Nay Pyi Taw F.C.

Nay Pyi Taw Football Club
Full name Nay Pyi Taw Football Club
Nickname(s) White Elephant
Founded 2010
Ground Paung Laung Stadium
Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw
Ground Capacity 15,000
Chairman Myanmar Dr. Phyo Ko Ko Tint San
Manager Brazil Jonathan
Coach Myanmar Myo Hlaing Win
League MNL-2
2016 3rd
Website Club home page

Nay Pyi Taw Football Club (Burmese: နေပြည်တော် ဘောလုံးအသင်း) is a professional football club, based at Paung Laung Stadium in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Owned by a prominent businessman, Dr. 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. was founded in 2009 and played as an amateur club (ACE FC) in the Myanmar League, which was the highest football league in Myanmar. The first ever manager was Zaw Win, and the coach was San Lwin. Since 2010, ACE FC (now Nay Pyi Taw) Football Club changed as a professional football club to play in the Myanmar National League (Professional 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 (April 5, 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.

AFC Cup Group (H) Standing

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Hong Kong Kitchee 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13
Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 2 0 4 9 16 7 6
India Pune 6 1 3 2 12 15 3 6
  KIT NPT PUN TAM
Kitchee 2–0 2–2 4–0
Nay Pyi Taw 1–2 3–3 3–1
Pune 2–0 2–2 2–5
Tampines Rovers 0–5 0–1 3–1
Tiebreakers


Sponsorship

Jung & Myo Hlaing Win (Monthly awards 2013)
Zaw Lin (Nay Pyi Taw FC Midfielder)
Period Sportswear Sponsor
2010, 2011 Thailand FBT Hotel Ace
2012 Japan Nike KTM
2013 Malaysia Warriors U'JAZZ
2014 Malaysia Warriors -

First-team squad (2015)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Myanmar DF Ye Zaw Htet Aung
3 Nigeria DF Happiness
4 Myanmar DF Chan Chan
5 Myanmar DF Phyo Maung Maung Swe
6 Myanmar DF Ni Maung Maung Aung
7 Myanmar DF Nay Zaw Aung
8 Myanmar MF Bo Bo Naing
9 Ghana FW Daniel Akuffo
10 Myanmar MF Khine Htoo
12 Myanmar MF Aung Ko Ko Oo
14 Myanmar FW Kyaw Htay Oo
15 Myanmar MF Sithu Than
16 Myanmar MF Tin Zaw Moe
17 Myanmar MF Aung Myo Thet
18 Myanmar GK Hein Kyaw Thu
No. Position Player
19 Myanmar DF Yan Kyaw Htwe
20 Myanmar MF Soe Thu Rain Tun
22 Myanmar GK Naing Zayar Tun
23 Myanmar DF Aung Myo Khant
25 Myanmar FW Wine Chit Aung
27 Myanmar FW Thant Zaw Hein
28 Myanmar DF Ye Lin Naing
29 Myanmar GK Saw Eai Htoo
30 Ivory Coast MF Keita Boubacar
32 Japan MF Kentaro
33 Myanmar GK Soe Min Htike

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
March/April 2013 Myanmar Myo Hlaing Win Nay Pyi Taw South Korea Jung Yoon-sik Nay Pyi Taw

Hat-tricks

Season Player Name Against Result Date
2010 Ivory CoastAruna Zwekapin Utd 6–0 5 May 2010
2013 MyanmarMin Min Tun Rakhine Utd 4–2 10 May 2013

Player of the Year Award

Year Name Type of Award
2011 Myanmar Zaw Lin MFF Young Player of the Year
Year Name Type of Award
2014 Myanmar Aung Kyaw Naing MFF Young Player of the Year

Seasons

Nay Pyi Taw FC(MNL 2013 season)
MNL Pos P W D L F A Pts MFF Cup AFC Cup
2010 10th 20 3 3 14 25 36 12 Quarter-Finals -
2011 6th 22 8 6 8 33 28 30 Runners-up -
2012 7th 26 12 6 8 38 25 42 Quarter-Finals -
2013 2nd 22 12 6 4 36 21 42 Group Stage -
2014 6th 21 10 2 9 33 31 32 Runner Up Round of 16
2015 12th 22 4 5 13 22 42 17 2nd round -

References

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