Nay Pyi Taw F.C.

Nay Pyi Taw Football Club

Full name	Nay Pyi Taw Football Club
Nickname(s)	White Elephant
Founded	2010
Ground	Wunna Theikdi Stadium Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw
Capacity	30,000
Chairman	Dr. Phyo Ko Ko Tint San
Coach	U Kyaw Min Htoo
League	Myanmar National League
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Nay Pyi Taw Football Club (Burmese: နေပြည်တော် ဘောလုံးအသင်း) is a professional football club, based at Wunna Theikdi 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.

Group H[]

Team v t	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

Sponsorship[]

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

Current squad[]

As of 2017 ^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MYA Wai Lin Aung — GK  MYA Aung Wai Phyo 20 GK  MYA Kyaw Thu 2 DF  MYA Wai Phyo 3 DF  MYA Moe Win 4 DF  MYA Chan Chan 5 DF  MYA Thet Lwin Win 17 DF  MYA Thant Zin Oo 23 DF  MYA Zin Bo Tun 41 DF  CIV Ibrahim — DF  MYA Ni Mg Mg Aung — DF  MYA Nay Zaw Aung — DF  MYA Ye Lin Naing — DF  MYA Thet Zaw Shein — DF  MYA Kun Lin Htain

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  MYA Zaw Lin 10 MF  MYA Aung Kyaw Naing 12 MF  MYA Htet Zaw Htun 21 MF  MYA Aung Myo Thet 25 MF  MYA Thant Zin Win 27 MF  MYA Kyaw Kyaw Htet 44 MF  MLI Daoula Cris Salifii Diarra — MF  MYA Soe Kyaw Oo — MF  MYA Phyo Wai Aung — MF  MYA Sithu — MF  MYA Aung Zaw Naing — MF  MYA Aung Ye Htut 7 FW  CIV Bamba Gaoussou 8 FW  MYA Yan Kha 11 FW  JPN Nishihara Takumu 19 FW  MYA Aung Myat Thu

Seasons[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website