Myanmar national football team

Myanmar
Nickname(s) အာရှ ခြင်္သေ့များ
(Asia Chin thae myar)
(The Asian Lions)
Association Myanmar Football Federation
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach Antoine Hey
Captain Zaw Min Tun
Home stadium Thuwunna Stadium
FIFA code MYA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 138 Steady (20 September 2018)
Highest 97 (April 1996)
Lowest 182 (August 2012, October 2012)
Elo ranking
Current 181 Increase 1 (10 September 2018)
Highest 31 (ca. May 1972)
Lowest 186 (4 March 2013, 2015)
First international
 Hong Kong 5–2 Burma 
(Hong Kong; 17 February 1950)[1]
Biggest win
 Burma 9–0 Singapore 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 9 November 1969)
Biggest defeat
 Kuwait 9–0 Myanmar 
(Doha, Qatar; 3 September 2015)
Asian Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 1968)
Best result Runners-up, 1968

The Myanmar national football team (Burmese: မြန်မာအမျိုးသားဘောလုံးအသင်း) is the national team of Myanmar and is controlled by the Myanmar Football Federation. It was known as the Burma national football team until 1989, when Burma was renamed Myanmar. It finished second in the 1968 Asian Cup. They have participated in the Summer Olympics in 1972 and in the Asian Games. The Burma team was dominant in Asia in the 1960s and 1970s, having won the Asian Games twice; in 1966 and 1970, and the football event of the Southeast Asian Games on five successive occasions; in 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971 and 1973. Since then, Myanmar's highest achievement is the silver medal in 1993. Myanmar played its first World Cup qualifiers in 2007, losing 0–7 and 0–4 to China.

History

1948 to 1970s: golden age

Burma sent players to the Philippines in 1954 Asian Games and captured a bronze medal, behind Taiwan (gold) and South Korea (silver); this fact marked the beginning of the golden age. On the other hand, the nation was not expected to contend for a medal in the Olympic-type Asian Games. In the meantime, this delegation became the first male Burmese team to win a continental medal. But this was only the beginning. Then, against all odds, the team of Burma bettered their 1954 effort by winning the gold medal in the Asian Games, which were held at Bangkok in the mid-1960s. In that tournament, Burma beat Iran in the gold-medal game.

The 1966 Asian Games gold medal winning squad established itself as one of the two best teams in the region as it finished as runner-up to Iran at the 1968 Asian Cup. After claiming silver in 1968, the men's soccer team had a strong performance in the early 1970s as it won the right to compete in the 1972 Summer Olympics, which were held at Munich (West Germany), upon being one of the three finalists in the Asian tournament. Despite losing almost all their matches, the Burmese players captured the Fair Play Award. The following year, the nation earned its fifth consecutive Southeast Asian Games gold medal at Singapore City (Kuala Lumpur'65, Bangkok'67, Rangoon'69, and Kuala Lumpur '71).

Three years before that, the national team wrote perhaps their most important chapter: they captured the continental title for the second time in a row, after the Burmese Olympic Committee sent footballers to Thailand for the 1970 Asian Games. Burma thus became the second soccer squad to win the Asian tournament twice. Certainly, they were declared national heroes in Rangoon, the then capital of Burma, with their second consecutive gold medal in men's soccer.

During this golden era, Burma produced many talented footballers. One among them is Suk Bahadur who is now considered as the greatest Burmese footballer of all times for his outstanding contribution to Burmese football.

Over the following years, due in large part to several problems in the country, the national side was not able to successfully defend its Asian title.[2]

1970s to 2010s: decline and struggle

During the later era, Burma had been unable to achieve similar results like the golden age, due to many factors. The collapse of whole Burmese football system during the rule of Ne Win and later, the junta, had a negative effect for Burmese team. Lack of funding, poor infrastructure, affected many Burmese players to seek their opportunity in another nations, or to retire and went disappearance. On the same time, the rise of Malaysia, Indonesia, and especially Vietnam and the Philippines, had made Myanmar's ability faded away. The series of decline had made Myanmar from a continental power to reduce into then one of Asia's weakest teams.

Despite this, Myanmar managed to win silver medal in 1993 Southeast Asian Games, after losing to Thailand in the final, or the 2004 Tiger Cup when Myanmar won bronze.

Since 2010s: resurgence

Myanmar's 2011 reforms had been a major point of turning Myanmar's football, which had declined since 1970s. During this era, a new wave of Burmese football had arrived with the change of Myanmar's political climate, after many years under junta's rule.

The arrival of Gerd Zeise, a German manager, had been the crucial point. Under Gerd, Myanmar's football since reforms has witnessed a significant progress. The U-20 Myanmar team had stunned the world by qualifying to Myanmar's first ever FIFA tournament, the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup after going to the semi-finals in the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship as host. In 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup, Myanmar, as host, once again went to semi-finals, only losing to eventual champions, Thailand.

However, between these successes, a lot of problems remain. Myanmar's football capability has been questioned after their disastrous 2018 World Cup qualification; while on the same time, a lot of teams in Asia have also risen up after many years under shadows. Once again, Myanmar failed to qualify for 2019 AFC Asian Cup, when they suffered a tremendous 1–5 defeat on the hand of Kyrgyzstan.

Home stadium

Thuwunna Stadium

The national team plays most of its home matches in Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar. The stadium is larger and more up-to-date than Bogyoke Aung San Stadium. It was upgraded to a seating capacity of 50,000 spectators from capacity of 32000 in 2013.[3]

Kits

Myanmar's home kits is a red shirt with red shorts and red socks while the away kits is a white shirt with white shorts and white socks. The kits are currently manufactured by FBT after reaching an agreement with the FA in 2015. Formerly the kits were made by Lotto Sport Italia.

Competition records

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA
France 1900 to Finland 1952Did not participate
Australia 1956 to Mexico 1968Did not qualify
West Germany 1972Round 19/16310222
Canada 1976 to South Korea 1988Did not qualify
Spain 1992 – present See Myanmar national under-23 team
TotalRound 1–310222

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA GP W D L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 to France 1938Did not enter Did not enter
Brazil 1950Withdrew Withdrew from qualification
Switzerland 1954 to Italy 1990Did not enter Did not enter
United States 1994Withdrew Withdrew from qualification
France 1998Did not enter Did not enter
South Korea Japan 2002Withdrew Withdrew from qualification
Germany 2006Disqualified Disqualified from qualification
South Africa 2010Did not qualify 2002011
Brazil 2014 410326
Russia 2018 8224921
Qatar 2022To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total0/21------ 143291138
  • Disqualified in 2006 for withdrawing from qualification in 2002.
  • Initially banned from 2018 for crowd trouble during 2014 World Cup qualifying match but later overturned to and matches to be played on neutral soil.[4][5]

AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 to Israel 1964Withdrew
Iran 1968Runners-up741296
Thailand 1972 to Qatar 1988Withdrew
Japan 1992Did not enter
United Arab Emirates 1996 to China 2004Did not qualify
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007Did not enter
Qatar 2011Did not qualify
Australia 2015
United Arab Emirates 2019
TotalBest: Runners-up741296

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
India 1951Quarter-finals100102
Philippines 1954Third place4 201108
Japan 1958Group stage200236
Indonesia 1962Withdrew
Thailand 1966Champions642083
Thailand 1970742195
Iran 1974Second Round62131414
Thailand 1978Group stage200215
India 1982310238
South Korea 1986Did not qualify
China 1990
Japan 1994Group stage301229
Thailand 1998Withdrew
TotalChampions34136144960
*Under-23 tournament since 2002

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Challenge Cup record AFC Challenge Cup
Qualifications record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA GP W D L GS GA
Bangladesh 2006Did not enter Did not enter
India 2008Fourth place520366
Sri Lanka 20105203610 330071
Nepal 2012Did not qualify 301226
Maldives 2014Group stage310235 321071
TotalBest: Fourth place135081521 9522168

AFF Championship

AFF Championship record AFF Championship
Qualifications record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA GP W D L GS GA
Singapore 1996Group stage42021112
Vietnam 1998311189 220071
Thailand 2000310248
Indonesia Singapore 20024211135
Malaysia Vietnam 2004Fourth place73131212
Singapore Thailand 2007Group stage303011
Indonesia Thailand 2008310248
Indonesia Vietnam 2010301229
Malaysia Thailand 2012301217 431061
Singapore Vietnam 2014301226 431062
Myanmar Philippines 2016Semi-finals420259
TotalBest: Fourth place40129196389 10820194

SEA Games

SEA Games record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Thailand 1959Group stage3003310
Myanmar 1961Runners-up420275
Cambodia 1963Cancelled
Malaysia 1965Champions321052
Thailand 1967440072
Myanmar 1969330081
Malaysia 19714310133
Singapore 19734400154
Thailand 1975Third place311133
Malaysia 19774301129
Indonesia 1979Group stage401325
Philippines 1981201134
Singapore 1983310234
Thailand 1985Did not enter
Indonesia 1987Fourth place4022314
Malaysia 1989Group stage200207
Philippines 1991200216
Singapore 1993Runners-up64022111
Thailand 1995Fourth place6303108
Indonesia 1997Group stage4112108
Brunei 19994112410
TotalBest: Champions6432928130126
*Under-23 tournament since 2001

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2017

2018

Current coaching staffs

PositionName
ManagerMyanmar Phone Naing Zaw
Head CoachGermany Antoine Hey
Assistant CoachGermany Kemal Halat
Assistant CoachMyanmar Soe Myat Min
Goalkeeping CoachGermany Carsten Herzog
Media OfficerMyanmar Zaw Min Htike
Team SecretaryMyanmar Moe Wai Aung
DoctorMyanmar Kyaw Thant Zin
PhysiotherapistMyanmar Pyae Phyo Aung
Kit ManagerMyanmar Pyae Sone Naing

Source:[8]

Players

Current squad

The following 26 players have been called up for Friendly Match against Bahrain and training in Qatar on October 2018.
Caps and goals updated as of 13 October 2018 after the match against Bolivia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Kyaw Zin Htet (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 6 0 Myanmar Yangon United
25 1GK Sann Satt Naing (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 1 0 Myanmar Yangon United
18 1GK Phone Thit Sar Min (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 0 0 Myanmar Shan United
2 2DF Htike Htike Aung (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 4 0 Myanmar Shan United
3 2DF Thein Than Win (1990-05-25) 25 May 1990 23 0 Myanmar Yadanarbon
4 2DF David Htan (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 52 3 Myanmar Shan United
5 2DF Nanda Kyaw (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 9 0 Myanmar Magwe
15 2DF Soe Moe Kyaw (1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (aged 19) 2 0 Myanmar ISPE
24 2DF Win Moe Kyaw (1996-10-09)9 October 1996 (aged 21) 0 0 Myanmar Magwe
27 2DF Pyae Phyo Zaw (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 0 0 Myanmar Yangon United
6 3MF Hlaing Bo Bo (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 14 0 Myanmar Yadanarbon
7 3MF Ye Ko Oo (1994-08-20) 20 August 1994 10 0 Myanmar Yadanarbon
8 3MF Maung Maung Soe (1995-08-06)6 August 1995 (aged 23) 3 0 Myanmar Magwe
13 3MF Ye Yint Aung (1998-02-26)26 February 1998 (aged 20) 0 0 Myanmar Yadanarbon
14 3MF Yan Naing Oo (1996-03-31) 31 March 1996 15 1 Myanmar Shan United
16 3MF Sithu Aung (1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 17 3 Myanmar Yadanarbon
17 3MF Myo Ko Tun (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 6 0 Myanmar Yadanarbon
19 3MF Htet Phyo Wai (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 2 0 Myanmar Shan United
20 3MF Than Htet Aung (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 2 0 Myanmar Zwekapin United
26 3MF Lwin Moe Aung (1999-12-10)10 December 1999 (aged 18) 2 0 Myanmar ISPE
9 4FW Zin Min Tun (1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 1 0 Myanmar Shan United
10 4FW Aung Thu (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 27 8 Thailand Police Tero
11 4FW Maung Maung Lwin (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 21 2 Myanmar Yangon United
12 4FW Myat Kaung Khant (2000-07-15)15 July 2000 (aged 18) 1 0 Myanmar Yadanarbon
21 4FW Aee Soe (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 2 0 Myanmar Yangon United
22 4FW Kaung Sett Naing (1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 6 0 Thailand Samut Sakhon

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called-up recently in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Thiha Sithu (1987-02-10) 10 February 1987 36 0 Myanmar Shan United v.  India, 14 November 2017
GK Kyaw Zin Phyo (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 15 0 Myanmar Magwe v.  China PR, 26 May 2018
DF Thet Naing (1992-12-20) 20 December 1992 18 2 Myanmar Yadanarbon v.  India, 14 November 2017
DF Kyaw Zin Lwin (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 15 0 Myanmar Magwe v.  Macau, 3 March 2018
DF Min Kyaw Khant (1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 1 0 Myanmar Yangon United v.  China PR, 26 May 2018
DF Kyaw Zin Oo (1994-10-08) 8 October 1994 1 0 Myanmar Yangon United v.  China PR, 26 May 2018
DF Zaw Min Tun (1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 58 4 Myanmar Yangon United v.  China PR, 26 May 2018
MF Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 15 2 Thailand PT Prachuap {{{latest}}}
MF Thiha Zaw (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 6 0 Myanmar Ayeyawady United v.  Malaysia, 29 August 2017
MF Min Min Thu (1988-03-30) 30 March 1988 23 3 Myanmar Ayeyawady United {{{latest}}}
MF Tin Win Aung (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 19 1 Myanmar Shan United v.  Macau, 3 March 2018
FW Suan Lam Mang (1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 18 2 Myanmar Yangon United v.  Macau, 17 June 2017
FW Than Paing (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 15 1 Myanmar Yangon United v.  India, 14 November 2017
FW Kyaw Ko Ko (1992-12-20) 20 December 1992 50 14 Thailand Chiangrai United v.  Macau, 3 March 2018
FW Aung Myint Tun (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 8 0 Myanmar Magwe v.  China PR, 26 May 2018
FW Dway Ko Ko Chit (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 1 0 Myanmar Shan United v.  China PR, 26 May 2018

Previous squads

Coaches

Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win % Honours
Myanmar Sein Hlaing 1964–1979 Asian Games Champions (1966,1970)
Southeast Asian Games Champions (1965,1967,1969,1971,1973)
Merdeka Cup Champions (1964,1967,1971)
West Germany Bert Trautmann 1972–1974 1972 President's Cup Football Tournament Champions
Netherlands Ger Blok 1993–1996[9]
Serbia and Montenegro Ratomir Dujković 1996–1997
England David Booth 2000–2003
Bulgaria Ivan Venkov Kolev Nov 2004–2005 2004 Tiger Cup Semi-finalists
Myanmar Sann Win 2006–2007 2006 Merdeka Tournament Champions
2007 Merdeka Tournament Runners-up
Brazil Marcos Falopa Apr 2007 – Dec 2008[10]
Myanmar Tim Myint Aung Apr 2009 – Oct 2009
Croatia Drago Mamić Oct 2009 – Feb 2010
Myanmar Tin Myint Aung Feb 2010 – Dec 2010 5 2 0 3 040.00
Serbia Milan Živadinović Jan 2011 – Jul 2011 7 0 2 5 000.00
Myanmar Sann Win* Jul 2011 5 1 1 3 020.00
South Korea Park Sung-Hwa Dec 2011 – Dec 2013 13 5 4 4 038.46
Myanmar Sann Win* Sep 2013 1 0 1 0 000.00
Serbia Radojko Avramovic Feb 2014 – Oct 2015 22 7 4 11 031.82 2014 Philippine Peace Cup Champions
Myanmar Tin Myint Aung* Aug 2017 1 1 0 0 100.00
Germany Gerd Zeise Oct 2015 – March 2018 24 7 6 11 029.17 2016 AFF Championship Semi-final
Myanmar Zaw Win Tun * March 2018 1 1 0 0 100.00
Germany Antoine Hey May 2018 – present 3 0 0 3 000.00

* As caretaker

Honours

International

  • Fair Play Award: 1972

Continental

  • Runners-up (1): 1968
  • Bronze medal (1): 1954

Regional

Fourth place /Semifinalist(2) : 2004, 2016

Other awards

  • Runners-up (4): 1966, 1968, 1970, 2007
  • Winners (4): 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975
  • Runners-up (1) 1976
  • Runners-up (1): 1975
  • Third Place (1): 1974
  • Winners (1) : 2014
  • AYA Bank Cup
  • Third Place (1) : 2016
*trophy shared

All-time head to head record

Team Confederation GP W D L GF GA GD
 BahrainAFC310257–2
 BangladeshAFC106132410+14
 BruneiAFC8701285+23
 BoliviaCONMEBOL100103-3
 CambodiaAFC2015145515+40
 China PRAFC9207428–24
 Chinese TaipeiAFC6132910–1
 GuamAFC110050+5
 IndiaAFC218494030+10
 IndonesiaAFC41179166571–6
 IranAFC520347–3
 IraqAFC4004113–12
 IsraelUEFA210113–2
 JapanAFC7124714–7
 North KoreaAFC5014215–13
 South KoreaAFC3489171944–25
 KuwaitAFC6204821–17
 KyrgyzstanAFC301238–5
 LaosAFC161330508+42
 LebanonAFC201113–2
 LesothoCAF110010+1
 LibyaCAF110031+2
 LuxembourgUEFA110020+2
 MacauAFC330090+9
 MalaysiaAFC532110227287–15
 MaldivesAFC4400124+8
 MongoliaAFC320141+3
 MoroccoCAF1010220
   NepalAFC220060+6
 New ZealandOFC302124–2
 OmanAFC300308–8
 PakistanAFC83231310+3
 PalestineAFC310256–1
 PhilippinesAFC159423412+26
 QatarAFC1010220
 SingaporeAFC39148178161+20
 Sri LankaAFC87012510+15
 TajikistanAFC200204–4
 ThailandAFC481414206289–31
 Timor-LesteAFC220060+6
 TurkmenistanAFC100112–1
 United Arab EmiratesAFC100102–2
 Vietnam^AFC24112113549–14
Total

^ includes the results of  South Vietnam

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Myanmar matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Myanmar. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "History of Burmese soccer". voices.yahoo.com.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Myanmar disciplinary sanctions confirmed
  5. ↑ Myanmar appeal partially upheld
  6. ↑ "Laga Timnas Indonesia U-22 Kontra Myanmar Bakal Cetak Rekor Unik". FourFourTwo.com (in Indonesian). Haymarket Media Group. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee decisions". AFC. 24 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Myanmar Football Federation".
  9. ↑ Haverkort, Jeroen (9 February 2011). "Werken op twijfelachtig grondgebied" (in Dutch). metronieuws.nl. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Myanmar urgently needs foreign coach for national soccer team". news.xinhuanet.com.

Notes

  1. ↑ For the Friendly against Myanmar, Indonesia used under-22 team.[6]
  2. ↑ On 24 November 2017, the AFC announced that the match will be played on 22 March 2018 at a neutral venue, with the Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic covering all the costs of the Myanmar team and of the match organisation, including airfares and accommodation.[7] The two Member Associations will be requested to agree on the neutral venue, and if they fail to reach a consensus the AFC will make the appointment.
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