2018 General Aung San Shield

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2018 Bogyoke Aung San Shield
MFF Cup
Tournament details
CountryMyanmar
Dates12 May 2018 – 30 September 2018 [1]
Teams19
Final positions
Champions Yangon United
Runner-up Hanthawaddy United
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored61 (3.39 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Maung Maung Soe (4 goals)
  2017
2019  

The 2018 General Aung San Shield [2] (Burmese : Bogyoke Aung San Shield) was the fourth season of Myanmar knockout football competition. The tournament is organized by the Myanmar Football Federation. It is the league cup competition started in 2018 Myanmar football season. This cup succeeded the Myanmar Football Federation Cup. MFF has changed the cup competition style as follows.

Contents

In the first round, ten clubs competing in 2018 MNL-2 and two clubs which were promoted to 2018 MNL, twelve teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with six teams emerged as winners. In the second round, ten clubs competing in 2017 MNL and the six winners from the first round, sixteen teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with eight teams emerged as winners. The quarter-finals will still be played as one-legged matches but the semi-final will be competed as two-legged (Home and Away) matches. Shan United were the defending champions and Yangon United were winner-up at the previous shield final. They will start play from Quarter final.

The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2019 AFC Cup.

Prize fund

RoundNo. of Clubs
receive fund
Prize fund
per club
Champion1 K 300,000,000
Final runners-up1 K 150,000,000
Semi-Final2 K 75,000,000

Results

Preliminary round

Preliminary round consists of two rounds for teams currently playing in the Regional League Division 1 level. The first round was held 6 February 2018.

First round

12 May 2018 GFA 1–0 Silver Stars Yangon
16:00 MMTJordan Soccerball shade.svg34'Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Referee: Aung Thu
12 May 2018 Royal Thanlyin 3–1 University Yangon
16:00 MMTLeon Soccerball shade.svg35'
Chan oo Soccerball shade.svg75'
Elysee Soccerball shade.svg81'
Nay Myo Htwe Soccerball shade.svg51'Stadium: Padonmar Stadium
Referee: Thein Saw
12 May 2018 Kachin United 1–3 Dagon Yangon
16:00 MMTPaw Du Aung Soccerball shade.svg45'Soe Myat Thu Soccerball shade.svg5'
Aung Khaing Tun Soccerball shade.svg18'
Jonathan Soccerball shade.svg75' (o.g)
Stadium: Aung San Stadium
Referee: Zaw Khaing
13 May 2018 Sagaing United 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
Myawady Yangon
16:00 MMTBamba Soccerball shade.svg45' (49)Thet Paing Ko Soccerball shade.svg25'
Ye Wai yan Soe Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Referee: Kyaw Zayar Aung
13 May 2017 Mountain Lion 4–2 (a.e.t.) Mawyawadi Yangon
16:00 MMTKyaw Zin Oo Soccerball shade.svg38', 58'
Aung Myat Thu Soccerball shade.svg106', 117'
Saw Myo Lin Soccerball shade.svg22'
Htet Wai Aung Soccerball shade.svg45'
Stadium: Aung San Stadium
Referee: Thein Tun

Second round

30 May 2018 Southern Myanmar 2–3 GFA Thuwunna Stadium
16:00 MMTPhyo Paing Soe Soccerball shade.svg81'
Berry Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Soe Min Tun Soccerball shade.svg51'
Mung Theih Pau Soccerball shade.svg61'
Pyone Cho Soccerball shade.svg86'
30 May 2018 Ayeyawady United 1–0 Royal Thanlyin Yangon
16:00 MMT Thiha Zaw Soccerball shade.svg67'Stadium: Padonmar Stadium
30 May 2018 Magwe 5–0 Dagon Yangon
16:00 MMTKyaw Swar Linn Soccerball shade.svg45+3'
Naing Naing Kyaw Soccerball shade.svg50'
Maung Maung Soe Soccerball shade.svg52', 57'
Zin Min Tun Soccerball shade.svg87'
Stadium: Aung San Stadium
6 June 2018 Yadanarbon 1–2 (a.e.t.) Sagaing United Yangon
16:00 MMT Thein Than Win Soccerball shade.svg70'Pyae Sone Aung Soccerball shade.svg53'
Thiha Zaw Soccerball shade.svg95'
Stadium: Padonmar Stadium
Referee: Thein Tun
6 June 2017 Hanthawady United 4–1 Zwekapin United Yangon
16:00 MMT Joseph Mpande Soccerball shade.svg12', 29', 34'
Paing Moe Wai Soccerball shade.svg65'
Edison Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg82' (pen)Stadium: Aung San Stadium
6 June 2017 Rakhine United 3–0 Mountain Lion Yangon
16:00 MMTClifford Soccerball shade.svg45'
Sunday Mathew Soccerball shade.svg67', 86'
Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

Quarter-final

13 June 2018 Yangon United 2–0 GFA Yangon
16:00 MMT Aee Soe Soccerball shade.svg53'
Zaw Min Tun Soccerball shade.svg76'
Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
13 June 2018 Ayeyawady United 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(11–12 p)
Magwe Yangon
16:00 MMT Cássio Magalhães Soccerball shade.svg59'
Thiha Zaw Soccerball shade.svg75'
Zayar Naing Soccerball shade.svg44'
Maung Maung Soe Soccerball shade.svg57'
Stadium: Aung San Stadium
20 June 2018 Shan United 3–0 Rakhine United Yangon
16:00 MMT Dway Ko Ko Chit Soccerball shade.svg27', 61', 84'Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
20 June 2018 Sagaing United 1–2 Hanthawady United Yangon
16:00 MMTKaung Zaw Htwe Soccerball shade.svg89'Mark Sekyi Soccerball shade.svg22', 53'Stadium: Aung San Stadium

Semi-final

First leg

18 September 2018 Yangon United 1–0 Magwe Yangon
15:30 MMT Sylla Sekou Soccerball shade.svg80'Stadium: Y.U.S.C
19 September 2018 Hanthawady United 0–0 Shan United Bago
15:30 MMTStadium: Grand Royal Stadium

Second leg

26 September 2018 Magwe 2–2 Yangon United Yangon
16:00 MMT Aung Myint Tun Soccerball shade.svg24'
Maung Maung Soe Soccerball shade.svg26'
Maung Maung Lwin Soccerball shade.svg4'
Emmanuel Soccerball shade.svg89'
Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
27 September 2018 Shan United 0–1 Hanthawady United Taunggyi
15:30 MMTMark Sekyi Soccerball shade.svg51'Stadium: Taunggyi Stadium

Final

30 September 2018 Yangon United 2–1 Hanthawady United Yangon
16:00 MMT Maung Maung Lwin Soccerball shade.svg72'
Zaw Min Tun Soccerball shade.svg85'
Hein Htet Aung Soccerball shade.svg60'Stadium: Aung San Stadium

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Myanmar.svg Maung Maung Soe Magwe 4
2 Flag of Uganda.svg Joseph Mpande Hanthawaddy United 3
Flag of Myanmar.svg Dway Ko Ko Chit Shan United
Flag of Ghana.svg Mark Sekyi Hanthawaddy United
5 Flag of Myanmar.svg Kyaw Zin Oo Mountain Lions 2
Flag of Myanmar.svg Aung Myat Thu Mountain Lions
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Bamba Sagaing United
Flag of Nigeria.svg Sunday Mathew Rakhine United
Flag of Myanmar.svg Zaw Min Tun Yangon United
Flag of Myanmar.svg Maung Maung Lwin Yangon United
11 Flag of Nigeria.svg Jordan GFA 1
Flag of Nigeria.svg Leon Royal Thanlyin
Flag of Myanmar.svg Chan Oo Royal Thanlyin
Flag of Nigeria.svg Elysee Royal Thanlyin
Flag of Myanmar.svg Nay Myo Htwe University
Flag of Myanmar.svg Soe Myat Thu Dagon
Flag of Myanmar.svg Aung Khaing Tun Dagon
Flag of Guinea.svg Sylla Sekou Yangon United
Flag of Myanmar.svg Aee Soe Yangon United
Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Yangon United
Flag of Brazil.svg Cássio Magalhães Ayeyawady United
Flag of Myanmar.svg Thiha Zaw Ayeyawady United
Flag of Myanmar.svg Zayar Naing Magwe
Flag of Myanmar.svg Paw Du AungKachin United
Flag of Myanmar.svg Soe Min Tun GFA
Flag of Myanmar.svg Mung Theih Pau GFA
Flag of Myanmar.svg Pyone Cho GFA
Flag of Myanmar.svg Phyo Paing Soe Southern Myanmar
Flag of Guinea.svg Alpha Berry Southern Myanmar
Flag of Myanmar.svg Kyaw Swar Linn Magwe
Flag of Myanmar.svg Naing Naing Kyaw Magwe
Flag of Myanmar.svg Zin Min Tun Magwe
Flag of Myanmar.svg Thein Than Win Yadanarbon
Flag of Myanmar.svg Thiha Zaw Sagaing United
Flag of Myanmar.svg Pyae Sone Aung Sagaing United
Flag of Myanmar.svg Kaung Zaw Htwe Sagaing United
Flag of Colombia.svg Edison Fonseca Zwekapin United
Flag of Myanmar.svg Paing Moe Wai Hanthawaddy United
Flag of Nigeria.svg Clifford Rakhine United

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