Yadanarbon Football Club ( ) is a Burmese professional

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club based at the

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Mandalay Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It is located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 mi) north of Yangon. In 2014, the city had a population of 1,225,553. Mandalay was founded in 1857 by Ki ...

. 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 ...

in 2009. In the first round of the 2017 domestic league season, Yadanabon drew a home attendance of 4,000, the highest in that round.

History

Yadanarbon F.C. quickly rose to prominence, becoming one of the league's most successful and popular teams. In the inaugural MNL Cup 2009, they emerged as champions, setting a strong foundation for the seasons that followed. The club continued its dominance by winning the Myanmar National League titles in 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2016, becoming a powerhouse in Myanmar football. A landmark achievement came in 2010, when Yadanarbon F.C. became the first Myanmar club to win a continental title by claiming the

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. Their success on the international stage marked a high point in Myanmar's club football history. The club is known for its strong youth development program and has consistently produced players who have gone on to represent the Myanmar national team. Yadanarbon F.C. also holds a fierce rivalry with

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, and their encounters are among the most anticipated in the domestic league. The team plays its home matches at the historic Bahtoo Stadium in Mandalay, with a capacity of approximately 17,000. The club has traditionally enjoyed strong local support and has contributed to popularizing football in upper Myanmar. Over the years, Yadanarbon F.C. has remained committed to excellence on and off the pitch, emphasizing professionalism, discipline, and youth development. While recent years have seen increased competition in the MNL, Yadanarbon F.C. continues to strive toward reclaiming its former glory.

2025–26 First-team Squad

in Burmese

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 Yadanarbon F.C. player).

Continental record

Honours

Domestic

** Champions (4): 2009–10,

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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 ...

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 ...

** Runners-up (1):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

MNL Cup The Myanmar National League Cup is the annual association football, football tournament of the Myanmar National League, Myanmar National League (MNL) organized by Myanmar Football Federation, Myanmar Football Federation, the top level professiona ...

** Winners (1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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 ...

** Runners-up (1):

MFF Charity Cup The MFF Charity Cup is Football in Myanmar, Myanmar football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Myanmar National League season and the holders of the General Aung San Shield at Aung San Stadium. If the Myanmar National ...

** Runners-up (2):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Youth competitions

* MNL U-21 Youth League ** Champion (2): 2011, 2013 ** Runners-up (1):

** Third place (3): 2012, 2014, 2018 * MNL U-19 Youth League ** Runners-up (2): 2018, 2019 ** Third place (1)'': 2017

Continental

** Winners (1):

Domestic league and cup history

Sponsorship

References

External links

{{Myanmar National League Association football clubs established in 2009 Myanmar National League clubs 2009 establishments in Myanmar Football clubs in Myanmar AFC Challenge League winning clubs