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1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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President
  
Mehmet Karamehmet

Stadium
  
Mersin, Turkey

Turkish Cup
  
Eliminated at R2

Coach
  
Bülent Giz

First League
  
11th

Top goalscorer
  
Osman Arpacıoğlu (14)

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.

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Mehmet Karamehmet was president. Erol Tarhan was general captain. Mahir Turhan, Sezai Sak, Orhan Mutlu were executive committee member.

Pre-season

MİY opened new srason 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 league summary:

    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:

    Source: 1970–71 Turkish First Football League pages. u=14:10, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    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.

    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.

    Club management

    Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

    Coaching team

    1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

    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 who were substitutable. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.

    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.
  • References

    1970–71 Mersin İdmanyurdu season Wikipedia