MNL-2

The MNL-2 is the second-tier football league in Myanmar. The official name is MNL-2 League. The inaugural season began in 2013.

MNL-2
Founded2013
Country Myanmar
ConfederationAFC
Divisions2nd
Number of teams9
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toMyanmar National League
Domestic cup(s)General Aung San Shield
Current championsChin United
(2019)
Most championshipsChin United (2 times)
WebsiteMFF
Current: 2020 season

History

The MNL-2 was founded in 2013 as part of MFF's effort to extend competitiveness into the nation's football system. The league is played in a league cup format. After two rounds of competition, the top two teams compete each other for the final. The two finalists are promoted to the MNL. The top four finishers from the league also qualify for the MFF Cup. However, this rule does not apply to the two guest teams which are taking part on experimental purposes.

For the inaugural season in 2013, nine teams participated. Among them, Best United and Horizon FC were transformed from former Futsal clubs. Mawyawadi FC and Chin United were relegated from the MNL at the end of the 2012 season while Myawady FC were promoted from the Amateur League. Pong Gan FC is a new club, founded in 2014.

The 2015 MNL-2 winner was Southern Myanmar and 1st runner-up was Horizon FC.

In the 2016 MNL-2 season, four new clubs were included. Three clubs will qualify to MNL-2.

In the 2018 MNL-2 season, Mountain Lion included in competition.[1]

Promotion and relegation

The top two teams will be promoted to the Myanmar National League. The top team as champions.

Champions History

# Season Champions Runners-up
1 2013 Chin United GFA
2 2014 Hantharwady United Rakhine United
3 2015 Southern Myanmar FC Horizon FC
4 2016 Manaw Myay GFA
5 2017 City Yangon Mahar United
6 2018 Royal Thanlyin Dagon
7 2019 Chin United I.S.P.E

Awards

Top scorers

Season Top scorer Club Goals
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017 Joseph Mpande City Yangon 30
2018 Sullivan taylor Royal Thanlyin 14
2019 Sullivan taylor Chin United 17


References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.