Yangon United Football Club ( my, ရန်ကုန် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း ) is a Burmese

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club, based at

Yangon United Sports Complex Yangon United Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium in Yangon, Burma. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Yangon United of the Myanmar National League The MPT Myanmar National League ( my, မြန်မ� ...

, in

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

, Myanmar. Owned by

Tay Za Tay Za (; my, တေဇ, ; also spelled Tayza or Teza; born 18 July 1964) is a Burmese business tycoon and the Chairman of Htoo Group of Companies, Myanmar. He is a close associate of the country's former head of state, Than Shwe. He is the first ...

, a prominent Burmese businessman, the club was one of eight teams that participated in the inaugural edition 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 ...

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, where they finished as runners-up. Yangon United's biggest rivals are Yadanarbon F.C., with whom they contest the Myanmar rivalry. However, due to Yadanarbon's decline, Yangon United's main rivals are now Shan United, in which now they contest in the new MNL derby.

History

Although Yangon United F.C. was officially founded in 2009, it started as the Air Bagan F.C side from the old

Myanmar Premier League The Myanmar Premier League (since 2005 simply ''Myanmar League'') was the top division of Burmese football in Myanmar from 1996 to 2009. The league consisted of Yangon-based football clubs, made up mostly of clubs run by various government minist ...

. On 16 May 2009, Yangon United defeated Zeya Shwe Myay 4–0 in the league's second ever match to open the

MNL Cup 2009 MNL Cup Grand Royal 2009 is the inaugural knock-out club football tournament of the Myanmar National League. The tournament, held at the Aung San Stadium and the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon between 16 May and 5 July 2009, was contested by all eight ...

. The club finished in second place in group play with 16 points. Yangon United lost to

Yadanarbon ''Yadanabon'' ( my, ရတနာပုံ) is a 2017 Burmese drama television series. It aired on MNTV, from April 9, to August 27, 2017, on every Sunday at 19:20 for 20 episodes. Cast *Hein Wai Yan as Lin Yan *Moe Yan Zun as Moe Naung *Htun K ...

in the final on

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after a 2–2 draw. During the 2010 season, Yangon United built an artificial turf football pitch and gymnasium. In 2011, Yangon United secured their first ever championship and also became champions of the 2011 Max Cement MFF Cup. This is the first time a team has won both the cup and the championship in the short history of the MNL. In 2012, the club won their second consecutive

title and qualified for the

2013 AFC Cup The 2013 AFC Cup was the tenth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. In an all-Kuwait final, defending champions Al-Kuwait defeated Al-Q ...

. In 2010, Yangon United built their training ground and gymnasium. Yangon United Gymnasium is the first gym among the Myanmar National League clubs. In 2011, Yangon United won their first ever MNL championship. They also won 2011 Max Cement Cup. This is the first time a team has won both the cup and the championship in the short history of the MNL. In 2012, Yangon United won their second MNL title. In 2013, Yangon United signed with Grand Sport for kit sponsorship. The club won their third MNL championship in the same year. They played AFC Cup again and they passed to knock-out stage for the first time in club's history. They would go on and dominate for long periods, until 2019, when they gave up the trophy to Shan United. They followed that up with an unconvincing

2020 Myanmar National League The 2020 Myanmar National League is the 11th 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 sponsorsh ...

finishing 4th.

Players

Current squad

Continental record

All results (home and away) list Yangon United's goal tally first.

Honours

League

**Winners (5):

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Cup

General Aung San Shield General Aung San Shield (formerly ''MFF Cup'') is the top football knockout tournament in Myanmar. On 26 March 2014, MFF League Committee Meeting decides the knock-out cup (General Aung San Shield) winner would compete in ''Toyota Mekong Champion ...

**Winners (3): 2011,

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Coaching staff

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Statistics

Domestic

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Myo Min Tun Myo Min Tun (born 14 June 1983) is a footballer from Myanmar. He made his first appearance for the Myanmar national football team The Myanmar national football team ( my, မြန်မာ့လက်ရွေးစင်အမျိုး ...

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References

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External links

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