2019 Myanmar National League

2019 MNL Title Sponsor
2019 MNL Title Sponsor
Type	mobile, voice and data
Location	Myanmar
Frequency	450/800 MHz, 900/2100 MHz
Established	1884
Current status	operational
Website	www.mpt.com.mm

Chinland
(15 September 2019)
Longest winning run	Yadanarbon F.C. ; (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Shan United (22 matches)
Longest winless run	Chinland (9 matches)
Longest losing run	Dagon (6 matches)
Highest attendance	34,755; Shan United 4–1 Rakhine United; (15 September 2019)
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Myanmar National League is the 10th season of the Myanmar National League, the top Myanmar professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2009, also known as MPT Myanmar National League due to the sponsorship deal with Myanma Posts and Telecommunications. A total of 12 teams will compete in the league. The season began on 12 January 2019 and is scheduled to conclude on 24 September 2019.^[1]

Chinland and Dagon have entered as the promoted teams from the 2018 MNL-2

.

The 1st transfer window is from 1 November 2018 to 12 January 2019 while the 2nd transfer window is from 1 June 2019 to 31 July 2019.

Changes from last season

Team changes

Promoted Clubs

Promoted from the 2018 MNL-2

Royal Thanlyin
Dagon

Relegated Clubs

Relegated from the 2018 Myanmar National League

Chinland
Myawady

Chinland

to play in 2019 MNL.

2019 Title Sponsor

Myanma Posts and Telecommunications signed 3 years contract with MNL.^[2] They help to develop Myanmar Football and Youth program.

Clubs

Stadiums

Ayeyawady United

Chinland

Hantharwady United

Southern Myanmar

Yangon United

Yadanarbon

Rakhine United

Magwe

Sagaing United

Shan United

Zwekapin United

class=notpageimage|

Locations of the 2019 Myanmar National League

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
Ayeyawady United	Pathein	Ayar Stadium	6,000
Chinland	Chin	Hakha Stadium	10,000
Dagon
Hantharwady United	Bago	Grand Royal Stadium	4,000
Magwe	Magway	Magway Stadium*	3,000
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	Bahtoo Stadium	17,000
Yangon United	Yangon	Yangon United Sports Complex	3,500
Zwegapin United	Hpa-An	Aung Than Lwin Stadium*	3,000

(*) – not ready to play. MNL clubs that have not had their home stadium ready to host home matches currently use

Aung San Stadium and Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon.^[3]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Week	Table	Incoming manager
Shan United	Min Thu	Resign	13 March 2019	Week 5	3	Aung Naing
Yangon United	Myo Min Tun	Resign	13 May 2019	Week 11	4	Tin Maung Tun
Chinland	U Thar Kyaw	Sacked	30 May 2019	Week 11	11	U Phone Naing
Dagon	U Min Kyi	Sacked	30 May 2019	Week 11	12	U Kyaw Lwin

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former
Ayeyawady United	Akwa Raphael Success	Kekere Moukailou	Keith Nah		Atanga Effa Kostka
Chinland	George Kehinde	Emmanuel Ndueso	Babatunde Abiodun	Shin Junyeong	Omololu Emmanuel Sunny Obumneme
Dagon	Samuel Kojo Abbey	Traore Alassane	Patrick Edubat		Bamba Gaoussou Ibrahim Kasule Zama Salif
Hantharwady United	Mark Sekyi	Michael Henry Alloysius	Frederic Pooda
Magwe
Sagaing United	Donald Bissa	Soulemanou Mandjombe	Barnabas Friday
Shan United	William Nyakwe	Emmanuel Uzochukwu	Djawa Maximum	Ryo Nakamura	Gustavo
Southern Myanmar
Rakhine United	Abubakar Yakubu	Samuel Chukwuekweka	Kelvin Kudus Momoh
Yadanarbon
Yangon United	Sekou Sylla	Vinicius Miller	Anderson West	Kosuke Uchida	Kekere Moukailou
Zwekapin United	Outching Yassan		Atsushi Shimono	Ken Matsumoto	Patrick Gilles Edubat Anderson West

[4]

Personnel and sponsoring

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	U Myo Hlaing Win	Thiha Zaw	Pro//Sport	AMI Insurance
Chinland	U Phone Naing	Aung Hein Kyaw	made by club	Gospel for Asia
Dagon	U Kyaw Lwin	Aye Ko Ko Maung	Pro//Sport	none
Hantharwady United	U Ngwe Tun	Ko Ko Naing	FBT	Grand Royal
Magwe	U Zaw Win Tun	Soe Myat Thu	Pro//Sport	none
Rakhine United	U Than Wai	Nyein Chan	Pro//Sport	UAB Bank
Sagaing United	U Zaw Linn Tun	Aung Hlaing Win	FBT	Zaw Gyi Myanmar
Shan United	U Aung Khine	Thiha Sithu	Pro//Sport	KBZ Bank
Southern Myanmar FC	U Kyaw Min	Pyae Phyo Aung	Pro//Sport	Yuzana Group
Yadanarbon	U Aung Kyaw Moe	Ye Ko Oo	FBT	Alpine
Yangon United	U Tin Maung Tun	Yan Aung Kyaw	FBT	AGD Bank
Zwekapin United	U Min Tun Lin	Naing Zayar Htun	made by club	Htay Group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shan United (C)	22	12	10	0	45	21	+24	46	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1^[a]
2	Ayeyawady United	22	12	8	2	44	19	+25	44
3	Yangon United	22	12	7	3	40	15	+25	43	Qualification for AFC Cup play-off round^[b]
4	Yadanarbon	22	9	5	8	41	32	+9	32
5	Hantharwady United	22	9	5	8	28	27	+1	32
6	Rakhine United	22	7	10	5	28	29	−1	31
7	Sagaing United	22	7	6	9	36	42	−6	27
8	Magwe	22	7	3	12	27	33	−6	24
9	Zwegapin United	22	6	6	10	29	39	−10	24
10	Southern Myanmar United	22	5	6	11	22	45	−23	21
11	Dagon FC (R)	22	5	3	14	29	46	−17	18	Relegation to MNL-2
12	Chinland (R)	22	4	5	13	20	41	−21	17	Relegation to MNL-2

Source: MNL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
^ Yangon United qualified for the AFC Cup play-off round as General Aung San Shield winners.

Positions by round

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Chinland	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Dagon FC	1	6	9	9	11	11	11	9	11	11	12	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11

	Leader and qualification for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 1 or AFC Cup group stage
	Standby team for AFC Cup group stage
	Relegation to the 2020 National League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2019. Source: National League

Results by match played

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team \ Match played
Zwegapin United	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2019. Source: National League

W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

[table_note_res_CLP10.034128750690319-5] If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.

[table_note_res_ACPO0.034128750690319-6] Yangon United qualified for the AFC Cup play-off round as General Aung San Shield winners.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[a]

[b]

12 January 2019	Sagaing United	2–2	Shan United	Monywa Stadium, Monywa
15:30 UTC+06:30	Kyaw Swar Min 28' Myo Min Phyo 57'		Maycon 21', 80' (pen)

12 January 2019	Hnathawady United	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30	Sylla Sekou 11', 32' Kyi Lin 21'		Mark Sekyi 90'

13 January 2019	Zwekapin United	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
16:00 UTC+06:30	Soe Myat Thu 4', 45+1' Myo Min Zaw 65'		Ken 9'

13 January 2019	Chinland	Yamanya Stadium, Mawlamyine
15:30 UTC+06:30	Win Min Htut 59' Htoo Htoo Aung 90+4'

13 January 2019	Yadanarbon	1–1	Ayeyawady United	Bahtoo Stadium, Mandalay
16:00 UTC+06:30	Myat Kaung Khant 90+1'		Zaw Lin 60'

Changes from last season

Team changes

Promoted Clubs

Relegated Clubs

2019 Title Sponsor

Clubs

Stadiums

Managerial changes

Foreign players

Personnel and sponsoring

League table

Positions by round

Results by match played

Matches

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assistants

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

Awards

Monthly awards

See also

References

External links