Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1973–74. The 1973–74 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. They have relegated to second division at the end of the season.
The club address was "Azakhan No: 4", Tel.: 1321. Executive committee: Mehmet Karamehmet (president), Mahir Turhan, Ünal Şıhman, Atilla Taşpınar, Kayhan Okdar, Aydın Özlü, Alptekin Ürgüplü, Yaman Atalay, Sadık Eliyeşil, Mehmet Emin Yıldız, Mustafa Elgin, Erol Tarhan, Reşat Çağlı, Sungur Baydur, Kemal Saraçoğlu.First league team summaries. takım bilgileri. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.09.1973, p. 8. Retrieved on 03.10.2010.
At the start of the season Motrock Ivon was the coach. He managed the team for three games. He was followed by Nazım Koka. He managed the team for 17 games. After 20th round, Toma Kaloperoviç became the coach on 14.03.1974. Kaloperoviç finished the season.
Pre-season Preparation games: MİY-Sakaryaspor: 0-0; MİY-Kocaelispor: 2-2; MİY-Gaziantepspor: 1–0. 19.08.1973 - Eskişehirspor-MİY. 30.08.1973 - MİY-Adanaspor: 2–0. Goals: Zeki, Burhan.
1973–74 First League participation First League was played with 16 teams in its 17th season, 1973–74. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1974–75. Mersin İY finished 15th with 8 wins and relegated to second division next year. MİY finished first half at 14th place. Manager Koka set a target for second half for top ten teams, the team couldn't achieve it. Şeref Başoğlu was the most scorer player with 5 goals.Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website .
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1973–74 First League summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 1415357711-411 833264+29 702517-62 Second half 15518816-811 741276+19 8107110-92 Overall 153086161527-1222 157441310+318 151212217-154 Sources: 1973–74 Turkish First Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations from Turkish-Soccer, 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 Turkey First League in 1973–74 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe.More details available at
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. Champions went to ECC 1974-75, and runners-up and second runners-up became eligible for UEFA Cup 1974-75.
Results by round Results of games MİY played in 1973–74 First League by rounds:
First half
Second half
1973–74 Turkish Cup participation 1973–74 Turkish Cup was played for the 12th season as Türkiye Kupası by 27 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 1973–74 Turkish Cup because they had finished previous season at 11th place. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the 2nd time. Bursaspor (as the finalist) became eligible for 1974–75 ECW Cup.TFF website does not have an official page for 1973–74 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 Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.
Coaching team
1973–74 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period NotesIon Motroc09.09.1973 – 23.09.19733––3Nazım Koka30.09.1973 – 10.03.197417557Tomislav Kaloperović23.03.1974 – 31.05.197410316 Note: Only official games were included.
1973–74 squad Stats are counted for 1973–74 First League matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1973–74 squad and 1973–74 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 1973–74 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained from maçkolik.com. Data related to discipline and substitute players obtained from maçkolik.com are not complete. Retrieved on 21 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 1952SakaryaGK6 6 Sakaryaspor.Atıf Öztoprak. Player signed in Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.22Kemal Yalçınkaya1948 DF271 271 PTT.Kemal Yalçınkaya. Player signed in Summer 1973. His previous team was PTT. Details from maçkolik.com page .33Akın Aksaçlı1947 DF131 1311 previous season.Akın Aksaçlı. In the team since Summer 1970. At the end of the season player signed to Sakaryaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44Halit Kutlu MF27 27 previous season.Halit Kutlu. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .55Şeref Başoğu1947AdapazarıMF305 305 Sakaryaspor.Şeref Başoğlu. Player signed in Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Refik Çoğum1940 MF211 2111 previous season.Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .77İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW17 17 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.88Burhan Çetinkaya1952TrabzonFW181 18111 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.99Erol Durmuşlu1 Nov 1950SilifkeFW171 171 previous season.Erol Durmuşlu, K. Erol. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1010Zeki Temizer1945IstanbulFW291 2911 previous season.Zeki Temizer. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.1111Güray Erdener12 Jan 1944ÇanakkaleFW29 29 previous season.Güray Erdener. In the team since Summer 1971. At the end of the season player signed to Adana Demirspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1213Hasan Yalçıntaş DF1 1 Ankaragücü.Hasan Yalçıntaş. Player signed in Summer 1973. His previous team was Ankaragücü. Details from maçkolik.com page and maçkolik.com page (Ankaragücü) .1314Necdet Aykut1947 MF164 164 previous season.Necdet Aykut. In the team since Summer 1972. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. Details from maçkolik.com page .141Fikret Özdil1943 GK1 1 previous season.Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .159Ömer Tokgöz1947 FW19 19 previous season.Ömer Tokgöz. In the team since Summer 1971. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.161Güngör Çelikçiler1945ÜsküdarGK23 23 Adanaspor.Güngör Çelikçiler. Player signed in Summer 1973. His previous team was Adanaspor. At the end of the season player signed to Göztepe for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.174Cihat Erbil1946AlpulluDF21 21 previous season.Cihat Erbil. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1813Levent Arıkdoğan23 Aug 1953MersinMF10 10 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 .1913İrfan Kaynak1956CeyhanFW2 2 First time professional.İrfan Kaynak. In the team since Summer 1973. At the end of the season player signed to Adanaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .206Cevher Özer1951 MF19 19 1 Fenerbahçe.Cevher Özer. Player signed in Summer 1973. He was loaned from Fenerbahçe. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page .2114Davut Şahin1948 FW10 10 previous season.Davut Şahin. In the team since Summer 1972. His previous team was Beşiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.2210Adil Özbay FW1 1 First time professional.Mustafa Adil Özbay. In the team since Summer 1973. Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1973–74 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).
Transfer news from Milliyet: Transfers in: Atıf, Şeref (Sakaryaspor), Kemal (PTT), Hasan (Ankaragücü). Cevher (loaned from Fenerbahçe). Transfers out: Güray (Adana Demirspor); Tuncay (Trabzonspor).
See also Football in Turkey
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