1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1970–71. The 1970–71 season was the fourth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu 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:
was played with 16 teams in its 13th season, 1970–71. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1971–72. Mersin İY became 11th with 11 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was most scorer player with 14 goals

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1970–71 First League summary:
Sources: 1970–71 Turkish First Football League pages.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1970–71 season is shown in the following table. At the end of the season coach Bülent Giz declared that he will no longer train the team in the next season.
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 1970–71 First League by rounds:

First half

Second half

1970–71 Turkish Cup participation

was played for the 9th season as Türkiye Kupası by 25 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1970–71 Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by Eskişehirspor. Eskişehirspor won the Cup for the first time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1970–71 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResult
Round 1First LeagueSecond League White GroupKütahyaspor1–12–0Promoted to R2
Round 2First LeagueFirst LeagueEskişehirspor0–20–0Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1970–71 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1970–71 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

Coaching team

1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Bülent Giz01.08.1970 – 31.05.1971

Note: Only official games were included.

1970–71 squad

Stats are counted for 1970–71 First League matches and 1970–71 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 →
11Fikret Özdil1943GK18220 previous season.
22Erol Evcimen1944DF2814291 previous season.
33Akın Aksaçlı1947DF29433 Galatasaray.
44Mustafa Yürür26 Jun 1938İstanbulMF30434 previous season.
55Refik Çoğum1940MF21122 previous season.
66Naşit AtvurİstanbulFW81191 Galatasaray.
77İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW23111242 previous season.
88Muharrem Algıç1948İstanbulFW30241343 previous season.
99Osman Arpacıoğlu5 Jan 1947AnkaraFW301443414 previous season.
1010Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW24531286 previous season.
1111Alp Sümeralp 1938İstanbulFW3014341 previous season.
1213Erol Durmuşlu1 Nov 1950SilifkeFW11415 previous season.
1314Muhlis Gülen1947FW20323 Galatasaray.
142Cihat Erbil1946AlpulluDF26430 previous season.
151Taner Carin1945İstanbulGK13316 previous season.
164Halim Kütükçüoğlu1938DF66 previous season.
178Octavian Popescu25 Apr 1938BucharestFW9191 previous season.

Sources: 1970–71 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil.
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