Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1974–75. Mersin İdmanyurdu had relegated from Turkish First Football League in 1973–74 season. It was the first relegation of the team after 7 season first league experience. The 1974–75 season was the fifth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish Second Football League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 3rd in the red group.
Pre-season MİY-Adana Demirspor: 0-0. MİY-Göztepe: 3–1. MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 2–0.
1974–75 Second League participation In its 12th season (1974–75), Second League was played with 32 teams, 16 in red group and 16 in white group. Group winners promoted to First League 1975–76 and last teams relegated to Third League 1975–76 in each group. Mersin İY became 3rd with 14 wins in Red Group.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1974–75 Second League Red Group league summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 11155461513+214 7412104+69 813459-45 Second half 159242110+1120 8710151+1415 721469-35 Overall 330146103623+1334 151122255+2024 153481118-710 Sources: 1974–75 Turkish Second Football League pages.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.
League table Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1974-75 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
TeamGames Goals Home Away 1Orduspor (C) (P)3015114381341 2–111 1–216122Gaziantepspor3014106311838 0–0814 0–22343Mersin İdmanyurdu3014610362334 ––– –––4Kocaelispor301299272333 2–0223 0–17135Karabükspor3011118212033 0–0273 0–112146Manisaspor3011109232132 1–2613 3–02137MKE Kırıkkalespor308139292629 2–01013 1–22548Sarıyer308139252529 1–0263 1–111139Malatyaspor308139212629 4–01511 0–030310Antalyaspor3091011242428 2–0186 0–23711Sakaryaspor3081210202328 2–0203 0–151312Hatayspor3010713223727 1–01313 0–328413Konyaspor309813203226 0–1410 1–019514Denizlispor3081012233926 4–0244 0–091415Eskişehir Demirspor308913222825 1–0293 3–3141316İstanbulspor (R)308616213022 3–11710 1–021 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.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1974–75 Second League Red Group by rounds:
First half
Mid-season Friendly game during half-season: MİY–Adanaspor: 2–1. 09.02.1975 - MİY–Mersin Demirspor.
Second half
1974–75 Turkish Cup participation 1974–75 Turkish Cup was played for the 13th season as Türkiye Kupası by 22 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Top ten first division teams from previous season participated. Mersin İdmanyurdu did not participate in 1974–75 Turkish Cup because they had finished previous season at 15th place. Beşiktaş won the Cup for the first time and became eligible for 1975–76 ECW Cup.TFF website does not have an official page for 1974–75 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, . See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, retrieved on 15 August 2015, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, .
Management
Club management Kaya Mutlu was club president.
Coaching team
1974–75 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period Notes 01.08.1974 – 31.05.1975 Note: Only official games were included.
1974–75 squad Stats are counted for 1974–75 Second League matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1974–75 squad and 1974–75 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.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 1974–75 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. The maçkolik.com page was blank for the squad of this season, because game reports are blank. The rsquad below is obtained from the game reports of four games retrieved from Milliyet. Retrieved on 27 August 2015. In the team rosters five 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.
Name Birth Born ← Season Notes →11Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK previous season.Atıf Öztoprak. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.22Davut Şahin1948 FW previous season.Davut Şahin. In the team since Summer 1972. He continued in the next season. His previous team was Beşiktaş. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.33İsmail Akdağcık DF Tarsus İY.İsmail Akdağcık. Player signed in Summer 1974. He grew up in Tarsus İdmanyurdu youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from. maçkolik.com page .44Kemal Özcan1948KayseriDF 1 1 İskenderunspor.Kemal Yalçınkaya. B. Kemal. Player signed in Summer 1974. His previous team was İskenderunspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .55İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW previous season.İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.66Metin Yılmaz1945 MF 1 1 Ankaragücü.Metin Yılmaz. Tatar. Player signed in Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .77Kamuran Yavuz1947TekirdağMF Eskişehirspor.Mehmet Kamuran Yavuz. Player signed in Summer 1974. His previous team was Eskişehirspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.88Doğan Küçükduru1949IstanbulFW 1 1 Göztepe.Doğan Küçükduru. Player signed in Summer 1974. His previous team was Göztepe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.99Şeref Başoğu1947AdapazarıMF 7 7 previous season.Şeref Başoğlu. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1010Nevruz Şerif22 Mar 1951IstanbulMF 3 3 Şekerspor.Nevruz Şerif. Player signed in Summer 1974. His previous team was Şekerspor. At the end of the season player signed to Fenerbahçe for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1111Burhan Çetinkaya1952TrabzonFW 8 8 previous season.Burhan Çetinkaya. In the team since Summer 1972. His previous team was Zonguldakspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1213Hikmet Erön1948IstanbulMF Karagümrük.Hikmet Erön. Player signed in Summer 1974. His previous team was Karagümrük. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .132Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW 1 1 Gaziantepspor.Ayhan Öz. Player signed in Summer 1974. His previous team was Gaziantepspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .149Zeki Temizer1945IstanbulFW 13 13 previous season.Zeki Temizer. In the team since Summer 1971. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.153Kemal Damkal1950AdanaDF Güneşspor.Kemal Damkal. Kemal II. Player signed in Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .161Fikret Özdil1943 GK previous season.Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. Details from maçkolik.com page .172Yalçın DF Feriköy.18 Osman FW 1 1 Feriköy.19 Kasım Özyamanoğlu1953TarsusDF Tarsus İY.Kasım Özyamanoğlu. Player signed in Summer 1974. He grew up in Tarsus İdmanyurdu youth team. In later seasons player signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu. Details from maçkolik.com page .20 Levent Arıkdoğan23 Aug 1953MersinMF previous season.Mehmet Levent Arıkdoğan. In the team since Summer 1972. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1974–75 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).
Transfer news from Milliyet: Transfers in (Summer 1974): MF Doğan (Göztepe); Kamuran (Eskişehirspor); Metin (Ankaragücü). Transfers out (summer 1975): Nevruz (Fenerbahçe).
See also Football in Turkey
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