Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1964-1965. The 1964–65 season was the 2nd season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. The team finished 1964–65 Second League at third place. The team also participated in 1964–65 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) and was eliminated at third round.

The club name was Çukurova İdmanyurdu due to sponsorship reasons. The president of the club was Mehmet Karamehmet. Head coach was İlhan Taşucu. The season started with Spor-Toto Cup games in August 1964 and ended with the last round game on 3 April 1965. The most appeared player was Hüseyin İlgin, while top goalscorer was Alp Sümeralp.

Pre-season Preparation games: ÇİY- Tarsus K.: 3-2. ÇİY-Tarsus K.: 3-2. Spor-Toto Cup: 30.08.1964 - Adana Demirspor-ÇİY: 2-1. Sunday, 16:00. Adana.

1964–65 Second League participation In its second season, 1964–65 Second League was played by 16 teams, 11 from previous season, three relegated from first league, one from amateur championship, and one other professionalized team from Anatolia. The league season started on 5 September 1964 and finished on 4 April 1965. Winner of the league promoted to First League 1965–-66. No team relegated due to expansion demands.

Çukurova İdmanyurdu finished third with 18 wins and 42 goals.See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives

Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1964–65 Second League summary:

Overall Home Away Stage First half 11510232312+1122 7601124+812 8422118+310 Second half 158251912+618 8710163+1315 711539-63 Overall 33018484224+1840 151311287+2127 155371417-313 Sources: 1964–65 Turkish Second Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved 26 August 2009 . Standings and results from maçkolik.com league page, retrieved 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed in Milliyet online archive performed on 12 August 2010 (free membership is requaired). And more details from Cihat Erbil (1975), Story of the 50 Years at 50 Yılın Öyküsü. .

League table Second League 1964–65 season game results of Çukurova İdmanyurdu (ÇİY) vs other team are shown in league table below:

TeamGames Goals Home Away 1Vefa (P) 30194758 2742 3–265 1–22622Bursaspor3016104512642 1–0142 1–21823Çukurova İdmanyurdu301848422440 ––– –––4Karşıyaka301659484137 1–0161 2–1595Beyoğluspor301389503934 4–0292 1–11246Adana Demirspor3014511403433 1–2114 0–11947Sarıyer3011910503831 3–0210 0–32728Beylerbeyi308139353429 1–075 0–13039Petrolspor3091011232728 1–0251 3–18110Ülküspor3010812384528 3–1171 0–14911Güneşspor3071310343927 2–2282 2–19112Yeşildirek308913244225 2–0241 0–011213Karagümrük309615375224 1–0211 0–113414Altındağ309417364822 2–0310 1–022115Kasımpaşa307815284722 2–0202 3–210116Manisa Sakaryaspor3031017225316 1–0151 0–0231 Two points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. In the score columns first scores belong to ÇİY.(P): Promoted to 1965–66 Turkish First Football League; (R): Relegated to Regional Amateur League. No team relegated.Sources: 1964–65 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1964–65 Second League Red Group by rounds:

First half Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1964–65 Second League season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Sources: 1964–65 Turkish Second Football League pages.

ÇİY finished first half of the season as leader with 22 points. Second was Beyoğluspor with 21 points. League winner Vefa finished 7th with 16 points and runner up Bursaspor 4th with 18 points. Third place Karşıyaka 19 points. 5- Karagümrük 18. 6-Ülküspor 17. 8- Sarıyer 15. 9- Kasımpaşa 15, 10- Altındağ 14. 11- Petrolspor 14. 12- Adana Demirspor 14. 13- Beylerbeyi 11. 14- Yeşildirek 11. 15- Güneşspor 10. 16- Manisa Sakaryaspor 5.

Mid-season In the mid-season MİY played two games against national army team who camped in Mersin.

Sources: 1964–65 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Second half Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1963–64 Second League season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Sources: 1964–65 Turkish Second Football League pages.

1964–65 Turkish Cup participation The third Turkish Cup was played by 67 teams: 16 First League teams, 16 Second League teams, 19 teams from regional leagues, and 16 teams from amateurs. Galatasaray won the cup for the third time and became eligible for playing ECW Cup games next year. ÇİY, being a Second League team, has participated in Cup starting from Round 2 preliminary round, and eliminated in Round 3 second preliminary round.Sources: 1964–65 Turkish Cup in Cem Pekin Archives. Retrieved on 23.07.2010. ; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1964–65 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Game reports were obtained from mackolik.com club page on 11.06.2013. See also maçklik.com. cup page . .

Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1964–65 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResultRound 2 PreliminarySecond LeagueSecond LeagueAdana DemirsporA3–2Promoted to R2Round 2Second LeagueSecond LeagueYeşildirekH3–0Promoted to R3 P2Round 3 Preliminary 2Second LeagueFirst LeagueAltınorduA0–3Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1964–65 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Source: 1964–65 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management Executive committee: Mehmet Karamehmet, H. M. Karamehmet, Erol Tarhan, Reşat Demir, Kemal Evrim, Kemal Kürklü, İbrahim Tinli, Edip Ergin, Halit Gazioğlu.Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years . Retrieved 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 48.

Coaching team Head coach was İlhan Taşucu. Manager: Hüseyin Tinli. Trainer: Nazım Koka.

1964–65 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period Notesİlhan Taşucu01.08.1964 – 31.05.1965332049Left at the end of the season. Note: Only official games were included.

1964–65 squad Stats are counted for 1964–65 Second League matches and 1964–65 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1964–65 squad and 1964–65 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Stats were obtained from three sources. (1) Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years . Retrieved 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 48. (2) An advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1964–65 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. (3) Other 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, 14 March 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.

Name Birth Born ← Season Notes →11Rızkullah Fakkusoğlu1944 GK12 12 previous season.Rızkullah Fakkusoğlu. At the end of the season player signed to Kayserispor and played there during his career. Details from maçkolik.com page .22Muammer Yapıcı (C)1937 DF15 15 previous season.Muammer Yapıcı. Details from maçkolik.com page .33Refik Çoğum1940 MF19 19 Refik Çoğum. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44Tarık Arıtan1941 MF153 153 Tarık Arıtan. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .55Hüseyin İlgin FW257 257 previous season.Hüseyin Rıza İlgin. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Erol Yılmaz1937 FW152 152 İzmirspor.Erol Yılmaz. Player signed in Summer 1964. Player's previous team was İzmirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .77Münür Genç FW175 175 1Münür Genç. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .88Faruk Yanardağ1942 FW102 102 previous season.Faruk Yanardağ. At the end of the season player signed to Düzce Gençlik. Details from maçkolik.com page .99Oktay Güneri MF221 221 previous season.Oktay Güneri. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1010Uğur Özalp FW205 205 1 previous season.Uğur Özalp. B. Uğur. Details from maçkolik.com page .1111Alp Sümeralp1938 FW2410 2410 previous season.Alp Sümeralp. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .121Doğan Ölçücü GK12 12 previous season.Doğan Ölçücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .132Emin Akkoç1937 DF221 221 Emin Akkoç. Details from maçkolik.com page .144Mehmet Diner MF20 20 previous season.Mehmet Diner. Mamik. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .154Sami İlgin MF8 8 Sami İlgin. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .164Uğur Özol DF5 5 Uğur Özol. K. Uğur. At the end of the season player signed to Gençlerbirliği. Details from maçkolik.com page .176Fehmi MF1 1 Fehmi. Details from maçkolik.com page .187Roni Kumdereli1940 FW3 3 previous season.Roni Kumdereli. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .194İsmet MF1 1 İsmet. Details from maçkolik.com page .209Saba FW11 11 Saba . Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1964–65 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).

See also Football in Turkey

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