2015 Myanmar National League
# 2015 Myanmar National League

The 2015 Myanmar National League (known as the Ooredoo Myanmar National League for sponsorship reasons) is the 6th season of the Myanmar National League, the top Burmese professional league for association football clubs. The first round of the season began on 10 January 2015, with the last round ending on 31 October 2015. The Myanmar National League will be temporarily suspended for three months from 8 March to 22 June due to the 2015 Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore. The 2015 transfer window for Myanmar National League clubs will open from 19 May 2015 to 18 June 2015.

Yadarnarbon came in as the champions of the 2014 Myanmar National League. Hanthawaddy United and Rakhine United entered as the two promoted teams from the 2014 Myanmar National League 2.

## Events

This season will be the first Myanmar National League season to have Ooredoo as the title sponsor, after penning a deal worth US $1.5 million per year on 20 March 2015.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams will compete in the league: 10 sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the 2014 Myanmar National League 2. The two promoted clubs replace Southern Myanmar United and Gospel For Asia.

### Stadium

| Club | Region/State | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ayeyawady United | Ayeyawady Region | Ayar Stadium | 6,000 |
| Chin United | Chin State | Har Kharr Stadium | 4,000 |
| Hanthawaddy United | Bago Region | Bago Stadium | 4,000 |
| Kanbawza | Shan State | KBZ Stadium | 4,500 |
| Magwe | Magway Region | Magway Stadium | 3,000 |
| Manaw Myay | Kachin State | Swomprabon Stadium | 3,000 |
| Nay Pyi Taw | Naypyidaw Union Territory | Paung Laung Stadium | 15,000 |
| Rakhine United | Rakhine State | Wai Thar Li Stadium | 5,000 |
| Yadanarbon | Mandalay Region | Bahtoo Stadium | 17,000 |
| Yangon United | Yangon Region | Yangon United Sports Complex | 3,500 |
| Zeyar Shwe Myay | Sagaing Region | Monywa Stadium | 5,000 |
| Zwegapin United | Kayin State | Hpa-An Stadium | 3,000 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

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 | Marjan Sekulovski | Min Min Thu | FBT | none |
| Chin United | U Van Kung | Clarke Clifford | Made by club | none |
| Hanthawaddy United | U Ngwe Tun | Aung Zaw | EGO | none |
| Kanbawza | Soe Myat Min | Kyaw Zayar Win | FBT | Air KBZ |
| Magway | U Kyi Lwin | Soe Min Naing | Grand Sport | none |
| Manaw Myay | Emerson Alcântara | Thein Zaw | Made by club | none |
| Nay Pyi Taw | Myo Hlaing Win | Chan Chan | EGO | none |
| Rakhine United | U Win Tin | Aung Soe Moe | KOOL | Up Energy Drink |
| Yadanarbon | René Desaeyere | Ye Ko Oo | FBT | Alpine |
| Yangon United | U Tin Maung Tun | Khin Maung Lwin | Grand Sport | First National Insurance |
| Zeyae Shwe Myay | Stefan Hansson | Aleksandar Vasilev | Grand Sport | Sky Net |
| Zwegapin | Kevin Reeves | Junior | Made by club | Htay |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per club, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.

| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Asian-Visa |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ayeyawady United | Anderson Ebimo West | Riste Naumov | Vidic Lazar | Sim Woon-sub |
| Chin United | Idoko Sunday Mathew | Jean Patrice Gnonsian Oulou | Clarke Clifford | Chun Yagin |
| Hanthawaddy United | Ousmanou | Bamba | George | |
| Kanbawza | Caleb Folan | Obadin Aikhena | Giorgi Tsimakuridze | Mohamed Arif |
| Magway | Sylla Sekou | Di Jam | Micheal Henry Alloysius | |
| Manaw Myay | Ibrahim | Dang Amaobi | Kanbou | |
| Nay Pyi Taw | Daniel Akuffo | Keita Boubacar | Happiness | Takamatsu |
| Rakhine United | Bernard Achaw | | Marcio Santos | Jun Kochi |
| Yadanarbon | Kekere Moukailou | Keith Martu Nah | Djedje Maximin | Yeon Gi-sung |
| Yangon United | Cézar | Emerson | Luiz Fernando | Seiji Kaneko |
| Zeyar Shwe Myay | Aleksandar Vasilev | Victor Coto | Yakubu Abubakar | Dedi Gusmawan |
| Zwekapin United | Tihomir Zivkovic | Junior | Samuel Hanson | Ken Matsumoto |

## Result

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yangon United | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 54 | Mekong Club Championship and AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 |
| 2 | Yadanarbon FC | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 46 | |
| 3 | Magwe | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 40 | |
| 4 | Ayeyawady United | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 36 | Qualification for the AFC Cup Group stage |
| 5 | Kanbawza FC | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 35 | |
| 6 | Zwegapin United | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 25 | |
| 7 | Hanthawaddy United | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 24 | |
| 8 | Zeyar Shwe Myay | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 23 | |
| 9 | Chin United | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 23 | |
| 10 | Rakhine United | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 21 | |
| 11 | Manaw Myay | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 19 | Relegation to MNL-2 |
| 12 | Nay Pyi Taw | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 17 | Relegation to MNL-2 |

* ↑ Ayeyawady United qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup as they won the 2015 Bogyoke Aung San Cup.
* ↑ 1 point deducted?

### Result table

| Home \ Away | AYA | CHU | HTU | KBZ | MAG | MNM | NPT | RUD | YAD | YGN | ZSM | ZKP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ayeyarwady United | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Chin United | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Hanthawaddy United | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Kanbawza | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Magway | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 0–0 |
| Manaw Myay | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Nay Pyi Taw | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Rakhine United | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 |
| Yadanarbon | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–4 |
| Yangon United | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 | | 5–2 | 3–0 |
| Zeyar Shwe Myay | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Zwegabin United | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |

## Matches

Fixtures and Results of the Myanmar National League 2015 season.

## Top scorers

| No | Name | Club | Goal |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | César Augusto | Yangon United | 28 |
| 2 | Caleb Folan | Kanbawza FC | 12 |
| 3 | Kyaw Ko Ko | Yangon United | 12 |
| 4 | Soe Min Naing | Magway | 12 |
| 5 | Suan Lam Mang | Chin United | 11 |
| 6 | Keith Martu Nah | Yadanarbon FC | 10 |
| 7 | Riste Naumov | Ayeyawady United | 10 |
| 8 | Idoko Sunday Mathew | Chin United | 7 |
| 9 | Sylla Sekou | Magway | 7 |
| 10 | Kyaw Zayar Win | Kanbawza FC | 7 |
| 11 | Tihomir Zivkovic | Zwegapin United | 7 |
| 12 | Emerson Luiz | Yangon United | 6 |

## Summary

* Yangon United won the 2015 MNL champion.
* Ayeyawady United won the 2015 General Aung San Shield champion.
* César Augusto scored 28 league goals and won golden boot.
* Manaw Myay and Nay Pyi Taw relegated to MNL-2. First time for Nay Pyi Taw.
* Yangon United was a best attacking team (61 goals) and Magwe was a best defending team (23 goals).
* Three local players include in 2015 MNL Top 1–5 Soccers List.
* Yangon United got 2016 AFC Champions League entrance and Ayeyawady United got 2016 AFC Cup entrance.
