1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also "Mersin İdman Yurdu", "Mersin İY", or "MİY") Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1966-1967. The 1966–67 season was the 3rd season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. The team became the champions of the league and promoted to 1967-68 Turkish First Football League at the end of the season. The team's name was changed to "Mersin İdmanyurdu" from "Çukurova İdmanyurdu" which was the name adopted under Çukurova Group sponsorship. This decision was made in the congress of  the club held on 15.06.1966. In the congress, following were elected for executive committee: Nevzat Emrealp, Mehmet Karamehmet, Halit Gazioğlu, Mahir Turhan, Mustafa Sözmen, Faruk Niskavi, Ünal Şıhman, Erol Tarhan, Sungur Baydur, Sezai Sak, Aydın Özlü. The committee declared that an amount of TL 500.000 was allocated for transfers and Sabri Kiraz was decided to be spoken with as manager of the football team. However, later, Lefter Küçükandonyadis has become the manager, famous former player of Fenerbahçe and Turkey national football team. In the mid-season Küçükandonyadis left his previous team Feriköy and started his manager career in MİY on  16.02.1967. He demanded that existing coach Fahrettin Cansever should also remain as trainer. Executive committee at the beginning of the season had been consisted of: Nevzat Emrealp (president), Nail Turan (deputy president), Dr. Aydın Özlü (secretary), Sezai Sak (general captain), Sungur Baydur (accountant), Halil Gazioğlu, Ünal Şıhman (members). Mersin İdmanyurdu has won the league title in Turkish Second Football League, 1966–67 season. They finished the season in Red Group at first place. After season they won Second League Championship match against Bursaspor. As champions they were eligible to play Prime Minister's Cup (Chancellor Cup) against champions of the amateur  leagues. Pre-season. Spor–Toto Cup games: 1966–67 Second League participation. Second League was played for the fourth time in 1966–67 season with 33 teams grouped in red (17) and white (16) groups. In each group top teams promoted to First League 1967–68 and last teams relegated to Third League 1967–68 formed that year. Mersin İY took place in Red Group and finished first. The most scorer player was Osman Arpacıoğlu with 23 goals. They won all the home games during the league. Results summary. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1966–67 Second League Red Group league summary: "Sources": 1966–67 Turkish Second Football  League pages. League table. The final league table of Red Group of Second League in 1966–67 season and results of games played by Mersin İY are provided in the following table. Results by round. Results of games MİY played in 1966–67 Second League Red Group by rounds: Championship match. Mersin İdmanyurdu won the second league championship against Bursaspor, the White Group's winner. 1966–67 Chancellor Cup. MİY has won the Chancellor Cup ("also called" Prime Minister's Cup) in 1967 (as champions of second league against İzmir Denizgücü, amateur league winner). 1966–67 Turkish Cup participation. The fifth Turkish Cup in  1966–67 was played as "Türkiye Kupası" by 81 teams: 17 from First league, 33 from Second league, 18 from regional leagues and 15 from amateurs. Three elimination rounds (including preliminary rounds) were played in one-leg elimination system at first team's grounds. QF, SF, and finals were played in two-leg elimination system. But starting from the previous Cup finals were played in single match if the finalist were from the same city. Two İzmir teams drew in the final match; and Altay won the fifth cup by casting lots after extra time against Göztepe and become eligible for  ECW. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Turkish Cup ("Türkiye Kupası") in 1966–67 and was eliminated at preliminary round 2 of round 3 by Gençlerbirliği. Cup track. The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1966–67 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table. "Note": In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not. Game details. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1966–67 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST. "Source": 1966–67 Turkish Cup pages. Management. Club management. Executive committee: Coaching team. Head Coach : Lefter Küçükandonyadis. Trainer: Fahrettin Cansever. "1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:" "Note:" Only official games were included. 1966–67 squad. Stats are counted for 1966–67 Second League matches and 1966–67 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. "Sources": 1966–67 season squad data from maçkolik com, "Milliyet", and Erbil (1975).