2019 Myanmar National League
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.
Yangon United are the defending champions, while 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
- Chinland
- Myawady
2019 Title Sponsor
signed 3 years contract with MNL. They help to develop Myanmar Football and Youth program.Clubs
Stadiums
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.
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
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
Positions by round
Results by match played
Matches
Fixtures and results of the Myanmar National League 2019 season.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
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Win Naing Soe | Yadanarbon | 18 |
2 | Donald Bissa | Sagaing United | 14 |
3 | Win Naing Tun | Yadanarbon | 10 |
3 | Patrick Edubat | Dagon | 10 |
3 | Keith Martu Nah | Ayeyawady United | 10 |
3 | Sekou Sylla | Yangon United | 10 |
4 | Kaung Sithu | Southern Myanmar | 9 |
4 | Bernard Friday | Sagaing United | 9 |
4 | Rapheal Success | Ayeyawady United | 9 |
5 | Zin Min Tun | Magwe | 8 |
5 | Maung Maung Lwin | Yangon United | 8 |
5 | Samuel | Rakhine United | 8 |
7 | Than Paing | Yangon United | 6 |
7 | Pyae Moe | Magwe | 6 |
7 | Aung Zin Phyo | Zwekapin United | 6 |
7 | Outching Yassan | Zwekapin United | 6 |
7 | Mark Sekyi | Hanthawady United | 6 |
7 | Traore Alassane | Dagon | 6 |
8 | Hlaing Bo Bo | Yadanarbon | 5 |
8 | Aung Kyaw Naing | Ayeyawady United | 5 |
8 | Dway Ko Ko Chit | Shan United | 5 |
8 | Emmanuel | Shan United | 5 |
8 | Maximum | Shan United | 5 |
9 | Soe Lwin Lwin | Magwe | 4 |
9 | Kaung Htet Soe | Yangon United | 4 |
9 | Kyi Lin | Zwekapin United | 4 |
9 | Thiha Zaw | Ayeyawady United | 4 |
9 | Aung Kaung Mann | Ayeyawady United | 4 |
9 | Naing Naing Kyaw | Magwe | 4 |
9 | Myat Kaung Khant | Yadanarbon | 4 |
10 | Soe Myat Thu | Dagon | 3 |
10 | Kyaw Swar Min | Sagaing United | 3 |
10 | Zin Min Tun | Shan United | 3 |
10 | Htet Lin Lin | Hanthawady United | 3 |
10 | Htun Lin Aung | Chinland | 3 |
10 | Ken | Zwekapin United | 3 |
11 | Yan Pai Soe | Ayeyawady United | 2 |
11 | Aung Myo Thura | Hanthawady United | 2 |
11 | Soe Min Naing | Yangon United | 2 |
11 | Htoo Htoo Aung | Southern Myanmar | 2 |
11 | Htet Phyo Wai | Shan United | 2 |
11 | Suan Lam Mang | Shan United | 2 |
11 | William | Shan United | 2 |
11 | Nanda Kyaw | Shan United | 2 |
11 | Zaw Lin | Ayeyawady United | 2 |
11 | Kelvin | Rakhine United | 2 |
11 | Zaw Thein Win | Rakhine United | 2 |
11 | Thant Zin Win | Sagaing United | 2 |
11 | Hein Htet Aung | Hanthawady United | 2 |
11 | Zaw Zaw Naing | Rakhine United | 2 |
11 | Miller | Yangon United | 2 |
11 | Abubakar | Rakhine United | 2 |
11 | Aung Myint Tun | Magwe | 2 |
11 | Aung Zaw Myint | Magwe | 2 |
11 | Win Min Htut | Southern Myanmar | 2 |
11 | Shine Thuya | Southern Myanmar | 2 |
11 | Thein Than Win | Yadanarbon | 2 |
11 | Myo Min Phyo | Sagaing United | 2 |
11 | Thein Tan | Zwekapin United | 2 |
11 | Tint Aung Kyaw | Chinland | 2 |
11 | Mong Teih Pau | Chinland | 2 |
11 | Frederic Pooda | Hanthawady United | 2 |
11 | Nyi Nyi Min | Dagon | 2 |
12 | Kekere Moukailou | Ayeyawady United | 1 |
12 | Tin Win Aung | Ayeyawady United | 1 |
12 | Soe Moe Kyaw | Ayeyawady United | 1 |
12 | Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit | Ayeyawady United | 1 |
12 | Aung Hlaing Win | Sagaing United | 1 |
12 | Aung Kyaw Thu | Rakhine United | 1 |
12 | Aung Thant Zaw | Rakhine United | 1 |
12 | Chan Oo | Rakhine United | 1 |
12 | Ti Nyein Minn | Rakhine United | 1 |
12 | Aung Thein Win | Rakhine United | 1 |
12 | Kosuke Uchida | Yangon United | 1 |
12 | Myo Zaw Oo | Hanthawady United | 1 |
12 | Lar Din Maw Yar | Hanthawady United | 1 |
12 | Shwe Hlaing Win | Hanthawady United | 1 |
12 | Nyi Nyi Aung | Hanthawady United | 1 |
12 | Emmanuel Ndueso | Chinland | 1 |
12 | George Kehinde | Chinland | 1 |
12 | David Lalhruat Fela | Chinland | 1 |
12 | Babatunde Abiodun | Chinland | 1 |
12 | Myo Min Zaw | Dagon | 1 |
12 | Zwe Khant | Dagon | 1 |
12 | Aung Khine Tun | Dagon | 1 |
12 | Sitt Mone | Zwekapin United | 1 |
12 | Nyi Nyi Tun | Zwekapin United | 1 |
12 | Aung Moe Htwe | Zwekapin United | 1 |
12 | Andersen West | Yangon United | 1 |
12 | Thurein Soe | Yangon United | 1 |
12 | Kyaw Zin Soe | Yadanarbon | 1 |
12 | Maung Maung Soe | Yadanarbon | 1 |
12 | Bi Bi | Yadanarbon | 1 |
12 | Ye Htet Aung | Southern Myanmar | 1 |
12 | Phyo Paing Soe | Southern Myanmar | 1 |
12 | Yan Kyaw Htwe | Southern Myanmar | 1 |
12 | Soe Myat Thu | Magwe | 1 |
12 | Thiha | Magwe | 1 |
12 | Ryo Nakamura | Shan United | 1 |
12 | Hein Thiha Zaw | Shan United | 1 |
12 | Toe Sat Naing | Sagaing United | 1 |
12 | Wai Phyo Thu | Sagaing United | 1 |
12 | Phoe Chit | Sagaing United | 1 |
Top assistants
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
1 | Raphel Success | Ayeyawady United | 7 |
2 | Myat Kaung Khant | Yadanarbon | 6 |
3 | Thiha Zaw | Ayeyawady United | 5 |
3 | Nanda Kyaw | Shan United | 5 |
4 | Kyi Lin | Zwekapin United | 4 |
4 | Vinicius Miller | Yangon United | 4 |
4 | Aee Soe | Yangon United | 4 |
4 | Abubakar Yakubu | Rakhine United | 4 |
4 | Htet Lin Lin | Hanthawady United | 4 |
4 | Sylla Sekou | Yangon United | 4 |
4 | Donald Bissa | Sagaing United | 3 |
4 | Myo Min Phyo | Sagaing United | 3 |
4 | Kyaw Swar Min | Sagaing United | 3 |
4 | Tin Win Aung | Ayeyawady United | 3 |
4 | Keith Martu Nah | Ayeyawady United | 3 |
4 | Maung Maung Lwin | Yangon United | 3 |
4 | Ken Matsumoto | Zwekapin United | 3 |
4 | Outching Yassan | Zwekapin United | 3 |
4 | Frederic Pooda | Hanthawady United | 3 |
4 | Myo Min Zaw | Dagon | 3 |
4 | Nyi Nyi Min | Dagon | 3 |
5 | Aung Myint Tun | Magwe | 2 |
5 | Aung Kyaw Naing | Ayeyawady United | 2 |
5 | Than Htet Aung | Chinland | 2 |
5 | Zaw Zaw Naing | Rakhine United | 2 |
5 | Kaung Sithu | Southern Myanmar | 2 |
5 | Aung Moe | Southern Myanmar | 2 |
5 | Hein Nay San | Yadanarbon | 2 |
5 | Win Naing Tun | Yadanarbon | 2 |
5 | Thiha Zaw | Yangon United | 2 |
5 | Than Paing | Yangon United | 2 |
5 | Kaung Htet Soe | Yangon United | 2 |
5 | Set Phyo Wai | Shan United | 2 |
5 | Patrick | Dagon | 2 |
5 | Yan Naing Oo | Shan United | 2 |
5 | Zin Min Tun | Shan United | 2 |
5 | David Htan | Shan United | 2 |
5 | Aye Ko Ko Maung | Dagon | 2 |
5 | Hlaing Bo Bo | Yadanarbon | 2 |
5 | Ye Yint Aung | Yadanarbon | 2 |
5 | Sitt Mone | Zwegabin United | 2 |
5 | Thiha | Magwe | 2 |
5 | Htet Aung | Southern Myanmar | 2 |
5 | Pyae Moe | Magwe | 2 |
5 | Soe Lwin Lwin | Magwe | 2 |
5 | Htet Zaw Tun | Sagaing United | 2 |
5 | Mark Sekyi | Hanthawady United | 2 |
6 | Aung That Zaw | Rakhine United | 1 |
6 | Chan Oo | Rakhine United | 1 |
6 | Samuel | Rakhine United | 1 |
6 | Emmanuel | Chinland | 1 |
6 | Pyone Cho | Chinland | 1 |
6 | Mong Teih Pau | Chinland | 1 |
6 | Babatunde Aboidan | Chinland | 1 |
6 | Nyein Min Oo | Chinland | 1 |
6 | Htun Lin Aung | Chinland | 1 |
6 | Yan Aung Kyaw | Yangon United | 1 |
6 | Soe Min Naing | Yangon United | 1 |
6 | Yan Lin Aung | Yangon United | 1 |
6 | Kosuke Uchida | Yangon United | 1 |
6 | Nan Wai Min | Yangon United | 1 |
6 | Aung Kaung Mann | Ayeyawady United | 1 |
6 | Kekere Moukailou | Ayeyawady United | 1 |
6 | Kyaw Zin Lwin | Ayeyawady United | 1 |
6 | Zaw Win | Ayeyawady United | 1 |
6 | Yan Kyaw Htwe | Southern Myanmar | 1 |
6 | Shine Thuya | Southern Myanmar | 1 |
6 | Win Naing Soe | Yadanarbon | 1 |
6 | Myint Thein Tun | Yadanarbon | 1 |
6 | Bi Bi | Yadanarbon | 1 |
6 | Thet Naing | Yadanarbon | 1 |
6 | Arkar | Yadanarbon | 1 |
6 | Thein Than Win | Yadanarbon | 1 |
6 | Dway Ko Ko Chit | Shan United | 1 |
6 | Zwe Thet Paing | Shan United | 1 |
6 | Maximum | Shan United | 1 |
6 | Aung Show Thar Maung | Shan United | 1 |
6 | Hein Phyo Win | Shan United | 1 |
6 | Ye Yint Tun | Shan United | 1 |
6 | Shwe Ko | Shan United | 1 |
6 | Aung Khine Tun | Dagon | 1 |
6 | Nay Aung | Dagon | 1 |
6 | Samuel Kojo | Dagon | 1 |
6 | Friday | Sagaing United | 1 |
6 | Win Zin Oo | Sagaing United | 1 |
6 | Aung Hlaing Win | Sagaing United | 1 |
6 | Zon Moe Aung | Zwegabin United | 1 |
6 | Maung Maung Win | Zwegabin United | 1 |
6 | Aung Myo Thura | Hanthawady United | 1 |
6 | Hein Htet Aung | Hanthawady United | 1 |
6 | Aung Thura Zaw | Hanthawady United | 1 |
6 | Nay Moe Naing | Magwe | 1 |
6 | Kyaw Thu Tun | Magwe | 1 |
6 | Soe Min Aung | Magwe | 1 |
6 | - | - | 1 |
6 | - | - | 1 |
6 | - | - | 1 |
6 | - | - | 1 |
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
1 | Kyaw Zin Htet | Yangon United | 7 |
1 | Ko Ko Naing | Hanthawady United | 7 |
1 | Kyaw Zin Phyo | Ayeyawady United | 7 |
2 | Tay Zar Aung | Rakhine United | 6 |
3 | Pyae Phyo Aung | Southern Myanmar | 5 |
4 | Pyae Lyan Aung | Yadanarbon | 4 |
4 | Sann Satt Naing | Yangon United | 4 |
4 | Soe Arkar | Magwe | 4 |
4 | Phone Thit Sar Min | Shan United | 4 |
5 | A Zin Hmue | Sagaing United | 3 |
5 | Yan Aung Lin | Dagon | 3 |
6 | Myo Min Latt | Shan United | 2 |
6 | Thiha Sithu | Shan United | 2 |
6 | Nyein Min Oo | Chinland | 2 |
6 | Naing Zayar Htun | Zwekapin United | 2 |
7 | Chan Nyein Kyaw | Yadanarbon | 1 |
7 | Wai Lin Aung | Yangon United | 1 |
7 | Wai Yan Myo | Chinland | 1 |
7 | Min Thu | Chinland | 1 |
7 | Tun Aung Kyaw | Sagaing United | 1 |