MNL League Cup 2024 explained

MNL League Cup
Year:2024
Other Titles:MNL League Cup
Country:Myanmar
Dates: [1]
Num Teams:20
Defending Champions:Yangon United
Matches:40
Goals:167
Scoring Leader:Kyaw Ko Ko (9 goals)
Prev Season:2019 GAS
Next Season:2025

The 2024 Myanmar National League Cup is the 10th season in a Myanmar's knockout football competition. The Cup name changed from General Aung San Shield. MNL League Cup tournament will held new design format. In the Myanmar National League Cup 2024 football tournament, all MNL-1 and MNL-2 clubs included and four group of five clubs will be drawn.[2] Every Group will play Two Round Robin system and the Group winner (4 clubs) will advance to Semi-final. Semi-final and Final are played as a single match.[3]

Match Drawing

The drawing-lot event for the Myanmar National League Cup 2024 football tournament, which will see the competition of the domestic football clubs on the eve of the new MNL football season, was held on 15 February at the meeting hall of Thuwunna Stadium.[4] Shan United, Yangon United, Hanthawaddy United and ISPE are placed in Seeding 1 because of top four teams in 2023 Myanmar National League title.

Calendar

Round Date Matches width=100 Clubs !New entries this round
Group Stage first-round 1 March - 6 April 202440 20 MNL-1 & MNL-2
Group Stage second-round 25 April - 21 May 202440 20 MNL-1 & MNL-2
Semi-finals 25–26 May 20242 4 → 2 MNL-1
Final 19 June 20241 2 → ChampionsMNL-1
Total 20 clubs

Foreign players

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Asia Player 6Former Players
Ayeyawady United
Dagon Port Yaw Kusi Ghislain Mogou
Dagon Star United
Hanthawaddy United
Shwe Pyi Thar United
I.S.P.E F.C.
Mahar United Patrick Edubat
Glory Goal Fc
Silver stars Fc
Myawady F.C.
Rakhine United Kekere Moukailou Effa Alexisi Smael Hiroya
Rakhapura United
Rainbow Fc
Shan United Mark Sekyi Boyomo Boundoma Motoshiro Kaneshiro Sakiao Koichi
Kachin United
Thitsar Arman Fc
Yadanarbon
GFA Fc
Yangon United Gideon Tetteh Guiro Yaya Yakubu Abubakar Emmanuel Sanogo
University

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

The semi-finals would be featured 4 clubs that were the winners of the each groups,

Final

The final would be featured 2 clubs that were the winners of the semi-finals.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

26 May 2024 MMT 18:45

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Kyaw Ko KoRakhine United9
2 Patrick EdubaMahar United7
Gideon TettehYangon United
4 Ye Yint AungShan United6

Hat-tricks

PlayerFor !Against Result Date
Patrick EdubaMahar UnitedUniversity2-41 March 2024
Lan San AungKachin UnitedRainbow Fc0-35 March 2024
Kyaw Ko KoRakhine UnitedRainbow Fc1-831 March 2024
Kaneshiro MotoshiroShan UnitedRainbow Fc0-726 april 2024
Yan Kyaw HtweYangon UnitedUniversity1-41 May 2024
Phyo Nay Ko HlaingShwe Pyi Thar FcGFA5-61 May 2024
Hla Phone OoGFAShwe Pyi Thar Fc5-61 May 2024
Zaw Moon AungKachin UnitedRainbow Fc5-02 May 2024

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inaugural MNL League Cup 2024. aseanfootball.org. 12 February 2024.
  2. Web site: မတ် ၁ ရက်စတင်ကျင်းပမည့် MNL Cup ပြိုင်ပွဲအတွက် အုပ်စုမဲခွဲပွဲ ကျင်းပ. moi.gov.mm. 16 February 2024 .
  3. Web site: MNL announces schedule of domestic leagues set to be held in 2024. gnlm.com.mm. 3 January 2024 .
  4. Web site: MNL League Cup 2024 fixtures release. gnlm.com.mm. 17 February 2024 .
  5. Web site: MNL League Cup. flashscore.com. 2 March 2024.