1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1965–66
Season: Second League 1965–66
League position:	Red group: 3rd Final group: 5th
Turkish Cup:	Did not participate
Top goal scorers:
President:	Halit Gazioğlu
Coach:	Lefter Küçükandonyadis
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1964–65	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1966–67

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) attended Turkish Second Football League in 1965–66 season for the third time again under Çukurova Group sponsorship name "Çukurova İdmanyurdu" and finished 5th. On 20.07.1965 the club and fans celebrated the 40th anniversry of their foundation.

Executive commitee: Mehmet Karametmet, Halit Gazioğlu, Sezai Sak. At the beginning of the season Fahrettin Cansever was the coach of the team.

In the half season Lefter Küçükantonyadis became the manager of the team (20.01.1966). Lefter signed for four months. One month later, Lefter had been stabbed by a fan (a restaurant owner, Fikri Özkörüklü) and hospitalized.^[1] Many citizens, pupils, NGO representatives and sports people visited him in hospital and his room was filled with flowers. Lefter declared that he will not leave the team.^[2] Fahrettin Cansever became the trainer of Beykozspor (12.01.1966).^[3] On 07.06.1966 before the last match of the season, Lefter left Mersin. He said that he was compliant of the behaviours of executive committee member Sezai Sak.^[4]

Pre-season

• Preparation game: ÇİY-Türkocağı: 4-1.
• Spor-Toto Cup: 15.08.1965 - Adana Demirspor-ÇİY: 0-2. Sunday, 17:00. City Stadium, Adana. Goals: Mehmet.
• Spor-Toto Cup: 22.08.1965 - ÇİY-Adana Demirspor: 0-0. Sunday. Mersin.
• Preparation game: 29.09.1965. ÇİY-Adana Milli Mensucat. Sunday.

1965–66 league participation

Second League 1965–66 was played by 22 teams in two groups (red and white), 11 in each. Top four teams played promotion group matches in league format. Bottom teams played relegation play-out. Top two teams promoted to First League 1966–67.

Ranking group performance

The 1965–66 season Red Group (stage 1) matches of Çukurova İdmanyurdu (ÇİY) vs other team are shown in league table below. ^[5]

place	team	games				goals		points		home				away
		P	W	D	L	F	A			F-A	day	plc		F-A	day	plc
1	Altınordu (Q)	20	13	5	2	31	9	31		1-0	8	3		0-1	15	4
2	Çukurova İdmanyurdu (Q)	20	9	7	4	26	13	25		–	9	4		–	14	3
3	Beyoğluspor (Q)	20	9	7	4	26	13	25		1-1	6	2		0-0	17	3
4	Sakaryaspor (Q)	20	9	5	6	20	19	23		3-0	19	2		0-1	4	2
5	Manisaspor	20	8	6	6	24	24	22		4-2	3	1		0-1	20	2
6	Bandırmaspor	20	7	5	8	22	27	19		0-0	13	3		1-1	10	5
7	Karagümrük	20	5	8	7	19	24	18		3-1	18	3		1-1	5	2
8	Petrolspor	20	6	3	11	21	33	15		4-0	12	2		2-0	1	2
9	Sarıyer	20	5	5	10	13	22	15		1-0	11	3		1-0	22	2
10	Altındağ	20	5	4	11	20	30	14		3-1	16	3		0-1	7	5
11	Ülküspor (R)	20	3	7	10	17	22	13		1-1	2	2		1-1	21	2

Two points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. First team is ÇİY in both cases, home and away.
(Q): Qualified for Final Group; (R): Relegated to Regional Amateur League after relegation play-outs.
Source: 1965-66 Turkish Second Football League Cem Pekin Archives; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season.

Ranking group games

Round 1 05 September 1965	Petrolspor	0 – 2	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Ankara
Sunday		Report

Round 2 12 September 1965	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	Ülküspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday		Report

Round 3 19 September 1965	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	4 – 2	Manisaspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00.		Report

Round 4 26 September 1965	Sakaryaspor	1 – 0	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Adapazarı
Sunday		Report

Round 5 03 October 1965	Karagümrük	1 – 1	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Vefa Stadium, İstanbul
Sunday		Report

Round 6 09 October 1965	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	Beyoğluspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Saturday		Report

Round 7 17 October 1965	Altındağ	1 – 0	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Ankara
Sunday		Report

Round 8 23 October 1965	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Altınordu	City Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 15:00		Report

Round 9 23 October 1965	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	–	Bye
Saturday, 15:00

Round 10 07 November 1965	Bandırmaspor	1 – 1	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Bandırma
Sunday		Report

Round 11 14 November 1965	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Sarıyer	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00		Report

Round 12 05 December 1965	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	4 – 0	Petrolspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00		Report

Round 13 12 December 1965	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Bandırmaspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00		Report		Referee: Zülfikar Sağnak

Round 14 19 December 1965	Bye	–	Çukurova İdmanyurdu
Sunday

Round 15 25 December 1965	Altınordu	1 – 0	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Alsancak Stadium, İzmir
Saturday, 12:00		Report

Round 16 02 January 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	3 – 1	Altındağ	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday		Report

Round 17 08 January 1966	Beyoğluspor	0 – 0	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul
Saturday, 14:00		Report

Round 18 16 January 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	3 – 1	Karagümrük	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30		Report

Round 19 23 January 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	3 – 0	Sakaryaspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00		Report

Round 20 30 January 1966	Manisaspor	1 – 0	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Manisa
Sunday, 14:00		Report

Round 21 06 February 1966	Ülküspor	1 – 1	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	İzmir
Sunday		Report

Round 22 12 February 1966	Sarıyer	0 – 1	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul
Saturday, 12:30		Report[6]	37' (F) Alp	Referee: İbrahim Fırla

Source: 1965-66 Turkish Second Football League Cem Pekin Archives; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season.

Final group

The 1965–66 season promotion group (stage 2) matches of Çukurova İdmanyurdu (ÇİY) vs other team are shown in league table below. ^[5]

place	team	games				goals		points		home				away
		P	W	D	L	F	A			F-A	day	plc		F-A	day	plc
1	Eskişehirspor (P)	14	8	5	1	22	7	21		1-2	13	5		1-1	6	2
2	Altınordu (P)	14	10	1	3	25	9	21		2-1	1	2		0-1	8	3
3	Bursaspor	14	8	3	3	23	9	19		0-0	7	3		0-4	14	5
4	Adana Demirspor	14	7	2	5	22	17	16		1-2	11	5		0-1	4	3
5	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	14	6	3	5	21	16	15
6	Sakaryaspor	14	4	6	4	15	15	14		2-1	9	4		0-0	2	1
7	Güneşspor	14	0	3	11	9	26	3		2-1	5	3		5-2	12	3
8	Beyoğluspor	14	0	3	11	6	44	3		3-0	3	1		4-0	10	2

Two points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. First team is ÇİY in both cases, home and away.
(P): Promoted to 1966–67 Turkish First Football League.
Source: 1965-66 Turkish Second Football League Cem Pekin Archives; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season.

Final group games

Round 1 06 March 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	2 – 1	Altınordu	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30	Mehmet  19' (F) İbrahim  23' (P)	Report[7]	78' (P) Neyir	Attendance: 25.000

Round 2 13 March 1966	Sakaryaspor	0 – 0	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Adapazarı
Sunday, 15:00		Report

Round 3 20 March 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	3 – 0	Beyoğluspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday	Mehmet  9' (F) Ayhan  58' (F) Doğan  88' (P)	Report[8]

Round 4 27 March 1966	Adana Demirspor	1 – 0	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Adana
Sunday, 15:00		Report

Round 5 03 April 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	2 – 1	Güneşspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30		Report

Round 6 10 April 1966	Eskişehirspor	1 – 1	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Eskişehir
Sunday	Muzaffer  66'	Report[9]	30' Ayhan

Round 7 17 April 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Bursaspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday		Note[10]

Round 8 01 May 1966	Altınordu	1 – 0	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Alsancak Stadium, İzmir
Sunday, 14:00		Report

Round 9 08 May 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	2 – 1	Sakaryaspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30	Alp  16' Ayhan  58'	Report[11]	75' Bultan	Referee: Hamza Özdağ

Round 10 15 May 1966	Beyoğluspor	0 – 4	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul
Sunday, 14:00		Report[12]	9' Ayhan  75' Hüseyin  78' Alp  87' Hüseyin	Referee: Nadi Irmaklar

Round 11 22 May 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	1 – 2	Adana Demirspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Sunday	Erol  33'	Report[13]	72' Hasan  85' Özden	Referee: Vovrer

Round 12 29 May 1966	Güneşspor	2 – 5	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Ankara
Sunday	Cahit  26' Cahit  82'	Report[14]	51' Tarık  59' Alp  66' Mehmet  76' Alp  87' Tarık	Referee: Ahmet Bagatır

Round 13 04 June 1966	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	1 – 2	Eskişehirspor	City Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 16:00	Ayhan  78'	Report[15]	16' Nihat  88' Fethi	Referee: P. Kamber (SUI)

Round 14 12 June 1966	Bursaspor	4 – 0	Çukurova İdmanyurdu	Bursa
Sunday	Ersel Mesut Ayhan B. Mustafa	Report[16]

Source: 1965-66 Turkish Second Football League Cem Pekin Archives; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1965–66 Mersin İdmanyurdu season.

1965–66 Turkish Cup participation

1965–66 Turkish Cup was the fourth cup and played by 71 teams: 16 First League teams (1), 20 Second League teams (2), 19 teams from regional leagues (R), and 16 amateur teams (A). Galatasaray has won the cup for the fourth time consecutively and became eligible for playing ECW next year. ÇİY and Yeşildirek were penalized due to last season draw outs. So ÇİY couldn't participated in fourth cup.^[17]

1965–66 squad

Following numbered squad was played in MİY-Sakaryaspor (2-1) match^[18] Battal, Yalçın and Yusuf were transferred from Şekerspor.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Fikret 2 DF Erol 3 DF Emin 4 DF Tarık 5 DF Mehmet 6 MF İhsan 7 MF Ayhan 8 MF Alp 9 MF Yalçın 10 FW Sami 11 FW Hüseyin

No. Position Player FW İbrahim GK Doğan DF Hasan DF Battal DF Refik MF Roni MF Tarık MF Yusuf

Transfers out: Yusuf (Eskişehirspor).

References

1. ^ The restaurant owner who attacked Lefter was arrested". Lefter'i vuran lokantacı tevkif edildi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.02.1966, p. 8. Retriieved on 21.06.2011. (Turkish)
2. ^ "Lefter gets discharged." Lefter yakında taburcu oluyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.02.1966. Retrieved on 03.08.2010, p. 8. (Turkish)
3. ^ "Fahrettin became the trainer of Beykoz." Fahrettin Beykoz Antrenörü oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.01.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 21.08.2010. (Turkish)
4. ^ "İ.Yurdu's trainer Lefter resignes." İ. Yurdu antrenörü Lefter istifa etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.06.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 21.06.2011. (Turkish)
5. ^ ^{a b} See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
6. ^ Round 22 - 12.02.1966 - Sarıyer-ÇİY: 0-1. Saturday, 12:30. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: İbrahim Fırla, Salih Akkuş, Hıfzı Demirüstü. ÇİY: Doğan, Battal, Emin, İbrahim, Refik, İhsan, Hüseyin, Tarık, Mehmet, Alp (C), Sami. Goal: Alp 37'(F). Trainer: Lefter. Sarıyer: Nevriz, Recep, Cudi, Nuri, Gencer, Adnan, Turgut, Oktay, Erdil, Rull, Ahmet. "İ. Yurdu beated Sarıyer 1-0 and and took place in first four." Sarıyer'i 1-0 mağlup eden İ.Yurdu dörtlere girdi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.02.1966, pp. 7, 8. retrieved on 22.08.2010. (Turkish)
7. ^ Round 01 - 06.03.1966 - ÇİY-Altınordu: 2-1. Sunday, 14:30. City Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: c. 25.000. ÇİY: Goals: Mehmet 19', İbrahim 23'(P). Altınordu: Goal: Neyir 78'(P). See: "İd. Yurdu: 2 A. Ordu: 1". İd. Yurdu: 2 A. Ordu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.03.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010 (Turkish)
8. ^ Round 03 - 20.03.1966 - ÇİY-Beyoğluspor: 3-0. Sunday. Mersin. ÇİY: Goals: Mehmet 9', Ayhan 58', Doğan (GK) 88'(P). See: "Ç. İdmanyurdu: 3 Beyoğluspor: 0". Ç. İdmanyurdu: 3 Beyoğluspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.03.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 21.06.2011. (Turkish)
9. ^ Round 06 - 10.04.1966 - Eskişehirspor-ÇİY: 1-1. Sunday. Eskişehir. Eskişehirspor: Hakkı, Hasan, Mahmut, Ayhan, İsmail, Mehmet, Metin, Nihat, Fethi, Muzaffer, Kâmuran. Goal: Muzaffer 66'. ÇİY: Fikret, Battal, Emin, Hasan, Refik, Mehmet, Roni, Tarık, Ayhan, Alp, Yalçın. Goal: Ayhan 30'. Trainer: Lefter. See: "Eskişehir seizes against ÇİY: 1-1". Eskişehir Çukurova İ. Yurduna takıldı: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.05.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010 (Turkish)
10. ^ Round 07 - 17.04.1966 - ÇİY-Bursaspor: 0-0. Sunday. Mersin. ÇİY: Coach: Lefter Küçükandonyadis. Bursaspor: Coach: Muhtar Tunçaltan. Referee Rıfat Atakanı was knocked by fans after the match. It is claimed that the referee finished the first half 3 minutes earlier and did not counted ÇİY's goal valid 2 minutes before the end of the game. See: "Çukurova accuses the referee". Çukuroavalılar hakemi suçladı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 19.04.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 21.06.2011 (Turkish)
11. ^ Round 09 - 08.05.1966 - ÇİY-Sakaryaspor: 2-1. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin. Referee: Hamza Özdağ. ÇİY: Fikret, Erol, Emin, Tarık, Mehmet, İhsan, Ayhan, Alp, Yalçın, Sami, Hüseyin. Goals: Alp 16', Ayhan 58'. Coach: Lefter. Sakaryaspor: Fikret, Mikael, Beşir, Metin, Mehmet, Erdoğan, Fuat, Bultan, İsmet, Musa, Rıfkı. goal: Bultan 75'. See: "Çukurova İ. Yurdu: 2 Sakaryaspor: 1". Çukurova İ. Yurdu: 2 Sakaryaspor: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.05.1966, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
12. ^ Round 10 - 15.05.1966 - Beyoğluspor-ÇİY: 0-4. Sunday, 14:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Nadi Irmaklar, Celal Beken, Fahri Alpagut. Beyoğluspor: Yorgo, Panayot, Taki, Hikmet, Burhan, Kazancı, İbrahim, Hüseyin, Erol, K.Panayot, Kemal. ÇİY: Fikret, Emin, Sami, Tarık, Refik, İhsan, Ayhan, Roni, Mehmet, Alp, Hüseyin. Goals: Ayhan 9', Hüseyin 75', Alp 78', Hüseyin 87'. See: "ÇİY defeated Beyoğluspor: 4-0". İ. Yurdu B. Sporu sahadan sildi: 4-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.05.1966. Retrieved on 21.08.2010 (Turkish)
13. ^ Round 11 - 22.05.1966 - ÇİY-Adana Demirspor: 1-2. Sunday. Mersin. Referees: Vovrer, Nevzat Tansuk, Yılgör Öktem. ÇİY: Fikret, Emin, Sami, Tarık, Refik, Mehmet, Ayhan, İhsan, Erol, Alp, Hüseyin. Goal: Erol 33'. Adana Demirspor: Ahmet, Yüksel, Yaşar, Metin, K.Yaşar, Ayhan, Selahattin, Yahya, Hasan, Selami, Özden. Goals: Hasan 72', Özden 85'. See: "Adana D.spor: 2 İ. Yurdu: 1". Adana D.spor: 2 İ.Yurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.05.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 03.08.2010 (Turkish)
14. ^ Round 12 - 29.05.1966 - Güneşspor-ÇİY: 2-5. Sunday. Ankara. Referees: Ahmet Bagatır, Vahit Ataman, Muhsin Altıncıoğlu. Güneşspor: Ömer (Ertan), Yiğit, Erdal, Barış, Enver, Yaşar, Yunus, Atilla, Tevfik, Cahit, Ayhan. Goals: Cahit 26', 81. ÇİY: Fikret, Emin, Sami, Tarık, Refik, Mehmet, Yalçın, Hasan, Erol, Alp, Hüseyin. Goals: Tarık 51', Alp 59', Mehmet 66', Alp 76', Tarık 87'. It is said that, Manager Lefter Küçükantonyadis had spoken with the players in the locker room in a very aggressive way since ÇİY finished the first half of the game 0-1 back. Lefter said: "Shame on me for training you. You ratten the team. What am I going to do? Should I give my feet to you?." See: "ÇİY beats Güneş hollow: 5-2". İ.Yurdu Güneşe fark yaptı: 5-2 - Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.05.1966. Retrieved on 02.08.2010 (Turkish)
15. ^ Round 13 - 04.06.1966 - ÇİY-Eskişehirspor: 1-2. Saturday, 16:00. Mersin Stadium. Referees: P. Kamber (SUI), Sedat Özselçuk, Cemil Yıdız. ÇİY: Fikret (Doğan), Emin, Sami, Tarık, Refik, İrfan, Roni, Ayhan, Mehmet, Alp, Hüseyin. Goal: Ayhan 78'. Coach: Lefter (his last match that season). Eskişehirspor: Hakkı, Hasan, Mahmut, Ayhan, İsmail, Mehmet, Metin, Nihat, Fethi, Muzaffer, Kamuran. Goals: Nihat 16', Fethi 88'. Coach: Abdullah Matay. After this game Eskişehirspor guaranteed to promote to First League (then top division). Match was played in a very friendly atmosphere. See: "Eskişehir beats İ.Yurdu 2-1". Eskişehir İ.Yurdu'na 2-1 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.06.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 21.08.2010 (Turkish)
16. ^ Round 14 - 12.06.1966 - Bursaspor-ÇİY: 4-0. Goals: Ersel, Mesut, Ayhan, B. Mustafa. See: "B.sor defeats i.yurdu 4-0". B.spor i.yurdunu 4-0 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.06.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 10.07.2011 (Turkish)
17. ^ Cem Pekin Archives - Retrieved on 23.07.2010.
18. ^ Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.05.1966 Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (Turkish)

See also

• Football in Turkey
• Turkish Second Football League