1968–69 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1968–69. Mersin İdmanyurdu football team took place in Turkish First Football League, the first level division for the second time in 1968–69 season. They finished sixth. They have eliminated from Turkish Cup at first round. They represented Turkey in a friendly cup played in Tehran, Iran. Osman Arpacıoğlu became the first player of MİY capped in Turkey national football team when he was playing in the team.
Executive committee: Mehmet Karamehmet ; Mahir Turhan, Ünal Şıhman ; Erol Tarhan ; Şinasi Develei ; Şükrü Soydan ; Çetin Hocaer ; Cemal Evrim ; Sedat Gülergün, Aydın Özlü, Yılmaz Ok, Sadık Eliyeşil, Sungur Baydur, Necati Bolkan. Club address: Bahçelievler/Mersin. Tel. no: none. Turgay Şeren was the head coach; Bayram Birinci was his assistant. Şeren had targeted 10th position before the start of the season, but the team performed better.

Pre-season

Preparation games:
was played with 16 teams in its eleventh season, 1968–69. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1969–70. Mersin İY became sixth with 11 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was most scorer player with 14 goals.
Coach Turgay Şeren declared that the team was very young and that they will fight for championship next year. However, he resigned after the end of season. It was Şeren's first experience in his coaching career. Şeren left the team at the end of the season, on 9 July 1969.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1968–69 First League summary:
Sources: 1968–69 Turkish First Football League pages.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1968–69 season is shown in the following table.
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 1968–69 First League by rounds:

First half

Second half

1968–69 Turkish Cup participation

was played for the 7th season as Türkiye Kupası by 31 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1968–69 Turkish Cup and was eliminated at first round by Bursaspor. Bursaspor was eliminated in semifinals by Göztepe who won the Cup for the first time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1968–69 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResult
Round 1First LeagueFirst LeagueBursaspor0–21–2Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1968–69 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1968–69 Turkish Cup pages.

1969 Friendship Cup

MİY represented Turkey in 1969 Friendship Cup played in Tehran, Iran. The tournament was play in honour of Shah Reza Pahlavi's birthday. MİY took third place.
rounddate/hourvenuerefereehome teamresultaway team
R16 March 1969TehranMersin İdmanyurdu 4-1 Pakistan
R29 March 1969TehranIran 2-1 Mersin İdmanyurdu
R311 March 1969TehranSpartak Moscow 2-0 Mersin İdmanyurdu
R413 March 1969TehranMersin İdmanyurdu 1-0 Iraq

Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

Coaching team

1968–69 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Turgay Şeren01.08.1968 – 31.05.1969

Note: Only official games were included.

1968–69 squad

Stats are counted for 1968–69 First League matches and 1968–69 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 →
11Taner Carin1945İstanbulGK12113 Galata G.K.
22İhsan Temen1938DF15217 previous season.
33Cihat Erbil1946AlpulluDF24226 Bandırmaspor.
44Halim Kütükçüoğlu1938DF24226 previous season.
55Refik Çoğum 1940MF2812301 previous season.
66Arif Omaç1942MF2312251 Feriköy.
77Ali Açıkgöz1945İstanbulFW2731283 previous season.
88Tarık Kutver1940EzineFW184184 previous season.
99Muharrem Algıç1948İstanbulFW193193 Boluspor.
1010Osman Arpacıoğlu5 Jan 1947AnkaraFW3014213215 previous season.
1111Kadri Aytaç6 Aug 1931İstanbulFW2211231 previous season.
1210Alp Sümeralp1938İstanbulFW2531263 previous season.
131Fikret Özdil1943GK23124 previous season.
1413İbrahim Tezeren31 Jan 1948TekirdağDF718 Tekirdağspor.
1510Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW2522272 previous season.
162Fikri Pehlivan1948DF22 previous season.
177Abdullah Turgut1943FW729 previous season.
1815İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW9211First time professional.
197Erol Durmuşlu1 Nov 1950SilifkeFW66First time professional.
206Olcay Başarır1949FW17219 Boluspor.
213Aydın Ünsal1942MF11 Şekerspor.

Sources: 1968–69 season squad data from maçkolik.com, Milliyet, and Erbil.
Transfer news from Milliyet:
National team appearances:
After the season Kadri put an end to his player career and later become a manager.