1973–74 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1973–74
Season: First League 1973–74
League position:	15th
Turkish Cup:	Did not participate
Top goal scorers:	Şeref Has (5)
President:	Mehmet Karamehmet
Coach:	Tomislav Kaloperović
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1972–73	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1974–75

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.^[1]

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.

1 Pre-season
2 1973–74 league participation
3 1973–74 Turkish Cup participation
4 1973–74 squad
5 References
6 See also

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 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 Has was the most scorer player with 5 goals^[2].

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Turkey First League in 1973–74 season is shown in the following table^[3]^[4].

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	Fenerbahçe	30	15	13	2	39	15	43	0-1	25	14	0-0	10	14
2	Beşiktaş	30	13	14	3	34	19	40	2-4	30	15	0-1	15	14
3	Boluspor	30	12	15	3	33	21	39	1-1	4	16	0-1	19	14
4	Eskişehirspor	30	14	8	8	34	24	36	2-1	8	10	0-2	23	15
5	Galatasaray	30	13	9	8	29	16	35	0-0	13	12	0-2	28	15
6	Altay	30	11	9	10	25	22	31	0-1	11	15	0-1	26	14
7	Adanaspor	30	8	13	9	20	26	29	0-0	14	12	0-1	29	15
8	Samsunspor	30	10	8	12	24	30	28	1-0	5	15	0-1	20	15
9	Bursaspor	30	8	12	10	19	25	28	1-0	18	12	0-2	3	16
10	Adana Demirspor	30	9	9	12	19	21	27	1-0	16	12	0-1	1	14
11	Kayserispor	30	8	11	11	18	24	27	0-1	2	16	0-2	17	13
12	Giresunspor	30	8	10	12	28	32	26	2-1	24	13	0-1	9	15
13	Göztepe	30	8	10	12	24	28	26	1-0	27	14	0-0	12	13
14	MKE Ankaragücü	30	10	6	14	28	36	26	0-0	21	15	1-2	6	15
15	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	8	6	16	15	27	22
16	Vefa	30	5	7	18	16	39	17	2-0	7	15	1-0	22	14

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 runner-ups and second runner-ups became eligible for UEFA Cup 1974-75.

First half

01 - 09.09.1973 - Adana Demirspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 17:00. Weather: Open. Adana. Referees: Talat Tokat, Yılmaz Dinçer, Orhan Ergün. Adana Demirspor: Erdem, Şükrü, Erol, Suphi, Burhan, Raşit, Halit, Ahmet, Rasin, Fatih, Bektaş. Subs: Selahattin, Gültekin, Sakıp, Haydar. Coach: Abdullah Gegiç. Goal: Rasin 5'. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Refik, Akın, Kemal, Şeref, Güray, Erol, İbrahim, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Fikret, Hasan, Ömer, Necdet. Coach: Ion Matroc.^[5]
02 - 16.09.1973 - MİY-Kayserspor: 0-1. Sunday, 17:30. Weather: 28°C open. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: c. 8000. Referees: Yılmaz Ören, Hayrettin İslamoğlu, Yalçın Baytar. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Kemal, Akın (Hasan), Refik, Burhan, Güray, Erol, Zeki, İbrahim, Şeref. Subs: Fikret, Ömer, Necdet. Coach: Ion Motroc. Yellow card: Akın. Kayserispor: Rızkullah, K.Mehmet, B.Mehmet, Levent, B.Osman, Ersel, B.Mustafa, Aydın, Canan, K.Mustafa, K.Osman (Metin). Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Goal: B.Mustafa 46'. Yellow card: Rızkullah. Penalty missed: B.Mustafa 35'.^[6]
03 - 23.09.1973 - Bursaspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 17:15. Weather: 26°C open. Atatürk Stadium, Bursa. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Muhlis Bilgehan, Yalçın Darıcı. Bursaspor: Rasim, Kemal, Necdet, Yusuf, Orhan, Hayrettin, Cemil, K.İsmail, Vahit (Yetiş), Tezcan, Sinan. Subs: Osman, B.İsmail, Sedat I, Şevket II. Coach: Metin Oktay. Goals: Orhan 10', Yetiş 88'. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Refik, Akın, Kemal, Erol, Ömer, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Atıf, Şeref, Mustafa. Coach: Motrock.^[7]. Referee was later punished because he made a goal decision for a shoot entered from side net.
04 - 30.09.1973 - MİY-Boluspor: 1-1. Sunday, 17:00. Weather: 32°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: İbrahim Fırla, Ziya Albayrak, Özer Erkil. MİY: Güngör, Kemal, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Ömer, Erol (Levent), Güray, İbrahim, Zeki (Şeref), Burhan. Subs: Atıf, Necdet. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Akın 49'. Yellow cards: Akın, Refik, Burhan. Boluspor: Talip, Fikret, Nuri, Alaattin (Vadi), Eyüp, Aydın, Rıdvan, Şükrü, Cengiz, Sinan, Çetin. Subs: Mehmet, Demir, Kemal, Muammer. Coach: Neagu. Goal: Rıdvan 50'. Yellow card: Fikret.^[8].
05 - 07.10.1973 - MİY-Samsunspor: 1-0. Sunday, 16:30. Weather: 24°C open sunnyMersin. Referee: Kemal Akay. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Necdet, Güray, Ömer, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Tuncay, Akın, Ayhan. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Necdet 4'. Samsunspor: Tekin, Barbaros, Bülent, Kemal, Cengiz, Rıfat, Hayri, Zeki, Raşit, Adem, Hamdi. Subs: Erdoğan, Sami, K.Temel, Ömer. Coach: Nuri Asan.^[9].
06 - 21.10.1973 - MKE Ankaragücü-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 16:15. Weather: 20°C windless. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Attendance: c. 8000. Referees: İhsan Türe, Halil Atalık, Cengiz Kayhan. Ankaragücü: Osman, Remzi, İsmail, Erman, Müjdat, Zafer, Mehmet, Selçuk, Melih, Ali Osman, Tahsin. Subs: Aydoğan, Adnan, Sadık, K.Coşkun, Raşit. Coach: Ziya Taner. Goals: Tahsin 9', Necdet 82'. MİY: Güngör, Ömer, Cihat, Refik, Kemal, Cevher, Burhan, Necdet, İbrahimi Güray, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Ayhan, Erol, Tuncay, Akın. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Müjdat 67'(P).^[10].
07 - 28.10.1973 - MİY-Vefa: 2-0. Sunday, 16:30. Mersin. Weather: 26°C open sunnyReferees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Kadri Özkartal, Hüseyin Karaca. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Necdet, Cevher, Güray, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Atıf, Levent, Erol, Tuncay, İbrahim. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: Şeref 35', Necdet 43'. Yellow card: Zeki. Vefa: Faruk, K.Ömer, Ali, Adem, Muharrem, Ünal, Hidayet, Yakup, B.Ömer, Montemerani, Ahmet. Subs: Sedat, Fikri, Chaves, K.Ali, Nihat. Coach: Muhammet Paçuka. Yellow card: Muharrem.^[11].
08 - 04.11.1973 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 2-1. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 18°C open sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Müşfik Talaz, Ziya Albayrak, Mehmet Gümüşdüğme. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Necdet, Cevher, Güray, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Levent, Atıf, Erol, İbrahim. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: Burhan 7', Zeki 37'. Eskişehirspor: Doğan, Necmi, Bilal, Ali, Kenan, Burhan, Abdurrahman, Hüdai, Metin, Fethi, Ömer. Subs: Taşkın, Nihat, Rıza, Mehmet. Coach: Abdullah Matay. Goal: Ömer 84'.^[12].
09 - 11.11.1973 - Giresunspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 17°C heavy. Giresun. Attendance: c. 6000. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Şerafettin Bosnalı, Hüseyin Karaca. Giresunspor: Fevzi, Rüçhan, Oğuz, Güngör, Nurettin, Doğan, Muzaffer, Mazlum, K.İsmail, Bünyamin, Ahmet. Subs: Şeref, Sacettin, Faruk, Erdem, Selman. Coach: Naci Özkaya. Goal: Bünyamin 52'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Cihat, Kemal, Erol, Necdet, Cevher, Güray, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Atıf, İbrahim, Celal, Ömer, Alp. Coach: Nazım Koka. Red card: Cevher 53'^[13].
10 - 25.11.1973 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 14:15. Weather: Open. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 41.478. Referees: Macit Sarıdana, Lütfü Keçelioğlu, Sait Yaşari. Fenerbahçe: Adil, Timuçin, Yılmaz, Niyazi, Serkan, Önder (İbrahim), Mustafa, Fuat, Osman, Cemil, Selahattin. Subs: Yavuz, Şükrü, Ercan, Kamil. Coach: Didi. Yellow card: Fuat 50'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol, Necdet, Güray, Ömer, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan (İbrahim). Subs: Atıf, Levent, Akın, Alp. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Cihat 70'.^[14]
11 - 02.12.1973 - MİY-Altay: 0-1. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 26°C open sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Yaşar Marmara, Özcan Gürkaynak. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol, Cevher, Güray, Necdet, İbrahim, Zeki (Ömer 37'), Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Levent, Adil. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Kemal. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Zinnur, Erol, Ali, Ayfer, Şeref, Mustafa II, Yılmaz, Uğur, K.Mustafa. Subs: Adil, Enver, Cihat, İsmet, Uğur. Coach: İsmet Dinsel. Goal: Uğur 40'.^[15]
12 - 16.12.1973 - Göztepe-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 11°C heavy rainy. Atatürk Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Necmettin Çakan, Muhsin Bilgehan. Göztepe: Ulvi, Edip, K.Mehmet, Özer, Cudi, Fuji Mehmet, Nevzat, Dursun, Mustafa, Mehmet IV, Ali. Subs: Ercan, Okyay, İsmail, Ümit. Coach: Necdet Niş. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Akın, Kemal, Cihat, Ömer, Cevher, Güray, İbrahim, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Asım, Burhan, Necdet, Erol, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka. Red card: Burhan 72'.^[16]
13 - 23.12.1973 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-0. Sunday, 13:15. Weather: 22°C light breezy. Mersin. Attendance: c. 14.000. Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan, Sait Acarbay, Yalçın Gürgür. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol (Davut), Güray, Ömer, Cevher, İbrahim (Necdet), Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Levent, Adil. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow cards: Cihat, Güray. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem, Muzaffer, Enver, Aydın, Bülent, Tarık, Mustafa, K.Mehmet, Gökmen (Şevki 24'), B.Mehmet (Ahmet). Subs: Nihat, Arif. Coach: Brian Birch. Yellow cards: B.Mehmet, Aydın, Ekrem, Bülent.^[17]
14 - 30.12.1973 - MİY-Adanaspor: 0-0. Sunday, 13:15. Weather: 22°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Zeki Etyemez, Özer Kızıltan. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol (Necdet), Ömer, Cevher, Güray, İbrahim, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Levent, Adil. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Güngör 44'. Adanaspor: Cihat, Necip, Behçet, Kamuran, Yener, Naci, Köksal, İsa, Reşit, Ertuğrul, Selahattin. Subs: Güngör, Harun, Yalçın, Tufan. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay.^[18].
15 - 07.01.1974 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 1-0. Monday. Weather 4°C breezy. İstanbul. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Sait Yaşar, Emin Türk. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Ahmet, Lütfü, Niko, Kahraman, Vedat, Haluk, Ahmet II, Sanlı (Mesut), Necmi, Tuğrul. Coach: Metin Türel. Goal: Ahmet II 35'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol, Cevher, Güray, Davut, Necdet (İbrahim), Zeki, Şeref. Yellow cards: Zeki, Kemal, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka.^[19]

Second half

16 - 10.02.1974 - MİY-Adana Demirspor: 1-0. Sunday, 13:45. Weather: 14°C sunny. Mersin. Referees: Macit Sarıdana, Namık Adlı, Coşkun Erim. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Ömer, Cevher, Güray, Necdet, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Asım, Erol, Levent, Adil, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Refik 30'. Yellow card: Ömer. Adana Demirspor: Selahattin, Şükrü, Ahmet, Erol, Burhan, Raşit, Sakıp, Halis (Hasan), Rasin, Fatih, B.Necati. Subs: Ahmet, Suphi, Gültekin, Alaattin. Coach: Gegiç. Yellow cards: Ahmet, Rasin.^[20]
17 - 17.02.1974 - Kayserispor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:45. Weather: 12°C sunny. Kayseri. Referees: Rahmi Haliloğlu, İhsan Geygel, Tuncay Sözen. Kayserispor: Rızkullah, Esat, Osman, Cihat, Levent, Cengiz, Ersel, Selçuk, Muhittin, Canan, Erdinç. Subs: Ercan, Bülent, Hamdi, Metin, K.Aydın. Coach: Bresford. Goals: Muhittin 9', 89'. Yellow card: Canan. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Cihat (İbrahim), Ömer, Güray, Cevher, Davut, Zeki (Erol), Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Levent, Necdet. Coach: Nazım Koka.^[21]
18 - 24.02.1974 - MİY-Bursaspor: 1-0. Sunday, 13:45. Weather: 12°C heavy. Mersin. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Fevzi Ayyüce, Necdet Sinanoğu. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Cihat, Necdet (İbrahim), Cevher, Güray, Erol (Ömer 46'), Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Ramazan, Levent, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Necdet 55'. Bursaspor: Osman (Rasim), Kemal, İsmail, Yusuf, Orhan, Cemil, Hayrettin, Sinan, Vahit, Tezcan, Sedat. Subs: Ahmet, Çeki, Güvenç, Sedat. Coach: Mustafa Ertan. Red card: Yusuf 40'.^[22]
19 - 03.03.1974 - Boluspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 12:00. Weather: 15°C sunny. Bolu. Attendance: 4862. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Yılmaz Dinçel, Emin Türk. Boluspor: Talip, İbrahim, Nuri, Alaattin, Fikret, Rıdvan, Demir, Aydın, Şükrü, Sinan, Çetin. Subs: Ünal, Cengiz, Eyüp, Vadi, Rasim. Coach: Valeriu Neagu. Goal: Sinan 48'. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Cihat, Ömer, Güray, Cevher, Necdet, Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Ramazan, Danış, İbrahim, Akın, Levent. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Şeref 30'.^[23]
20 - 10.03.1974 - Samsunspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 13:45. Weather: Heavy. Samsun. Referees: Orhan Cebe, Özer Erkli, Oğuz Özden. Samsunspor: Erdoğan, Ali, Cengiz, Mustafa, Rıfat, Bülent, Mehmet (Hamdi), B.Temel, Raşit, Hayri, Erdem. Subs: Tekin, Ömer, K.Temel, Dursun. Coach: Gazanfer Olcayto. Goal: Güngör 3' (o.g.). Yellow cards: Bülent 58', Ali 70'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Erol, Refik, Kemal, Levent, İbrahim, Cevher, Zeki, Güray, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Akın, Ömer. Coach: Nazım Koka. Penalty missed Güray 1'.^[24]
21 - 17.03.1974 - MİY-MKE Ankaragücü: 0-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 10°C open sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: İlhan Özkan, Hamza Alan, Mehmet Gümüşdüğme. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Cihat, Cevher, Ömer (Akın), Güray, Necdet (Burhan), Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Levent, Erol. Coach: Toma Kaloperoviç. Yellow card: Cihat 54'. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Remzi (Erman 45'), Adnan, İsmail, Müjdat, Zafer, Metin, Selçuk, Behzat, Ali, Osman, Melih. Subs: Aydoğan, Sadık, Tahir, K.Coşkun. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Yellow card: Melih 54'.^[25]
22 - 23.03.1974 - Vefa-MİY: 0-1. Saturday, 15:00. Weather: 10°C, open. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Yaşar Marmara, Teoman Parer. Vefa: Faruk, K.Ömer, Sacit, Fikri, Muharrem, Ali (Yakup), Ünal, Hidayet (Selahattin), Çetin, Montemarani, Ahmet. Subs: Sedat, Nihat, Yakup. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow card: Muharrem 18'. MİY: Güngör, Halit (Davut), Refik, Cevher, Cihat, Güray, Levent, Erol (Akın), İbrahim, Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Ömer, Burhan. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goal: Şeref. Yellow cards: İbrahim 27', Cihat 59'.^[26]
23 - 31.03.1974 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:00. Weather: 14°C, sunny. Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir. Attendance: 2700. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Coşkun Evin, İbrahim Bilal. Eskişehirspor: Taşkın, Ali, Bilal, İsmail, Yenal, K.Burhan, Hüdai, Kamuran, Ömer, Faethi, B.Burhan. Subs: Doğan, Necmi, Metin, Feza, Mehmet. Coach: Abdullah Matay. Goals: Fethi 44', Ömer 52'. Yellow cards: Bilal 27', Ömer 35'. MİY: Güngör, Halil, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Levent, Erol, Güray, İbrahim, Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Burhan, Necdet, Ömer. Coavh: Kaloperoviç.^[27]
24 - 07.04.1974 - MİY-Giresunspor: 2-1. Sunday, 16:00. Mersin. Weather: 10°C, heavy, it was rained before the game. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, Celal Çerezci, Muhsin Bilgehan. MİY: Güngör, Davut, Kemal, Cevher, Akın, Güray, Ömer (Cihat), Levent, Burhan (İbrahim), Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Erol, Refik. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goals: Kemal 15', Şeref 56'. Giresunspor: Fevzi, Rüçhan, Oğuz, Güngör, Ahmet, Erdem, K.İsmail, Faruk, Taci, Muzaffer, Bünyamin. Subs: Kaya, Secaattin, Selman, Şafak, Mazlum. Coach: Tekin Yolaç. Goal: Oğuz 65'.^[28]
25 - 14.04.1974 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-1. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 28°C open, sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: c. 25.000. Referees: Orhan Cebe, Sait Acarbay, Hamza Alan. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Akın, Davut (Burhan), Güray, Levent, İbrahim (Ömer), Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Erol, Cihat. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Yellow card: Refik (1st half). Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Niyazi, Yılmaz, Ziya, Alpaslan, Selahattin, Kamil, Önder (İsmat), Cemil, Osman, Mustafa. Subs: Adil, Serkan. Goal: Cemil 50'(F). Coach: Didi. Yellow card: Osman (2nd half).^[29]
26 - 21.04.1974 - Altay-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 17°C open, sunny. Atatürk Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Engin Kesim, Erol Korkmazoğlu. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Ali, Erol, Zinnur, Mustafa, Mithat, Ayfer, İsmet, Yılmaz, B.Mustafa. Subs: Adil, Enver, Cafer, Uğur, Nihat. Coach: Erol Kaynak. Goal: B.Mustafa 83'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Levent, Ömer, Akın, Necdet, Şeref, Burhan. Subs: Atıf, Güray, Erol, Davut, İbrahim. Coach: Kaloperoviç.^[30]
27 - 28.04.1974 - MİY-Göztepe: 1-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 26°C open, sunny. Mersin. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Tahsin Binici, Emin Türk. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Akın, Levent, Cevher, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Necdet, Davut, Ömer. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goal: Şeref 27'. Göztepe: Ali, K.Mehmet, İsmail, Özer, Cudi, K.Ali, Nevzat, Doğan, Halim, Mehmet IV, Fuji Mehmet. Subs: Ulvi, Kenan, Mustafa, Dursun. Coach: Necdet Niş.^[31]
28 - 12.05.1974 - Galatasaray-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: rainy. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 4245. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Yalçın Güngör, Halil Atalık. Galatasaray: Yasin, Arif, Muzaffer, Tuncay, Tarık, Korhan (Ekrem), Mustafa, Ahmet, Metin, B.Mehmet, Engin. Subs: Aydın, Enver, Suphi. Coach: Brian Birch. Goals: Metin 63'(H), Ahmet 82'(F). MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Akın, Erol, Davut, Güray, Cevher, Levent, Gürhan, Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Necdet, Ömer. Coach: Kaloperoviç.^[32]
29 - 19.05.1974 - Adanaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 27°C heavy. Adana. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, İsmail Hendek, Celal Çerezci. Adanaspor: Güngör, Kamuran, Necip, Behçet, Tufan, Harun, Naci, Köksal, Reşit, Ertuğrul, İsa. Subs: Mustafa, Rıdvan, Yalçın, Yener, Vedat. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goal: Harun 69' Yellow card: Harun. MİY: Atıf, Davut, Halit, Refik, Ömer, Levent, Erol, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Güngör, İbrahim, Akın, Necdet, Kemal. Coach: Kaloperoviç.^[33]
30 - 26.05.1974 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 2-4. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 25°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Nail Dinçer, Sait Acarsoy. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Kemal, İbrahim, Zeki, Davut, Ömer, Erol, Adil, Şeref, İrfan. Subs: Güngör, Akın, Necdet, Burhan, Güray. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goals: Erol 20', Şeref 43'. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Ahmet, Vedat, Niko, Zekeriya, Ahmet II (Kahraman), Ferruh, Lütfü, Sanlı (Mesut), Miliç, Tuğrul. Subs: Mete, Necmi, Suat. Coach: Metin Türel. Goals: Sanlı 38', Vedat 80', Mesut 85', Miliç 88'. ^[34]

1973–74 Turkish Cup participation

Fenerbahçe won the Cup. Bursaspor (as the finalist) became eligible for ECW Cup 1974–75.

1973–74 squad

Some of the players of Mersin İdmanyurdu include following^[35]. Transfers in: Atıf, Şeref (Sakaryaspor), Kemal (PTT), Hasan (Ankaragücü). Cevher (loaned from Fenerbahçe).

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	Güngör
		GK	Atıf Öztoprak
		DF	Halil
		DF	Halit
		DF	Refik Çoğum
		DF	Akın Aksaçlı
		DF	Cihat Erbil
		DF	Kemal Damkal
		DF	Adem
		DF	Osman
		MF	Levent Arıkdoğan

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Necdet
		MF	Davut
		MF	Ömer
		MF	Cevher
		MF	Burhan
		MF	Erol
		MF	Güray
		MF	İbrahim Arayıcı
		FW	Zeki Temizer
		FW	Şeref Has

Transfers out: Güray (Adana Demirspor); Tuncay (Trabzonspor).

References

^ First league team summaries. takım bilgileri. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.09.1973, p. 8. Retrieved on 03.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ 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 available at Futbol Merkezi
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^ "Kayserispor: 1 Mersin İd. Y.: 0". Kayserispor: 1 Mersin İd. Y.: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.09.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
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^ "Mersin: 1 Bolu: 1". Mersin: 1 Bolu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.10.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 1 Samsun: 0". Mersin: 1 Samsun: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.10.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Ankaragücü: 2 Mersin: 1". Ankaragücü: 2 Mersin: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.10.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 2 Vefa: 0". Mersin: 2 Vefa: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.10.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 2 Eskişehir: 1". Mersin: 2 Eskişehir: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.11.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Giresun: 1 Mersin: 0". Giresun: 1 Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.11.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "No goal but kicks in Mithatpaşa". Mithatpaşa'da gol yoktu tekme vardı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.11.1973, p. 10, 12. Retrieved on 24.08.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0". Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.12.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
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^ "Mersin: 0 Adana: 0". Mersin: 0 Adana: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 31.12.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Beşiktaş beated Mersin and goes on his way". Mersin'i yenen Beşiktaş yoluna devam ediyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.01.1974, p. 8, 10. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 1 Ad. Demirspor: 0". Mersin: 1 Ad. Demirspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.02.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 02.01.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Kayserispor: 2 Mersin İd. Y.: 0". Kayserispor: 2 Mersin İd. Y.: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.02.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 02.01.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 - Bursaspor: 0". Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 - Bursaspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.02.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 02.01.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Boluspor: 1 - M. İd. Yurdu: 0". Boluspor: 1 - M. İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.03.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 02.01.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Samsunnspor: 1 - M. İd. Yurdu: 0". Samsunnspor: 1 - M. İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.03.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd.Y.: 0 Ankaragücü: 0". Mersin İd.Y.: 0 Ankaragücü: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.03.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin disappoints Vefa: 1-0." Mersin Vefa'nın ümidini kırdı: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.03.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Eskişehirspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0." Eskişehirspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.04.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 05.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin: 2 - Giresun: 1." Mersin: 2 - Giresun: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.04.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 11.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "F.bahçe overjumps another hard obstacle". F.bahçe zor bir engeli daha aştı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.04.1974, p. 12. Retrieved on 06.11.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Altay: 1 - Mersin İdmanyurdu: 0." Altay: 1 - Mersin İdmanyurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.04.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 05.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 - Göztepe: 0." Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 - Göztepe: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.04.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 05.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ "G.saray beated Mersin by 2-0". G.saray Mersin'i 2-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.05.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.08.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Adanaspor: 1 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0". Adanaspor: 1 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.05.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
^ "Beşiktaş: 4 - Mersin: 2". Beşiktaş: 4 - Mersin: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.05.1974, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 05.01.2011. (Turkish)
^ maç anıları and other ganes in that season