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.Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website. 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."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.
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."Mersin İdmanyurdu will be the champs" Mersin İdmanyurdu şampiyon olacaktır. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.01.1970. Retrieved on 22.08.2010. 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."Galatasaray draws again". Galatasaray gene berabere kaldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.08.1969, p. 12. Retrieved on 05.08.1969. 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)."Bursaspor supersaturates Mersin". Bursaspor Mersin'i gole doyurdu: 5–1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.08.1969, p. 12. Retrieved on 25.10.2010. 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."Mersin wins 6–0". Mersin 6–0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.09.1969, p. 10. Retrieved on 05.08.1969. 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 First 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. 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.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1969–70 First League summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 3158521910+921 8620113+814 723287+17 Second half 154741317−415 743072+511 8044615−94 Overall 430121263227+536 151050185+1325 152761422−811 Sources: 1969–70 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 1969–70 season is shown in the following table.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 . Won, drawn and lost points are 2,1 and 0. Weekly results and league tables can be seen via drop menu.
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 1969–70 First League by rounds:
First half
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'."Friendly game witnessed many goals." Dostluk maçı gollü geçti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.02.1970, p. 12. Retrieved on 14.06.2010.
Second half
1969–70 Turkish Cup participation 1969–70 Turkish Cup was played for the 8th season as Türkiye Kupası by 30 teams. Two elimination rounds (including one preliminary round) and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1969–70 Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by then second division team Kütahyaspor. Kütahyaspor was eliminated at semifinals. Göztepe won the Cup for the 2nd time.TFF website does not have an official page for 1969–70 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 13 September 2010, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, .
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1969–70 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResultRound 1First LeagueSecond League White GroupBoluspor1–32–0Promoted to R2 PRound 2 PreliminaryFirst LeagueAmateurAdana Sümerspor7–05–0Promoted to R2Round 2First LeagueSecond League White GroupKütahyaspor0–11–1Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1969–70 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1969–70 Turkish Cup pages.
Management
Club management Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.
Coaching team
1969–70 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period NotesBülent Giz01.08.1969 – 31.05.1970 Note: Only official games were included.
1969–70 squad Stats are counted for 1969–70 First League matches and 1969–70 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1969–70 squad and 1969–70 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 1969–70 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.