1974–75 Mersin İdmanyurdu season


Mersin İdmanyurdu Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1974–75. Mersin İdmanyurdu had relegated from Turkish First Football League in 1973–74 season. It was the first relegation of the team after 7 season first league experience. The 1974–75 season was the fifth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Turkish Second Football League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 3rd in the red group.

Pre-season

In its 12th season, Second League was played with 32 teams, 16 in red group and 16 in white group. Group winners promoted to First League 1975–76 and last teams relegated to Third League 1975–76 in each group. Mersin İY became 3rd with 14 wins in Red Group.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1974–75 Second League Red Group league summary:
Sources: 1974–75 Turkish Second Football League pages.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1974-75 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 1974–75 Second League Red Group by rounds:

First half

Mid-season

Friendly game during half-season:

1974–75 Turkish Cup participation

was played for the 13th season as Türkiye Kupası by 22 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 1974–75 Turkish Cup because they had finished previous season at 15th place. Beşiktaş won the Cup for the first time and became eligible for 1975–76 ECW Cup.

Management

Club management

Kaya Mutlu was club president.

Coaching team

1974–75 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Head CoachPeriodNotes
01.08.1974 – 31.05.1975

Note: Only official games were included.

1974–75 squad

Stats are counted for 1974–75 Second 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 1952SakaryaGK previous season.
22Davut Şahin1948FW previous season.
33İsmail AkdağcıkDF Tarsus İY.
44Kemal Özcan1948KayseriDF11 İskenderunspor.
55İbrahim Arayıcı1949SilifkeFW previous season.
66Metin Yılmaz1945MF11 Ankaragücü.
77Kamuran Yavuz1947TekirdağMF Eskişehirspor.
88Doğan Küçükduru1949İstanbulFW11 Göztepe.
99Şeref Başoğu1947AdapazarıMF77 previous season.
1010Nevruz Şerif22 Mar 1951İstanbulMF33 Şekerspor.
1111Burhan Çetinkaya1952TrabzonFW88 previous season.
1213Hikmet Erön1948İstanbulMF Karagümrük.
132Ayhan Öz20 Jul 1945MersinFW11 Gaziantepspor.
149Zeki Temizer1945İstanbulFW1313 previous season.
153Kemal Damkal1950AdanaDF Güneşspor.
161Fikret Özdil1943GK previous season.
172YalçınDF Feriköy.
18OsmanFW11 Feriköy.
19Kasım Özyamanoğlu1953TarsusDF Tarsus İY.
20Levent Arıkdoğan23 Aug 1953MersinMF previous season.

Sources: 1974–75 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil.
Transfer news from Milliyet: