1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1966-1967. The 1966–67 season was the 3rd season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. The team became the champions of the league and promoted to 1967-68 Turkish First Football League at the end of the season.

Mersin İdmanyurdu
1966–67 season
PresidentNevzat Emrealp
CoachTurkey Fahrettin Cansever
till 20 January 1967
Turkey Lefter Küçükandonyadis
since 20 January 1967
StadiumTevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium
Mersin, Turkey
Second LeagueRed Group: 1st
Cup: Champions
Turkish CupEliminated at R3 P2
Chancellor CupChampions
Most appearancesTurkey Kadri Aytaç (31)
Top goalscorerTurkey Osman Arpacıoğlu (23)

The team's name was changed to Mersin İdmanyurdu from Çukurova İdmanyurdu which was the name adopted under Çukurova Group sponsorship. This decision was made in the congress of the club held on 15.06.1966. In the congress, following were elected for executive committee: Nevzat Emrealp, Mehmet Karamehmet, Halit Gazioğlu, Mahir Turhan, Mustafa Sözmen, Faruk Niskavi, Ünal Şıhman, Erol Tarhan, Sungur Baydur, Sezai Sak, Aydın Özlü. The committee declared that an amount of TL 500.000 was allocated for transfers and Sabri Kiraz was decided to be spoken with as manager of the football team.[1] However, later, Lefter Küçükandonyadis has become the manager,[2] famous former player of Fenerbahçe and Turkey national football team. In the mid-season Küçükandonyadis left his previous team Feriköy and started his manager career in MİY on 16.02.1967. He demanded that existing coach Fahrettin Cansever should also remain as trainer.[3]

Executive committee at the beginning of the season had been consisted of: Nevzat Emrealp (president), Nail Turan (deputy president), Dr. Aydın Özlü (secretary), Sezai Sak (general captain), Sungur Baydur (accountant), Halil Gazioğlu, Ünal Şıhman (members).[4]

Mersin İdmanyurdu has won the league title in Turkish Second Football League, 1966–67 season. They finished the season in Red Group at first place. After season they won Second League Championship match against Bursaspor. As champions they were eligible to play Prime Minister's Cup (Chancellor Cup) against champions of the amateur leagues.

Pre-season edit

Spor–Toto Cup games:

  • 21.08.1966 - Adanaspor-MİY: 3–1. Sunday. Adana.
  • 28.08.1966 - Adana Demirspor-MİY: 0–0. Sunday. Adana.
  • 04.09.1966 - MİY-Kayserispor: 1–0. Sunday. Adana.

1966–67 Second League participation edit

Second League was played for the fourth time in 1966–67 season with 33 teams grouped in red (17) and white (16) groups. In each group top teams promoted to First League 1967–68 and last teams relegated to Third League 1967–68 formed that year. Mersin İY took place in Red Group and finished first. The most scorer player was Osman Arpacıoğlu with 23 goals. They won all the home games during the league.

Results summary edit

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1966–67 Second League Red Group 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 2 16 10 4 2 25 14 +11 24 7 7 0 0 16 4 +12 14 9 3 4 2 9 10 -1 10
Second half 16 12 2 2 37 7 +30 26 9 9 0 0 28 1 +27 18 7 3 2 2 9 6 +3 8
Overall 1 32 22 6 4 62 21 +41 50 16 16 0 0 44 5 +39 32 16 6 6 4 18 16 +2 18
Sources: 1966–67 Turkish Second Football League pages.[5]

League table edit

The final league table of Red Group of Second League in 1966–67 season and results of games played by Mersin İY are provided in the following table.[6]

Pc Team Games Goals Pts Home Away
Pl W D L F A F–A R Pc F–A R Pc
1 Mersin İdmanyurdu (C) (P) 32 22 6 4 62 21 50 6 7 25 1
2 Beykoz 32 15 9 8 42 31 39 1–0 5 5 1–1 22 1
3 Sarıyer 32 15 7 10 33 24 37 3–0 30 1 2–1 13 5
4 Zonguldakspor 32 12 13 7 37 30 37 2–0 28 1 1–1 11 6
5 Edirnespor 32 14 8 10 28 23 36 3–0 34 1 0–0 17 2
6 Sakaryaspor 32 12 10 10 28 31 34 5–1 18 2 2–2 1 11
7 Denizlispor 32 13 7 12 25 28 33 2–0 3 10 0–0 20 1
8 Bandırmaspor 32 12 8 12 34 24 32 3–0 19 1 0–3 2 14
9 Karagümrük 32 11 10 11 36 37 32 2–1 14 5 2–3 31 1
10 Antalyaspor 32 13 4 15 36 41 30 4–0 26 1 0–1 9 7
11 Manisaspor 32 11 8 13 28 41 30 5–1 16 2 1–2 33 1
12 Adanaspor 32 9 10 13 24 34 28 2–0 12 6 3–0 29 1
13 Ülküspor 32 10 7 15 35 37 27 2–1 10 5 1–0 27 1
14 Altındağ 32 9 9 14 34 43 27 2–1 8 5 1–0 24 1
15 Aydınspor 32 7 11 14 30 42 25 3–0 21 1 1–0 4 5
16 Petrolspor 32 5 14 13 18 27 24 2–0 32 1 2–1 15 3
17 Beyoğluspor (R) 32 5 13 14 24 40 23 3–0 23 1 1–1 7 4

Two points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. First team is MİY in both cases, home and away. Bye weeks are shown in team's raw.
(P): Promoted to 1967–68 Turkish First Football League; (R): Relegated to 1967–68 Turkish Third Football League.
Source: 1966–67 Turkish Second Football League in Cem Pekin Archives; and in mackolik.com; and advanced searched performed in Milliyet online archive for 1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu season.

Results by round edit

Results of games MİY played in 1966–67 Second League Red Group by rounds:

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAAHAHBAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHABHAHAHAHAH
ResultDLWWWDWLWDWWWWWDWWDWDWWWWWWWLWLW
Position1114105574575665532221111111111111111
Source: 1966–67 Turkish Second Football League pages.[5]
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First half edit

11 September 1966 Round 1 Sakaryaspor    2 – 2    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Adapazarı
Sunday, 16:30 Musa Çetiner   75'
Kadri Aytaç   80' (o.g.)
Report   20' Tarık Arıtan
  25' Tarık Arıtan
Referee: Orhan Korkmaz
25 September 1966 Round 2 Bandırmaspor    3 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Balıkesir
Sunday, 16:00 Şeref Çalık   14'
Cengiz Tomaç   29'
Soner Metiner   85'
Report Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı
2 October 1966 Round 3 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0    Denizlispor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:30 Ayhan Öz   7'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   75'
Report[7] Referee: Nevzat Tansuk
16 October 1966 Round 4 Aydınspor    0 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Aydın
Sunday, 15:00 Report   75' Osman Arpacıoğlu Referee: Orhan Yorulmaz
23 October 1966 Round 5 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Beykoz Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30 Vural Olşen   43'
Kadri Aytaç  
Vural Olşen  
Report   Vural Yılmaz Referee: İlhan Özkan
30 October 1966 Round 6 Mersin İdmanyurdu    v BYE
Note[8]
5 November 1966 Round 7 Beyoğluspor    1 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Vefa Stadium, Istanbul
Saturday, 13:00 Avram Papanastasiu   15' (P) Report[9]   36' Osman Arpacıoğlu Referee: Veli Necdet Arığ
20 November 1966 Round 8 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 1    Altındağ Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:15 Osman Arpacıoğlu   47'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   54'
Report   44' Tevfik Gülcan Referee: Burhan Özduygu
18 December 1966 Round 9 Antalyaspor    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Antalya
Sunday, 14:00 Bülent Yüzbaş   70' Report Referee: Hikmet Kolankaya
1 January 1967 Round 10 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 1    Ülküspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00 Osman Arpacıoğlu   36'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   57'
Report   70' Kahraman İnan Referee: Hamza Özdağ
15 January 1967 Round 11 Zonguldakspor    1 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Zonguldak
Sunday, 14:00 Orhan Ünal   89'
Saim Us   87'
Report   30' Tarık Arıtan Referee: Macit Sarıdana
22 January 1967 Round 12 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0    Adanaspor Ankara
Wednesday, 14:00 Alp Sümeralp   18'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   70'
Report Referee: Necdet Oralalp
Note: Delayed to 26 April 1967 due to rising action
29 January 1967 Round 13 Sarıyer    1 – 2    Mersin İdmanyurdu Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
Sunday, 12:00 Ruli   62' Report[10]   1' Vural Olşen
  64' Kadri Aytaç
Referee: Vedat Sığındere
5 February 1967 Round 14 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 1    Karagümrük Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00 Vural Olşen   13'
Alp Sümeralp   60'
Report   11' İlhan Söyler Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı
11 February 1967 Round 15 Petrolspor    1 – 2    Mersin İdmanyurdu 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Saturday, 14:15 Burhan Geçer  78' Report[11]   36' Osman Arpacıoğlu
  51' Osman Arpacıoğlu
Referee: Orhan Korkmaz
19 February 1967 Round 16 Mersin İdmanyurdu    5 – 1    Manisaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30 Refik Çoğum   20'
Kadri Aytaç   37'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   67'
Ayhan Öz   78'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   86'
Report   75' İsmet Yılmaz Referee: Lütfü Kuşdemir
26 February 1967 Round 17 Edirnespor    0 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Edirne
Sunday, 14:30 Report Referee: İbrahim fırla

Second half edit

5 March 1967 Round 18 Mersin İdmanyurdu    5 – 1    Sakaryaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:45 Ayhan Öz   6'
Kadri Aytaç   27'
Alp Sümeralp   37'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   77'
Kadri Aytaç   87'
Report   29' Mike Referee: Hamza Özdağ
12 March 1967 Round 19 Mersin İdmanyurdu    3 – 0    Bandırmaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:45 Kadri Aytaç   59'
Alp Sümeralp   79'
Kadri Aytaç   86'
Report Referee: Lütfü Kuşdemir
19 March 1967 Round 20 Denizlispor    0 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Denizli
Sunday, 14:45 Report Referee: Orhan Gönül
26 March 1967 Round 21 Mersin İdmanyurdu    3 – 0    Aydınspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30 Uğur Yıldırım   9'
Renda Dikmen   27'
Ayhan Öz   60'
Report Referee: Nevzat Tansuk
26 March 1967 Round 22 Beykoz    1 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Sunday, 13:45 Cemal Topaloğlu   55' Report[12]   73' (o.g.) Adnan Gacamer Referee: Georghe  
9 April 1967 Round 23 Mersin İdmanyurdu    3 – 0    Beyoğluspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00 Osman Arpacıoğlu   25'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   74'
Kadri Aytaç   79'
Report Referee: Necdet Oralalp
16 April 1967 Round 24 Altındağ    0 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Ankaragücü Stadium, Ankara
Sunday, 13:30 Report[13]   22' Osman Arpacıoğlu Referee: İbrahim Fırla
23 April 1967 Round 25 BYE v    Mersin İdmanyurdu
30 April 1967 Round 26 Mersin İdmanyurdu    4 – 0    Antalyaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30 Tarık Arıtan   2'
Vural Olşen   17'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   38'
Vural Olşen   87'
Report Referee: Sabahattin Ladikli
7 May 1967 Round 27 Ülküspor    0 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Alsancak Stadium, İzmir
Sunday, 12:30 Report   11' Tarık Arıtan Referee: Zülbahar Sağnak
14 May 1967 Round 28 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0    Zonguldakspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30 Kadri Aytaç   70'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   75'
Report Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan
20 May 1967 Round 29 Adanaspor    0 – 3    Mersin İdmanyurdu 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Saturday, 15:45 Report   53' Osman Arpacıoğlu
  65' Renda Dikmen
  72' Renda Dikmen
Referee: Ziya Türkdoğan
Note: Delayed game; game was originally scheduled on 26.04.1967, Wednesday.
28 May 1967 Round 30 Mersin İdmanyurdu    3 – 0    Sarıyer Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:45 İhsan Temen   62'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   80'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   89'
Report Referee: Zülbahar Sağnak
3 June 1967 Round 31 Karagümrük    3 – 2    Mersin İdmanyurdu Vefa Stadium, Istanbul
Saturday, 16:00 İlhan Söyler   7'
Selahattin Bukagilli   22'
Cengiz Erkazan   65'
Report   59' Kadri Aytaç
  67' Tarık Arıtan
Referee: Ertuğrul Aybay
11 June 1967 Round 32 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0    Petrolspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00 Battal Toktay   60'
Refik Çoğum   85'
Report[14] Referee: Şani Güllü
18 June 1967 Round 33 Manisaspor    2 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Manisa
Sunday, 16:00 Muzaffer   11'
Muzaffer   64'
Report   33' Osman Arpacıoğlu Referee: Orhan Yorulmaz
25 June 1967 Round 34 Mersin İdmanyurdu    3 – 0    Edirnespor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 17:00 Alp Sümeralp   24'
Ayhan Öz   39'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   84'
Report[15] Referee: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu

Championship match edit

Mersin İdmanyurdu won the second league championship against Bursaspor, the White Group's winner.[16]

27 June 1967 2. Lig Championship Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0    Bursaspor 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
19:30 Osman Arpacıoğlu   24'
Ayhan Öz   36'
Report[17][18] Referee: Nevzat Tansuk

1966–67 Chancellor Cup edit

MİY has won the Chancellor Cup (also called Prime Minister's Cup) in 1967 (as champions of second league against İzmir Denizgücü, amateur league winner).[19]

30 June 1976 Chancellor's Cup Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0    İzmir Denizgücü 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
19:00 İhsan Temen   38'
Osman Arpacıoğlu   59'
Report[20] Referee: Doğan Babacan

1966–67 Turkish Cup participation edit

The fifth Turkish Cup in 1966–67 was played as Türkiye Kupası by 81 teams: 17 from First league, 33 from Second league, 18 from regional leagues and 15 from amateurs. Three elimination rounds (including preliminary rounds) were played in one-leg elimination system at first team's grounds. QF, SF, and finals were played in two-leg elimination system. But starting from the previous Cup finals were played in single match if the finalist were from the same city. Two İzmir teams drew in the final match; and Altay won the fifth cup by casting lots after extra time against Göztepe and become eligible for ECW. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) in 1966–67 and was eliminated at preliminary round 2 of round 3 by Gençlerbirliği.[21]

Cup track edit

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1966–67 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

Round Own League Opponent's League Opponent A/H Score Result
Round 2 Preliminary 2 Second League Red Group Second League White Group Adana Demirspor H 2–1 Promoted to R2
Round 2 Second League Red Group Amateur Kayseri Şekerspor A 5–2 Promoted to R3 P2
Round 3 Preliminary 2 Second League Red Group First League Gençlerbirliği A 0–1 Eliminated
Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details edit

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1966–67 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

16 November 1966 Round 2 P2 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 1 (a.e.t.)    Adana Demirspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday  
Vural Olşen   et'
Report   Referee: Sabahattin Ladikli
11 December 1966 Round 2 Kayseri Şekerspor    2 – 5    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Kayseri
Sunday, 14:15  
 
Report  
 
 
 
 
22 March 1967 Round 3 P2 Gençlerbirliği    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Ankaragücü Stadium, Ankara
Wednesday, 14:30 Dirani Şenon   56' Report
Source: 1966–67 Turkish Cup pages.[21]

Management edit

Club management edit

Executive committee:

  • President: Nevzat Emrealp. Deputy President: Mahir Turan. General Secretary: Aydın Özlü. General Captain: Sezai Sak. Members: Halit Gazioğlu, Ünal Şıhman, Mustafa Sözmen, Faruk Miskavi, Erol Tarhan, Sungur Baydur, Sadettin Cömert.[22]

Coaching team edit

Head Coach: Lefter Küçükandonyadis. Trainer: Fahrettin Cansever.[22]

1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat Head Coach Period Pl W D L Notes
  Fahrettin Cansever 01.08.1966 – 20.01.1967 10 7 3 2 Replaced after 11th round
  Lefter Küçükandonyadis 20.01.1966 – 31.05.1967 26 20 3 3 Started after 11th round
Note: Only official games were included.

1966–67 squad edit

Stats are counted for 1966–67 Second League matches and 1966–67 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[23][24] 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.

O N Nat Name Birth Born Pos LA LG CA CG TA TG     Season Notes
1 1   Doğan Ölçücü GK 17 17 previous season.[25]
2 2   Nihat Fırat 1936 DF 17 1 18 1966 ST PTT.[26]
3 3   Refik Çoğum 1940 MF 28 2 1 29 2 previous season.[27]
4 4   İhsan Tınaz MF 4 4 previous season.[28]
5 5   Tarık Arıtan 1939 MF 23 6 1 24 6 previous season.[29]
6 6   Ayhan Öz 20 Jul 1945 Mersin FW 18 5 1 19 5 previous season.[30]
7 7   Kadri Aytaç (C) 6 Aug 1931 Istanbul FW 30 9 1 31 9 1966 ST Galatasaray.[31]
8 8   Yahya Kurt 1941 FW 3 3 1966 ST Adana Demirspor.[32]
9 9   Vural Olşen 1936 FW 9 5 9 5 1966 ST Gençlerbirliği.[33]
10 10   Renda Dikmen FW 17 3 17 3 1966 ST Güneşspor.[34]
11 11   Uğur Yıldırım 1942 FW 11 1 11 1 1966 ST Gençlerbirliği.[35]
12 2   Mümtaz Sümer 1937 DF 20 1 21 1966 ST Ankaragücü.[36]
13 3   Selahattin Yapa MF 6 6 1966 ST [37]
14 6   Alp Sümeralp 1938 FW 25 5 1 26 5 previous season.[38]
15 8   Fikret FW 3 3 previous season.[39]
16 2   Battal Toktay 1939 Istanbul DF 27 1 1 28 1 previous season.[40]
17 5   Osman Arpacıoğlu 5 Jan 1947 Ankara FW 29 23 1 30 23 1966 ST Hacettepe.[41]
18 7   Mustafa Aksoy 1942 MF 10 10 1966 ST Galatasaray.[42]
19 9   Erol Yılmaz 1937 FW 2 2 previous season.[43]
20 2   Emin Akkoç 1937 DF 12 12 previous season.[44]
21 4   İhsan Temen 1938 DF 26 2 1 27 2 1966 ST Gençlerbirliği.[45]
22 10   Turan FW 2 2 1966 ST[46]
23 1   Fikret Özdil 1943 GK 19 1 20 previous season.[47]
  Mustafa Özbor MF 1966 ST Feriköy.[48]
  Abdurrahim Kaya MF
Sources: 1966–67 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).[24]

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ Milliyet haber arşivi, 17.06.1966. Retrieved on 12.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website [dead link]
  3. ^ Milliyet haber arşivi, 17.02.1967. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  4. ^ "Milliyet Second League Sports Supplement". Milliyet 2. Lig Spor İlavesi, p. 4. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.09.1966. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  5. ^ a b Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, 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.
  6. ^ See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
  7. ^ 03 - 02.10.1966 - MİY-Denizlispor: 2-0. Mersin. Referee: Nevzat Tansuk. MİY: Doğan, Battal, Emin, Mustafa, Refik, Mümtaz, Erol, Kadri, Osman, Renda, Ayhan. goals: Ayhan 7', Osman 75'. pos: 10.Denizlispor: Nevzat, Mehmet, Ali, Bülent, İsmet, M.Ali, Ali, Erol, Muammer, Ünver, Bülent.Milliyet gazete arşivi - 03.10.1966 Retrieved on 16.07.2010. (in Turkish)
  8. ^ 06 - 30.10.1966 - BYE - In the bye week MİY played a friendly game in Mersin. MİY-Ankara Demirspor: 2-1. MİY: Goals: Selahattin, Renda. ADS: Goal: Özer. Source milliyet online archive[permanent dead link] on 31.10.1966. Retrieved on 16.07.2010. (in Turkish)
  9. ^ 07 - 05.11.1966 - Beyoğluspor-MİY: 1-1. Saturday, 13:00. Vefa Stadium, İstanbul. Beyoğluspor: Aleko, Panayot, Petridis, Taki, Maruli, Vecdi, Çetin, Kazancı, Avram, Necdet, Kalfin. Goal: Avram 5'(P). MİY: Doğan, Battal, Emin, Hasan, Vefik, Mustafa, Yahya, Ayhan, Osman, Renda, Alp. Goal: Osman 37'(F). pos: 4. "Beyoğluspor: 1 - İ. Yurdu: 1". Beyoğluspor: 1 - İ. Yurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.11.1966, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  10. ^ 13 - 29.01.1967 - Sarıyer-MİY: 1-2. Sunday. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Sarıyer: Goal: Ruli (1-1). MİY: Goals: Vural (1-0), Kadri Aytaç 84'. pos: 5. "Surprise in 2nd league: M.İdmanyurdu: 2 - Sarıyer: 1". II. ligde sürpriz: M.İdmanyurdu: 2 - Sarıyer: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.01.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (in Turkish)
  11. ^ 15 - 11.02.1967 - Petrolspor-MİY: 1-2. Saturday, 14:15. 19 Mayıs Stadyumu, Ankara. MİY: Goals: Osman 30', 56'. Petrolspor: Goal: Burhan 85'. pos: 3. "Şekerspor saved leadership". Şekerspor liderliği korudu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.02.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (in Turkish)
  12. ^ 22 - 02.04.1967 - Beykoz-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 13:45. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Beykoz: Sıtkı, Metin, İsmail, Adnan, Oral, Garbis, Mustafa, Ateş, Cemal, Harun, Rahmi. Coach: Şirzat Dağcı. Goal: Cemal 56'. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Nihat, Refik, İhsan, Mümtaz, Tarık, Ayhan, Kadri, Osman, Alp. Coach: Lefter. Goal: Adnan 74'(o.g.). pos: 1. "Candidates draw ...". Adaylar berabere kaldı .... Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.04.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 03.11.2010. (in Turkish)
  13. ^ 24 - 16.04.1967 - Altındağ-MİY: 0-1. Sunday. Ankara. pos: 1. On return way MİY fans had a wreck, Corci Zaharyan died, 9 were injured." In an accident on return from match a fan died, 9 injured". Maç dönüşü kazaya uğrayan bir taraftar öldü, 9'u yaralandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.04.1967, p. 3. Retrieved on 10.02.2011. (in Turkish)
  14. ^ 32 - 11.06.1967 - MİY-Petrolspor: 2-0. Sunday. Mersin. Referee: Şani Güllü. MİY: Doğan, Battal, Nihat, Uğur, İhsan, Emin, Tarık, Ayhan, Refik, Kadri, Alp. Goals: Battal 80', Refik 85'. pos: 1. Petrolspor: Ercan, Burhan, Ahmet, K.Tamer, Acar, Tınaz, B.Tamer, Yücel, Süleyman, Mehmet, Yakup. "Mersin: 2 - P.spor: 0". Mersin: 2 - P.spor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 19.02.2011. (in Turkish)
  15. ^ 34 - 25.06.1967 - MİY-Edirnespor: 3-0. Sunday. Mersin. MİY: Alp, Kadri, Ayhan, Osman. Goals: Alp 24'(F), Ayhan 38'(H), Osman 83'(H). pos: 1. "M.İdmanyurdu won the last game 3-0". M.İdmanyurdu son maçını 3-0 kazandı. Milliyet gazetet arşivi, 26.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 09.02.2011. (in Turkish)
  16. ^ See details at Cem Pekin Archives
  17. ^ Championship game - 27.06.1967 - MİY-Bursaspor: 2-0. Tuesday, 19:30. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Fahri Alpagut, Cevdet Güvenli. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Nihat, Refik, İhsan, Mümtaz, Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Alp. Coach: Lefter. Goals: Alp 35'(F), Ayhan 38'(H). Bursaspor: Osman, Turgut, İrfan, İsmail, Müfit, Taner, Mesut, Vedat, Mustafa, Ersel, Riay. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. "M.İ.Yurdu, Turkish Second League Champions". M.İ.Yurdu II. Türkiye Ligi Şampiyonu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 11.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  18. ^ CHP (Republican People's Party) General Secretary Bülent Ecevit, on behalf of a journal, gave cups to both MİY and Bursaspor. "Short news with picture". Resimli kısa haberler. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.06.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (in Turkish)0
  19. ^ See detailed information at Cem Pekin Archives
  20. ^ Chancellor Cup - 30.06.1967 - MİY-İzmir Denizgücü: 2-0. Ankara. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Servet Kaftancı, Cemil Yıldız. MİY: Fikret, Battal, Nihat, Refik, İhsan, Mümtaz, Tarık, Ayhan, Osman, Kadri, Alp. Goals: İhsan 38', Osman 59'. Penalty missed: Kadri 59' (Osman kicked the returning ball from Güngör). İzmir Denizgücü: Güngör, K.Ali, Cudi, B.Ali, Şakir, Mazlum, Yılmaz, Safa, Hayrettin, K.Orhan, B.Orhan. Mersin İdmanyurdu captain Kadri received the Cup from Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel. "Chancellor's Cup won by Mersin". Başbakanlık kupası Mersin'in. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.07.1967, p. 8. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  21. ^ a b 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, (in Turkish). See details for 1966–67 Turkish Cup pages at Cem Pekin Archives, retrieved on 23.07.2010, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in Turkish).
  22. ^ a b Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 Years (in Turkish). Retrieved on 30 August 2013 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57.
  23. ^ Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1966–67 squad and 1966–67 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
  24. ^ a b 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 1966–67 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained from maçkolik.com. Appearance and goal stats obtained from maçkolik.com are not complete, because rosters of some games were not available at the date these stats were obtained. Retrieved on 30 August 2013.
  25. ^ Doğan Ölçücü. In the team since Summer 1963. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ^ Nihat Fırat. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was PTT. At the end of the season player signed to Aydınspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  27. ^ Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  28. ^ Hasan İhsan Tınaz. In the team since Winter 1966. Details from details Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine, maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  29. ^ Tarık Arıtan. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  30. ^ Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1965. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  31. ^ Kadri Aytaç. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Galatasaray. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  32. ^ Yahya Kurt. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Adana Demirspor. At the end of the season player turned back and signed to Adana Demirspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  33. ^ Vural Olşen. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. At the end of the season player signed to Karşıyaka for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  34. ^ Renda Dikmen. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. At the end of the season player signed to Karşıyaka for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  35. ^ Uğur Yıldırım. "B. Uğur". Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. At the end of the season player signed to Kayserispor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  36. ^ Mümtaz Sümer. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Ankaragücü. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  37. ^ Selahattin Yapa. In the team since Summer 1966. At the end of the season player signed to Malatyaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  38. ^ Alp Sümeralp. In the team since Summer 1962. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  39. ^ Fikret. In the team since Summer 1965. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  40. ^ Battal Toktay. In the team since Summer 1965. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  41. ^ Osman Arpacıoğlu. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Hacettepe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
  42. ^ Mustafa Ender Aksoy. "B. Mustafa". Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Galatasaray. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  43. ^ Erol Yılmaz. In the team since Summer 1964. At the end of the season player signed to Karagümrük for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  44. ^ Emin Akkoç. In the team since Summer 1963. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  45. ^ Ali İhsan Temen. Player signed in Summer 1966. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  46. ^ Turan. In the team since Summer 1966. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  47. ^ Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  48. ^ Mustafa Özbor. "K. Mustafa"