1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1972–73
Season: First League 1972–73
League position:	11th
Turkish Cup:	Eliminated at R2
Top goal scorers:	Zeki Temizer (8)
President:	Mehmet Karamehmet
Coach:	Nazım Koka
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1971–72	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1973–74

The 1972–73 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. They finished 11th in the league.

President was Mehmet Karamehmet. Vice president was Sezai Sak. General captain was Necati Bolkan. Governor of Mersin Bayram Turançetin gave a speech before the game played on December 25th, 1972 against MKE Ankaragücü, inviting fans to support the team. Coach was Turgay Şeren. Şeren completed first half and resigned after a home lost against Eskişehirspor on 17th round. Nazım Koka replaced him.

In Turkish Cup the team was eliminated to Gaziantepspor at 2nd round.

1 Pre-season
2 1972–73 league participation
3 1972–73 Turkish Cup participation
4 1972–73 squad
5 References
6 See also

Pre-season

20.08.1972 - Kayserispor-MİY: 2-1.

1972–73 league participation

First League was played with 16 teams in its 16th season, 1972–73. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1973–74. Mersin İY became 11th with 8 wins. Zeki Temizer was the most scorer player with 8 goals^[1].

Friendly game: 21.10.1972 - MİY-Guarani (BRA): 3-2. Saturday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1972–73 season is shown in the following table^[2]^[3].

place	team	games				goals		points	home			away
place	team	P	W	D	L	F	A	points	F-A	week	plc	F-A	week	plc
1	Galatasaray	30	19	9	2	47	12	47	0-0	18	12	0-2	3	13
2	Fenerbahçe	30	16	10	4	42	17	42	0-0	7	11	0-3	22	12
3	Eskişehirspor	30	12	12	6	31	19	36	1-2	17	12	0-1	2	10
4	MKE Ankaragücü	30	12	10	8	24	21	34	0-0	14	11	1-1	29	11
5	Boluspor	30	12	12	9	37	30	33	0-0	23	12	3-3	8	8
6	Beşiktaş	30	9	13	8	14	18	31	1-0	28	11	0-1	13	11
7	Altay	30	11	8	11	32	23	30	2-2	30	11	1-2	15	11
8	Göztepe	30	11	8	11	33	31	30	2-0	9	6	1-0	24	12
9	Giresunspor	30	11	7	12	27	34	29	1-0	20	12	1-1	5	7
10	Bursaspor	30	6	16	8	27	29	28	0-0	6	10	2-1	21	10
11	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	8	11	11	26	31	27
12	Samsunspor	30	8	10	12	21	40	26	3-1	4	6	0-1	19	13
13	Adanaspor	30	7	9	14	24	34	23	0-1	10	8	0-3	25	12
14	Vefa	30	6	10	14	22	35	22	1-0	1	8	0-1	16	12
15	Şeker	30	6	10	14	20	38	22	4-2	26	12	0-0	11	9
16	PTT	30	4	12	14	22	37	20	1-1	12	10	1-2	27	12

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.

First half

01 - 10.09.1972 - MİY-Vefa: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 36°C. Mersin. Attendance: c. 6000. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Sait Yaşar, Yılmaz Dinçel. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Tuncay, Güray, Ömer, Necdet, Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Hüseyin, Burhan, Alp, Remzi, K.Selahattin. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Akın 81'. Vefa: Faruk, Hikmet, Hidayet, Niko, Muharrem, Zeki, Zülfü, Raşit, Ömer, Montemarani, Erdinç. Subs: Semih, Fikri, Çaves, Ali, Adem. Coach: Hilmi Kiremitçi. Yellow card: Bekir 42'.^[4]
02 - 17.09.1972 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 15:45. Weather: 34°C open. Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir. Referees: Kemal Akay, Celal Çerezci, Yalçın Darıcı. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, Ali, İsmail, Abdurrahman, Yenal, Kamuran, Vahap (K.Burhan), B.Burhan (Hüdai), Memet, Fethi, Şevki. Subs: Doğan, Bilal, Halil. Coach: Galip Türkkan. Goal: K.Burhan 68'(P). Yellow cards: Fethi 23', Vahap 33'. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Necdet, Güray, Tuncay, İbrahim, Zeki, Alp. Subs: Tanzer, Remzi, Burhan, Ömer, Ayhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren.^[5]
03 - 24.09.1972 - Galatasaray-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 15:45. Weather: 21°C open. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 28.306. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Nazım Nacar, Ata Bahri. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem (Olcay), Muzaffer, Tarık, Aydın, Mehmet, Bülent, Mehmet II, Metin, Gökmen, Uğur. Subs: Aydın, Korhan, Ahmet, Savaş. Coach: Brian Birch. Goals: Mehmet 18', Metin 42'. Yellow cards: Bülent, Gökmen. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Tuncay, Güray, Alp, Burhan (İbrahim), Zeki, Necdet. Subs: Fikret, Fevzi, Levent, Ömer. Coach. Turgay Şeren. Yellow card: Refik.^[6]
04 - 01.10.1972 - MİY-Samsunspor: 3-1. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Yalçın Gırgır, Sait Acarbay. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut (Refik), Akın, Cihat, Tuncay, Ayhan, Güray, Necdet, Alp, Zeki, İbrahim. Goals: Güray 16', Alp 69', Alp 79'. Samsunspor: Tekin, Rıfat, Necmi, B.Ali, K.Ali, K.Temel, Cahit, Hayri, B.Temel, Raşit, Adem. Goal: Raşit 7'.^[7]
05 - 08.10.1972 - Giresunspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 21°C heavy, cloudy. Giresun. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Teoman Parer, Nazım Nacar. Giresunspor: Fevzi, Faruk, Oğuz, Rüçhan, B.İsmail, K.İsmail, Muzaffer, Doğan, Necmi, Mazlum (Necdet), K.Orhan. Subs: Kaya, Nurettin, Fikret, Şafak. Coach: Naci Özkaya. Goal: Doğan 16'. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Cihat, Akın, Tuncay, Erol, Necdet, Zeki, Güray, Ömer. Subs: Fikret, Alp, Remzi, Burhan, Ayhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Zeki 18'. Yellow card: Necdet.^[8]
06 - 15.10.1972 - MİY-Bursaspor: 0-0. Sunday, 14:45. Weather: 33°C open. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: 8794. Referees: Talat Tokat, Hüseyin Karaca, Ahen Tüzün. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Alp, Güray, Erol, Necdet (İbrahim 69'), Zeki, Ayhan (Ömer 55'). Subs: İbrahim, Ömer, Levent, Güvenir, Fikret. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow cards: Yılmaz, Akın, Zeki. Bursaspor: Rasim, Cemil, İsmail, Yusuf, Haluk, Vahit, Hayrettin, Sedat, Mesut, Güvenç, Baykul. Subs: Osman, Erdil, Tezcan, Hüseyin, K.İsmail. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Yellow cards: Mesut, Yusuf.^[9]
07 - 29.10.1972 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 26°C open. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: 14.769. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Erol Eroğlu, Sait Acarbay. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Akın, Refik, Cihat, Tuncay, Güray, Erol, Burhan, Zeki, Ayhan (Necdet). Subs: Tarık, Alp, Remzi, İbrahim. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow card: Cihat. Yellow card: Cihat (second half). Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Şükrü, Cevher, Yılmaz, Levent, Canan, Ziya, Nedim, Fuat, Osman, Muharrem (Necati). Subs: Yavuz, Timuçin, Ersoy, Serkan. Coach: Didi. Yellow card: Fuat (1st half).^[10]
08 - 05.11.1972 - Boluspor-MİY: 3-3. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 13°C open. Bolu. Attendance: 4890. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Teoman Parer, Hüseyin Karaca. Boluspor: Talip, K. İbrahim, Bilgin, Lütfi, Fikret, Rıdvan, Ahmet, Aydın, Cengiz, Sinan, Çetin. Subs: Güngör, Vadi, Eyüp, Erdem, Ergin. Coach: Neagu. Goals: Ahmet 67'(P), Alp 80'(o.g.), Lütfi 83'. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Erol, Güray, Tuncay, Necdet, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Tarık, Alp, Remzi, İbrahim, Cemil. Coach: Turgay şeren. Goals: Necdet 1', Necdet 20', Zeki 70'. Yellow card: Necdet.^[11]
09 - 12.11.1972 - MİY-Göztepe: 2-0. Sunday, 14:15. Weather 23°C sunny. Mersin. Attendance: 11.300. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, İlhan Önercan, Erdoğan Aybay. MİY: Yılmaz, Alp, Akın, Tuncay, Ömer, Erol, Güray, Levent (Remzi), Necdet, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Tarık, Cemil, Adil, İbrahim. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goals: Necdet 54', Zeki 67'. Penalty missed: Güray 55'. Yellow card: Ömer 25'. Göztepe: Ali (Mithat), Mehmet (Cengiz), Okyay, Özer, Cudi, Doğan, Nevzat, Atilla, Mehmet IV, K.Ali, Ayhan. Subs: Çağlayan, Mustafa, Nadir. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Yellow card: Doğan 25'.^[12]
10 - 19.11.1972 - MİY-Adanaspor: 0-1. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 23°C sunny. Mersin. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Yaşar Marmara, Celal Türk. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Akın, Refik, Cihat, Alp, Güray, Erol, Necdet, Zeki, Ömer. Subs: Tarık, Cemil, Tuncay, İbrahim, Burhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Adanaspor: Güngör, Necip, Erdinç, Behçet, Faruk, Ali Osman, Tufan, Orhan, Reşit, Miliç, B.Selahattin. Subs: K.Cihat, Kamuran, Vedat, Rıdvan, Şahin. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goal: Miliç 17'. Yellow card: Tufan 4'.^[13]
11 - 25.11.1972 - Şeker-MİY: 0-0. Saturday, 14:30. Weather: 10°C open sunny. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Engin Kesim, Zeki Etyemez. Şekerspor: Erdoğan, Mücahit, Emin, Halil, Kubilay, Ahmet, Önder, Güngör, Canel, Mehmet, Uğur. Subs: Engin, Yetik, Nevruz, Enver, K.Turhan. Coach: Erdoğan Tokol. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Akın, Tuncay, Ömer, Erol, Davut, Güray, Necdet, Zeki, Burhan (Refik 32'). Subs: Fikret, İbrahim, Alp, Ayhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren.^[14]
12 - 03.12.1972 - MİY-PTT: 1-1. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 13°C cloudy light breezy. Mersin. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Ziya Albayrak, Oğuz Özden. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Akın, Refik, Ömer, Davut, Tuncay, Erol, Necdet, Güray, Ayhan. Subs: Fikret, Cihat, Cemil, Alp, İbrahim. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Necdet 41'. PTT: Aydoğan, Esenali, Cevdet, Enver, Muzaffer, Erhan, İlhan, Cengiz (Haydar), Zeki, Hoşer, Tahsin. Subs: Cavit, Kemal, Haydar, Erol, Halil. Coach: Ertan Adatepe. Goal: Cevdet 77'. Yellow card: Muzaffer 49'.^[15]
13 - 16.12.1972 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 1-0. Saturday, 14:15. Weather: 8°C heavy. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 11.648. Referees: Ertuğrul Aybay, Lütfü Keçelioğlu, Teoman Parer. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Ahmet, Tayfun, Sami, Zekeriya, Bülent, Veadt, Kahraman, Sanlı (C) (Nihat) (Atakan), Kadir, Tuğrul. Subs: Burak, Hasan, Cemal. Coach: Abdullah Gegiç. Goal: Sanlı. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Akın, Cihat, Ömer, Ayhan (C), Güray, Tuncay, Davut, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Tarık, İbrahim, Levent, Cemil. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow cards: Ömer, Davut, Ayhan.^[16]
14 - 24.12.1972 - MİY-MKE Ankaragücü: 0-0. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 13°C sunny. Mersin. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Cahit Aybek, İsmail Hendek. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Cihat, Akın, Ömer, Tuncay, Erol, Güray, Davut, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Yılmaz, İbrahim, Alp, Ayhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Remzi, İsmail, Erman, Müjdat, Selçuk, Mehmet, Metin, Raşit, Köksal, Melih. Subs: Baskın, Adnan, Coşkun, Zafer, Aykut. Coach: Ziya Taner.^[17]
15 - 31.12.1972 - Altay-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 14:15. Weather: Cold but open. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Attendance: Very lowReferees: Kamil Karakoç, Orhan Ocakoğlu, Birol Dinç. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Necdet, Enver, Zinnur, Ayfer, Mithat, İsa, Hıdır, Uğur, B.Mustafa. Subs: Hasan, Erdinç, Hayrullah. Coach: Gürcan Berk. Goals: Necdet 24', İsa 26'. Yellow card İsmail 43'. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Tuncay, Akın, Ömer, İbrahim, Erol, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, Alp. Subs: Fikret, Ayhan, Davut, Selahattin. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Zeki 1'. Yellow card: Zeki 28'.^[18]

Second half

16 - 03.02.1973 - Vefa-MİY: 1-0. Saturday, 14:30. Weather: 8°C heavy and breezy. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 4766. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Mehmet Gümüşdüğme, Oğuz Özden. Vefa: Faruk, Hikmet, Niko, Hidayet, Muharrem, Ali, Raşit, Bekir, Ömer (Ünal 70'), Montemarani, Erdinç. Subs: Sedat, Adem, Fikri, Caves. Coach: Sefer Türker. Red card: Montemarani 37'. Goal: Ömer 37'(F). Yellow card: Bekir 39'. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Akın, Cihat, Ömer, Davut (Burhan 46'), Tuncay, Güray, İbrahim, Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Hüseyin, K.Erol, B.Erol, Alp. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Red card: Ayhan 37'. Yellow card: Halit 39'.^[19]
17 - 11.02.1973 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 1-2. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 14°C open. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Sebahattin Ladikli, Nazım Nacar, Kayhan Bora. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, Akın, Ömer, Tuncay, İbrahim (Necdet), Alp, Zeki, Güray, Burhan. Subs: Hüseyin, Davut, K.Erol, B.Erol. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Alp 87'. Yellow cards: Zeki, Halim. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, Ali, Bilal, Mustafa, Abdurrahman, B.Burhan, K.Burhan, Kamuran, Halil, Fethi, Şevki. Subs: Doğan, Yenal, Metin, Hüdai, Ahmet. Coach: Galip Türkkan. Goals: Halil 6', Şevki 12'. Yellow cards: Halil, Şevki, Abdurrahman.^[20]
18 - 18.02.1973 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 17°C breezy. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referres: Ziya Türkdoğan, Lütfü Keçelioğlu, Sait Yaşar. MİY: Yılmaz, Akın, Davut, Cihat, Alp, Ömer, Güray, K.Erol (Tuncay), Necdet, İbrahim, Zeki. Subs: Fikret, B.Erol, B.Selahattin, Burhan. Coach: vacant. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem, Muzaffer, Tarık, Aydın, B.Mehmet, Bülent, Ahmet, Metin, K.Mehmet, Uğur. Subs: Gökmen, Tuncay, Nihat, Suphi, Korhan. Coach: Brian Birch. Yellow card: Muzaffer 30'.^[21]
19 - 04.03.1973 - Samsunspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 8°C open sunny, breezy. Samsun. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Şerafettin Bosnalı, Altan Peker. Samsunspor: Tekin, Ali, Cengiz, Barbaros, Kemal, Rıfat, Raşit, Temel, Hayri, Hamdi, Adem. Subs: Erdoğan, Orhan, Nuri, Osman, Dursun. Coach: Abdullah Matay. Goal: Temel 84'. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut (Erol), Alp, Akın, Cihat, Tuncay, Necdet, Ömer, Zeki, Güray, İbrahim. Subs: Fikret, Erol, Burhan, Selahattin. Coach: Nazım Koka.^[22]
20 - 11.03.1973 - MİY-Giresunspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 15°C heavy. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Nail Dinçer, Cengiz Kaynak. MİY: Fikret, Davut, Cihat, Akın, Alp, K.Erol, Ömer (Tuncay 28'), Güray, İbrahim, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Yılmaz, Refik, Necdet, B.Erol. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Zeki 48'. Giresunspor: Şeref, Nuri, Oğuz, Rüçhan (Faruk), İsmail, Doğan (K.İsmail), Ali, Mazlum. Subs: Kahraman, Necdet, Şafak. Coach: Naci Özkaya. Yellow cards: Nuri, Doğan.^[23]
21 - 18.03.1973 - Bursaspor-MİY: 1-2. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 8°C heavy. Bursa. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Halil Eraydın, Kayhan Bora. Bursaspor: Osman (Rasim), Cemil, İsmail, Yusuf, Haluk, Hayrettin, Vahit, Tezcan, Mesut, Baykul, Sinan. Subs: Sümer, Çeki, Sedat, Orhan. Coach: Metin Oktay. Goal: Tezcan 77'. MİY: Fikret, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Alp, K.Erol, Güray, Burhan (necdet), Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Yılmaz, Tuncay, Levent, B.Erol. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: İbrahim 42', Güray 69'.^[24]
22 - 25.03.1973 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 3-0. Sunday, 14:45. Weather: 18°C first open then heavy. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 40.535. Referees: İbrahim Fırla, Halil Atalık, Mehmet Gümüşdüğme. Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Niyazi, Ercan, Cevher (Serkan), Levent, Ziya, Fuat, Ostojiç (Canan), Necati, Cemil, Nedim. Subs: Yavuz, Kamil, Bünyamin. Coach: Didi. Goals: Nedim 11'(F), Cemil 22'(F), Ostojiç 71'(F). MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Akın, Davut (B. Erol), Tuncay, Burhan (Necdet), Güray, Erol, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Yılmaz, B.Selahattin, Levent. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Güray 32'.^[25]
23 - 01.04.1973 - MİY-Boluspor: 0-0. Sunday, 14:45. Weather: 18°C open, light breezy. Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, İhsan Türe, Sait Acarbay. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Cihat, Refik, Akın, Erol, Burhani Ayhan, Zeki, Güray, İbrahim. Subs: Fikret, Ömer, B.Selahattin, Alp, Tuncay. Coach: Nazım Koka. Boluspor: Güngör, K.İbrahim, Eyüp, İbrahim, Lütfü, Fikret, Ahmet, Rıdvan, Sinan, Aydın, Çetin. Subs: Talip, Bilgin, Erdem, Kemal, Cengiz. Coach: Valery Neagu.^[26]
24 - 08.04.1973 - Göztepe-MİY: 0-1. Sunday, 15:30. Weather: 21°C open sunny. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Attendance: Low. Referees: Cumhur Demir, Mustafa Takımoğlu, Ali Enginsu. Göztepe: Ulvi, Mehmet II, Cudi, İsmail (Okyay), Özer, Nevzat, Doğan, K.Ali, Mustafa, Mehmet IV, Mehmet III. Subs: Mithat, Mehmet I, Atilla, Ali. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Yellow card: Nevzat 27'. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Refik, Nihat, Alp, Erol, Ayhan, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Fikret, Davut, Tuncay, B.Erol, Akın. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Burhan 55'. Yellow card: Halit 32'.^[27]
25 - 15.04.1973 - Adanaspor-MİY: 3-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 22°C open. Adana. Attendance: Low. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Celal Çerezci, İsmail Hendek. Adanaspor: Cavit, Necip, Erdinç, Behçet, Faruk, B.Selahattin, Naci, Kamuran, Reşit, Ertuğrul, Miliç. Subs: Orhan, A.Osman, Vedat, Tufan, yener. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goals: Reşit 4', Reşit 36', Miliç 90'. Yellow card: Naci. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Ayhan, Erol, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Fikret, Alp, Tuncay, Erol, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow cards: Cihat, Akın. Penalty missed: Güray 85'.^[28]
26 - 22.04.1973 - MİY-Şeker: 4-2. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 22°C open sunny. Tevfik Srrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: İlhan Özkan, Ziya Ardahan, Erol, Oroğlu. MİY: Yılmaz, Alp, Refik, Akın (Tuncay), Cihat, K.Erol, Güray, Ömer, Burhan, Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Fikret, Davut, Halim, B.Selahattin. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: Zeki 36'(H), Burhan 57'(F), Zeki 65'(F), Zeki 78'(F). Şekerspor: Erdoğan, Mücahit, B.Turan, Yiğit, Kubilay, Sabahattin, Erol (Güngör), Ahmet, Canel, Mehmet, Nevruz. Subs: Ergün, Turan, Hamdi, Çetin. Coach: Erdoğan Tokol. Goals: Mücahit 76'(F), Güngör 79'(F). Yellow card: Yiğit 25'.^[29]
27 - 29.04.1973 - PTT-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 15:15. Weather: 15°C open. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Attendance: c. 3500. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Özer Erkli, Yalçın Gürgür. PTT: Aydoğan, Esenali, Kemal, Cevdet, Muzaffer, İlhan, Erhan, Halil, Enver, Cengiz, Erol. Subs: Cavit, Candan, Hoşer, Arif. Coach: Yılmaz Coşkun. Goals: Enver 6', Halil 41. MİY: Fikret, Davut, Refik, Cihat, Alp, Tuncay, Ayhan, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Yılmaz, B.Erol, K.Erol, Halit, Ömer. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Güray 81'.^[30]
28 - 12.05.1973 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 1-0. Saturday, 15:30. Weather: 26°C open and sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Müşfik Talas, Sadık Özen, Cengiz Kaynak. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Ömer (Tuncay), Erol, Güray, İbrahim (Burhan), Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Fikret, Davut, Alp. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: İbrahim 18'. Goal: Ayhan 82'(H). Beşiktaş: Sabri, Ahmet, Sami, Tayfun, Zekeriya, Mustafa, Vedat, Kahraman, Bülent, Kadir, Sanlı. Subs: Aydın, Cemal, Hasan, Atakan, Tuğrul. Coach: Abdullah Gegiç. Yellow card: Sanlı 19'. ^[31]
29 - 20.05.1973 - MKE Ankaragücü-MİY. 1-1. Sunday, 17:45. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Güngör Tunçel, Engin Kesim. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Adnan, İsmail, Erman, Müjdat, Zafer, Metin, Mehmet, Melih, Köksal, Behzat. Goal: Behzat 12'. Red card: Mehmet. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Alp, Refik, Akın, K.Mehmet, Burhan, Tuncay, Zeki, Güray, Ömer. Goal: Ömer 41'. Red card: Halit.^[32]
30 - 27.05.1973 - MİY-Altay: 2-2. Sunday, 15:30. Weather: 28°C open and sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Namık Atlı, Ahen Tüzün. MİY: Yılmaz (Fikret), Ömer, Refik, Akın, Alp, Tuncay (Ayhan), Güray, Erol, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Davut, B.Selahattin, Levent. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: Güray 9', İbrahim 78'. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Enver, Ali, Zinnur, Mustafa, Yılmaz, Uğur, İsa, K.Mustafa, B.Mustafa. Subs: Hasan, Ayfer, Mithat, Hıdır, Ahmet. Coach: Akın Baran. Goals: B.Mustafa 26', Uğur 83'.^[33]

1972–73 Turkish Cup participation

round	own league	opponent's league	opponent	away	home	result
Round 1	First League	Amateur	Eskişehir Havagücü	1-1	1-0	promoted to R2
Round 2	First League	Second League Red Group	Gaziantepspor	0-2	0-0	eliminated

R1 L1 - 01.11.1972 - Eskişehir Havagücü-MİY: 1-1. Wednesday, 15:30. Eskişehir.
R1 L2 - 15.11.1972 - MİY-Eskişehir Havagücü: 1-0. Wednesday, 14:15. Mersin.
R2 L1 - 13.12.1972 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 0-0. Wednesday, 13:30. Mersin.
R2 L2 - 27.12.1972 - Gaziantepspor-MİY: 2-0. Wednesday, 13:30. City Stadium, Gaziantep. Goals: Abdullah 57', Muammer 75'.

1972–73 squad

Some of the players of Mersin İdmanyurdu include following^[34]. Before the season goalkeeper Yılmaz was transfreed from İstanbulspor. Previous year Velkoviç had filled the position. Forward Güvenç also left the team. Defender Selahattin from Vefa. Necdet from Gençlerbirliği.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Yılmaz
		GK	Fikret Özdil
		DF	Halit
		DF	Refik Çoğum
		DF	Akın Aksaçlı
		DF	Cihat Erbil
		DF	Alp Sümeralp
		DF	Erol Evcimen "B. Erol"
		DF	Davut
		MF	Necdet

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Tuncay
		MF	Ayhan Öz
		MF	Erol Durmuşlu "K. Erol"
		MF	Güray
		MF	Burhan
		MF	Necati
		FW	Zeki Temizer
		FW	İbrahim Arayıcı
		FW	Ömer

Transfers out: B.Erol (free).

References

^ Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website
^ See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe.
^ More details Futbol Merkezi
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^ "Altay: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Altay: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.01.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Vefa beats Mersin 1-0". Vefa Mersin'i 1-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.02.1973, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Eskişehirspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Eskişehirspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.02.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Galatasaray draws: 0-0". Galatasaray berabere: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 19.02.1973, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Samsun: 1 - Mersin: 0". Samsun: 1 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.03.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 1 - Giresun: 0". Mersin: 1 - Giresun: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.03.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İ.Y.: 2 - Bursa: 1". Mersin İ.Y.: 2 - Bursa: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 19.03.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Fenerbahçe won 3-0". F.Bahçe 3-0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.03.1973. Retrieved on 15.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd.Y.: 0 - Bolu: 0". Mersin İd.Y.: 0 - Bolu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.04.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 1 - Göztepe: 0". Mersin: 1 - Göztepe: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.04.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (Turkish)
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^ "Mersin: 4 - Şeker: 2". Mersin: 4 - Şeker: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.04.1973, p. 12. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (Turkish)
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^ "Mersin: 2 Altay: 2". Mersin: 2 Altay: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.05.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ maç anıları and other ganes in that season