Sagaing United Football Club (also known as Mahar United; ) is a Burmese professional

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club, based at Monywa Stadium in

Monywa Monywa (; ) is the largest city and capital city of Sagaing Region, Myanmar, located north-west of Mandalay on the eastern bank of the River Chindwin. Monywa is one of the largest economic cities in Myanmar. It is also known as 'Neem City' beca ...

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and represents the

Sagaing Region Sagaing Region (, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is border ...

. The club was founded in 2015 and played in the 2016 MNL-2 season. The team's first competitive season in the

Myanmar National League The Myanmar National League (abbreviated MNL) is the premier national professional football league of Myanmar. In 2009, the league replaced the Myanmar Premier League, which consisted only of 14 Yangon-based football clubs, with eight profession ...

debuted in 2018. Due to a promotion in transition to the Myanmar National League, the team's name has changed from "Mahar United" to "Sagaing United".

Club history

In 2015, Phoe Chit founded Sagaing United F.C. and hired former Myanmar national football team defender,

Zaw Linn Tun Zaw Linn Tun, also called Zaw Lynn Tun (born 23 March 1983) is a Burmese footballer. He plays for club Yadanarbon in Myanmar National League as a defender. He was called to Myanmar national football team at the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup The 201 ...

. ''Sagaing United'' based is

and represent for

Club trophies

Domestic League

MNL-2 The MNL-2 is the second-tier football league of Myanmar. The official name is MNL-2 League. The inaugural season began in 2013. History The MNL-2 was founded in 2013 as part of MFF's effort to extend competitiveness into the nation's football sys ...

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Domestic league

Squad

in Burmese

References

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External links

First Eleven Journal
in Burmese
Soccer Myanmar
in Burmese Association football clubs established in 2015 Myanmar National League clubs 2015 establishments in Myanmar Football clubs in Myanmar