# 1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1972–73. The 1972–73 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. They finished 11th in the league.
President was Mehmet Karamehmet. Vice president was Sezai Sak. General captain was Necati Bolkan. Governor of Mersin Bayram Turançetin gave a speech before the game played on December 25, 1972, against MKE Ankaragücü, inviting fans to support the team. Coach was Turgay Şeren. Şeren completed first half and resigned after a home lost against Eskişehirspor on 17th round. Nazım Koka replaced him.
In Turkish Cup the team was eliminated to Gaziantepspor at 2nd round.

## Pre-season

* 20.08.1972 - Kayserispor-MİY: 2-1.

## 1972–73 First League participation

First League was played with 16 teams in its 16th season, 1972–73. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1973–74. Mersin İY became 11th with 8 wins. Zeki Temizer was the most scorer player with 8 goals.
* Friendly game: 21.10.1972 - MİY-Guarani (BRA): 3-2. Saturday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.

### Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1972–73 First 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 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 3 |
| Second half | | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 5 |
| Overall | 11 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 8 |

### League table

Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1972–73 season is shown in the following table.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Giresunspor | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 29 |
| 10 | Bursaspor | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 28 |
| 11 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 27 |
| 12 | Samsunspor | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 40 | −19 | 26 |
| 13 | Adanaspor | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 23 |
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 1972–73 First League 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

### Second half
## 1972–73 Turkish Cup participation

1972–73 Turkish Cup was played for the 11th season as Türkiye Kupası by 26 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1972–73 Turkish Cup from the first round and was eliminated at second round by Gaziantepspor. Gaziantepspor was eliminated at quarter-finals. Galatasaray won the Cup for the 5th time.

### Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1972–73 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
| Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A | H | Result |
| Round 1 | First League | Amateur | Eskişehir Havagücü | 1–1 | 1–0 | Promoted to R2 |
| Round 2 | First League | Second League Red Group | Gaziantepspor | 0–2 | 0–0 | Eliminated |

### Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1972–73 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

## Management
### Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president

### Coaching team

1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
| Nat | Head Coach | Period | Pl | W | D | L | Notes |
| | Nazım Koka | 01.08.1972 – 31.05.1973 | | | | | |

## 1972–73 squad

Stats are counted for 1972–73 First League matches and 1972–73 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) 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 | LA | LG | CA | CG | TA | TG | | ← Season Notes → |
| 1 | 1 | Yılmaz Urul | 1942 | | GK | 23 | | 2 | | 25 | | | 1972 ST İstanbulspor. |
| 2 | 2 | Akın Aksaçlı | 1947 | | DF | 28 | 1 | 3 | | 31 | 1 | | → previous season. |
| 3 | 3 | Cihat Erbil | 1946 | Alpullu | DF | 24 | | 2 | | 26 | | | → previous season. |
| 4 | 4 | Tuncay Mesçi | 1947 | Trabzon | MF | 23 | | 4 | | 27 | | | 1972 ST Ankaragücü. |
| 5 | 5 | Necdet Aykut | 1947 | | MF | 17 | 4 | 1 | | 18 | 4 | | 1972 ST Gençlerbirliği. |
| 6 | 6 | Refik Çoğum | 1940 | | MF | 20 | | 1 | | 21 | | | → previous season. |
| 7 | 7 | Davut Şahin | 1948 | | FW | 20 | | 3 | | 23 | | | 1972 ST Beşiktaş. |
| 8 | 8 | Ömer Tokgöz | 1947 | | FW | 19 | 1 | 2 | | 21 | 1 | | → previous season. |
| 9 | 9 | Zeki Temizer | 1945 | Istanbul | FW | 29 | 8 | 2 | | 31 | 8 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 10 | 10 | Ayhan Öz | 20 Jul 1945 | Mersin | FW | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 11 | 11 | Güray Erdener | 12 Jan 1944 | Çanakkale | FW | 30 | 4 | 3 | | 33 | 4 | | → previous season. |
| 12 | 13 | Burhan Çetinkaya | 1952 | Trabzon | FW | 23 | 2 | 2 | | 25 | 2 | | 1972 ST Zonguldakspor. |
| 13 | 8 | İbrahim Arayıcı | 1949 | Silifke | FW | 20 | 2 | 3 | | 23 | 2 | 1 | → previous season. |
| 14 | 11 | Alp Sümeralp | 1938 | Istanbul | FW | 19 | 3 | 4 | | 23 | 3 | | → previous season. |
| 15 | 13 | Remzi Sezer | | | MF | 8 | 2 | | | 8 | 2 | | → previous season. |
| 16 | 3 | Erol Evcimen | 1944 | | DF | 13 | | 3 | | 16 | | | → previous season. |
| 17 | 7 | Erol Durmuşlu | 1 Nov 1950 | Silifke | FW | 10 | | 2 | | 12 | | | → previous season. |
| 18 | 4 | Levent Arıkdoğan | 23 Aug 1953 | Mersin | MF | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | First time professional. |
| 19 | 1 | Fikret Özdil | 1943 | | GK | 8 | | 2 | | 10 | | | → previous season. |
| 20 | 5 | Halit Kutlu | | | MF | 12 | | 2 | | 14 | | 1 | → previous season. |
| 21 | 9 | Mehmet Şilan | 17 Dec 1955 | Mersin | FW | 1 | | | | 1 | | | → previous season. |
Transfer news from Milliyet:
* Before the season goalkeeper Yılmaz was transfreed from İstanbulspor. Defender Selahattin from Vefa. Necdet from Gençlerbirliği.
* Transfers out: B.Erol (free).