Myanmar national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Myanmar women's national football team.

Myanmar
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Chinthe
AssociationMyanmar Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachMyo Hlaing Win
CaptainMaung Maung Lwin
Most capsDavid Htan (78)
Top scorerMyo Hlaing Win (36)
Home stadiumThuwunna Stadium
FIFA codeMYA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 165 Increase 2 (24 October 2024)[1]
Highest96 (April 1996)
Lowest182 (August 2012, October 2012)
First international
 Hong Kong 5–2 Burma 
(Hong Kong; 17 February 1950)[2]
Biggest win
 Burma 9–0 Singapore 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 9 November 1969)
Biggest defeat
 Japan 10–0 Myanmar 
(Chiba, Japan; 28 May 2021)
Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1968)
Best resultRunners-up (1968)
AFC Challenge Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2008)
Best resultFourth place (2008, 2010)
AFF Championship
Appearances13 (first in 1996)
Best resultFourth place (2004)
Semi-finals (2016)
King's Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1968)
Best resultRunners-up (1968, 1975)
Medal record
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 1968 Iran Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1966 Thailand Team
Gold medal – first place 1970 Thailand Team
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Philippines Team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1965 Malaysia Team
Gold medal – first place 1967 Thailand Team
Gold medal – first place 1969 Burma Team
Gold medal – first place 1971 Malaysia Team
Gold medal – first place 1973 Singapore Team
Silver medal – second place 1961 Burma Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Singapore Team
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Thailand Team
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Malaysia Team
King's Cup
Silver medal – second place 1968 King's Cup Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 King's Cup Team

The Myanmar national football team (Burmese: မြန်မာ့လက်ရွေးစင်အမျိုးသားအသင်း) represents Myanmar in men's international association football and is governed by the Myanmar Football Federation.[4]

It was known as the Burma national football team until 1989, when Burma was renamed Myanmar. During their heydays, the team finished second in the 1968 AFC Asian Cup, participated in the Summer Olympics in 1972 and in the Asian Games and having won the Asian Games twice; in 1966 and 1970, and the football event of the Southeast Asian Games on five successive occasions; in 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971 and 1973. They did not participate in any World Cup qualification for the rest of the 20th century, contributing to the downfall of the national side.

Since being renamed, Myanmar's highest achievement has been the silver medal at 1993 Southeast Asian Games. Myanmar played its first FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 2007 in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, losing 0–7 and 0–4 to China.

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Myanmar matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Myanmar. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association – Myanmar – FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2020.