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===Other records===
===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.
As Myanmar, 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==
==Achievements==

Revision as of 05:02, 7 July 2012

Myanmar
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The White Angels
AssociationMyanmar Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachPark Sung-Hwa
CaptainKhin Maung Lwin
Home stadiumThuwunna Stadium
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium
FIFA codeMYA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current180 Decrease6
Highest97 (April 1996)
Lowest180 (July 2012)
First international
 Iran 2–0 Burma Myanmar
(India; March 6, 1951)
Biggest win
Myanmar Burma 9–0 Singapore 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; November 9, 1969)
Biggest defeat
 Malaysia 9–1 Burma Myanmar
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; November 25, 1977)
Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1968)
Best resultRunners-up

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 Southeast 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.

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.[1][2]

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

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