# 1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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:
* 23.08.1970 - Bursaspor-MİY.
* 05.09.1970 - Galatasaray-MİY: 2-0. Saturday 17:00. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Nazif Oturgan, Necmettin Çakan, Adnan Paksüt. Galatasaray: Nihat (Yasin), Ekrem, Tuncay, Muzaffer, Aydın, Ahmet, Ergün, Uğur, Gökmen, Metin, Ayhan. Goals: Metin 10', Gökmen 40'. Coach: Coşkun Özarı. MİY: Fikret, Taner, B.Erol, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Ayhan, Osman, İbrahim, Alp, Muharrem. Coach: Bülent Giz.

## 1970–71 First League participation

First League 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 (MİY) 1970–71 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 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 2 |
| Second half | | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 2 |
| Overall | 11 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 4 |

### 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.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | MKE Ankaragücü | 30 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 31 |
| 10 | Samsunspor | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 29 |
| 11 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 28 |
| 12 | Karşıyaka | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 27 |
| 13 | Boluspor | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 24 |
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:
| 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 |

### Second half
## 1970–71 Turkish Cup participation

1970–71 Turkish 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 1970–71 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 (MİY) followed in 1970–71 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A | H | Result |
| Round 1 | First League | Second League White Group | Kütahyaspor | 1–1 | 2–0 | Promoted to R2 |
| Round 2 | First League | First League | Eskişehirspor | 0–2 | 0–0 | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1970–71 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## Management
### Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

### Coaching team

1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | Bülent Giz | 01.08.1970 – 31.05.1971 | | | | | |

## 1970–71 squad

Stats are counted for 1970–71 First League matches and 1970–71 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 | Fikret Özdil | 1943 | | GK | 18 | | 2 | | 20 | | → previous season. |
| 2 | 2 | Erol Evcimen | 1944 | | DF | 28 | 1 | 4 | | 29 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 3 | 3 | Akın Aksaçlı | 1947 | | DF | 29 | | 4 | | 33 | | 1970 ST Galatasaray. |
| 4 | 4 | Mustafa Yürür | 26 Jun 1938 | Istanbul | MF | 30 | | 4 | | 34 | | → previous season. |
| 5 | 5 | Refik Çoğum | 1940 | | MF | 21 | | 1 | | 22 | | → previous season. |
| 6 | 6 | Naşit Atvur | | Istanbul | FW | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 9 | 1 | 1970 ST Galatasaray. |
| 7 | 7 | İbrahim Arayıcı | 1949 | Silifke | FW | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 2 | → previous season. |
| 8 | 8 | Muharrem Algıç | 1948 | Istanbul | FW | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 3 | → previous season. |
| 9 | 9 | Osman Arpacıoğlu | 5 Jan 1947 | Ankara | FW | 30 | 14 | 4 | | 34 | 14 | → previous season. |
| 10 | 10 | Ayhan Öz | 20 Jul 1945 | Mersin | FW | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 6 | → previous season. |
| 11 | 11 | Alp Sümeralp (C) | 1938 | Istanbul | FW | 30 | 1 | 4 | | 34 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 12 | 13 | Erol Durmuşlu | 1 Nov 1950 | Silifke | FW | 11 | | 4 | | 15 | | → previous season. |
| 13 | 14 | Muhlis Gülen | 1947 | | FW | 20 | | 3 | | 23 | | 1970 ST Galatasaray. |
| 14 | 2 | Cihat Erbil | 1946 | Alpullu | DF | 26 | | 4 | | 30 | | → previous season. |
| 15 | 1 | Taner Carin | 1945 | Istanbul | GK | 13 | | 3 | | 16 | | → previous season. |
| 16 | 4 | Halim Kütükçüoğlu | 1938 | | DF | 6 | | | | 6 | | → previous season. |
| 17 | 8 | Octavian Popescu | 25 Apr 1938 | Bucharest | FW | 9 | 1 | | | 9 | 1 | → previous season. |
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.