1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season

Mersin İdmanyurdu 1975–76 football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1975–76. At the end of 1975–76 season Mersin İdmanyurdu promoted to First League after two seasons since its relegated from the league in 1973–74 season. It was the second promotion of the team. The 1974–75 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Turkish Second Football League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 1st in the Red Group.

PresidentKaya Mutlu

Coach

Kadri Aytaç

StadiumMersin, Turkey

Second LeagueRed Group: 1st
League cup: Runners-up

Quick facts season, President ...

Mersin İdmanyurdu

1975–76 season

President

Kaya Mutlu

Coach

Kadri Aytaç

Stadium

Mersin, Turkey

Second League

Red Group: 1st
League cup: Runners-up

Turkish Cup

Eliminated at R4

Top goalscorer

Şeref Başoğlu (9)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 1974–75

1976–77 →

The president of the club was Kaya Mutlu, mayor of the Mersin city. General captain was Burhan Kanun. Club director was Kazım Tunç.

The manager of the team was Kadri Aytaç, former player of Galatasaray and Mersin İdmanyurdu.^[1] They have lost second league championship game against Samsunspor.

Pre-season

The team attended Spor-Toto Cup organized between 02.08.1975 and 30.08.1975 in 7th group together with Adanaspor, Hatayspor, İskenderunspor and Konya İdmanyurdu.

30.08.1975 - MİY-Syria Amateur national football team.

1975–76 Second League participation

In its 13th season (1975–76) Second League was played with 32 teams, 16 in red group and 16 in white group. First teams promoted to First League 1976–77 and last teams relegated to Third League 1976–77 in each group. Mersin İY became 1st with 14 wins and 39 goals in Red Group. Şeref Başoğlu was the most scorer player with 9 goals.^[1]

Results summary

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1975–76 Second League Red Group league summary:

More information Overall, Home ...

	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		15	6	5	4	11	10	+1	17	8	5	2	1	9	5	+4	12	7	1	3	3	2	5	-3	5
Second half		15	8	6	1	28	7	+21	22	7	7	0	0	22	3	+19	14	8	1	6	1	6	4	+2	8
Overall	1	30	14	11	5	39	17	+22	39	15	12	2	1	31	8	+23	26	15	2	9	4	8	9	-1	13

Sources: 1975–76 Turkish Second Football League pages.^[2]

League table

Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1975–76 season is shown in the following table.^[3]

More information Pc, Team ...

Pc	Team	Games				Goals		Pts	Home			Away
Pc	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	F–A	R	Pc	F–A	R	Pc
1	Mersin İdmanyurdu (C) (P)	30	14	11	5	39	17	39	–	–	–	–	–	–
2	Kayserispor	30	15	5	10	40	19	35	1–0			0–2
3	MKE Kırıkkalespor	30	12	8	10	36	27	32	1–1	13		3–0	28
4	Konyaspor	30	11	10	9	23	19	32	0–0			1–1
5	Bandırmaspor	30	12	8	10	37	36	32	1–0			0–1
6	Karabükspor	30	10	11	9	26	23	31	5–1			0–1
7	Kocaelispor	30	12	7	11	32	32	31	0–2			1–1
8	Sarıyer	30	9	12	9	23	25	30	3–0			0–0
9	Gaziantepspor	30	10	9	11	19	21	29	3–0			0–1
10	Eskişehir Demirspor	30	10	8	12	30	31	28	1–0			0–0
11	Antalyaspor	30	9	10	11	33	45	28	5–2	29	1	0–0	14
12	Gençlerbirliği	30	8	11	11	26	24	27	2–1	15		0–0	30	1
13	Denizlispor	30	10	7	13	21	27	27	1–0			0–0
14	Malatyaspor	30	7	13	10	26	37	27	3–1			1–1
15	Manisaspor	30	10	6	14	24	30	26	4–0			1–0
16	Hatayspor (R)	30	11	4	15	24	46	26	1–0	27	1	1–1	12

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 1975–76 Second League Red Group by rounds:

More information Round, Ground ...

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D
Position								3	5	8	6	8															1	1	1	1

Source: 1975–76 Turkish Second Football League pages.^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First half

7 September 1975 Round 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Eskişehir Demirspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday		Report

14 September 1975 Round 2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 2	Kocaelispor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday		Report

21 September 1975 Round 3	Manisaspor	0 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Manisa
Sunday		Report

28 September 1975 Round 4	Mersin İdmanyurdu	3 – 1	Malatyaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday		Report

5 October 1975 Round 5	Kayserispor	2 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Kayseri
Sunday		Report

11 October 1975 Round 6	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0 – 0	Konyaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Saturday		Report

19 October 1975 Round 7	Sarıyer	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Vefa Stadium, Karagümrük, Istanbul
Sunday		Report^[4]		Referee: Ekrem Yenci

2 November 1975 Round 8	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Denizlispor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 14:00		Report

9 November 1975 Round 9	Gaziantepspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep
Sunday		Report

23 November 1975 Round 10	Karabükspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Yenişehir Stadium, Karabük
Sunday, 14:00		Report

7 December 1975 Round 11	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Bandırmaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:30		Report

14 December 1975 Round 12	Hatayspor	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Antakya, Hatay
Sunday, 13:30	Ekrem 40'	Report^[5]	65' Ayhan

21 December 1975 Round 13	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	MKE Kırıkkalespor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:15		Report

4 January 1976 Round 14	Antalyaspor	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Antalya
Sunday		Report

11 January 1976 Round 15	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 1	Gençlerbirliği	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 13:15		Report

Second half

15 February 1976 Round 16	Eskişehir Demirspor	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir
Sunday		Report

22 February 1976 Round 17	Kocaelispor	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İsmetpaşa Stadium, İzmit, Kocaeli
Sunday		Report

29 February 1976 Round 18	Mersin İdmanyurdu	4 – 0	Manisaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday		Report

7 March 1976 Round 19	Malatyaspor	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Malatya
Sunday, 14:15		Report

14 March 1976 Round 20	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Kayserispor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
		Report

21 March 1971 Round 21	Konyaspor	1 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Konya
Sunday		Report

28 March 1976 Round 22	Mersin İdmanyurdu	3 – 0	Sarıyer	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 15:30	Şeref Başoğlu 18' Zeki Temizer 46' Burhan Çetinkaya 73'	Report^[6]		Referee: Yüksel Erkan

4 April 1976 Round 23	Denizlispor	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Denizli
Sunday		Report

11 April 1976 Round 24	Mersin İdmanyurdu	3 – 0	Gaziantepspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday		Report

18 April 1976 Round 25	Mersin İdmanyurdu	5 – 1	Karabükspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday		Report

25 April 1976 Round 26	Bandırmaspor	1 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Bandırma, Balıkesir
Sunday		Report

2 May 1976 Round 27	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 0	Hatayspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday	Ayhan Öz 60' (pen.)	Report^[7]		Referee: Kemal Akay

9 May 1976 Round 28	MKE Kırıkkalespor	0 – 3	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Fikret Karabudak Stadium, Kırıkkale
Sunday		Report^[8]		Referee: Hilmi Ok
Note: Awarded score (Game was suspended by referee due to violent protests)

16 May 1976 Round 29	Mersin İdmanyurdu	5 – 2	Antalyaspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Sunday, 16:30	Şeref Başoğlu 6' (F) Şeref Başoğlu 13' (F) Ayhan Öz 20' (F) Şeref Başoğlu 40' (F) İbrahim Arayıcı 85' (F)	Report^[9]	60' (pen.) Metin 65' Ümran Kaçar Erdal Tuncer	Referee: Güngör Tuncel

23 May 1976 Round 30	Gençlerbirliği	0 – 0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Cebeci İnönü Stadium, Ankara
Sunday		Report

Championship match

Mersin İdmanyurdu lost the second league championship game against Samsunspor, the White Group's winner.^[10]

30 May 1976 2. Lig Championship	Samsunspor	3 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Sunday, 18:00	Temel Keskindemir 6' (F) Temel Keskindemir 67' (H) Temel Keskindemir 89' (F)	Report^[11]	78' (F) Zeki Temizer	Referee: Yılmaz Önen

1975–76 Turkish Cup participation

1975–76 Turkish Cup was played for the 14th season as Türkiye Kupası by 88 teams. First and second elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Third and fourth elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1975–76 Turkish Cup from round 2 and eliminated at round 4 by Ankaragücü. Ankaragücü was eliminated by Galatasaray at semifinals. Galatasaray won the Cup for the 6th time and became eligible for 1976–77 ECW Cup.^[12]

Cup track

The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1975–76 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.

More information Round, Own League ...

Round	Own League	Opponent's League	Opponent	A	H	Result
Round 2 S1	Second League Red Group	Third League Second Group	Ceyhanspor	–	2–0	Promoted to R2 S2
Round 2 S2	Second League Red Group	Second League Red Group	Gaziantepspor	–	2–0	Promoted to R3
Round 3	Second League Red Group	First League	Zonguldakspor	1–3	3–0	Promoted to R4
Round 4	Second League Red Group	First League	Ankaragücü	1–2	1–1	Eliminated

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

Game details

Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1975–76 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table. Kick off times are in EET and EEST.

15 October 1975 R2 S1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 0	Ceyhanspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 15:00		Report

12 November 1975 R2 S2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2 – 0	Gaziantepspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 13:30		Report

24 December 1975 R3 L1	Zonguldakspor	3 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	City Stadium, Zonguldak
Wednesday, 13:30	Selçuk Yalçıntaş 4' Remzi Sezer 6' Ulvi Girginfırat 61' (pen.)	Report	78' (pen.) Doğan Küçükduru	Referee: Ünal Şahin

7 January 1976 R3 L2	Mersin İdmanyurdu	3 – 0	Zonguldakspor	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 13:15	Doğan Küçükduru 3' Ayhan Öz 10' Ayhan Öz 44'	Report		Referee: Yüksel Erdem

18 February 1976 R4 L1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1 – 1	Ankaragücü	Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin
Wednesday, 14:00	Kemal Damkal 44'	Report	56' Adnan Sezgin	Referee: Cumhur Demir

25 February 1976 R4 L2	Ankaragücü	2 – 1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Wednesday, 14:00	Ali Osman Renklibay 2' Adnan Sezgin 50'	Report	10' Hikmet Erön	Referee: Kemal Akay

Source: 1975–76 Turkish Cup pages.^[12]

Management

Club management

Kaya Mutlu was club president. Burhan Kanun was general captain.

Coaching team

1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:

More information Nat, Head coach ...

Nat	Head coach	Period	Pl	W	D	L	Notes
		01.08.1975 – 31.05.1976

Note: Only official games were included.

1975–76 squad

Stats are counted for 1975–76 Second League matches and 1975–76 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches.^[13]^[14] 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.

More information O, N ...

O	N	Name	Birth	Born	Pos	← Season Notes →
1	1	Aydın Tohumcu	1 Feb 1943	Bilecik	GK	1975 ST Ankaragücü.^[15]
2	2	Rüçhan Dağdeviren	1951	Istanbul	DF	1975 ST Fenerbahçe.^[16]
3	3	Kemal Damkal	1950	Adana	DF	→ previous season.^[17]
4	4	Tahir Temur	1954	Istanbul	DF	1975 ST İstanbulspor.^[18]
5	5	Kemal Özcan	1948	Kayseri	DF	→ previous season.^[19]
6	6	Hikmet Erön	1948	Istanbul	MF	→ previous season.^[20]
7	7	Burhan Çetinkaya	1952	Trabzon	FW	→ previous season.^[21]
8	8	Davut Şahin	1948		FW	→ previous season.^[22]
9	9	Şeref Başoğu	1947	Adapazarı	MF	→ previous season.^[23]
10	10	Ayhan Öz (C)	20 Jul 1945	Mersin	FW	→ previous season.^[24]
11	11	Zeki Temizer	1945	Istanbul	FW	→ previous season.^[25]
12	4	Mehmet Dayan	1951	Balıkesir	DF	1975 ST İskenderunspor.^[26]
13	6	Metin Yılmaz	1945		MF	→ previous season.^[27]
14	8	Kamuran Yavuz	1947	Tekirdağ	MF	→ previous season.^[28]
15	9	İbrahim Arayıcı	1949	Silifke	FW	→ previous season.^[29]
16	7	Levent Arıkdoğan	23 Aug 1953	Mersin	MF	→ previous season.^[30]
17	10	Doğan Küçükduru	1949	Istanbul	FW	→ previous season.^[31]
18	5	Can Mercan	1955	Tarsus	MF	1975 ST Ank.Demirspor.^[32]
19	1	Atıf Öztoprak	8 May 1952	Sakarya	GK	→ previous season.^[33]
20	13	Turhan Akça	1956	Ankara	DF	1975 ST Hacettepe.^[34]
21	14	Kasım Özyamanoğlu	1953	Tarsus	DF	→ previous season.^[35]

Sources: 1975–76 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.^[14]

News from Milliyet:

Transfers in: Aydın (Ankaragücü); Rüçhan (Fenerbahçe).
Transfers out: Nevruz went to Fenerbahçe in exchange for Rüçhan and some money.
General Captain Burhan Kanun has started an aid campaign for former player Cihat Erbil who was cancered.^[36] Mersin İdmanyurdu players also collected an amount. Some firms, citizens and sportsmen including those of neighbour teams Adanaspor and Adana Demirspor contributed too.^[37] Cihat had been transferred from Bandırmaspor in 1969.^[38]

Notes and references

[1]
From the club history at Mersin İdmanyurdu Official Web Site^{[permanent dead link]}.
[2]
Standings, promotion and relegations from Cem Pekin Archives, 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 Cem Pekin Archives.
[4]
Round 07 - 19.10.1975 - Sarıyer-MİY: 0-0. Sunday. Referees: Ekrem Yenci, Halil Tankut, Erol Polat. Sarıyer: Zeki, Mahmut, Gaffur, Erdem, Ercüment, Mehmet, Erkut, Yaşar, Garo, Eyüp, Erden. MİY: Aydın, Rüçhan, K.Kemal, Tahir, B.Kemal, Hikmet, Burhan, Davut, Şeref, Ayhan, Zeki. "Sarıyer: 0 Mersin İd.Y.: 0". Sarıyer: 0 Mersin İd.Y.: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 20.10.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (in Turkish)
[5]
Round 12 - 14.12.1975 - Hatayspor-MİY: 1-1. Sunday, 13:30. Antakya. Hatayspor: Hamdi, Mehmet, Erdinç, Fazıl, Hıdır, Necati, Ekrem, Hasan, Hadi, B.Ahmet (İhsan), Ali. Goal: Ekrem 40'. MİY: Aydın, Rüçhan, Kemal, Mehmet, Tahir, Metin, Ayhan, Kamuran, İbrahim, Hikmet, Burhan. Goal: Ayhan 65'. "Hatay: 1 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1". Hatay: 1 - Mersin İd. Y.: 1. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.12.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 16.12.2010. (in Turkish)
[6]
Round 22 - 28.03.1976 - MİY-Sarıyer: 3-0. Sunday, 15:30. Mersin. Referees: Yüksel Erkan, Nizar Yazıcı, Mehmet Arslan. MİY: Atıf, Rüçhan, K.Kemal, İbrahim, Tahir, Şeref, Doğan, Hikmet, Zeki, Ayhan (Metin), Burhan. Goals: Şeref 18', Zeki 46', Burhan 73'. Sarıyer: Zeki (Faik), Mahmut, Gaffur, Erdem, Ercüment, Eyüp, Hüseyin, Yakup, Garo, Mehmet, Erdem. "Mersin İdmanyurdu: 3 Sarıyer: 0". Mersin İd. Yurdu: 3 Sarıyer: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 29.03.1976, p. 11. Retrieved on 13.06.2010. (in Turkish)
[7]
Round 27 - 02.05.1976 - MİY-Hatayspor: 1-0. Referees: Kemal Akay, Nebil Okçuoğlu, Erol Çakar. MİY: Atıf, Rüçhan, Kemal, İbrahim, Tahir, Doğan, Şeref, Ayhan, Zeki, Hikmet, Burhan. Goal: Ayhan 60'(P). Hatayspor: Hamdi, Ahmet, Erdinç, Fadıl, Hıdır, Hasan, Suphi, Tahir, Habil, Naci, Ahmet. "Mersin İdmanyurdu: 1 Hatayspor: 0". Mersin İdmanyurdu: 1 Hatayspor: 0. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 03.05.1976, p. 12. Retrieved on 09.10.2010. (in Turkish)
[8]
Round 28 - 09.05.1976 - Kırıkkalespor-MİY: 0-3 (awarded score). Kırıkkale. Referees: Hilmi Ok, Emin Tunceli. Kırıkkalespor: B.Ercan. MİY: Atıf, Rüçhan. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. The match was cancelled by the referee due to violent protest of the fans when MİY scored a goal in 62nd minute. "Kırıkkalespor-Mersin İdmanyurdu match could not be finished. Fans stirred up troubles. "Fans burned club building. 6 policemen injured, 1 arrested". Yarıda kalan Kırıkkalespor-Mersin İdmanyurdu maçından sonra olaylar çıktı. Taraftarlar Kırıkkalespor kulübünü yaktı. 6 polis yaralı, 1 kişi tutuklandı. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 10.05.1976, p. 11. Retrieved on 05.09.2010. (in Turkish)
[9]
Round 29 - 16.05.1976 - MİY-Antalyaspor: 5-2. Sunday, 16:30. Mersin. Referees: Güngör Tuncel, Necati Tektimur, Engin Özbay. MİY: Atıf, Mehmet, K.Kemal, İbrahim, Tahir, Hikmet, Doğan, Rüçhan, Şeref, Ayhan (Levent), Zeki. Coach: Kadri Aytaç. Goals: Şeref 6'(F), 13'(F), 40'(F), Ayhan 20'(F), İbrahim 85'(F). Antalyaspor: M.Ali, Erdal, Orhan, İsmet, Savaş, Yavuz, Salih, Metin, Osman, Ümran, Cevher. Goals: Metin 60'(P), Ümran 65'. Sent off: Erdal, Tuncer. After this game MİY guaranteed championship and promoted to First League. Mersin İdmanyurdu .... Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.05.1976. Retrieved on 14.06.2010. "Mersin İdmanyurdu (cont.) Mersin İdmanyurdu ... Milliyet gazete arşivi, 17.05.1976 retrieved on 23.08.2010. (in Turkish)
[10]
See more details at Cem Pekin Archives.
[11]
Championship Game - 30-05.1976 - Samsunspor-MİY: 3-1. Ankara. Referees: Yılmaz Önen, Taşkın Yalçınkaya, Yaşar Yılmazoğlu. Samsunspor: Fevzi, Hasan, Ömer, B.Necdet, Cazip, Turgay (Orhan), Hüsamettin, Atakan, Temel, Osman, Ahmet. goals: Temel 6'(F), 67'(H), 89'(F). MİY: Atıf, Mehmet (Turan), Kemal, İbrahim, Tahir, Hikmet, Mehmet Can, Doğan, Zeki Ayhan, Levent (Kazım). Goal: Zeki 78'(F). "Samsunspor became the champions of Second League by beating Mersin İdmanyurdu 3-1." Mersin İdmanyurdu'nu 3-1 yenen Samsunspor İkinci Lig Şampiyonu oldu. Milliyet gazete arşivi, 31.05.1976, p. 11. Retrieved on 04.09.2010. (in Turkish). Game report can also be seen at the bottom of the page at Cem Pekin Archives. (in English).
[12]
TFF website does not have an official page for 1975–76 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 23 July 2010, (in English); and maçkolik.com Cup page Archived 4 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 16 August 2015, (in Turkish).
[13]
Stats were not provided by TFF for this season. See TFF Club page. Search for 1975–76 squad and 1975–76 matches are not provided. Retrieved on 7 August 2015.
[14]
Data were obtained from; (1) Erbil, Cihat (1976). Story of the 50 YearsRetrieved on 29 July 2011 from 50 Yılın Öyküsü, p. 57; (2) an advanced search performed in Milliyet online archive for 1974–75 Mersin İdmanyurdu season for six league matches and the championship match; and (3) Cem Pekin Archives for championship match (see bottom of the page); and (4) maçkolik.com page for four Turkish Cup matches. Rosters of other matches were not available when the data were retrieved on 27 August 2015.
[15]
Aydın Tohumcu. Player signed in Summer 1975. 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.
[16]
Rüçhan Dağdeviren. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was Fenerbahçe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
[17]
Kemal Damkal. K. Kemal. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankara Güneşspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
[18]
Tahir Temur. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was İstanbulspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
[19]
Kemal Yalçınkaya. B. Kemal. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was İskenderunspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
[20]
Hikmet Erön. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Karagümrük. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
[21]
Burhan Çetinkaya. In the team since Summer 1972. His previous team was Zonguldakspor. At the end of the season player signed to Adanaspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
[22]
Davut Şahin. In the team since Summer 1972. His previous team was Beşiktaş. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
[23]
Şeref Başoğlu. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
[24]
Ayhan Öz. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Gaziantepspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
[25]
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.
[26]
Mehmet Dayan. Asker. Player signed in Summer 1975. He continued in the next season. His previous team was İskenderunspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
[27]
Metin Yılmaz. Tatar. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Ankaragücü. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
[28]
Mehmet Kamuran Yavuz. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Eskişehirspor. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
[29]
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.
[30]
Mehmet Levent Arıkdoğan. In the team since Summer 1972. He grew up in MİY youth team. At the end of the season player signed to İskenderunspor for the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
[31]
Doğan Küçükduru. In the team since Summer 1974. His previous team was Göztepe. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
[32]
Mehmet Can Mercan. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was Ankara Demirspor. In later seasons player signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
[33]
Atıf Öztoprak. In the team since Summer 1973. His previous team was Sakaryaspor. He continued in the next season. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine and TFF player profile.
[34]
Turhan Akça. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was Hacettepe. Information was obtained from MİY History on 27 August 2015. (in Turkish).
[35]
Kasım Özyamanoğlu. In the team since Summer 1974. He grew up in Tarsus İdmanyurdu youth team. In later seasons player signed to Tarsus İdmanyurdu. Details from maçkolik.com page Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine.
[36]
"Mersin İdmanyurdu club donates TL 20.000 for Cihat." Cihat'a Mersin İdmanyurdu Kulübü 20.00 TL verdi. Milliyet gazete arşivi 23.08.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 23.08.2010. (in Turkish)
[37]
"Mersin İdmanyurdu players donates TL 23.125 for Cihat." Mersin İd. Yurdu futbolcuları Cihat için 23.125 TL yatırdılar. Milliyet gazete arşivi 24.09.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 03.10.2010. (in Turkish)
[38]
"Cancer, Mersin's leftback Cihat..." Kanser Mersin solbeki Cihat'ı.... Milliyet gazete arşivi 19.07.1975, p. 11. Retrieved on 08.10.2010. (in Turkish)