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2015 Myanmar National League

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Season
  
2015

Champions League
  
Yangon United

Matches played
  
132

Relegated
  
Manaw Myay Nay Pyi Taw

AFC Cup
  
Ayeyawady United

Champions
  
Yangon United 4th Myanmar National League title

The 2015 Myanmar National League (known as the Ooredoo Myanmar National League for sponsorship reasons) is the 6th season of the Myanmar National League, the top Burmese professional league for association football clubs. The first round of the season began on 10 January 2015, with the last round ending on 31 October 2015. The Myanmar National League will be temporarily suspended for three months from 8 March to 22 June due to the 2015 Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore. The 2015 transfer window for Myanmar National League clubs will open from 19 May 2015 to 18 June 2015.

Contents

Yadarnarbon came in as the champions of the 2014 Myanmar National League. Hanthawaddy United and Rakhine United entered as the two promoted teams from the 2014 Myanmar National League 2.

Events

This season will be the first Myanmar National League season to have Ooredoo as the title sponsor, after penning a deal worth US $1.5 million per year on 20 March 2015.

Teams

A total of 12 teams will compete in the league: 10 sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the 2014 Myanmar National League 2. The two promoted clubs replace Southern Myanmar United and Gospel For Asia.

Personnel and sponsoring

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

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per club, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.

League Table

Below is the league table for 2015 season.

  • Ayeyawady United qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup as they won the 2015 Bogyoke Aung San Cup.

    • Result table

    Updated to games played on 31 October 2015.
    Source: [1]
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    Matches

    Fixtures and Results of the Myanmar National League 2015 season.

    Summary

  • Yangon United won the 2015 MNL champion.
  • Ayeyawady United won the 2015 General Aung San Shield champion.
  • César Augusto scored 28 league goals and won golden boot.
  • Manaw Myay and Nay Pyi Taw relegated to MNL-2. First time for Nay Pyi Taw.
  • Yangon United was a best attacking team (61 goals) and Magwe was a best defending team (23 goals).
  • Three local players include in 2015 MNL Top 1-5 Soccers List.
  • Yangon United got 2016 AFC Champions League entrance and Ayeyawady United got 2016 AFC Cup entrance.

    • References

    2015 Myanmar National League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA