1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1972–73. The 1972–73 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu 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 25, 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.

Pre-season

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.
Mersin İdmanyurdu 1972–73 First League summary:
Sources: 1972–73 Turkish First Football League pages.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1972–73 season is shown in the following table.
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 1972–73 First League by rounds:

First half

Second half

1972–73 Turkish Cup participation

was played for the 11th season as Türkiye Kupası by 26 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1972–73 Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by Gaziantepspor. Gaziantepspor was eliminated at quarter-finals. Galatasaray won the Cup for the 5th time.

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu followed in 1972–73 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
RoundOwn LeagueOpponent's LeagueOpponentResult
Round 1First LeagueAmateurEskişehir Havagücü1–11–0Promoted to R2
Round 2First LeagueSecond League Red GroupGaziantepspor0–20–0Eliminated

Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1972–73 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1972–73 Turkish Cup pages.

Management

Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president

Coaching team

1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Nazım Koka01.08.1972 – 31.05.1973

Note: Only official games were included.

1972–73 squad

Stats are counted for 1972–73 First League matches and 1972–73 Turkish Cup matches. 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.
NameBirthBorn← Season Notes →
11Yılmaz Urul1942GK23225 İstanbulspor.
22Akın Aksaçlı1947DF2813311 previous season.
33Cihat Erbil1946AlpulluDF24226 previous season.
44Tuncay Mesçi1947TrabzonMF23427 Ankaragücü.
55Necdet Aykut1947MF1741184 Gençlerbirliği.
66Refik Çoğum1940MF20121 previous season.
77Davut Şahin1948FW20323 Beşiktaş.
88Ömer Tokgöz1947FW1912211 previous season.
99Zeki Temizer1945İstanbulFW29823181 previous season.
1010Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW151111621 previous season.
1111Güray Erdener12 Jan 1944ÇanakkaleFW3043334 previous season.
1213Burhan Çetinkaya1952TrabzonFW2322252 Zonguldakspor.
138İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW20232321 previous season.
1411Alp Sümeralp1938İstanbulFW1934233 previous season.
1513Remzi SezerMF8282 previous season.
163Erol Evcimen1944DF13316 previous season.
177Erol Durmuşlu1 Nov 1950SilifkeFW10212 previous season.
184Levent Arıkdoğan23 Aug 1953MersinMF11121First time professional.
191Fikret Özdil1943GK8210 previous season.
205Halit KutluMF122141 previous season.
219Mehmet Şilan17 Dec 1955MersinFW11 previous season.

Sources: 1972–73 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil.
Transfer news from Milliyet: