Yangon City F.C.

Yangon City
ရန်ကုန်စီးတီးအက်ဖ်စီ
Full nameYangon City Football Club
NicknamesThe Blues
The Royals
Short nameYCFC
Founded2024 (2024)
GroundVarious
OwnerCity Holdings Group
PresidentNay Win Aung
Head coachHiroki Ono
LeagueMNL-2
2025–26TBA
Websitehttps://yangoncityfc.com/

Yangon City Football Club (Burmese: ရန်ကုန် စီးတီး ဘောလုံးအသင်း), also known as Yangon Royals, is a Burmese professional football club based in Yangon. Founded in 2024, the club competes in the MNL-2 and is backed by the City Holdings Group. Its women's team competes in the Myanmar Women League.

History

Foundation and MNL entry

Yangon City FC was established in mid-2024 with the aim of developing local talent and contributing to the national team. The club took part in the Myanmar National League expansion, making its debut in the 2024 season. They play home matches at Thuwunna Training Ground. They signed Myanmar national team player, Win Naing Tun and Aung Kaung Mann. [1]

Appointment of U Aung Naing

In early 2025, the club signed former U-19 national coach U Aung Naing, known for leading Shan United to the 2019 league title

Appointment of Hiroki Ono

After the half of 2025/2026 season, the club appointed former Shan United head coach, Hiroki Ono, who lead the club to the league champion in 2024/2025, as a technical director and he has been leading the club as a head coach since the beginning of the 2026/2027 season

First-team squad

As of May 2026

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MYA Phone Thit Sar Min
2 DF  MYA Tun Kyaw Swar Oo
3 DF  BRA Pedro
5 DF  MYA Zwe Htet Min
7 FW  MYA Aung Kaung Mann
8 MF  JPN Ryuji Hirota
10 MF  MYA Myat Kaung Khant
11 MF  MYA Khun Kyaw Zin Hein
14 DF  MYA Zaw Myo Lin
15 DF  MYA Zwe Khant Min
18 GK  MYA Sai Win Tip
19 FW  MYA Than Toe Aung
20 DF  MYA Kaung Khant Kyaw
22 GK  MYA Soe Arkar
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  MYA Chit Htoo
27 MF  MYA Htun Kyaw Swar Oo
29 MF  MYA Yan Naing Oo
47 DF  MYA Min San
77 FW  MYA Win Naing Tun
— FW  MYA Win Ko Htay
— DF  MYA Zaw Win Maung
— DF  MYA Nyan Lin Htet
— DF  MYA Zwe Thet Paing
— FW  MYA Kyaw Win Thein
— DF  MYA Kaung Khant Lwin
— MF  MYA Aung Thiha
— FW  MYA Thiha
— DF  BRA Gilmar Alcântara
— FW  SEN Karim Samb

Honours

League

  • MNL-2 Promotion Amateur Club Tournament
    • Champions (1): 2025[2]

References

  1. ↑ "ရန်ကုန်စီးတီးအသင်း၏ နည်းပြသစ်နှင့် ကစားသမားသစ်များ မိတ်ဆက်ပွဲအခမ်းအနားပြုလုပ်". MNL. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "MNL-2 promotion champion". in Burmese