1963–64 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu 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 and was eliminated at third round.
MİY attended Turkish Second Football League in 1963–64 season as Çukurova İdmanyurdu . 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, 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 1963–64 Second League summary:
Sources: 1963–64 Turkish Second Football League pages.

League table

Çukurova İdmanyurdu 's position and results in 1963–64 Second League season league table:
Two points for a win. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. In the score columns first scores belong to ÇİY.
': Promoted to 1964–65 Turkish First Football League; ': Relegated to Regional Amateur League.
Sources: 1963–64 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Results by round

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

First half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1963–64 Second League season first half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1963-64 Turkish Second Football League pages.

Mid-season

Preparation game:
Source: Milliyet online archive.

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1963–64 Second League season second half game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1963-64 Turkish Second Football League pages.

1963–64 Turkish Cup participation

In 1963–64, the Turkish Cup was played for the 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 a one leg elimination system, but if the result was a draw, a second game was played at the second team's home. Quarterfinals, semifinals and finals were played in a two leg elimination system. Galatasaray won the cup for the second time and became eligible for the 1963–64 ECW Cup. ÇİY participated at the cup starting from the 2nd preliminary round of Round 3, and were eliminated in the original Round 3 game. PTT was eliminated in the next round, i.e. the quarter-finals.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1963–64 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentScoreResult
Round 3 Preliminary 2Second LeagueFirst LeagueAnkara DemirsporH2–1Promoted to R3
Round 3Second LeagueFirst LeaguePTTA0–1Eliminated

Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1963–64 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Sources: 1963–64 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Executive committee:
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:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
İlhan Taşucu01.08.1963 – 31.05.19643611510Continued in the next season.

Note: Only official games were included.

1963–64 squad

Stats are counted for 1963–64 Second League matches and 1963–64 Turkish Cup matches. 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.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Doğan ÖlçücüGK819
22Muammer Yapıcı 1937DF15217
33Emin Akkoç1937DF132151
44Mehmet DinerMF1321142
55Ahmet Çubuk1936MF44 previous season.
66Roni Kumdereli1940FW931103
77Hüseyin İlginFW14621167 previous season.
88Oktay GüneriMF1312151 previous season.
99Alp Sümeralp1938FW1642184 previous season.
1010Uğur ÖzalpFW12214 previous season.
1111Faruk Yanardağ1942FW1431153
125Faruk Karadaoğan1947FW11421135
134Hakkı UslanDF22
143Yalçın Sengel1942DF33
158Zafer BuranFW22
161Rızkullah Fakkusoğlu1944GK33 previous season.
174Nejat Küçüksorgunlu1933İstanbulDF81191 Vefa.
186Kemal Koska1944FW11
198Selahattin Yançatarol1940FW10212 previous season.
201Erdem Arat1946GK516

Sources: 1963–64 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil.