Türkiye Kupası 1971/72

Türkiye Kupası 1971/72
Cup winners	MKE Ankaragücü (1st title)
European Cup Winners' Cup	MKE Ankaragücü
Beginning	19th September 1971
final	May 17, 1972 (first leg) May 31, 1972 (second leg)
Final stadium	Alsancak Stadium , Izmir (first leg) Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadyumu , Ankara (second leg)
Teams	26th
Games	50
Gates	86  (ø 1.72 per game)
Top scorer	Cemil Turan (6)
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The Türkiye Kupası 1971/72 was the 10th edition of the Turkish soccer cup competition . The competition began on September 19, 1971 with the 1st main round and ended on May 31, 1972 with the second leg of the finals. MKE Ankaragücü and Altay Izmir met in the final. MKE Ankaragücü took part in the final for the first time. It was the fourth time for Altay Izmir.

1st main round

• Bursaspor received a bye and automatically qualified for the next round.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Balıkesirspor	6-0	Kıbrıs Gönyeli Gençlik	3-0	3-0
Adanaspor	4: 1	Muhafızgücü	3: 1	1-0
Izmir Demirgücü	0: 6	İstanbulspor	0: 4	0: 2
Orduspor	1: 4	Altay Izmir	1-0	0: 4
Sarıyer GK	2: 1	Konyaspor	1-0	1: 1
Samsunspor	1: 3	İskenderunspor	1: 1	0: 2
Osmaniye Gençlik	1: 5	MKE Ankaragücü	0-0	1: 5
Trabzon Yolspor	1: 6	Goztepe Izmir	0: 1	1: 5
Konya İdman Yurdu	0: 3	Beşiktaş Istanbul	0: 2	0: 1
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	5: 1	Boluspor	3-0	2: 1
Izmirspor	3: 1	Giresunspor	2-0	1: 1
Galatasaray Istanbul	3-0	Şekerspor	0-0	3-0

2nd main round

• Beşiktaş Istanbul received a bye and automatically qualified for the next round.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Adanaspor	4: 1	Izmirspor	4-0	0: 1
MKE Ankaragücü	5-0	Sarıyer GK	4-0	1-0
Galatasaray Istanbul	4: 1	Goztepe Izmir	3-0	1: 1
Iskenderunspor	2: 3	Bursaspor	2-0	0: 3
Balıkesirspor	0: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0-0	0: 1
İstanbulspor	1: 3	Altay Izmir	0-0	1: 3

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Adanaspor	1: 3	Altay Izmir	1-0	0: 3
Bursaspor	2: 1	Galatasaray Istanbul	1-0	1: 1
Beşiktaş Istanbul	0: 3	MKE Ankaragücü	0: 1	0: 2
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	4: 1	Eskişehirspor	2: 1	2-0

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Bursaspor	2: 2 ( a )	MKE Ankaragücü	2: 1	0: 1
Altay Izmir	2: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1-0	1: 1

final

First leg

pairing	Altay Izmir - MKE Ankaragücü
Result	0-0
date	May 17, 1972, 7:00 p.m.
Stadion	Alsancak Stadium , Izmir
referee	Hilmi Ok ( Istanbul )
Gates	no
Altay Izmir	Tanzer Sencer - İsmail Zeyrek , Zinnur Sarı , Mithat Mıhçı - Necdet Tunca , Enver Katip , Ayfer Elmastaşoğlu , Cihat Genç - Hıdır Bilek (46th Oğuz Böke ), Mustafa Kaplakaslan , Mustafa Denizli Trainer: Doğan Akı
MKE Ankaragücü	Aydın Tohumcu - Mehmet Aktan , Erman Toroğlu , Müjdat Yalman - Selçuk Yalçintas , Ismail Dilber , Zafer Göncüler , Metin Yılmaz , Coşkun Süer (46th Melih Atacan ) - Köksal MESCI , Abdullah Çevrim Coach: Ziya Taner

Return leg

pairing	MKE Ankaragücü - Altay Izmir
Result	3: 0 (1: 0)
date	May 31, 1972, 4:30 p.m.
Stadion	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadyumu , Ankara
referee	Dogan Babacan
Gates	1-0 Coşkun Süer (18th) 2-0 Müjdat Yalman (47th penalty) 3-0 Coşkun Süer (78th)
MKE Ankaragücü	Aydın Tohumcu - Müjdat Yalman , Erman Toroğlu , Mehmet Aktan - İsmail Dilber , Metin Yılmaz , Selçuk Yalçıntaş , Zafer Gönculer - Coşkun Süer , Köksal Mesçi , Abdullah Çevrim Trainer: Ziya Taner
Altay Izmir	Tanzer Sencer - İsmail Zeyrek , Zinnur Sarı , Necdet Tunca - Mithat Mıhçı , Enver Katip (46th Oğuz Böke ), Mustafa Denizli , Hıdır Bilek - Ayfer Elmastaşoğlu , Mustafa Kaplakaslan , Cihat Genç Trainer: Doğan Akı
References	Müjdat Yalman (83rd) - Mustafa Denizli (83th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	society	Gates
1	Cemil Turan	İstanbulspor	6th
2	Coşkun Süer	MKE Ankaragücü	5
3	Osman Arpacıoğlu	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	4th
	Cihat Genç	Altay Izmir
5	Hıdır Bilek	Altay Izmir	3
	Yavuz	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
	Selçuk Yalçıntaş	MKE Ankaragücü
8th	Ahmet Akkuş	Galatasaray Istanbul	2
	Sinan Bur	Bursaspor
	Stevan Ostojić	Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kıbrıs Gönyeli Gençlik was refused entry by FIFA .

Web links

• Information on the Turkish Football Cup 1971/72 on mackolik.com