1975–76 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
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.
1975–76 season | ||||
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President | Kaya Mutlu | |||
Coach | ||||
Stadium | Mersin, Turkey | |||
Second League | Red Group: 1st League cup: Runners-up | |||
Turkish Cup | Eliminated at R4 | |||
Top goalscorer | ||||
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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:
Overall | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
League table
Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1975–76 season is shown in the following table.[3]
Pc | Team | Games | Goals | Pts | Home | Away | ||||||||||
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Pl | W | D | L | F | A | 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:
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, İstanbul |
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 |
Report[5] |
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 |
28 March 1976 Round 22 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Sarıyer | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Sunday, 15:30 | Şeref Başoğlu Zeki Temizer Burhan Çetinkaya |
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 |
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 Şeref Başoğlu Ayhan Öz Şeref Başoğlu İbrahim Arayıcı |
Report[9] | 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 Temel Keskindemir Temel Keskindemir |
Report[11] | 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.
Round | Own League | Opponent's League | Opponent | A | H | Result |
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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 |
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 Remzi Sezer Ulvi Girginfırat |
Report | Referee: Ünal Şahin |
7 January 1976 R3 L2 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 3 – 0 | Zonguldakspor | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Wednesday, 13:15 | Doğan Küçükduru Ayhan Öz Ayhan Öz |
Report | Referee: Yüksel Erdem |
18 February 1976 R4 L1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1 – 1 | Ankaragücü | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin |
Wednesday, 14:00 | Kemal Damkal |
Report | Referee: Cumhur Demir |
25 February 1976 R4 L2 | Ankaragücü | 2 – 1 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara |
Wednesday, 14:00 | Ali Osman Renklibay Adnan Sezgin |
Report | Referee: Kemal Akay |
Management
Club management
Kaya Mutlu was club president. Burhan Kanun was general captain.
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.
O | N | Nat | Name | Birth | Born | Pos | LA | LG | CA | CG | TA | TG | ← Season Notes → | ||
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1 | 1 | Aydın Tohumcu | 1 Feb 1943 | Bilecik | GK | 1975 ST Ankaragücü.[15] | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Rüçhan Dağdeviren | 1951 | İstanbul | DF | 1975 ST Fenerbahçe.[16] | |||||||||
3 | 3 | Kemal Damkal | 1950 | Adana | DF | → previous season.[17] | |||||||||
4 | 4 | Tahir Temur | 1954 | İstanbul | DF | 1975 ST İstanbulspor.[18] | |||||||||
5 | 5 | Kemal Özcan | 1948 | Kayseri | DF | → previous season.[19] | |||||||||
6 | 6 | Hikmet Erön | 1948 | İstanbul | 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 | İstanbul | 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 | İstanbul | 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] |
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]
See also
- Football in Turkey
- 1975–76 Turkish First Football League
- 1975–76 Turkish Cup
Notes and references
- From the club history at Mersin İdmanyurdu Official Web Site.
- 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.
- See full table and results from Cem Pekin Archives.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- See more details at Cem Pekin Archives.
- 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).
- 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, retrieved on 16 August 2015, (in Turkish).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Turhan Akça. Player signed in Summer 1975. His previous team was Hacettepe. Information was obtained from MİY History on 27 August 2015. (in Turkish).
- 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.
- "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)
- "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)
- "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)