Türkiye Kupası 1968/69

Türkiye Kupası 1968/69
Cup winners	Göztepe Izmir (1st title)
European Cup Winners' Cup	Goztepe Izmir
Beginning	October 9, 1968
final	June 15, 1969 June 18, 1969
Final stadium	Alsancak Stadium , Izmir (first leg) Mithatpaşa Stadium , Istanbul (second leg)
Teams	31
Games	43
Gates	129  (ø 3 per game)
Top scorer	Ersel Altıparmak Nihat Yayöz Fevzi Zemzem (5 goals each)
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The Türkiye Kupası 1968/69 was the 7th edition of the Turkish soccer cup competition . The competition began on October 9, 1968 with the 1st main round and ended on June 18, 1969 with the second leg of the finals. Göztepe Izmir and Galatasaray Istanbul met in the final. Galatasaray took part in the final for the fifth time. It was the second time for Göztepe.

1st main round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Bandırmaspor	0: 3	Denizlispor	0-0	0: 3
Kocaeli Kağıtspor	0: 2	Ankara Demirspor	0-0	0: 2
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	4: 1	Akçaabat Sebatspor	2-0	2: 1
Izmirspor	1: 1	Diyarbakırspor	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Mersin İdman Yurdu	1: 4	Bursaspor	1: 2	0: 2
Ferikoy SK	( a ) 1: 1	MKE Ankaragücü	0-0	1: 1
Şekerspor	4: 5	İstanbulspor	2: 3	2: 2
Düzcespor	4: 6	Vefa SK	2: 2	2: 4
Antalyaspor	1-0	Altınordu Izmir	1-0	0-0
Kutahyaspor	5: 5 ( a )	Galatasaray Istanbul	4: 3	1: 2
Zonguldakspor	2: 1	Balıkesirspor	2-0	0: 1
Altay Izmir	4: 2	Samsunspor	3-0	1: 2
Eskişehirspor	1-0	Hacettepe	1-0	0-0
Goztepe Izmir	6-0	Izmir Denizgücü	3-0	3-0
PTT	3: 1	Beşiktaş Istanbul	3: 1	0-0

2nd main round

Preliminary round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Denizlispor	4: 1	Diyarbakırspor	3-0	1: 1

Main round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Zonguldakspor	2: 6	PTT	2: 2	0: 4
Eskişehirspor	1: 3	Galatasaray Istanbul	0: 1	1: 2
Denizlispor	0-0	İstanbulspor	0-0	0-0
Vefa SK	0: 3	Altay Izmir	0: 1	0: 2
Ankara Demirspor	4: 3	Antalyaspor	4-0	0: 3
Bursaspor	2: 1	Ferikoy SK	1: 1	1-0
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	0: 3	Goztepe Izmir	0-0	0: 3

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
İstanbulspor	1: 2	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1: 2
PTT	1: 4	Bursaspor	0: 1	1: 3
Ankara Demirspor	4: 5	Goztepe Izmir	3: 1	1: 4
Altay Izmir	0: 4	Galatasaray Istanbul	0: 2	0: 2

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Galatasaray Istanbul	2: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	2: 1
Goztepe Izmir	2: 1	Bursaspor	1: 1	1-0

final

First leg

pairing	Göztepe Izmir - Galatasaray Istanbul
Result	1: 0 (1: 0)
date	June 15, 1969, 7:30 p.m.
Stadion	Alsancak Stadium , Izmir
referee	Cezmi Başar
Gates	1: 0 Ertan Öznür (26.)
Goztepe Izmir	Ali Artuner - Özer Yurteri , Mehmet Isikal , Mehmet Aydın - Sabahattin Kuruoğlu , Ali İhsan Okçuoğlu , Nihat Yayöz , Gursel Aksel (65th Dursun Kartal ) - Ertan Öznur (65th Halil Kiraz ), Mehmet Turk , Fevzi Zemzem Coach: Adnan Süvari
Galatasaray Istanbul	Nihat Akbay - Ali Elveren , Muzaffer Sipahi , Ergün Acuner - Turan Doğangün , Talat Özkarslı , Mehmet Oğuz , Uğur Köken - Gökmen Özdenak , Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu , Metin Oktay Trainer: Tomislav Kaloperović ( Yugoslavia )

Return leg

pairing	Galatasaray Istanbul - Göztepe Izmir
Result	1: 1 n.V. (1: 0)
date	June 18, 1969, 7:15 p.m.
Stadion	Mithatpaşa Stadium , Istanbul
referee	Ferdinand Biwersi ( Germany )
Gates	1: 0 Ahmet Celovic (23rd) 1: 1 Nihat Yayöz (99th)
Galatasaray Istanbul	Nihat Akbay - Ali Elveren , Muzaffer Sipahi , Ergün Acuner , Akın Aksaçlı (46 Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu ) - Turan Doğangün , Talat Özkarslı , Mehmet Oğuz - Ahmet Čelović (66th Uğur Köken ), Metin Oktay , Gökmen Özdenak Coach: Tomislav Kaloperovic ( Yugoslavia )
Goztepe Izmir	Ali Artuner - Mehmet Işıkal , Özer Yurteri , Sabahattin Kuruoğlu (27th Halil Kiraz ), Ali İhsan Okçuoğlu - Mehmet Aydın , Fevzi Zemzem , Nihat Yayöz , Mehmet Turks - Ertan Öznur , Gürsel Aksel Trainer: Adnan Süvari

Best goal scorers

rank	player	society	Gates
1	Ersel Altıparmak	Bursaspor	5
	Nihat Yayoz	Goztepe Izmir
	Fevzi Zemzem	Goztepe Izmir
4th	Metin octay	Galatasaray Istanbul	4th
	Aydın Yelken	Altay Izmir
6th	Feridun Dinç	Denizlispor	3
	Yorgo Kasapoğlu	İstanbulspor
	Feridun Köse	PTT
	Ertan Öznur	Goztepe Izmir
	Miraç Yeniay	Ankara Demirspor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diyarbakırspor won after extra time on the coin toss and moved on to the next round.
2. ↑ Izmir Denizgücü did not enter the field after the half-time break, which made Göztepe the 3-0 winner.
3. ↑ Istanbulspor won after extra time by tossing a coin and proceeded to the next round.

Web links

• Information on the Turkish Football Cup 1968/69 on mackolik.com