The 2016 Myanmar National League, also known as the 2016 Ooredoo Myanmar National League, was the 7th season of the Myanmar National League, the top Burmese professional league for association 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 the 2015 Myanmar National League. Southern Myanmar and Horizon 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's participation in the 2016 AYA Bank Cup. The matches resumed on 11 June from Week 13.
First half-season review
At the half-season break, Yadanarbon led the 2016 MNL Ooredoo standing table with 29 points, followed by Hanthawaddy United with 21 points. The 2015 General Aung San Shield winners Ayeyawady United stood third with 20 points. Reigning MNL champions Yangon United only earned 19 points and grabbed the fourth place.
Events
This season was the second Myanmar National League season to have had Ooredoo 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 Nay Pyi Taw 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 Horizon.
Stadiums
| 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 use Aung San Stadium and Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon.
Name changes
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
|
Kyaw Lwin
|
Min Min Thu
|
Grand Sport
|
|
| Chin United
|
Soe Thein
|
Chit Su Moe
|
Adidas
|
|
| Hanthawaddy United
|
Ngwe Tun
|
Aung Zaw
|
FBT
|
|
| Horizon FC
|
Erdinç Pala
|
Nyi Nyi Tun
|
Cadenza
|
Horizon Int'l School
|
| Magway
|
Kyi Lwin
|
Soe Min Naing
|
Grand Sport
|
|
| Rakhine United
|
Aung Zaw Myo
|
Andrey Coutinho
|
made by club
|
Up Energy drink
|
| Shan United
|
Soe Myat Min
|
Win Min Htut
|
Grand Sport
|
Scania
|
| Southern Myanmar FC
|
Mya Lwin
|
Pyae Phyo Aung
|
Adidas
|
Yuzana Group
|
| Yadanarbon
|
René Desaeyere
|
Yan Paing
|
FBT
|
Alpine
|
| Yangon United
|
Myo Min Tun
|
Khin Maung Lwin
|
Grand Sport
|
First National Insurance
|
| Zeyar Shwe Myay
|
Fabiano Jose Costa Flora
|
Victor Coto Ortega
|
Grand Sport
|
|
| Zwegapin United
|
Aung Min Oo
|
Edésio Sérgio Ribeiro de Oliveira (Junior)
|
Made by Club
|
Htay Group
|
Managerial changes
| Team
|
Outgoing manager
|
Manner of departure
|
Incoming manager
|
| Yangon United
|
Emerson Alcântara
|
Sacked[1]
|
Marjan Sekulovski
|
| Shan United
|
Royter Moreira
|
Sacked
|
Soe Myat Min
|
| Yangon United
|
Marjan Sekulovski
|
Sacked[2]
|
Myo Min Tun
|
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.
| Club
|
Player 1
|
Player 2
|
Player 3
|
AFC player
|
| Ayeyawady United
|
Abubakari Yakubu
|
Hanson Samuel
|
Christopher Chizoba
|
Nishihara Takumu
|
| Chin United
|
Sackie Teah Doe
|
Morris Joshua Papuchu
|
Anderson Ebimo West
|
|
| Hanthawaddy United
|
Bamba Gaoussou
|
Melvin George
|
|
|
| Horizon
|
Martin
|
Ernest Ekici
|
Idoko Sunday Matthew
|
|
| Magway
|
Sekou Sylla
|
Ronald Djam Kufoin
|
Micheal Henry Alloysius
|
|
| Shan United
|
Djawa Maximin
|
Gustavo
|
Patrick Kanyuka
|
|
| Southern Myanmar
|
Doumbouya Ibrahima
|
Ijezie Michael
|
Eze Chika Philip
|
|
| Rakhine United
|
Ndongo Philippe
|
Andrey Coutinho
|
Atapa Kazeem Adeolu
|
Brima Kamara
|
| Yadanarbon
|
Keith Martu Nah
|
Kekere Moukailou
|
Williams
|
Keisuke Ogawa
|
| Yangon United
|
Adilson
|
Luiz Fernando
|
Marcelo Fernandes
|
Kunihiro Yamashita
|
| Zeyar Shwe Myay
|
Ouattara Ibrahim
|
Víctor Coto
|
Marcinho
|
Dedi Gusmawan
|
| Zwekapin United
|
Junior
|
Patrick Asare
|
Clarke Clifford
|
Ken Matsumoto
|
Result
League table
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Qualification or relegation
|
| 1
|
Yadanarbon
|
22
|
17
|
3
|
2
|
52
|
12
|
+40
|
54
|
Mekong Club Championship and AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 or AFC Cup group stage
|
| 2
|
Yangon United
|
22
|
12
|
4
|
6
|
43
|
25
|
+18
|
40
|
|
| 3
|
Magwe
|
22
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
32
|
23
|
+9
|
39
|
AFC Cup group stage
|
| 4
|
Ayeyawady United
|
22
|
10
|
7
|
5
|
39
|
29
|
+10
|
37
|
|
| 5
|
Shan United
|
22
|
9
|
9
|
4
|
32
|
13
|
+19
|
36
|
| 6
|
Zeyar Shwe Myay
|
21
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
29
|
20
|
+9
|
36
|
| 7
|
Hanthawaddy United
|
22
|
8
|
6
|
8
|
31
|
32
|
−1
|
30
|
| 8
|
Zwegapin United
|
22
|
8
|
4
|
10
|
29
|
26
|
+3
|
28
|
| 9
|
Chin United
|
22
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
21
|
37
|
−16
|
24
|
| 10
|
Rakhine United
|
22
|
3
|
8
|
11
|
18
|
29
|
−11
|
17
|
| 11
|
Southern Myanmar United
|
22
|
3
|
5
|
14
|
14
|
46
|
−32
|
14
|
Relegation to MNL-2
|
| 12
|
Horizon
|
21
|
1
|
4
|
16
|
19
|
59
|
−40
|
7
|
Source:
Result table
Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2016. Source:
[1]Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches
Fixtures and results of the Myanmar National League 2016 season.[3]
Week 1
Rakhine United v Southern Myanmar
Horizon FC v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Chin United v Zwekapin United
Week 2
Zwekapin United v Horizon
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Rakhine United
Week 3
Shan United v Yangon United
Ayeyawady United v Hanthawaddy United
Horizon v Yadanarbon
Southern Myanmar United v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Rakhine United v Zwekapin United
Magwe v Chin United
Week 4
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
Horizon v Magwe
Week 5
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
Rakhine United v Magwe
Week 6
Rakhine United v Hanthawaddy United
Zwegapin United v Shan United
Magwe v Southern Myanmar
Yadanarbon v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Chin United v Ayeyawady United
Horizon v Yangon United
Week 7
Ayeyawady United v Horizon
Yangon United v Rakhine United
Zwekapin United v Yadanarbon
Shan United v Chin United
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Magwe
Southern Myanmar v Hanthawaddy United
Week 8
Horizon v Chin United
Shan United v Yadanarbon
Hanthawaddy United v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Southern Myanmar v Yangon United
Magwe v Zwegabin United
Rakhine United v Ayeyawady United
Week 9
Ayeyawady United v Southern Myanmar
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Yangon United
Chin United v Rakhine United
Zwekapin United v Hanthawaddy United
Shan United v Horizon
Yadanarbon v Magwe
Week 10
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Ayeyawady United
Southern Myanmar v Chin United
Rakhine United v Horizon
Hanthawaddy United v Yadanarbon
Magwe v Shan United
Yangon United v Zwekapin United
Week 11
Yadanarbon v Yangon United
Zwekapin United v Ayeyawady United
Rakhine United v Shan United
Horizon v Southern Myanmar
Chin United v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Magwe v Hanthawaddy United
Week 12
Ayeyawady United v Yadanarbon
Magwe v Yangon United
Zwekapin United v Chin United
Hanthawaddy United v Shan United
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Horizon
Southern Myanmar v Rakhine United
Week 13
Shan United v Rakhine United
Hanthawaddy United v Magwe
Southern Myanmar v Horizon
Yangon United v Yadanarbon
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Chin United
Ayeyawady United v Zwekapin United
Week 14
Hanthawaddy United v Ayeyawady United
Zwekapin United v Rakhine United
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Southern Myanmar
Yangon United v Shan United
Yadanarbon v Horizon
Chin United v Magwe
Week 15
Rakhine United v Yadanarbon
Horizon v Magwe
Shan United v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Yangon United v Ayeyawady United
Hanthawaddy United v Chin United
Southern Myanmar v Zwekapin United
Week 16
Shan United v Ayeyawady United
Chin United v Yangon United
Zwekapin United v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Yadanarbon v Southern Myanmar
Horizon v Hanthawaddy United
Magwe v Rakhine United
Week 17
Yangon United v Horizon
Hanthawaddy United v Rakhine United
Southern Myanmar v Magwe
Shan United v Zwekapin United
Ayeywady United v Chin United
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Yadanarbon
Week 18
Chin United v Shan United
Magwe v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Horizon v Ayeyawady United
Rakhine United v Yangon United
Yadanarbon v Zwekapin United
Hanthawaddy United v Southern Myanmar
Week 19
Zwekapin United v Magwe
Ayeyawady United v Rakhine United
Chin United v Horizon
Yangon United v Southern Myanmar
Yadanarbon v Shan United
Zeyar Shwe Myay v Hantahrwady United
Week 20
Southern Myanmar v Ayeyawady United
Magwe v Yadanarbon
Rakhine United v Chin United
Hanthawaddy United v Zwekapin United
Yangon United v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Horizon v Shan United
Week 21
Zwekapin United v Yangon United
Yadanarbon v Hanthawaddy United
Ayeyawady United v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Shan United v Magwe
Chin United v Southern Myanmar
Horizon v Rakhine United
Week 22
Shan United v Southern Myanmar
Yangon United v Hanthawaddy United
Ayeyawady United v Magwe
Yadanarbon v Chin United
Rakhine United v Zeyar Shwe Myay
Horizon v Zwekapin United
Top scorers
Clean Sheets
| No
|
Goalkeeper
|
Club
|
Matches
|
| 1
|
Thiha Sithu
|
Shan United
|
10
|
| 2
|
Yan Aung Lin
|
Yadanarbon
|
7
|
| 3
|
Van Lal Hruaia
|
Ayeyawady United
|
6
|
| 4
|
Mung Htoi Aung
|
Chin United
|
6
|
| 5
|
Phyo Min Maung
|
Zeyar Shwe Myay
|
5
|
Awards
Monthly awards
See also
- 2016 MNL-2
- 2016 General Aung San Shield
- 2016 MFF Charity Cup
- List of Myanmar football transfers summer 2016
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