2026–27 M League

M League
Season2026–27
Dates28 August 2026 – 14 March 2027
2027-28 →
All statistics correct as of 7 March 2026.

The 2026–27 Grand Royal M League is the 17th season of the Myanmar League, the top Myanmar professional league for football clubs, since its establishment in 2009. Shan United will play as a defending champion in 2026–27 Myanmar National League.[1][2] Myanmar National League banned the betting sponsor start form 2026-27 season.[3]

Rebranding

In August 2026, the MFF and MNL committees held an event at the Novotel Hotel to announce the rebranding of the Myanmar National League as the M-League. They also announced that the league’s logo had been changed and that the trophy had been redesigned with an international-style design.

Team changes

12 teams will compete in the league – ten teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from MNL-2. Due to various financial and operational difficulties, Dagon Port withdrew from participation in the 2026–27 Myanmar National League (MNL) season. In accordance with the MNL 1 & 2 Regulations 2026, Article 23(c), the league committee proposed a play-off competition involving the teams that finished 11th and 12th in the 2025–26 Myanmar National League season, Rakhine United and Yarmanya United, together with the teams that placed 3rd and 4th in MNL 2, Yangon City and University. The play-off was to be conducted in a round-robin format, with the top team earning promotion to 2026-27. However, Rakhine United, Yarmanya United and University declined to participate in the proposed play-off. As a result, Yangon City proceeded to submit a request to the Myanmar National League Committee for approval to compete in the 2026-27 season.[4]

Relegated to MNL-2

Dissolved entries

Name Changed

Teams by province

Rank Province Number Teams
1 Yangon Yangon 5 Yangon United, Thitsar Arman, Dagon Star United, ISPE and Yangon City
1 Mandalay Region Mandalay 1 Yadanarbon
3 Shan State Taunggyi 1 Shan United
Bago Region Bago Hanthawady United
Ayeyarwady Region Pathein Ayeyawady United
Sagaing Region Sagaing Sagaing United
Chin State Hakha Chinland
Mandalay Region Nay Pyi Taw Myawady

Stadiums

Locations of the 2026-27 Myanmar National League
Club Home City Stadium Capacity
Ayeyawady United Pathein Ayar Stadium 6,000
Hantharwady United Bago Grand Royal Stadium 4,000
I.S.P.E Yangon Thiha Dipa Stadium 3,000
Shan United Taunggyi Taunggyi Stadium 7,000
Yadanarbon Mandalay Bahtoo Stadium 17,000
Yangon City Yangon Myathida Stadium 5,000
Yangon United Yangon Yangon United Sports Complex 3,500

(*) – not ready to play. MNL clubs that have not had their home stadia ready to host home matches currently use Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon.[6]

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Domestic Other sponsor(s)
Ayeyawady United Myanmar national football team Nyi Nyi Tun Myanmar national football team Myanmar Pro Sport Myanmar AYA Bank
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Chinland Myanmar national football team KB Siang Cung Lian Myanmar national football team Myanmar X One Myanmar Myanmar Flower
List
    • Front: 77 Mart
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Dagon Star United Myanmar national football team Chit Naing [7] Myanmar national football team Myanmar M21 Sport
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Hantharwady United Myanmar national football team Myo Min Tun Myanmar national football team Myanmar Art of Sports Myanmar Grand Royal
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
ISPE Myanmar Myanmar national football team Myanmar M21 Sport Myanmar
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Myawady Myanmar national football team Kyaw Thu Aung Myint Tun Myanmar national football team Myanmar Myanmar
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Sagaing United Myanmar national football team Zaw Linn Tun Myanmar national football team Myanmar APE Myanmar
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Shan United Myanmar national football team Aung Naing Myanmar national football team Nanda Kyaw Myanmar M21 Sport Myanmar Alpine
List
    • Front: PUBG
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Thitsar Arman Myanmar national football team Paw Tun Kyaw Myanmar national football team Myanmar Pro Sport
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Yadanarbon Myanmar national football team Min Tun Lin [8] Myanmar national football team Myanmar M21 Sport South Korea Samsung
List
    • Front: Myint Myint Khin, Koyo Lubricants, Alpine, Century Mandalay, Mingalar Mandalay
    • Back: Manmyotaw , AIMA , Sweety Home, Royal-D
    • Sleeves: AYA Sompo Insurance, Joker
    • Shorts: None
Yangon City Japan national football team Ono Hiroki Myanmar national football team Thailand Ego Sport [9] Myanmar Solxn
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Yangon United Argentina national football team Marcelo Cirelli[10] Myanmar national football team Myanmar Glory Sport Myanmar FNI
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
  1. ^Interim.
  2. ^Apparel made by team.
  3. ^Apparel used for other competition.

Foreign players

Each team can register an seven number of foreign players.

  • Players named in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Former players named in italics are players that were out of squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Former players
Ayeyawady United
Chinland Burkina Faso Bagaya Guinea Syllas Ghana Anane Philip Cameroon Djingui Benin Marc Ghana Thomas Gyires
Dagon Star United Ivory Coast Kekere Moukailou Cameroon Émile Messo'o Cameroon Eric Cantona
Hanthawaddy United
I.S.P.E
Myawady
Sagaing United Cameroon Patrick Edubat Ghana Isaac Quansah
Shan United France Rodrigue Nanitelamio Ghana Stephen Owusu Ghana Everett Boateng Brazil Edson Dos Santos Ghana Mark Sekyi Russia Daniel Tokaren
Thitsar Arman
Yadanarbon Guinea Djibril Fandjé Touré Ghana Adobah Foster Brazil Vitinho Brazil Neto Italy Felipe Ferrareze Japan Akito Saito
Yangon City Brazil Gilmar Alcântara Brazil Pedro Henrique Senegal Karim Samb
Yangon United Cameroon Guy Michel [11] Cameroon Moustapha Djidjiwa[12] Brazil Thiago Tomais Liberia Theo Nimely Japan Aoto Saito

Standings

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ayeyawady United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to the AFC Challenge League
2 Chinland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dagon Star United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hantharwady United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 ISPE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Myawady 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Sagaing United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Shan United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Thitsar Arman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yadanarbon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yangon City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to MNL-2
12 Yangon United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source:
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored.

Matches

Fixtures and results of the Myanmar National League 2026–27 season.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of
Rank Player Team Goals

Hat-tricks

As of
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

As of
Rank Player Team Clean sheets

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ko Nyi Lay, KZL (19 March 2026). "Shan United clinches 7th MNL title, extends undefeated streak". Myanmar Digital News.
  2. ↑ Thein Zaw, Friday (18 March 2026). "Myanmar National League 2025-26 ပြိုင်ပွဲတွင် ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက်အသင်းဗိုလ်စွဲအမှတ်ပေးချန်ပီယံဆုကို (၇) ကြိမ်မြောက်ရရှိခြင်းဖြစ်". Myanmar National League website.
  3. ↑ EMG, EMG (9 April 2026). "MFF bans Myanmar National League clubs from accepting betting sponsorships". Eleven Media.
  4. ↑ Ko Nyi Lay, KZL (10 April 2026). "Myanmar National League expands to 12 teams". Myanmar Digital News.
  5. ↑ Ko Nyi Lay, KZL (31 January 2026). "Chinland clinches back-to-back MNL II title". Global New Light of Myanmar.
  6. ↑ MNL, MFF (21 September 2016). "Eight seasons in for MNL, three teams drop out". Stdium. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Shine Htet Zaw, KZL (3 May 2026). "New head coach for Dagon Star United appointed".
  8. ↑ MNL, website (21 May 2026). "ရတနာပုံအသင်း နည်းပြချုပ် ဖြစ်လာသည့် နည်းပြ ဦးမင်းထွန်းလင်း".
  9. ↑ Yangon City, Ego Sport (20 May 2026). "၂၀၂၆-၂၀၂၇ ဘောလုံးရာသီအတွက် ဂျာစီစပွန်ဆာအဖြစ် EGO SPORT နှင့် Yangon City အသင်းစာချုပ်ချုပ်ဆို".
  10. ↑ Shine Htet Zaw, KZL (24 April 2026). "Yangon United appoint new head coach for upcoming season". Global New Light of Myanmar.
  11. ↑ Chit Ko Ko, KZL (21 May 2026). "Yangon United sign second foreign player for new season".
  12. ↑ မောင်စံကြီး, မောင်စံကြီး (19 May 2026). "ရန်ကုန်ယူနိုက်တက်အသင်း ပထမဆုံး နိုင်ငံခြားသားကစားသမားခေါ်ယူ".
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