1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
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.
1966–67 season | ||||
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President | Nevzat Emrealp | |||
Coach | till 20 January 1967 since 20 January 1967 | |||
Stadium | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Mersin, Turkey | |||
Second League | Red Group: 1st Cup: Champions | |||
Turkish Cup | Eliminated at R3 P2 | |||
Chancellor Cup | Champions | |||
Most appearances | ||||
Top goalscorer | ||||
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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.[1] However, later, Lefter Küçükandonyadis has become the manager,[2] 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.[3]
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).[4]
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stage | Pc | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt | |||
First half | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 10 | |||
Second half | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 7 | +30 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | +27 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | ||||
Overall | 1 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 50 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | +39 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 18 |
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.[6]
Pc | Team | Games | Goals | Pts | Home | Away | ||||||||||
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Pl | W | D | L | F | A | F–A | R | Pc | F–A | R | Pc | |||||
1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu (C) (P) | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 21 | 50 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 25 | 1 | ||
2 | Beykoz | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 31 | 39 | 1–0 | 5 | 5 | 1–1 | 22 | 1 | ||
3 | Sarıyer | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 24 | 37 | 3–0 | 30 | 1 | 2–1 | 13 | 5 | ||
4 | Zonguldakspor | 32 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 37 | 2–0 | 28 | 1 | 1–1 | 11 | 6 | ||
5 | Edirnespor | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 23 | 36 | 3–0 | 34 | 1 | 0–0 | 17 | 2 | ||
6 | Sakaryaspor | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 5–1 | 18 | 2 | 2–2 | 1 | 11 | ||
7 | Denizlispor | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 33 | 2–0 | 3 | 10 | 0–0 | 20 | 1 | ||
8 | Bandırmaspor | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 24 | 32 | 3–0 | 19 | 1 | 0–3 | 2 | 14 | ||
9 | Karagümrük | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 32 | 2–1 | 14 | 5 | 2–3 | 31 | 1 | ||
10 | Antalyaspor | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 41 | 30 | 4–0 | 26 | 1 | 0–1 | 9 | 7 | ||
11 | Manisaspor | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 30 | 5–1 | 16 | 2 | 1–2 | 33 | 1 | ||
12 | Adanaspor | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 2–0 | 12 | 6 | 3–0 | 29 | 1 | ||
13 | Ülküspor | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 37 | 27 | 2–1 | 10 | 5 | 1–0 | 27 | 1 | ||
14 | Altındağ | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 43 | 27 | 2–1 | 8 | 5 | 1–0 | 24 | 1 | ||
15 | Aydınspor | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 42 | 25 | 3–0 | 21 | 1 | 1–0 | 4 | 5 | ||
16 | Petrolspor | 32 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 2–0 | 32 | 1 | 2–1 | 15 | 3 | ||
17 | Beyoğluspor (R) | 32 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 40 | 23 | 3–0 | 23 | 1 | 1–1 | 7 | 4 |
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
11 September 1966 Round 1 | Sakaryaspor | 2 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Adapazarı |
Sunday, 16:30 | Musa Çetiner Kadri Aytaç |
Report | Referee: Orhan Korkmaz |
25 September 1966 Round 2 | Bandırmaspor | 3 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Balıkesir |
Sunday, 16:00 | Şeref Çalık Cengiz Tomaç Soner Metiner |
Report | Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı |
2 October 1966 Round 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Denizlispor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 16:30 | Ayhan Öz Osman Arpacıoğlu |
Report[7] | Referee: Nevzat Tansuk |
16 October 1966 Round 4 | Aydınspor | 0 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Aydın |
Sunday, 15:00 | Report | Referee: Orhan Yorulmaz |
23 October 1966 Round 5 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 0 | Beykoz | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:30 | Vural Olşen Kadri Aytaç Vural Olşen |
Report | Referee: İlhan Özkan |
30 October 1966 Round 6 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | v | BYE | |
Note[8] |
5 November 1966 Round 7 | Beyoğluspor | 1 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Vefa Stadium, İstanbul |
Saturday, 13:00 | Avram Papanastasiu |
Report[9] | Referee: Veli Necdet Arığ |
20 November 1966 Round 8 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 | Altındağ | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:15 | Osman Arpacıoğlu Osman Arpacıoğlu |
Report | Referee: Burhan Özduygu |
18 December 1966 Round 9 | Antalyaspor | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Antalya |
Sunday, 14:00 | Bülent Yüzbaş |
Report | Referee: Hikmet Kolankaya |
1 January 1967 Round 10 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 | Ülküspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:00 | Osman Arpacıoğlu Osman Arpacıoğlu |
Report | Referee: Hamza Özdağ |
15 January 1967 Round 11 | Zonguldakspor | 1 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Zonguldak |
Sunday, 14:00 | Orhan Ünal Saim Us |
Report | Referee: Macit Sarıdana |
22 January 1967 Round 12 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Adanaspor | Ankara |
Wednesday, 14:00 | Alp Sümeralp Osman Arpacıoğlu |
Report | Referee: Necdet Oralalp | |
Note: Delayed to 26 April 1967 due to rising action |
29 January 1967 Round 13 | Sarıyer | 1 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul |
Sunday, 12:00 | Ruli |
Report[10] | Referee: Vedat Sığındere |
5 February 1967 Round 14 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 | Karagümrük | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:00 | Vural Olşen Alp Sümeralp |
Report | Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı |
11 February 1967 Round 15 | Petrolspor | 1 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara |
Saturday, 14:15 | Burhan Geçer |
Report[11] | Referee: Orhan Korkmaz |
19 February 1967 Round 16 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 5 – 1 | Manisaspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:30 | Refik Çoğum Kadri Aytaç Osman Arpacıoğlu Ayhan Öz Osman Arpacıoğlu |
Report | Referee: Lütfü Kuşdemir |
26 February 1967 Round 17 | Edirnespor | 0 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Edirne |
Sunday, 14:30 | Report | Referee: İbrahim fırla |
Second half
5 March 1967 Round 18 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 5 – 1 | Sakaryaspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:45 | Ayhan Öz Kadri Aytaç Alp Sümeralp Osman Arpacıoğlu Kadri Aytaç |
Report | Referee: Hamza Özdağ |
12 March 1967 Round 19 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Bandırmaspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:45 | Kadri Aytaç Alp Sümeralp Kadri Aytaç |
Report | Referee: Lütfü Kuşdemir |
19 March 1967 Round 20 | Denizlispor | 0 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Denizli |
Sunday, 14:45 | Report | Referee: Orhan Gönül |
26 March 1967 Round 21 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Aydınspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 14:30 | Uğur Yıldırım Renda Dikmen Ayhan Öz |
Report | Referee: Nevzat Tansuk |
26 March 1967 Round 22 | Beykoz | 1 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul |
Sunday, 13:45 | Cemal Topaloğlu |
Report[12] | Referee: Georghe |
9 April 1967 Round 23 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Beyoğluspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 15:00 | Osman Arpacıoğlu Osman Arpacıoğlu Kadri Aytaç |
Report | Referee: Necdet Oralalp |
16 April 1967 Round 24 | Altındağ | 0 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Ankaragücü Stadium, Ankara |
Sunday, 13:30 | Report[13] | Referee: İbrahim Fırla |
23 April 1967 Round 25 | BYE | v | Mersin İdmanyurdu |
30 April 1967 Round 26 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 4 – 0 | Antalyaspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 15:30 | Tarık Arıtan Vural Olşen Osman Arpacıoğlu Vural Olşen |
Report | Referee: Sabahattin Ladikli |
7 May 1967 Round 27 | Ülküspor | 0 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Alsancak Stadium, İzmir |
Sunday, 12:30 | Report | Referee: Zülbahar Sağnak |
14 May 1967 Round 28 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Zonguldakspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 15:30 | Kadri Aytaç Osman Arpacıoğlu |
Report | Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan |
20 May 1967 Round 29 | Adanaspor | 0 – 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara |
Saturday, 15:45 | Report | Referee: Ziya Türkdoğan | ||
Note: Delayed game; game was originally scheduled on 26.04.1967, Wednesday. |
28 May 1967 Round 30 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Sarıyer | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 15:45 | İhsan Temen Osman Arpacıoğlu Osman Arpacıoğlu |
Report | Referee: Zülbahar Sağnak |
3 June 1967 Round 31 | Karagümrük | 3 – 2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Vefa Stadium, İstanbul |
Saturday, 16:00 | İlhan Söyler Selahattin Bukagilli Cengiz Erkazan |
Report | Referee: Ertuğrul Aybay |
11 June 1967 Round 32 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Petrolspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 16:00 | Battal Toktay Refik Çoğum |
Report[14] | Referee: Şani Güllü |
18 June 1967 Round 33 | Manisaspor | 2 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Manisa |
Sunday, 16:00 | Muzaffer Muzaffer |
Report | Referee: Orhan Yorulmaz |
25 June 1967 Round 34 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Edirnespor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 17:00 | Alp Sümeralp Ayhan Öz Osman Arpacıoğlu |
Report[15] | Referee: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu |
Championship match
Mersin İdmanyurdu won the second league championship against Bursaspor, the White Group's winner.[16]
27 June 1967 2. Lig Championship | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | Bursaspor | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara |
19:30 | Osman Arpacıoğlu Ayhan Öz |
Report[17][18] | Referee: Nevzat Tansuk |
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).[19]
30 June 1976 Chancellor's Cup | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 0 | İzmir Denizgücü | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara |
19:00 | İhsan Temen Osman Arpacıoğlu |
Report[20] | Referee: Doğan Babacan |
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.[21]
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1966–67 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A/H | Score | Result |
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Round 2 Preliminary 2 | Second League Red Group | Second League White Group | Adana Demirspor | H | 2–1 | Promoted to R2 |
Round 2 | Second League Red Group | Amateur | Kayseri Şekerspor | A | 5–2 | Promoted to R3 P2 |
Round 3 Preliminary 2 | Second League Red Group | First League | Gençlerbirliği | A | 0–1 | Eliminated |
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.
16 November 1966 Round 2 P2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Adana Demirspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Wednesday | Vural Olşen |
Report | Referee: Sabahattin Ladikli |
11 December 1966 Round 2 | Kayseri Şekerspor | 2 – 5 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | City Stadium, Kayseri |
Sunday, 14:15 | Report |
22 March 1967 Round 3 P2 | Gençlerbirliği | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Ankaragücü Stadium, Ankara |
Wednesday, 14:30 | Dirani Şenon |
Report |
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.[22]
Coaching team
Head Coach: Lefter Küçükandonyadis. Trainer: Fahrettin Cansever.[22]
1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
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Fahrettin Cansever | 01.08.1966 – 20.01.1967 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | Replaced after 11th round | |
Lefter Küçükandonyadis | 20.01.1966 – 31.05.1967 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | Started after 11th round |
1966–67 squad
Stats are counted for 1966–67 Second League matches and 1966–67 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[23][24] 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.
O | N | Nat | Name | Birth | Born | Pos | LA | LG | CA | CG | TA | TG | ← Season Notes → | ||
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1 | 1 | Doğan Ölçücü | GK | 17 | 17 | → previous season.[25] | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Nihat Fırat | 1936 | DF | 17 | 1 | 18 | 1966 ST PTT.[26] | |||||||
3 | 3 | Refik Çoğum | 1940 | MF | 28 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 2 | → previous season.[27] | |||||
4 | 4 | İhsan Tınaz | MF | 4 | 4 | → previous season.[28] | |||||||||
5 | 5 | Tarık Arıtan | 1939 | MF | 23 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 6 | → previous season.[29] | |||||
6 | 6 | Ayhan Öz | 20 Jul 1945 | Mersin | FW | 18 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 5 | → previous season.[30] | ||||
7 | 7 | Kadri Aytaç (C) | 6 Aug 1931 | İstanbul | FW | 30 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 1966 ST Galatasaray.[31] | ||||
8 | 8 | Yahya Kurt | 1941 | FW | 3 | 3 | 1966 ST Adana Demirspor.[32] | ||||||||
9 | 9 | Vural Olşen | 1936 | FW | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1966 ST Gençlerbirliği.[33] | ||||||
10 | 10 | Renda Dikmen | FW | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1966 ST Güneşspor.[34] | |||||||
11 | 11 | Uğur Yıldırım | 1942 | FW | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1966 ST Gençlerbirliği.[35] | ||||||
12 | 2 | Mümtaz Sümer | 1937 | DF | 20 | 1 | 21 | 1966 ST Ankaragücü.[36] | |||||||
13 | 3 | Selahattin Yapa | MF | 6 | 6 | 1966 ST [37] | |||||||||
14 | 6 | Alp Sümeralp | 1938 | FW | 25 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 5 | → previous season.[38] | |||||
15 | 8 | Fikret | FW | 3 | 3 | → previous season.[39] | |||||||||
16 | 2 | Battal Toktay | 1939 | İstanbul | DF | 27 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | → previous season.[40] | ||||
17 | 5 | Osman Arpacıoğlu | 5 Jan 1947 | Ankara | FW | 29 | 23 | 1 | 30 | 23 | 1966 ST Hacettepe.[41] | ||||
18 | 7 | Mustafa Aksoy | 1942 | MF | 10 | 10 | 1966 ST Galatasaray.[42] | ||||||||
19 | 9 | Erol Yılmaz | 1937 | FW | 2 | 2 | → previous season.[43] | ||||||||
20 | 2 | Emin Akkoç | 1937 | DF | 12 | 12 | → previous season.[44] | ||||||||
21 | 4 | İhsan Temen | 1938 | DF | 26 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 1966 ST Gençlerbirliği.[45] | |||||
22 | 10 | Turan | FW | 2 | 2 | 1966 ST[46] | |||||||||
23 | 1 | Fikret Özdil | 1943 | GK | 19 | 1 | 20 | → previous season.[47] | |||||||
Mustafa Özbor | MF | 1966 ST Feriköy.[48] | |||||||||||||
Abdurrahim Kaya | MF |
See also
- Football in Turkey
- 1966–67 Turkish Second Football League
- 1966–67 Turkish Cup
Notes and references
- Milliyet haber arşivi, 17.06.1966. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
- Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website
- Milliyet haber arşivi, 17.02.1967. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
- "Milliyet Second League Sports Supplement". Milliyet 2. Lig Spor İlavesi, p. 4. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.09.1966. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
- 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.
- See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
- 03 - 02.10.1966 - MİY-Denizlispor: 2-0. Mersin. Referee: Nevzat Tansuk. MİY: Doğan, Battal, Emin, Mustafa, Refik, Mümtaz, Erol, Kadri, Osman, Renda, Ayhan. goals: Ayhan 7', Osman 75'. pos: 10.Denizlispor: Nevzat, Mehmet, Ali, Bülent, İsmet, M.Ali, Ali, Erol, Muammer, Ünver, Bülent.Milliyet gazete arşivi - 03.10.1966 Retrieved on 16.07.2010. (in Turkish)
- 06 - 30.10.1966 - BYE - In the bye week MİY played a friendly game in Mersin. MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 2-1. MİY: Goals: Selahattin, Renda. ADS: Goal: Özer. Source milliyet online archive on 31.10.1966. Retrieved on 16.07.2010. (in Turkish)
- 07 - 05.11.1966 - Beyoğluspor-MİY: 1-1. Saturday, 13:00. Vefa Stadium, İstanbul. Beyoğluspor: Aleko, Panayot, Petridis, Taki, Maruli, Vecdi, Çetin, Kazancı, Avram, Necdet, Kalfin. Goal: Avram 5'(P). MİY: Doğan, Battal, Emin, Hasan, Vefik, Mustafa, Yahya, Ayhan, Osman, Renda, Alp. Goal: Osman 37'(F). pos: 4. "Beyoğluspor: 1 - İ. Yurdu: 1". Beyoğluspor: 1 - İ. Yurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.11.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
- 13 - 29.01.1967 - Sarıyer-MİY: 1-2. Sunday. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Sarıyer: Goal: Ruli (1-1). MİY: Goals: Vural (1-0), Kadri Aytaç 84'. pos: 5. "Surprise in 2nd league: M.İdmanyurdu: 2 - Sarıyer: 1". II. ligde sürpriz: M.İdmanyurdu: 2 - Sarıyer: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.01.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (in Turkish)
- 15 - 11.02.1967 - Petrolspor-MİY: 1-2. Saturday, 14:15. 19 Mayıs Stadyumu, Ankara. MİY: Goals: Osman 30', 56'. Petrolspor: Goal: Burhan 85'. pos: 3. "Şekerspor saved leadership". Şekerspor liderliği korudu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.02.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (in Turkish)
- 22 - 02.04.1967 - Beykoz-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 13:45. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Beykoz: Sıtkı, Metin, İsmail, Adnan, Oral, Garbis, Mustafa, Ateş, Cemal, Harun, Rahmi. Coach: Şirzat Dağcı. Goal: Cemal 56'. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Nihat, Refik, İhsan, Mümtaz, Tarık, Ayhan, Kadri, Osman, Alp. Coach: Lefter. Goal: Adnan 74'(o.g.). pos: 1. "Candidates draw ...". Adaylar berabere kaldı .... Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.04.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 03.11.2010. (in Turkish)
- 24 - 16.04.1967 - Altındağ-MİY: 0-1. Sunday. Ankara. pos: 1. On return way MİY fans had a wreck, Corci Zaharyan died, 9 were injured." In an accident on return from match a fan died, 9 injured". Maç dönüşü kazaya uğrayan bir taraftar öldü, 9'u yaralandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.04.1967, p. 3. Retrieved on 10.02.2011. (in Turkish)
- 32 - 11.06.1967 - MİY-Petrolspor: 2-0. Sunday. Mersin. Referee: Şani Güllü. MİY: Doğan, Battal, Nihat, Uğur, İhsan, Emin, Tarık, Ayhan, Refik, Kadri, Alp. Goals: Battal 80', Refik 85'. pos: 1. Petrolspor: Ercan, Burhan, Ahmet, K.Tamer, Acar, Tınaz, B.Tamer, Yücel, Süleyman, Mehmet, Yakup. "Mersin: 2 - P.spor: 0". Mersin: 2 - P.spor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 19.02.2011. (in Turkish)
- 34 - 25.06.1967 - MİY-Edirnespor: 3-0. Sunday. Mersin. MİY: Alp, Kadri, Ayhan, Osman. Goals: Alp 24'(F), Ayhan 38'(H), Osman 83'(H). pos: 1. "M.İdmanyurdu won the last game 3-0". M.İdmanyurdu son maçını 3-0 kazandı. Milliyet gazetet arşivi, 26.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (in Turkish)
- See details at Cem Pekin Archives
- Championship game - 27.06.1967 - MİY-Bursaspor: 2-0. Tuesday, 19:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Fahri Alpagut, Cevdet Güvenli. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Nihat, Refik, İhsan, Mümtaz, Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Alp. Coach: Lefter. Goals: Alp 35'(F), Ayhan 38'(H). Bursaspor: Osman, Turgut, İrfan, İsmail, Müfit, Taner, Mesut, Vedat, Mustafa, Ersel, Riay. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. "M.İ.Yurdu, Turkish Second League Champions". M.İ.Yurdu II. Türkiye Ligi Şampiyonu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 11.10.2010. (in Turkish)
- CHP (Republican People's Party) General Secretary Bülent Ecevit, on behalf of a journal, gave cups to both MİY and Bursaspor. "Short news with picture". Resimli kısa haberler. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (in Turkish)0
- See detailed information at Cem Pekin Archives
- Chancellor Cup - 30.06.1967 - MİY-İzmir Denizgücü: 2-0. Ankara. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Servet Kaftancı, Cemil Yıldız. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Nihat, Refik, İhsan, Mümtaz, Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Alp. Goals: İhsan 38', Osman 59'. Penalty missed: Kadri 59' (Osman kicked the returning ball from Güngör). İzmir Denizgücü: Güngör, K.Ali, Cudi, B.Ali, Şakir, Mazlum, Yılmaz, Safa, Hayrettin, K.Orhan, B.Orhan. Mersin İdmanyurdu captain Kadri received the Cup from Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel. "Chancellor's Cup won by Mersin". Başbakanlık kupası Mersin'in. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.07.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (in Turkish)
- 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, (in Turkish). See details for 1966–67 Turkish Cup pages at Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 23.07.2010, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in Turkish).
- Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years (in Turkish). Retrieved on 30 August 2013 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57.
- 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.
- Doğan Ölçücü. In the team since Summer 1963. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Nihat Fırat. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was PTT. At the end of the season player signed to Aydınspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Hasan İhsan Tınaz. In the team since Winter 1966. Details from details Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine, maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- Tarık Arıtan. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1965. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Kadri Aytaç. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Galatasaray. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
- Yahya Kurt. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Adana Demirspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Vural Olşen. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. At the end of the season player signed to Karşıyaka for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Renda Dikmen. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. At the end of the season player signed to Karşıyaka for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Uğur Yıldırım. "B. Uğur". Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. At the end of the season player signed to Kayserispor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Mümtaz Sümer. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Ankaragücü. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Selahattin Yapa. In the team since Summer 1966. At the end of the season player signed to Malatyaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine.
- Alp Sümeralp. In the team since Summer 1962. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Fikret. In the team since Summer 1965. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Battal Toktay. In the team since Summer 1965. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Osman Arpacıoğlu. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Hacettepe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
- Mustafa Ender Aksoy. "B. Mustafa". Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Galatasaray. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Erol Yılmaz. In the team since Summer 1964. At the end of the season player signed to Karagümrük for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Emin Akkoç. In the team since Summer 1963. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Ali İhsan Temen. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Turan. In the team since Summer 1966. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- Mustafa Özbor. "K. Mustafa"