Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1966-1967. The 1966–67 season was the 3rd season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. The team became the champions of the league and promoted to 1967-68 Turkish First Football League at the end of the season.
The team's name was changed to Mersin İdmanyurdu from Çukurova İdmanyurdu which was the name adopted under Çukurova Group sponsorship. This decision was made in the congress of the club held on 15.06.1966. In the congress, following were elected for executive committee: Nevzat Emrealp, Mehmet Karamehmet, Halit Gazioğlu, Mahir Turhan, Mustafa Sözmen, Faruk Niskavi, Ünal Şıhman, Erol Tarhan, Sungur Baydur, Sezai Sak, Aydın Özlü. The committee declared that an amount of TL 500.000 was allocated for transfers and Sabri Kiraz was decided to be spoken with as manager of the football team.Milliyet haber arşivi, 17.06.1966. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. However, later, Lefter Küçükandonyadis has become the manager,Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website famous former player of Fenerbahçe and Turkey national football team. In the mid-season Küçükandonyadis left his previous team Feriköy and started his manager career in MİY on 16.02.1967. He demanded that existing coach Fahrettin Cansever should also remain as trainer.Milliyet haber arşivi, 17.02.1967. Retrieved on 13.06.2010.
Executive committee at the beginning of the season had been consisted of: Nevzat Emrealp (president), Nail Turan (deputy president), Dr. Aydın Özlü (secretary), Sezai Sak (general captain), Sungur Baydur (accountant), Halil Gazioğlu, Ünal Şıhman (members)."Milliyet Second League Sports Supplement". Milliyet 2. Lig Spor İlavesi, p. 4. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.09.1966. Retrieved on 28.10.2010.
Mersin İdmanyurdu has won the league title in Turkish Second Football League, 1966–67 season. They finished the season in Red Group at first place. After season they won Second League Championship match against Bursaspor. As champions they were eligible to play Prime Minister's Cup (Chancellor Cup) against champions of the amateur leagues.
Pre-season Spor–Toto Cup games: 21.08.1966 - Adanaspor-MİY: 3–1. Sunday. Adana. 28.08.1966 - Adana Demirspor-MİY: 0–0. Sunday. Adana. 04.09.1966 - MİY-Kayserispor: 1–0. Sunday. Adana.
1966–67 Second League participation Second League was played for the fourth time in 1966–67 season with 33 teams grouped in red (17) and white (16) groups. In each group top teams promoted to First League 1967–68 and last teams relegated to Third League 1967–68 formed that year. Mersin İY took place in Red Group and finished first. The most scorer player was Osman Arpacıoğlu with 23 goals. They won all the home games during the league.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1966–67 Second League Red Group league summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 21610422514+1124 7700164+1214 9342910-110 Second half 161222377+3026 9900281+2718 732296+38 Overall 13222646221+4150 161600445+3932 166641816+218 Sources: 1966–67 Turkish Second Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results from maçkolik.com league page, retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed in Milliyet online archive performed on 12 August 2010.
League table The final league table of Red Group of Second League in 1966–67 season and results of games played by Mersin İY are provided in the following table.See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
TeamGames Goals Home Away 1Mersin İdmanyurdu (C) (P)322264622150 –67 –2512Beykoz321598423139 1–055 1–12213Sarıyer3215710332437 3–0301 2–11354Zonguldakspor3212137373037 2–0281 1–11165Edirnespor3214810282336 3–0341 0–01726Sakaryaspor32121010283134 5–1182 2–21117Denizlispor3213712252833 2–0310 0–02018Bandırmaspor3212812342432 3–0191 0–32149Karagümrük32111011363732 2–1145 2–331110Antalyaspor3213415364130 4–0261 0–19711Manisaspor3211813284130 5–1162 1–233112Adanaspor3291013243428 2–0126 3–029113Ülküspor3210715353727 2–1105 1–027114Altındağ329914344327 2–185 1–024115Aydınspor3271114304225 3–0211 1–04516Petrolspor3251413182724 2–0321 2–115317Beyoğluspor (R) 3251314244023 3–0231 1–174 Two points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. First team is MİY in both cases, home and away. Bye weeks are shown in team's raw. (P): Promoted to 1967–68 Turkish First Football League; (R): Relegated to 1967–68 Turkish Third Football League. Source: 1966–67 Turkish Second Football League in Cem Pekin Archives; and in mackolik.com; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu season.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1966–67 Second League Red Group by rounds:
First half
Second half
Championship match Mersin İdmanyurdu won the second league championship against Bursaspor, the White Group's winner.See details at Cem Pekin Archives
1966–67 Chancellor Cup MİY has won the Chancellor Cup (also called Prime Minister's Cup) in 1967 (as champions of second league against İzmir Denizgücü, amateur league winner).See detailed information at Cem Pekin Archives
1966–67 Turkish Cup participation The fifth Turkish Cup in 1966–67 was played as Türkiye Kupası by 81 teams: 17 from First league, 33 from Second league, 18 from regional leagues and 15 from amateurs. Three elimination rounds (including preliminary rounds) were played in one-leg elimination system at first team's grounds. QF, SF, and finals were played in two-leg elimination system. But starting from the previous Cup finals were played in single match if the finalist were from the same city. Two İzmir teams drew in the final match; and Altay won the fifth cup by casting lots after extra time against Göztepe and become eligible for ECW. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) in 1966–67 and was eliminated at preliminary round 2 of round 3 by Gençlerbirliği.TFF website does not have an official page for 1966–67 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, . See details for 1966–67 Turkish Cup pages at Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 23.07.2010, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, .
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1966–67 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResultRound 2 Preliminary 2Second League Red GroupSecond League White GroupAdana DemirsporH2–1Promoted to R2Round 2Second League Red GroupAmateurKayseri ŞekersporA5–2Promoted to R3 P2Round 3 Preliminary 2Second League Red GroupFirst LeagueGençlerbirliğiA0–1Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1966–67 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1966–67 Turkish Cup pages.
Management
Club management Executive committee: President: Nevzat Emrealp. Deputy President: Mahir Turan. General Secretary: Aydın Özlü. General Captain: Sezai Sak. Members: Halit Gazioğlu, Ünal Şıhman, Mustafa Sözmen, Faruk Miskavi, Erol Tarhan, Sungur Baydur, Sadettin Cömert.Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years . Retrieved on 30 August 2013 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57.
Coaching team Head Coach: Lefter Küçükandonyadis. Trainer: Fahrettin Cansever.
1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period NotesFahrettin Cansever01.08.1966 – 20.01.196710732Replaced after 11th roundLefter Küçükandonyadis20.01.1966 – 31.05.1967262033Started after 11th round Note: Only official games were included.
1966–67 squad Stats are counted for 1966–67 Second League matches and 1966–67 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1966–67 squad and 1966–67 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 YearsRetrieved on 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57. And an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained from maçkolik.com. Appearance and goal stats obtained from maçkolik.com are not complete, because rosters of some games were not available at the date these stats were obtained. Retrieved on 30 August 2013. In the team rosters four substitutes were allowed to appear, two of whom were substitutable. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.