1973–74 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1973–74. The 1973–74 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu 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, 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.
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.

Pre-season

Preparation games: MİY-Sakaryaspor: 0-0; MİY-Kocaelispor: 2-2; MİY-Gaziantepspor: 1-0.
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 Başoğlu was the most scorer player with 5 goals.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1973–74 First League summary:
Sources: 1973–74 Turkish First Football League pages.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Turkey First League in 1973–74 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. Champions went to ECC 1974-75, and runners-up and second runners-up became eligible for UEFA Cup 1974-75.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1973–74 First League by rounds:

First half

Second half

1973–74 Turkish Cup participation

was played for the 12th season as Türkiye Kupası by 27 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Top ten first division teams from previous season participated. Mersin İdmanyurdu did not participate in 1973–74 Turkish Cup because they had finished previous season at 11th place. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the 2nd time. Bursaspor became eligible for 1974–75 ECW Cup.

Management

Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

Coaching team

1973–74 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
Ion Motroc09.09.1973 – 23.09.19733––3
Nazım Koka30.09.1973 – 10.03.197417557
Tomislav Kaloperović23.03.1974 – 31.05.197410316

Note: Only official games were included.

1973–74 squad

Stats are counted for 1973–74 First League 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 →
11Atıf Öztoprak8 May 1952SakaryaGK66 Sakaryaspor.
22Kemal Yalçınkaya1948DF271271 PTT.
33Akın Aksaçlı1947DF1311311 previous season.
44Halit KutluMF2727 previous season.
55Şeref Başoğu1947AdapazarıMF305305 Sakaryaspor.
66Refik Çoğum1940MF2112111 previous season.
77İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW1717 previous season.
88Burhan Çetinkaya1952TrabzonFW18118111 previous season.
99Erol Durmuşlu1 Nov 1950SilifkeFW171171 previous season.
1010Zeki Temizer1945İstanbulFW2912911 previous season.
1111Güray Erdener12 Jan 1944ÇanakkaleFW2929 previous season.
1213Hasan YalçıntaşDF11 Ankaragücü.
1314Necdet Aykut1947MF164164 previous season.
141Fikret Özdil1943GK11 previous season.
159Ömer Tokgöz1947FW1919 previous season.
161Güngör Çelikçiler1945ÜsküdarGK2323 Adanaspor.
174Cihat Erbil1946AlpulluDF2121 previous season.
1813Levent Arıkdoğan23 Aug 1953MersinMF1010 previous season.
1913İrfan Kaynak1956CeyhanFW22First time professional.
206Cevher Özer1951MF19191 Fenerbahçe.
2114Davut Şahin1948FW1010 previous season.
2210Adil ÖzbayFW11First time professional.

Sources: 1973–74 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil.
Transfer news from Milliyet: