Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1970–71. 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.
Pre-season MİY opened new season 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."Galatasaray is determined, they beat 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.
1970–71 First 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 goalsMersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website .
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1970–71 First League summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 7155551411+315 8530113+813 702538-52 Second half 156181315-213 751172+511 8107613-72 Overall 1130116132726+128 151041185+1324 151212921-124 Sources: 1970–71 Turkish First Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations from Turkish-Soccer , 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 Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1970–71 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe.More details At the end of the season coach Bülent Giz declared that he will no longer train the team in the next season.
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.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1970–71 First League by rounds:
First half
Second half
1970–71 Turkish Cup participation 1970–71 Turkish Cup was played for the 9th season as Türkiye Kupası by 25 teams. Two elimination rounds (including one preliminary round) and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1970–71 Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by Eskişehirspor. Eskişehirspor won the Cup for the first time.TFF website does not have an official page for 1970–71 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, . See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, retrieved on 9 September 2010, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, .
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1970–71 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResultRound 1First LeagueSecond League White GroupKütahyaspor1–12–0Promoted to R2Round 2First LeagueFirst LeagueEskişehirspor0–20–0Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1970–71 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1970–71 Turkish Cup pages.
Management
Club management Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.
Coaching team
1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period NotesBülent Giz01.08.1970 – 31.05.1971 Note: Only official games were included.
1970–71 squad Stats are counted for 1970–71 First League matches and 1970–71 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1970–71 squad and 1970–71 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; 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 1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained from maçkolik.com. Data related to discipline and substitute players obtained from maçkolik.com are not complete. Retrieved on 21 August 2015. 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.
Name Birth Born ← Season Notes →11Fikret Özdil1943 GK18 2 20 previous season.Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .22Erol Evcimen1944 DF2814 291 previous season.Erol Evcimen, B. Erol. In the team since Summer 1969. His previous team was Feriköy. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.33Akın Aksaçlı1947 DF29 4 33 Galatasaray.Akın Aksaçlı. Player signed in Summer 1970. His previous team was Galatasaray. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44Mustafa Yürür26 Jun 1938IstanbulMF30 4 34 previous season.Mustafa Yürür, Böbrek (lit. Kidney). In the team since Summer 1969. His previous team was İzmirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.55Refik Çoğum1940 MF21 1 22 previous season.Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Naşit Atvur IstanbulFW811 91 Galatasaray.Naşit Atvur. Player signed in Summer 1970. His previous team was Galatasaray. Details from maçkolik.com page .77İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW23111242 previous season.İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.88Muharrem Algıç1948IstanbulFW30241343 previous season.Muharrem Algıç, Yanık. In the team since Summer 1968. At the end of the season player signed to Fenerbahçe for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .99Osman Arpacıoğlu5 Jan 1947AnkaraFW30144 3414 previous season.Osman Arpacıoğlu. In the team since Summer 1966. At the end of the season player signed to Fenerbahçe for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1010Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW24531286 previous season.Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1965. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1111Alp Sümeralp (C)1938IstanbulFW3014 341 previous season.Alp Sümeralp. In the team since Summer 1962. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1213Erol Durmuşlu1 Nov 1950SilifkeFW11 4 15 previous season.Erol Durmuşlu, K. Erol. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1314Muhlis Gülen1947 FW20 3 23 Galatasaray.Muhlis Gülen. Player signed in Summer 1970. His previous team was Galatasaray. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.142Cihat Erbil1946AlpulluDF26 4 30 previous season.Cihat Erbil. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .151Taner Carin1945IstanbulGK13 3 16 previous season.Taner Carin. In the team since Summer 1968. Details from maçkolik.com page .164Halim Kütükçüoğlu1938 DF6 6 previous season.Halim Kütükçüoğlu. In the team since Summer 1967. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .178Octavian Popescu25 Apr 1938BucharestFW91 91 previous season.Octavian Popescu. In the team since Summer 1969. His previous team was Rapid București. At the end of the season he finished his player career. Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1970–71 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).
News from Milliyet: 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. 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.
See also Football in Turkey
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