Mersin İdmanyurdu (also ''Mersin İdman Yurdu'', ''Mersin İY'', or ''MİY'') Sports Club; located in

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, east

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coast of

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in 1973–74. The 1973–74 season was the sixth season of

Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin İdman Yurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and ...

(MİY) football team in

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, the first level division in

. They have relegated to second division at the end of the season. The club address was "Azakhan No: 4", Tel.: 1321. Executive committee: Mehmet Karamehmet (president), Mahir Turhan, Ünal Şıhman, Atilla Taşpınar, Kayhan Okdar, Aydın Özlü, Alptekin Ürgüplü, Yaman Atalay,

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, Mehmet Emin Yıldız, Mustafa Elgin, Erol Tarhan, Reşat Çağlı, Sungur Baydur, Kemal Saraçoğlu. At the start of the season Motrock Ivon was the coach. He managed the team for three games. He was followed by Nazım Koka. He managed the team for 17 games. After 20th round, Toma Kaloperoviç became the coach on 14.03.1974. Kaloperoviç finished the season.

Pre-season

Preparation games: MİY-Sakaryaspor: 0-0; MİY-Kocaelispor: 2-2; MİY-Gaziantepspor: 1-0. * 19.08.1973 - Eskişehirspor-MİY. * 30.08.1973 - MİY-Adanaspor: 2-0. Goals: Zeki, Burhan.

1973–74 First League participation

First League was played with 16 teams in its 17th season, 1973–74. Last two teams relegated to Second League 1974–75. Mersin İY finished 15th with 8 wins and relegated to second division next year. MİY finished first half at 14th place. Manager Koka set a target for second half for top ten teams, the team couldn't achieve it. Şeref Başoğlu was the most scorer player with 5 goals.

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1973–74 First League summary: ''Sources'': 1973–74 Turkish First Football League pages.Standings, promotion and relegations fro
Turkish-Soccer
retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results fro
maçkolik.com league page
retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed i
Milliyet online archive
performed on 12 August 2010.

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Turkey First League in 1973–74 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. Champions went to ECC 1974-75, and runners-up and second runners-up became eligible for

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1974-75.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1973–74 First League by rounds:

First half

Second half

1973–74 Turkish Cup participation

1973–74

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was played for the 12th season as ''Türkiye Kupası'' by 27 teams. Two elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Top ten first division teams from previous season participated.

did not participate in 1973–74

because they had finished previous season at 11th place. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the 2nd time.

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(as the finalist) became eligible for 1974–75 ECW Cup. TFF website does not have an official page for 1973–74 Turkish Cup, but results for finals a
TFF Turkish Cup page
retrieved on 15 August 2015, . See some details on cup matches a

retrieved on 15 August 2015, ; an
maçkolik.com Cup page
, retrieved on 15 August 2015, .

Management

Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

Coaching team

''1973–74 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:'' ''Note:'' Only official games were included.

1973–74 squad

Stats are counted for 1973–74 First League matches.Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. Se
TFF Club page
Search for 1973–74 squad and 1973–74 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.Data were obtained from; Erbil, Cihat (1975). ''Story of the 50 Years''Retrieved on 29 July 2011 fro
50 Yılın Öyküsü
p. 57. And an advanced search performed i
Milliyet online archive
for 1973–74 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained fro
maçkolik.com
Data related to discipline and substitute players obtained fro
maçkolik.com
are not complete. Retrieved on 21 August 2015. 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. ''Sources'': 1973–74 season squad data from maçkolik com, ''Milliyet'', and Erbil (1975). Transfer news from ''Milliyet'': * Transfers in: Atıf, Şeref (Sakaryaspor), Kemal (PTT), Hasan (Ankaragücü). Cevher (loaned from Fenerbahçe). * Transfers out: Güray (Adana Demirspor); Tuncay (Trabzonspor).

Notes and references

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