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:
Sources: 1970–71 Turkish First Football League pages.[3]
League table
Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1970–71 season is shown in the following table.[4][5] At the end of the season coach Bülent Giz declared that he will no longer train the team in the next season.
1970–71Turkish 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 1970–71Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by Eskişehirspor. Eskişehirspor won the Cup for the first time.[36]
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1970–71Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Stats are counted for 1970–71First League matches and 1970–71Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[39][40] 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.
Sources: 1970–71 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).[40]
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.
^Round 05 - 24.10.1970 - MİY-Bursaspor: 3-0. Saturday, 14:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Namık Atlı, Altan Peker. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Cihat, Mustafa, Erol, Akın, İbrahim, Alp, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Goals: Osman 35', Ayhan 44', Osman 77'. Bursaspor: Osman, Müfit, Haluk, İsmail, Ahmet, Vahit, Mesut, Ersel, Necati, Cengiz, Sinan. "Mersin İ. Yurdu: 3 - Bursaspor: 0". Mersin İ. Yurdu: 3 - Bursaspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25 October 1970, p. 12. Retrieved on 13 June 2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 06 - 31.10.1970 - İstanbulspor-MİY: 4-3. Saturday, 14:45. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: İbrahim Fırla, Özer Erkli, Ekrem Yenci. İstanbulspor: Mete, Celal, Yalçın, Türker, Tayfun, Alpaslan, Kasapoğlu, Ali, Ömer (Cemil), K.Ahmet (Bülent), Bilge. Goals: Ali 7'(F), Cemil 47'(F), Bilge 55'(F), Tayfun 87'(F). MİY: Fikret (Taner), Refik, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Akın, İbrahim (Muhlis), Alp, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Goals: Osman 10'(H), Osman 15'(H), Osman 69'(FK). "İstanbulspor took the bend difficultly: 4-3". İstanbulspor virajı zor döndü: 4-3. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 1 November 1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 17 January 2011. (in Turkish)
^Round 07 - 08.11.1970 - Altay-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Zinnur, Necdet, Ali Rıza, Oğuz, K.Mustafa, Mithat, Hıdır, Ayfer, B. Mustafa. Goal: Ayfer 58'. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Akın, Mustafa, Erol, Muhlis, İbrahim, Alp, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. "Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0". Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 9 November 1970, p. 8. Retrieved on 27 October 2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 08 - 15.11.1970 - MİY-Galatasaray: 2-0. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Ekrem Yenci, İlhami Tezer. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat (Muhlis), Alp, Osman, Akın, Ayhan, İbrahim, Muharrem. Coach: Bülent Giz. Goals: Muharrem 65', Osman 69'. Red card: Ayhan. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem, Tuncay, Muzaffer, Aydın (Suphi), Savaş, Ergün, Uğur, Metin, Gökmen, Ahmet (Olcay). Coach: Coşkun Özarı. Red card: Tuncay. "G.saray disappeared in four minutes". G. saray 4 dakikada yok oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.11.1970, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 08.10.2010. (in Turkish). Bülent Giz said in previous day interview that MİY has not been defeated at home since 16 months. Red cards were shown after the second goal.
^Round 09 - 22.11.1970 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 1-1. Sunday, 14:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Celal, Tarhan, Nazım Nacar. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat, Akın, Alp, Muhlis, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Coach Bülent Giz. Goal: Alp 44'. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Şükrü, Levent, Numan, Ercan, Yılmaz, Fuat, Ziya, Yaşar, Nedim, Ogün. Coach: Teasca. Goal: Ogün 3'. Red card: Ogün 50'. "F.bahçe put M.İ. Yurdu to sleep: 1-1". F.bahçe, M.İ. yurdu'nu uyuttu: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23 November 1970, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 17 January 2011. (in Turkish)
^Round 10 - 29.11.1970 - Ankaragücü-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 14:15. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Mesut Abadan, Sait Acarbay. Ankaragücü: Aydın, İsmail, Remzi, Adnan, Erman, Mehmet, Sezen, Metin, Coşkun, Abdullah, Köksal. MİY: Fikret, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Erol, İbrahim (K.Erol), Alp, Muhlis, Osman, Ayhan, Muharrem. "Ankaragücü: 0 - Mersin: 0". Ankaragücü: 0 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30 November 1970. Retrieved on 13 June 2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 11 - 06.12.1970 - MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 1-1. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Weather: field was muddy. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Abdullah Kıvırcık, Veli Kantar. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Akın, Erol, Cihat, Mustafa, Alp, Muhlis, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. Goal: Osman 4'. Ankara Demirspor: Altay, İlker, Şenol, Önder, Kadri, Timuçin, Cihat, Sedat, Tuncer, Aydoğan, Şevki. Goal: Sedat 9'. "M.İ.Yurdu: 1 - Demirspor: 1". M.İ.Yurdu: 1 - Demirspor: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 7 December 1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 27 October 2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 12 - 20.12.1970 - Göztepe-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Vedat Sığındere, Kazım Yücel, Taşkın Yücel. Göztepe: Ali, K.Mehmet, B.Mehmet, Özer, Çağlayan, Ertan, Gürsel (Nevzat), Ayhan, Halil (K.Ali), Fevzi, Mehmet III. Goal: Ertan 49'. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, B.Erol, Cihat, Akın, Muhlis, Alp, Ayhan, Osman, Muharrem. "Göztepe wins by Ertan's score: 1-0". Götepe Ertan'ın golü ile galip: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21 December 1970, p. 10. Retrieved on 17 January 2011. (in Turkish)
^Round 13 - 27.12.1970 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 1-0. Sunday, 13:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Celal Tarhan, Talat Tokat. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat, Akın, Alp, Osman, Ayhan, Muhlis (K.Erol), Muharrem. Goal: Ayhan 25'. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Mehmet, Erkan, Sami, Zekeriya, Güray, Davut, Vedat, Nihat (Cemil), Faruk, Sanlı. "Mersin beats Beşiktaş too." Mersin Beşiktaş'ı da yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28 December 1970, p. 12. Retrieved on 14 June 2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 14 - 02.01.1971 - Vefa-MİY: 0-0. Saturday, 14:15. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Veli Kantar, Faruk Ulusel. Vefa: Raduloviç, Niko, Selahattin, Fikri, Doğan, Ertuğrul, Abdülmetin, Raşit, Nedim, Erdal, Erdinç (Nurettin). MİY: Fikret, Refik, Mustafa, Erol, Cihat, Alp, Akın, Osman, Ayhan (Halim), Muhlis (K.Erol), Muharrem. "Vefa shared points with Mersin: 0-0". Vefa Mersin'le puanları bölüştü: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 3 January 1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 17 January 2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 15 - 10.01.1971 - MİY-Karşıyaka: 2-1. Sunday, 13:15. Mersin. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Erol Oktay, Altan Peker. MİY: Fikret, Refik, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Akın, Alp, Osman, Ayhan, İbrahim (Muhlis), Muharrem. Goals: Osman (2). Karşıyaka: Erdem, Ceyhan, İbrahim, Erdinç, Erol, Tevfik, Doğan, K.Uğur, Atilla, Hamdi, Burhan. Goal: Atilla. "Mersin: 2 - Karşıyaka: 1". Mersin: 2 - Karşıyaka: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11 January 1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 17 January 2010. (in Turkish)
^Round 29 - 30.05.1971 - MİY-Vefa: 0-0. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin. MİY: Fikret, İbrahim, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Popescu, Alp, İlhan, Osman, Muharrem. Vefa: Raduloviç, Niko, Savaş, Ertuğrul, Doğan, Abdülmetin, Nedim, Bekir, Selahattin, Erdal, Raşit. "Vefa got point from Mersin: 0-0". Vefa Mersin'den puan aldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 31.05.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish). Vefa guaranteed non-relegation.
^Round 30 - 05.06.1971 - Karşıyaka-MİY: 2-1. Saturday, 20:00. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Karşıyaka: Burhan 72', Rasim 85'. Coach: Arif Dökel. MİY: Goal: Osman 58'. "Karşıyaka: 2 - M.İdmanyurdu: 1". Karşıyaka: 2 - M.İdmanyurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.06.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.01.2011. (in Turkish). MİY lost 10th position which provided eligibility for Turkish Cup next year. Samsunspor which have drawn 3-3 with Vefa in the last match gained 10th position.
^ abTFF 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, (in Turkish). See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, retrieved on 9 September 2010, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in Turkish).
^Turkish Cup R1 L1 - 28.10.1970 - MİY-Kütahyaspor: 2-0. Wednesday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referee: Hilmi Ok, Halil Eraydın, Kemal Kaya. MİY: Taner, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, B.Erol, Akın, K.Erol, Muhlis, İbrahim, Osman, Muharrem. Goals: İbrahim Arayıcı 57', Muharrem Algıç 81'. Coach: Bülent Giz. Kütahyaspor: Ali, İhsan, Müzdat, Celal, Ural, Ahmet, Halil, B.Ali, Levent, Kemal, Faik. Coach: Mehmet Kocatürk. "Mersin defeated Kütahya by 2-0". Mersin Kütahya'yı 2-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.10.1970, p. 8. Retrieved on 25.10.2010. (in Turkish)
^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.
^ abData 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.
^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.