1973–74 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu

1973–74 season
President	Mehmet Karamehmet
Coach	Tomislav Kaloperović
Stadium	Mersin, Turkey
First League	15th
Turkish Cup	Did not participate
Top goalscorer	Şeref Başoğlu (5)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1973–74. The 1973–74 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish First Football League, the first level division in Turkey. 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, Sadık Eliyeşil, Mehmet Emin Yıldız, Mustafa Elgin, Erol Tarhan, Reşat Çağlı, Sungur Baydur, Kemal Saraçoğlu.^[1]

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 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.^[2]

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1973–74 First League 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		14	15	3	5	7	7	11	-4	11		8	3	3	2	6	4	+2	9		7	0	2	5	1	7	-6	2
Second half			15	5	1	8	8	16	-8	11		7	4	1	2	7	6	+1	9		8	1	0	7	1	10	-9	2
Overall		15	30	8	6	16	15	27	-12	22		15	7	4	4	13	10	+3	18		15	1	2	12	2	17	-15	4

Sources: 1973–74 Turkish First Football League pages.^[3]

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Turkey First League in 1973–74 season is shown in the following table.^[4][5]

Pc	Team	Games				Goals		Pts		Home				Away
		Pl	W	D	L	F	A			F–A	R	Pc		F–A	R	Pc
1	Fenerbahçe (C) (CW) (ECC)	30	15	13	2	39	15	43		0–1	25	14		0–0	10	14
2	Beşiktaş (EUC)	30	13	14	3	34	19	40		2–4	30	15		0–1	15	14
3	Boluspor (EUC)	30	12	15	3	33	21	39		1–1	4	16		0–1	19	14
4	Eskişehirspor	30	14	8	8	34	24	36		2–1	8	10		0–2	23	15
5	Galatasaray	30	13	9	8	29	16	35		0–0	13	12		0–2	28	15
6	Altay	30	11	9	10	25	22	31		0–1	11	15		0–1	26	14
7	Adanaspor	30	8	13	9	20	26	29		0–0	14	12		0–1	29	15
8	Samsunspor	30	10	8	12	24	30	28		1–0	5	15		0–1	20	15
9	Bursaspor (CR) (ECW)	30	8	12	10	19	25	28		1–0	18	12		0–2	3	16
10	Adana Demirspor	30	9	9	12	19	21	27		1–0	16	12		0–1	1	14
11	Kayserispor	30	8	11	11	18	24	27		0–1	2	16		0–2	17	13
12	Giresunspor	30	8	10	12	28	32	26		2–1	24	13		0–1	9	15
13	Göztepe	30	8	10	12	24	28	26		1–0	27	14		0–0	12	13
14	Ankaragücü	30	10	6	14	28	36	26		0–0	21	15		1–2	6	15
15	Mersin İdmanyurdu (R)	30	8	6	16	15	27	22		–	–	–		–	–	–
16	Vefa (R)	30	5	7	18	16	39	17		2–0	7	15		1–0	22	14

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 UEFA Cup 1974-75.

Results by round

Results of games MİY played in 1973–74 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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	10	15	14	15	13	12	12	14	12	13	12	14	15	15	14	15	13	14	14	14	15	15	15

Source: 1973–74 Turkish First Football League pages.^[3] u=14:10, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

First half

Adana Demirspor    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

9 Sep 1973 Round 1	Adana Demirspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Adana
Sunday, 17:00	Rasin Gürcan  5'	Report[6]		Referee: Talat Tokat

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Kayserispor

16 Sep 1973 Round 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 1	Kayserispor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 17:00	Akın Aksaçlı	Report[7]	46' Mustafa Yücel Rızkullah Fakkusoğlu	Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Yılmaz Önen

Bursaspor    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

23 Sep 1973 Round 3	Bursaspor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Bursa
Sunday, 17:15	Orhan Özselek  10' Yetiş Kaya  89'	Report[8] Referee was later punished because he made a goal decision for a shoot entered from side net.		Referee: Ömer Karadağ

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Boluspor

30 Sep 1973 Round 4	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	Boluspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 17:00	Akın Aksaçlı  49' Akın Aksaçlı  13' Refik Çoğum  38' Burhan Çetinkaya  73'	Report[9]	50' Rıdvan Ertan  54' Fikret İsmigüzel	Referee: İbrahim Fırla

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Samsunspor

7 Oct 1973 Round 5	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Samsunspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:30	Necdet Aykut  4'	Report[10]		Referee: Kemal Akay

Ankaragücü    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

21 Oct 1973 Round 6	Ankaragücü	2 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Sunday, 16:15	Tahsin Ünal  9' Müjdat Yalman  67' (P)	Report[11]	82' Necdet Aykut	Attendance: 8.000 Referee: İhsan Türe

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Vefa

28 Oct 1973 Round 7	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 0	Vefa	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:30	Şeref Başoğlu  35' Necdet Aykut  43' Zeki Temizer  49'	Report[12]	78' Muharrem Tosun	Referee: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Eskişehirspor

4 Nov 1973 Round 8	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 1	Eskişehirspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:30	Burhan Çetinkaya  7' Zeki Temizer  37'	Report[13]	84' Ömer Kaner	Referee: Müşfik Talas

Giresunspor    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

11 Nov 1973 Round 9	Giresunspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Giresun
Sunday, 14:45.	Bünyamin Çulcu  52'	Report[14]	53' Cevher Özer	Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Sabahattin Ladikli

Fenerbahçe    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

25 Nov 1973 Round 10	Fenerbahçe	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul
Sunday, 14:15	Fuat Saner  50'	Report[15]	70' Cihat Erbil	Attendance: 41.478 Referee: Macit Sarıdana

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Altay

2 Dec 1973 Round 11	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 1	Altay	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30		Report[16]	40' Uğur Güler	Referee: Doğan Babacan

Göztepe    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

16 Dec 1973 Round 12	Göztepe	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, İzmir
Sunday, 14:00		Report[17]	72' Burhan Çetinkaya	Referee: Erkan Göksel

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Galatasaray

23 Dec 1973 Round 13	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Galatasaray	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:15	Cihat Erbil Güray Erdener	Report[18]	Mehmet Oğuz Aydın Güleş Ekrem Günalp Bülent Ünder	Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Adanaspor

30 Dec 1973 Round 14	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Adanaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:15	Güngör Çelikçiler  44'	Report[19]		Referee: Hilmi Ok

Beşiktaş    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

5 Jan 1974 Round 15	Beşiktaş	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Beşiktaş, İstanbul
Saturday, 14:15	Ahmet Yılmaz  37'	Report[20]		Referee: Ziya Türkdoğan

Second half

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Adana Demirspor

10 Feb 1974 Round 16	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Adana Demirspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:15	Refik Çoğum  30' Ömer Tokgöz	Report[21]	Ahmet Yaşar Rasin Gürcan	Referee: Macit Sarıdana

Kayserispor    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

17 Feb 1974 Round 17	Kayserispor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Kayseri
Sunday, 13:45	Muhittin Köymen  9' Muhittin Köymen  89' Canan Açıkgöz	Report[22]		Referee: Rahmi Haliloğlu

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Bursaspor

24 Feb 1974 Round 18	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Bursaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:45	Necdet Aykut  55'	Report[23]	40' Yusuf Çavdar	Referee: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu

Boluspor    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

3 Mar 1974 Round 19	Boluspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Bolu
Sunday, 12:00	Sinan Alayoğlu  48'	Report[24]	30' Şeref Başoğlu	Attendance: 4.862 Referee: Ziya Türkdoğan

Samsunspor    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

10 Mar 1974 Round 20	Samsunspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun
Sunday, 13:45	Adem Kurukaya  3' Bülent Gürsoytrak  58' Ali Elveren  70'	Report[25]	1' Güray Erdener	Referee: Orhan Cebe

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Ankaragücü

17 Mar 1974 Round 21	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Ankaragücü	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00	Cihat Erbil  54'	Report[26]	54' Melih Atacan	Referee: İlhan Özkan

Vefa    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

23 Mar 1974 Round 22	Vefa	0 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, İstanbul
Saturday, 15:00	Muharrem Tosun  18'	Report[27]	23' Şeref Başoğlu  27' İbrahim Arayıcı  59' Cihat Erbil	Referee: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu

Eskişehirspor    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

31 Mar 1974 Round 23	Eskişehirspor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir
Sunday, 13:00	Fethi Heper  45' Ömer Kaner  52' Bilal Arular  27' Ömer Kaner  35'	Report[28]		Attendance: 2.700 Referee: Nihat Özbirgül

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Giresunspor

7 Apr 1974 Round 24	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 1	Giresunspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	Kemal Yalçınkaya  15' Şeref Başoğlu  56'	Report[29]	85' Oğuz Cansever	Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Fenerbahçe

14 Apr 1974 Round 25	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 1	Fenerbahçe	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	Refik Çoğum	Report[30]	50' Cemil Turan Cemil Turan	Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Orhan Cebe

Altay    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

21 Apr 1974 Round 26	Altay	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, İzmir
Sunday, 16:00	Mustafa Denizli  83'	Report[31]		Referee: Hilmi Ok

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Göztepe

28 Apr 1974 Round 27	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Göztepe	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	Şeref Başoğlu  27'	Report[32]		Referee: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu

Galatasaray    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

12 May 1974 Round 28	Galatasaray	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İnönü Stadium, Beşiktaş, İstanbul
Sunday, 16:00	Metin Kurt  63' Ahmet Akkuş  82'	Report[33]		Attendance: 4.245 Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan

Adanaspor    v    Mersin İdmanyurdu

19 May 1974 Round 29	Adanaspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Adana
Sunday, 16:00	Harun Kaya  69' Harun Kaya	Report[34]		Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek

Mersin İdmanyurdu    v    Beşiktaş

26 May 1974 Round 30	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 4	Beşiktaş	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:00	Erol Durmuşlu  20' Şeref Başoğlu  43'	Report[35]	38' Đorđe Milić  80' Vedat Okyar  85' Mesut Şen  88' Đorđe Milić	Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı

1973–74 Turkish Cup participation

1973–74 Turkish Cup 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. Mersin İdmanyurdu did not participate in 1973–74 Turkish Cup because they had finished previous season at 11th place. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the 2nd time. Bursaspor (as the finalist) became eligible for 1974–75 ECW Cup.^[36]

Management

Club management

Mehmet Karamehmet was club president.

Coaching team

1973–74 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

Nat	Head Coach	Period	Pl	W	D	L	Notes
		01.08.1973 – 31.05.1974

Note: Only official games were included.

1973–74 squad

Stats are counted for 1973–74 First League matches.^[37][38] In the team rosters five substitutes were allowed to appear, two of who 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		Atıf Öztoprak	8 May 1952	Sakarya	GK	6				6				1973 ST from Sakaryaspor.[39]
2	2		Kemal Yalçınkaya	1948		DF	27	1			27	1			1973 ST from PTT.[40]
3	3		Akın Aksaçlı	1947		DF	13	1			13	1	1		→ from previous season.[41]
4	4		Halit Kutlu			MF	27				27				→ from previous season.[42]
5	5		Şeref Başoğu	1947	Adapazarı	MF	30	5			30	5			1973 ST from Sakaryaspor.[43]
6	6		Refik Çoğum	1940		MF	21	1			21	1	1		→ from previous season.[44]
7	7		İbrahim Arayıcı	1949	Silifke	FW	17				17				→ from previous season.[45]
8	8		Burhan Çetinkaya	1952	Trabzon	FW	18	1			18	1	1	1	→ from previous season.[46]
9	9		Erol Durmuşlu	1 Nov 1950	Silifke	FW	17	1			17	1			→ from previous season.[47]
10	10		Zeki Temizer	1945	İstanbul	FW	29	1			29	1	1		→ from previous season.[48]
11	11		Güray Erdener	12 Jan 1944	Çanakkale	FW	29				29				→ from previous season.[49]
12	13		Hasan Yalçıntaş			DF	1				1				1973 ST from Ankaragücü.[50]
13	14		Necdet Aykut	1947		MF	16	4			16	4			→ from previous season.[51]
14	1		Fikret Özdil	1943		GK	1				1				→ from previous season.[52]
15	9		Ömer Tokgöz	1947		FW	19				19				→ from previous season.[53]
16	1		Güngör Çelikçiler	1945	Üsküdar	GK	23				23				1973 ST from Adanaspor.[54]
17	4		Cihat Erbil	1946	Alpullu	DF	21				21				→ from previous season.[55]
18	13		Levent Arıkdoğan	23 Aug 1953	Mersin	MF	10				10				→ from previous season.[56]
19	13		İrfan Kaynak	1956	Ceyhan	FW	2				2				First time professional.[57]
20	6		Cevher Özer	1951		MF	19				19			1	1973 SL from Fenerbahçe.[58]
21	14		Davut Şahin	1948		FW	10				10				→ from previous season.[59]
22	10		Adil Özbay			FW	1				1				First time professional.[60]

Sources: 1973–74 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Erbil (1975).^[38]

Transfer news from Milliyet:

• Transfers in: Atıf, Şeref (Sakaryaspor), Kemal (PTT), Hasan (Ankaragücü). Cevher (loaned from Fenerbahçe).
• Transfers out: Güray (Adana Demirspor); Tuncay (Trabzonspor).

See also

• Football in Turkey
• 1973–74 Turkish First Football League
• 1973–74 Turkish Cup

Notes and references

1. First league team summaries. takım bilgileri. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.09.1973, p. 8. Retrieved on 03.10.2010. (Turkish)
2. Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website.
3. 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.
4. See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe.
5. More details available at Futbol Merkezi
6. Report 01 - 09.09.1973 - Adana Demirspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 17:00. Weather: Open. Adana. Referees: Talat Tokat, Yılmaz Dinçer, Orhan Ergün. Adana Demirspor: Erdem, Şükrü, Erol, Suphi, Burhan, Raşit, Halit, Ahmet, Rasin, Fatih, Bektaş. Subs: Selahattin, Gültekin, Sakıp, Haydar. Coach: Abdullah Gegiç. Goal: Rasin 5'. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Refik, Akın, Kemal, Şeref, Güray, Erol, İbrahim, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Fikret, Hasan, Ömer, Necdet. Coach: Ion Matroc. "Ad. D. Spor: 1 Mersin: 0". Ad. D. Spor: 1 Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.09.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
7. Report 02 - 16.09.1973 - MİY-Kayserspor: 0-1. Sunday, 17:30. Weather: 28°C open. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: c. 8000. Referees: Yılmaz Ören, Hayrettin İslamoğlu, Yalçın Baytar. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Kemal, Akın (Hasan), Refik, Burhan, Güray, Erol, Zeki, İbrahim, Şeref. Subs: Fikret, Ömer, Necdet. Coach: Ion Motroc. Yellow card: Akın. Kayserispor: Rızkullah, K.Mehmet, B.Mehmet, Levent, B.Osman, Ersel, B.Mustafa, Aydın, Canan, K.Mustafa, K.Osman (Metin). Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Goal: B.Mustafa 46'. Yellow card: Rızkullah. Penalty missed: B.Mustafa 35'. "Kayserispor: 1 Mersin İd. Y.: 0". Kayserispor: 1 Mersin İd. Y.: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.09.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
8. Report 03 - 23.09.1973 - Bursaspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 17:15. Weather: 26°C open. Atatürk Stadium, Bursa. Referees: Ömer Karadağ, Muhlis Bilgehan, Yalçın Darıcı. Bursaspor: Rasim, Kemal, Necdet, Yusuf, Orhan, Hayrettin, Cemil, K.İsmail, Vahit (Yetiş), Tezcan, Sinan. Subs: Osman, B.İsmail, Sedat I, Şevket II. Coach: Metin Oktay. Goals: Orhan 10', Yetiş 88'. MİY: Fikret, Halit, Refik, Akın, Kemal, Erol, Ömer, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, İbrahim. Subs: Atıf, Şeref, Mustafa. Coach: Motrock. "Bursa: 2 Mersin: 0". Bursa: 2 Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.09.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 29.10.2010. (Turkish)
9. Report 04 - 30.09.1973 - MİY-Boluspor: 1-1. Sunday, 17:00. Weather: 32°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: İbrahim Fırla, Ziya Albayrak, Özer Erkil. MİY: Güngör, Kemal, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Ömer, Erol (Levent), Güray, İbrahim, Zeki (Şeref), Burhan. Subs: Atıf, Necdet. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Akın 49'. Yellow cards: Akın, Refik, Burhan. Boluspor: Talip, Fikret, Nuri, Alaattin (Vadi), Eyüp, Aydın, Rıdvan, Şükrü, Cengiz, Sinan, Çetin. Subs: Mehmet, Demir, Kemal, Muammer. Coach: Neagu. Goal: Rıdvan 50'. Yellow card: Fikret. "Mersin: 1 Bolu: 1". Mersin: 1 Bolu: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.10.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
10. Report 05 - 07.10.1973 - MİY-Samsunspor: 1-0. Sunday, 16:30. Weather: 24°C open sunnyMersin. Referee: Kemal Akay. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Necdet, Güray, Ömer, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Tuncay, Akın, Ayhan. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Necdet 4'. Samsunspor: Tekin, Barbaros, Bülent, Kemal, Cengiz, Rıfat, Hayri, Zeki, Raşit, Adem, Hamdi. Subs: Erdoğan, Sami, K.Temel, Ömer. Coach: Nuri Asan. "Mersin: 1 Samsun: 0". Mersin: 1 Samsun: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.10.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
11. Report 06 - 21.10.1973 - MKE Ankaragücü-MİY: 2-1. Sunday, 16:15. Weather: 20°C windless. 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara. Attendance: c. 8000. Referees: İhsan Türe, Halil Atalık, Cengiz Kayhan. Ankaragücü: Osman, Remzi, İsmail, Erman, Müjdat, Zafer, Mehmet, Selçuk, Melih, Ali Osman, Tahsin. Subs: Aydoğan, Adnan, Sadık, K.Coşkun, Raşit. Coach: Ziya Taner. Goals: Tahsin 9', Müjdat 67'(P)'. MİY: Güngör, Ömer, Cihat, Refik, Kemal, Cevher, Burhan, Necdet, İbrahimi Güray, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Ayhan, Erol, Tuncay, Akın. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Necdet 82. "Ankaragücü: 2 Mersin: 1". Ankaragücü: 2 Mersin: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.10.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
12. Report 07 - 28.10.1973 - MİY-Vefa: 2-0. Sunday, 16:30. Mersin. Weather: 26°C open sunny. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Kadri Özkartal, Hüseyin Karaca. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Necdet, Cevher, Güray, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Atıf, Levent, Erol, Tuncay, İbrahim. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: Şeref 35', Necdet 43'. Yellow card: Zeki. Vefa: Faruk, K.Ömer, Ali, Adem, Muharrem, Ünal, Hidayet, Yakup, B.Ömer, Montemerani, Ahmet. Subs: Sedat, Fikri, Chaves, K.Ali, Nihat. Coach: Muhammet Paçuka. Yellow card: Muharrem. "Mersin: 2 Vefa: 0". Mersin: 2 Vefa: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.10.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
13. Report 08 - 04.11.1973 - MİY-Eskişehirspor: 2-1. Sunday, 14:30. Weather: 18°C open sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Müşfik Talaz, Ziya Albayrak, Mehmet Gümüşdüğme. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Necdet, Cevher, Güray, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Levent, Atıf, Erol, İbrahim. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goals: Burhan 7', Zeki 37'. Eskişehirspor: Doğan, Necmi, Bilal, Ali, Kenan, Burhan, Abdurrahman, Hüdai, Metin, Fethi, Ömer. Subs: Taşkın, Nihat, Rıza, Mehmet. Coach: Abdullah Matay. Goal: Ömer 84'. "Mersin: 2 Eskişehir: 1". Mersin: 2 Eskişehir: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 05.11.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
14. Report 09 - 11.11.1973 - Giresunspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 17°C heavy. Giresun. Attendance: c. 6000. Referees: Sabahattin Ladikli, Şerafettin Bosnalı, Hüseyin Karaca. Giresunspor: Fevzi, Rüçhan, Oğuz, Güngör, Nurettin, Doğan, Muzaffer, Mazlum, K.İsmail, Bünyamin, Ahmet. Subs: Şeref, Sacettin, Faruk, Erdem, Selman. Coach: Naci Özkaya. Goal: Bünyamin 52'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Cihat, Kemal, Erol, Necdet, Cevher, Güray, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan. Subs: Atıf, İbrahim, Celal, Ömer, Alp. Coach: Nazım Koka. Red card: Cevher 53'. "Giresun: 1 Mersin: 0". Giresun: 1 Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 12.11.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
15. Report 10 - 25.11.1973 - Fenerbahçe-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 14:15. Weather: Open. Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 41.478. Referees: Macit Sarıdana, Lütfü Keçelioğlu, Sait Yaşari. Fenerbahçe: Adil, Timuçin, Yılmaz, Niyazi, Serkan, Önder (İbrahim), Mustafa, Fuat, Osman, Cemil, Selahattin. Subs: Yavuz, Şükrü, Ercan, Kamil. Coach: Didi. Yellow card: Fuat 50'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol, Necdet, Güray, Ömer, Şeref, Zeki, Burhan (İbrahim). Subs: Atıf, Levent, Akın, Alp. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Cihat 70'. "No goal but kicks in Mithatpaşa". Mithatpaşa'da gol yoktu tekme vardı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 26.11.1973, p. 10, 12. Retrieved on 24.08.2010. (Turkish)
16. Report 11 - 02.12.1973 - MİY-Altay: 0-1. Sunday, 13:30. Weather: 26°C open sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: Doğan Babacan, Yaşar Marmara, Özcan Gürkaynak. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol, Cevher, Güray, Necdet, İbrahim, Zeki (Ömer 37'), Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Levent, Adil. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Kemal. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Zinnur, Erol, Ali, Ayfer, Şeref, Mustafa II, Yılmaz, Uğur, K.Mustafa. Subs: Adil, Enver, Cihat, İsmet, Uğur. Coach: İsmet Dinsel. Goal: Uğur 40'. "Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0". Altay: 1 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.12.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 27.10.2010. (Turkish)
17. Report 12 - 16.12.1973 - Göztepe-MİY: 0-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 11°C heavy rainy. Atatürk Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Erkan Göksel, Necmettin Çakan, Muhsin Bilgehan. Göztepe: Ulvi, Edip, K.Mehmet, Özer, Cudi, Fuji Mehmet, Nevzat, Dursun, Mustafa, Mehmet IV, Ali. Subs: Ercan, Okyay, İsmail, Ümit. Coach: Necdet Niş. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Akın, Kemal, Cihat, Ömer, Cevher, Güray, İbrahim, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Asım, Burhan, Necdet, Erol, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka. Red card: Burhan 72'. "Göztepe: 0 - Mersin: 0". Göztepe: 0 - Mersin: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.12.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
18. Report 13 - 23.12.1973 - MİY-Galatasaray: 0-0. Sunday, 13:15. Weather: 22°C light breezy. Mersin. Attendance: c. 14.000. Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan, Sait Acarbay, Yalçın Gürgür. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol (Davut), Güray, Ömer, Cevher, İbrahim (Necdet), Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Levent, Adil. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow cards: Cihat, Güray. Galatasaray: Yasin, Ekrem, Muzaffer, Enver, Aydın, Bülent, Tarık, Mustafa, K.Mehmet, Gökmen (Şevki 24'), B.Mehmet (Ahmet). Subs: Nihat, Arif. Coach: Brian Birch. Yellow cards: B.Mehmet, Aydın, Ekrem, Bülent. "G.saray returns from Mersin with one point". G.saray, Mersin'den bir puanla dönüyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.12.1973, p. 10, 12. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
19. Report 14 - 30.12.1973 - MİY-Adanaspor: 0-0. Sunday, 13:15. Weather: 22°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Zeki Etyemez, Özer Kızıltan. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol (Necdet), Ömer, Cevher, Güray, İbrahim, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Levent, Adil. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Güngör 44'. Adanaspor: Cihat, Necip, Behçet, Kamuran, Yener, Naci, Köksal, İsa, Reşit, Ertuğrul, Selahattin. Subs: Güngör, Harun, Yalçın, Tufan. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. "Mersin: 0 Adana: 0". Mersin: 0 Adana: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 31.12.1973, p. 10. Retrieved on 19.12.2010. (Turkish)
20. Report 15 - 07.01.1974 - Beşiktaş-MİY: 1-0. Monday. Weather 4°C breezy. İstanbul. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Sait Yaşar, Emin Türk. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Ahmet, Lütfü, Niko, Kahraman, Vedat, Haluk, Ahmet II, Sanlı (Mesut), Necmi, Tuğrul. Coach: Metin Türel. Goal: Ahmet II 35'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Cihat, Erol, Cevher, Güray, Davut, Necdet (İbrahim), Zeki, Şeref. Yellow cards: Zeki, Kemal, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka. "Beşiktaş beat Mersin and goes on his way". Mersin'i yenen Beşiktaş yoluna devam ediyor. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.01.1974, p. 8, 10. Retrieved on 02.10.2010. (Turkish)
21. Round 16 - 10.02.1974 - MİY-Adana Demirspor: 1-0. Sunday, 13:45. Weather: 14°C sunny. Mersin. Referees: Macit Sarıdana, Namık Adlı, Coşkun Erim. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Ömer, Cevher, Güray, Necdet, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Asım, Erol, Levent, Adil, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Refik 30'. Yellow card: Ömer. Adana Demirspor: Selahattin, Şükrü, Ahmet, Erol, Burhan, Raşit, Sakıp, Halis (Hasan), Rasin, Fatih, B.Necati. Subs: Ahmet, Suphi, Gültekin, Alaattin. Coach: Gegiç. Yellow cards: Ahmet, Rasin. "Mersin: 1 Ad. Demirspor: 0". Mersin: 1 Ad. Demirspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.02.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 02.01.2010. (Turkish)
22. Round 17 - 17.02.1974 - Kayserispor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:45. Weather: 12°C sunny. Kayseri. Referees: Rahmi Haliloğlu, İhsan Geygel, Tuncay Sözen. Kayserispor: Rızkullah, Esat, Osman, Cihat, Levent, Cengiz, Ersel, Selçuk, Muhittin, Canan, Erdinç. Subs: Ercan, Bülent, Hamdi, Metin, K.Aydın. Coach: Bresford. Goals: Muhittin 9', 89'. Yellow card: Canan. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Cihat (İbrahim), Ömer, Güray, Cevher, Davut, Zeki (Erol), Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Levent, Necdet. Coach: Nazım Koka. "Kayserispor: 2 Mersin İd. Y.: 0". Kayserispor: 2 Mersin İd. Y.: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.02.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 02.01.2010. (Turkish)
23. Round 18 - 24.02.1974 - MİY-Bursaspor: 1-0. Sunday, 13:45. Weather: 12°C heavy. Mersin. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Fevzi Ayyüce, Necdet Sinanoğu. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Cihat, Necdet (İbrahim), Cevher, Güray, Erol (Ömer 46'), Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Ramazan, Levent, Davut. Coach: Nazım Koka. Goal: Necdet 55'. Bursaspor: Osman (Rasim), Kemal, İsmail, Yusuf, Orhan, Cemil, Hayrettin, Sinan, Vahit, Tezcan, Sedat. Subs: Ahmet, Çeki, Güvenç, Sedat. Coach: Mustafa Ertan. Red card: Yusuf 40'. "Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 - Bursaspor: 0". Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 - Bursaspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 25.02.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 02.01.2010. (Turkish)
24. Round 19 - 03.03.1974 - Boluspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 12:00. Weather: 15°C sunny. Bolu. Attendance: 4862. Referees: Ziya Türkdoğan, Yılmaz Dinçel, Emin Türk. Boluspor: Talip, İbrahim, Nuri, Alaattin, Fikret, Rıdvan, Demir, Aydın, Şükrü, Sinan, Çetin. Subs: Ünal, Cengiz, Eyüp, Vadi, Rasim. Coach: Valeriu Neagu. Goal: Sinan 48'. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Cihat, Ömer, Güray, Cevher, Necdet, Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Ramazan, Danış, İbrahim, Akın, Levent. Coach: Nazım Koka. Yellow card: Şeref 30'. "Boluspor: 1 - M. İd. Yurdu: 0". Boluspor: 1 - M. İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 04.03.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 02.01.2010. (Turkish)
25. Round 20 - 10.03.1974 - Samsunspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 13:45. Weather: Heavy. Samsun. Referees: Orhan Cebe, Özer Erkli, Oğuz Özden. Samsunspor: Erdoğan, Ali, Cengiz, Mustafa, Rıfat, Bülent, Mehmet (Hamdi), B.Temel, Raşit, Hayri, Erdem. Subs: Tekin, Ömer, K.Temel, Dursun. Coach: Gazanfer Olcayto. Goal: Güngör 3' (o.g.). Yellow cards: Bülent 58', Ali 70'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Erol, Refik, Kemal, Levent, İbrahim, Cevher, Zeki, Güray, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Akın, Ömer. Coach: Nazım Koka. Penalty missed Güray 1'. "Samsunspor: 1 - M. İd. Yurdu: 0". Samsunspor: 1 - M. İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 11.03.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
26. Round 21 - 17.03.1974 - MİY-Ankaragücü: 0-0. Sunday, 14:00. Weather: 10°C open sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Referees: İlhan Özkan, Hamza Alan, Mehmet Gümüşdüğme. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Cihat, Cevher, Ömer (Akın), Güray, Necdet (Burhan), Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Levent, Erol. Coach: Toma Kaloperoviç. Yellow card: Cihat 54'. Ankaragücü: Aydın, Remzi (Erman 45'), Adnan, İsmail, Müjdat, Zafer, Metin, Selçuk, Behzat, Ali, Osman, Melih. Subs: Aydoğan, Sadık, Tahir, K.Coşkun. Coach: Sabri Kiraz. Yellow card: Melih 54'. "Mersin İd.Y.: 0 Ankaragücü: 0". Mersin İd.Y.: 0 Ankaragücü: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 18.03.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
27. Round 22 - 23.03.1974 - Vefa-MİY: 0-1. Saturday, 15:00. Weather: 10°C, open. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Yaşar Marmara, Teoman Parer. Vefa: Faruk, K.Ömer, Sacit, Fikri, Muharrem, Ali (Yakup), Ünal, Hidayet (Selahattin), Çetin, Montemarani, Ahmet. Subs: Sedat, Nihat, Yakup. Coach: Turgay Şeren. Yellow card: Muharrem 18'. MİY: Güngör, Halit (Davut), Refik, Cevher, Cihat, Güray, Levent, Erol (Akın), İbrahim, Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Ömer, Burhan. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goal: Şeref. Yellow cards: İbrahim 27', Cihat 59'. "Mersin disappoints Vefa: 1-0." Mersin Vefa'nın ümidini kırdı: 1-0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 24.03.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (Turkish)
28. Round 23 - 31.03.1974 - Eskişehirspor-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 13:00. Weather: 14°C, sunny. Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir. Attendance: 2700. Referees: Nihat Özbirgül, Coşkun Evin, İbrahim Bilal. Eskişehirspor: Taşkın, Ali, Bilal, İsmail, Yenal, K.Burhan, Hüdai, Kamuran, Ömer, Fethi, B.Burhan. Subs: Doğan, Necmi, Metin, Feza, Mehmet. Coach: Abdullah Matay. Goals: Fethi 44', Ömer 52'. Yellow cards: Bilal 27', Ömer 35'. MİY: Güngör, Halil, Refik, Akın, Cihat, Levent, Erol, Güray, İbrahim, Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Davut, Burhan, Necdet, Ömer. Coach: Kaloperoviç. "Eskişehirspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0." Eskişehirspor: 2 - Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 01.04.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 05.01.2011. (Turkish)
29. Round 24 - 07.04.1974 - MİY-Giresunspor: 2-1. Sunday, 16:00. Mersin. Weather: 10°C, heavy, it was rained before the game. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, Celal Çerezci, Muhsin Bilgehan. MİY: Güngör, Davut, Kemal, Cevher, Akın, Güray, Ömer (Cihat), Levent, Burhan (İbrahim), Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Erol, Refik. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goals: Kemal 15', Şeref 56'. Giresunspor: Fevzi, Rüçhan, Oğuz, Güngör, Ahmet, Erdem, K.İsmail, Faruk, Taci, Muzaffer, Bünyamin. Subs: Kaya, Secaattin, Selman, Şafak, Mazlum. Coach: Tekin Yolaç. Goal: Oğuz 65'. "Mersin: 2 - Giresun: 1." Mersin: 2 - Giresun: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 08.04.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 11.10.2010. (Turkish)
30. Round 25 - 14.04.1974 - MİY-Fenerbahçe: 0-1. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 28°C open, sunny. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Attendance: c. 25.000. Referees: Orhan Cebe, Sait Acarbay, Hamza Alan. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Akın, Davut (Burhan), Güray, Levent, İbrahim (Ömer), Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Erol, Cihat. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Yellow card: Refik (1st half). Fenerbahçe: Datcu, Niyazi, Yılmaz, Ziya, Alpaslan, Selahattin, Kamil, Önder (İsmat), Cemil, Osman, Mustafa. Subs: Adil, Serkan. Goal: Cemil 50'(F). Coach: Didi. Yellow card: Osman (2nd half). "F.bahçe overjumps another hard obstacle". F.bahçe zor bir engeli daha aştı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 15.04.1974, p. 12. Retrieved on 06.11.2010. (Turkish)
31. Round 26 - 21.04.1974 - Altay-MİY: 1-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 17°C open, sunny. Atatürk Stadium, İzmir. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Engin Kesim, Erol Korkmazoğlu. Altay: Tanzer, İsmail, Ali, Erol, Zinnur, Mustafa, Mithat, Ayfer, İsmet, Yılmaz, B.Mustafa. Subs: Adil, Enver, Cafer, Uğur, Nihat. Coach: Erol Kaynak. Goal: B.Mustafa 83'. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Refik, Kemal, Cihat, Levent, Ömer, Akın, Necdet, Şeref, Burhan. Subs: Atıf, Güray, Erol, Davut, İbrahim. Coach: Kaloperoviç. "Altay: 1 - Mersin İdmanyurdu: 0." Altay: 1 - Mersin İdmanyurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 22.04.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 05.01.2011. (Turkish)
32. Round 27 - 28.04.1974 - MİY-Göztepe: 1-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 26°C open, sunny. Mersin. Referees: Mazhar Kerestecioğlu, Tahsin Binici, Emin Türk. MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Akın, Levent, Cevher, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Atıf, Necdet, Davut, Ömer. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goal: Şeref 27'. Göztepe: Ali, K.Mehmet, İsmail, Özer, Cudi, K.Ali, Nevzat, Doğan, Halim, Mehmet IV, Fuji Mehmet. Subs: Ulvi, Kenan, Mustafa, Dursun. Coach: Necdet Niş. "Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 - Göztepe: 0." Mersin İd. Yurdu: 1 - Göztepe: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.04.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 05.01.2011. (Turkish)
33. Round 28 - 12.05.1974 - Galatasaray-MİY: 2-0. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: rainy. İnönü Stadium, İstanbul. Attendance: 4245. Referees: Muzaffer Sarvan, Yalçın Güngör, Halil Atalık. Galatasaray: Yasin, Arif, Muzaffer, Tuncay, Tarık, Korhan (Ekrem), Mustafa, Ahmet, Metin, B.Mehmet, Engin. Subs: Aydın, Enver, Suphi. Coach: Brian Birch. Goals: Metin 63'(H), Ahmet 82'(F). MİY: Güngör, Halit, Kemal, Refik, Akın, Erol, Davut, Güray, Cevher, Levent, Gürhan, Şeref, Zeki. Subs: Atıf, Necdet, Ömer. Coach: Kaloperoviç. "G.saray beat Mersin by 2-0". G.saray Mersin'i 2-0 yendi. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 13.05.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 24.08.2010. (Turkish)
34. Round 29 - 19.05.1974 - Adanaspor-MİY: 1-0. Sunday. Weather: 27°C heavy. Adana. Referees: Ertuğrul Dilek, İsmail Hendek, Celal Çerezci. Adanaspor: Güngör, Kamuran, Necip, Behçet, Tufan, Harun, Naci, Köksal, Reşit, Ertuğrul, İsa. Subs: Mustafa, Rıdvan, Yalçın, Yener, Vedat. Coach: Gündüz Tekin Onay. Goal: Harun 69' Yellow card: Harun. MİY: Atıf, Davut, Halit, Refik, Ömer, Levent, Erol, Güray, Burhan, Zeki, Şeref. Subs: Güngör, İbrahim, Akın, Necdet, Kemal. Coach: Kaloperoviç. "Adanaspor: 1 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0". Adanaspor: 1 Mersin İd. Yurdu: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.05.1974, p. 10. Retrieved on 28.10.2010. (Turkish)
35. Round 30 - 26.05.1974 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 2-4. Sunday, 16:00. Weather: 25°C open sunny. Mersin. Referees: Fehmi Pazarcı, Nail Dinçer, Sait Acarsoy. MİY: Atıf, Halit, Kemal, İbrahim, Zeki, Davut, Ömer, Erol, Adil, Şeref, İrfan. Subs: Güngör, Akın, Necdet, Burhan, Güray. Coach: Kaloperoviç. Goals: Erol 20', Şeref 43'. Beşiktaş: Sabri, Ahmet, Vedat, Niko, Zekeriya, Ahmet II (Kahraman), Ferruh, Lütfü, Sanlı (Mesut), Miliç, Tuğrul. Subs: Mete, Necmi, Suat. Coach: Metin Türel. Goals: Sanlı 38', Vedat 80', Mesut 85', Miliç 88'. "Beşiktaş: 4 - Mersin: 2". Beşiktaş: 4 - Mersin: 2. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 27.05.1974, pp. 10, 12. Retrieved on 05.01.2011. (Turkish)
36. TFF website does not have an official page for 1973–74 Turkish Cup, but results for finals at TFF Turkish Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (Turkish). See some details on cup matches at Türkiye Kupası by Cem Pekin, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (English); and maçkolik.com Cup page, retrieved on 15 August 2015, (Turkish).
37. Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1973–74 squad and 1973–74 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
38. 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 1973–74 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. Atıf Öztoprak. Player signed on Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
40. Kemal Yalçınkaya. Player signed on Summer 1973. His previous team was PTT. Details from maçkolik.com page.
41. Akın Aksaçlı. In the team since Summer 1970. At the end of the season player signed to Sakaryaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
42. Halit Kutlu. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
43. Şeref Başoğlu. Player signed on Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
44. Refik Çoğum. In the team since Summer 1964. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
45. İbrahim Arayıcı. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
46. Burhan Çetinkaya. In the team since Summer 1972. His previous team was Zonguldakspor. He continued in he next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
47. Erol Durmuşlu, K. Erol. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
48. Zeki Temizer. In the team since Summer 1971. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
49. Güray Erdener. In the team since Summer 1971. At the end of the season player signed to Adana Demirspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
50. Hasan Yalçıntaş. Player signed on Summer 1973. His previous team was Ankaragücü. Details from maçkolik.com page and maçkolik.com page (Ankaragücü).
51. Necdet Aykut. In the team since Summer 1972. His pevious team was Gençlerbirliği. Details from maçkolik.com page.
52. Fikret Özdil. In the team since Winter 1966. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
53. Ömer Tokgöz. In the team since Summer 1971. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
54. Güngör Çelikçiler. Player signed on Summer 1973. His previous team was Adanaspor. At the end of the season player signed to Göztepe for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
55. Cihat Erbil. In the team since Summer 1968. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
56. Mehmet Levent Arıkdoğan. In the team since Summer 1972. He grew up in MİY youth team. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
57. İrfan Kaynak. In the team since Summer 1973. At the end of the season player signed to Adanaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page.
58. Cevher Özer. Player signed on Summer 1973. He was loaned from Fenerbahçe. At the end of the season he turned back to his team. Details from maçkolik.com page.
59. Davut Şahin. In the team since Summer 1972. His pevious team was Beşiktaş. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page and TFF player profile.
60. Mustafa Adil Özbay. In the team since Summer 1973. Details from maçkolik.com page.