Myanmar national football team

Myanmar

Nickname(s)	The White Angels
Association	Myanmar Football Federation
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Park Seong-Hwa
Captain	Khin Maung Lwin
Home stadium	Thuwanna YTC Stadium Aung San Stadium
FIFA code	MYA
FIFA ranking	172
Highest FIFA ranking	97 (April 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	172 (December 2011)
Elo ranking	182
Highest Elo ranking	31 (ca. May 1972)
Lowest Elo ranking	185 (29 June 2011)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Iran 2–0 Burma (India; March 6, 1951)
Biggest win
Burma 9–0 Singapore (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; November 9, 1969)
Biggest defeat
Malaysia 9–1 Burma (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; November 25, 1977)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1968)
Best result	Runners-up, 1968

The Myanmar national football team 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 Myanmar team was dominant in South East Asia in 1960s and 1970s, having won the Asian Games twice, in 1966 and 1970, and the football event of the South East 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.

Competition records

World Cup records

Asian Qualification Records
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1938	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954 to 1990	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Disqualified	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not qualify	2	0	0	2	0	11
2014	Did not qualify	4	1	0	3	2	5
2018		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		6	1	0	5	2	17

• 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.

Asian Cup records

Asian Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956 to 1964	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Runner-Up	7	4	1	2	9	6
1972 to 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996 to 2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: 2nd Place	7	4	1	2	9	6

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	4th Place	5	2	0	3	6	6
2010	4th Place	5	2	0	3	6	10
2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: 4th	10	4	0	6	12	16

ASEAN Championship records

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

ASEAN Football Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	11	12
1998	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	8	9
2000	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	8
2002	Group Stage	4	2	1	1	13	5
2004	Semi-Finals	7	3	1	3	12	12
2007	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	1	1
2008	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	8
2010	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	9
2012	TBD (Qualification rounds)
Total	Best: Semi-Finals	30	10	7	13	55	64

Other records

As Burma, the side won gold medals at the Asian Games football tournaments in 1966 and 1970 and qualified for Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, but were eliminated at the group stage.

Achievements

• 1964, 1971, 2006: Merdeka Tournament Champions
• 1966,1967,1968,1970,2007: Merdeka Tournament Runner-up
• 1968 AFC Asian Cup Runner-up
• 2007: Football at the Southeast Asian GamesFinalist

Kits

Myanmar 's kit is a red jersey with a blue border, white collar, blue line reflection and golden corners with blue shorts and red socks. Their away kit is with a white jersey with red border, red line reflection and black collar with black shorts and white socks. The kits are currently manufactured by Adidas. The kits are likely to change with the introduction of a new national flag and the country's orders to burn the old flag.

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 21 1GK Thiha Sithu 10 February 1987 (aged 24) Ayeyawady United 1 1GK Pyae Phyo Aung 8 July 1991 (aged 19) Southern Myanmar 18 1GK Kyaw Zin Htet 2 March 1990 (aged 20) Kanbawza 4 2DF Moe Win Naypyidaw 3 2DF Yan Aung Win Yangon United 5 2DF Shwe Hlaing Win Yangon United 6 2DF Zaw Min Htun Magway 20 2DF Khin Maung Lwin(c) 14 July 1980 (aged 30) Kanbawza 13 2DF Zaw Zaw Oo Ayeyawady United 14 2DF Kyaw Zayar Win 20 October 1988 (aged 22) Ayeyawady United 10 3MF David Htan 15 December 1987 (aged 22) Yangon United 11 3MF Pai Soe 22 January 1987 (aged 23) Yadanarbon 12 3MF Min Min Thu Ayeyawady United 7 3MF Yan Aung Kyaw Yangon United 23 3MF Thein Than Win 2 July 1982 (aged 28) Magway 8 3MF Kyi Lin 4 September 1992 (aged 18) Yangon United 2 3MF Thu Htet Paing Rakhapura United 16 3MF Zaw Lin Nay Pyi Taw 9 4FW Kyaw Ko Ko 20 December 1992 (aged 18) Zeyashwemye 15 4FW Soe Min Oo 8 March 1988 (aged 23) Kanbawza 17 4FW Mai Aih Naing Yangon United 22 4FW Yan Paing 27 November 1983 (aged 27) Yadanarbon 19 4FW Si Thu Win Magway

Coaches

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Honours
David Booth	2000 – 2003
Ivan Venkov Kolev	November 2004 – 2005
Sann Win	2006 – 2007					2006 Merdeka Cup Champion 2007 Merdeka Cup Runner-up
Marcos Falopa	April 2008 – March 2009					4th place 2008 AFC Challenge Cup
Tin Myint Aung	April 2009 – ?
Drago Mamić	– Feb 2010
Tin Myint Aung	Feb 2010 – Dec 2010	5	2	0	3	4th place 2010 AFC Challenge Cup
Milan Živadinović	Jan 2011 – July 2011	7	0	2	5
Sann Win	July 2011	1	1	0	0
Tin Myint Aung	July 2011 –	1	0	0	1

See also

• Myanmar national under-23 football team
• Myanmar women's national football team
• Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup
• Myanmar National League

References