Chin United Football Club is a Burmese
football club. The club is based in
Chin State
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. The Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, Bangladesh to the south-west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipu ...
and is one of the two teams representing the state along with
GFA FC.
The club is composed mostly of
Chin
The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible ( mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm.
Evolution
The presence of a well-developed chin is considered to be one ...
players, who claimed to have faced ethnic prejudice and discrimination on the pitch.
Honours
*
Myanmar National League 2
**Champions (2):
2013
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,
[ (in ]Burmese
Burmese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia
* Burmese people
* Burmese language
* Burmese alphabet
* Burmese cuisine
* Burmese culture
Animals
* Burmese cat
* Burmese chicken
* Burmese (horse), a ...
) 2019
Crest and colors
According to the club, the eagle was chosen for the crest as it is the putative 'king of all the birds'. The nine stars are supposed to represent the nine townships in Chin State.
Recent seasons
Their first season in the
2012 Myanmar National League
The MNL Myanmar 2012 is the Myanmar National League's third full regular season. The fixture schedule was released on second weeks of December 2011. The season is scheduled to begin on 7 January 2012 and end on 9 September 2012. The bottom two tea ...
resulted in one victory out of 26 games. After getting relegated, they returned to the top tier in
2014
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were they finished tenth out of 12 teams.
Individual records
Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club in the league games (players in bold signifies current Chin United player).
References
External links
Official website(archived)
Myanmar Football Federation(archived)
Football clubs in Myanmar
Association football clubs established in 2015
Myanmar National League clubs
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