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
Capacity 15,000
Chairman Burma Dr. Phyo Ko Ko Tint San
Manager Brazil Jonathan
Coach Burma Myo Hlaing Win
League Myanmar National League
2014 6th
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 businessmen 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 Myanmar League which was the highest football league in Myanmar. The first ever manager was Zaw Win and coach was San Lwin. Since 2010, ACE FC (now Nay Pyi Taw) Football Club changed as a professional football club to play in 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 15000 capacity stadium and uses it as its home field.

Nay Pyi Taw FC won by 6 goals over Zwegabin United FC (2010 April 5) as their first ever professional football match Winning. 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 of 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
Burma 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

Nay Pyi Taw FC's Fixtures & Results (2014)

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

AFC Cup Match(1)

Week 5

Week 6

AFC Cup Match(2)

Week 7

AFC Cup Match(3)

Week 8

Week 9

AFC Cup Match(4)

AFC Cup Match(5)

AFC Cup Match(6)

Friendly Match

AFC Cup 2014 Round of 16

Friendly Match

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22


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 Burma DF Ye Zaw Htet Aung
3 Burma MF Ye Lin Aung
4 Burma MF Chan Chan
5 Burma DF Phyo Maung Maung Swe
6 Burma DF Ni Maung Maung Aung
7 Burma DF Nay Zaw Aung
8 Burma FW Nyein Tayzar Win
9 Cameroon MF Guy Junior Ondoua
11 Burma MF Khine Htoo
12 Burma MF Aung Ko Ko Oo
14 Burma FW Kyaw Htay Oo
15 Burma MF Sithu Than
16 Burma MF Tin Zaw Moe
17 Burma MF Aung Myo Thet
No. Position Player
18 Burma GK Hein Kyaw Thu
19 Burma DF Yan Kyaw Htwe
20 Burma MF Soe Thu Rain Soe
22 Burma GK Naing Zayar Tun
23 Burma DF Aung Myo Khant
27 Burma FW Thant Zaw Hein
24 Ghana DF Samuel Hanson
25 Burma FW Soe Thurain Tun
28 Burma DF Ye Lin Naing
32 Burma MF Aung Myint Tun
33 Burma GK Soe Min Htike
29 Korea MF Jung Yoon Sik

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
March/April 2013 Burma 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 BurmaMin Min Tun Rakhine Utd 4–2 10 May 2013

Player of the Year Award

Year Name Type of Award
2011 Burma Zaw Lin MFF Young Player of the Year
Year Name Type of Award
2014 Burma 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 style="width:120px;" scope="col" rowspan="2 scope="col"|MFF Cup style="width:120px;" scope="col" rowspan="2 scope="col"|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

References

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