2025 MNL League Cup final

2025 MNL League Cup final
Event2025 MNL League Cup
Date6 July 2025
VenueThuwunna Stadium,
Yangon, Yangon
Man of the MatchHein Zeyar Lin
RefereeU Zaw Zaw
Attendance9,000
WeatherCloudy
29 °C (84 °F)
humidity 93%

The 2025 MNL League Cup Final was the last match 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 from Taunggyi representing the Shan State region, and Yangon United.[3]

In the semi-finals held on 23–24 June, Shan United secured their spot in the final with a win over Ayeyawady United. Yangon United advanced to the final after a victory over Yadanarbon. The final marked another meeting between the two clubs, who had also faced each other in recent editions of the competition. The winner qualified for the 2025–26 AFC Challenge League qualifiers.

Route to the final

Shan United

Shan United's route to the final
Round Opposition Score
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, In the semi-finals on 24 June, Shan United secured their place in the final by defeating Ayeyawady United 2–0.

Yangon United

Yangon United's route to the final
Round Opposition Score
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.[4] 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. Approximately 9,000 people attended the match.

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

Details

Shan United0-1Yangon United
Full match
Highlight
Aoto Saito 54'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: U Zaw Zaw
Shan United
Yangon United
GK 13 Kyaw Zin Phyo
CB 2 Zwe Khant Min
CB 14 Mauricio  38'  83'
CB 4 Thet Hein Soe
LWB 11 Hein Phyo Win
DM 6 Nanda Kyaw (c)  55'  57'
CM 17 Ryuji Hirota  22'  83'
RWB 7 Yuki Aizu
AM 21 Khun Kyaw Zin Hein  69'
AM 26 Myat Kaung Khant  69'
CF 8 Mark Sekyi
Substitutes:
GK 30 Pyae Phyo Aung
DF 3 Ye Min Thu
FW 9 Thurein Tun  83'
FW 10 Jordan Hamilton  57'
DF 15 Aung Wunna Soe  83'
MF 19 Thet Wai Moe
MF 22 Hlaing Bo Bo  72'
DF 24 Zwe Htet Min
MF 29 Ye Yint Aung  69'
Manager:
Ono Hiroki
GK 1 Zin Nyi Nyi Aung
RB 4 David Htan (c)
CB 2 Hein Zeyar Lin
CB 5 Kyaw Phyo Wai
LB 22 Min Kyaw Khant  27'  73'
CM 41 Wai Linn Aung
CM 6 Arkar Kyaw  40'  69'
RM 27 Aee Soe  22'  90+2'
LM 8 Aoto Saito 54'  90+2'
AM 7 Zaw Win Thein  65'
CF 29 Rintaro Hama  77'
Substitutes:
GK 75 San Set Naing
FW 9 Mogou  90+2'
FW 10 Kaung Sithu  90+6'  77'
DF 20 Aung Myo Khant  73'
DF 26 Thurein Soe
MF 28 Thar Yar Win Htet  90+2'
MF 34 Chit Aye
DF 46 Nyan Lin Htet  69'
MF 47 Kaung Htet Paing
Manager:
Kyaw Dunn

Man of the match

  • Hein Zeyar Lin[5]

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    • San Shein Htet
    • Than Tun Aung
  • Fourth official: Kyaw Zayar Aung
  • Match Commissioner:

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Statistics

Statistic Shan United Yangon United
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
Source:

Winner

2025 MNL League Cup
Winners
Yangon United[6]

Prizes for winner

  • A champion trophy.
  • Ks:350,000,000/- prize money.

Prizes for runners-up

  • Ks.200,000,000/- prize money.

Broadcasting rights

These matches were broadcast live on Myanmar television:

Final Round Shan United vs Yangon United
Free to Air MRTV-4 & Channel 7[7]
Live Stream Pyone Play YouTube

References

  1. ^ "Shan United versus Yangon United in MNL League Cup Final", gnlm.com.mm, 18 June 2024
  2. ^ "ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်နှင့် ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် ဗိုလ်လုပွဲတွင် တွေ့ဆုံ", themnl.com, 26 June 2025
  3. ^ "MNL League Cup 2025 live scores, results, Football Myanmar - Flashscore.in". www.flashscore.in. Retrieved 2026-02-25.
  4. ^ "Yangon reaches MNL League cup final with win over Yadanabon". mdn.gov.mm. 24 June 2025.
  5. ^ "ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်၁-၀ ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် ပွဲစဉ်မှ AYA Pay အကောင်းဆုံးကစားသမားဆုကို ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်အသင်းမှ ဟိန်းဇေယျာလင်းရရှိ". Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. ^ Ko Nyi Lay, KZL (July 6, 2025). "Yangon United lift first MNL League Cup title". Global New Light of Myanmar. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  7. ^ MEdia, Eleven (July 6, 2025). "ရန်ကုန်နဲ့ ရှမ်းအသင်း ကစားမယ့် MNL League Cup ဗိုလ်လုပွဲကို Channel-7 က ပြသမယ်". eleven media. Retrieved July 7, 2025.