Ayeyawady United F.C.

Ayeyawady United
‹See Tfd›ဧရာဝတီယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း
Full nameAyeyawady United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Fishermen
(တံငါသည်များ)
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
GroundAyar Stadium
Capacity3,000
OwnerMyanmar Zaw Win Shein[1]
ChairmanU Min Lwin
Head coachBo Bo Aung
LeagueMyanmar National League
2023MFL, 9th of 12
Current season

Ayeyawady United Football Club (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း) is a Burmese professional football club based in Pathein. The club was a founding member of the Myanmar National League (MNL) in 2009, and represents the Ayeyarwady Division in lower Myanmar. The club finished tied for the last place in the league's inaugural cup competition, the MNL Cup 2009. The club owners of Delta United have changed four times. Currently, a total of 26 entrepreneurs from Ayeyawady Region are successfully running the club. Ayeyawady United Football Club is the first ever Runner-up team in Myanmar National League with an unbeaten record for 25 matches. This record was broken by the match against with Zeyarshwe Myay F.C.

Old crest of Delta United

In 2011, Delta United was renamed as Ayeyawady United. The club was formerly owned by Zaw Zaw, a business tycoon.[2]

  1. ^ "Delta United Owner Changed". Soccer Myanmar.com (in Burmese). 11 April 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  2. ^ "US embassy cables: Burma regime crony picks general's grandson for football team". The Guardian. 6 December 2010. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.