: Yaşar 7', Refik 59'(o.g.). Sent off: Yılmaz Şen. Coach: Ignace Molnar.^[35]
34 - 25.05.1968 - Gençlerbirliği-MİY: 2-1. Saturday, 15:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Yılmaz Önen, Nadi Irmaklar. Gençlerbirliği: Orhan, Tezcan, Faik, Ekrem, B.Tevfik, K.Tevfik, Temel, Orhan, Halim, Hayrettin, Zeynel. Goals: Temel 50'(F), Hayrettin 87'. MİY: Yunus, Battal, Yalçın, Abdullah, İhsan, Mustafa, K.Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Alp. Goal: Alp 78'.^[36]

1967–68 Turkish Cup participation

Participated in Turkish Cup in 1967–68 and eliminated at second round.^[37]

round	own league	opponent's league	opponent	away	home	result
Round 1	First League	Amateur	İzmir Denizgücü	1-0	3-0	promoted to R2
Round 2	First League	First League	Fenerbahçe	1-2	0-0	eliminated

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R1 L1 - 25.10.1967 - İzmir Denizgücü-MİY: 0-1. Wednesday, 13:00. İzmir.
R1 L2 - 19.11.1967 - MİY-İzmir Denizgücü: 3-0. Sunday. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.
R2 L1 - 21.01.1968 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-0. Sunday. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referee: V. Necdet Arığ, Nazım Nacar, Ö. Lütfi Tuncel. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halil, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan (Kahraman), Osman, Alp, B.Tarık. Coach: Cihat Arman. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Özcan, Levent, Selim, Ercan, Yılmaz, Ogün, Fuat, Nedim, Birol, Erdinç. Coach: Ignace Molnar.^[38]
R2 L2 - 28.01.1968 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: rainy. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 20.420. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Yılmaz Önen, Yılgör Öktem. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Şükrü (Özcan), Levent, Selim, Ercan, Yılmaz, Ogün, Şeref (Raşit), Nedim, Fuat, Yaşar. Coach: Ignace Molnar. Goals: Nedim 20', Fuat 68'. MİY: Yunus, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.Tarık, Osman, Ayhan (K.Tarık), Alp. Coach: Cihat Arman. Goal: B.Tarık 48'.^[39]

1967–68 squad

no	nat	name	birth	born	pos	apps				notes

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.

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Fikret Özdil
		GK	Yunus Ceyhan
		DF	Battal Toktay
		DF	Halim Kütükçüoğlu
		DF	Yalçın Saner
		DF	Kadri Aytaç (C)
		DF	İhsan Temen
		DF	Mustafa Ender Aksoy
		DF	Abdullah Turgut
		DF	Ender
		MF	Refik Çoğum
		MF	Ali Açıkgöz
		MF	Tarık Arıtan "K. Tarık"

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Osman Arpacıoğlu
		FW	Ayhan Öz
		FW	Kahraman İnan
		FW	Alp Sümeralp
		FW	Burhan
		FW	Aydın
			Seyfi Alanya
			Tarık Kutver "B. Tarık"
			Rıfkı Çınar
		GK	Doğan Ölçücü
			Hacı
			Molla Bachs
			Abdül Cabbar

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).

References

↑ "Opinions of team coaches and executives". Takımların antrenör ve yöneticilerinin görüşleri. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.09.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (Turkish). In this news Faruk Miskavi had been shown as president; but in other news Mehmet Karametmet was mentioned as president. Club history page in official web site confirmes Karamehmet as president.
↑ "Opinions of managers: Cihat Arman". Takımların antrenör ve yöneticilerinin görüşleri. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.09.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website
↑ See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues
↑ More details Futbol Merkezi (Turkish)
↑ "Galatasaray wins 2-1 in Mersin". Galatasaray Mersin'de 2-1 kazandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.09.1967, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Altınordu beat Mersin 2-1". Altınordu Mersin'i 2-1 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.09.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin's first win is against Altay: 1-0". Mersin ilk galibiyetini Altay'dan aldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.09.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Beşiktaş overjumped another stick". Beşiktaş bir engeli daha aştı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.10.1967, p. 10. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Eskişehir lost one point to Mersin". Eskişehir Mersin'e puan kaptırdı: 2-2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.10.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin beat Vefa 3-1". Mersin Vefa'yı 3-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.10.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Göztepe defeated Mersin with a good play: 3-0". Güzel oynayan Göztepe Mersin'e fark yaptı: 3-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.10.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin beat Ankaragücü with a single goal: 1-0". Mersin Ankaragücü'nü tek golle yendi: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.10.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Ferköy lost to Mersin, Vefa drew". Feriköy Mersin'e mağlup, Vefa berabere. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.11.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin gave no chance to Şekerspor: 3-1". Mersin Şekerspor'a şans tanımadı: 3-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.11.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin defeated PTT too". Mersin PTT'yi de alttetti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.12.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Bursa gave no chance to Mersin". Bursa Mersin'e şans tanımadı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.12.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.10.1967. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin İdmanyurdu lost to D.spor: 3-1". Mersin İdmanyurdu D.spor'a 3-1 yenildi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.12.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "H.tepe beat Mersin at away field".H.tepe Mersin'i kendi evinde yendi: 4-3. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.12.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "F.hçe wins, Beşiktaş draws". F.bahçe galip, Beşiktaş berabere. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.02.1968, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "M. İdmanyurdu beats G. Birliği 2-0". M. İdmanyurdu G. Birliğini 2-0 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.01.1968, p. 7. Retrieved on 06.11.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "G.saray is on the run". G.saray gittikçe coşuyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.02.1968, p. 10. Retrieved on 11.10.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin beats Altınordu hollow: 5-1". Mersin, Altınordu'yu bozguna uğrattı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.02.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Altay lost one point to Mersin: 1-1". Altay M.İ.Yurdu'na puan kaptırdı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 19.02.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 07.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Beşiktaş gave one point to Mersin: 0-0". Beşiktaş Mersin'e puan verdi: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.02.1968, pp. 9, 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin beat Eskişehir difficultly: 2-1". Mersin Eskişehir'i zor mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.03.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin İdmanyurdu and Göztepe shared 2 points: 1-1". M. İdmanyurdu, Göztepe 2 puanı paylaştı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.03.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "M. İdmanyurdu: 1 - Ankaragücü: 0". M. İdmanyurdu: 1 - Ankaragücü: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.03.1968, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Feriköy's hopes for remaining ends". Feriköy'ün kurtulma ümitleri sönüyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.04.1968, p. 11. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Altınordu beat A.Gücü and Ş.spor berat Mersin". Altınordu A.gücü'nü, Ş.spor Mersin'i yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.04.1968, p. 8. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin İdmanyurdu drawn with PTT: 0-0". Mersin İdmanyurdu PTT ile berabere kaldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.04.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 2 - Bursa: 1". Mersin: 2 - Bursa: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.04.1968 Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin ties with Demirspor 1-1". Mersin Demirspor ile 1-1 berabere kaldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.05.1968 Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "H.tepe: 3 - Mersin: 0". H.tepe: 3 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.05.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Champions won 2-1". Şampiyon 2-1 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.05.1968, p. 12. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Gençlerbiliği: 2 - Mersin: 1". Gençlerbiliği: 2 - Mersin: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.05.1968, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.10.2010. (Turkish)
↑ See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin Archived June 15, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Lacking Fenerbahçe got off cheap from Mersin storm". Eksik Fenerbahçe Mersin fırtınasını ucuz atlattı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.01.1968, p. 8. Retrieved on 04.11.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Fenerbahçe is on the way to Cup as well". Fenerbahçe de Kupa yolunda. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.01.1968, p. 8. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (Turkish)

Mersin İdmanyurdu seasons

Top level seasons	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1976–77 1977–78 1980–81 1982–83 2011–12 2012–13 2014–15

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