Football league season
The2016 Myanmar National League , also known as the 2016 Ooredoo Myanmar National League, was the 7th season of theMyanmar National League , the top Burmese professional league forassociation football clubs since its founding in 2009.The transfer period for the 2016 season was from 1 November 2015 to 8 January 2016.
Yangon United began the season as defending champions of the2015 Myanmar National League .Southern Myanmar andHorizon entered as the two promoted teams from the2015 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 theMyanmar national football team 's participation in the2016 AYA Bank Cup . The matches resumed on 11 June from Week 13.
First half-season review [ edit ] At the half-season break,Yadanarbon led the 2016 MNL Ooredoo standing table with 29 points, followed byHanthawaddy United with 21 points. The2015 General Aung San Shield winners Ayeyawady United stood third with 20 points. Reigning MNL championsYangon United only earned 19 points and grabbed the fourth place.
This season was the second Myanmar National League season to have hadOoredoo 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.
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 andNay Pyi Taw were relegated to the 2016 MNL-2 since they finished the2015 season at the lowest positions. They were replaced by the two promoted teams from the2015 MNL-2 , championsSouthern Myanmar and runners-upHorizon .
Club Home City Stadium Capacity Ayeyawady United Pathein Ayar Stadium 6,000 Chin United Hakha Wammathu Maung Stadium* 4,000 Hanthawaddy United Bago Taungoo Stadium 4,000 Horizon Yangon Horizon Stadium* - Magwe Magway Magway Stadium *3,000 Rakhine United Sittwe Weithali Stadium *5,000 Shan United Taunggyi Taunggyi Stadium 7,000 Southern Myanmar Mawlamyaing Ramanya Stadium *15,000 Yadanarbon Mandalay Bahtoo Stadium 17,000 Yangon United Yangon Yangon United Sports Complex 3,500 Zeyar Shwe Myay Monywa Monywa Stadium 5,000 Zwegapin United Hpa-An Hpa-An Stadium* 3,000
(*) – not ready to play. MNL clubs that have not had their home stadia ready to host home matches currently useAung San Stadium andThuwunna Stadium in Yangon.
Personnel and sponsoring [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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 amongAFC countries.
Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2016. Source:
[1] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Fixtures and results of the Myanmar National League 2016 season.[ 3]
Shan United v Yangon United Ayeyawady United v Hanthawaddy United 2016-01-23 Ayeyawady United 1–4 Hanthawaddy United Ayar Stadium,Ayeyawady 16:00UTC+06:30 Christopher 82' Bamba 2' ,56' Maung Maung Lwin 44' Ivan Carlos 53' Referee: U Tin Naing Htwe
Southern Myanmar United v Zeyar Shwe Myay Rakhine United v Zwekapin United Ayeyawady United v Yangon United Yadanarbon v Rakhine United Chin United v Hanthawaddy United Zwegabin United v Southern Myanmar United Zeyar Shwe Myay v Shan United Yangon United v Chin United Ayeyawady United v Shan United Southern Myanmar United v Yadanarbon United Zeyar Shwe Myay v Zwegapin United Hanthawaddy United v Horizon Zwegapin United v Shan United Yadanarbon v Zeyar Shwe Myay Chin United v Ayeyawady United Ayeyawady United v Horizon Yangon United v Rakhine United Zwekapin United v Yadanarbon Shan United v Chin United Zeyar Shwe Myay v Magwe 2016-02-21 Zeyar Shwe Myay 2–1 Magwe Monya Stadium, Sagaing 16:00UTC+06:30 Naing Oo Lwin 39' Yan Naing Oo 76' Cho Tun 15'
Southern Myanmar v Hanthawaddy United Horizon v Chin United 2016-02-26 Horizon 0–1 Chin United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Ram Hlei Ceu 66'
Shan United v Yadanarbon 2016-02-27 Shan United 0–1 Yadanarbon Taunggyi Stadium, Shan 16:00UTC+06:30 Win Naing Soe 32' Referee: U Thant Zin Oo
Hanthawaddy United v Zeyar Shwe Myay Southern Myanmar v Yangon United Magwe v Zwegabin United 2016-02-28 Magwe 2–1 Zwegabin United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Aung Thu Win 32' ,O.G' Sylla 34' Junior 88'
Rakhine United v Ayeyawady United Ayeyawady United v Southern Myanmar 2016-03-03 Ayeyawady United 1–1 Southern Myanmar Ayar Stadium, Pathein 16:00UTC+06:30 San Myo Oo 82' Ye Aung 6'
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Yangon United 2016-03-03 Zeyar Shwe Myay 0–2 Yangon United Monywa Stadium, Sagaing 16:00UTC+06:30 Marcelo 1' Kyaw Ko Ko 33'
Chin United v Rakhine United Zwekapin United v Hanthawaddy United Zeyar Shwe Myay v Ayeyawady United 2016-03-12 Zeyar Shwe Myay 0–1 Ayeyawady United Monywa Stadium, Sagaing 15:30UTC+06:30 Aung Ye Htet 55'
Southern Myanmar v Chin United 2016-03-12 Southern Myanmar 0–3 Chin United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Anderson West 38' Morris 44' Ko Ko Maung 66'
Hanthawaddy United v Yadanarbon Magwe v Shan United 2016-03-13 Magwe 1–1 Shan United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Ko Ko Naing (41) Zin Min Tun (81)
Yangon United v Zwekapin United Yadanarbon v Yangon United Zwekapin United v Ayeyawady United Rakhine United v Shan United Horizon v Southern Myanmar Chin United v Zeyar Shwe Myay 2016-04-04 Chin United 1–1 Zeyar Shwe Myay Aung San Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Zaw Win 75' Ibrahim 9'
Magwe v Hanthawaddy United 2016-04-04 Magwe 2–1 Hanthawaddy United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Aung Phyo Myint 23' (o.g) Sylla 45' Bamba 65'
Ayeyawady United v Yadanarbon Zwekapin United v Chin United 2016-05-22 Zwekapin United 0–1 Chin United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Sackie 17'
Hanthawaddy United v Shan United Zeyar Shwe Myay v Horizon 2016-05-23 Zeyar Shwe Myay 3–2 Horizon Monywa Stadium, Sagaing 15:30UTC+06:30 Ibrahim 4' Nan Min Aung 49' Victor 50' Aung Thike 18' Martin 57'
Southern Myanmar v Rakhine United 2016-05-23 Southern Myanmar 3–0 Rakhine United Aung San Stadium, Yangon 15:30UTC+06:30 Michael Chukwubunna 30' Yan Naing Htwe 39' Chika Philip 58'
Shan United v Rakhine United 2016-06-11 Shan United 1–0 Rakhine United Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi 16:00UTC+06:30 Gustavo 38' Attendance: 1000
Hanthawaddy United v Magwe Southern Myanmar v Horizon 2016-06-12 Southern Myanmar 3–1 Horizon Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Yan Naing Htwe 19' Michael Chukwubunna 69' ,90+2' Aung Kyaw Htwe 90+4'
Yangon United v Yadanarbon Zeyar Shwe Myay v Chin United Ayeyawady United v Zwekapin United Hanthawaddy United v Ayeyawady United 2016-06-18 Hanthawaddy United 1–1 Ayeyawady United Taungoo Stadium, Taungoo 15:30UTC+06:30 Bamba 62' Christopher 56'
Zwekapin United v Rakhine United 2016-06-18 Zwekapin United 2–1 Rakhine United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Tin Win Aung 50' Asare 90+1' Adeolu 80'
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Southern Myanmar 2016-06-18 Zeyar Shwe Myay 1–0 Southern Myanmar Monywa Stadium, Sagaing 15:30UTC+06:30 Mercio 78'
Yangon United v Shan United Rakhine United v Yadanarbon Horizon v Magwe 2016-06-25 Horizon 0–1 Magwe Aung San Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Djam 2'
Shan United v Zeyar Shwe Myay 2016-06-26 Shan United 0–1 Zeyar Shwe Myay Taunggyi Stadium, Shan 15:30UTC+06:30 Mercio 90'
Yangon United v Ayeyawady United 2016-06-26 Yangon United 1–1 Ayeyawady United YUSC Stadium, Yangon 15:30UTC+06:30 Thein Zaw 74' Takumu 90+4'
Hanthawaddy United v Chin United 2016-06-26 Hanthawaddy United 3–2 Chin United Taungoo Stadium, Taungoo 15:30UTC+06:30 Sithu Than Soe 21' Ivan 64' Yan Naing Aung 90+4' Nyi Nyi Min 37' ,67'
Southern Myanmar v Zwekapin United 2016-06-26 Southern Myanmar 1–3 Zwekapin United Thuwunna Stadium 16:00UTC+06:30 Ibrahima 41' Zin Phyo Aung 28' Tin Win Aung 64' Saw Si Ai 90+1'
Shan United v Ayeyawady United 2016-07-02 Shan United 0–0 Ayeyawady United Taunggyi Stadium, Taunggyi 15:30UTC+06:30
Chin United v Yangon United Zwekapin United v Zeyar Shwe Myay 2016-07-02 Zwekapin United 2–0 Zeyar Shwe Myay Taunggyi Stadium, Shan 15:30UTC+06:30 Aung Moe 25' Saw Si Ai 84'
Yadanarbon v Southern Myanmar Horizon v Hanthawaddy United 2016-07-03 Horizon 1–1 Hanthawaddy United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Ernest 75' (pen. ) Bamba 84'
Hanthawaddy United v Rakhine United 2016-07-09 Hanthawaddy United 1–0 Rakhine United Taungoo Stadium, Bago 16:00UTC+06:30 Bamba 66'
Shan United v Zwekapin United Ayeywady United v Chin United 2016-07-10 Ayeywady United 1–1 Chin United Ayar Stadium, Pathein 16:00UTC+06:30 Takumu 84' Chit Su Moe 65'
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Yadanarbon 2016-07-10 Zeyar Shwe Myay 1–0 Yadanarbon Monywa Stadium, Sagaing 16:00UTC+06:30 Nan Min Aung 76'
Chin United v Shan United Magwe v Zeyar Shwe Myay 2016-07-16 Magwe 1–1 Zeyar Shwe Myay Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Aung Soe Moe 77' Mercio 63'
Horizon v Ayeyawady United Rakhine United v Yangon United 2016-07-17 Rakhine United 0–0 Yangon United Aung San Stadium, Yangon 15:30UTC+06:30
Yadanarbon v Zwekapin United Hanthawaddy United v Southern Myanmar 2016-07-17 Hanthawaddy United 2–3 Southern Myanmar Taungoo Stadium, Taungoo 16:00UTC+06:30 Chit Hla Aung 56' Bamba 59' Chika Philip 8' ,26' Micheal 86'
Zwekapin United v Magwe 2016-07-23 Zwekapin United 0–1 Magwe Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 15:30UTC+06:30 Sylla 80'
Ayeyawady United v Rakhine United 2016-07-23 Ayeyawady United 0–2 Rakhine United Ayar Stadium, Pathein 16:00UTC+06:30 Andrey Coutinho 3' Myo Zaw Oo 28'
Yangon United v Southern Myanmar 2016-07-24 Yangon United 1–0 Southern Myanmar YUSC Stadium, Yangon 15:30UTC+06:30 Marcelo 43'
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Hantahrwady United 2016-07-24 Zeyar Shwe Myay 3–0 Hantahrwady United Monywa Stadium, Monywa 16:00UTC+06:30 Mercio 33' ,34' Kaung Sithu 70'
Southern Myanmar v Ayeyawady United 2016-08-05 Southern Myanmar 0–5 Ayeyawady United Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Christopher 43' ,50' (pen. ) ,66' ,74' (pen. ) Takumu 87'
Magwe v Yadanarbon 2016-08-06 Magwe 1–0 Yadanarbon Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Than Zaw Hein 30'
Rakhine United v Chin United Hanthawaddy United v Zwekapin United 2016-08-07 Hanthawaddy United 0–0 Zwekapin United Taungoo Stadium, Bago 15:30UTC+06:30
Yangon United v Zeyar Shwe Myay 2016-08-07 Yangon United 2–2 Zeyar Shwe Myay YUSC Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Yamashita 8' Thein Zaw 41' Ibrahim 24' Mercio 65'
Zwekapin United v Yangon United Yadanarbon v Hanthawaddy United Ayeyawady United v Zeyar Shwe Myay 2016-08-13 Ayeyawady United 2–1 Zeyar Shwe Myay Ayar Stadium, Pathein 16:00UTC+06:30 Yan Paing Soe 15' Christopher 17' Nan Min Aung 32'
Shan United v Magwe 2016-08-14 Shan United 0–0 Magwe Taunggyi Stadium, Shan 15:30UTC+06:30
Chin United v Southern Myanmar 2016-08-14 Chin United 0–0 Southern Myanmar Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30
Shan United v Southern Myanmar Yangon United v Hanthawaddy United 2016-08-20 Yangon United 2–1 Hanthawaddy United YUSC Stadium, Yangon 15:30UTC+06:30 Kyaw Ko Ko 25' Adilson 48' Min Ko Thu 90+4'
Ayeyawady United v Magwe 2016-08-20 Ayeyawady United 2–1 Magwe Ayar Stadium, Pathein 15:30UTC+06:30 Takumu 27' ,43' Micheal 85'
Rakhine United v Zeyar Shwe Myay 2016-08-21 Rakhine United 1–2 Zeyar Shwe Myay Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Zaw Zaw Naing 25' Victor 5' (pen. ) Mercio 55'
Horizon v Zwekapin United 2016-08-21 Horizon 2–3 Zwekapin United Aung San Stadium, Yangon 16:00UTC+06:30 Mathew 25' ,58' Aye Ko Ko Maung 9' Ken 43' (pen. ) Thet Paing oo 49' (o.g)
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