# 1974–75 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) 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 (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 Second 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.

### Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1974–75 Second League Red Group league summary:
| | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Stage | Pc | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pt |
| First half | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| Second half | | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| Overall | 3 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 10 |

### League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1974-75 season is shown in the following table.
| Pc | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Goals | Goals | Pts | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away |
| Pc | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | F–A | R | Pc | F–A | R | Pc |
| 1 | Orduspor (C) (P) | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 13 | 41 | 2–1 | 1 | 1 | 1–2 | 16 | 12 |
| 2 | Gaziantepspor | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 38 | 0–0 | 8 | 14 | 0–2 | 23 | 4 |
| 3 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 23 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Kocaelispor | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 33 | 2–0 | 22 | 3 | 0–1 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | Karabükspor | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 33 | 0–0 | 27 | 3 | 0–1 | 12 | 14 |
| 6 | Manisaspor | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 32 | 1–2 | 6 | 13 | 3–0 | 21 | 3 |
| 7 | MKE Kırıkkalespor | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 2–0 | 10 | 13 | 1–2 | 25 | 4 |
| 8 | Sarıyer | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 1–0 | 26 | 3 | 1–1 | 11 | 13 |
| 9 | Malatyaspor | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 4–0 | 15 | 11 | 0–0 | 30 | 3 |
| 10 | Antalyaspor | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 2–0 | 18 | 6 | 0–2 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Sakaryaspor | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 2–0 | 20 | 3 | 0–1 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 | Hatayspor | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 27 | 1–0 | 13 | 13 | 0–3 | 28 | 4 |
| 13 | Konyaspor | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 26 | 0–1 | 4 | 10 | 1–0 | 19 | 5 |
| 14 | Denizlispor | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 26 | 4–0 | 24 | 4 | 0–0 | 9 | 14 |
| 15 | Eskişehir Demirspor | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 28 | 25 | 1–0 | 29 | 3 | 3–3 | 14 | 13 |
| 16 | İstanbulspor (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 22 | 3–1 | 17 | 10 | 1–0 | 2 | 1 |
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:
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

### Mid-season

Friendly game during half-season:
* MİY–Adanaspor: 2–1.
* 09.02.1975 - MİY–Mersin Demirspor.

### Second half
## 1974–75 Turkish Cup participation

1974–75 Turkish Cup 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:
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | | 01.08.1974 – 31.05.1975 | | | | | |

## 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.
| O | N | Name | Birth | Born | Pos | LG | TG | ← Season Notes → |
| 1 | 1 | Atıf Öztoprak | 8 May 1952 | Sakarya | GK | | | → previous season. |
| 2 | 2 | Davut Şahin | 1948 | | FW | | | → previous season. |
| 3 | 3 | İsmail Akdağcık | | | DF | | | 1974 ST Tarsus İY. |
| 4 | 4 | Kemal Özcan | 1948 | Kayseri | DF | 1 | 1 | 1974 ST İskenderunspor. |
| 5 | 5 | İbrahim Arayıcı | 1949 | Silifke | FW | | | → previous season. |
| 6 | 6 | Metin Yılmaz | 1945 | | MF | 1 | 1 | 1974 ST Ankaragücü. |
| 7 | 7 | Kamuran Yavuz | 1947 | Tekirdağ | MF | | | 1974 ST Eskişehirspor. |
| 8 | 8 | Doğan Küçükduru | 1949 | Istanbul | FW | 1 | 1 | 1974 ST Göztepe. |
| 9 | 9 | Şeref Başoğu | 1947 | Adapazarı | MF | 7 | 7 | → previous season. |
| 10 | 10 | Nevruz Şerif | 22 Mar 1951 | Istanbul | MF | 3 | 3 | 1974 ST Şekerspor. |
| 11 | 11 | Burhan Çetinkaya | 1952 | Trabzon | FW | 8 | 8 | → previous season. |
| 12 | 13 | Hikmet Erön | 1948 | Istanbul | MF | | | 1974 ST Karagümrük. |
| 13 | 2 | Ayhan Öz | 20 Jul 1945 | Mersin | FW | 1 | 1 | 1974 ST Gaziantepspor. |
| 14 | 9 | Zeki Temizer | 1945 | Istanbul | FW | 13 | 13 | → previous season. |
| 15 | 3 | Kemal Damkal | 1950 | Adana | DF | | | 1974 ST Güneşspor. |
| 16 | 1 | Fikret Özdil | 1943 | | GK | | | → previous season. |
| 17 | 2 | Yalçın | | | DF | | | 1974 ST Feriköy. |
| 18 | | Osman | | | FW | 1 | 1 | 1974 ST Feriköy. |
| 19 | | Kasım Özyamanoğlu | 1953 | Tarsus | DF | | | 1974 ST Tarsus İY. |
| 20 | | Levent Arıkdoğan | 23 Aug 1953 | Mersin | MF | | | → previous season. |
Transfer news from Milliyet:
* Transfers in (Summer 1974): MF Doğan (Göztepe); Kamuran (Eskişehirspor); Metin (Ankaragücü).
* Transfers out (summer 1975): Nevruz (Fenerbahçe).