2018 Myanmar National League

The 2018 Myanmar National League, also known as the 2018 MPT Myanmar National League, is the 9th season of the Myanmar National League, the top Burmese professional league for association football clubs since its founding in 2009. The departure of the two clubs from the MNL-1 disrupted the previous season. More disruption came when Nay Pyi Taw and City Yangon withdrew from the competition towards the end of the 2017 season. At an emergency meeting of the MNL committee on September 12, Nay Pyi Taw was expelled from the league after its players complained of not having been paid since April. The expulsion came after players boycotted a game in early September. An unsuccessful coup attempt in Turkey in July last year created a crisis for City Yangon that forced its departure from the MNL. It was a big disappointment for the club, which won the 2017 MNL-2 championship to end the season undefeated. MNL-2 third-place winners Myawady FC were promoted along with runners-up Sagaing United to the 2018 Myanmar National League.

Myanmar National League
Season2018
Dates11 January 2018 – 23 September 2018
ChampionsYangon United
RelegatedG.F.A
Myawady
Matches played132
Goals scored392 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerJoseph Mpande
(18 goals)
Best goalkeeperThiha Sithu
(12 clean sheets)
Biggest home winHanthawaddy United 9–0 Myawady
(2 June 2018)
Biggest away winAyeyawady United 0–4 Zwekapin United
(15 September 2018)
Highest scoring9 goals
Hanthawaddy United 9–0 Myawady
(2 June 2018)
Longest unbeaten runYangon United
(7 games)
Longest winless runMyawady
(16 games)
2017
2019

In the lead up to the 2018 season, the MNL inked a three-year sponsorship deal with the country's biggest TelCo MPT that will support funds for the Myanmar National League, MNL-2 and the youth competitions up until the 2020 season.

2018 Title Sponsor edit

Myanma Posts and Telecommunications signed 3 years contract with MNL.[1] They help to develop Myanmar Football and Youth program.

2018 MNL Title Sponsor
Typemobile, voice and data
LocationMyanmar
Frequency450/800 MHz, 900/2100 MHz
Established1884
Current statusoperational
Websitewww.mpt.com.mm

Name Changes edit

Mahar United changed its name to Sagaing United.[2]

Teams edit

A total of 12 teams are competing in the 2018 season: 10 sides from the 2017 season and two promoted teams from the 2017 Myanmar National League 2.[3]

Stadiums edit

 
 
Ayeyawady United
 
G.F.A
 
Hanthawaddy United
 
Southern Myanmar
 
Yangon United
 
Yadanarbon
 
Rakhine United
 
Magwe
 
Myawady
 
Sagaing United
 
Shan United
 
Zwekapin United
Locations of the 2018 Myanmar National League
Club Home City Stadium Capacity
Ayeyawady United Pathein Ayar Stadium 6,000
Hanthawaddy United Bago Grand Royal Stadium 4,000
Magwe Magway Magway Stadium* 3,000
Myawady FC Nay Pyi Taw Wunna Theikdi Stadium* 30,000
Rakhine United Sittwe Weithali Stadium 7,000
Sagaing United Monywa Monywa Stadium 4,000
Shan United Taunggyi Taunggyi Stadium 7,000
Southern Myanmar Mawlamyaing Ramanya Stadium 10,000
Yadanarbon Mandalay Mandalarthiri Stadium 30,000
Yangon United Yangon Yangon United Sports Complex 3,500
G.F.A Chin Hakha Stadium*
Zwegapin United Hpa-An Aung Than Lwin Stadium* 3,000

(*) – not ready to play. MNL clubs that have not had their home stadia ready to host home matches currently use Aung San Stadium and Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon.[4]

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Week Table Incoming manager
Yadanarbon   René Desaeyere End of contract 1 October 2017 Pre-season   Aung Kyaw Moe[5]
Southern Myanmar  Fabiano Jose Costa Flora End of Contract 13 November 2017   Kyaw Min
Shan United   Soe Myat Min Resign 11 March 2018 Week 8 4   Aung Kyaw Tun
Shan United   Aung Kyaw Tun Caretaker Manager 29 April 2018 Week 11 4   Marjan Sekulovski

Foreign players edit

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per MNL club. A team can use three foreign players on the field in each game, including a slot for a player from among AFC countries.

Other foreign players.
AFC quota players.
No foreign player registered.

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per T1 team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC member countries (3+1).

Note :
 : players who released during summer transfer window;
 : players who registered during summer transfer window.
↔: players who have dual nationality by half-caste or naturalization.
→: players who left club after registered during second leg.
Club Leg Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player
Ayeyawady United First   Jocial Tchakounte   Cássio Magalhães   Ella Edubat Patrick
Second
GFA First   Atanga Effa Kostka   Omololu Emmanuel   Anthony Ugochukwu  
Second   Jordan Nyako  
Hanthawaddy United First   Mark Sekyi   Joseph Mpande   Michael Falcon
Second
Magwe First
Second
Myawady First
Second
Sagaing United First   Chukwuekweka Samuel     Barnabas Friday   Soulemanou Mandjombe
Second   Bamba  
Shan United First   Christopher Chizoba   William Nyakwe   Patrick Asare     Lee Han-kuk
Second   Milan Svojić  
Southern Myanmar First   Alpha Oumar Barry   Olajide Williams  
Second
Rakhine United First   Sunday Mathew  Agarawa   Clifford
Second
Yadanarbon First
Second
Yangon United First   Kekere Moukailou   Sylla Sekou   Emmanuel Uzochukwu   Kosuke Uchida
Second
Zwekapin United First   Paulo Bunze     Sackie Doe   Anderson West   Ken Matsumoto
Second   Edison Fonseca  

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ayeyawady United   Shwe Shwe Aung   Min Min Thu   Grand Sport   AMI Insurance
G.F.A   Thein Min Htut   Effa Kostka made by club   Gospel for Asia
Hanthawaddy United   Win Min Zaw   Aung Zaw   FBT none
Magwe   Myo Ko Saya   Kyaw Zin Phyo   Grand Sport none
Myawady   Ko Ko Oo   Ye Wai Yan Soe   Pro//Sport none
Rakhine United   Soe Myat Kyaw   Hla Aye Htwe   Pro//Sport   UAB Bank
Sagaing United   Kyi Win Zaw   Toe Sat Naing   FBT none
Shan United   Thein Thiha Aung   Thiha Sithu   Pro//Sport   KBZ Bank
Southern Myanmar FC   Pyae Phyo Saya   Pyae Phyo Aung   Pro//Sport   Yuzana Group
Yadanarbon   Ko Ko Tun   Ye Ko Oo   FBT   Alpine
Yangon United   Hlaing Kyaw Htet   Yan Aung Kyaw   FBT   AGD Bank
Zwekapin United   Kyi Min Htun   Naing Zayar Htun made by club   Htay Group

Result edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Yangon United 22 16 3 3 54 20 +34 51 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 and Mekong Club Championship
2 Shan United 22 15 5 2 33 13 +20 50 Qualification for the AFC Cup Group Stage
3 Zwegapin United 22 12 4 6 30 21 +9 40
4 Hanthawaddy United 22 11 3 8 36 23 +13 36
5 Yadanarbon 22 9 7 6 37 30 +7 34
6 Southern Myanmar United 22 8 6 8 31 30 +1 30
7 Magwe 22 8 6 8 26 26 0 30
8 Ayeyawady United 22 8 6 8 38 45 −7 30
9 Rakhine United 22 8 4 10 34 30 +4 28
10 Sagaing United 22 5 6 11 27 40 −13 21
11 Gospel For Asia 22 5 5 12 24 40 −16 20 Relegation to MNL-2
12 Myawady 22 0 2 20 12 66 −54 2
Source: [citation needed]

Positions by round edit

Leader and qualification to the 2019 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2
Qualification to the 2019 AFC Cup Group Stage
Relegation to the 2019 National League 2

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Ayeyawady United12111010689898689
GFA43471011111111111111111111
Hanthawaddy United11571175555345556
Myawady9121212121212121212121212121212
Rakhine United5986910767687667
Sagaing United108118119101010101010101010
Magwe775444322222334
Shan United6433224434332222
Southern Myanmar369586688799773
Yadanarbon111133234554445
Yangon United2222111111111111
Zwekapin United81069578769768883

Results by match played edit

Team \ Match played12345678910111213141516171819202122
Ayeyawady UnitedLDDDWLLWLWWLWDWLWWLDLL
GFADWLLLLLDWLDLLDDWWLLLWL
Hanthawaddy UnitedLWLLWWWLWWLLWWDLDWWLDW
MyawadyDLLLLDLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Rakhine UnitedDLDWLLWWLWLWWLLDLLWDLW
Sagaing UnitedDLLWLDWLDLDDLLDLWLWLLL
MagweDLWWWDWWLWWDWLDLLLDDLL
Shan UnitedDWWDWWLDWLWWDWWWDWWWWW
Southern MyanmarDDLWLWLDDWLLWWWWDLLDWL
YadanarbonWWWDLDWDLDDWLWLDLWLWDW
Yangon UnitedWWWDWWWLWDWWLWLWDWWWWW
Zwekapin UnitedDLWLWLLWWLDWDLWLWWDWWW
Source: National League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

Fixtures and results of the Myanmar National League 2018 season.[6]

Week 1 edit

2017-01-14 Hanthawaddy United 1–2 Yangon United Grand Royal Stadium, Bago
15:30 UTC+06:30 Michael Falcon   66' Kosuke Uchida   43'
Sekou Sylla   63'
2018-01-15 Southern Myanmar 1–1 GFA Yamanya Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30 Aung Moe   45+1' Zaw Lin   76'
2018-01-15 Yadanarbon 5–2 Ayeyawady United Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Sithu Aung   8', 58', 83', 88' (pen)
Myat Kaung Khant   45'
Edubat Patrick   75', 85' (pen)

Week 2 edit

2018-01-19 Magwe 2–3 Shan United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Aung Myint Tun   15'
Soe Lwin Lwin   84'
Christopher Chizoba   35', 52', 86'
2018-01-20 Yadanarbon 4–2 Rakhine United Mandalar Thiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Myat Kaung Khant   18'
Hlaing Bo Bo   59'
Myo Ko Tun   65'
Sithu Aung   90+1' (pen)
Zaw Zaw Naing   10'
Sunday Mathew   58'
2018-01-20 Yangon United 2–0 Zwekapin United YUSC, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Sekou Sylla   84'
Kyi Lin   90+3'
2018-01-20 Myawady 0–3 GFA Aung San Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Anthony   19'
Soe Min Tun   22', 35'
2018-01-21 Hanthawaddy United 2–1 Sagaing United Grand Royal Stadium, bago
15:30 UTC+06:30 Yan Naing Aung   79'
Joseph Mpande   84'
Samuel   72'
2018-01-21 Ayeyawady United 2–2 Southern Myanmar Ayar Stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Cassio   27'
Adubat   51'
William   29'
  30' (O.G)

Week 3 edit

2018-01-27 Ayeyawady United 1–1 Rakhine United Ayar Stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Aung Kaung Mann   22' Zaw Win   56'
2018-01-27 Southern Myanmar 0–2 Magwe Mawlamyine Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30 Maung Maung Soe   20'
Aung Myint Tun   84'
2018-01-27 GFA 0–2 Yadanarbon Aung San Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Thet Naing   44'
Myat Kaung Khant   90+2'
2018-01-28 Sagaing United 1–3 Yangon United Monywa Stadium, Monywa
15:30 UTC+06:30 Zaw Zin Oo   58' (pen) Maung Maung Lwin   25', 45'
Kyi Lin   68'
2018-01-28 Shan United 2–1 Hanthawaddy United Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 Dway Ko Ko Chit   7'
Yan Naing Oo   58'
Mark Sekyi  90+2'
2018-01-28 Zwekapin United 1–0 Myawady Aung San Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Than Htet Aung   30'

Week 4 edit

2018-02-03 Ayeyawady United 2–2 Yangon United Ayar Stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Aung Hein Kyaw   15'
Cassio   58'
Sylla Sekou   17'
Edubat   27' (O.G)
2018-02-03 Zwekapin United 1–2 Rakhine United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Matsumoto Ken   34' Sunday Mathew   50'
Ti Nyein Minn   90+3'
2018-02-03 Sagaing United 2–1 GFA Monywa Stadium, Monywa
15:30 UTC+06:30 Wai Phyo Thu   53'
Thiha Thu   68'
Than Hteik Aung   12'
2018-02-04 Shan United 0–0 Yadanarbon Taunggyi stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30
2018-02-04 Southern Myanmar 4–0 Myawady Mawlamyine Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30 Ye Htet Aung   42'
Kaung Sithu   52'
Alpha Barry   66'
Wai Phyo Lwin   72'
2018-02-04 Magwe 2–0 Hanthawaddy United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Maung Maung Soe   57'
Aung Myint Tun   58'

Week 5 edit

2018-02-09 Yangon United 3–1 Rakhine United YUSC, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Sylla Sekou   8', 41'
Maung Maung Lwin   65'
Sunday Matew   67'
2018-02-09 Shan United 1–0 Sagaing United Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 Soe Min Oo   71'
2018-02-10 Myawady 1–2 Hanthawaddy United Aung San Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Kaung Sithu   56' (pen) Joseph Mpande   14', 22'
2017-02-10 Zwekapin United 2–0 Southern Myanmar Thuwunna stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Cezar   45'
Yan Kyaw Htwe   77'
2018-02-10 Yadanarbon 0–1 Magwe Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Maung Maung Soe   90+3'
2018-02-11 GFA 0–3 Ayeyawady United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Patrick Edubat   27', 28'
Min Min Thu   37'

Week 6 edit

2018-02-17 Myawady 2–2 Yadanarbon Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Kaung Sithu   39'
Ye Wai Yan Soe   75'
Thet Naing   64'
Win Naing Soe   77'
2018-02-17 Southern Myanmar 1–0 Rakhine United Mawlamyine Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30 Kaung Sithu   66'
2018-02-17 Hanthawaddy United 1–0 Zwekapin United Grand Royal Stadium, Bago
15:30 UTC+06:30 Kyaw Zaya   37'
2017-02-18 Ayeyawady United 0–1 Shan United Ayar stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Christopher Chizoba   29'
2018-02-18 Yangon United 6–0 GFA YUSC Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Aee Soe   28', 83'
Emmanuel   53', 61'
Kosuke Uchida   60'
Kyi Lin   73'
2018-02-18 Magwe 1–1 Sagaing United Aung San Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Nanda Kyaw   74' Zaw Zin Oo   67'

Week 7 edit

2018-02-23 Yangon United 1–0 Shan United Y.U.S.C Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Aee Soe   21'
2018-02-24 Rakhine United 3–0 GFA Wai Thar Li Stadium, Sittwe
15:30 UTC+06:30 Sunday Mathew   49', 90+3'
Sithu Than Soe   63'
2017-02-24 Magwe 2–1 Ayeyawady United Thuwunna stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Aung Myint Tun   54'
Soe Lwin Lwin   60'
Cassio   75'
2018-02-25 Yadanarbon 1–0 Zwekapin United Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Sithu Aung   37'
2018-02-25 Hanthawaddy United 1–0 Southern Myanmar Grand Royal Stadium, Bago
15:30 UTC+06:30 Yan Naing Aung   67'
2018-03-11 Myawady 1–2 Sagaing United Aung San Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Thet Wai Moe   9' Friday   15'
Thiha Zaw   61'

Week 8 edit

2018-03-03 Magwe 1–0 Yangon United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Cho Tun   86'
2018-03-03 Southern Myanmar 1–1 Yadanarbon Mawlamyine Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30 Yan Naing Htwe   20' Shine Thuya   10'
2017-03-04 Rakhine United 2–0 Hanthawaddy United Wai Thar Li stadium, Sittwe
15:30 UTC+06:30 Komi Biova   47'
Sithu Than Soe   65'
2018-03-04 Zwekapin United 3–2 Sagaing United Aung San Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Sai Min Tun   31'
Zin Min Tun   33'
Paulo Bunze   42'
Thet Naung Htwe   10'
Barnas Friday   76'
2018-03-07 Ayeyawady United 4–1 Myawady Ayar Stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Patrick Edubat   15', 59'
Yan Pai Soe   45'
Aye Ko Ko Maung   67'
Wai yan Oo   54'
2018-05-02 GFA 1–1 Shan United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Soe Min Tun   24' Christpher Chizoba   61'

Week 9 edit

2018-03-30 GFAS 1–0 Magwe Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Mung Theih Pau   81'
2018-03-31 Shan United 2–0 Rakhine United Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 Zin Min Tun   41'
Dway Ko Ko Chit   60'
2017-03-31 Myawady 0–1 Yangon United Thuwunna stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Aung Thu   76' (o.g)
2018-03-31 Sagaing United 0–0 Southern Myanmar Monywa Stadium, Monywa
16:00 UTC+06:30
2018-04-01 Zwekapin United 3–0 Ayeyawady United Aung San Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Than Htet Aung   65'
Sai Min Tun   72'
Yan Kyaw Htwe   90+2'
2018-04-01 Yadanarbon 1–2 Hanthawaddy United Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Sithu Aung   79' Htet Lin Lin   58'
Joseph   86'

Week 10 edit

2018-04-06 Southern Myanmar 3–2 Shan United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Kaung Sithu   38'
Berry   50'
Aung Moe   76'
Dway Ko Ko Chit   40'
Htike Htike Aung   81'
2018-04-07 Hanthawaddy United 1–0 GFA Grand Royal Stadium, Bago
15:30 UTC+06:30 Joseph Mpande   4'
2017-04-07 Yangon United 3–3 Yadanarbon Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Kyaw Zin Oo   41'
Aee Soe   60'
Sylla Sekou   75'
Ye Ko Oo   9', 63'
Myat Kaung Khant   61'
2018-04-08 Ayeyawady United 5–2 Sagaing United Ayar Stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Thiha Zaw   26', 34'
Patrick   47'
Jean Paul   59'
Naing Lin Tun   64'
Thiha Thu   53'
Kaung Zaw Htwe   90+1'
2018-04-08 Rakhine United 2–1 Myawady Waithali Stadium, Sittwe
15:30 UTC+06:30 Sunday Mathew   18'
Kaung Myat Kyaw   32'
Ye Wai Yan Soe   82'
2018-04-08 Magwe 1–0 Zwekapin United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Naing Naing Kyaw   18'

Week 11 edit

2018-04-28 Ayeyawady United 1–0 Hanthawaddy United Ayar Stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Patrick Edubat   25'
2018-04-28 Sagaing United 2–2 Yadanarbon Monywa Stadium, Monywa
15:30 UTC+06:30 Friday   38'
Kaung Zaw Htwe   60'
Win Naing Soe   15'
Myo Zaw Oo   61'
2017-04-28 Zwekapin United 1–1 GFA Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Maung Maung Win   17' Omololu Emmanuel   50'
2018-04-29 Myawady 0–3 Shan United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Zin Min Tun   66'
Zaw Lin   71'
Soe Min Oo   90+2'
2018-04-30 Southern Myanmar 1–4 Yangon United Mawlamyine Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30 Soe Myat Thu   14' (pen) Emmanuel   4'
Sylla Sekou   26', 51', 64'
2018-05-13 Rakhine United 2–5 Magwe Waithali Stadium, Sittwe
15:30 UTC+06:30 Kaung Myat Kyaw   57'
Clifford   60'
Aung Myint Tun   15', 25', 38'
Soe Min Aung   74'
Zayar Naing   75'

Week 12 edit

2018-05-19 Rakhinie United 2–1 Southern Myanmar Wai Thar Li Stadium, Sittwe
15:30 UTC+06:30 Ti Nyein Minn   78'
Sunday Mathew   82'
Htoo Htoo Aung   84'
2018-05-19 Sagaing United 1–1 Magwe Monywa Stadium, Monywa
15:30 UTC+06:30 Bamba   31' Cho Tun   68'
2017-05-19 Zwekapin United 3–1 Hanthawaddy United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Than Htet Aung   39'
Zon Moe Aung   40'
Yan Kyaw Htwe   88'
Joseph Mpande   44'
2018-05-20 Shan United 2–0 Ayeyawady United Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 David Htan   13'
Zin Min Tun   25'
2018-05-20 GFA 0–4 Yangon United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Kosuke Uchida   18', 45'
Emmanuel   35'
Sekou Sylla   61'
2018-05-20 Yadanarbon 7–0 Myawady Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Win Naing Soe   2', 39', 64'
Hlaing Bo Bo   11'
Myat Kaung Khant   31'
Thet Naing   54'
Shine Thuya   84'

Week 13 edit

2018-05-26 Rakhinie United 1–0 Sagaing United Wai Thar Li Stadium, Sittwe
15:30 UTC+06:30 Agarawa   90+3'
2018-05-26 GFA 1–2 Southern Myanmar Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Mung Theih Pau   74' Nan Min Aung   33'
Kaung Sithu   63'
2018-07-19 Magwe 3–1 Myawady Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Nanda Kyaw   24'
Aung Myint Tun   45'
Kyaw Zin Lwin   56'
Ye Wai Yan Soe   51'
2018-07-21 Shan United 1–1 Zwekapin United Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 Dway Ko Ko Chit   90+3' Than Htet Aung   90+5'
2018-07-21 Ayeyawady United 2–1 Yadanarbon Ayar stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Thiha Zaw   37'
Patrick   90+1'
Zaw Ye Tun   42'
2018-07-22 Yangon United 0–1 Hanthawaddy United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Joseph Mpande   41'

Week 14 edit

2018-06-02 Hanthawaddy United 9–0 Myawady Grand Royal Stadium, Bago
15:30 UTC+06:30 Shwe Hlaing Win   6', 15'
Paing Moe Wai   11'
Joseph Mpande   20', 40', 59'
Sekyi Mark   48', 57'
Kyaw Zeya   64'
2018-06-02 Magwe 0–2 Yadanarbon Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Sithu Aung   16', 27'
2018-06-02 Rakhine United 2–3 Yangon United Waithali Stadium, Sittwe
15:30 UTC+06:30 Sunday Mathew   29'
Sithu Than Soe   71'
Sylla Sekou   65'
Yan Lin Aung   67'
Maung Maung Lwin   70'
2018-06-03 Southern Myanmar 3–1 Zwekapin United Mawlamyine Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30 Htoo Htoo Aung   13'
Kaung Sithu   29', 65'
Edison Fonseca   57'
2018-06-03 Sagaing United 0–2 Shan United Monywa Stadium, Monywa
15:30 UTC+06:30 Christopher Chizoba   6'
Yan Naing Oo   50'
2018-06-03 Ayeyawady United 1–1 GFA Ayar Stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Yan Paing Soe   80' Effa Kostka   37'

Week 15 edit

2018-06-09 GFA 2–2 Sagaing United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Mung Theih Pau   63', 79' Friday   59', 76'
2018-06-09 Rakhine United 1–2 Zwekapin United Waithali Stadium, Sittwe
15:30 UTC+06:30 Clifford   86' Than Htet Aung   67', 88'
2018-06-10 Hanthawaddy United 1–1 Magwe Grand Royal Stadium, Bago
15:30 UTC+06:30 Joseph Mpande   2' Maung Maung Soe   54'
2018-06-10 Yangon United 2–3 Ayeyawdy United Aung San Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Sylla Sekou   36'
Maung Maung Lwin   38'
Thiha Zaw   67'
Cássio Magalhães   75'
Edubat Patrick   90'
2018-06-10 Myawady 0–3 Southern Myanmar Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Aung Moe   36'
Kaung Sithu   45+1'
Htoo Htoo Aung   48'
2018-06-10 Yadanarbon 2–3 Shan United Mandalar Thiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Win Naing Soe   59'
Win Naing Tun   73'
Dway Ko Ko Chit   47', 60'
Christopher Chizoba   63'

Week 16 edit

2018-06-16 Shan United 2–0 Magwe Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 William   18'
Christopher Chizoba   52' (pen)
2018-06-16 Rakhine United 1–1 Yadanarbon Waithali Stadium, Sittwe
15:30 UTC+06:30 Kaung Myat Kyaw   90' Hlaing Bo Bo   85'
2018-06-16 GFA 4–0 Myawady Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Pyone Cho   8', 12', 44'
Mung Theih Pau   90'
2018-06-17 Southern Myanmar 4–2 Ayeyawdy United Mawlamyine Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30 Wai Phyo Lwin   3'
Alpha Berry   69', 71'
Yan Naing Htwe   90+4'
Aung Kyaw Naing   21', 74'
2018-06-17 Zwekapin United 0–2 Yangon United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Maung Maung Lwin   31'
Aee Soe   84'
2018-06-17 Sagaing United 2–1 Hanthawaddy United Monywar Stadium, Monywar
15:30 UTC+06:30 Wai Phyo Thu   8'
Htet Zaw Tun   31'
Mark Sekyi   11'

Week 17 edit

2018-06-23 Shan United 0–0 Yangon United Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 Referee: Thant Zin Oo
2018-06-23 Ayeyawady United 4–1 Magwe Ayar Stadium, Pathein
15:30 UTC+06:30 Patrick   28', 37', 62'
Yan Pai Soe   68'
Nanda Kyaw   16'
2018-06-23 Zwekapin United 2–1 Yadanarbon Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Than Htet Aung   60', 73' Hlaing Bo Bo   45+1'
2018-06-24 GFA 3–1 Rakhine United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Pyone Cho   9'
Emmanuel   40', 45'
Sunday Mathew  88' (pen)
2018-06-24 Sagaing United 3–1 Myawady Monywa Stadium, Monywa
15:30 UTC+06:30 Friday   9', 55'
Bamba   50'
Ye Htet Aung   83'
2018-06-24 Southern Myanmar 0–0 Hanthawaddy United Mawlamyine Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30

Week 18 edit

2018-06-30 Hanthawaddy United 2–1 Rakhine United Grand Royal Stadium, Bago
15:30 UTC+06:30 Joseph Mpande   32', 60' Sunday Mathew   89'
2018-06-30 Myawady 0–2 Ayeyawady United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Thiha Zaw   30'
Patrick   36'
2018-07-01 Yangon United 1–0 Magwe Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Thein Zaw   90'
2018-07-01 Shan United 1–0 GFA Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 Yan Naing Oo   86'
2018-07-01 Yadanarbon 3–1 Southern Myanmar Mandalar Thiri Stadium, Mandalay
15:30 UTC+06:30 Win Naing Soe   4'
Ye Yint Tun   16'
Ye Ko Oo   67'
Alpha Berry   64'
2018-07-01 Sagaing United 0–1 Zwekapin United Monywa Stadium, Monywa
15:30 UTC+06:30 Mandjombe   45+1' (o.g)

Week 19 edit

2018-07-06 Myawady 2–6 Rakhine United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Aung Kyaw Thu   17'
Aung Thu   20'
Ti Nyein Minn   21', 64', 82'
Sunday Mathew   25', 54', 67'
Referee: Aung Thu
2018-07-07 Sagaing United 4–1 Ayeyawady United Monywa Stadium, Monywa
15:30 UTC+06:30 Bamba   36', 45+1', 90+2'
Aung Hlaing Win   63'
Aung Hein Kyaw   88'
2018-07-07 Zwekapin United 1–1 Magwe Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Sis Mone   83' Soe Min Aung   15'
2018-07-08 Shan United 1–0 Southern Myanmar Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 Dway Ko Ko Chit   60'
2018-07-08 Yadanarbon 1–2 Yangon United Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Ye Yint Tun   2' Thein Zaw   58'
Emmanuel   90+1'
2018-07-08 GFA 0–2 Hanthawaddy United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Joseph Mpande   13'
Mark Sekyi   46'

Week 20 edit

2018-07-13 Rakhine United 2–2 Ayeyawady United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Thet Shine Naung   71'
Ti Nyein Minn   79'
Patrick   25'
Kyaw Myint Win   63'
Referee: Aung Thu
2018-07-14 Magwe 1–1 Southern Myanmar Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Aung Moe   81' Aung Myint Tun   90+4'
2018-07-14 Hanthawaddy United 1–2 Shan United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Mark Sekyi   59' David Htan   28'
Christopher Chizoba   40'
2018-07-15 Yangon United 5–2 Sagaing United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Sylla Sekou   26', 28'
Maung Maung Lwin   34', 75'
Emmanuel   44'
Bamba   60'
Myo Min Phyo   72'
2018-07-15 Myawady 0–1 Zwekapin United Aung San Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Yan Kyaw Htwe   9'
2018-07-15 Yadanarbon 3–2 GFA Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Sithu Aung   6'
Win Naing Soe   45'
Emmanuel   90' (o.g)
Jordan   54'
Emmanuel   78'

Week 21 edit

2018-09-14 Hanthawaddy United 2–2 Yadanarbon Grand Royal Stadium, Bago
16:00 UTC+06:30 Joseph Mpande   44', 90+1' Ye Ko Oo   23' (pen)
Win Naing Soe   61'
2018-09-14 Rakhine United 0–2 Shan United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 William   4'
Lee Han-kuk   68'
2018-09-14 Yangon United 4–1 Myawady YUSC Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Sekou Sylla   1', 4' (pen), 71'
Aung Kyaw Thu   6' (o.g)
Ye Wai Yan Soe   41'
2018-09-15 Magwe 1–2 GFA Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Aung Myint Tun   14' Emmanuel   3'
Thawng Lian Thang   90+3'
2018-09-15 Ayeyawady United 0–4 Zwekapin United Ayar Stadium, Pathein
16:00 UTC+06:30 Yan Kyaw Htwe   55'
Ken Matsumoto   60'
Sai Min Tun   62' (pen)
Sitt Mone   90'
2018-09-16 Southern Myanmar 3–0 Sagaing United Mawlamyine Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30 Aung Moe   52'
Soe Kyaw Thu   65'
Thet Paing Soe   79'

Week 22 edit

2018-09-22 GFA 1–3 Zwekapin United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Than Htike Aung   58' Than Htet Aung   37', 70'
Sackie Doe   45+1'
2018-09-23 Hanthawaddy United 5–0 Ayeyawady United Grand Royal Stadium, Bago
15:30 UTC+06:30 Henery   3'
Joseph Mpande   35', 42', 83'
Mark Sekyi   76'
2018-09-23 Yangon United 4–0 Southern Myanmar YUSC Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30 Maung Maung Lwin   29'
Kyaw Zin Oo   44', 61'
Soe Min Naing   77'
2018-09-23 Shan United 2–1 Myawady Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi
15:30 UTC+06:30 Zaw Lin   56'
Nay Lin Tun   90+1'
Thet Paing Ko   25'
2018-09-23 Magwe 0–2 Rakhine United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30 Sunday   62'
Ti Nyein Minn   90+1'
2018-09-23 Yadanarbon 3–0 Sagaing United Mandalar Thiri Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30 Myat Kaung Khant   38', 48'
Win Naing Soe   55'

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 23 September 2018.
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Joseph Mpande Hanthawaddy United 18
2   Sylla Sekou Yangon United 17
3   Edubat Patrick Ayeyawady United 16
4   Sunday Mathew Rakhine United 14
5   Win Naing Soe Yadanarbon 11
5   Sithu Aung Yadanarbon 10
  Aung Myint Tun Magwe
  Than Htet Aung Zwekapin United
9   Christopher Chizoba Shan United 9
  Maung Maung Lwin Yangon United
11   Kaung Sithu Southern Myanmar 7
  Barnas Friday Sagaing United
  Dway Ko Ko Chit Shan United
  Ti Nyein Minn Rakhine United
  Myat Kaung Khant Yadanarbon
14   Aung Moe Southern Myanmar 6
16   Mung Theih Pau GFA 5
  Aee Soe Yangon United
  Alpha Barry Southern Myanmar
  Emmanuel Uzochukwu Yangon United
  Thiha Zaw Ayeyawady United
  Ye Ko Oo Yadanarbon
  Yan Kyaw Htwe Zwekapin United
24   Maung Maung Soe Magwe 4
  Kosuke Uchida Yangon United
  Pyone Cho GFA
27   Kyi Lin Yangon United 3
  Soe Min Oo Shan United
  Zin Min Tun Shan United
  Thet Naing Yadanarbon
  Sithu Than Soe Rakhine United
  Sai Min Tun Zwekapin United
33   Soe Min Tun GFA 2
  Soe Lwin Lwin Magwe
  Zaw Zin Oo Sagaing United
  Kaung Sithu Myawady
  Yan Naing Aung Hanthawaddy United
  Aung Kyaw Naing Ayeyawady United
  Kyaw Zin Oo Yangon United

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Sithu Aung Yadanarbon Ayeyawady United 5–2 15 January 2018
  Christopher Chizoba Shan United Rakhine United 3–2 19 January 2018
  Sylla Sekou Yangon United Southern Myanmar 4–1 30 April 2018
  Aung Myint Tun Magwe Rakhine United 5–2 13 May 2018
  Win Naing Soe Yadanarbon Myawady 7–0 20 May 2018
  Joseph Mpande Hanthawaddy United Myawady 9–0 2 June 2018
  Pyone Cho GFA Myawady 4–0 16 June 2018
  Edubat Patrick Ayeyawady United Magwe 4–1 23 June 2018
  Sunday Mathew Rakhine United Myawady 6–2 6 July 2018
  Ti Nyein Minn Rakhine United Myawady 6–2 6 July 2018
  Bamba Sagaing United Ayeyawady United 4–1 7 July 2018
  Sylla Sekou Yangon United Myawady 4–1 14 September 2018
  Joseph Mpande Hanthawaddy United Ayeyawady United 5–0 23 September 2018

Clean sheets edit

As of 23 September 2018.
Rank Player Club Clean

sheets

1   Thiha Sithu Shan United 12
2   Kyaw Zin Htet Yangon United 9
3   Ko Ko Naing Hanthawaddy United 7
4   Naing Zayar Htun Zwekapin United 6
  Pyae Phyo Aung Southern Myanmar
5   Kyaw Zin Phyo Magwe 5
  Chan Nyein Kyaw Yadanarbon
  Soe Arkar Rakhine United
9   Vanlal Hruala Ayeyawady United 3
  Nyein Min Oo GFA
11   Sann Satt Naing Yangon United 2
  A Zin Hmue Sagaing United
13   Tun Nanda Oo Myawady 1
  Myo Min Latt Shan United

Awards edit

Monthly awards edit

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Coach Club Player Club
January   Aung Kyaw Moe Yadanarbon   Sithu Aung Yadanarbon [7]
February   Myo Min Tun Yangon United   Maung Maung Lwin Yangon United [8]
March & April   Aung Zaw Myo Magwe   Than Htet Aung Zwekapin United [9]
May & June   Marjan Sekulovski Shan United   Than Htet Aung Zwekapin United [10]
July   Mr. Ngwe Tun Hanthawaddy United   Thiha Zaw Ayeyawady United [11]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "MNL ႏွင့္ MPT တို႔၏ Partnership Signing Ceremony စာခ်ဳပ္ခ်ဳပ္ဆိုပြဲ အခမ္းအနားကို နိုဝင္ဘာ ၂၅ ရက္တြင္ က်င္းပမည္". Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  2. ^ "ျမန္မာေနရွင္နယ္လိဂ္မွာ စစ္ကိုင္းယူႏိုက္တက္ ေပၚထြက္လာေတာ့မည္". Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  3. ^ "2018 MPT Myanmar National League ပြဲစဥ္ဇယားမ်ား ထြက္ေပၚ". Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  4. ^ MNL, MFF (21 September 2016). "Eight seasons in for MNL, three teams drop out". Stdium. Archived from the original on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ^ "လက္ေရြးစင္ကစားသမားေဟာင္း ေအာင္ေက်ာ္မိုးကို ရတနာပုံအသင္း နည္းျပခ်ဳပ္ခန္႔အပ္". Duwun. 2017.
  6. ^ Myanmar National League
  7. ^ "ဇန္န၀ါရီလအတြက္ တစ္လတာ အေကာင္းဆုံးဆုမ်ားကို ရတနာပုံအက္ဖ္စီအသင္း ရယူ". 2018.
  8. ^ "ေဖေဖာ္ဝါရီလအတြက္ အေကာင္းဆံုး ဆုမ်ားကို ရန္ကုန္ယူႏိုက္တက္ အသင္းမွ ရရွိ". 2018.
  9. ^ "မတ္-ဧၿပီလအတြက္ ျမန္မာေနရွင္နယ္လိဂ္ အေကာင္းဆုံးဆုမ်ားကို မေကြးအက္ဖ္စီႏွင့္ ဇြဲကပင္ယူႏိုက္တက္အသင္းတို႔မွ ရရွိ". 2018.
  10. ^ "ေမလႏွင့္ ဇြန္လ အတြက္ ျမန္မာေနရွင္နယ္လိဂ္ အေကာင္းဆံုးဆုမ်ားကို ေပးအပ္ခ်ီးျမွင့္". 2018.
  11. ^ "ဇူလိုင္လ အတြက္ ျမန္မာေနရွင္နယ္လိဂ္ တစ္လတာ အေကာင္းဆံုးဆုကို သီဟေဇာ္ႏွင့္ ဦးေငြထြန္းတို႔ ရရွိ". 2018.

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