Ayeyawady United F.C.

Ayeyawady United
ဧရာဝတီယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း
Full name	Ayeyawady United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Fishermen ; (တံငါသည်များ)
Founded	2009; 15 years ago
Ground	Ayar Stadium
Capacity	3,000
Owner	Zaw Win Shein
Chairman	U Min Lwin
Head coach	Bo Bo Aung
League	Myanmar National League
2023	MFL, 9th of 12
Home colours	Away colours
	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.

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

2024 First-team squad[edit]

As of March 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MYA	Htet Arkar Win
2	DF	MYA	Kyaw Wunna
3	DF	MYA	Wai Yan Lin Thu
4	DF	MYA	Ye Yint Aung
5	MF	MYA	Nan Hteik Zaw
6	MF	MYA	Yan Naing Lin
7	MF	MYA	Aung Min Thu
8	MF	MYA	Pyae Sone Lin
9	FW	MYA	Chan Nyein
10	MF	MYA	Thiha
11	FW	MYA	Yar Zar Aung
18	GK	MYA	A Zin Hmue


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	MYA	Soe Thurein
20	FW	MYA	Aung Pyae Phyo
21	FW	MYA	Win Htay
23	FW	MYA	Khun Kyaw Kyaw
27	DF	MYA	Saw Htaw Nay Mue
44	MF	MYA	Zaw Htet Aung
47	MF	MYA	Yan Paing Soe
66	DF	MYA	Kaung Khant Kyaw
70	MF	MYA	Myo Wai Lin
77	FW	MYA	Phyo Thant Ko Ko
88	MF	MYA	Than Toe Aung

Continental record[edit]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2012	AFC Cup	Group H	Kelantan	3–1	0–1	4th
			Arema	0–3	1–1
			Navibank Sài Gòn	2–0	1–4
2013	AFC Cup	Group G	Kelantan	1–3	1–3	4th
			SHB Đà Nẵng	2–3	1–2
			Maziya	3–0	1–3
2014	Mekong Club Championship	Semi-final	Hoang Anh Attapeu	1–1 (5–4 (p))
2014	Mekong Club Championship	Final	Becamex Binh Duong	4–1
2015	AFC Cup	Group H	Persib Bandung	1–1	3–3	2nd
			New Radiant	0–0	3–0
			Lao Toyota FC	4–3	2–2
		Round of 16	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–5
2016^[3]	AFC Cup	Group H	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–2	8–1	3rd
			Bengaluru FC	0–1	5–3
			Lao Toyota FC	4–2	2–3

Achievements[edit]

2009-10 Myanmar National League : Runners-up ( U San Win / Head Coach )
2011 Myanmar National League : Runners-up ( Mr. Jozef Heral / Head Coach )
2012 Charity Cup Myanmar Super Cup 2012 : Champions ( Mr. Jozef Heral / Head Coach )
Ooredoo Cup MFF Digicel Cup 2012 Myanmar National Cup 2012: Champions ( Mr. Marjan Sekulovski / Head Coach )
2013 Charity Cup Myanmar Super Cup 2013: Runners-up ( Mr. Marjan Sekulovski / Head Coach )
Ooredoo Cup Myanmar National Cup 2014: Champions ( U San Win / Head Coach )
2015 Charity Cup Myanmar Super Cup 2015: Champions ( Mr. Marjan Sekulovski / Head Coach )
2015 General Aung San Shield Myanmar National Cup 2015: Champions ( Mr. Marjan Sekulovski / Head Coach )
AFC Cup :Round of 16:2015

League and domestic cup history[edit]

Season	League									MFF Cup	Top goalscorer
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	MFF Cup	Name	League
2009	1st	8th	7	1	1	5	4	12	4
2009–10	1st	2nd	14	8	2	4	22	15	26
2010	1st	8th	20	7	3	10	28	34	24
2011	1st	2nd	22	15	7	0	41	11	52
2012	1st	5th	26	13	7	6	45	31	46	Champions
2013	1st	7th	22	6	11	5	36	33	29		Leandro Duarte	11
2014	1st	5th	21	9	6	6	37	30	33	Champions	Saša Ranković	11
2015	1st	4th	22	10	6	6	38	29	36	Champions	Riste Naumov	10
2016	1st	4th	22	10	7	5	39	29	37		Christopher Chizoba	16
2017	1st	4th	22	10	6	6	36	24	36	Semi-finals	Keith Martu Nah	15
2018	1st	8	22	8	6	8	38	45	30	Quarter-finals	Edubat Patrick	16
2019	1st	2nd	22	12	8	2	44	19	44	second round	Keith Martu Nah	10
2020	1st	3rd	20	12	4	2	41	16	40		Raphael Success	16
2022	1st	5th	18	8	4	6	34	20	28		Yan Kyaw Htwe	14
2023	1st	9th	22	7	5	10	34	42	26		Nyi Nyi Aung	7

Sponsorship[edit]

Period	Sportswear	Sponsor
2015–2016	FBT
2017–2018	Grand Sport	AMI Insurance
2019-2020	Pro Sport	AMI Insurance

References[edit]

^ "Delta United Owner Changed". Soccer Myanmar.com (in Burmese). 11 April 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
^ "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.
^ Ghosh, Soumo (22 September 2021). "The Last Goal – Remembering Cristiano Junior". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

External links[edit]

Ayeyawady United FC (archived 15 August 2013)
Ayeyawady United F.C. on Facebook
First Eleven Journal (in Burmese) (archived 16 November 2013)
Soccer Myanmar (in Burmese) (archived 19 November 2015)
Delta Utdta United FC (archived 21 April 2012)

[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.

[3] Ghosh, Soumo (22 September 2021). "The Last Goal – Remembering Cristiano Junior". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

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