Nay Pyi Taw Football Club
Full nameNay Pyi Taw Football Club
Nickname(s)White Elephant
Founded2010 (2010)
GroundWunna Theikdi Stadium
Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw
Capacity30,000
ChairmanPhyo Ko Ko Tint San
Head coachU Kyaw Min Htoo
LeagueMyanmar National League

Nay Pyi Taw Football Club (Burmese: နေပြည်တော် ဘောလုံးအသင်း) was a professional football club based at Wunna Theikdi Stadium in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Owned by businessman, Phyo Ko Ko Tint San, the club was founded in 2010 and finished as runners-up in MNL Cup 2012.

Nay Pyi Taw F.C. played as semi-professional club (ACE FC) in the Myanmar League, which was the highest football league in Myanmar. The first manager was Zaw Win, and the coach was San Lwin. Since 2010, Nay Pyi Taw Football Club changed as a professional football club to play in the Myanmar National League, which was changed from Myanmar League.

History

Nay Pyi Taw FC is a Myanmar professional football team, established in 2010. While initially based in Yangon, the team was relocated to the capital Nay Pyi Taw in 2011. In that year, Nay Pyi Taw FC football team renovated the Paung Laung Stadium as a modern 15,000 capacity stadium and uses it as its home field.

Nay Pyi Taw FC won by 6 goals over Zwegabin United FC (5 April 2010) as their first ever professional football match win. Their first ever professional hat-trick goal was produced by Aruna who scored his first professional goal against Zwegabin United FC. The 2013 Myanmar National League was a breakthrough season for the club where the team finished as runners-up, its highest position ever, and qualified for the 2014 AFC Cup.

Performance in AFC Cup

2014

Nay Pyi Taw FC has qualified for the 2014 AFC Cup and is placed in Group H comprising Kitchee FC from Hong Kong, Tampines Rovers FC from Singapore and Pune FC from India. This is Nay Pyi Taw FC's first foray in Asian level competition. Nay Pyi Taw have progressed to the AFC Cup Round of 16 where they will meet Hanoi T&T in a one-off game to see who progresses to the Quarter-finals of the AFC Cup.

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KIT NPT TAM PUN
Hong Kong Kitchee 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 2–0 4–0 2–2
Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8 1–2 3–1 3–3
Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 2 0 4 9 16 7 6[lower-alpha 1] 0–5 0–1 3–1
India Pune 6 1 3 2 12 15 3 6[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 2–2 2–5
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tiebreakers: Tampines Rovers and Pune are ranked on head-to-head record.

Sponsorship

Period Sportswear Sponsor
2010, 2011 Thailand FBT Hotel Ace
2012 Japan Nike KTM
2013 Malaysia Warriors U'JAZZ
2014 Malaysia Warriors -
2017 Thailand Warrix Sports Hotel ACE

Final squad

As of 2016 [1]

Seasons

MNL Pos P W D L F A Pts MFF Cup AFC Cup
2010 10th 203314253612 Quarter-Finals -
2011 6th 22868332830 Runners-up -
2012 7th 261268382542 Quarter-Finals -
2013 2nd 221264362142 Group Stage -
2014 6th 211029333132 Runner Up Round of 16
2015 12th 224513224217 2nd round -
2016 MNL-2 3rd 221534622938 2nd round -

References

  1. "First Team". in Burmese
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