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.

Mersin İdmanyurdu
1972–73 season
PresidentMehmet Karamehmet
CoachTurkey Nazım Koka
StadiumMersin, Turkey
First League11th
Turkish CupEliminated at R2
Top goalscorerTurkey Zeki Temizer (8)

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

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  • 20.08.1972 - Kayserispor-MİY: 2-1.

1972–73 First League participation

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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.[1]

  • Friendly game: 21.10.1972 - MİY-Guarani (BRA): 3-2. Saturday, 14:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin.

Results summary

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Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1972–73 First League summary:

Overall Home 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
Sources: 1972–73 Turkish First Football League pages.[2]

League table

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Mersin İY's league performance in First League in 1972–73 season is shown in the following table.[3][4]

Pos Team 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
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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

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Results of games MİY played in 1972–73 First League by rounds:

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAAHAHAH
ResultWLLWDDDDWLDDLDLLLDLWWLDWLWLWDD
Position81013671011868910111111121212131210121212121212111111
Source: 1972–73 Turkish First Football League pages.[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First half

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10 September 1972 Round 1 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Vefa Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00 Akın Aksaçlı   81' Report[5]   42' Bekir Psav Attendance: 6.000
Referee: Nihat Özbirgül
17 September 1972 Round 2 Eskişehirspor    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir
Sunday, 15:45 Burhan Tözer   68' (P)
Fethi Heper   23'
Vahap Özbayer   33'
Report[6] Referee: Kemal Akay
24 September 1972 Round 3 Galatasaray    2 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Sunday, 15:45 Mehmet Özgül   18'
Metin Kurt   42'
Bülent Ünder  
Gökmen Özdenak  
Report[7]   Refik Çoğum Attendance: 28.306
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan
1 October 1972 Round 4 Mersin İdmanyurdu    3 – 1    Samsunspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00 Güray Erdener   16'
Alp Sümeralp   69'
Alp Sümeralp   80'
Report[8]   7' Raşit Dağdeviren Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı
8 October 1972 Round 5 Giresunspor    1 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Giresun
Sunday, 15:00 Doğan Tepeçalı   15' Report[9]   19' Zeki Temizer
  Necdet Aykut
Referee: Sabahattin Ladikli
15 October 1972 Round 6 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 0    Bursaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:45 Yılmaz Urul  
Akın Aksaçlı  
Zeki Temizer  
Report[10]   Mesut Şen
  Yusuf Çavdar
Attendance: 8.794
Referee: Talat Tokat
29 October 1972 Round 7 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 0    Fenerbahçe Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30 Cihat Erbil   Report[11]   Fuat Saner Attendance: 14.769
Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı
5 November 1972 Round 8 Boluspor    3 – 3    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Bolu
Sunday, 15:00 Ahmet Yılmaz   67' (P)
Lütfü Isıgöllü   83'
Report[12]   1' Necdet Aykut
  22' Necdet Aykut
  74' Zeki Temizer
  80' (o.g.) Alp Sümeralp
  Necdet Aykut
Attendance: 4.890
Referee: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu
12 November 1972 Round 9 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 0    Göztepe Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:15 Necdet Aykut   54'
Zeki Temizer   67'
Güray Erdener   55'
Ömer Tokgöz   25'
Report[13]   25' Doğan Küçükduru Attendance: 11.300
Referee: Sedat Özselçuk
19 November 1972 Round 10 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 1    Adanaspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00 Report[14]   17' Đorđe Milić
  4' Tufan Akdemir
Referee: Sabahattin Ladikli
25 November 1972 Round 11 Şekerspor    0 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Saturday, 14:30 Report[15] Referee: Ömer Karadağ
3 December 1972 Round 12 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 1    PTT Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30 Necdet Aykut   41' Report[16]   77' Cevdet Özköksal Referee: Yavuz Tunç
16 December 1972 Round 13 Beşiktaş    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
Saturday, 14:15 Sanlı Sarıalioğlu   22' Report[17]   Ömer Tokgöz
  Davut Şahin
  Ayhan Öz
Attendance: 11.648
Referee: Ertuğrul Aybay
24 December 1972 Round 14 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 0    Ankaragücü Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30 Report[18] Referee: Doğan Babacan
31 December 1972 Round 15 Altay    2 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Alsancak Stadium, İzmir
Sunday, 14:15 Necdet Tunca   24'
İsa Ertürk   26'
İsmail Zeyrek   43'
Report[19]   1' Zeki Temizer
  28' Zeki Temizer
Attendance: Very low
Referee: Kamil Karakoç

Second half

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3 February 1973 Round 16 Vefa    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
Saturday, 14:30 Ömer Güvenç   37'
Jorge Montemarani   38'
Bekir Psav   39'
Report[20]   38' Ayhan Öz
  39' Halit Kutlu
Attendance: 4.766
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan
11 February 1973 Round 17 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 2    Eskişehirspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00 Alp Sümeralp   87'
Zeki Temizer  
Halit Kutlu  
Report[21]   6' Halil Güngördü
  12' Şevki Şenlen
  Halil Güngördü
  Şevki Şenlen
  Abdurrahman Temel
Referee: Sabahattin Ladikli
18 February 1973 Round 18 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 0    Galatasaray Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00 Report[22]   30' Muzaffer Sipahi Referee: Ziya Türkdoğan
4 March 1973 Round 19 Samsunspor    1 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Samsun
Sunday, 14:00 Temel Keskindemir   84' Report[23] Referee: Nevzat Tansuk
11 March 1973 Round 20 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Giresunspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00 Zeki Temizer   48' Report[24]   Nurettin Çavuşoğlu
  Doğan Tepeçalı
Referee: Yavuz Tunç
18 March 1973 Round 21 Bursaspor    1 – 2    Mersin İdmanyurdu Atatürk Stadium, Bursa
Sunday, 15:00 Tezcan Ozan   77' Report[25]   42' İbrahim Arayıcı
  69' Güray Erdener
Referee: Nihat Özbirgül
25 March 1973 Round 22 Fenerbahçe    3 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
Sunday, 14:45 Nedim Doğan   11'
Cemil Turan   23'
Stevan Ostojić   70'
Report[26]   32' Güray Erdener Attendance: 40.535
Referee: İbrahim Fırla
1 April 1973 Round 23 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 0    Boluspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:45 Report[27] Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı
8 April 1973 Round 24 Göztepe    0 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu Alsancak Stadium, İzmir
Sunday, 15:30 Nevzat Güzelırmak   27'
Halit Kutlu   32'
Report[28]   55' Burhan Çetinkaya Attendance: Low
Referee: Cumhur Demir
15 April 1973 Round 25 Adanaspor    3 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu City Stadium, Adana
Sunday, 15:00 Reşit Kaynak   3'
Reşit Kaynak   36'
Đorđe Milić   90'
Naci Tulun  
Report[29]   85' Güray Erdener
  Cihat Erbil
  Akın Aksaçlı
Attendance: Low
Referee: Sedat Özselçuk
22 April 1973 Round 26 Mersin İdmanyurdu    4 – 2    Şekerspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:00 Zeki Temizer   36' (H)
Burhan Çetinkaya   47' (F)
Zeki Temizer   65' (F)
Zeki Temizer   79' (F)
Report[30]   76' (F) Mücahit Kırkhanlar
  80' (F) Güngör Sürel
  25' Yiğit Deriner
Referee: İlhan Özkan
29 April 1973 Round 27 PTT    2 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Sunday, 15:15 Enver Ürekli   6'
Halil Tuğray   41'
Report[31]   82' Güray Erdener Attendance: 3.500
Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı
12 May 1973 Round 28 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Beşiktaş Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Saturday, 15:30 AyhanÖz   83'
İbrahim Arayıcı   18'
Report[32]   19' Sanlı Sarıalioğlu Referee: Müşfik Talas
20 May 1973 Round 29 Ankaragücü    1 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Sunday, 17:45 Behzat Çınar   12'
Mehmet Aktan   71'
Report[33]   41' Ömer Tokgöz
  67' Halit Kutlu
Referee: Doğan Babacan
27 May 1973 Round 30 Mersin İdmanyurdu    2 – 2    Altay Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30 Güray Erdener   9'
İbrahim Arayıcı   78'
Report[34]   26' Mustafa Denizli
  83' Uğur İpekkan
Referee: Nevzat Tansuk

1972–73 Turkish Cup participation

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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.[35]

Cup track

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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
Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.

Game details

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

1 November 1972 Round 1 Leg 1 Eskişehir Havagücü    1 – 1    Mersin İdmanyurdu atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir
Wednesday, 14:30 Erol   17' Report   2' (P) Ahyan Öz Referee: Teoman Parer
15 November 1972 Round 1 Leg 2 Mersin İdmanyurdu    1 – 0    Eskişehir Havagücü Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 14:15 Levent Arıkdoğan   19' Report Referee: Kemal Kaya
13 December 1972 Round 2 Leg 1 Mersin İdmanyurdu    0 – 0    Gaziantepspor Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 13:30 Report Referee: Yılmaz Sekman
27 December 1972 Round 2 Leg 2 Gaziantepspor    2 – 0    Mersin İdmanyurdu Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep
Wednesday, 13:30 Abdullah Çevrim   57'
Muammer Adatepe   75'
Report[36] Referee: Nihat Özbirgül
Source: 1972–73 Turkish Cup pages.[35]

Management

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Club management

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Mehmet Karamehmet was club president

Coaching team

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1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat Head Coach Period Pl W D L Notes
  Nazım Koka 01.08.1972 – 31.05.1973
Note: Only official games were included.

1972–73 squad

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Stats are counted for 1972–73 First League matches and 1972–73 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.[37][38] 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 Nat Name Birth Born Pos LA LG CA CG TA TG     Season Notes
1 1   Yılmaz Urul 1942 GK 23 2 25 1972 ST İstanbulspor.[39]
2 2   Akın Aksaçlı 1947 DF 28 1 3 31 1 previous season.[40]
3 3   Cihat Erbil 1946 Alpullu DF 24 2 26 previous season.[41]
4 4   Tuncay Mesçi 1947 Trabzon MF 23 4 27 1972 ST Ankaragücü.[42]
5 5   Necdet Aykut 1947 MF 17 4 1 18 4 1972 ST Gençlerbirliği.[43]
6 6   Refik Çoğum 1940 MF 20 1 21 previous season.[44]
7 7   Davut Şahin 1948 FW 20 3 23 1972 ST Beşiktaş.[45]
8 8   Ömer Tokgöz 1947 FW 19 1 2 21 1 previous season.[46]
9 9   Zeki Temizer 1945 Istanbul FW 29 8 2 31 8 1 previous season.[47]
10 10   Ayhan Öz 20 Jul 1945 Mersin FW 15 1 1 1 16 2 1 previous season.[48]
11 11   Güray Erdener 12 Jan 1944 Çanakkale FW 30 4 3 33 4 previous season.[49]
12 13   Burhan Çetinkaya 1952 Trabzon FW 23 2 2 25 2 1972 ST Zonguldakspor.[50]
13 8   İbrahim Arayıcı 1949 Silifke FW 20 2 3 23 2 1 previous season.[51]
14 11   Alp Sümeralp 1938 Istanbul FW 19 3 4 23 3 previous season.[52]
15 13   Remzi Sezer MF 8 2 8 2 previous season.[53]
16 3   Erol Evcimen 1944 DF 13 3 16 previous season.[54]
17 7   Erol Durmuşlu 1 Nov 1950 Silifke FW 10 2 12 previous season.[55]
18 4   Levent Arıkdoğan 23 Aug 1953 Mersin MF 1 1 1 2 1 First time professional.[56]
19 1   Fikret Özdil 1943 GK 8 2 10 previous season.[57]
20 5   Halit Kutlu MF 12 2 14 1 previous season.[58]
21 9   Mehmet Şilan 17 Dec 1955 Mersin FW 1 1 previous season.[59]
Sources: 1972–73 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).[38]

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).

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Standings, promotion and relegations from Turkish-Soccer, retrieved on 26 August 2009. Standings and results from maçkolik.com league page, retrieved on 26 February 2015. Standings by rounds obtained from a search performed in Milliyet online archive performed on 12 August 2010.
  3. ^ See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe.
  4. ^ More details Futbol Merkezi Archived 2009-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Round 01 - 10.09.1972 - MİY-Vefa: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 36°C. Mersin. Attendance: c. 6000. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Sait Yaşar, Yılmaz Dinçel. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Tuncay, Güray, Ömer, Necdet, Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Hüseyin, Burhan, Alp, Remzi, K.Selahattin. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Akın 81'. Vefa: Faruk, Hikmet, Hidayet, Niko, Muharrem, Zeki, Zülfü, Raşit, Ömer, Montemarani, Erdinç. Subs: Semih, Fikri, Çaves, Ali, Adem. Coach: Hilmi Kiremitçi. Yellow card: Bekir 42'. "Mersin İd. Yur.: 1 - Vefa: 0." Mersin İd. Yur.: 1 - Vefa: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.09.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  6. ^ Round 02 - 17.09.1972 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 15:45. Weather: 34°C open. Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir. Referees: Kemal Akay, Celal Çerezci, Yalçın Darıcı. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, Ali, İsmail, Abdurrahman, Yenal, Kamuran, Vahap (K.Burhan), B.Burhan (Hüdai), Memet, Fethi, Şevki. Subs: Doğan, Bilal, Halil. Coach: Galip Türkkan. Goal: K.Burhan 68'(P). Yellow cards: Fethi 23', Vahap 33'. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Necdet, Güray, Tuncay, İbrahim, Zeki, Alp. Subs: Tanzer, Remzi, Burhan, Ömer, Ayhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren. "Eskişehirspor: 1 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0." Eskişehirspor: 1 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.09.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  7. ^ Round 03 - 24.09.1972 - Galatasaray-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 15:45. Weather: 21°C open. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 28.306. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Nazım Nacar, Ata Bahri. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem (Olcay), Muzaffer, Tarık, Aydın, Mehmet, Bülent, Mehmet II, Metin, Gökmen, Uğur. Subs: Aydın, Korhan, Ahmet, Savaş. Coach: Brian Birch. Goals: Mehmet 18', Metin 42'. Yellow cards: Bülent, Gökmen. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Tuncay, Güray, Alp, Burhan (İbrahim), Zeki, Necdet. Subs: Fikret, Fevzi, Levent, Ömer. Coach. Turgay Şeren. Yellow card: Refik. "Mehmet scored and assisted". Mehmet attı ve attırdı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.09.1972, p. 10, 12. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  8. ^ Round 04 - 01.10.1972 - MİY-Samsunspor: 3-1. Sunday, 15:00. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Yalçın Gırgır, Sait Acarbay. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut (Refik), Akın, Cihat, Tuncay, Ayhan, Güray, Necdet, Alp, Zeki, İbrahim. Goals: Güray 16', Alp 69', Alp 79'. Samsunspor: Tekin, Rıfat, Necmi, B.Ali, K.Ali, K.Temel, Cahit, Hayri, B.Temel, Raşit, Adem. Goal: Raşit 7'. "Mersin İ. Y.: 3 - Samsunspor: 1." Mersin İ. Y.: 3 - Samsunspor: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.10.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  9. ^ Round 05 - 08.10.1972 - Giresunspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 21°C heavy, cloudy. Giresun. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Teoman Parer, Nazım Nacar. Giresunspor: Fevzi, Faruk, Oğuz, Rüçhan, B.İsmail, K.İsmail, Muzaffer, Doğan, Necmi, Mazlum (Necdet), K.Orhan. Subs: Kaya, Nurettin, Fikret, Şafak. Coach: Naci Özkaya. Goal: Doğan 16'. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Cihat, Akın, Tuncay, Erol, Necdet, Zeki, Güray, Ömer. Subs: Fikret, Alp, Remzi, Burhan, Ayhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Zeki 18'. Yellow card: Necdet. "Giresunspor: 1 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Giresunspor: 1 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.10.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  10. ^ Round 06 - 15.10.1972 - MİY-Bursaspor: 0-0. Sunday, 14:45. Weather: 33°C open. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: 8794. Referees: Talat Tokat, Hüseyin Karaca, Ahen Tüzün. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Alp, Güray, Erol, Necdet (İbrahim 69'), Zeki, Ayhan (Ömer 55'). Subs: İbrahim, Ömer, Levent, Güvenir, Fikret. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow cards: Yılmaz, Akın, Zeki. Bursaspor: Rasim, Cemil, İsmail, Yusuf, Haluk, Vahit, Hayrettin, Sedat, Mesut, Güvenç, Baykul. Subs: Osman, Erdil, Tezcan, Hüseyin, K.İsmail. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Yellow cards: Mesut, Yusuf. "Mersin: 0 - Bursaspor: 0". Mersin: 0 - Bursaspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.10.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 25.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  11. ^ Round 07 - 29.10.1972 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 26°C open. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: 14.769. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Erol Eroğlu, Sait Acarbay. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Akın, Refik, Cihat, Tuncay, Güray, Erol, Burhan, Zeki, Ayhan (Necdet). Subs: Tarık, Alp, Remzi, İbrahim. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow card: Cihat. Yellow card: Cihat (second half). Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Şükrü, Cevher, Yılmaz, Levent, Canan, Ziya, Nedim, Fuat, Osman, Muharrem (Necati). Subs: Yavuz, Timuçin, Ersoy, Serkan. Coach: Didi. Yellow card: Fuat (1st half). "Fenerbahçe returns happy from Mersin". F.bahçe Mersin'den mennun dönüyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.10.1972, p. 10, 12. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  12. ^ Round 08 - 05.11.1972 - Boluspor-MİY: 3-3. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 13°C open. Bolu. Attendance: 4890. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Teoman Parer, Hüseyin Karaca. Boluspor: Talip, K. İbrahim, Bilgin, Lütfi, Fikret, Rıdvan, Ahmet, Aydın, Cengiz, Sinan, Çetin. Subs: Güngör, Vadi, Eyüp, Erdem, Ergin. Coach: Neagu. Goals: Ahmet 67'(P), Alp 80'(o.g.), Lütfi 83'. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Erol, Güray, Tuncay, Necdet, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Tarık, Alp, Remzi, İbrahim, Cemil. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goals: Necdet 1', Necdet 20', Zeki 70'. Yellow card: Necdet. "Boluspor: 3 - Mersin İdmanyurdu: 3". Boluspor: 3 - Mersin İdmanyurdu: 3. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 06.11.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  13. ^ Round 09 - 12.11.1972 - MİY-Göztepe: 2-0. Sunday, 14:15. Weather 23°C sunny. Mersin. Attendance: 11.300. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, İlhan Önercan, Erdoğan Aybay. MİY: Yılmaz, Alp, Akın, Tuncay, Ömer, Erol, Güray, Levent (Remzi), Necdet, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Tarık, Cemil, Adil, İbrahim. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goals: Necdet 54', Zeki 67'. Penalty missed: Güray 55'. Yellow card: Ömer 25'. Göztepe: Ali (Mithat), Mehmet (Cengiz), Okyay, Özer, Cudi, Doğan, Nevzat, Atilla, Mehmet IV, K.Ali, Ayhan. Subs: Çağlayan, Mustafa, Nadir. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Yellow card: Doğan 25'. "Mersin: 2 - Göztepe: 0". Mersin: 2 - Göztepe: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.11.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  14. ^ Round 10 - 19.11.1972 - MİY-Adanaspor: 0-1. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 23°C sunny. Mersin. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Yaşar Marmara, Celal Türk. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut, Akın, Refik, Cihat, Alp, Güray, Erol, Necdet, Zeki, Ömer. Subs: Tarık, Cemil, Tuncay, İbrahim, Burhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Adanaspor: Güngör, Necip, Erdinç, Behçet, Faruk, Ali Osman, Tufan, Orhan, Reşit, Miliç, B.Selahattin. Subs: K.Cihat, Kamuran, Vedat, Rıdvan, Şahin. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goal: Miliç 17'. Yellow card: Tufan 4'. "Adanaspor beats Mersin 1-0". Adanaspor Mersin'i 1-0 mağlup etti. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.11.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  15. ^ Round 11 - 25.11.1972 - Şeker-MİY: 0-0. Saturday, 14:30. Weather: 10°C open sunny. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Engin Kesim, Zeki Etyemez. Şekerspor: Erdoğan, Mücahit, Emin, Halil, Kubilay, Ahmet, Önder, Güngör, Canel, Mehmet, Uğur. Subs: Engin, Yetik, Nevruz, Enver, K.Turhan. Coach: Erdoğan Tokol. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Akın, Tuncay, Ömer, Erol, Davut, Güray, Necdet, Zeki, Burhan (Refik 32'). Subs: Fikret, İbrahim, Alp, Ayhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren. "Şekerspor: 0 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0". Şekerspor: 0 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.11.1972, p. 8. Retrieved on 07.11.2010. (in Turkish)
  16. ^ Round 12 - 03.12.1972 - MİY-PTT: 1-1. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 13°C cloudy light breezy. Mersin. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Ziya Albayrak, Oğuz Özden. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Akın, Refik, Ömer, Davut, Tuncay, Erol, Necdet, Güray, Ayhan. Subs: Fikret, Cihat, Cemil, Alp, İbrahim. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Necdet 41'. PTT: Aydoğan, Esenali, Cevdet, Enver, Muzaffer, Erhan, İlhan, Cengiz (Haydar), Zeki, Hoşer, Tahsin. Subs: Cavit, Kemal, Haydar, Erol, Halil. Coach: Ertan Adatepe. Goal: Cevdet 77'. Yellow card: Muzaffer 49'. "Mersin İ. Yurdu: 1 - PTT: 1". Mersin İ. Yurdu: 1 - PTT: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.12.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  17. ^ Round 13 - 16.12.1972 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 1-0. Saturday, 14:15. Weather: 8°C heavy. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 11.648. Referees: Ertuğrul Aybay, Lütfü Keçelioğlu, Teoman Parer. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Ahmet, Tayfun, Sami, Zekeriya, Bülent, Veadt, Kahraman, Sanlı (C) (Nihat) (Atakan), Kadir, Tuğrul. Subs: Burak, Hasan, Cemal. Coach: Abdullah Gegiç. Goal: Sanlı. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Akın, Cihat, Ömer, Ayhan (C), Güray, Tuncay, Davut, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Tarık, İbrahim, Levent, Cemil. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow cards: Ömer, Davut, Ayhan. "Beşiktaş defeated Mersin by 1-0". Beşiktaş Mersin'i 1-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.12.1972, p. 12. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  18. ^ Round 14 - 24.12.1972 - MİY-MKE Ankaragücü: 0-0. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 13°C sunny. Mersin. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Cahit Aybek, İsmail Hendek. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Cihat, Akın, Ömer, Tuncay, Erol, Güray, Davut, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Yılmaz, İbrahim, Alp, Ayhan. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Remzi, İsmail, Erman, Müjdat, Selçuk, Mehmet, Metin, Raşit, Köksal, Melih. Subs: Baskın, Adnan, Coşkun, Zafer, Aykut. Coach: Ziya Taner. "Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0 - Ankaragücü: 0". Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0 - Ankaragücü: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.12.1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  19. ^ Round 15 - 31.12.1972 - Altay-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 14:15. Weather: Cold but open. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Attendance: Very low. Referees: Kamil Karakoç, Orhan Ocakoğlu, Birol Dinç. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Necdet, Enver, Zinnur, Ayfer, Mithat, İsa, Hıdır, Uğur, B.Mustafa. Subs: Hasan, Erdinç, Hayrullah. Coach: Gürcan Berk. Goals: Necdet 24', İsa 26'. Yellow card: İsmail 43'. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Tuncay, Akın, Ömer, İbrahim, Erol, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, Alp. Subs: Fikret, Ayhan, Davut, Selahattin. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Zeki 1'. Yellow card: Zeki 28'. "Altay: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Altay: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.01.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  20. ^ Round 16 - 03.02.1973 - Vefa-MİY: 1-0. Saturday, 14:30. Weather: 8°C heavy and breezy. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 4766. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Mehmet Gümüşdüğme, Oğuz Özden. Vefa: Faruk, Hikmet, Niko, Hidayet, Muharrem, Ali, Raşit, Bekir, Ömer (Ünal 70'), Montemarani, Erdinç. Subs: Sedat, Adem, Fikri, Caves. Coach: Sefer Türker. Red card: Montemarani 37'. Goal: Ömer 37'(F). Yellow card: Bekir 39'. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Akın, Cihat, Ömer, Davut (Burhan 46'), Tuncay, Güray, İbrahim, Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Hüseyin, K.Erol, B.Erol, Alp. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Red card: Ayhan 37'. Yellow card: Halit 39'. "Vefa beats Mersin 1-0". Vefa Mersin'i 1-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.02.1973, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  21. ^ Round 17 - 11.02.1973 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 1-2. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 14°C open. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Sebahattin Ladikli, Nazım Nacar, Kayhan Bora. MİY: Fikret, Halim, Cihat, Akın, Ömer, Tuncay, İbrahim (Necdet), Alp, Zeki, Güray, Burhan. Subs: Hüseyin, Davut, K.Erol, B.Erol. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Goal: Alp 87'. Yellow cards: Zeki, Halim. Eskişehirspor: Mümin, Ali, Bilal, Mustafa, Abdurrahman, B.Burhan, K.Burhan, Kamuran, Halil, Fethi, Şevki. Subs: Doğan, Yenal, Metin, Hüdai, Ahmet. Coach: Galip Türkkan. Goals: Halil 6', Şevki 12'. Yellow cards: Halil, Şevki, Abdurrahman. "Eskişehirspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Eskişehirspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.02.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 07.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  22. ^ Round 18 - 18.02.1973 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 17°C breezy. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referres: Ziya Türkdoğan, Lütfü Keçelioğlu, Sait Yaşar. MİY: Yılmaz, Akın, Davut, Cihat, Alp, Ömer, Güray, K.Erol (Tuncay), Necdet, İbrahim, Zeki. Subs: Fikret, B.Erol, B.Selahattin, Burhan. Coach: vacant. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem, Muzaffer, Tarık, Aydın, B.Mehmet, Bülent, Ahmet, Metin, K.Mehmet, Uğur. Subs: Gökmen, Tuncay, Nihat, Suphi, Korhan. Coach: Brian Birch. Yellow card: Muzaffer 30'. "Galatasaray draws: 0-0". Galatasaray berabere: 0-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 19.02.1973, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 09.09.2010. (in Turkish)
  23. ^ Round 19 - 04.03.1973 - Samsunspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 8°C open sunny, breezy. Samsun. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Şerafettin Bosnalı, Altan Peker. Samsunspor: Tekin, Ali, Cengiz, Barbaros, Kemal, Rıfat, Raşit, Temel, Hayri, Hamdi, Adem. Subs: Erdoğan, Orhan, Nuri, Osman, Dursun. Coach: Abdullah Matay. Goal: Temel 84'. MİY: Yılmaz, Davut (Erol), Alp, Akın, Cihat, Tuncay, Necdet, Ömer, Zeki, Güray, İbrahim. Subs: Fikret, Erol, Burhan, Selahattin. Coach: Nazım Koka. "Samsun: 1 - Mersin: 0". Samsun: 1 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.03.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  24. ^ Round 20 - 11.03.1973 - MİY-Giresunspor: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 15°C heavy. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Yavuz Tunç, Nail Dinçer, Cengiz Kaynak. MİY: Fikret, Davut, Cihat, Akın, Alp, K.Erol, Ömer (Tuncay 28'), Güray, İbrahim, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Yılmaz, Refik, Necdet, B.Erol. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Zeki 48'. Giresunspor: Şeref, Nuri, Oğuz, Rüçhan (Faruk), İsmail, Doğan (K.İsmail), Ali, Mazlum. Subs: Kahraman, Necdet, Şafak. Coach: Naci Özkaya. Yellow cards: Nuri, Doğan. "Mersin: 1 - Giresun: 0". Mersin: 1 - Giresun: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.03.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  25. ^ Round 21 - 18.03.1973 - Bursaspor-MİY: 1-2. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 8°C heavy. Bursa. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Halil Eraydın, Kayhan Bora. Bursaspor: Osman (Rasim), Cemil, İsmail, Yusuf, Haluk, Hayrettin, Vahit, Tezcan, Mesut, Baykul, Sinan. Subs: Sümer, Çeki, Sedat, Orhan. Coach: Metin Oktay. Goal: Tezcan 77'. MİY: Fikret, Davut, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Alp, K.Erol, Güray, Burhan (necdet), Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Yılmaz, Tuncay, Levent, B.Erol. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: İbrahim 42', Güray 69'. "Mersin İ.Y.: 2 - Bursa: 1". Mersin İ.Y.: 2 - Bursa: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 19.03.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  26. ^ Round 22 - 25.03.1973 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 3-0. Sunday, 14:45. Weather: 18°C first open then heavy. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 40.535. Referees: İbrahim Fırla, Halil Atalık, Mehmet Gümüşdüğme. Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Niyazi, Ercan, Cevher (Serkan), Levent, Ziya, Fuat, Ostojiç (Canan), Necati, Cemil, Nedim. Subs: Yavuz, Kamil, Bünyamin. Coach: Didi. Goals: Nedim 11'(F), Cemil 22'(F), Ostojiç 71'(F). MİY: Fikret, Alp, Cihat, Akın, Davut (B. Erol), Tuncay, Burhan (Necdet), Güray, Erol, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Yılmaz, B.Selahattin, Levent. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Güray 32'. "Fenerbahçe won 3-0". F.Bahçe 3-0 galip. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.03.1973. Retrieved on 15.06.2010. (in Turkish)
  27. ^ Round 23 - 01.04.1973 - MİY-Boluspor: 0-0. Sunday, 14:45. Weather: 18°C open, light breezy. Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, İhsan Türe, Sait Acarbay. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Cihat, Refik, Akın, Erol, Burhani Ayhan, Zeki, Güray, İbrahim. Subs: Fikret, Ömer, B.Selahattin, Alp, Tuncay. Coach: Nazım Koka. Boluspor: Güngör, K.İbrahim, Eyüp, İbrahim, Lütfü, Fikret, Ahmet, Rıdvan, Sinan, Aydın, Çetin. Subs: Talip, Bilgin, Erdem, Kemal, Cengiz. Coach: Valery Neagu. "Mersin İd.Y.: 0 - Bolu: 0". Mersin İd.Y.: 0 - Bolu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 02.04.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  28. ^ Round 24 - 08.04.1973 - Göztepe-MİY: 0-1. Sunday, 15:30. Weather: 21°C open sunny. Alsancak Stadium, İzmir. Attendance: Low. Referees: Cumhur Demir, Mustafa Takımoğlu, Ali Enginsu. Göztepe: Ulvi, Mehmet II, Cudi, İsmail (Okyay), Özer, Nevzat, Doğan, K.Ali, Mustafa, Mehmet IV, Mehmet III. Subs: Mithat, Mehmet I, Atilla, Ali. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Yellow card: Nevzat 27'. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Refik, Nihat, Alp, Erol, Ayhan, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Fikret, Davut, Tuncay, B.Erol, Akın. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Burhan 55'. Yellow card: Halit 32'. "Mersin: 1 - Göztepe: 0". Mersin: 1 - Göztepe: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 09.04.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  29. ^ Round 25 - 15.04.1973 - Adanaspor-MİY: 3-0. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 22°C open. Adana. Attendance: Low. Referees: Sedat Özselçuk, Celal Çerezci, İsmail Hendek. Adanaspor: Cavit, Necip, Erdinç, Behçet, Faruk, B.Selahattin, Naci, Kamuran, Reşit, Ertuğrul, Miliç. Subs: Orhan, A.Osman, Vedat, Tufan, yener. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goals: Reşit 4', Reşit 36', Miliç 90'. Yellow card: Naci. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Ayhan, Erol, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Fikret, Alp, Tuncay, Erol, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow cards: Cihat, Akın. Penalty missed: Güray 85'. "Adanaspor: 3 - Mersin: 0". Adanaspor: 3 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 16.04.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 06.11.2010. (in Turkish)
  30. ^ Round 26 - 22.04.1973 - MİY-Şeker: 4-2. Sunday, 15:00. Weather: 22°C open sunny. Tevfik Srrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: İlhan Özkan, Ziya Ardahan, Erol, Oroğlu. MİY: Yılmaz, Alp, Refik, Akın (Tuncay), Cihat, K.Erol, Güray, Ömer, Burhan, Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Fikret, Davut, Halim, B.Selahattin. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: Zeki 36'(H), Burhan 57'(F), Zeki 65'(F), Zeki 78'(F). Şekerspor: Erdoğan, Mücahit, B.Turan, Yiğit, Kubilay, Sabahattin, Erol (Güngör), Ahmet, Canel, Mehmet, Nevruz. Subs: Ergün, Turan, Hamdi, Çetin. Coach: Erdoğan Tokol. Goals: Mücahit 76'(F), Güngör 79'(F). Yellow card: Yiğit 25'. "Mersin: 4 - Şeker: 2". Mersin: 4 - Şeker: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 23.04.1973, p. 12. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  31. ^ Round 27 - 29.04.1973 - PTT-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 15:15. Weather: 15°C open. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Attendance: c. 3500. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Özer Erkli, Yalçın Gürgür. PTT: Aydoğan, Esenali, Kemal, Cevdet, Muzaffer, İlhan, Erhan, Halil, Enver, Cengiz, Erol. Subs: Cavit, Candan, Hoşer, Arif. Coach: Yılmaz Coşkun. Goals: Enver 6', Halil 41. MİY: Fikret, Davut, Refik, Cihat, Alp, Tuncay, Ayhan, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Yılmaz, B.Erol, K.Erol, Halit, Ömer. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Güray 81'. "PTT: 2 - Mersin: 1". PTT: 2 - Mersin: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 30.04.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.01.2011. (in Turkish)
  32. ^ Round 28 - 12.05.1973 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 1-0. Saturday, 15:30. Weather: 26°C open and sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Müşfik Talas, Sadık Özen, Cengiz Kaynak. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Ömer (Tuncay), Erol, Güray, İbrahim (Burhan), Zeki, Ayhan. Subs: Fikret, Davut, Alp. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: İbrahim 18'. Goal: Ayhan 82'(H). Beşiktaş: Sabri, Ahmet, Sami, Tayfun, Zekeriya, Mustafa, Vedat, Kahraman, Bülent, Kadir, Sanlı. Subs: Aydın, Cemal, Hasan, Atakan, Tuğrul. Coach: Abdullah Gegiç. Yellow card: Sanlı 19'. "Mersin gave no chance to Beşiktaş: 1-0". Mersin Beşiktaş'a şans tanımadı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.05.1973. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (in Turkish)
  33. ^ Round 29 - 20.05.1973 - MKE Ankaragücü-MİY. 1-1. Sunday, 17:45. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Güngör Tunçel, Engin Kesim. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Adnan, İsmail, Erman, Müjdat, Zafer, Metin, Mehmet, Melih, Köksal, Behzat. Goal: Behzat 12'. Red card: Mehmet. MİY: Yılmaz, Halit, Alp, Refik, Akın, K.Mehmet, Burhan, Tuncay, Zeki, Güray, Ömer. Goal: Ömer 41'. Red card: Halit. "Ankaragücü: 1 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1". Ankaragücü: 1 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 21.05.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 08.11.2010. (in Turkish)
  34. ^ Round 30 - 27.05.1973 - MİY-Altay: 2-2. Sunday, 15:30. Weather: 28°C open and sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Nevzat Tansuk, Namık Atlı, Ahen Tüzün. MİY: Yılmaz (Fikret), Ömer, Refik, Akın, Alp, Tuncay (Ayhan), Güray, Erol, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Davut, B.Selahattin, Levent. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: Güray 9', İbrahim 78'. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Enver, Ali, Zinnur, Mustafa, Yılmaz, Uğur, İsa, K.Mustafa, B.Mustafa. Subs: Hasan, Ayfer, Mithat, Hıdır, Ahmet. Coach: Akın Baran. Goals: B.Mustafa 26', Uğur 83'. "Mersin: 2 Altay: 2". Mersin: 2 Altay: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 28.05.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (in Turkish)
  35. ^ a b TFF website does not have an official page for 1972–73 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in Turkish). See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (in Turkish).
  36. ^ Turkish Cup R2 L2 - 27.12.1972 - Gaziantepspor-MİY: 2-0. Wednesday, 13:30. City Stadium, Gaziantep. Goals: Abdullah 57', Muammer 75'. "Bursaspor, Adanaspor and Gaziantepspor were promoted to 3rd round". Bursaspor, Adanaspor ve Gaziantepspor 3. turda, Milliyet online archive, Milliyet, 28 December 1972, p. 10. Retrieved on 3 August 2015. (in Turkish).
  37. ^ Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1972–73 squad and 1972–73 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
  38. ^ a b Data were obtained from; Erbil, Cihat (1975). Story of the 50 YearsRetrieved on 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57. And an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season. Appearance and goal stats were obtained from maçkolik.com. Data related to discipline and substitute players obtained from maçkolik.com are not complete. Retrieved on 21 August 2015.
  39. ^ Yılmaz Urul. Arap. Player signed in Summer 1972. His previous team was İstanbulspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  40. ^ Akın Aksaçlı. In the team since Summer 1970. His previous team was Galatasaray. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  41. ^ Cihat Erbil. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  42. ^ Tuncay Mesçi. Player signed in Summer 1972. His previous team was Ankaragücü. At the end of the season player signed to Trabzonspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  43. ^ Necdet Aykut. Player signed in Summer 1972. His previous team was Gençlerbirliği. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  44. ^ Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  45. ^ Davut Şahin. Player signed in Summer 1972. His previous team was Beşiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  46. ^ Ömer Tokgöz. In the team since Summer 1971. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  47. ^ Zeki Temizer. In the team since Summer 1971. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  48. ^ Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1965. At the end of the season player signed to Gaziantepspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  49. ^ Güray Erdener. In the team since Summer 1971. His previous team was Beşiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  50. ^ Burhan Çetinkaya. Player signed in Summer 1972. His previous team was Zonguldakspor. He attended summer camp with Galatasaray, but later he was persuaded by coach Turgay Şeren and signed to MİY. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  51. ^ İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  52. ^ Alp Sümeralp. In the team since Summer 1962. At the end of the season he finished his player career. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  53. ^ Remzi Sezer. In the team since Summer 1971. at the end of the season player signed to Zonguldakspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  54. ^ Erol Evcimen, B. Erol. In the team since Summer 1969. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  55. ^ Erol Durmuşlu, K. Erol. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
  56. ^ Mehmet Levent Arıkdoğan. In the team since Summer 1972. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  57. ^ Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  58. ^ Halit Kutlu. In the team since Summer 1971. His previous team was Beşiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  59. ^ Mehmet Şilan. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.