2025 MNL League Cup final

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2025 MNL League Cup final
Event 2025 MNL League Cup
Shan United Yangon United
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Date6 July 2025
Venue Thuwunna Stadium,
Yangon, Yangon
Man of the Match Hein Zeyar Lin
Referee U Zaw Zaw
Attendance9,000
WeatherCloudy
29 °C (84 °F)
humidity 93%
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The 2025 MNL League Cup Final was the culmination of the 2025 MNL League Cup, Myanmar's top-tier domestic knockout football competition organized by the Myanmar National League (MNL). [1] The final was played on 6 July 2025 at the Thuwunna Youth Training Centre Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, between Shan United and Yangon United. [2]

Contents

The final featured Shan United, the defending champions from Taunggyi representing the Shan State region, and Yangon United. Both clubs entered the match after advancing through the semi‑finals.

In the semi-finals held on 23–24 June, Shan United secured their spot in the final with a win over Ayeyawady United, and Yangon United advanced to the final after a victory over Yadanarbon. The final is scheduled for 6 July 2025 at the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon. The final marked another meeting between the two clubs, who had also faced each other in recent editions of the competition. The winner qualified to the 2025–26 AFC Challenge League qualifiers.

Route to the final

Shan United

Shan United's route to the final
RoundOppositionScore
GroupYoung Boys16–0
Group University 1–0
Group Dagon Port 7–1
Group Thitsar Arman 1–1
QF Myawady 2–0
SF Ayeyawady United 2–0

Shan United finished the group stage unbeaten across six matches, which included a 16–0 win over Young Boys. In the quarter-finals, they defeated Myawady 2–0 on 18 June, with goals from Myat Kaung Khant in the 9th minute and Thet Hein Soe in first-half stoppage time. In the semi-finals on 24 June, Shan United secured their place in the final by defeating Ayeyawady United 2–0. The goals were scored by Mark Sekyi in the 52nd minute and Jordan Hamilton in the 57th minute.

Yangon United

Yangon United's route to the final
RoundOppositionScore
GroupYangon Royals0–0
Group Kachin United 7–0
Group Ayeyawady United 1-0
Group Mahar United 6-2
QF Hanthawady United 0–0 (p 3–1)
SF Yadanarbon 3-1

Yangon United finished the group stage unbeaten in Group B, which included a 1–0 win over Ayeyawady United on 10 May 2025. In the quarter-finals on 19 June 2025, they progressed to the semi-finals after defeating Hanthawady United. On 23 June, Yangon United secured their place in the final at Thuwunna Stadium by defeating Yadanarbon 3–1. [3] Throughout the tournament, the club maintained an undefeated record leading up to the final against Shan United.

Summary

Yangon United defeated their opponents 1–0 to secure their fourth MNL League Cup title. The match was attended by approximately 9,000.

In the 25th minute, Shan United's Myat Kaung Khant took a free kick that was saved by Yangon goalkeeper Zin Nyi Nyi Aung. The first half ended 0–0. In the 54th minute, Japanese forward Aoto Saito scored the only goal of the match for Yangon United following a build-up play on the left side.

Yangon United's defender Hein Zeyar Lin was named Man of the Match for his performance in the defensive line. With this win, Yangon United secured a spot in the 2025–26 AFC Challenge League qualifiers.

Match

Details

Shan United 0-1 Yangon United
Full match
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Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: U Zaw Zaw
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Shan United
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Yangon United
GK13 Flag of Myanmar.svg Kyaw Zin Phyo
CB2 Flag of Myanmar.svg Zwe Khant Min
CB14 Flag of Brazil.svg MauricioYellow card.svg 38'Sub off.svg 83'
CB4 Flag of Myanmar.svg Thet Hein Soe
LWB11 Flag of Myanmar.svg Hein Phyo Win
DM6 Flag of Myanmar.svg Nanda Kyaw (c)Yellow card.svg 55'Sub off.svg 57'
CM17 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Hirota Yellow card.svg 22'Sub off.svg 83'
RWB7 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Aizu
AM21 Flag of Myanmar.svg Khun Kyaw Zin HeinSub off.svg 69'
AM26 Flag of Myanmar.svg Myat Kaung Khant Sub off.svg 69'
CF8 Flag of Ghana.svg Mark Sekyi
Substitutes:
GK30 Flag of Myanmar.svg Pyae Phyo Aung
DF3 Flag of Myanmar.svg Ye Min Thu
FW9 Flag of Myanmar.svg Thurein TunSub on.svg 83'
FW10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan Hamilton Sub on.svg 57'
DF15 Flag of Myanmar.svg Aung Wunna SoeSub on.svg 83'
MF19 Flag of Myanmar.svg Thet Wai Moe
MF22 Flag of Myanmar.svg Hlaing Bo Bo Sub on.svg 72'
DF24 Flag of Myanmar.svg Zwe Htet Min
MF29 Flag of Myanmar.svg Ye Yint Aung Sub on.svg 69'
Manager:
Flag of Japan.svg Ono Hiroki
GK1 Flag of Myanmar.svg Zin Nyi Nyi Aung
RB4 Flag of Myanmar.svg David Htan (c)
CB2 Flag of Myanmar.svg Hein Zeyar Lin
CB5 Flag of Myanmar.svg Kyaw Phyo Wai
LB22 Flag of Myanmar.svg Min Kyaw KhantYellow card.svg 27'Sub off.svg 73'
CM41 Flag of Myanmar.svg Wai Linn Aung
CM6 Flag of Myanmar.svg Arkar KyawYellow card.svg 40'Sub off.svg 69'
RM27 Flag of Myanmar.svg Aee Soe Yellow card.svg 22'Sub off.svg 90+2'
LM8 Flag of Japan.svg Aoto SaitoSoccerball shade.svg54'Sub off.svg 90+2'
AM7 Flag of Myanmar.svg Zaw Win Thein Yellow card.svg 65'
CF29 Flag of Japan.svg Rintaro Hama Sub off.svg 77'
Substitutes:
GK75 Flag of Myanmar.svg San Set Naing
FW9 Flag of Cameroon.svg MogouSub on.svg 90+2'
FW10 Flag of Myanmar.svg Kaung Sithu Yellow card.svg 90+6'Sub on.svg 77'
DF20 Flag of Myanmar.svg Aung Myo KhantSub on.svg 73'
DF26 Flag of Myanmar.svg Thurein Soe
MF28 Flag of Myanmar.svg Thar Yar Win HtetSub on.svg 90+2'
MF34 Flag of Myanmar.svg Chit Aye
DF46 Flag of Myanmar.svg Nyan Lin HtetSub on.svg 69'
MF47 Flag of Myanmar.svg Kaung Htet Paing
Manager:
Flag of Myanmar.svg Kyaw Dunn

Man of the match

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    • Flag of Myanmar.svg San Shein Htet
    • Flag of Myanmar.svg Than Tun Aung
  • Fourth official: Flag of Myanmar.svg Kyaw Zayar Aung
  • Match Commissioner: Flag of Myanmar.svg

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Statistics

StatisticShan UnitedYangon United
Goals scored01
Possession45%55%
Shots on target33
Shots75
Corner kicks74
Offsides01
Yellow cards36
Red cards00
Source:

Winner

2025 MNL League Cup
Winners
Yangon United [5]

Prizes for winner

Prizes for runners-up

Broadcasting rights

These matches were broadcast live on Myanmar television:

Final Round Shan United vs Yangon United
Free to Air MRTV-4 & Channel 7 [6]
Live StreamPyone Play YouTube

References

  1. ↑ "Shan United versus Yangon United in MNL League Cup Final", gnlm.com.mm, 18 June 2024
  2. ↑ "ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်နှင့် ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် ဗိုလ်လုပွဲတွင် တွေ့ဆုံ", themnl.com, 26 June 2025
  3. ↑ "Yangon reaches MNL League cup final with win over Yadanabon". mdn.gov.mm. 24 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်၁-၀ ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် ပွဲစဉ်မှ AYA Pay အကောင်းဆုံးကစားသမားဆုကို ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်အသင်းမှ ဟိန်းဇေယျာလင်းရရှိ" . Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Ko Nyi Lay, KZL (July 6, 2025). "Yangon United lift first MNL League Cup title". Global New Light of Myanmar. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  6. ↑ MEdia, Eleven (July 6, 2025). "ရန်ကုန်နဲ့ ရှမ်းအသင်း ကစားမယ့် MNL League Cup ဗိုလ်လုပွဲကို Channel-7 က ပြသမယ်". eleven media. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
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