The 2016 Myanmar National League, also known as the 2016 Ooredoo Myanmar National League, was the 7th season of the

Myanmar National League The MPT Myanmar National League ( my, မြန်မာ နေရှင်နယ် လိဂ်; abbreviated MNL) is the premier national professional football league of Myanmar. In 2009, the league replaced the Myanmar Premier League, which co ...

, the top Burmese professional league for

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clubs since its founding in 2009.The transfer period for the 2016 season was from 1 November 2015 to 8 January 2016.

Yangon United Yangon United Football Club ( my, ရန်ကုန် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း ) is a Burmese football club, based at Yangon United Sports Complex, in Yangon, Myanmar. Owned by Tay Za, a prominent Bu ...

began the season as defending champions of the 2015 Myanmar National League. Southern Myanmar and

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entered as the two promoted teams from the 2015 Myanmar National League 2. Horizon FC was promoted to the MNL for the first time. The first half of the 2016 Ooredoo MNL was completely finished on 4 April, and the second half started on May 21. The half-season transfer window was opened from April 18 to May 17. After Week 12, the remaining matches were suspended for three weeks because of the

Myanmar national football team The Myanmar national football team ( my, မြန်မာ့လက်ရွေးစင်အမျိုးသားအသင်း) represents Myanmar in men's international association football and are governed by the Myanmar Football Fed ...

's participation in the

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. The matches resumed on 11 June from Week 13.

First half-season review

At the half-season break,

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led the 2016 MNL Ooredoo standing table with 29 points, followed by Hanthawaddy United with 21 points. The

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winners Ayeyawady United stood third with 20 points. Reigning MNL champions

only earned 19 points and grabbed the fourth place.

Events

This season was the second Myanmar National League season to have had

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as the title sponsor, after the MFF and the Qatar-based telecom operator signed a US$1 million-a-year sponsorship contract on 10 January 2016.

Teams

A total of 12 teams competed in the 2016 season: 10 sides from the 2015 season and two promoted teams from the 2015 Myanmar National League 2. Manaw Myay and

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were relegated to the 2016 MNL-2 since they finished the 2015 season at the lowest positions. They were replaced by the two promoted teams from the 2015 MNL-2, champions Southern Myanmar and runners-up

Stadiums

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

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and

Thuwunna Stadium The Thuwunna Youth Training Center Stadium ( my, သုဝဏ္ဏ လူငယ် လေ့ကျင့်ရေး ကွင်း), simply known as the Thuwunna Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the venue of ...

in Yangon.

Name changes

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renamed themselves to Shan United FC

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

Foreign players

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.

Result

League table

Result table

Matches

Fixtures and results of the Myanmar National League 2016 season.Myanmar National League

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

Top scorers

Clean Sheets

Awards

Monthly awards

References

Myanmar National League Facebook Official Page

External links

Myanmar National League Official Website

Myanmar National League Facebook Official Page
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