Nay Pyi Taw F.C.

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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 Football Club
Full nameNay Pyi Taw Football Club
Nickname(s)White Elephant
Founded2010; 14 years ago (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 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

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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

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2014

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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

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

Sponsorship

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

Final squad

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As of 2016 [2]

Seasons

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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 -
2016 MNL-2 3rd 22 15 3 4 62 29 38 2nd round -

References

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  1. ^ Mukherjee, Soham; Easwar, Nisanth V (1 April 2020). "How have Indian clubs fared in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup?". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ^ "First Team". in Burmese
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