1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu SK Mersin, Turkey
MİY 1975-76
Season: Second League 1975–76
League position:	Red Group: 1st League cup: Runner-ups
Turkish Cup:	Eliminated at R4
Top goal scorers:	Şeref Has (9)
President:	Kaya Mutlu
Coach:	Kadri Aytaç
$\leftarrow$ Previous season 1974–75	Next season $\rightarrow$ 1976–77

At the end of 1975–76 season Mersin İdmanyurdu promoted to First League after two seasons since its relegated from the league in 1973–74 season. It was the second promotion of the team. The 1974–75 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish Second Football League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 1st in the Red Group.

The president of the club was Kaya Mutlu, mayor of the Mersin city. General captain was Burhan Kanun. Club director was Kazım Tunç.

The manager of the team was Kadri Aytaç, former player of Galatasaray and Mersin İdmanyurdu.^[1] They have lost second league championship game against Samsunspor.

Pre-season

The team attended Spor-Toto Cup organiized between 02.08.1975 and 30.08.1975 in 7th group together with Adanaspor, Hatayspor, İskenderunspor and Konya İdmanyurdu.

• 30.08.1975 - MİY-Syria Amateur national football team.

1975–76 league participation

In its 13th season (1975–76) Second League was played with 32 teams, 16 in red group and 16 in white group. First teams promoted to First League 1976–77 and last teams relegated to Third League 1976–77 in each group. Mersin İY became 1st with 14 wins and 39 goals in Red Group. Şeref Has was the most scorer player with 9 goals.^[1]

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1975–76 season is shown in the following table.^[2]

place	team	games				goals		points		home				away
		P	W	D	L	F	A			F-A	week	plc		F-A	week	plc
1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	14	11	5	39	17	39
2	Kayserispor	30	15	5	10	40	19	35		1-0				0-2
3	MKE Kırıkkalespor	30	12	8	10	36	27	32		1-1	13			3-0	28
4	Konyaspor	30	11	10	9	23	19	32		0-0				1-1
5	Bandırmaspor	30	12	8	10	37	36	32		1-0				0-1
6	DÇ Karabükspor	30	10	11	9	26	23	31		5-1				0-1
7	Kocaelispor	30	12	7	11	32	32	31		0-2				1-1
8	Sarıyer	30	9	12	9	23	25	30		3-0				0-0
9	Gaziantepspor	30	10	9	11	19	21	29		3-0				0-1
10	Eskişehir Demirspor	30	10	8	12	30	31	28		1-0				0-0
11	Antalyaspor	30	9	10	11	33	45	28		5-2	29	1		0-0	14
12	Gençlerbirliği	30	8	11	11	26	24	27		2-1	15			0-0	30	1
13	Denizlispor	30	10	7	13	21	27	27		1-0				0-0
14	Malatyaspor	30	7	13	10	26	37	27		3-1				1-1
15	Manisaspor	30	10	6	14	24	30	26		4-0				1-0
16	Hatayspor	30	11	4	13	24	46	26		1-0	27	1		1-1	12

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 - 07.09.1975 - MİY-Eskişehir Demirspor: 1-0. Sunday.
• 02 - 14.09.1975 - MİY-Kocaelispor: 0-2. Sunday.
• 03 - 21.09.1975 - Manisaspor-MİY: 0-1. Sunday.
• 04 - 28.09.1975 - MİY-Malatyaspor: 3-1. Sunday.
• 05 - 05.10.1975 - Kayserispor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday.
• 06 - 11.10.1975 - MİY-Konyaspor: 0-0. Saturday.
• 07 - 19.10.1975 - Sarıyer-MİY: 0-0. Sunday. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Halil Tankut, Erol Polat. Sarıyer: Zeki, Mahmut, Gaffur, Erdem, Ercüment, Mehmet, Erkut, Yaşar, Garo, Eyüp, Erden. MİY: Aydın, Rüçhan, K.Kemal, Tahir, B.Kemal, Hikmet, Burhan, Davut, Şeref, Ayhan, Zeki.^[3]
• 08 - 02.11.1975 - MİY-Denizlispor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. MİY: Rüçhan. pos: 3 (8 4 2 2 6 5 10).
• 09 - 09.11.1975 - Gaziantepspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. pos: 5 (9 4 2 3 6 6 10).
• 10 - 23.11.1975 - Karabükspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Karabük. pos: 8 (10 4 2 4 6 7 10).
• 11 - 07.12.1975 - MİY-Bandırmaspor: 1-0. Sunday, 13:30. Mersin. pos: 6 (11 5 2 4 7 7 12).
• 12 - 14.12.1975 - Hatayspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 13:30. Antakya. Hatayspor: Hamdi, Mehmet, Erdinç, Fazıl, Hıdır, Necati, Ekrem, Hasan, Hadi, B.Ahmet (İhsan), Ali. Goal: Ekrem 40'. MİY: Aydın, Rüçhan, Kemal, Mehmet, Tahir, Metin, Ayhan, Kamuran, İbrahim, Hikmet, Brhan. Goal: Ayhan 65'.^[4] pos: 8 (12 5 3 4 8 8 13).
• 13 - 21.12.1975 - MİY-Kırıkkalespor: 1-1. Sunday, 13:15. Mersin. MİY: Metin (MF).
• 14 - 04.01.1976 - Antalyaspor-MİY: 0-0. Sunday. Antalya.
• 15 - 11.01.1976 - MİY-Gençlerbirliği: 2-1. Sunday, 13:15. Mersin.

Second half

• 16 - 15.02.1976 - Eskişehir Demirspor-MİY: 0-0.
• 17 - 22.02.1976 - Kocaelispor-MİY: 1-1.
• 18 - 29.02.1976 - MİY-Manisaspor: 4-0.
• 19 - 07.03.1976 - Malatyaspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 14:15. Malatya.
• 20 - 14.03.1976 - MİY-Kayserispor: 1-0.
• 21 - 21.03.1976 - Konyaspor-MİY: 1-1.
• 22 - 28.03.1976 - MİY-Sarıyer: 3-0. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin. Referees: Yüksel Erkan, Nizar Yazıcı, Mehmet Arslan. MİY: Atıf, Rüçhan, K.Kemal, İbrahim, Tahir, Şeref, Doğan, Hikmet, Zeki, Ayhan (Metin), Burhan. Goals: Şeref 18', Zeki 46', Burhan 73'. Sarıyer: Zeki (Faik), Mahmut, Gaffur, Erdem, Ercüment, Eyüp, Hüseyin, Yakup, Garo, Mehmet, Erdem.^[5]
• 23 - 04.04.1976 - Denizlispor-MİY: 0-0.
• 24 - 11.04.1976 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 1-0.
• 25 - 18.04.1976 - MİY-Karabükspor: 5-1.
• 26 - 25.04.1976 - Bandırmaspor-MİY: 1-0.
• 27 - 02.05.1976 - MİY-Hatayspor: 1-0. Referees: Kemal Akay, Nebil Okçuoğlu, Erol Çakar. MİY: Atıf, Rüçhan, Kemal, İbrahim, Tahir, Doğan, Şeref, Ayhan, Zeki, Hikmet, Burhan. Goal: Ayhan 60'(P). Hatayspor: Hamdi, Ahmet, Erdinç, Fadıl, Hıdır, Hasan, Suphi, Tahir, Habil, Naci, Ahmet.^[6] pos: 1 (27 12 10 5 29 15 34).
• 28 - 09.05.1976 - Kırıkkalespor-MİY: 0-3 (awarded score). Kırıkkale. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Emin Tunceli. Kırıkkalespor: B.Ercan. MİY: Atıf, Rüçhan. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. The match was cancelled by the referee due to violent protest of the fans when MİY scored a goal in 62nd minute.^[7]
• 29 - 16.05.1976 - MİY-Antalyaspor: 5-2. Sunday, 16:30. Mersin. Referees: Güngör Tuncel, Necati Tektimur, Engin Özbay. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, K.Kemal, İbrahim, Tahir, Hikmet, Doğan, Rüçhan, Şeref, Ayhan (Levent), Zeki. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. Goals: Şeref 6'(F), 13'(F), 40'(F), Ayhan 20'(F), İbrahim 85'(F). Antalyaspor: M.Ali, Erdal, Orhan, İsmet, Savaş, Yavuz, Salih, Metin, Osman, Ümran, Cevher. Goals: Metin 60'(P), Ümran 65'. Sent off: Erdal, Tuncer. After this game MİY guaranteed championship and promoted to First League.^[8] pos: 1 (29 14 10 5 37 17 38).
• 30 - 23.05.1976 - Gençlerbirliği-MİY: 0-0. pos: 1 (30 14 11 5 37 17 39).

Championship match

Mersin İdmanyurdu lost the second league championship game against Samsunspor, the White Group's winner.^[9]

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2. Lig Championship 30 May 1976	Samsunspor	3 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
18:00	Temel Keskindemir  6' Temel Keskindemir  67' Temel Keskindemir  89'	Report	78' Zeki Temizer	Referee: Yılmaz Önen

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30-05.1976 - Sansunspor-MİY: 3-1. Ankara. Referees: Yılmaz Önen, Taşkın Yalçınkaya, Yaşar Yılmazoğlu. Samsunspor: Fevzi, Hasan, Ömer, B.Necdet, Cazip, Turgay (Orhan), Hüsamettin, Atakan, Temel, Osman, Ahmet. goals: Temel 6'(F), 67'(H), 89'(F). MİY: Atıf, Mehmet (Turan), Kemal, İbrahim, Tahir, Hikmet, Mehmet Can, Doğan, Zeki Ayhan, Levent (Kazım). Goal: Zeki 78'(F).^[10]

1975–76 Turkish Cup participation

MİY has participated 1975–76 Turkish Cup since the team finished last season at third place. The team started to cup by R2 and eliminated at R4.^[11]

round	own league	opponent's league	opponent	away	home	result
Round 2 S1	Second League Red Group	Third League	Ceyhanspor	-	2-0	promoted to R2 S2
Round 2 S2	Second League Red Group	Second League Red Group	Gaziantepspor	-	2-0	promoted to R3
Round 3	Second League Red Group	First League	Zonguldakspor	1-3	3-0	promoted to R4
Round 4	Second League Red Group	First League	Ankaragücü	1-2	1-1	eliminated

• 1975-76 R2 S1 - 15.10.1975 - MİY-Ceyhanspor: 2-0. Wednesday, Mersin.
• 1975-76 R2 S2 - 12.11.1975 - MİY-Gaziantepspor: 2-0. Wednesday, 13:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.
• 1975-76 R3 L1 - 24.12.1975 - Zonguldakspor-MİY: 3-1. Wednesday. Zonguldak.
• 1975-76 R3 L2 - 07.01.1976 - MİY-Zonguldakspor: 3-0. Wednesday, 13:15. Mersin.
• 1975-76 R4 L1 - 18.02.1976 - MİY-Ankaragücü: 1-1. Wednesday, 14:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.
• 1975-76 R4 L2 - 25.02.1976 - Ankaragücü-MİY: 2-1. Wednesday, 14:00. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara.

1975–76 squad

Transfers in: Aydın (Ankaragücü); Rüçhan (Fenerbahçe).

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 GK Aydın 2 DF Mehmet Dayan 3 DF Kemal Damkal 4 DF İbrahim Arayıcı 5 DF Tahir Temur 6 MF Hikmet Erön 7 MF Mehmet Can Mercan

No. Position Player MF Rüçhan 8 MF Doğan Küçükduru 9 MF Zeki Temizer 10 FW Ayhan Öz 11 FW Levent Arıkdoğan DF Turhan Akça FW Kasım Özyamanoğlu FW Şeref Has

Transfers out: Nevruz went to Fenerbahçe in exchange for Rüçhan and some money.

General Captain Burhan Kanun has started an aid campaign for fomer player Cihat Erbil who was cancered.^[12] Mersin İdmanyurdu players also collectem an amount. Some firms, citizens and sportsmen including those of neighbour teams Adanaspor and Adana Demirspor contributed too.^[13] Cihat had been transferred from Bandırmaspor in 1969.^[14]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} From the club history at Mersin İdmanyurdu Official Web Site.
2. ^ See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives.
3. ^ "Sarıyer: 0 Mersin İd.Y.: 0". Sarıyer: 0 Mersin İd.Y.: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.10.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (Turkish)
4. ^ "Hatay: 1 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Hatay: 1 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.12.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 16.12.2010. (Turkish)
5. ^ "Mersin İdmanyurdu: 3 Sarıyer: 0". Mersin İd. Yurdu: 3 Sarıyer: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.03.1976, p. 11. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
6. ^ "Mersin İdmanyurdu: 1 Hatayspor: 0". Mersin İdmanyurdu: 1 Hatayspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.05.1976, p. 12. Retrieved on 09.10.2010. (Turkish)
7. ^ "Kırıkkalespor-Mersin İdmanyurdu match could not be finished. Fans strred up troubles. Fans burned club building. 6 policemen injured, 1 arrested". Yarıda kalan Kırıkkalespor-Mersin İdmanyurdu maçından sonra olaylar çıktı. Taraftarlar Kırıkkalespor kulübünü yaktı. 6 polis yaralı, 1 kişi tutuklandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.05.1976, p. 11. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. (Turkish)
8. ^ Mersin İdmanyurdu .... Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.05.1976. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. "Mersin İdmanyurdu (cont.) Mersin İdmanyurdu ... Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.05.1976 retrieved on 23.08.2010. (Turkish)
9. ^ See more details at Cem Pekin Archives.
10. ^ "Samsunspor became the champions of Second League by beating Mersin İdmanyurdu 3-1." Mersin İdmanyurdu'nu 3-1 yenen Samsunspor İkinci Lig Şampiyonu oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 31.05.1976, p. 11. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (Turkish)
11. ^ Cem Pekin Archives - Retrieved on 23.07.2010.
12. ^ "Mersin İdmanyurdu club donates TL 20.000 for Cihat." Cihat'a Mersin İdmanyurdu Kulübü 20.00 TL verdi. Milliyet gazete arşivi 23.08.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (Turkish)
13. ^ "Mersin İdmanyurdu players donates TL 23.125 for Cihat." Mersin İd. Yurdu futbolcuları Cihat için 23.125 TL yatırdılar. Milliyet gazete arşivi 24.09.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 03.10.2010. (Turkish)
14. ^ "Cancer, Mersin's leftback Cihat..." Kanser Mersin solbeki Cihat'ı.... Milliyet gazete arşivi 19.07.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 08.10.2010. (Turkish)

See also

• Football in Turkey
• Turkish Second Football League