2012 Myanmar National League

Myanmar National League
Season	2012
Champions	Yangon United ; 2nd Myanmar National League title
AFC Cup	Yangon United ; Ayeyawady United
Matches	182
Goals	528 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Saša Ranković (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Yangon United 6 – 0 Chin United ; Zeya Shwe Myay 7 – 1 Mawyawadi FC ; Kanbawza 6 – 0 Mawyawadi FC
Biggest away win	Mawyawadi FC 2 – 6 Kanbawza ; Zwegabin United 1 – 6 Yangon United ; Chin United 0 – 6 Yangon United ; Zwegabin United 0 – 6 Kanbawza
Highest scoring	Mawyawadi FC 2 – 6 Kanbawza ; Hantharwady United 3 – 5 Yadanabon ; Rakhapura United 5 – 3 Zeya Shwe Myay ; Zeya Shwe Myay 7 – 1 Mawyawadi United
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Last updated December 31, 2025

The Myanmar 2012 Myanmar National League season was the 3rd edition of Myanmar National League. The fixture schedule was released on second weeks of December 2011. The season began on 7 January 2012 and ended on 9 September 2012. The bottom two teams are relegated to yet-to-be-formed MNL-2.^[2]

Teams

Personnel and kits

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

Team	Manager	Shirt sponsor
Ayeyawady United	Jozef Herel	awba
Chin United	U San Win	-
Hantharwady United	U Win Tin	IBTC
Kanbawza	PN Sivaji	KBZ
Magway	U Kyi Lwin	JOMOO
Manaw Myay	U Win Myint Twin	-
Mawyawadi FC		-
Naypyidaw	Minkovski	KTM
Rakhapura United	U Han Tun	Yangon Transformer
Southern Myanmar United	Ken Worden	Yuzana
Yadanabon	Jose Alves Borges	Alipne
Yangon United	Ivan Venkov Kolev	airBagan
Zeya Shwe Myay	U Soe Moe	Sky Net
Zwegabin United	Yohan Girard	-

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yangon United	26	18	6	2	69	17	+52	60	2013 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Kanbawza	26	18	5	3	64	25	+39	59
3	Yadanabon	26	16	8	2	57	22	+35	56
4	Zeya Shwe Myay	26	16	3	7	51	26	+25	51
5	Ayeyawady United	26	13	7	6	45	31	+14	46	2013 AFC Cup Group stage ^[a]
6	Magway	26	12	8	6	39	21	+18	44
7	Naypyidaw	26	12	6	8	38	25	+13	42
8	Manaw Myay	26	10	6	10	32	32	0	36
9	Hantharwady United	26	9	7	10	28	30	−2	34
10	Rakhapura United	26	7	7	12	40	48	−8	28
11	Southern Myanmar United	26	6	3	17	24	49	−25	21
12	Zwegabin United	26	5	3	18	16	51	−35	18
13	Mawyawadi FC	26	1	6	19	8	74	−66	9	Relegation to 2013 MNL-2 ^[2]
14	Chin United	26	1	3	22	17	77	−60	6	Relegation to 2013 MNL-2 ^[2]

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Ayeyawady United qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup as they won the 2012 MFF Cup.

Top scorers

No	Player	Club	Goals
1	Saša Ranković	Zeya Shwe Myay	20
2	Adama Koné	Yadanabon	16
2	Nunez	Kanbawza	16
4	Leandro D. L	Naypyidaw	15
4	Lassina Koné	Magway	15
4	Cezar Augusto	Yangon United	15
7	Soe Min Oo	Kanbawza	13
7	Molo Hilaire Assalé	Manaw Myay	13
9	Andrey	Rakhapura United	12
10	Yan Paing	Yadanabon	11

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
February	U Win Myint Twin	Manaw Myay F.C	Man Sar	Manaw Myay F.C
March	Jozef Herel	Ayeyawady United F.C	Lassina Koné	Magway F.C
April/May	Jose Alves Borges	Yadanabon F.C	Yan Paing	Yadanabon F.C
July	U Soe Moe	Zeyashwemye F.C	Andrey	Rakhapura United F.C
August	Ivan Venkov Kolev	Yangon United F.C	Cezar Augusto	Yangon United F.C

References

↑ "myanmarnationalleague.com". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
1 2 "2013 Promotion and Relegation System in place (in Burmese)". Soccer Myanmar. 2012-11-11. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03.
↑ "MNL League Table". MNL. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-02-01.

External links

Season on soccerway.com

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[table_note_res_ACGSb0.49102439754225-3] Ayeyawady United qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup as they won the 2012 MFF Cup.

[1] "myanmarnationalleague.com". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-20.

[Soccer_Myanmar-2] 1 2 "2013 Promotion and Relegation System in place (in Burmese)". Soccer Myanmar. 2012-11-11. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03.

[mnl-lt-4] "MNL League Table". MNL. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-02-01.

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