Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1965–1966. The 1965–66 season was the 3rd season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey.
The club had had name "Çukurova İdmanyurdu" again under Çukurova Group sponsorship and finished 5th. On 20 July 1965 the club and fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of their foundation. Executive committee comprised Mehmet Karametmet, Halit Gazioğlu, Sezai Sak.
At the beginning of the season Fahrettin Cansever was the coach of the team. In the half season Lefter Küçükantonyadis became the manager of the team (20 January 1966). Lefter signed for four months. One month later, Lefter had been stabbed by a fan (a restaurant owner, Fikri Özkörüklü) and hospitalized."The restaurant owner who attacked Lefter was arrested". Lefter'i vuran lokantacı tevkif edildi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22 February 1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 21 June 2011. Many citizens, pupils, NGO representatives and sports people visited him in hospital and his room was filled with flowers. Lefter declared that he will not leave the team."Lefter gets discharged." Lefter yakında taburcu oluyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23 February 1966. Retrieved on 3 August 2010, p. 8. Fahrettin Cansever became the trainer of Beykozspor (12 January 1966)."Fahrettin became the trainer of Beykoz." Fahrettin Beykoz Antrenörü oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13 January 1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 21 August 2010. On 7 June 1966 before the last match of the season, Lefter left Mersin. He said that he was compliant of the behaviours of executive committee member Sezai Sak."İ.Yurdu's trainer Lefter resigns." İ. Yurdu antrenörü Lefter istifa etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 1 June 1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 21 June 2011.
Pre-season Preparation game: ÇİY-Türkocağı: 4–1. Spor-Toto Cup: 15 August 1965 - Adana Demirspor-ÇİY: 0–2. Sunday, 17:00. City Stadium, Adana. Goals: Mehmet. Spor-Toto Cup: 22 August 1965 - ÇİY-Adana Demirspor: 0–0. Sunday. Mersin. Preparation game: 29 September 1965. ÇİY-Adana Milli Mensucat. Sunday.
1965–66 Second League participation Second League 1965–66 was played by 22 teams in two groups (red and white), 11 in each. Top four teams played promotion group matches in league format. Bottom teams played relegation play-out. Top two teams promoted to First League 1966–67.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1965–66 Second League summary:
Overall Home Away Stage Ranking group 2209742613+1325 10730206+1417 1024467-18 Final group 5146352116+515 7412117+49 7223109+16 Overall 34151094729+1840 1711423113+1826 174671616014 Sources: 1965–66 Turkish Second Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results from maçkolik.com Red Group page and maçkolik.com Final Group page, retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed in Milliyet online archive performed on 12 August 2010.
Ranking group performance The 1965–66 season Red Group (stage 1) matches of Çukurova İdmanyurdu (ÇİY) vs other team are shown in league table below.See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
TeamGames Goals Home Away 1 Altınordu (Q) 20 13 5 2 31 9 31 1–0 8 3 0–1 15 42Çukurova İdmanyurdu (Q)209 74 26 13 25 – 9 4 – 14 33Beyoğluspor (Q) 20 9 7 4 26 13 25 1–1 6 2 0–0 17 34 Sakaryaspor (Q) 20 9 5 6 20 19 23 3–0 19 2 0–1 4 25 Manisaspor 20 8 6 6 24 24 22 4–2 3 1 0–1 20 26 Bandırmaspor 20 7 5 8 22 27 19 0–0 13 3 1–1 10 57 Karagümrük 20 5 8 7 19 24 18 3–1 18 3 1–1 5 28 Petrolspor20 6 3 11 21 33 15 4–0 12 2 2–0 1 29 Sarıyer 20 5 5 10 13 22 15 1–0 11 3 1–0 22 210 Altındağ 20 5 4 11 20 30 14 3–1 16 3 0–1 7 511 Ülküspor (R) 20 3 7 10 17 22 13 1–1 2 2 1–1 21 2 Two points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. First team is ÇİY in both cases, home and away. (Q): Qualified for Final Group; (R): Relegated to Regional Amateur League after relegation play-outs. Sources: 1965–66 Turkish Second Football League Cem Pekin Archives; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season.
Ranking group games
Sources: Cem Pekin Archives, Milliyet Online Archive, Maçkolik, Erbil (1975).1965–66 Turkish Second Football League Cem Pekin Archives; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and 1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season page on [1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season mackolik.com]; some missing goals are added from Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years . Retrieved on 29 August 2013 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 55.
Final group performance The 1965–66 season promotion group (stage 2) matches of Çukurova İdmanyurdu (ÇİY) vs other team are shown in league table below.
TeamGames Goals Home Away 1 Eskişehirspor (P) 14 8 5 1 22 7 21 1–2 13 5 1–1 6 22 Altınordu (P) 14 10 1 3 25 9 21 2–1 1 2 0–1 8 33 Bursaspor14 8 3 3 23 9 19 0–0 7 3 0–4 14 54 Adana Demirspor 14 7 2 5 22 17 16 1–2 11 5 0–1 4 35 Çukurova İdmanyurdu14 6 3 5 21 16 15 6 Sakaryaspor 14 4 6 4 15 15 14 2–1 9 4 0–0 2 17 Güneşspor 14 0 3 11 9 26 3 2–1 5 3 5–2 12 38 Beyoğluspor14 0 3 11 6 44 3 3–0 3 1 4–0 10 2 Two points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. First team is ÇİY in both cases, home and away. (P): Promoted to 1966–67 Turkish First Football League. Sources: 1965–66 Turkish Second Football League Cem Pekin Archives; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season.
Final group games
Sources: Cem Pekin Archives, Milliyet Online Archive, and Maçkolik.1965-66 Turkish Second Football League Cem Pekin Archives; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season; and 1965-66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season on maçkolik.com on 29 August 2013.
1965–66 Turkish Cup participation 1965–66 Turkish Cup was the fourth cup and played by 71 teams: 16 First League teams (1), 20 Second League teams (2), 19 teams from regional leagues (R), and 16 amateur teams (A). Galatasaray has won the cup for the fourth time consecutively and became eligible for playing ECW next year. ÇİY and Yeşildirek were penalized due to last season draw outs. So ÇİY couldn't participated in fourth cup.See 1965–66 Turkish Cup pages at Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 23 July 2010, ; and maçkolik Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, .
Management
Club management Executive committee: President: Halit Gazioğlu. Deputy President: Mehmet Mehmetoğlu. General Secretary: Aydın Özlü. Members: Mahir Turan, Erol Tarhan, Sezai Sak, Victor Venüs, Sedat Gülergün.Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years . Retrieved on 29 August 2013 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 51.
Coaching team Head Coach: Fahrettin Cansever.
1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period NotesFahrettin Cansever01.08.1965 – 12.01.1966 Left after 17th round 13.01.1966 – 19.01.196611––Lefter Küçükandonyadis20.01.1966 – 07.06.1966 Left before the last round. 07.06.1966 – 12.06.196611–– Note: Only official games were included.
1965–66 squad Stats are counted for 1965–66 Second League matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1965–66 squad and 1965–66 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Stats were obtained from the following sources. Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years. Retrieved on 29 August 2013 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 51-52. . And an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1965–66 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, 29 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.