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: Turkey Osman Arpacıoğlu (14)
President: Mehmet Karamehmet
Coach: Turkey Turgay Şeren
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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.[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.

Pre-season

Preparation games:

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
P W D L F A F-A week plc F-A week plc
1     Galatasaray30198349 1446 0-0296 1-3145
2     Eskişehirspor301794391843 2-0306 0-1157
3     Beşiktaş3014106302038 0-034 2-2186
4     Fenerbahçe301398342535 0-1255 1-0103
5     Bursaspor3012810322832 2-111 2-3169
6     Mersin İdmanyurdu3011 9 10 35 29 31
7     Göztepe309129302630 2-0275 0-1124
8     İstanbulspor3091110273029 1-0112 0-0265
9     PTT3091011283728 2-1235 1-285
10     Gençlerbirliği3081111282627 1-073 0-3226
11     Altay3071211222326 2-0195 0-045
12     Ankara Demirspor3081012293526 0-0133 2-3285
13     Vefa308814273724 1-1215 1-264
14     Altınordu3061212204024 2-0176 2-224
15     Şeker 3069152444 21 5-051 1-2206
16     İzmirspor 30412141939 20 1-094 1-1245

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


Second half


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 1First LeagueFirst League     Bursaspor0-21-2eliminated


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 referee home team result away team
R1 6 March 1969 Tehran Mersin İdmanyurdu Turkey 4-1 Pakistan Pakistan
R2 9 March 1969 Tehran Iran Iran 2-1 Turkey Mersin İdmanyurdu
R3 11 March 1969 Tehran Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 2-0 Turkey Mersin İdmanyurdu
R4 13 March 1969 Tehran Mersin İdmanyurdu Turkey 1-0 Iraq Iraq

1968–69 squad

no nat name birth born pos apps Red card notes

Summer transfers: Taner (Galata), Yurdaer (Kasımpaşa), Cihat (Bandırnaspor), İbrahim (Tekirdağspor), Şefik (İskenderunspor 1967), Arif (Feriköy SK), 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 defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Turkey GK Fikret Özdil
Turkey GK Taner Carin
Turkey DF İbrahim Tezeren
Turkey DF Cihat Ergül
Turkey DF İhsan Temen
Turkey DF Aydın
Turkey DF Halim Kütükçüoğlu
Turkey DF Alp Sümeralp
Turkey MF Arif Omaç
Turkey MF Kadri Aytaç
Turkey Refik Çoğum (C)
No. Position Player
Turkey FW Ayhan Öz
Turkey FW Ali Açıkgöz "Yetim"
Turkey FW Abdullah Turgut
Turkey FW Osman Arpacıoğlu
Turkey FW Erol Evcimen "İngiliz"
Turkey FW Olcay Başarır
Turkey FW Tarık Arıtan
Turkey FW Muharrem Algıç "Yanık"
Turkey Mustafa Yürür
Turkey 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.

See also

References

  1. TFF data bank
  2. "General look over the teams". takımların genel görünümü. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.09.1968, sports supplement p. 3. Retrieved on 07.02.2011. (Turkish)
  3. Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. fan site
  4. See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe
  5. More details Futbol Merkezi
  6. "Mersin gave no chance to Bursa: 2-1". Mersin Bursa'ya şans vermedi: 2-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.09.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 03.02.2011. (Turkish)
  7. "Altınordu gave one point to Mersi: 2-2". Altınordu Mersin'e bir puan verdi: 2-2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.09.1968, p. 7. Retrieved on 03.02.2011. (Turkish)
  8. "Beşiktaş loses first point in Mersin". Beşiktaş ilk puanı Mersin'de kaptırdı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.09.1968, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  9. "Altay: 0 - Mersin: 0". Altay:0 - Mersin: 0, Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.10.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
  10. "Mersin: 5 - Şekerspor: 0". Mersin: 5 - Şekerspor: 0, Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.10.1968, p. 7. Retrieved on 03.02.2011. (Turkish)
  11. "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)
  12. "Mersin: 1 - G.birliği: 0". Mersin: 1 - G.birliği: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.11.1968, p. 7. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
  13. "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)
  14. "Mersin wins 1-0". Mersin 1-0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.11.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
  15. "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)
  16. "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)
  17. "Mersin: 0 - D.spor: 0". Mersin: 0 - D.spor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.01.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 03.02.2011. (Turkish)
  18. "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)
  19. "Eskişehir won 1-0". Eskişehir 1-0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.01.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  20. "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)
  21. "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)
  22. "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)
  23. "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)
  24. "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)
  25. "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)
  26. "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)
  27. "Mersin defeated PTT difficultly". Mersin PTT'yi güç yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.04.1969, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
  28. "Mersin draws in İzmir". Mersin de İzmir'de berabere kaldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.04.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.10.2010. (Turkish)
  29. "Fenerbahçe wins the return game". Fenerbahçe rövanşı aldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.04.1969, p. 9. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (Turkish)
  30. "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)
  31. "Mersin wins 2-0". Mersin 2-0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.05.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
  32. "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)
  33. "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)
  34. "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)
  35. Bursaspor taraftar sitesi
  36. Jaam-e-Doosti (Friendship) Cup 1969 (Tehran, Iran) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  37. "Kadri's jubilee was amazing". Kadri'nin jübilesi muhteşem oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.09.2010, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)