Nay Pyi Taw F.C. Explained

Clubname:Nay Pyi Taw Football Club
Fullname:Nay Pyi Taw Football Club
Nickname:White Elephant
Ground:Wunna Theikdi Stadium
Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw
Capacity:30,000
Chairman:Phyo Ko Ko Tint San
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:U Kyaw Min Htoo
League:Myanmar National League
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Nay Pyi Taw Football Club (Burmese: နေပြည်တော် ဘောလုံးအသင်း<!---UNICODE ENCODING, DO NOT USE ZAWGYI--->) 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.[1]

Performance in AFC Cup

2014

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

Group H

Sponsorship

PeriodSportswearSponsor
2010, 2011 FBTHotel Ace
2012 NikeKTM
2013 WarriorsU'JAZZ
2014 Warriors-
2017 Warrix SportsHotel ACE

Final squad

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Seasons

MNLPosPWDLFAPtsMFF CupAFC Cup
201010th20 3 3 14 25 36 12Quarter-Finals-
20116th22 8 6 8 33 28 30Runners-up-
20127th26 12 6 8 38 25 42Quarter-Finals-
20132nd22 12 6 4 36 21 42Group Stage-
20146th21 10 2 9 33 31 32Runner Up
201512th22 4 5 13 22 42 172nd round-
2016 MNL-23rd22 15 3 4 62 29 382nd round-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mukherjee, Soham . Easwar, Nisanth V. How have Indian clubs fared in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup?. 1 April 2020. 23 March 2021. goal.com. Goal. 15 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415045019/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/india-clubs-in-afc-champions-league-afc-cup/3dj1qowtkdxc1pzji71c49vnz. live.
  2. Web site: First Team . in Burmese