# 1968–69 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1968–69. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 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 (president); Mahir Turhan, Ünal Şıhman (vice-presidents); Erol Tarhan (general captain); Şinasi Develei (general secretary); Şükrü Soydan (club director); Çetin Hocaer (treasurer); Cemal Evrim (audit); Sedat Gülergün, Aydın Özlü, Yılmaz Ok, Sadık Eliyeşil, Sungur Baydur, Necati Bolkan (members). 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:
* 11.08.1968 - MİY-Antalyaspor: 2-0. Sunday. Mersin.
* 18.08.1968 - Antalyaspor-MİY: 2-2. Sunday. Antalya.
* 25.08.1968 - MİY-PTT: 3-1. Sunday. Mersin.
* 01.09.1968 - Ispartaspor-MİY: 0-2. Sunday. Isparta.
* 08.09.1968 - MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 1-0. Sunday. Mersin. Goal: Osman (P).

## 1968–69 First League participation

First League 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 (age average was 21) 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 (MİY) 1968–69 First League summary:
| | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| 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 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 4 |
| Second half | | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 3 |
| Overall | 6 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 7 |

### League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1968–69 season is shown in the following table.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 35 | |
| 5 | Bursaspor | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 32 | |
| 6 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 31 | |
| 7 | Göztepe | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 30 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | İstanbulspor | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 29 | |
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:
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |

### Second half
## 1968–69 Turkish Cup participation

1968–69 Turkish Cup was played for the 7th season as Türkiye Kupası by 31 teams. Two elimination rounds (including one preliminary round) 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 (MİY) followed in 1968–69 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A | H | Result |
| Round 1 | First League | First League | Bursaspor | 0–2 | 1–2 | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1968–69 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## 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.
| round | date/hour | venue | home team | result | away team |
| R1 | 6 March 1969 | Tehran | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 4-1 | Pakistan |
| R2 | 9 March 1969 | Tehran | Iran | 2-1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu |
| R3 | 11 March 1969 | Tehran | Spartak Moscow | 2-0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu |
| R4 | 13 March 1969 | Tehran | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1-0 | Iraq |
* 06.03.1969 - MİY-Pakistan: 4–1.
* 09.03.1969 - Iran-MİY: 2–1.
* 11.03.1969 - Spartak Moscow-MİY: 2–0.
* 13.03.1969 - MİY-Iraq: 1–0. Goal: Ali 20'.

## Management
### Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

### Coaching team

1968–69 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | Turgay Şeren | 01.08.1968 – 31.05.1969 | | | | | |

## 1968–69 squad

Stats are counted for 1968–69 First League matches and 1968–69 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) 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.
| O | N | Name | Birth | Born | Pos | LA | LG | CA | CG | TA | TG | ← Season Notes → |
| 1 | 1 | Taner Carin | 1945 | Istanbul | GK | 12 | | 1 | | 13 | | 1968 ST Galata G.K. |
| 2 | 2 | İhsan Temen | 1938 | | DF | 15 | | 2 | | 17 | | → previous season. |
| 3 | 3 | Cihat Erbil | 1946 | Alpullu | DF | 24 | | 2 | | 26 | | 1968 ST Bandırmaspor. |
| 4 | 4 | Halim Kütükçüoğlu | 1938 | | DF | 24 | | 2 | | 26 | | → previous season. |
| 5 | 5 | Refik Çoğum (C) | 1940 | | MF | 28 | 1 | 2 | | 30 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 6 | 6 | Arif Omaç | 1942 | | MF | 23 | 1 | 2 | | 25 | 1 | 1968 ST Feriköy. |
| 7 | 7 | Ali Açıkgöz | 1945 | Istanbul | FW | 27 | 3 | 1 | | 28 | 3 | → previous season. |
| 8 | 8 | Tarık Kutver | 1940 | Ezine | FW | 18 | 4 | | | 18 | 4 | → previous season. |
| 9 | 9 | Muharrem Algıç | 1948 | Istanbul | FW | 19 | 3 | | | 19 | 3 | 1968 ST Boluspor. |
| 10 | 10 | Osman Arpacıoğlu | 5 Jan 1947 | Ankara | FW | 30 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 15 | → previous season. |
| 11 | 11 | Kadri Aytaç | 6 Aug 1931 | Istanbul | FW | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 23 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 12 | 10 | Alp Sümeralp | 1938 | Istanbul | FW | 25 | 3 | 1 | | 26 | 3 | → previous season. |
| 13 | 1 | Fikret Özdil | 1943 | | GK | 23 | | 1 | | 24 | | → previous season. |
| 14 | 13 | İbrahim Tezeren | 31 Jan 1948 | Tekirdağ | DF | 7 | | 1 | | 8 | | 1968 ST Tekirdağspor. |
| 15 | 10 | Ayhan Öz | 20 Jul 1945 | Mersin | FW | 25 | 2 | 2 | | 27 | 2 | → previous season. |
| 16 | 2 | Fikri Pehlivan | 1948 | | DF | 2 | | | | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 17 | 7 | Abdullah Turgut | 1943 | | FW | 7 | | 2 | | 9 | | → previous season. |
| 18 | 15 | İbrahim Arayıcı | 1949 | Silifke | FW | 9 | | 2 | | 11 | | First time professional. |
| 19 | 7 | Erol Durmuşlu | 1 Nov 1950 | Silifke | FW | 6 | | | | 6 | | First time professional. |
| 20 | 6 | Olcay Başarır | 1949 | | FW | 17 | | 2 | | 19 | | 1968 ST Boluspor. |
| 21 | 3 | Aydın Ünsal | 1942 | | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1968 ST Şekerspor. |
Transfer news from Milliyet:
* Summer transfers: Taner (Galata), Yurdaer (Kasımpaşa), Cihat (Bandırnaspor), İbrahim (Tekirdağspor), Şefik (İskenderunspor 1967), Arif (Feriköy SK), Muharrem (Boluspor), Mustafa (Konya İdmanyurdu). Amateurs: Erdinç, İbrahim, Erol (Silifkespor), Olcay (Boluspor), Tevfik (Tarsus İdmanyurdu). Abdullah (amateur).
* Transfers out: Olcay (Galatasaray); İhsan (Gençlerbirliği). Necdet (Feriköy). Yurdaer (Vefa).
National team appearances:
* Osman was capped in national team against Saudi Arabia (03.01.1969) and Poland (27.04.1969). İbrahim was capped in U-21 national team for Balkan U-21 tournament in Romania between 22 and 29 June 1969.
After the season Kadri put an end to his player career and later become a manager.
* 08.06.1969 - Kadri's jubilee match, MİY against Celebrities. Sunday, 17:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Celebrities-MİY: 5-5. Referee: Kemal Bunu. Celebrities: Turgay, Ercan, Basri, Yusuf, Talat, Kaya, Ogün, Şeref, Metin, Can, Uğur. Substitutions: Varol, Süreyya, Faruk, Muzaffer, Abdullah, Ahmet Şahin, Yaşar, Gökmen, Mazlum, Akın, Çeloviç, Harun. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Alp, Abdullah, İbrahim, Kadri, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Erol. Goals (in order): Metin, Ogün, Can, Kadri, Uğur, Kadri, Uğur, Osman, Kadri, Kadri. President Mehmet Karamehmet and Governor Nihat Bor presented cups to Kadri.