1971–72 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1971–72
Season: First League 1971–72
League position:	7th
Turkish Cup:	Did not participate
Top goal scorers:	Güvenç Kurtar (12) Zeki Temizer (8)
President:	Mehmet Karamehmet
Coach:	Turgay Şeren
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1970–71	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1972–73

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1971–72. The 1971–72 season was the fifth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. They finished seventh in the league.

Club address was: Bahçelievler, Silifke Caddesi, Mersin. Tel: 1321. Executive committee: Mehmet Karamehmet (president), Ünal Sakman, Emin Yıldız, Orhan Sesimutlu, Erol Tarhan, Güneş Topsal, Çetin Kocaer, Sezai Sak, İbrahim Günay, Aydın Özlü, Özcan Özgürmen, Kayhan Oktar, M. Sözmen, C. Baydur, M. Şahin.^[1]

Vice-presidents Erol Tarhan and Mahir Turhan called former coach Turgay Şeren back to club but they could not agree. Mersin İdmanyurdu signed a contract with a foreign manager for the first time in its history, Dumitru Teodorescu.^[2] Club executives Orhan Mutlu and Sezai Sak signed former Beşiktaş coach in İstanbul. However, because MİY couldn't obtain a work permit for Teodorescu from Romanian Football Federation, they signed with Turgay Şeren after the second round. Turgay Şeren completed the season.

Pre-season

MİY opened the season on 16.07.1971 with a ceremony in Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium.

04.08.1971 - MİY-Tarsus İdmanyurdu: 6-0. Tarsus. Ayhan 8', Zeki 42'(P), Halit 60', Ayhan 65', Mustafa 74'(P), Zeki 89'.
11.08.1971 - MİY-Adana Demirspor: 2-1. 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. "Anatolian Cup" game.
MİY-Adana Demirspor: 1-0.
17.08.1971 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 4-1. Tuesday, 20:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Engil Türkdil, Tuncay Sözer. Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Niyazi, Levent, Ercan (K.Yaşar), serkan, Ostojiç, Fuat, Cevher (Yılmaz), Yaşar, Osman, Şükrü. Goals: Ostojiç 12', Osman 33', Fuat 43', Osman 89'. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Cihat (Güvenir), B.Erol, Akın, Ayhan (Erol), Mustafa, Güray, Ömer (Muhlis), Zeki, Güvenç. Goal: Güvenç 85'.^[3] Game played to complete the Zeki-Osman exchange contract.
20.08.1971 - Kayserispor-MİY: 2-1.

1971–72 league participation

First League was played with 16 teams in its 15th season, 1971–72. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1972–73. Mersin İY became 7th with 10 wins. Before the season, team's most scorer player Osman Arpacıoğlu was transferred to Fenerbahçe; in return Zeki Temizer from Fenerbahçe and Güvenç Kurtar from Beşiktaş were transferred to Mersin İY. In that season most scorer players were Güvenç Kurtar (12 goals) and Zeki temizler (8 goals).^[2]

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1971–72 season is shown in the following table.^[4]^[5]

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	17	8	5	34	14	42	1-1	13	5	0-1	28	7
2	Eskişehirspor	30	15	9	6	63	34	39	3-0	4	9	0-2	19	7
3	Fenerbahçe	30	14	11	5	37	21	39	1-1	25	6	1-1	10	1
4	Beşiktaş	30	12	10	8	28	23	34	3-0	30	7	0-0	15	4
5	MKE Ankaragücü	30	10	13	7	22	22	33	1-0	21	6	0-0	6	5
6	Bursaspor	30	12	8	10	29	24	32	4-3	5	4	0-1	20	8
7	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	10	10	10	35	29	30
8	Adanaspor	30	9	12	9	28	26	30	2-2	2	7	0-1	17	7
9	Göztepe	30	10	9	11	32	32	29	1-1	11	2	2-4	26	6
10	Vefa	30	9	10	11	23	27	28	0-1	16	7	1-1	1	8
11	Altay	30	9	9	12	29	40	27	3-0	27	6	0-3	12	5
12	Giresunspor	30	11	5	14	26	43	27	3-0	18	7	1-2	3	12
13	Samsunspor	30	5	15	10	14	21	25	0-0	8	3	1-0	23	6
14	Boluspor	30	8	8	14	23	33	24	1-1	24	6	1-0	9	2
15	İstanbulspor	30	6	9	15	22	35	21	2-0	7	3	0-1	22	7
16	Karşıyaka	30	5	10	15	19	40	20	2-0	14	4	1-2	29	9

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.

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01 - 21.08.1971 - Vefa-MİY: 1-1. Saturday, 20:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Sait Acarbay, Mahmut Gümüşdüğme. Vefa: Selahattin, Fikri, Savaş (Hikmet), Doğan, Niko, Abdülmetin, Raşit, Ömer, Nedim (Erdoğan), Erdinç. Goal: Erdoğan 84'. MİY: Fikret, Erol, Refik, Akın, Güvenir, Güray, Mustafa, Ömer (K.Erol), Ayhan (Turgay), Zeki, Güvenç. Goal: Güvenç 20'(H).^[6]
02 - 29.08.1971 - MİY- Adanaspor: 2-2. Sunday, 16:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Akın, Refik, Cihat, Güvenç, Güray, Mustafa, Ayhan, Zeki, Ömer. Goals: Zeki 41', Zeki 57'. Adanaspor: Güngör, Necip, Erdinç, Behçet, Tufan, Orhan, Miliç, Harun, B.Selahattin, Ali Osman, K.Selahattin. Goals: Ali Osman 52', 62'(P).^[7]
03 - 05.09.1971 - Giresunspor-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 16:00. Giresun. Referees: Macit Sarıdana, Ömer Lütfü Tuncel, Yılmaz Dinçel. Giresunspor: Fevzi, Rüçhan (Faruk), Naci, Miran, Erol, Ali, K. İsmail, Doğan, Hüsamettin, Zorbay, K.Orhan (Ruhi). Goals: Doğan 1'(F), Ruhi 2'(F).MİY: Fikret, Erol, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Ayhan, Güvenç, Güray (Muhittin), Zeki, Ömer. Goal: Güvenç 3'(F).^[8]
04 - 10.10.1971 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 3-0. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. (Game was scheduled on 12.09.1971 but TFF delayed game due to European cup game of Eskişehirspor; on that date there was a two weeks break for the league for Mediterranean Games). MİY: Fikret, Akın, Mustafa, Refik, Cihat, Ayhan, Güray, K.Erol, Güvenç, Zeki, Ömer. Goals: Mustafa (P), Ayhan, İbrahim. Eskişehirspor: Taşkın, İlhan, Mustafa, Süreyya, Faik, K.Burhan, Vahap, Nuri, Halil, Fethi, Şevki.^[9]
05 - 03.10.1971 - MİY-Bursaspor: 4-3. Sunday, 15:15. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, K.Erol (Güvenir), Güvenç, Ayhan, Zeki, Güray, Ömer. Goals: Güray, Güvenç, Zeki, Ömer. Bursaspor: Osman, Müfit, Vahit, İsmail, Haluk, Hayrettin, Mesut, Ersel, Hamdi, Orhan Necati. Goals: Hamdi (2), Mesut (P).^[10]
06 - 24.10.1971 - Ankaragücü-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 15:00. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Mehmet, İsmail, Erman, Müjdat, Selçuk, Sakıp, Zafer, Melih, B.Coşkun, Köksal. Penalty missed: Köksal 76'. MİY: Fikret, Akın, Cihat, Mustafa, Tevfik, Remzi (İbrahim), Ömer, Ayhan, Güray, Zeki, Güvenç.^[11]
07 - 31.10.1971 - MİY-İstanbulspor: 2-0. Sunday, 14:30. Mersin. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, İsmail Irmak, Taşkın Yalçınkaya. MİY: Fikret, Akın, Mustafa, Refik, Cihat, K.Erol, Güray, Ayhan, Güvenç, Zeki, Ömer. Goals: Zeki 18', Güvenç 31'. İstanbulspor: Yılmaz, Celal, Alpaslan, Türker, Tayfun, K.Ahmet (Kasaboğlu), Hayrettin, Yakup, Hayati (K.Ali), Müjdat, Cemil.^[12]
08 - 07.11.1971 - MİY-Samsunspor: 0-0. Sunday, 14:00. Mersin. MİY: Fikret, Alp, Mustafa, Refik, Cihat, Erol, Güray, Ömer, Güvenç, Zeki, Ayhan. Samsunspor: Tekin, Barbaros, Rıfat, Ali, Ali İhsan, Yücel, Nuri, Cengiz, Sami, Temel, Adem.^[13]
09 - 21.11.1971 - Boluspor-MİY: 0-1. Sunday, 14:45. Bolu. Boluspor: Talip, Bilgin, Eyüp, Rabbani, Lütfü, İbrahim, Cengiz, Soner, Vedat, Rıdvan, Çetin. MİY: Velkoviç, Halit, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Ayhan, Erol, Zeki, Güray, Mehmet. Goal: Güray 42'.^[14]
10 - 28.11.1971 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 14:30. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Özer Erkli, Erol Eroğlu. Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Niyazi, Yılmaz, Ercan, Levent, Ziya (Serkan), Ostojiç, Nedim, Fuat, Osman, Muharrem. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Levent 22'(H). MİY: Velkoviç, Halit, Mustafa, Refik, Cihat, K.Erol, Akın, Güray, Ayhan, Zeki, Ömer. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Zeki 71'(H).^[15]
11 - 12.12.1971 - MİY-Göztepe: 1-1. Sunday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadim, Mersin. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Ömer Lütfü Tuncel, Şerafettin Bosnalı. MİY: Velkoviç, Halit, Refik, Mustafa, Cihat, Erol, Güray, Akın, Ayhan, Zeki, Ömer. Goal: Mustafa 77'(P). Göztepe: Ali, K.Mehmet, Özer, B.Mehmet, Cudi, Hüseyin, Gürsel, Nevzat, Ertan, Fevzi, K.Ali. Goal: Fevzi 26'(H).^[16]
12 - 19.12.1971 - Altay-MİY: 3-0. Sunday, 14:30. Atatürk Stadium, İzmir. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Necdet, Ayfer, Zinnur, Mithat, K.Mustafa, Ahmet, Oğuz, Cihat, B.Mustafa. Goals: K.Mustafa 44'(F), B.Mustafa 55', Ayfer 72'. Coach: Doğan Akı. MİY: Velkoviç, Halit, Cihat, Mustafa (C), Refik, Akın, Ayhan, Erol, Zeki, Güray, Ömer. Sent off: Mustafa.^[17]
13 - 26.12.1971 - MİY-Galatasaray: 1-1. Sunday, 13:45. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Ata Bahri, Yaşar Marmara. MİY: Velkoviç (Fikret), Alp, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Erol, Ayhan, Güray, Güvenç, Zeki, Ömer (İbrahim). Goal: Ayhan 58', Coach: Turgay Şeren. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem, Tuncay, Muzaffer, Aydın, Ayhan, Mehmet, Ahmet, Metin (Savaş), Gökmen, Uğur. Goal: Uğur 42'.^[18]
14 - 02.01.1972 - MİY-Karşıyaka: 2-0. Sunday, 13:45. Mersin. Referees: Ertuğrul Erbay, Altan Peker, Kadri Özkartal. MİY: Fikret, Halil, Cihat, Refik, Akın, Alp, Güvenç, Ayhan, Zeki, Güray, Ömer (Erol). Goals: Güvenç, Zeki.Karşıyaka: Erden, Bedri, Günay, Cengiz, Erol, K.İbrahim, Rasim, K.Uğur, Baskoviç, Yücel, Burhan.^[19]
15 - 09.01.1972 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 16:30. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Ziya Albayrak, Sait Acarbay. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Ahmet, Ergün, Mustafa, Zekeriya, Vedat, Sanlı, Yusuf, Muzaffer (Faruk), Tuğrul, Nihat, Lindholm. Coach: Gündüz Kılıç. MİY: Velkoviç, Halit (Güvenir), Akın, Refik, Cihat, Erol, Güray, Ayhan, İbrahim, Zeki, Ömer. Coach: Turgay Şeren.^[20]

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16 - 20.02.1972 - MİY-Vefa: 0-1. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 19°C open. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadı, Mersin. Attendance: 5625. Referees: Macit Sarıdana, İlhan Tuna, Namık Atlı. MİY: Velkoviç, Akın, Mustafa, Refik, Cihat, Erol, Güray, Ömer, İbrahim, Zeki, Güvenç. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Red card: İbrahim 48'. Vefa: Faruk, Hikmet, Niko, Hidayet, Muharrem, Ali, Raşit, Bekir, Ömer, Montemarani, Erdinç. Coach: Hilmi Kiremitçi. Goal: Montemarani 79'(F). Yellow card: Faruk.^[21]
17 - 27.02.1972 - Adanaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: partly cloudy and sometimes rainy. Adana. Attendance: 9.600. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Celal Çerezci, İsmail Hendek. Adanaspor: Güngör, Necip, Erdinç, Behçet, Yalçın, Sami, Orhan, B.Selahattin, Ali Osman, Miliç, Harun, Şahin. Coach: Nazım Koka. Subs: Nevzat, Kamuran, Selahattin, Rıdvan. Goal: Necip 87'. MİY: Velkoviç, Alp, Mustafa, Refik, Cihat, Erol, Güvenir, Güray, Akın, Güvenç, Zeki, Ömer. Subs: Fikret, Selahattin, Remzi. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow card: Zeki.^[22]
18 - 05.03.1972 - MİY-Giresunspor: 3-0. Sunday, 14:45. Weather 21°C sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: c. 10.000. Referees: Cevdet Güvenli, İlhami Güngör, Mümtaz Doğruel. MİY: Fikret, Alp (Halit), Mustafa, Refik, Cihat, Akın, Erol, Ayhan, Zeki, Güvenç, Ömer. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goals: Güvenç 53', 75', Ayhan 68'. Yellow cards: Ömer 25', Akın 38'. Giresunspor: Fevzi, Rüçhan, Naci, Erol, Oğuz, Ali, Doğan, Mazlum, K.İsmail, Hüsamettin, K.Orhan. Coach: Naci Özkaya. Yellow card: Rüçhan 17'.^[23]
19 - 12.03.1972 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 15:30. Weather: 2°C snowy. Attengance: 3565. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Uğur Bilecikli, Tahsin Binici. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, İlhan, Mustafa, İsmail, Faik, K.Burhan, Abdurrahman, Halil, Fethi, Nihat, Şevki. Subs: Taşkın, Yenal, Şükrü, Necmi, Hüdai. Coach: Abdullah Matay. Goals: Burhan 33', Şevki 53'. Yellow card: Fethi. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Mustafa, Refik, Cihat, Erol, Güvenir, Akın, Güvenç, Zeki, Ömer. Subs: Velkoviç, Remzi, Güray, Turgay, Levent. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow cards: Mustafa, Cihat. Red card: Cihat: 85'.^[24]
20 - 19.03.1972 - Bursaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: Sunny but breezy. Atatürk Stadium, Bursa. Attendance: 16.888. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Cumhur Demir, Nebil Okçuoğlu. Bursaspor: Osman, Vahit, İsmail, Sacit, Haluk, Orhan, Ersel, Hayrettin (Mesut), Necati, Hamdi, Sinan. Subs: Mithat, Cemil, Cengiz, Rauf. Coach: Tomislav Kaloperoviç. Goal: Ersel 76'. Yellow card: Haluk 64'. MİY: Velkoviç, Halit, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Erol, Ayhan, Güray, Güvenç, Zeki, Ömer. Subs: Fikret, Güvenir, Turgay, Remzi, Levent. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow card: Güvenç 64'.^[25]
21 - 26.03.1972 - MİY-Ankaragücü: 1-0. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 20°C sunny, light breezy. Mersin. Attendance: 5700. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Yalçın Darıcı, İlhan Önercan. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Mustafa, Refik, Güvenir, Akın, Erol, Remzi, Güvenç, Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Velkoviç, Alp. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Remzi 47'. Yellow cards: Akın, Halit. Red card: Erol 71'. Ankaragücü: Baskın, Mehmet, Erman, Müjdat, İsmail, Selçuk, Köksal, Zafer, B.Coşkun, Abdullah, Behzat (Mehmet). Subs: Aydın, Adnan, K.Coşkun, Aldoğan. Coach: Ziya Taner.^[26]
22 - 01.04.1972 - İstanbulspor-MİY: 1-0. Saturday, 16:00. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Weather: 19°C open, sunny. Referees: Veli Necdet Arığ, Şerafettin Bosnalı, Erol Esentürk. İstanbulspor: Mete, Alpaslan, Türker, Tayfun, Yalçın, Hayati, Mehmet, Dimitri, Ali, Müjdat, Cemil. Subs: Yılmaz, Hayrettin, Ahmet, Yetiş, Faruk. Coach: Bahattin Baydar. Goal: Cemil 60'. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Mustafa, Refik, Güvenir, Zeki, Ömer, Akın, İbrahim, Güvenç, Alp. Subs: Velkoviç, Remzi, Selahattin. Coach: Turgay Şeren.^[27]
23 - 09.04.1972 - Samsunspor-MİY: 0-1. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 16°C open, sunny. Samsun. Attendance: 16.550. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Ata Bahri, Altan Peker. Samsunspor: Tekin, Barbaros, K.Temel, Rıfat, Ali, İhsan, Cengiz, Sami, Ali, Temel, Nuri, Adem. Subs: Acun, Ali, Hamdi. Coach: Sıtkı Karavin. Red card: Ali 44'. Penalty missed: Sami 48'. MİY: Velkoviç, Halit, Güvenir, Mustafa, Akın, Refik, Güvenç, Remzi, Zeki, Güray, Ömer. Subs: Fikret, Alp. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Güvenç.^[28]
24 - 16.04.1972 - MİY-Boluspor: 1-1. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 22°C open, light breezy. Mersin. Attendance: 5000. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Yılmaz Dinçel, Ahen Tüzün. MİY: Velkoviç, Halit, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Mustafa, Ayhan (Remzi), Güray, Güvenç, Zeki, Ömer. Subs: Güvenir, Alp. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Zeki 49'. Boluspor: Mehmet, Bilgin, Lütfü, Rabbani, Fikret, Rıdvan, Soner, Vedat, Cengiz, Naim, Çetin. Subs: İbrahim, Eyüp, Yücel. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. Goal: Çetin 53'.^[29]
25 - 23.04.1972 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 1-1. Sunday, 15:15. Weather: 22°C open, light breezy. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Ertuğrul Aybay, Sait Yaşar, Taşkın Yalçınkaya. MİY: Velkoviç, Halit, Mustafa, Akın, Cihat, Alp, Güray, Ömer, Güvenç, Zeki, İbrahim (Güvenir 80'). Subs: Fikret, Muhlis, Selahattin, Remzi. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Cihat 37'. Red card: Zeki 88'. Fenerbahçe: Datçu, Şükrü, Cevher, Nedim, Levent, Fuat, Ostojiç, Ziya, Canan (Serkan 46'), Osman, Muharrem. Subs: Rasim, Niyazi, Ersoy, Çetin. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Goal: Serkan 57'. Red card: Levent 88'.^[30]
26 - 30.04.1972 - Göztepe-MİY: 4-2. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 17°C heavy, light breezy. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Özcan Gürkaynak, Celal Çerezci, Erdoğan Albay. Göztepe: Ali, K.Mehmet, Cudi, Özer, B.Mehmet, Nevzat, K.Ali, Ertan, Fevzi, Gürsel, Mehmet III, Subs: Ulvi, Doğan, Çağlayan, Muhittin, Atilla. Coach: Dinka. Goals: Nevzat 31', Mehmet III 34', Fevzi 48'(P), Fevzi, 61. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Güvenir, Mustafa, Akın, Erol (Remzi 46'), Ayhan, Alp, Güvenç, Güray, Ömer. Subs: Muhlis, Levent. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goals: Güvenç 36', Remzi 50'.^[31]
27 - 07.05.1972 - MİY-Altay: 3-0. Sunday, 15:30. Weather: 26°C sunny, later cloudy. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: c. 5000. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Lütfü Keçecioğlu, Namık Atlı. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Akın, Refik, Mustafa, Alp, Güray, Remzi, Ayhan, Güvenç, Ömer. Subs: Güvenir, Bülent, Velkoviç. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goals: Güvenç 8', 44', 69'. Yellow card: Akın 42'. Altay: Tanzer (Hasan), İsmail, Zinnur, Enver, Hayri, Erdal, Feridun, Ayfer, K.Mustafa, Oğuz, Cihat. Subs: Necdet, Mustafa. Coach: Doğan Akı.^[32]
28 - 14.05.1972 - Galatasaray-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 20°C open. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 20.173. Referees: İbrahim Fırla, Orhan Cebeb, Erol Eroğlu. Galatasaray: Nihat, Ekrem, Muzaffer, Tuncay, Aydın, Bülent, Olcay, Mehmet, Metin, Gökmen (Ahmet 37'), Uğur. Subs: Yasin, Ayhan. Coach: Brian Birch. Goal: Metin Oktay 83'(H). Yellow card: Aydın 60'. MİY: Velkoviç, Güvenir, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Ömer, Ayhan, Güray, İbrahim (Remzi 45'), Güvenç, Zeki. Subs: Fikret, Alp. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow cards: Zeki 41', Akın 52'.^[33]
29 - 21.05.1972 - Karşıyaka-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 28°C open. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Kamil Karakoç, Birol Dinç, Erol Ayaktaş. Karşıyaka: Erden, Alaettin, Cengiz, Erol, Ümit, Güray, Burhan, K.Uğur, Rasim, Yusuf (Ender 4'), Yücel. Subs: Fuat, Saim, Doğan, Ender, Bedri. Coach: Cengiz Kocatorun. Goals: Ender 59', Burhan 64'. MİY: Velkoviç, Güvenir, Mustafa, Refik, Akın, Alp, Ömer, Güray, Güvenç, Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Fikret, Remzi. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Zeki 15'.^[34]
30 - 28.05.1972 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 3-0. Sunday, 15:30. Weather: 25°C heavy. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: 5800. Referees: İhsan Türe, Turan Tepeçalı, Birol Dinç. MİY: Fikret, Akın, Cihat, Mustafa, Refik, Alp, Remzi (İbrahim), Ömer, Zeki, Güray, Ayhan. Subs: Muhittin, Selahattin Güvenir. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goals: Alp 1', Zeki 49', Mustafa 80'(P). Yel: Cihat. Beşiktaş: Aydın, Davut, Mustafa, İhsan, Zekeriya, Vedat, Muzaffer, Sanlı, Bülent, Faruk, Tuğrul. Subs: Şükrü, Cemal, Mehmet. Coach: Necmi Mutlu. Yel: İhsan.^[35]

1971–72 squad

no	nat	name	birth	born	pos	apps				notes

After the season Cihat Erbil (28) has cancered. The club has started a fund drive for the player. Transfers in: Zeki has come from Fenerbahçe in exchange for Osman. Güray, Güvenç and Halit were transferred from Beşiktaş; and Ömer from Ankaragücü. Velkoviç loaned from Adanaspor. Güvenir from Trabzonspor. Selahattin and İbrahim from İçelspor. Turgay and Erol from Aksarayspor. Mehmet from Tayfun.

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Branko Velkoviç
		GK	Fikret Özdil
		DF	Alp Sümeralp
		DF	Mustafa Yürür (C)
		DF	Refik Çoğum
		DF	Cihat Erbil
		DF	Halim Kütükçüoğlu
		MF	Erol Durmuşlu "K. Erol"
		MF	Güvenir

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Güray Erdener
		MF	Akın Aksaçlı
		MF	Güvenç Kurtar
		FW	İbrahim Arayıcı
		FW	Zeki Temizer
		FW	Ömer Tokgöz
			Selahattin
			Remzi
			Erol Evcimen "B. Erol"

Transfers out: Mustafa Yürür (Kasımpaşa). Necmi (Vefa). Ekrem (Hatayspor).

References

↑ "Identification cards of the teams at the start of Turkish League". Türkiye Ligi başlarken takımların kimlik kartı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.08.1971, p. 8. Retrieved on 14.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ 2.0 2.1 Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website.
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↑ See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe.
↑ More details Futbol Merkezi
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↑ "Mersin: 2 - Adanaspor: 2." Mersin: 2 - Adanaspor: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.08.1971, p. 8. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Giresunspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1". Giresunspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.09.1971, p. 8. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 3 - Eskişehir: 0." Mersin: 3 - Eskişehir: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.10.1971, p. 15. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 4 - Bursaspor: 3". Mersin: 4 - Bursaspor: 3. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.10.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "A.Gücü: 0 - Mersin: 0". A.Gücü: 0 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.10.1971, p. 8. Retrieved on 14.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 2 - İst.spor: 0". Mersin: 2 - İst.spor: 3. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.11.1971, p. 8. Retrieved on 14.01.2011. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 0 - Samsun: 0". Mersin: 0 - Samsun: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.11.1971, p. 8. Retrieved on 25.10.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Win against Bolu let Mersin rise to first place". Mersin'i liderliğe Bolu galibiyeti yükseltti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.11.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 15.01.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "It was Zeki who destroyed F.bahçe". F.bahçe'yi Zeki yıktı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.11.1971, pp. 8, 10. Retrieved on 14.01.2011. (Turkish)
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↑ "Altay: 3 - Mersin: 0". Altay: 3 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.12.1971, p. 8. Retrieved on 06.11.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Good result for G.saray: 1-1." G.saray için iyi sonuç: 1-1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.12.1971, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Mersin: 2 - K.yaka: 0" Mersin: 2 - K.yaka: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.01.1972, p. 8. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. (Turkish)
↑ "Beşiktaş: 0 Mersin: 0." Beşiktaş:0 Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.01.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (Turkish)
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↑ "M. İdmanyurdu: 1 - Ankaragücü: 0". M. İdmanyurdu: 1 - Ankaragücü: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.03.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 15.01.2011. (Turkish)
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↑ "M. İd. Yurdu: 1 - Boluspor: 1". M. İd. Yurdu: 1 - Boluspor: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.04.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 16.01.2011. (Turkish)
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↑ "M. İd. Yurdu: 3 - Altay: 0". M. İd. Yurdu: 3 - Altay: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.05.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 16.01.2011. (Turkish)
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↑ "Karşıya beats Mersin 2-1". Karşıyaka Mersin'i 2-1 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.05.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 16.01.2011. (Turkish)
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