Shan United F.C.

Football club
Shan United
ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် အသင်း
Full nameShan United Football Club
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003), as
Kanbawza
2015; 9 years ago (2015),
as Shan United [1]
GroundTaunggyi Stadium
Capacity7,000[2]
OwnerKanbawza Group of Companies
ChairmanYe Myo Tun
Head coachMyanmar Myo Hlaing Win
LeagueMyanmar National League
2023Myanmar National League,1st of 12
WebsiteClub website
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Shan United Football Club (Burmese: ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် အသင်း, pronounced [ʃán]) is a professional Burmese football club based in Taunggyi, Myanmar, representing the Shan State in the Myanmar National League. It had previously competed as an amateur club under the name Kanbawza, based in Yangon.[3][4] The club have won 4 league titles (including one unbeaten title), 1 General Aung San Shield and 2 MFF Charity Cup.

The club did not lose a match in their 2022 season winning 15 games and drawing 3 times.

History

Kanbawza

Kanbawza was founded in 2003, played as an amateur club in the Myanmar Premier League, the highest football league in Myanmar at the time. The club's first manager was Myo Win Nyunt; its first coach was Ye Nyunt. The club won the 2007 Myanmar Premier League title and participated in the AFC President's Cup 2008 tournament.

Kanbawza was a founding member of the Myanmar National League, which succeeded the Myanmar Premier League in 2009. In the process, the club changed its status from amateur to professional, and changed its home base from Yangon to Taunggyi.

The first professional manager was Aye Maung Gyi, who also served as head coach in the club first era in the inaugural league. The former captain of the Myanmar national team, Soe Myat Min, became Kanbawza's first captain, and the most expensive player in the Myanmar National League. The club has also signed other Myanmar international football team players.

In its first-ever professional football match, Kanbawza won by 3 goals over Okktha United. Sa Htet Naing scored the team's first goal and defender Khin Maung Lwin won the Man of the Match award, scoring the team's other two goals. Kanbawza finished fourth in the league's inaugural cup competition, the Myanmar National League Cup 2009. In February 2010, former finance and revenue team manager, Khin Maung Kyaing took control the club as chief executive officer. In 2012, it finished as League runners-up.

Taunggyi Stadium has been the home ground of Shan United ever since 2012. It is currently used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 7,000 spectators.

Shan United

In 2015, Kanbawza changed its name to Shan United. The club went on to win their first ever professional piece of silverware in 2017 winning both the 2017 Myanmar National League title and the 2017 General Aung San Shield which sees them qualified for next season 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs playing against Ceres–Negros of Philippines but the club lost on Penalties Shoot-out and was bowed down to the 2018 AFC Cup group stage where they also were knockout for finishing last in the group. Shan United went on to become back to back league champions in 2019 and 2020 which see them winning the 2019 and 2020 MFF Charity Cup. Shan United went on to win the 2022 Myanmar National League being undefeated and thus qualifying them to the 2023-24 AFC Cup.




Players

2024 First-team Squad

As of Jan 2024

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 Myanmar MYA Pyae Phyo Thu
2 DF Myanmar MYA Zwe Khant Min
3 DF Myanmar MYA Ye Min Thu
4 DF Myanmar MYA Thet Hein Soe
5 DF Myanmar MYA Hein Thiha Zaw (captain)
6 DF Myanmar MYA Nanda Kyaw (vice-captain)
7 FW Japan JPN Motoshiro Kaneshiro
8 MF Myanmar MYA Thet Paing Htwe
10 FW Myanmar MYA Thu Rein Tun
11 MF Myanmar MYA Htet Phyo Wai
13 GK Myanmar MYA Kyaw Zin Phyo
14 MF Myanmar MYA Zar Nay Ya Thu
15 DF Myanmar MYA Aung Wunna Soe
16 MF Myanmar MYA Lin Htet Soe
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Myanmar MYA Kaung Myat Thu
18 MF Myanmar MYA Zin Phyo Aung
19 MF Myanmar MYA Thet Wai Moe
20 MF Myanmar MYA Sa Aung Pyae Ko
21 MF Myanmar MYA Khun Kyaw Zin Hein
22 MF Myanmar MYA Aung Naing Win
23 MF Myanmar MYA Myo Ko Tun
24 DF Myanmar MYA Zwe Htet Min
25 FW Cameroon CMR Boyomo Boundoma
26 MF Philippines PHI Sakiao Koichi
27 MF Ghana GHA Mark Sekyi
28 DF Myanmar MYA Aung Min Soe
29 FW Myanmar MYA Ye Yint Aung
30 GK Myanmar MYA Aung Thet Oo

Individual records

Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club in the league games (players in bold signifies current Shan United player).


As of 16 October 2023
Top Seven Highest Goalscorers in the league games
Player Period Goals Ratio Caps
1 Myanmar Soe Min Oo 2009–2019 109 0.44 246
2 Nigeria Charles Obi 2012–2013 27 0.77 35
3 Nigeria Christopher Chizoba 2017–2018 26 0.53 49
4 Myanmar Dway Ko Ko Chit 2017–2020 24 0.48 50
5 Myanmar Nanda Kyaw 2019– 20 0.17 117
6 Myanmar Zin Min Tun 2016–2023 18 0.3 60
7 Republic of Ireland Caleb Folan 2014–2015 13 0.76 17

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2008 AFC President's Cup Group C Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat 0–1 2nd
Sri Lanka Ratnam SC 2–3
Bhutan Transport United 11–0
2009 AFC President's Cup Group C Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 4–3 2nd
Bhutan Yeedzin FC 2–4
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn 2–1
2018 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 1 Philippines Ceres–Negros 1–1
(3–4 p)
AFC Cup Group F Singapore Home United 0–1 2–3 4th
Cambodia Boeung Ket Angkor 1–4 2–1
Philippines Ceres–Negros 0–1 0–2
2019 AFC Cup Group G Philippines Ceres–Negros 0–5 2–3 4th
Indonesia Persija Jakarta 1–3 1–6
Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương 1–2 0–6
2020 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 1 Philippines Ceres–Negros 3–2
AFC Cup Group H Philippines Kaya–Iloilo 0–2 Cancelled 4th
Indonesia PSM Makassar Cancelled 1–3
Singapore Tampines Rovers Cancelled 1–2
2021 AFC Cup Group stage Withdrew
2023-24 AFC Cup Group H Australia Macarthur 0–3 0–4
Philippines Cebu 1–1 0–1
Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 0–4

Invitational tournament record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2012 Singapore Cup Round of 16 Singapore Woodlands Wellington 2–1

Honours

League

Cup


Domestic

Season League MFF Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name Goals
2009 1st 4th 7 4 0 3 9 5 12
2009–10 1st 3rd 14 7 3 4 25 18 24
2010 1st 4th 20 11 5 4 28 11 38
2011 1st 4th 22 9 6 7 27 21 33
2012 1st 2nd 22 18 5 3 64 25 59 Runners-up Brazil Nunez 16
2013 1st 3rd 22 11 8 3 47 23 41 – Myanmar Soe Min Oo 15
2014 1st 3rd 22 12 4 6 37 27 40 Third round Croatia Tihomir Živković 10
2015 1st 5th 22 10 5 7 38 33 35 Second round Republic of Ireland Caleb Folan 12 Myanmar Soe Myat Min
2016 1st 5th 22 9 9 4 32 13 36 Quarter-final Myanmar Soe Min Oo 9 Myanmar Soe Myat Min
2017 1st 1 22 17 3 2 37 8 54 Winners Nigeria Christopher Chizoba 15 Myanmar Soe Myat Min
2018 1st 2nd 22 15 5 2 33 13 50 Semi-final Myanmar Dway Ko Ko Chit 11 North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski
2019 1st 1 22 12 10 0 45 21 46 final Myanmar Dway Ko Ko Chit 5 Myanmar Aung Naing
2020 1st 1 18 14 2 2 42 16 46 Myanmar Zin Min Tun 7 Myanmar Aung Naing
2022 1st 1 18 15 3 0 31 8 4 Myanmar Nanda Kyaw 7 Myanmar Han Win Aung

Main sponsor

Co-Sponsors

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References

  1. ^ "About Kanbawza Football Club". Kanbawza. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
  2. ^ "Stadiums in Myanmar". worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine - Club Profile of Shan United
  4. ^ [2] Archived 2021-12-07 at the Wayback Machine- Shan United Info from Soccerway

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