Shan United Football Club (, ) is a professional

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club based in

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, representing the

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in the

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. It had previously competed as an amateur club under the name Kanbawza, based in

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.
- Shan United Info from Soccerway The club had won 6 Myanmar National League, league titles (including one unbeaten title), 1

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, 2 MNL Cup and 3

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s. The club did not lose a single match in their 2022 season, winning 15 and drawing 3 times.

History

Kanbawza

Kanbawza was founded in 2003, played as an amateur club in the Myanmar Premier League, the highest football league in Myanmar at the time. The club's first manager was Myo Win Nyunt; its first coach was

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. The club won the 2007 Myanmar Premier League title and participated in the AFC President's Cup 2008 tournament. Kanbawza was a founding member of the

, which succeeded the Myanmar Premier League in 2009. In the process, the club changed its status from amateur to professional, and changed its home base from Yangon to Taunggyi. The first professional manager was Aye Maung Gyi, who also served as head coach in the club first era in the inaugural league. The former captain of the Myanmar national team,

Soe Myat Min U Soe Myat Min (, ; born 19 May 1982) is a former Burmese footballer. He played for the Myanmar national team and spent the majority of his club career at Kanbawza. Making his debut for the national team since 1998, he was made captain for th ...

, became Kanbawza's first captain, and the most expensive player in the Myanmar National League. The club has also signed other Myanmar international football team players. In its first-ever professional football match, Kanbawza won by 3 goals over Okktha United. Sa Htet Naing scored the team's first goal and defender Khin Maung Lwin won the Man of the Match award, scoring the team's other two goals. Kanbawza finished fourth in the league's inaugural cup competition, the Myanmar National League Cup 2009. In February 2010, former finance and revenue team manager, Khin Maung Kyaing took control the club as chief executive officer. In 2012, it finished as League runners-up. Taunggyi Stadion

Shan United

In 2015, Kanbawza changed its name to Shan United. The club went on to win their first ever professional piece of silverware in 2017 winning both the

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title and the

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which sees them qualified for next season 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs playing against Ceres–Negros of Philippines but the club lost on penalties shoot-out and was bowed down to the

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group stage where they also were knockout for finishing last in the group. Shan United went on to become back to back league champions in

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and

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which see them winning the

and 2020 MFF Charity Cup thus qualifying to the 2019 and

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. Shan United went on to win the

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being undefeated and thus qualifying them to the

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. In 2024, Shan United then qualified to the inaugural

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and also the recently revived tournament, the

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where they won Bruneian club Kasuka 4–2 on aggregate to qualified to the group stage, being placed alongside Indonesian club

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, Vietnamese club Đông Á Thanh Hóa, Malaysian club

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, Cambodian club Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng and Thailand club BG Pathum United. Shan United and Đông Á Thanh Hóa played the opening match of the tournament at the

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on 21 August where club player, Moussa Bakayoko scored the first goal of the tournament in the fifth minute, however Shan United went on to lose 3–1 against the Vietnamese side. Shan United then hosted the 2024–25 AFC Challenge League Group D fixtures alongside Taiwanese club

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and Laotian club Young Elephants. Shan United manage to top the group beating Young Elephants 2–0 and drawing 2–2 with Tainan City which then see the club advance to the quarter-finals facing off against Cambodian side Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng.

Players

First-team squad

Coaching staff

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 Shan United player).

Performance in AFC club competitions

Performance in AFF club competitions

Invitational tournament record

Honours

League

** Champions (6):

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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 ...

, 2024–25 ** Runners-up (2):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Myanmar Premier League ** Champions (2):

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Cup

** Winners (1):

** Runners-up (1):

* MNL Cup ** Winners (2): 2013,

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

** Winners (3):

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 ...

** Runners-up (1):

* MFF Cup ** Runners-up (1): 2014

Youth competitions

* MNL U-21 Youth League ** Runners-up (3): 2017, 2018, 2019 * MNL U-20 Youth League ** Champion (2):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* MNL U-19 Youth League ** Champion (3): 2017, 2018, 2019

Domestic

References

External links

Kanbawza FC

First Eleven Journal

Soccer Myanmar
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