| Full name | Myanmar Lion Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1924; 101 years ago (1924)[1] (as Rangoon Customs) | ||
| Ground | Aung San Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 40,000 | ||
| Manager | Zaw Zaw Myo | ||
| League | MNL-2 | ||
Finance and Revenue Football Club (often shortened asF&R FC),[2] also known asMountain Lion FC,[3] and formerly asRangoon Customs, is a Burmese professionalfootball club operated by theMinistry of Finance and Revenue of Myanmar. They won a total of 17Burma First Division championships prior to 1996, and 9Myanmar Premier League championships between 1996 and 2008. The club completed its dominance by winning the Myanmar Premier League Cup 2009.[4]
F&R's long presence in top division has come to an end in April 2009 as the country's first ever professional league, theMyanmar National League, does not include any clubs run by government ministries. In April 2009, the club released 17 of its players to the MNL, for a transfer fee of 9.7 millionkyats.[5]