1967–68 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

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Mersin İdmanyurdu
1967–68 season
President Faruk Miskavi
Coach Turkey Cihat Arman
Stadium Mersin, Turkey
First League 10th
Turkish Cup Eliminated at R2
Top goalscorer Turkey Osman Arpacıoğlu (18)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1967–68. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team played in Turkish First Football League, the first level division for the first time in 1967–68 season. They finished tenth. In their first season they have become one of the most scorer teams. In Turkish Cup they were eliminated at second round. Before the season MİT had sent an offer to former coach of Turkish national football team Sandro Puppo. However later Cihat Arman has signed as coach. Bayram Birinci was trainer.

Executive committee: Faruk Miskavi (president); Mehmet Karamehmet (vice-president); Mahir Turan and Ünal Çıkmaz (deputy vice-presidents); Erol Tarhan (general captain); Turgut Atasagun (general secretary); Yılmaz Ok (treasurer); Sedattin Cömert (audit); Şükrü Soydan, Mustafa Tüzmen, Sadık Eliyeşil, Halit Gazioğlu, Aydın Özlü, Necati Bilkan, Sezai Sak, Sungur Baykurt (members).[1]

Pre-season

Season was opened on 6 August 1967. Preparation games:[2]

  • 13.08.1967 - MİY-Adanaspor: 3-2. Sunday, 16:30. MİY: Goals: Tarık, Kadri, Ali.
  • MİY-Hatayspor: 5-2. MİY: Goals: Tarık (3), Kahraman, Osman.
  • MİY-Tarsus İdmanyurdu: 6-2. MİY: Goals: Kahraman (4), Ali, Ayhan.
  • 27.08.1967 - MİY-Feriköy: 3-2. Sunday, 16:30. Mersin Stadium. MİY: Goals: Kadri 36', Tarık 48', Kahraman 89' Kahraman substituted Kadri. Feriköy: Goals: Ruli 79', Arif 13'.
  • 03.09.1967 - MİY-PTT: 2-1. Sunday, 16:15. Mersin. MİY: Goals: Ali, Osman. PTT: Goals: Ertan.

1967–68 league participation

First League was played for the tenth time in 1967–68 season with 17 teams. Last three teams relegated to Second League 1968–69. Mersin İY became tenth in its first season at top level with 12 wins, and Osman Arpacıoğlu was the most scorer player of the team with 18 goals.[3] He also played for national team.

Cihat Arman has resigned on 27.04.1968, one day before the 30th week game. Sezai Sak managed the team against Bursaspor. Before 31st round Turgay Şeren started to manage the team.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1967–68 First League league summary:

Overall Home 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 10 16 7 1 8 22 23 -1 15 8 6 0 2 16 9 +7 12 8 1 1 6 6 14 -8 3
Second half 16 5 5 6 20 21 -1 15 8 4 3 1 14 8 +6 11 8 1 2 5 6 13 -7 4
Overall 10 32 12 6 14 42 44 -2 30 16 10 3 3 30 17 +13 23 16 2 3 11 12 27 -15 7
Sources: 1967–68 Turkish First Football League pages.[4]

League table

Mersin İY's place in First League in 1967–68 season league table and game results are shown in the table below.[5]

Pc Team Games Goals Pts Home Away
Pl W D L F A F–A R Pc F–A R Pc
1 Fenerbahçe (C) (CW) (ECC) 32 19 11 2 38 12 49 1–2 33 10 0–1 16 12
2 Beşiktaş 32 15 12 5 42 24 42 0–0 21 11 0–1 4 14
3 Galatasaray 32 13 10 9 44 36 36 1–2 1 11 0–3 18 12
4 Göztepe (FC) 32 13 9 10 37 46 35 1–1 24 11 0–3 7 15
5 Altay (CR) (ECW) 32 11 13 8 37 30 35 1–0 3 13 1–1 20 10
6 Bursaspor 32 10 13 9 37 33 33 2–1 30 7 1–2 13 7
7 PTT (BC) 32 10 13 9 34 31 33 2–1 12 4 0–0 29 10
8 Gençlerbirliği 32 11 10 11 28 26 32 2–0 17 10 1–2 34 10
9 Eskişehirspor 32 11 9 12 40 33 31 2–1 22 9 2–2 5 14
10 Mersin İdmanyurdu 32 12 6 14 42 44 30 11 8 28 10
11 Ankara Demirspor 32 8 14 10 29 33 30 1–1 31 7 1–3 14 11
12 Vefa 32 8 13 11 31 35 29 3–1 6 11 0–2 23 11
13 Altınordu 32 11 7 14 33 47 29 5–1 19 10 1–2 2 16
14 Şekerspor 32 9 10 13 32 41 28 3–1 10 5 1–2 27 10
15 Hacettepe (R) 32 9 10 13 32 45 28 3–4 15 12 2–3 32 10
16 Ankaragücü (R) 32 8 6 18 30 47 22 1–0 8 10 1–0 25 10
17 Feriköy (R) 32 8 6 18 27 48 22 2–1 26 8 1–0 9 8

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. Bay weeks for MİY are shown in respective raw.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1967–68 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 31 32 33 34
Ground H A H A A H A H A H B H A A H A H A H A H H A H A H A B A H H A H A
Result L L W L D W L W W W W L L L L W L W D D W L D W W L D W D L L L
Position 11 16 13 14 14 11 15 10 8 5 8 4 7 11 12 12 10 12 10 10 11 9 11 11 10 8 10 10 10 7 7 10 10 10

Source: 1967–68 Turkish First Football League pages.[4] u=14:10, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

First half

Mid-season

Friendly game:

  • 20.01.1968 - Feriköy-MİY.

Second half

1967–68 Turkish Cup participation

1967–68 Turkish Cup was played for the sixth season as Türkiye Kupası by 31 teams. Two elimination rounds (including one preliminary round) and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1967–68 Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the first time.[37]

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1967–68 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Round Own League Opponent's League Opponent A H Result
Round 1 First League Amateur İzmir Denizgücü 1–0 3–0 Promoted to R2
Round 2 First League First League Fenerbahçe 1–2 0–0 Eliminated
Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1967–68 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

Source: 1967–68 Turkish Cup pages.[37]

Management

Club management

Faruk Miskavi was club president.

Coaching team

1967–68 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat Head Coach Period Pl W D L Notes
Turkey Cihat Arman 01.08.1967 – 31.05.1968
Note: Only official games were included.

1967–68 squad

Stats are counted for 1967–68 First League matches and 1967–68 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[40][41] 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.

O N Nat Name Birth Born Pos LA LG CA CG TA TG Booked Red card Season Notes
1 1 Turkey Yunus Ceyhan 1941 GK 21 1 22 1967 ST from Ankaragücü.[42]
2 2 Turkey Yalçın Saner 1938 DF 23 2 25 1 1967 ST from İstanbulspor.[43]
3 3 Turkey Halim Kütükçüoğlu 1938 DF 29 3 32 1967 ST from Ankaragücü.[44]
4 4 Turkey İhsan Temen 1938 DF 30 1 4 34 1 from previous season.[45]
5 5 Turkey Refik Çoğum 1940 MF 31 4 35 1 from previous season.[46]
6 6 Turkey Ali Açıkgöz 1945 İstanbul FW 28 4 4 32 4 1967 ST from Vefa.[47]
7 7 Turkey Burhan Gürel 1943 FW 13 13 1967 ST from Karşıyaka.[48]
8 8 Turkey Tarık Kutver 1940 Ezine FW 22 7 3 25 7 1 1967 ST from Galatasaray.[49]
9 9 Turkey Kadri Aytaç (C) 6 Aug 1931 İstanbul FW 31 2 4 35 2 from previous season.[50]
10 10 Turkey Osman Arpacıoğlu 5 Jan 1947 Ankara FW 29 18 4 33 18 1 from previous season.[51]
11 11 Turkey Ayhan Öz 20 Jul 1945 Mersin FW 30 5 3 1 33 6 from previous season.[52]
12 11 Turkey Alp Sümeralp 1938 İstanbul FW 21 1 3 1 24 2 from previous season.[53]
13 5 Turkey Tarık Arıtan 1939 MF 7 1 8 1 from previous season.[54]
14 10 Turkey Kahraman İnan 1943 FW 9 3 2 2 11 5 1967 ST from Ülküspor.[55]
15 14 Turkey Mustafa Aksoy 1942 MF 15 1 2 17 1 from previous season.[56]
16 15 Turkey Abdullah Turgut 1943 FW 8 1 9 1967 ST from Altındağ.[57]
17 1 Turkey Fikret Özdil 1943 GK 14 3 17 from previous season.[58]
18 13 Turkey Battal Toktay 1939 İstanbul DF 17 3 20 from previous season.[59]
19 13 Turkey Fikri Pehlivan 1948 DF 1 1 2 1967 ST from Davutpaşa.[60]
20 8 Pakistan Molla Bachs FW 2 2 1967 ST.[61]
21 9 Pakistan Abdül Cabbar 1948 FW 2 2 1967 ST.[62]
Sources: 1967–68 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).[41]

Transfer information from Milliyet:

  • Transfers in (Summer 1967): Tarık Kutver (Galatasaray); Yetim Ali (Vefa); Yalçın (İstanbulspor); İhsan (Gençlerbirliği); Yunus, Halim (Ankaragücü); Kahraman (Ülküspor); Burhan (Karşıyaka); Abdullah (Altındağ); Ahmet (İzmir Egespor); Fikri (Davutpaşa); Mehmet (Tirespor); Adem (İstanbul Tekel). Molla Bachs and Abdül Cabbar (PAK) became the first foreign transfers of MİY (06.04.1968). Ogün (Beşiktaş) did also sign but later withdrew.
  • Transfer out (December 1967): Nihat (Boluspor). Transfers out (Summer 1968): Yalçın (İstanbulspor); Yunus (Şekerspor); K.Tarık (Sakaryaspor). Doğan (Adana Demirspor). Mustafa, Mümtaz (Adanaspor). Fikri (Antalyaspor). Adem (Kayserispor). Kahraman (Manisaspor). Battal (Boluspor).

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Opinions of team coaches and executives". Takımların antrenör ve yöneticilerinin görüşleri. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.09.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (Turkish). In this news Faruk Miskavi had been shown as president; but in other news Mehmet Karametmet was mentioned as president. Club history page in official web site confirmes Karamehmet as president.
  2. "Opinions of managers: Cihat Arman". Takımların antrenör ve yöneticilerinin görüşleri. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.09.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 06.09.2010. (Turkish)
  3. Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website[dead link]
  4. 4.0 4.1 Standings, promotion and relegations from Turkish-Soccer, retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results from maçkolik.com league page, retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed in Milliyet online archive performed on 12 August 2010.
  5. See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues
  6. Round 01 - 10.09.1967 - MİY-Galatasaray: 1-2. Sunday, 16:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Ziya Albayrak, Sait Acarbay. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goal: Osman 67'. Galatasaray: Radunoviç, Erdal, Doğan, Onursal, Talat, Turan, Yılmaz, Ergün, Ayhan, Metin, Uğur. Goals: Metin 7', Ergün 76'. "Galatasaray wins 2-1 in Mersin". Galatasaray Mersin'de 2-1 kazandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.09.1967, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
  7. Round 02 - 16.09.1967 - Altınordu-MİY: 2-1. Saturday, 16:15. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Hikmet Kolonkaya, Fehmi Pazarcı. Altınordu: Tamer, Neyir, Behçet, Hayrettin, Bahri, Yavuz, Davut, Balov (Mikael), Özer (Cengiz), Zadel, Hikmet. Goals: Behçet 64'(H), Cengiz 80'. MİY: Yunus, Halil, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali (Burhan), Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Alp. Goal: Tarık 86'. "Altınordu wins against Mersin 2-1". Altınordu Mersin'i 2-1 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.09.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
  8. Round 03 - 24.09.1967 - MİY-Altay: 1-0. Sunday, 15:30. City Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Fahri Alpagut, Hamza Alan. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, K.Tarık, B.Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goal: B.Tarık 75'. Red card: Osman 52'. Altay: Varol, Yılmaz, Zinnur (Tuncay), Enver, A.Rıza, Ayfer, Aytekin, Doğan, Feridun, Ender (Behzat), Aydın. Red card: Enver 52'. "Mersin's first win is against Altay: 1-0". Mersin ilk galibiyetini Altay'dan aldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.09.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
  9. Round 04 - 01.10.1967 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Salih Durusoy, Burhan Trak. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Yavuz, Fehmi, Yusuf, Süreyya, Kaya, Erdoğan, Fethi, Faruk, Sanlı (Cevdet), K.Ahmet (Şenol). Goal: Sanlı 43'(H). Red card: Yusuf 40'. Coach: Recep Adanır. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, K.Tarık, B.Tarık, Kahraman, Ayhan, Burhan. Red card: K.Tarık 43'. "Beşiktaş overjumped another steeplechase". Beşiktaş bir engeli daha aştı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.10.1967, p. 10. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (Turkish)
  10. Round 05 - 08.10.1967 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-2. Sunday, 15:00. Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir. Referees: Faruk Talû, Turan Alsaç, Orhan Yorulmaz. Eskişehirspor: Taşkın (Yusuf), İlhan, Necdet, Muzaffer, İsmail, Ruhi (Burhan), Nihat, Canan, Fethi, Kâmuran, Ender. Goals: Nihat 32', Fethi 54'. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goals: Ali 17', Osman 71'. "Eskişehir lost one point to Mersin". Eskişehir Mersin'e puan kaptırdı: 2-2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.10.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  11. Round 06 - 15.10.1967 - MİY-Vefa: 3-1. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Orhan Gönül, Ali İhsan Yiğit, Sabahattin Yurttaş. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik (Mustafa), Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goals: Osman 17', Osman 46', Ali 87'. Penalty missed: Ayhan 52'. Vefa: Raduloviç, Hasan, Çetin, Abdülmetin, Metin, Fikri, Güray, Savaş (Nedim), Zeki, Bekir, Saviç. Goal: Zeki 85'. "Mersin beat Vefa 3-1". Mersin Vefa'yı 3-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.10.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
  12. Round 07 - 21.10.1967 - Göztepe-MİY: 3-0. Saturday, 15:00. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Zeki Gürkan, Sait Acarbay, Veli Kantar. Göztepe: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali (Abdullah), Mustafa, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. Goals: Nevzat 44', Fevzi 54', Gürsel 86'. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali (Abdullah), Mustafa, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan. "Göztepe defeated Mersin with a good play: 3-0". Güzel oynayan Göztepe Mersin'e fark yaptı: 3-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.10.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
  13. Round 08 - 29.10.1967 - MİY-Ankaragücü: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Mustafa Oğultürk, Kemal Bulu. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, Refik, İhsan (Abdullah), Ali, Tarık, Osman, Mustafa, Ayhan. Goal: Ayhan 62'. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Haydar, Remzi, Yılmaz, Şehmuz, Metin, B.Yüksel, Doğan, Coşkun, Nuri, Teoman. "Mersin wins against Ankaragücü with a single goal: 1-0". Mersin Ankaragücü'nü tek golle yendi: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.10.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  14. Round 09 - 04.11.1967 - Feriköy-MİY: 0-1. Saturday, 14:30. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Yüksel Erkan, Cahit Aybek. Feriköy: Necdet, Erol, Müjdat, Turgay, Ahmet, Arif, Mehmet, Zekeriya, Rıdvan, Ruli, Bilgin. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Mustafa, Kadri, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Abdullah, Ayhan. Goal: Tarık 65'. Red card: Mustafa 85'. "Feriköy lost to Mersin, Vefa drew". Feriköy Mersin'e mağlup, Vefa berabere. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.11.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
  15. Round 10 - 12.11.1967 - MİY-Şekerspor: 3-1. Sunday, 14:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Tahir Turgay, Özdemir Erentok. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.Tarık, Osman, Abdullah, Ayhan. Goals: Osman 50', Tarık 56', Tarık 67'(P). Şekerspor: Sefa, Oğuz, İsmail, Doğan, Selahattin, Güngör, Fahrettin, Erol, İbrahim, Vahap, Muharrem. Goal: Fahrettin 87'. "Mersin gave no chance to Şekerspor: 3-1". Mersin Şekerspor'a şans tanımadı: 3-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.11.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  16. Round 12 - 03.12.1967 - MİY-PTT: 2-1. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Müfit Sun, Oktay Üner. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Mustafa, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Kadri, Ayhan. Goals: Ayhan 16', Ali 79'. PTT: Cavit, Yetik, Aydın, Ayhan, Yusuf, Enver, metin, Zeki, Altan, Ertan, Köksal. Goal: Ertan 75'. "Mersin defeated PTT too". Mersin PTT'yi de alttetti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.12.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
  17. Round 13 - 10.12.1967 - Bursaspor-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 13:45. Atatürk Stadium, Bursa. Referees: Cezmi Başar, Fahri Alpagut, Yılgör Öktem. Bursaspor: Osman, Müfit, İrfan, İsmail, Ahmet, Taner, Mesut, Stefanoviç, Vedat, Ergun, Ersel. Goals: Stefanoviç 38', Ergun 85'. Red card: İrfan 44'. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İlhan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Abdullah, Alp. Goal: Ali 18'. Red card: Osman 44'. "Bursa gave no chance to Mersin". Bursa Mersin'e şans tanımadı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.12.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.10.1967. (Turkish). After the game MİY player Mustafa Ender was arrested. He was later released on 12.12.1967.
  18. Round 14 - 16.12.1967 - Ankara Demirspor-MİY: 3-1. Saturday, 12:15. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Hakkı Çaktırma, Talat Tokat, Erol Esentürk. Ankara Demirspor: Altay, Nejat, Hakkı, İsmet, Muzaffer, Timuçin, Sait (Fikri), Sedat, Vural, Birol, Ersan (Ulvi). Goals: Vural 22', Timuçin 42', Birol 55'(P). Sent off: Nejat. MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Tarık, Abdullah (Burhan), Alp (Battal). Goals: İhsan 47'. Red card: Yalçın. Referee managed the match very badly. "Mersin İdmanyurdu lost to D.spor: 3-1". Mersin İdmanyurdu D.spor'a 3-1 yenildi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.12.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  19. Round 15 - 24.12.1967 - MİY-Hacettepe: 3-4. Sunday, 15:00. Mersin. Referees: Nejat Şener, Nazif Oturgan, Tarık Yamaç. MİY: Yunus (Fikret), Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Ayhan, Burhan (Kahraman). Goals: Kahraman 26', 34', 57'. Hacettepe: Baskın, Arif, K.Osman, Uğur, Nuri, B.Osman, İhsan, Turan, Kökten, Suphi, Rıza. Goals: Kökten 9', İhsan 15', Suphi 28', İhsan 41'. "H.tepe beat Mersin at away field".H.tepe Mersin'i kendi evinde yendi: 4-3. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.12.1967, p. 9. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
  20. Round 16 - 31.12.1967 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 26.721. Referees: Necdet Oralalp, Teoman Parer, Hamza Alan. Fenerbahçe: Hazım, Numan, Levent, Ziya, Ercan, Yılmaz, Ogün, Nedim (Şükrü) (Raşit), Aptullah, Fuat, Yaşar. Coach: Ignace Molnar. Goal: Ziya 13'. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan (Tarık), Kahraman, Tarık, Alp. "F.bahçe wins, Beşiktaş draws". F.bahçe galip, Beşiktaş berabere. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.02.1968, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  21. Round 17 - 07.01.1968 - MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 2-0. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Zeki Gürkan, Hilmi Ok, Yüksel Erkan. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.Tarık, Osman, Kahraman, Alp. Goals: B.Tarık 44', Osman 70'. Gençlerbirliği: Selçuk, Ekrem, Faik, Ali, Cevdet, K.Tevfik, Dirani, Hayrettin, Salim, Burhan, Zeynel. "M. İdmanyurdu beats G. Birliği 2-0". M. İdmanyurdu G. Birliğini 2-0 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.01.1968, p. 7. Retrieved on 06.11.2010. (Turkish)
  22. Round 18 - 04.02.1968 - Galatasaray-MİY: 3-0. Sunday, 12:45. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Orhan Gönül, Burhan Trak, Muhittin Somer. Galatasaray: Yasin, Bekir, Doğan, Mustafa, Talat (Erdal), Turhan, Yılmaz, Ergün, Ayhan, Metin, Uğur. Coach: Eşfak Aykaç. Goals: Ayhan, 50'(F), 53'(F), 59'(F). MİY: Yunus, Halim, Yalçın (battal), Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Tarık, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Coach: Cihat Arman. "G.saray is on the run". G.saray gittikçe coşuyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.02.1968, p. 10. Retrieved on 11.10.2010. (Turkish)
  23. Round 19 - 11.02.1968 - MİY-Altınordu: 5-1. Sunday, 14:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Ömer Lütfü Tuncel, Nazım Nacar. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.Tarık, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goals: Kadri 20'(F), Osman 25'(F), B.Tarık 47'(P), Osman 60', Osman 89'. Altınordu: Mümin, İsmet, Behçet, Hayrettin, Cengiz, Sümer, Balov, Zadel, Bahri, Yavuz, Hikmet. Goal: Bahri 74'. "Mersin beats Altınordu hollow: 5-1". Mersin, Altınordu'yu bozguna uğrattı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.02.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
  24. Round 20 - 18.02.1968 - Altay-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 13:00. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Yılmaz Önen, Yıldır Öktem. Altay: Varol, Yılmaz, Oğuz, Necdet, A.Rıza, Ayfer, Behzat, Aytekin (Doğan), Ender, Roland, Aydın. Goal: Ender 46'. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Mustafa, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goal: Mustafa 50'. "Altay lost one point to Mersin: 1-1". Altay M.İ.Yurdu'na puan kaptırdı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 19.02.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 07.09.2010. (Turkish)
  25. Round 21 - 25.02.1968 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 0-0. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: 25.000. Referees: Necdet Oralalp, Teoman Parer, Lütfi Keçelioğlu. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Alp, K.Tarık (Kahraman). Beşiktaş: Sabri, Erkan, Fehmi, Sami, Süreyya, Kaya, Fethi, Yusuf, K.Ahmet (Cevdet), Sanlı, Faruk (Erdoğan 23'). "Beşiktaş gave one point to Mersin: 0-0". Beşiktaş Mersin'e puan verdi: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.02.1968, pp. 9, 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  26. Round 22 - 03.03.1968 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 2-1. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Fahri Alpagut, İzzet Özbaydur. MİY: Fikret, Halim (Battal), Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.Tarık, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goals Ayhan 11', Osman 39'. Eskişehirspor: Yusuf, İlhan, Necdet, Muzaffer, İsmail, Kamuran, Orhan, Canan, Fethi, Burhan, Ender. Goal: Burhan 35'. "Mersin beat Eskişehir difficultly: 2-1". Mersin Eskişehir'i zor mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.03.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  27. Round 24 - 17.03.1968 - MİY-Göztepe: 1-1. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Faruk Talu, Müfit Sun, M. Takımoğlu. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Yalçın (Battal), Kadri, İhsan, refik, Ali, Mustafa, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goal: Osman 29'. Göztepe: Ali, Halil (Mehmet), Çağlayan, Hüseyin (B.Mehmet), Nevzat, A.İhsan, Cenap, Ertan, Fevzi, Gürsel, Nihat. Goal: Nihat 56'. "Mersin İdmanyurdu and Göztepe shared 2 points: 1-1". M. İdmanyurdu, Göztepe 2 puanı paylaştı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.03.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
  28. Round 25 - 23.03.1968 - Ankaragücü-MİY: 0-1. Saturday, 14:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Nazif Oturgan, Yavuz Tunç. Ankaragücü: Aydın, İsmail, Haydar, Yılmaz, Fikret, Selçuk, Doğan, Sakıp, Abdullah (Metin), Nuri, Candan (Ali Rıza). MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan (Burhan), Refik, Ali, Mustafa, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goal: Osman 50'(F). "M. İdmanyurdu: 1 - Ankaragücü: 0". M. İdmanyurdu: 1 - Ankaragücü: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.03.1968, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
  29. Round 26 - 31.03.1968 - MİY-Feriköy: 2-1. Sunday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Bekirov (BUL), Yılmaz Önen, Yılgör Ökten. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri (Burhan), İhsan, Refik, Ali, Mustafa, Osman, Alp, Ayhan. Goals: Ayhan 84', Osman 90'(P). Feriköy: Necdet, Erol, Müjdat, Zekeriya, Ahmet, Turgay, Mehmet, İsmet, Rıdvan, Bilgin, Ruli. Goal: Zekeriya 87'. "Feriköy's hopes for remaining ends". Feriköy'ün kurtulma ümitleri sönüyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.04.1968, p. 11. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
  30. Round 27 - 06.04.1968 - Şekerspor-MİY: 2-1. Saturday, 13:00. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Veli Kantar, Sait Acarbay. Şekerspor: Atilla, Oğuz, İsmail, Doğan, Selahattin, Güngör, Mücahit, Erol, Muharrem, Vahap, Tufan (Yalçın). Goals: Doğan 18', Erol 60'(P). MİY: Fikret, Halim, Yalçın, Kadri (Mustafa), İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Alp, B.Tarık. Goal: Ayhan 80'(H). "Altınordu beat A.Gücü and Ş.spor berat Mersin". Altınordu A.gücü'nü, Ş.spor Mersin'i yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.04.1968, p. 8. Retrieved on 08.02.2011. (Turkish)
  31. Round 29 - 21.04.1968 - PTT-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 13:15. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Cumhur Demir, Adnan Aksüt. PTT: Cavit, Esen, Altan, Ayhan, Yusuf, Enver, Metin, Zeki, Feridun, Ertan, Musa (Köksal). MİY: Yunus, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Mustafa, Alp. "Mersin İdmanyurdu drawn with PTT: 0-0". Mersin İdmanyurdu PTT ile berabere kaldı: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.04.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  32. Round 30 - 28.04.1968 - MİY-Bursaspor: 2-1. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referee: Necdet Oralalp. MİY: Yunus, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan, Osman, Molla, B.Tarık. Goals: Osman 6'(F), 26'(P). Bursaspor: Osman, Osman, Cengiz, İsmail, Müfit, Taner, Mesut, Stefanoviç, Ersel, Vedat, Haluk. Goal: Taner 32'. "Mersin: 2 - Bursa: 1". Mersin: 2 - Bursa: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.04.1968 Retrieved on 13.09.2010. (Turkish)
  33. Round 31 - 05.05.1968 - MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 1-1. Sunday, 15:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. MİY: Yunus (Fikret), Battal, Halim, Molla (Ali), İhsan, Refik, B.Tarık, Cabbar, Osman, Ayhan, Alp. Goal: Osman 64'. Ankara Demirspor: Tekin, Nejat, İbrahim Kemal, İsmet, Muzaffer, Yalçın, Cahit, Sedat, Fikri, Birol, Timuçin. Goal: Sedat 13'. "Mersin ties with Demirspor 1-1". Mersin Demirspor ile 1-1 berabere kaldı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.05.1968 Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish). After the match players were punished by cash fine.
  34. Round 32 - 11.05.1968 - Hacettepe-MİY: 3-2. Saturday, 15:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Roland Marendan (SUI), Halil Erdoğan, Orhan Beşik. Hacettepe: Baskın, Arif, Osman, Zafer, Suphi, Nuri, Selçuk, Turan (Goran), Kökten, Murat (Esat), İhsan. Goals: İhsan 16', İhsan 57', Refik 90'(o.g.). MİY: Yunus, Battal, Yalçın, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali (K.Tarık), Ayhan, Cabbar (Osman), Alp, Burhan. Goals: Kadri 45', Osman 61'. "H.tepe: 3 - Mersin: 0". H.tepe: 3 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.05.1968, p. 9. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
  35. Round 33 - 19.05.1968 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 1-2. Sunday, 16:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referee: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Yılmaz Önen, Yılgör Öktem. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Yalçın, Abdullah, İhsan, Refik, K.Tarık (Mustafa), Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Burhan. Goal: Osman 15'. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Şükrü, Levent, Özcan, Ercan, Yılmaz, Ogün, Ziya, Abdullah, Fuat, Yaşar. Goals: Yaşar 7', Refik 59'(o.g.). Sent off: Yılmaz Şen. Coach: Ignace Molnar. "Champions won 2-1". Şampiyon 2-1 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.05.1968, p. 12. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (Turkish)
  36. Round 34 - 25.05.1968 - Gençlerbirliği-MİY: 2-1. Saturday, 15:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Yılmaz Önen, Nadi Irmaklar. Gençlerbirliği: Orhan, Tezcan, Faik, Ekrem, B.Tevfik, K.Tevfik, Temel, Orhan, Halim, Hayrettin, Zeynel. Goals: Temel 50'(F), Hayrettin 87'. MİY: Yunus, Battal, Yalçın, Abdullah, İhsan, Mustafa, K.Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Alp. Goal: Alp 78'. "Gençlerbiliği: 2 - Mersin: 1". Gençlerbiliği: 2 - Mersin: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.05.1968, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.10.2010. (Turkish)
  37. 37.0 37.1 TFF website does not have an official page for 1966–67 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (Turkish). See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, retrieved on 12 June 2009, (English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (Turkish).
  38. Turkish Cup R2 L1 - 21.01.1968 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-0. Sunday. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referee: V. Necdet Arığ, Nazım Nacar, Ö. Lütfi Tuncel. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Halil, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, Ayhan (Kahraman), Osman, Alp, B.Tarık. Coach: Cihat Arman. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Özcan, Levent, Selim, Ercan, Yılmaz, Ogün, Fuat, Nedim, Birol, Erdinç. Coach: Ignace Molnar. "Lacking Fenerbahçe got off cheap from Mersin storm". Eksik Fenerbahçe Mersin fırtınasını ucuz atlattı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.01.1968, p. 8. Retrieved on 04.11.2010. (Turkish)
  39. Turkish Cup R2 L2 - 28.01.1968 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: rainy. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 20.420. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Yılmaz Önen, Yılgör Öktem. Fenerbahçe: Yavuz, Şükrü (Özcan), Levent, Selim, Ercan, Yılmaz, Ogün, Şeref (Raşit), Nedim, Fuat, Yaşar. Coach: Ignace Molnar. Goals: Nedim 20', Fuat 68'. MİY: Yunus, Battal, Halim, Kadri, İhsan, Refik, Ali, B.Tarık, Osman, Ayhan (K.Tarık), Alp. Coach: Cihat Arman. Goal: B.Tarık 48'. "Fenerbahçe is on the way to Cup as well". Fenerbahçe de Kupa yolunda. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.01.1968, p. 8. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (Turkish)
  40. Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1967–68 squad and 1967–68 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
  41. 41.0 41.1 Data were obtained from; Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 YearsRetrieved on 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57. And an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1967–68 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained from maçkolik.com. Data related to discipline and substitute players obtained from maçkolik.com are not complete. Retrieved on 20 August 2015.
  42. Yunus Ceyhan. Player signed on Summer 1967. His previous team was Ankaragücü. At the end of the season player signed to Şekerspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  43. Yalçın Saner. Player signed on Summer 1967. His previous team was İstanbulspor. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to İstanbulspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  44. Halim Kütükçüoğlu. Player signed on Summer 1967. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  45. Ali İhsan Temen. In the team since Summer 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  46. Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  47. Ali Açıkgöz, Yetim. Player signed on Summer 1967. His previous team was Vefa. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  48. Burhanettin Gürel. Player signed on Summer 1967. His previous team was Karşıyaka. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Karşıyaka for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  49. Tarık Kutver, K. Tarık. Player signed on Summer 1967. His previous team was Galatasaray. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  50. Kadri Aytaç. In the team since Summer 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  51. Osman Arpacıoğlu. In the team since Summer 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
  52. Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1965. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  53. Alp Sümeralp. In the team since Summer 1962. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  54. Tarık Arıtan, B. Tarık. In the team since Summer 1964. At the end of the season player signed to Sakaryaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  55. Kahraman İnan. Player signed on Summer 1967. His previous team was Ülküspor. At the end of the season player signed to Manisaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  56. Mustafa Ender Aksoy. In the team since Summer 1966. At the end of the season player signed to Adanaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  57. Abdullah Turgut. Player signed on Summer 1967. His previous team was Altındağ S.K. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  58. Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  59. Battal Toktay. In the team since Summer 1965. At the end of the season player signed to Boluspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  60. Fikri Pehlivan. Player signed on Summer 1967. His previous team was Davutpaşa S.K. He continued in the next season, but signed to Antalyaspor in the mid of the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  61. Molla Bachs. Foreign transfer. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  62. Abdül Cabbar. Foreign transfer. Details from maçkolik.com page.