1969–70 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1969–70
Season: First League 1969–70
League position:	4th
Turkish Cup:	Eliminated at R2
Top goal scorers:	Osman Arpacıoğlu (6)
President:	Mehmet Karamehmet
Coach:	Bülent Giz
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1968–69	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1970–71

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1969–70. The 1969–70 season was the third season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. They finished fourth which was the best position the team ever obtained.

The team manager was Bülent Giz, one of the famous managers in 1970's Turkish football; and the club president was Mehmet Karamahmet, Çukurova Group's owner.^[1] Deputy president was Mahir Turan. Erol Tarhan was general captain. Sadri Usluoğlu who worked as executive for Beşiktaş and national team became general manager of İdmanyurdu. Before the start of the season Kadri Aytaç was the technical advisor and look for foreign transfers. Later he attended in a course in Romania.^[2]

Mersin İdmanyurdu has targeted championship in this season. Coach Bülent Giz has written an article to declare their target in the mid-season He said that if the substitutes had been good enough they hadn'nt been finished first half at third place.^[3] His claim remained until the end of the league when the team lost last two matches to average teams and lost the chance to be eligible for European Cups next year.

Pre-season

MİY opened the season on 25.07.1969 in Tarsus. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium was under repairement.

03.08.1969 - Spor-Toto Cup - MİY-Samsunspor: 1-1. Sunday, 17:00. Mersin. Goals: Temel 62' (Samsun), Osman 74' (MİY).
10.08.1969 - Spor-Toto Cup - Gençlerbirliği-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 21:45. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Goals: İlhan 7', Turan 37'(o.g.)
20.08.1969 - Preparation game - Galatasaray-MİY: 0-0. Wednesday, 20:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Hüseyin Maloğlu, Özcan Gürkaynak, Güngör Tunçel. Galatasaray: Nihat, Ekrem, Ali, Muzaffer, Talat, Turan, Mehmet, Feridun (Olcay), Ayhan, Ergün (Bilgin), Uğur. Coach: Kaloperoviç. MİY: Fikret, Halim (B.İbrahim), Alp, Mustafa (Arif), Erol, Cihat, Ali (K.Erol), Tarık (K.İbrahim), Osman, Muharrem.^[4]
24.08.1969 - Preparation game - Bursaspor-MİY: 5-1. Monday, 16:45. Bursa. Referees: Abdi Parlakay, Mehmet Rodoslu, Basri Akkoyunlu. Bursaspor: Osman (Yıldız), Vahit, Haluk (İrfan), İsmail (Müfit), İbrahim, Cengiz (Sırrı), Necati, Ersel (Canan), Mesut (Cemal), Taner (Sinan), Ender. Goals: Ersel 4', Ender 27', Ersel 38, Ender 43', Necati 61'(H). MİY: Fikret (Muradis), Erol, Alp, Mustafa, Nihat, Arif, Ali, Ayhan, Tarık, Osman, Muharrem. Goal: Osman (P).^[5]
Boluspor-MİY: 3-1.
17.09.1969 - In the first preparation match in their home ground MİY defeated Tarsus İdmanyurdu: 6-0. Goals: Ayhan (3), Muharrem (2) and Arif.^[6] In another preparation game Bursaspor defeated MİY 5-1. The first match of the league was also played against Bursa but MİY this time beat them at away game.

1969–70 league participation

First League was played with 16 teams in its twelfth season, 1969–70. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1970–71. Mersin İY became fourth with 12 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was most scorer player with 6 goals.^[1] Mersin İdmanyurdu has fought for second place -which provided eligibility for Fairs Cup- with Eskişehirspor, Altay, and Göztepe; and missed the chance of participation in a European cup.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1969–70 season is shown in the following table.^[7]^[8]

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	30	17	10	3	31	6	44	0-0	21	3	1-1	6	4
2	Eskişehirspor	30	14	9	7	46	26	37	1-0	3	3	1-1	18	3
3	Altay	30	13	10	7	27	17	36	0-0	23	3	0-1	8	5
4	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	12	12	6	32	27	36
5	Göztepe	30	12	11	7	33	29	35	2-2	10	4	2-2	25	3
6	Samsunspor	30	11	9	10	24	28	31	0-0	2	2	0-1	17	3
7	Bursaspor	30	10	10	10	26	20	30	2-1	16	3	2-0	1	3
8	Galatasaray	30	10	10	10	27	21	30	1-0	19	5	1-2	4	3
9	Beşiktaş	30	10	10	10	26	26	30	0-0	28	2	0-0	13	3
10	İstanbulspor	30	10	9	11	30	27	29	1-0	14	3	0-3	29	3
11	MKE Ankaragücü	30	7	13	10	19	23	27	1-0	15	3	0-3	30	4
12	Ankara Demirspor	30	6	14	10	25	31	26	3-1	26	2	2-2	11	3
13	Vefa	30	7	11	12	19	28	25	3-1	5	3	0-2	20	3
14	PTT	30	7	11	12	21	34	25	2-0	12	3	1-1	27	2
15	Gençlerbirliği	30	7	8	15	17	33	22	1-0	24	3	2-1	9	3
16	Altınordu	30	5	7	18	16	43	17	1-0	7	3	2-2	22	3

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.

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01 - 21.09.1969 - Bursaspor-MİY: 0-2. Sunday, 16:00. Balıkesir. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Mustafa Takımoğlu, Müfit Sun. Bursaspor: Osman (Yıldız), Vahit, İrfan, İsmail, İbrahim, Cengiz, Necati, Ersel, Engin (Cemal), Orhan (Sinan), Haluk. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, Refik, Erol, Cihat, K.Erol, Tarık, Ayhan, Mustafa, Muharrem. Goals: Ayhan 3', Muharrem 48'.^[9]
02 - 28.09.1969 - MİY-Samsunspor: 0-0. Sunday, 16:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ahmet Bagatır, Özer Kızıltan, İsmail Hendek. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, B.Erol, Cihat, Refik, Ali (K.Erol), Tarık, Ayhan, Mustafa, Muharrem (K.İbrahim). Samsunspor: Tekin, İhsan, Cengiz, Cevdet, Rıfat, Hamdi, Sami, Temel, Adem, A.Şahin, Abidin.^[10]
03 - 05.10.1969 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, Necmi Temizel, Turhan Yağmurlu. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goal: Tarık 67'. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, Abdurrahman, Faik, Kamuran, İsmail, Nuri, Nihat, Mustafa, Fethi, Vahap, Ender.^[11]
04 - 19.10.1969 - Galatasaray-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 15:15. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Cezmi Başar, Taşkın Yalçınkaya, Cumhur Çandarlı. Galatasaray: Nihat, Ali, Ergün, Muzaffer (Akın), Talat, Turan, Mehmet, Ayhan, Gökmen, Muhlis, Uğur. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goal: Refik 22' (o.g.), Mehmet 60' MİY: Fikret, Alp (Halim), Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goals: Tarık 28'.^[12]
05 - 26.10.1969 - MİY-Vefa: 3-1. Sunday, 15:00. Mersin. Referees: Macit Sarıdana, Lütfü Keçelioğlu, Yaşar Marmara. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Arif, Ayhan (Ali), Tarık, Osman (K.İbrahim), Popescu, Muharrem. Goals: Poepscu 30', K.İbrahim 67', 70'. Vefa: Raduloviç, Selahattin, Doğan, Abdülmetin, Fikri, Ertuğrul, Raşit, Nedim, Erdal, Bekir, Erdinç. Goal: Erdal 43'(F).^[13]
06 - 01.11.1969 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 1-1. Saturday 14:45. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Nazım Nacar, İlhan Tuna. Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Şükrü, Numan, Ziya, Nunweiller, Levent, Can, Nedim (Fuat), Aptullah, Zeki, Ogün. Goal: Ogün 30'. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Ayhan, Ali, Tarık, İbrahim, Popescu, Muharrem. Goal: Popescu 41'.^[14]
07 - 09.11.1969 - MİY-Altınordu: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Halim, Mustafa, B.Erol, Cihat, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goal: Ali 22'. Altınordu: Mustafa, Fikret, Müjdat, Hayrettin, Behçet, İsmet, Hikmet, Mehmet, İbrahim, Erkan, Cenap.^[15]
08 - 23.11.1969 - Altay-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Hüseyin Maloğlu, Özdemir Erentok, İlhan Önercan. Altay: Tanzer, Oğuz, Zinnur, Necdet, Ali Rıza, Ayfer, Behzat, Mithat, Kraus, K.Mustafa, B.Mustafa. Goal: Ayfer (C) 74'(F). MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Popescu, Ali, Osman, K. İbrahim, Tarık, Muharrem.^[16]
09 - 30.11.1969 - Gençlerbirliği-MİY: 1-2. Sunday, 14:00. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Nail Dinçer, Erdoğan Erk. Gençlerbirliği: Selçuk, B.Tevfik, Haydar, İlhan, Turan, K.Tevfik, Necdet, Burhan, Tevfik III, Hayrettin, Zeynel. Penalty missed: Burhan 53'. Goal: B.Tevfik 69'. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Nihat, Mustafa, Erol, Popescu, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goals: Osman 25'(F), Ali 68'.^[17]
10 - 07.12.1969 - MİY-Göztepe: 2-2. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Popescu, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goals: Tarık 58', Mustafa 62'(P). Göztepe: Ali, Mehmet, Çağlayan, Özer, B.Mehmet, Nevzat, Halil, Ertan, Fevzi, Gürsel, Mehmet 3. Goals: Fevzi 28', 31'.^[18]
11 - 13.12.1969 - Ankara Demirspor-MİY: 2-2. Saturday, 14:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Rahmi Haliloğlu, Erhan Sunar. Ankara Demirspor: Altay, İlker, Nejat, Timuçin, Namık, Kadir, Tuncer, Aydoğan, Cahit, Sedat, Şevki. Goals: Cahit 8', Tuncer 58'. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Arif, Muharrem. Goals: Osman 54', Muharrem 56'.^[19]
12 - 21.12.1969 - MİY-PTT: 2-0. Sunday, 13:45. Mersin. Weather: heavy rainy. Referees: Nazif Oturgan, Necmettin Sekan, Yılmaz Tuğhan. MİY: Fikret Alp, Halim, Mustafa, B.Erol, Cihat, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goals: Ayhan 85', Tarık 87'. PTT: Cavit, Yetik, Aydın, Yusuf, Enver, Cevher, Metin, Zeki, Feridun, Ertan, Köksal.^[20]
13 - 28.12.1969 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 14:15. Dolmabahçe Stadium, İstanbul. İstanbul. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Yılmaz Önen, Sait Yaşar. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Erkan, Zekeriya, Sabahattin, Sami, Vedat (Yusuf), Davut, Güray, K.Ahmet, Sanlı, Faruk. Coach: Recep Adanır. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Popescu (Arif), Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Coach: Bülent Giz.^[21]
14 - 04.01.1970 - MİY-İstanbulspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Ata Bahri, Erol, Oktay. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Arif, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goal: Osman 11'. Coach: Bülent Giz. İstanbulspor: Yılmaz, Alpaslan, Yalçın, Türker, Yıldırım, Bülent, Bilge, Kasaboğlu, Ömer, Cemil, Ahmet.^[22]
15 - 11.01.1970 - MİY-MKE Ankaragücü: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Goal: Mustafa 82'(P).^[23]

Mid-season

Friendly game during half season:

08.02.1970 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 2-2. Sunday, 14:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Mustafa Oğultürk, Mehmet Çetinel, İhsan Büyükgiray. MİY: Javorek, K.İbrahim, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Arif, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Popescu, Muharrem. Goals: Tarık 37', Osman 85'. Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Şükrü, Ümran, Nunweiller, Ercan, Levent, Can, Ziya, Abdullah, Nedim, Ogün. Goals: Can 57'(P), Ziya 72'.^[24]

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16 - 22.02.1970 - MİY-Bursaspor: 2-1. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. MİY: Fikret, K.İbrahim, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Popescu, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. Goals: Muharrem, Osman. Bursaspor: Osman, Müfit, Haluk, Cengiz, Ahmet Tuna, Canan, Mesut, Ersel, Vahit, Sinan, Necati. Goal: Vahit.^[25]
17 - 01.03.1970 - Samsunspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Samsun. Samsunspor: Nejat, Barbaros, Cengiz, Cevdet, Rıfat, Nuri, Sami, Temel, Adem, Yücel (Yılmaz), Hamdi. Goal: Temel 3'(P). MİY: Fikret, İbrahim, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Arif, Ayhan (Ali), Tarık, Osman, Popescu, Muharrem.^[26]
18 - 08.03.1970 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 14:30. Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir.
19 - 27.05.1970 - MİY-Galatasaray: 1-0 (delayed game). Wednesday, 15:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Cezmi Başar, Talat Tokat, Kazım Yücel. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Popescu, Ali, Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, K.İbrahim, Muharrem. Goal: K.İbrahim 50'. Galatasaray: Yasin, Samim, Ekrem, Muzaffer, Akın, Mazlum, Harun, Ali, Feridun, Gökmen, Muhlis.^[27]
20 - 21.03.1970 - Vefa-MİY: 2-0. Saturday, 15:00. Weather: Heavy, rainy. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, Necmi Temizel, Merih, Yücesel. Vefa: Ali, Niko, Doğan, Ertuğrul, Fikri, Selahattin, Atılay, Bekir, Erdal, Raşit, Erdinç. Goals: Bekir 44'(P), Erdinç 46'(H). MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Arif, K.İbrahim, Popescu (B.İbrahim), Osman, Ayhan (Ali), Muharrem. Sent off: Osman.^[28]
21 - 29.03.1970 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-0. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Kindervater (GER), Fahri Alpagut, Teoman Parer. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Arif, Ali (B.İbrahim), K.Erol (Halim), Ayhan, Popescu, Muharrem. Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Şükrü, Numan, Nunweiller, Ercan, Levent, Ogün, Ziya, Zeki (Fuat), Nedim, Yaşar. Coach: Ionescu.^[29]
22 - 05.04.1970 - Altınordu-MİY: 2-2. Sunday, 15:30. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Altınordu: Tamer, Ekrem, Fikret, Müjdat, İsmet, Behçet, Sümer, İbrahim, Bahri, Mehmet, Zadel, Mehmet. Goals: Bahri, Mehmet. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Arif, İbrahim, Popescu, Ayhan, Erol, Muharrem. Goals: Muharrem, İbrahim.^[30]
23 - 12.04.1970 - MİY-Altay: 0-0. Sunday, 14:30. Mersin. Weather: very hot. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Arif (Halim), Ali, K.Erol, Tarık, Popescu, Muharrem. Altay: Tanzer, Mithat, Oktay, Enver, Rıza, Cihat, Behzat, Aytekin, Kraus, Mustafa II, Mustafa I.^[31]
24 - 19.04.1970 - MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 1-0. Sunday, 14:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Aleksandru (ROM), Lütfü Kuşdemir, Orhan Beşik. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, K.Erol, Ayhan, Popescu, Tarık, K.İbrahim, Muharrem. Goal: Ayhan 70'. Gençlerbirliği: Selçuk, Tezcan, Tevfik I, Tevfik II, Cevdet, Turan, İlhan, Rıza, Tevfik III, Burhan, Zeynel.^[32]
25 - 26.04.1970 - Göztepe-MİY: 2-2. Sunday, 15:30. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Orhan Gönül, Turan Tepeçalı, Orhan Ocakoğlu. Göztepe: Ali, K.Mehmet, Çağlayan, Hüseyin, Mehmet, Nevzat, Mehmet III, Ertan, Nielsen, Ali İhsan, Halil. Goals: Nielsen 75', Çağlayan 85'(P). MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Ayhan, Ali, Alp, Tarık, Popescu, Muharrem. Goals: Muharrem 23', Alp 39'.^[33]
26 - 03.05.1970 - MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 3-1. Sunday, 15:00. Mersin. Weather: fresh breeze. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Erol Eroğlu, Erdoğan Erk. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Ayhan, Ali, Tarık, K.İbrahim, Popescu, Muharrem. Goals: Tarık 60', Popescu 82', K.İbrahim 85'. Ankara Demirspor: Altay, K.Timuçin, Ulvi, Mustafa, Namık, Kadir, Tuncer, Sedat, Cahit, Aydoğan, Şevki. Goal: Aydoğan 37'.^[34]
27 - 09.05.1970 - PTT-MİY: 1-1. Saturday, 15:15. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara.
28 - 17.05.1970 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 0-0. Mersin. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Erol Oktay, Taşkın Yalçınkaya. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Popescu, Ali, Ayhan, Tarık, Osman, Muharrem. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Erkan, Fehmi, Güray, Sami, Ali, Davut, Yusuf, Nihat, Sanlı, Faruk.^[35]
29 - 23.05.1970 - İstanbulspor-MİY: 3-0. Saturday, 15:30. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Yılmaz Önen, Teoman Parel. İstanbulspor: Yılmaz (Mete), Celal, Yalçın, Alpaslan, Türker, Bülent, Zorbay (Ömer), Kasapoğlu, Bilge, K.Ahmet, B.Ahmet. Goals: K.Ahmet 26', Kasaboğlu 48', B.Ahmet 49'. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Ayhan, Ali (Arif), Tarık, Osman, Popescu (K.Erol), Muharrem.^[36]
30 - 30.05.1970 - MKE Ankaragücü-MİY: 3-0. Saturday, 15:15. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Fikret, Remzi, K.Mehmet, K.İsmail, Metin, Coşkun, Sakıp, B.Mehmet, Doğan, Candan (Ömer). Goals: B.Mehmet 7', Metin, Coşkun. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Ayhan (K.Erol), Tarık, Ali, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem.^[37]

1969–70 Turkish Cup participation

Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Turkish Cup in 1969–70 and eliminated at third round.^[38]

round	own league	opponent's league	opponent	away	home	result
Round 1	First League	Second League White Group	Boluspor	1-3	2-0	promoted to R2 P
Round 2 Preliminary	First League	Amateur	Adana Sümerspor	7-0	5-0	promoted to R2
Round 2	First League	Second League White Group	Kütahyaspor	0-1	1-1	eliminated

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R1 L1 - 03.09.1969 - Boluspor-MİY: 3-1. Wednesday.
R1 L2 - 24.09.1969 - MİY-Boluspor: 2-0. Wednesday, 15:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. MİY: Goals: Tarık Arıtan, Refik Çoğum.
R2 P L1 - 29.10.1969 - MİY-Adana Sümerspor: 5-0. Wednesday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.
R2 P L2 - 18.11.1969 - Adana Sümerspor-MİY: 0-7. Tuesday.
R2 L1 - 03.12.1969 - MİY_Kütahyaspor: 1-1. 14:15. Wednesday. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.
R2 L2 - 04.03.1970 - Kütahyaspor-MİY: 1-0. Wednesday. (note: game was originally scheduled on 17 Dec 1969). MİY: Kütahyaspor: Goal: Ali 79'(H).

1969–70 squad

no	nat	name	birth	born	pos	apps				notes

Transfers in: Right-back Erol was transferred from Feriköy. Mustafa (İzmirspor). K.İbrahim, Erol, Şener, Cemil, Necati, Yusuf, Mahir (amateur).

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
		DF	Alp Sümeralp (C)
		DF	Cihat Erbil
		DF	Mustafa Yürür
		DF	Refik Çoğum
		MF	Erol Evcimen "B. Erol"
		MF	Octavian Popescu
		MF	İbrahim Arayıcı

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Ali Açıkgöz
		MF	Tarık Arıtan
		MF	Ayhan Öz
		MF	Halim Kütükçüoğlu
		FW	Osman Arpacıoğlu
		FW	Arif Omaç
		FW	Muharrem Algıç
		FW	Erol Durmuşlu "K. Erol"

Transfers out: After the end of season, forward Ali went to İstanbulspor, 17.07.1970. Arif (Sakaryaspor), B.İbrahim (Tekirdağspor).

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website.
↑ "Kadri went to Yugoslavia to make foreign transfers". Kadri Yugoslavya'dan oyuncu almaya gitti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.07.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin İdmanyurdu will be the champs" Mersin İdmanyurdu şampiyon olacaktır. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.01.1970. Retrieved on 22.08.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Galatasaray draws again". Galatasaray gene berabere kaldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.08.1969, p. 12. Retrieved on 05.08.1969. (Turkish)
↑ "Bursaspor supersaturates Mersin". Bursaspor Mersin'i gole doyurdu: 5-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.08.1969, p. 12. Retrieved on 25.10.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin wins 6-0". Mersin 6-0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.09.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 05.08.1969. (Turkish)
↑ See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe. Results given in a matching table, weekly results and tables are not available.
↑ More details Futbol Merkezi. Won, drawn and lost points are 2,1 and 0. Weekly results and league tables can be seen via drop menu.
↑ "Mersin betaed Bursaspor with a net score". Mersin Bursaspor'u net farkla yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.09.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin:0 - Samsun: 0". Mersin:0 - Samsun: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.09.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin defeated Eskişehir with one goal: 1-0". Mersin Eskişehir'i tek golle yıktı: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.10.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.10.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "G.saray won difficultly". G.saray zor kazandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.10.1969, p. 12. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin İ.Y: 3 - Vefa: 1". Mersin İ.Y: 3 - Vefa: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.10.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "F.bahçe disburses points". F.bahçe puan dağıtıyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.11.1969, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 1 - A.Ordu: 0". Mersin: 1 - A.Ordu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.11.1969, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0". Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.11.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 2 - G.birliği: 1". Mersin: 2 - G.birliği: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.12.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 2 - Göztepe: 2". Mersin: 2 - Göztepe: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.12.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "D. spor: 2 - Mersin: 2". D. spor: 2 - Mersin: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 14.12.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 03.11.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin has no mercy to PTT: 2-0." Mersin PTT'ye acımadı: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.12.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Beşiktaş seeks for itself". Beşiktaş kendini arıyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.12.1969. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "İstabulspor lost to Mersin 1-0". İst.spor Mersin'e 1-0 yenildi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.01.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 1 - A.gücü: 0". Mersin: 1 - A.gücü: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.01.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Friendly game witnessed many goals." Dostluk maçı gollü geçti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.02.1970, p. 12. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 2 - Bursa: 1". Mersin: 2 - Bursa: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.02.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Samsunspor beat Mersin: 1-0". Samsunspor da Mersin'i yendi: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.03.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin beat G.saray: 1-0." Mersin G.saray'ı 1-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.05.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Vefa's chance increases: 2-0". Vefa'nın ümidi arttı: 2-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.03.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Fenerbahçe returns from Mersin with one point". Fenerbahçe Mersin'den bir puanla dönüyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.03.1970, pp. 10, 11. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Altınordu: 2 - Mersin: 2". Altınordu: 2 - Mersin: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.04.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 0 - Altay: 0". Mersin: 0 - Altay: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.04.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 1 - G.Birliği: 0". Mersin: 1 - G.Birliği: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.04.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Samsun and Bursa wins, Göztepe draws". Samsun, Bursa galip, Göztepe ise berabere. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.04.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin got over D.spor hardly". Mersin D.spor'dan güç kurtuldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.05.1970, p.10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Beşiktaş completed away game in Mersin with one point: 00". Beşiktaş Mersin deplasmanını bir puanla kapadı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.05.1970, p.10. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "İstanbulspor outpoints Mersin: 3-0." İst.spor Mersin'e fark yaptı: 3-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.05.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Ankaragücü defeated Mersin: 3-0". Ankaragücü Mersin'e fark yaptı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 31.05.1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.01.2011. (Turkish)
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