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: 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: "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: 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. "Note": In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not. 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. "Source": 1970–71 Turkish Cup pages. Management. Club management. Mehmet Karamehmet was club president. Coaching team. "1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:" "Note:" Only official games were included. 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. "Sources": 1970–71 season squad data from maçkolik com, "Milliyet", and Erbil (1975). News from "Milliyet":