1974–75 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1974-75
Season: Second League 1974–75
League position:	Red group: 3rd
Turkish Cup:	Did not participate
Top goal scorers:
President:	Kaya Mutlu
Coach:	Bülent Giz
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1973–74	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1975–76

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 (MİY) football team in Turkish Second Football League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 3rd in the red group.

Pre-season

• MİY-Adana Demirspor: 0-0.
• MİY-Göztepe: 3-1.
• MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 2-0.

1974–75 league participation

In its 12th season (1974–75), 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.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1974-75 season is shown in the following table^[1].

place	team	games				goals		points		home				away
		P	W	D	L	F	A			F-A	week	plc		F-A	week	plc
1	Orduspor	30	15	11	4	38	13	41		2-1				1-2
2	Gaziantepspor	30	14	10	6	31	18	38		0-0				0-2
3	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	14	6	10	36	23	34
4	Kocaelispor	30	12	9	9	27	23	33		2-0				0-1
5	DÇ Karabükspor	30	11	11	8	21	20	33		0-0				0-1
6	Manisaspor	30	11	10	9	23	21	32		1-2				3-0
7	MKE Kırıkkalespor	30	8	13	9	29	26	29		2-0				1-2
8	Sarıyer	30	8	13	9	25	25	29		1-0	26	3		1-1
9	Malatyaspor	30	8	13	9	21	26	29		4-0				0-0
10	Antalyaspor	30	9	10	11	24	24	28		2-0				0-2
11	Sakaryaspor	30	8	12	10	20	23	28		2-0				0-1
12	Hatayspor	30	10	7	13	22	37	27		1-0				0-3
13	Konyaspor	30	9	8	13	20	32	26		0-1				1-0
14	Denizlispor	30	8	10	12	23	39	26		4-0				0-0
15	Eskişehir Demirspor	30	8	9	13	22	28	25		1-0				3-3
16	İstanbulspor	30	8	6	16	21	30	22		3-1				1-0

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.

First half

• 01 - 22.09.1974 - MİY-Orduspor: 2-1. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin. MİY: Doğan, Nevruz, Burhan, Kamuran. pos: 1 (1 1 0 0 2 1 2).
• 02 - 28.09.1974 - İstanbulspor-MİY: 0-1. Saturday. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Abdülkadir Aytek, Mehmet Buzluca, Coşkun Kırhan. İstanbulspor: Alpaslan, Ümit, Yavuz (Hayrettin), Faruk, Tahir, Celal (Erkan), Mehmet, Ömer, Kemal, Raşit, Sina. MİY: Atıf, Davut, İsmail, Kemal, İbrahim, Metin, Kamuran (Hikmet), Doğan, Şeref, Nevruz, Burhan. Goal: Şeref 64'.^[2]
• 03 - 06.10.1974 - Antalyaspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 16:30. Antalya.
• 04 - 13.10.1974 - MİY-Konyaspor: 0-1. Sunday.
• 05 - 20.10.1974 - Sakaryaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday.
• 06 - 27.10.1974 - MİY-Manisaspor: 1-2. Sunday.
• 07 - 03.11.1974 - Kocaelispor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday.
• 08 - 09.11.1974 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 0-0. Saturday, 15:00. Mersin.
• 09 - 24.11.1974 - Denizlispor-MİY: 0-0. Sunday.
• 10 - 01.12.1974 - MİY-Kırıkkalespor: 2-0. Sunday.
• 11 - 07.12.1974 - Sarıyer-MİY: 1-1. Saturday, 13:45. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul.
• 12 - 15.12.1974 - Karabükspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 13:30. Karabük.
• 13 - 29.12.1974 - MİY-Hatayspor: 1-0. Sunday, 13:00. Mersin.
• 14 - 05.01.1975 - Eskişehir Demirspor-MİY: 3-3. Sunday, 13:30. Eskişehir.
• 15 - 12.01.1975 - MİY-Malatyaspor: 4-0. Sunday, 13:15. Mersin. pos: 11 (15 5 4 6 15 13 14).

Friendly game during half-season:

• MİY-Adanaspor: 2-1.
• 09.02.1975 - MİY-Mersin Demirspor.

Second half

• 16 - 16.02.1975 - Orduspor-MİY: 2-1. Sunday. Ordu.
• 17 - 23.02.1975 - MİY-İstanbulspor: 3-1. Sunday, 14:00. Mersin. Referees: Yılgör Öktem, Veli, Kantar, Yılmaz Türker. MİY: Atıf, Ayhan, Kemal, Kamuran, İbrahim, Metin, Nevruz, Doğan, Zeki, Şeref, Burhan. Goals: Zeki 49', Burhan 50', Şeref 69'. İstanbulspor: Hikmet, Fettah, Mehmet, Faruk, Tahir, Sinan, Yavuz, Müjdat, Hayrettin, Ömer, Kemal. Goal: Müjdat 10'.^[3]
• 18 - 02.03.1975 - MİY-Antalyaspor: 2-0.
• 19 - 09.03.1975 - Konyaspor-MİY: 0-1. Sunday, 14:15. Konya. pos: 5 (19 8 4 7 22 16 20).
• 20 - 16.03.1975 - MİY-Sakaryaspor: 2-0. Sunday, 14:15. Mersin.
• 21 - 23.03.1975 - Manisaspor-MİY: 0-3. pos: 3 (21 10 4 7 27 16 24).
• 22 - 30.03.1975 - MİY-Kocaelispor: 2-0. pos: 3 (22 11 4 7 29 16 26).
• 23 - 06.04.1975 - Gaziantepspor-MİY: 2-0. Gaziantep. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Bahri Koç, Özer Kızıltan. Gaziantepspor: Necdet, K.Ali, Alpaslan, Fatih, Şendoğan, Arif, B.Turgut, Atilla, Sami, Ceyhun, Necmi. Goals: Fatih 12', Arif 89'(P). MİY: Atıf, Ayhan, Kemal II, Kamuran, Kemal I, Metin, Doğan, Nevruz, Zeki, Şerefi Burhan.^[4] pos: 4 (23 11 4 8 29 18 26).
• 24 - 13.04.1975 - MİY-Denizlispor: 4-0. pos: 4 (24 12 4 8 33 18 28).
• 25 - 20.04.1975 - Kırıkkalespor-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 16:00. Kırıkkale. pos: 4 (25 12 4 9 34 20 28).
• 26 - 27.04.1975 - MİY-Sarıyer: 1-0. Mersin. Referees: Ata Bahri, Mümtaz Doğruöz, Kemal Tabak. MİY: Yalçın, Fikret, Kemal, Ayhan, İbrahim, Metin, Doğan, Şeref, Zeki, Kamuran, Burhan. Goal: Şeref 18'. Sarıyer: Zeki, Mahmut, Nusret, Serdar, Erdem, Recep, Aydoğan, Mithat, Garo, Mehmet, Erkut.^[5] pos: 3 (26 13 4 9 35 20 30).
• 27 - 04.05.1975 - MİY-Karabükspor: 0-0. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin. MİY: İbrahim. Karabük: Ahmet. pos: 3 (27 13 5 9 35 20 31).
• 28 - 11.05.1975 - Hatayspor-MİY: 3-0.
• 29 - 18.05.1975 - MİY-Eskişehir Demirspor: 1-0. Sunday. pos: 3 (29 14 5 10 36 22 33).
• 30 - 25.05.1975 - Malatyaspor-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 15:30. Malatya. pos: 3 (30 14 6 10 36 22 34).

1974–75 squad

Transfers in (Summer 1974): MF Doğan (Göztepe); Kamuran (Eskişehirspor); Metin (Ankaragücü).

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 1 GK Atıf Öztoprak 2 DF Davut 2 DF İsmail 3 DF Kemal Damkal 4 DF İbrahim Arayıcı 5 MF Metin Halit Kutlu

No. Position Player 8 MF Doğan Küçükduru 6 MF Hikmet Erön 7 MF Kamuran 9 DF Nevruz 10 FW Burhan 11 FW Şeref Has

Transfers out (summer 1975): Nevruz (Fenerbahçe).

References

1. ^ See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives
2. ^ "Mersin İd. Y. beat İstanbulspor 1-0". Mersin İd. Y. İstanbulspor'u 1-0 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.09.1974, p. 11. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
3. ^ "Mersin İdmanyurdu: 3 İstanbulspor: 1". Mersin İd. Y.:3 İstanbulspor: 1 Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.02.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
4. ^ "Gaziantep defeated Mersin: 2-0". Gaziantep Mersin'i 2-0 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 07.04.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (Turkish)
5. ^ "Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 Sarıyer: 0". Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 Sarıyer: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.04.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)

See also

• Football in Turkey
• Turkish Second Football League