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.
1972–73 season | ||||
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President | Mehmet Karamehmet | |||
Coach | Nazım Koka | |||
Stadium | Mersin, Turkey | |||
First League | 11th | |||
Turkish Cup | Eliminated at R2 | |||
Top goalscorer | Zeki Temizer (8) | |||
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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
- 20.08.1972 - Kayserispor-MİY: 2-1.
1972–73 First League participation
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
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1972–73 First 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 | 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 |
League table
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 |
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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 |
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 1972–73 First League by rounds:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
First half
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, İstanbul |
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, İstanbul |
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
3 February 1973 Round 16 | Vefa | 1 – 0 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | Mithatpaşa Stadium, İstanbul |
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, İstanbul |
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
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
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 |
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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 |
Game details
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 |
Management
Club management
Mehmet Karamehmet was club president
1972–73 squad
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 → | ||
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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 | İstanbul | 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 | İstanbul | 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] |
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
Notes and references
- Mersin İdmanyurdu S.K. History Mersin İdman Yurdu S.K. Official Website
- 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.
- See full table and results from Turkish Soccer - Turkish Leagues by Erdinç Sivritepe.
- More details Futbol Merkezi Archived 2009-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.