2025 MNL League Cup final
| Event | 2025 MNL League Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 6 July 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Yangon | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Hein Zeyar Lin | ||||||
| Referee | U Zaw Zaw | ||||||
| Attendance | 9,000 | ||||||
| Weather | Cloudy 29 °C (84 °F) humidity 93% | ||||||
The 2025 MNL League Cup Final was the culmination of the 2025 MNL League Cup, Myanmar's top-tier domestic knockout football competition organized by the Myanmar National League (MNL).[1] The final was played on 6 July 2025 at the Thuwunna Youth Training Centre Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, between Shan United and Yangon United.[2]
The final featured Shan United, the defending champions from Taunggyi representing the Shan State region, and Yangon United. Both clubs entered the match after advancing through the semi‑finals.
In the semi-finals held on 23–24 June, Shan United secured their spot in the final with a win over Ayeyawady United, and Yangon United advanced to the final after a victory over Yadanarbon. The final is scheduled for 6 July 2025 at the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon. The final marked another meeting between the two clubs, who had also faced each other in recent editions of the competition. The winner qualified to the 2025–26 AFC Challenge League qualifiers.
Route to the final
Shan United
| Round | Opposition | Score |
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| Group | Young Boys | 16–0 |
| Group | University | 1–0 |
| Group | Dagon Port | 7–1 |
| Group | Thitsar Arman | 1–1 |
| QF | Myawady | 2–0 |
| SF | Ayeyawady United | 2–0 |
Shan United finished the group stage unbeaten across six matches, which included a 16–0 win over Young Boys. In the quarter-finals, they defeated Myawady 2–0 on 18 June, with goals from Myat Kaung Khant in the 9th minute and Thet Hein Soe in first-half stoppage time. In the semi-finals on 24 June, Shan United secured their place in the final by defeating Ayeyawady United 2–0. The goals were scored by Mark Sekyi in the 52nd minute and Jordan Hamilton in the 57th minute.
Yangon United
| Round | Opposition | Score |
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| Group | Yangon Royals | 0–0 |
| Group | Kachin United | 7–0 |
| Group | Ayeyawady United | 1-0 |
| Group | Mahar United | 6-2 |
| QF | Hanthawady United | 0–0 (p 3–1) |
| SF | Yadanarbon | 3-1 |
Yangon United finished the group stage unbeaten in Group B, which included a 1–0 win over Ayeyawady United on 10 May 2025. In the quarter-finals on 19 June 2025, they progressed to the semi-finals after defeating Hanthawady United. On 23 June, Yangon United secured their place in the final at Thuwunna Stadium by defeating Yadanarbon 3–1.[3] Throughout the tournament, the club maintained an undefeated record leading up to the final against Shan United.
Summary
Yangon United defeated their opponents 1–0 to secure their fourth MNL League Cup title. The match was attended by approximately 9,000.
In the 25th minute, Shan United's Myat Kaung Khant took a free kick that was saved by Yangon goalkeeper Zin Nyi Nyi Aung. The first half ended 0–0. In the 54th minute, Japanese forward Aoto Saito scored the only goal of the match for Yangon United following a build-up play on the left side.
Yangon United's defender Hein Zeyar Lin was named Man of the Match for his performance in the defensive line. With this win, Yangon United secured a spot in the 2025–26 AFC Challenge League qualifiers.
Match
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Man of the match
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Statistics
| Statistic | Shan United | Yangon United |
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| Goals scored | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 45% | 55% |
| Shots on target | 3 | 3 |
| Shots | 7 | 5 |
| Corner kicks | 7 | 4 |
| Offsides | 0 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 6 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
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Winner
| 2025 MNL League Cup Winners |
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| Yangon United[5] |
Prizes for winner
Prizes for runners-up
- Ks.200,00,000/- prize money.
Broadcasting rights
These matches were broadcast live on Myanmar television:
| Final Round | Shan United vs Yangon United | |
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| Free to Air | MRTV-4 & Channel 7[6] | |
| Live Stream | Pyone Play YouTube | |
References
- ^ "Shan United versus Yangon United in MNL League Cup Final", gnlm.com.mm, 18 June 2024
- ^ "ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်နှင့် ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် ဗိုလ်လုပွဲတွင် တွေ့ဆုံ", themnl.com, 26 June 2025
- ^ "Yangon reaches MNL League cup final with win over Yadanabon". mdn.gov.mm. 24 June 2025.
- ^ "ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်၁-၀ ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် ပွဲစဉ်မှ AYA Pay အကောင်းဆုံးကစားသမားဆုကို ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်အသင်းမှ ဟိန်းဇေယျာလင်းရရှိ". Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Ko Nyi Lay, KZL (July 6, 2025). "Yangon United lift first MNL League Cup title". Global New Light of Myanmar. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ MEdia, Eleven (July 6, 2025). "ရန်ကုန်နဲ့ ရှမ်းအသင်း ကစားမယ့် MNL League Cup ဗိုလ်လုပွဲကို Channel-7 က ပြသမယ်". eleven media. Retrieved July 7, 2025.