Hantharwady United Football Club () is a professional

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club based in

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Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

and represents the

Bago Region Bago Region (, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region and Mandalay Region to ...

. The club was a founding member of 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 ...

(MNL) in 2009. It finished in sixth place in the league's inaugural cup competition, the

MNL Cup 2009 MNL Cup Grand Royal 2009 is the inaugural knock-out club football tournament of the Myanmar National League. The tournament, held at the Aung San Stadium and the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon between 16 May and 5 July 2009, was contested by all eight ...

. In 2012, the club changed its name from Okktha United to Hantharwady United. As Okktha United, the club won their first ever major trophy by winning the MFF Cup in 2010.

History

2019–2011

Hantharwady United was a founding member of the

in 2009 as Okktha United. This team represents the Bago Region. The team owner is Aung Moe Kyaw of International Beverages Trading (IBT).

2012–14

In 2012, the club was renamed to Hantharwady United where they got relegated to

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 ...

. Hantharwady became champions of MNL-2 in the 2014 season and were promoted to the MNL. Bamba scored 24 goals while Hantharwady United were in MNL-2. In the 2018 season,

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won the league 'Golden boot' becoming the league top scorer with 18 goals.

2019–2021

At the end of the 2019 season, Hantharwady United appointed

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(former Yangon United coach) as their head coach. The team kicked off the

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with a 1–0 win over Rakhine United at Bago, claiming an instant fourth spot. Since a win against Chin United in Week 3, Hantharwady United maintained its 1st position in the league for 15 consecutive weeks, until Week 18. During this time, Hantharwady United won 13 games, drew 1 and lost 2, while scoring 42 goals and conceding only 12. In the following week, Hantharwady United surprisingly lost to Magwe, which meant that the team shifted to 2nd place while Shan United took over after a long run of consecutive wins. Hantharwady United drew to

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in their last match of

, finishing as the runner-up behind the champions Shan United just by a point. The 18 year old winger

Hein Htet Aung Hein Htet Aung (; born 5 October 2001) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Yangon United in Myanmar National League. Hein is a graduate of Myanmar Football Academy. He was named player of the month for t ...

laid on the most assists (9 assists) while Ko Ko Naing kept the most cleansheets (9 cleansheets) in the league. In addition, the Ivorian forward

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and

won 'Player Of The Month' award once each with coach

also winning the 'Manager Of The Month' award twice. Due to the

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General Aung San Shield The General Aung San Shield (formerly the ''MFF Cup'') is the top football knockout tournament in Myanmar. On 26 March 2014, the MFF league committee decided the knock-out cup (General Aung San Shield) winner would compete in the Mekong Club Cha ...

was postponed, meaning Hantharwady United were guaranteed a spot in the play-off round of

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, which will be their first appearance in a continental competition. To prepare for the upcoming 2021

and

, Hantharwady United have signed the veteran goalkeeper Pyae Phyo Aung from Southern Myanmar and Ye Yint Aung from Yadanarbon More signings will be made upon coach

's decision over the transfer window.

Sponsors and manufacturers

Stadium

Grand Royal Stadium is a

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in the city of

. It is currently used mostly for

matches. The stadium holds 7,000.

Stadium and locations

Players

Coaching staff

Managerial history

''Head coaches by years (2018–present)''

Season-by-season record

Honours

** Runners-up (1):

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

** Third Place (3):

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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** Champions (1):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Cup

* MFF Cup ** Winners (1):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

** Runners-up (1):

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

References

{{Myanmar National League Association football clubs established in 2009 Myanmar National League clubs 2009 establishments in Myanmar