1967–68 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1967–68. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team played in Turkish First Football League, the first level division for the first time in 1967–68 season. They finished tenth. In their first season they have become one of the most scorer teams. In Turkish Cup they were eliminated at second round. Before the season MİT had sent an offer to former coach of Turkish national football team Sandro Puppo. However, later Cihat Arman has signed as coach. Bayram Birinci was trainer.
Executive committee: Faruk Miskavi ; Mehmet Karamehmet ; Mahir Turan and Ünal Çıkmaz ; Erol Tarhan ; Turgut Atasagun ; Yılmaz Ok ; Sedattin Cömert ; Şükrü Soydan, Mustafa Tüzmen, Sadık Eliyeşil, Halit Gazioğlu, Aydın Özlü, Necati Bilkan, Sezai Sak, Sungur Baykurt.

Pre-season

Season was opened on 6 August 1967. Preparation games:
was played for the tenth time in 1967–68 season with 17 teams. Last three teams relegated to Second League 1968–69. Mersin İY became tenth in its first season at top level with 12 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was the most scorer player of the team with 18 goals. He also played for national team.
Cihat Arman has resigned on 27.04.1968, one day before the 30th week game. Sezai Sak managed the team against Bursaspor. Before 31st round Turgay Şeren started to manage the team.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1967–68 First League summary:
Sources: 1967–68 Turkish First Football League pages.

League table

Mersin İY's place in First League in 1967–68 season league table and game results are shown in the table below.
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. Bay weeks for MİY are shown in respective raw.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1967–68 First League by rounds:

First half

Mid-season

Friendly game:

1967–68 Turkish Cup participation

was played for the sixth season as Türkiye Kupası by 31 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1967–68 Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the first time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1967–68 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResult
Round 1First LeagueAmateurİzmir Denizgücü1–03–0Promoted to R2
Round 2First LeagueFirst LeagueFenerbahçe1–20–0Eliminated

Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1967–68 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1967–68 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Faruk Miskavi was club president.

Coaching team

1967–68 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Cihat Arman01.08.1967 – 31.05.1968

Note: Only official games were included.

1967–68 squad

Stats are counted for 1967–68 First League matches and 1967–68 Turkish Cup matches. 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.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Yunus Ceyhan1941GK21122 Ankaragücü.
22Yalçın Saner1938DF232251 İstanbulspor.
33Halim Kütükçüoğlu1938DF29332 Ankaragücü.
44İhsan Temen1938DF3014341 previous season.
55Refik Çoğum1940MF314351 previous season.
66Ali Açıkgöz1945İstanbulFW2844324 Vefa.
77Burhan Gürel1943FW1313 Karşıyaka.
88Tarık Kutver1940EzineFW22732571 Galatasaray.
99Kadri Aytaç 6 Aug 1931İstanbulFW3124352 previous season.
1010Osman Arpacıoğlu5 Jan 1947AnkaraFW2918433181 previous season.
1111Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW30531336 previous season.
1211Alp Sümeralp1938İstanbulFW21131242 previous season.
135Tarık Arıtan1939MF7181 previous season.
1410Kahraman İnan1943FW9322115 Ülküspor.
1514Mustafa Aksoy1942MF1512171 previous season.
1615Abdullah Turgut1943FW819 Altındağ.
171Fikret Özdil1943GK14317 previous season.
1813Battal Toktay1939İstanbulDF17320 previous season.
1913Fikri Pehlivan1948DF112 Davutpaşa.
208Molla BachsFW22 Pakistan.
219Abdül Cabbar1948FW22 Pakistan.

Sources: 1967–68 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil.
Transfer information from Milliyet: