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1963–64 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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President
  
Mehmet Karamehmet

Second League
  
5th

Most appearances
  
Alp Sümeralp (18)

Head coach
  
İlhan Taşucu

Turkish Cup
  
Eliminated at R3

Stadium
  
Mersin City Stadium Mersin, Turkey

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1963-1964. MİY was Turkey Amateur Champions in 1963. The 1963–64 season was the 1st season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. It was also the first season of the team in a professional league in Turkish football league system. The team also attended 1963–64 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) and was eliminated at third round.

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MİY attended Turkish Second Football League in 1963–64 season as Çukurova İdmanyurdu (ÇİY) (due to sponsorship reasons). The president of the club was Mehmet Karamehmet. The season started with preparation games in August 1963 and ended on 31 May 1964 with the last round game of the second league. Head coach was İlhan Taşucu. He managed team with trainer Nazım Koka. Mostly appeared players were Alp Sümeralp and Muaammer Yapıcı (C), while top goal scorer was Hüseyin İlgin.

Pre-season

Preparation games: ÇİY-Tarsus İdmanyurdu: 7-0. ÇİY-Tarsus İdmanyurdu: 5-1. ÇİY-Türkocağı: 1-0. ÇİY-Doğanspor: 3-0.

1963–64 Second League participation

The 1963–64 was the first season of the league. ÇİY was one of two clubs became professional, which were coming from regional leagues other than Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir and participated in Second League. The other team was one of MİY's rivals, Adana Demirspor. Bursaspor was also formed by merging amateur clubs of the city and accepted to league at this season. The league season started with Çukurova İdmanyurdu – Adana Demirspor match in Mersin on 15 September 1964 and finished on 31 May 1965. The winner team promoted to 1964–65 First League and one bottom team relegated to regional league.

Çukurova İdmanyurdu finished fifth with 10 wins and 29 goals.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1963–64 Second League league summary:

League table

Çukurova İdmanyurdu (ÇİY)'s position and results in 1963–64 Second League season league table:

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1963–64 Second League by rounds:

Source: 1963–64 Turkish Second Football League pages. u=14:10, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1963–64 Second League season first half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Mid-season

Preparation game:

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1963–64 Second League season second half game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

1963–64 Turkish Cup participation

In 1963–64, Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) was played for second time with 66 teams: 18 First League teams, 13 Second League teams, 20 regional league teams and 15 amateur teams. Three elimination rounds were played in one leg elimination system (in each round preliminary rounds were played), but if the result was a draw, a second game was played at second teams home. Quarterfinals, semifinals and finals were played in two leg (round-robin) elimination system. Galatasaray won the cup for second time and became eligible for 1963–64 ECW Cup. ÇİY participated at the cup starting form 2nd preliminary round of Round 3, and eliminated in original Round 3 game. PTT was eliminated in next round, i.e. quarter-finals.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1963–64 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1963–64 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Club management

Executive committee:

  • President: Mehmet Karamehmet (Mehmet Kemal Karamehmet); Deputy President: Sadık Eliyeşil; General Secretary: İbrahim Günay; General Captain: Kemal Evrim; Treasurer: Vecdi Mergen; Representative: Reşat Demir; members: Faruk Yunak, Edip Ergin, Halit Gazioğlu.
  • Coaching team

    Before the start of the season ÇİY was agreed with a Yugoslav manager, Dimitri Tadiç. Turkish Football Federation asked for Yugoslav federation for permission, but Yugoslavian side did not give. MİY's previous player İlhan Taşucu managed the team. Nazım Koka was trainer.

    1963–64 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

    1963–64 squad

    Stats are counted for 1963–64 Second League matches and 1963–64 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches. In the team rosters four substitutes were allowed to appear, two of who were substitutable. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.

    References

    1963–64 Mersin İdmanyurdu season Wikipedia