Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1975–76. At the end of 1975–76 season Mersin İdmanyurdu promoted to First League after two seasons since its relegated from the league in 1973–74 season. It was the second promotion of the team. The 1974–75 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish Second Football League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 1st in the Red Group.
The president of the club was Kaya Mutlu, mayor of the Mersin city. General captain was Burhan Kanun. Club director was Kazım Tunç.
The manager of the team was Kadri Aytaç, former player of Galatasaray and Mersin İdmanyurdu.From the club history at Mersin İdmanyurdu Official Web Site . They have lost second league championship game against Samsunspor.
Pre-season The team attended Spor-Toto Cup organized between 02.08.1975 and 30.08.1975 in 7th group together with Adanaspor, Hatayspor, İskenderunspor and Konya İdmanyurdu. 30.08.1975 - MİY-Syria Amateur national football team.
1975–76 Second League participation In its 13th season (1975–76) Second League was played with 32 teams, 16 in red group and 16 in white group. First teams promoted to First League 1976–77 and last teams relegated to Third League 1976–77 in each group. Mersin İY became 1st with 14 wins and 39 goals in Red Group. Şeref Başoğlu was the most scorer player with 9 goals.
Results summary Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1975–76 Second League Red Group league summary:
Overall Home Away Stage First half 156541110+117 852195+412 713325-35 Second half 15861287+2122 7700223+1914 816164+28 Overall 130141153917+2239 151221318+2326 1529489-113 Sources: 1975–76 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 1975–76 season is shown in the following table.See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives.
TeamGames Goals Home Away 1Mersin İdmanyurdu (C) (P)3014115391739 ––– –––2Kayserispor3015510401935 1–0 0–2 3MKE Kırıkkalespor3012810362732 1–113 3–0284Konyaspor3011109231932 0–0 1–1 5Bandırmaspor3012810373632 1–0 0–1 6Karabükspor3010119262331 5–1 0–1 7Kocaelispor3012711323231 0–2 1–1 8Sarıyer309129232530 3–0 0–0 9Gaziantepspor3010911192129 3–0 0–1 10Eskişehir Demirspor3010812303128 1–0 0–0 11Antalyaspor3091011334528 5–2291 0–01412Gençlerbirliği3081111262427 2–115 0–030113Denizlispor3010713212727 1–0 0–0 14Malatyaspor3071310263727 3–1 1–1 15Manisaspor3010614243026 4–0 1–0 16Hatayspor (R)3011415244626 1–0271 1–112 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 1975–76 Second League Red Group by rounds:
First half
Second half
Championship match Mersin İdmanyurdu lost the second league championship game against Samsunspor, the White Group's winner.See more details at Cem Pekin Archives.
1975–76 Turkish Cup participation 1975–76 Turkish Cup was played for the 14th season as Türkiye Kupası by 88 teams. First and second elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Third and fourth elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1975–76 Turkish Cup from round 2 and eliminated at round 4 by Ankaragücü. Ankaragücü was eliminated by Galatasaray at semifinals. Galatasaray won the Cup for the 6th time and became eligible for 1976–77 ECW Cup.TFF website does not have an official page for 1975–76 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 23 July 2010, ; and maçkolik.com Cup page , retrieved on 16 August 2015, .
Cup track The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1975–76 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResultRound 2 S1Second League Red GroupThird League Second GroupCeyhanspor–2–0Promoted to R2 S2Round 2 S2Second League Red GroupSecond League Red GroupGaziantepspor–2–0Promoted to R3Round 3Second League Red GroupFirst LeagueZonguldakspor1–33–0Promoted to R4Round 4Second League Red GroupFirst LeagueAnkaragücü1–21–1Eliminated Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1975–76 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1975–76 Turkish Cup pages.
Management
Club management Kaya Mutlu was club president. Burhan Kanun was general captain.
Coaching team
1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches: Head coach Period Notes 01.08.1975 – 31.05.1976 Note: Only official games were included.
1975–76 squad Stats are counted for 1975–76 Second League matches and 1975–76 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1975–76 squad and 1975–76 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; (1) Erbil, Cihat (1976). Story of the 50 YearsRetrieved on 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57; (2) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1974–75 Mersin İdmanyurdu season for six league matches and the championship match; and (3) Cem Pekin Archives for championship match (see bottom of the page); and (4) maçkolik.com page for four Turkish Cup matches. Rosters of other matches were not available when the data were 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 →11Aydın Tohumcu1 Feb 1943BilecikGK Ankaragücü.Aydın Tohumcu. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.22Rüçhan Dağdeviren1951IstanbulDF Fenerbahçe.Rüçhan Dağdeviren. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .33Kemal Damkal1950AdanaDF previous season.Kemal Damkal. K. Kemal. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .44Tahir Temur1954IstanbulDF İstanbulspor.Tahir Temur. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was İstanbulspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .55Kemal Özcan1948KayseriDF previous season.Kemal Yalçınkaya. B. Kemal. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was İskenderunspor. Details from maçkolik.com page .66Hikmet Erön1948IstanbulMF previous season.Hikmet Erön. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Karagümrük. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .77Burhan Çetinkaya1952TrabzonFW previous season.Burhan Çetinkaya. In the team since Summer 1972. His previous team was Zonguldakspor. At the end of the season player signed to Adanaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.88Davut Şahin1948 FW previous season.Davut Şahin. In the team since Summer 1972. His previous team was Beşiktaş. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.99Şeref Başoğu1947AdapazarıMF 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 .1010Ayhan Öz (C)20 Jul 1945MersinFW previous season.Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Gaziantepspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1111Zeki Temizer1945IstanbulFW 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.124Mehmet Dayan1951BalıkesirDF İskenderunspor.Mehmet Dayan. Asker. Player signed in Summer 1975. He continued in the next season. His previous team was İskenderunspor. Details from maçkolik.com page .136Metin Yılmaz1945 MF previous season.Metin Yılmaz. Tatar. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .148Kamuran Yavuz1947TekirdağMF previous season.Mehmet Kamuran Yavuz. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Eskişehirspor. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.159İbrahim 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.167Levent Arıkdoğan23 Aug 1953MersinMF previous season.Mehmet Levent Arıkdoğan. In the team since Summer 1972. He grew up in MİY youth team. At the end of the season player signed to İskenderunspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page .1710Doğan Küçükduru1949IstanbulFW previous season.Doğan Küçükduru. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Göztepe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.185Can Mercan1955TarsusMF Ank.Demirspor.Mehmet Can Mercan. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was Ankara Demirspor. In later seasons player signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu. Details from maçkolik.com page .191Atıf 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.2013Turhan Akça1956AnkaraDF Hacettepe.Turhan Akça. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was Hacettepe. Information was obtained from MİY History on 27 August 2015. .2114Kasım Özyamanoğlu1953TarsusDF previous season.Kasım Özyamanoğlu. In the team since Summer 1974. He grew up in Tarsus İdmanyurdu youth team. In later seasons player signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu. Details from maçkolik.com page . Sources: 1975–76 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
News from Milliyet: Transfers in: Aydın (Ankaragücü); Rüçhan (Fenerbahçe). Transfers out: Nevruz went to Fenerbahçe in exchange for Rüçhan and some money. General Captain Burhan Kanun has started an aid campaign for former player Cihat Erbil who was cancered."Mersin İdmanyurdu club donates TL 20.000 for Cihat." Cihat'a Mersin İdmanyurdu Kulübü 20.00 TL verdi. Milliyet gazete arşivi 23.08.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. Mersin İdmanyurdu players also collected an amount. Some firms, citizens and sportsmen including those of neighbour teams Adanaspor and Adana Demirspor contributed too."Mersin İdmanyurdu players donates TL 23.125 for Cihat." Mersin İd. Yurdu futbolcuları Cihat için 23.125 TL yatırdılar. Milliyet gazete arşivi 24.09.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 03.10.2010. Cihat had been transferred from Bandırmaspor in 1969."Cancer, Mersin's leftback Cihat..." Kanser Mersin solbeki Cihat'ı.... Milliyet gazete arşivi 19.07.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 08.10.2010.
See also Football in Turkey
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