Shan United F.C. Explained

Clubname:Shan United
Upright:0.7
Fullname:Shan United Football Club
Founded:, as
Kanbawza
,
as Shan United [1]
Ground:Taunggyi Stadium
Capacity:7,000[2]
Owner:Kun Naung Myint Wai
Chairman:Ye Myo Tun
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Myo Hlaing Win
League:Myanmar National League
Season:2023
Position:Myanmar National League,1st of 12
Website:http://www.shanunited.com/

Shan United Football Club (Burmese: ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် အသင်း, in Burmese pronounced as /ʃán/) is a professional Burmese football club based in Taunggyi, Myanmar, representing the Shan State in the Myanmar National League. It had previously competed as an amateur club under the name Kanbawza, based in Yangon.[3] [4] The club have won 4 league titles (including one unbeaten title), 1 General Aung San Shield and 2 MFF Charity Cup.

The club did not lose a match in their 2022 season winning 15 games and drawing 3 times.

History

Kanbawza

Kanbawza was founded in 2003, played as an amateur club in the Myanmar Premier League, the highest football league in Myanmar at the time. The club's first manager was Myo Win Nyunt; its first coach was Ye Nyunt. The club won the 2007 Myanmar Premier League title and participated in the AFC President's Cup 2008 tournament.

Kanbawza was a founding member of the Myanmar National League, which succeeded the Myanmar Premier League in 2009. In the process, the club changed its status from amateur to professional, and changed its home base from Yangon to Taunggyi.

The first professional manager was Aye Maung Gyi, who also served as head coach in the club first era in the inaugural league. The former captain of the Myanmar national team, Soe Myat Min, became Kanbawza's first captain, and the most expensive player in the Myanmar National League. The club has also signed other Myanmar international football team players.

In its first-ever professional football match, Kanbawza won by 3 goals over Okktha United. Sa Htet Naing scored the team's first goal and defender Khin Maung Lwin won the Man of the Match award, scoring the team's other two goals. Kanbawza finished fourth in the league's inaugural cup competition, the Myanmar National League Cup 2009. In February 2010, former finance and revenue team manager, Khin Maung Kyaing took control the club as chief executive officer. In 2012, it finished as League runners-up.

Shan United

In 2015, Kanbawza changed its name to Shan United. The club went on to win their first ever professional piece of silverware in 2017 winning both the 2017 Myanmar National League title and the 2017 General Aung San Shield which sees them qualified for next season 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs playing against Ceres–Negros of Philippines but the club lost on penalties shoot-out and was bowed down to the 2018 AFC Cup group stage where they also were knockout for finishing last in the group. Shan United went on to become back to back league champions in 2019 and 2020 which see them winning the 2019 and 2020 MFF Charity Cup thus qualifying to the 2019 and 2020 AFC Cup. Shan United went on to win the 2022 Myanmar National League being undefeated and thus qualifying them to the 2023–24 AFC Cup.

In 2024, Shan United then qualified to the inaugural 2024–25 AFC Challenge League and also the recently revived tournament, the 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship being placed alongside Indonesian club PSM Makassar, Vietnamese club Đông Á Thanh Hóa, Malaysian club Terengganu, Cambodian club Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng and Thailand club BG Pathum United. Shan United and Đông Á Thanh Hóa played the opening match of the tournament at the Thanh Hóa Stadium on 21 August where club player, Moussa Bakayoko scored the first goal of the tournament in the fifth minute, however Shan United went on to lose 3–1 against the Vietnamese side.

Players

2024 First-team Squad

Individual records

Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club in the league games (players in bold signifies current Shan United player).

+ Top Seven Highest Goalscorers in the league games
PlayerPeriodGoalsRatioCaps
1 Soe Min Oo2009–2019109246
2 Charles Obi2012–20132735
3 Christopher Chizoba2017–20182649
4 Dway Ko Ko Chit2017–20202450
5 Nanda Kyaw2019–20117
6 Zin Min Tun2016–20231860
7 Caleb Folan2014–20151317

Performance in AFC club competitions

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2008AFC President's CupGroup C FC Aşgabatbgcolor=#D0F0C0 colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"0–12nd
Ratnam SCbgcolor=#FFCCCC colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"2–3
Transport Unitedbgcolor=#D0F0C0 colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"11–0
2009AFC President's CupGroup C Phnom Penh Crownbgcolor=#D0F0C0 colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"4–32nd
Yeedzin FCbgcolor=#D0F0C0 colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"2–4
Dordoi-Dynamo Narynbgcolor=#FFCCCC colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"2–1
2018AFC Champions LeaguePreliminary round 1 Ceres–Negrosbgcolor=#FFFFBF colspan=3; style="text-align:center;"1–1
AFC CupGroup F Home Unitedbgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–1bgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"2–34th
Boeung Ket Angkorbgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"1–4bgcolor=#D0F0C0 style="text-align:center;"2–1
Ceres–Negrosbgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–1bgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–2
2019AFC CupGroup G Ceres–Negrosbgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–5bgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"2–34th
Persija Jakartabgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"1–3bgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"1–6
Becamex Bình Dươngbgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"1–2bgcOlor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–6
2020AFC Champions LeaguePreliminary round 1 Ceres–Negrosbgcolor=#FFCCCC colspan="3"; style="text-align:center;"3–2
AFC CupGroup H Kaya–Iloilobgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–2Cancelled4th
PSM MakassarCancelledbgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"1–3
Tampines RoversCancelledbgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"1–2
2021AFC CupGroup stageWithdrew
2023–24AFC CupGroup H Macarthurbgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–3bgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–4
Cebubgcolor=#FFFFBF style="text-align:center;"1–1bgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–1
Phnom Penh Crownbgcolor=#FFCCCC style="text-align:center;"0–4
2024–25AFC Challenge LeagueGroup stage

Honours

League

Cup

Domestic

SeasonLeagueMFF CupTop goalscorerManager
Div.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPNameGoals
20091st4th74039512
2009–101st3rd14734251824
20101st4th201154281138
20111st4th22967272133
20121st2nd221853642559Runners-up Nunez16
20131st3rd221183472341 Soe Min Oo15
20141st3rd221246372740Third round Tihomir Živković10
20151st5th221057383335Second round Caleb Folan12 Soe Myat Min
20161st5th22994321336Quarter-final Soe Min Oo9 Soe Myat Min
20171st122173237854Winners Christopher Chizoba15 Soe Myat Min
20181st2nd221552331350Semi-final Dway Ko Ko Chit11 Marjan Sekulovski
20191st12212100452146final Dway Ko Ko Chit5 Aung Naing
20201st1181422421646 Zin Min Tun7 Aung Naing
20221st11815303184 Nanda Kyaw7 Han Win Aung

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Kanbawza Football Club . Kanbawza . 2009-05-25 . 2015-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150725073720/http://www.kbzfc.com/ . live .
  2. Web site: Stadiums in Myanmar . 2009-05-14 . worldstadiums.com . 2013-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130623024920/http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/myanmar.shtml . dead .
  3. http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/club-profile/myanmar/shan-united-fc/2855/
  4. https://us.soccerway.com/teams/myanmar/kan-baw-za/13098/