Myanmar national under-20 football team

Myanmar U20
Nickname(s)	Chinthe
Association	Myanmar Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Aung Naing
Captain	Swan Htet
Most caps	Lwin Moe Aung (37)
Top scorer	Win Naing Tun (25)
Home stadium	Thuwunna Stadium ; Bogyoke Aung San Stadium ; Zayyarthiri Stadium
FIFA code	MYA
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Hong Kong 2–1 Burma ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 18 April 1959)
Biggest win
	Burma 8–0 Singapore ; (Manila, Philippines; 30 April 1966)
Biggest defeat
	Japan 8–0 Myanmar ; (Bangkok, Thailand; 12 November 2007)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Group stage (2015)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	19 (first in 1959)
Best result	Winners (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970)

Myanmar national under-20 football team is the under-20 football team of Myanmar. It was known as the Burma national youth football team before 1989. During a ten-year span between 1961 and 1970, Burma thoroughly dominated the U-19/U-20 Asian Cup, reaching the finals eight times and winning the tournament seven times. The team participated in 2014 AFC U-19 Championship and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand after reaching the semi-finals stage. This was the debut appearance of the team in the World Cup competition.

International records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977 to 1999	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001 to 2013	DNQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	13
2017 to 2025	DNQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	13

AFC U-19 Championship

AFC Youth Championship
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959	Group stage	4	3	1	0	24	11
1960	Group stage	3	1	0	2	10	7
1961	Champions*	5	3	2	0	13	8
1962	Group stage	4	1	0	3	1	8
1963	Champions*	6	4	2	0	17	5
1964	Champions*	4	2	1	1	8	3
1965	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	13	6
1966	Champions*	7	5	1	1	23	4
1967	Third Place	6	5	0	1	14	1
1968	Champions	7	6	1	0	23	3
1969	Champions*	6	4	2	0	22	6
1970	Champions	6	5	0	1	15	1
1971	Third Place	6	4	1	1	16	2
1972	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	12	2
1973	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	8	3
1974	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	2	2
1975	Group stage	4	1	2	1	4	4
1976	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	11	3
1977 to 1998	DNP
2000 to 2012	DNQ
2014	Semi-finals¹	5	2	1	2	6	5
2016 to 2025	DNQ
Total	Best: Champions	94	60	15	19	242	84

Champions* : Title shared
DNP : Did Not Participate
DNQ : Did not qualify

¹ No third place playoff.

AFF U19 Youth Championship

AFF U19 Youth Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	12	8
2003	Champions	5	4	1	0	20	3
2005	Champions	6	5	0	1	11	6
2006	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Fourth Place	5	3	0	2	9	7
2008	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	5
2010	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Fourth Place	6	3	1	2	10	3
2012	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Group stage	5	1	2	2	13	10
2014	Fourth Place	4	2	0	2	6	6
2015	Group stage	4	2	1	1	3	3
2016	Group stage	5	2	2	1	11	10
2017	Fourth Place	6	3	1	2	18	10
2018	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	17	9
2019	Fourth Place	7	4	1	2	12	10
2022	Group stage	5	2	0	3	12	12
Total	Best: Champions	56	28	9	19	114	77

The under-20 national team played at the 2002 to 2007 editions

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Semi-finals	5	4	1	0	16	2
2005	Runners-up	5	3	0	2	15	5
2007	Runners-up	5	4	1	0	21	2
2012	Semi-finals	5	3	1	1	15	6
2014	Champions	6	6	0	0	19	9
2018	Semi-finals	4	2	1	1	5	3
Total	Best: Champions	30	22	4	4	91	27

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Head of Delegation	Tin Myint Aung
Head coach	Aung Naing
Assistant coach	Bo Bo Aung Lin Lin Htwe
Goalkeeping coach	Ko Ko Aung
Fitness coach	Soe Htin Aung
Doctor	Phyo Min Oo
Physiotherapist	Htun Zaw
Media officer	Bo Min

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 ASEAN U-19 Boys Championship..^[1]
Match dates: 17-29 July 2024
Caps and goals correct as of: 29 June 2022
Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Saw Kyaw Khant No	(2005-02-21) 21 February 2005 (age 19)	4	0	Ayeyawady United
13	1GK	Han Myint Myat Tun	(2005-11-19) 19 November 2005 (age 18)	6	0	Mahar United
18	1GK	Saw Ei Do Htoo		1	0	Dagon Port

2	2DF	Lat Wai Phone	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19)	8	0	Hantharwaddy
3	2DF	Khant Zin Hein	(2005-04-18) 18 April 2005 (age 19)	13	0	Mahar United
4	2DF	Saw Lin Htet Paing		9	0	Rakhapura United
5	2DF	Samuel Ngai Kee		8	0	Yadanarbon
19	2DF	Khun Cho Htoo		5	0	Yangon United
22	2DF	Phyo Pyae Sone	(2005-06-28) 28 June 2005 (age 19)	10	1	Yangon United
23	2DF	Hlwan Htet Tun		6	0	Yangon United
	2DF	Aung Myint	(2005-04-05) 5 April 2005 (age 19)	2	0	ISPE

6	3MF	Naing Win Tun	(2005-11-15) 15 November 2005 (age 18)	4	0	Thitsar Arman
7	3MF	Swan Htet	(2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 (age 19)	13	2	Dagon Star
15	3MF	Zaw Myo Tun		5	0	Dagon Star United
16	3MF	Naing Aung Sann		2	0	Dagon Port
21	3MF	Ye Kaung Sat	(2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 19)	5	0	Thitsar Arman

8	4FW	Min Maw Oo	(2005-03-06) 6 March 2005 (age 19)	8	1	Thitsar Arman
9	4FW	Saw Sae Ka'paw Say	(2005-05-26) 26 May 2005 (age 19)	6	3	ISPE
10	4FW	Win Pyae Maung	(2006-02-23) 23 February 2006 (age 18)	8	2	ISPE
11	4FW	Kaung Khant Kyaw	(2007-02-26) 26 February 2007 (age 17)	5	1	Yangon United
12	4FW	Shine Wanna Aung	(2006-03-15) 15 March 2006 (age 18)	5	1	Thitsar Arman
20	4FW	Zwe Man Thar	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005 (age 19)	6	0	Hantharwaddy
	4FW	Mg Top		1	0	Dagon Star United

Recent call ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

DF	Tun Tun Thein	(2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 18)	12	0	Dagon Port

MF	Wine Lu	(2005-12-11) 11 December 2005 (age 18)	1	0	Hantharwaddy
MF	Win Ko Htay	(2005-08-02) 2 August 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Mahar United
MF	Thein Zaw Thiha	(2005-02-08) 8 February 2005 (age 19)	10	2	ISPE

FW	Sai Zayar Kyaw		0	0	Yangon United

Junior Lions

The following players were called up for the 2023 MNL-2 preliminary squad.^[2]
Match dates: 24 April - 16 September 2023
Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MYA	Min Myat Noe
18	GK	MYA	Sai Swan Khun Khay
28	GK	MYA	Sai Thi Ha Naing
32	GK	MYA	Khun Kyaw Kham


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	MYA	Thet Naing Oo
3	DF	MYA	Myat Bhone Khant
4	DF	MYA	Lin Htet Oo
5	DF	MYA	Hla Tun
15	DF	MYA	Han Htet Oo
16	DF	MYA	Samuel Ngai Kee
21	DF	MYA	Han Tun Zaw
23	DF	MYA	Khun Cho Htoo
24	DF	MYA	Thura Zaw
26	DF	MYA	Khant Zin Hein
27	DF	MYA	Salai Ann Bwe Maung
29	DF	MYA	Kaung Khant Zaw


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	MYA	Brang Dong Le
12	MF	MYA	Wunna Hlaing Shain
13	MF	MYA	Hein Zaw Naing
14	MF	MYA	Myo Min Khant
17	MF	MYA	Kaung Htet
19	MF	MYA	Pyae Phyo Kyaw
20	MF	MYA	Saw Hla Myo Tun


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	FW	MYA	Pyae Phyo Kyaw
7	FW	MYA	Aung Kaung Khant-1
9	FW	MYA	Shine Wunna Aung
10	FW	MYA	Pyae Sone Aung
11	FW	MYA	Win Ko Htay
25	FW	MYA	Wai Yan Shine
30	FW	MYA	Sitt Paing Tun

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

AFC U-19 Championship

2014 AFC U-19 Championship squad

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2024

30 May Friendly	China	2–0	Myanmar	Hebei, China
--:-- UTC+8	Wang Yudong Ning Fangze			Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base

1 June Friendly	China	3–1	Myanmar	Hebei, China
--:-- UTC+8	Qu Geping Ning Fangze Wang Yudong		Shi Songchen o.g'	Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base

September 2024 Friendly	Bahrain	v	Myanmar	Thailand
16:00 UTC+9

September 2024 Friendly	Cambodia	v	Myanmar	Thailand
16:00 UTC+9

2024 (2024) AFF U19 Championship	Myanmar	v	Laos	Indonesia
TBA

2024 (2024) AFF U19 Championship	Myanmar	v	Vietnam	indonesia
TBD

2024 (2024) AFF U19 Championship	Myanmar	v	Australia	indonesia
TBD

Honours

Continental

AFC Youth Championship

Winners (7): 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970

Runners-up (1): 1965
Third Place (2): 1967, 1971

Regional

AFF U19 Youth Championship

Winners (2):2003 ,2005

Runners-up (2): 2002, 2018

Other awards

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

Winners (1): 2014

Runners-up (2): 2005, 2007

International U-21 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup

Third Place (1): 2017

References

^ "အာဆီယံ ယူ- ၁၉ ပြိုင်ပွဲဝင်မည့် မြန်မာအသင်း လူစာရင်း ထုတ်ပြန်" (in Burmese). မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဘောလုံး အဖွဲ့ချုပ်. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ "လိဂ်-၂ပြိုင်ပွဲ ဝင်ရောက်ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ရန် လေ့ကျင့်ပြင်ဆင်နေသည့် JUNIOR LIONS အသင်း" (in Burmese). မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဘောလုံး အဖွဲ့ချုပ်. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

External links

RSSSF Page on AFC Youth Championship

[1] "အာဆီယံ ယူ- ၁၉ ပြိုင်ပွဲဝင်မည့် မြန်မာအသင်း လူစာရင်း ထုတ်ပြန်" (in Burmese). မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဘောလုံး အဖွဲ့ချုပ်. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[2] "လိဂ်-၂ပြိုင်ပွဲ ဝင်ရောက်ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ရန် လေ့ကျင့်ပြင်ဆင်နေသည့် JUNIOR LIONS အသင်း" (in Burmese). မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဘောလုံး အဖွဲ့ချုပ်. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

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AFC U-20 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA