Shan United
ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် အသင်း

Full name	Shan United Football Club
Founded	2003; 21 years ago (2003), as Kanbawza 2015; 9 years ago (2015), as Shan United [1]
Ground	Taunggyi Stadium
Capacity	7,000[2]
Owner	Kun Naung Myint Wai[3]
Chairman	Ye Myo Tun
Head coach	Hiroki Ono
League	Myanmar National League
2023	Myanmar National League,1st of 12
Website	http://www.shanunited.com/
Home colours Away colours

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Shan United Football Club (Burmese: ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် အသင်း, pronounced [ʃán]) is a professional Burmese football club based in Taunggyi, Myanmar, representing the Shan State in the Myanmar National League. It had previously competed as an amateur club under the name Kanbawza, based in Yangon.^[4][5] The club have won 4 league titles (including one unbeaten title), 1 General Aung San Shield and 2 MFF Charity Cup.

The club did not lose a single match in their 2022 season winning 15 games and drawing 3 times.

Kanbawza was founded in 2003, played as an amateur club in the Myanmar Premier League, the highest football league in Myanmar at the time. The club's first manager was Myo Win Nyunt; its first coach was Ye Nyunt. The club won the 2007 Myanmar Premier League title and participated in the AFC President's Cup 2008 tournament.

Kanbawza was a founding member of the Myanmar National League, which succeeded the Myanmar Premier League in 2009. In the process, the club changed its status from amateur to professional, and changed its home base from Yangon to Taunggyi.

The first professional manager was Aye Maung Gyi, who also served as head coach in the club first era in the inaugural league. The former captain of the Myanmar national team, Soe Myat Min, became Kanbawza's first captain, and the most expensive player in the Myanmar National League. The club has also signed other Myanmar international football team players.

In its first-ever professional football match, Kanbawza won by 3 goals over Okktha United. Sa Htet Naing scored the team's first goal and defender Khin Maung Lwin won the Man of the Match award, scoring the team's other two goals. Kanbawza finished fourth in the league's inaugural cup competition, the Myanmar National League Cup 2009. In February 2010, former finance and revenue team manager, Khin Maung Kyaing took control the club as chief executive officer. In 2012, it finished as League runners-up.

In 2015, Kanbawza changed its name to Shan United. The club went on to win their first ever professional piece of silverware in 2017 winning both the 2017 Myanmar National League title and the 2017 General Aung San Shield which sees them qualified for next season 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs playing against Ceres–Negros of Philippines but the club lost on penalties shoot-out and was bowed down to the 2018 AFC Cup group stage where they also were knockout for finishing last in the group. Shan United went on to become back to back league champions in 2019 and 2020 which see them winning the 2019 and 2020 MFF Charity Cup thus qualifying to the 2019 and 2020 AFC Cup. Shan United went on to win the 2022 Myanmar National League being undefeated and thus qualifying them to the 2023–24 AFC Cup.

In 2024, Shan United then qualified to the inaugural 2024–25 AFC Challenge League and also the recently revived tournament, the 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship where they won Bruneian club Kasuka 4–2 on aggregate to qualified to the group stage, being placed alongside Indonesian club PSM Makassar, Vietnamese club Đông Á Thanh Hóa, Malaysian club Terengganu, Cambodian club Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng and Thailand club BG Pathum United. Shan United and Đông Á Thanh Hóa played the opening match of the tournament at the Thanh Hóa Stadium on 21 August where club player, Moussa Bakayoko scored the first goal of the tournament in the fifth minute, however Shan United went on to lose 3–1 against the Vietnamese side. Shan United then hosted the 2024–25 AFC Challenge League Group D fixtures alongside Taiwanese club Tainan City and Laotian club Young Elephants. Shan United manage to top the group beating Young Elephants 2–0 and drawing 2–2 with Tainan City which then see the club advance to the quarter-finals facing off against Cambodian side Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng.

As of Jan 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 Pyae Phyo Thu 2 DF  MYA Zwe Khant Min 3 DF  MYA Ye Min Thu 4 DF  MYA Thet Hein Soe 5 DF  MYA Hein Thiha Zaw (captain) 6 DF  MYA Nanda Kyaw (vice-captain) 7 FW  MYA Kyaw Ko Ko 8 DF  MYA Hein Phyo Win 9 FW  BRA Efrain Rintaro 10 FW  MYA Thu Rein Tun 11 MF  MYA Htet Phyo Wai 12 FW  CIV Moussa Bakayoko 13 GK  MYA Kyaw Zin Phyo 14 MF  MYA Zar Nay Ya Thu 15 DF  MYA Aung Wunna Soe

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  MYA Lin Htet Soe 17 FW  MYA Kaung Myat Thu 18 MF  MYA Zin Phyo Aung 19 MF  MYA Thet Wai Moe 20 MF  MYA Sa Aung Pyae Ko 21 MF  MYA Khun Kyaw Zin Hein 22 MF  MYA Aung Naing Win 23 MF  MYA Myo Ko Tun 24 DF  MYA Zwe Htet Min 25 DF  CMR William Nyakwe 27 MF  GHA Mark Sekyi 28 DF  MYA Aung Min Soe 29 FW  MYA Ye Yint Aung 30 GK  MYA Aung Thet Oo

Position	Name
Head coach	Hiroki Ono
Assistant coach	Han Win Aung Aung Kyaw Tun
Goalkeeper coach
Fitness coach
Match Analyst
Physiotherapist
Kit manager
Head of media	Aung Paing

Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club in the league games (players in bold signifies current Shan United player).

As of 16 October 2023

Top Seven Highest Goalscorers in the league games

Player		Period	Goals	Ratio	Caps
1	Soe Min Oo	2009–2019	109	0.44	246
2	Charles Obi	2012–2013	27	0.77	35
3	Christopher Chizoba	2017–2018	26	0.53	49
4	Dway Ko Ko Chit	2017–2020	24	0.48	50
5	Nanda Kyaw	2019–	20	0.17	117
6	Zin Min Tun	2016–2023	18	0.3	60
7	Caleb Folan	2014–2015	13	0.76	17

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2008	AFC President's Cup	Group C	FC Aşgabat	0–1	2nd
			Ratnam SC	2–3
			Transport United	11–0
2009	AFC President's Cup	Group C	Phnom Penh Crown	4–3	2nd
			Yeedzin FC	2–4
			Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	2–1
2018	AFC Champions League	Preliminary round 1	Ceres–Negros	1–1 (3–4 p)
	AFC Cup	Group F	Home United	0–1	2–3	4th
			Boeung Ket Angkor	1–4	2–1
			Ceres–Negros	0–1	0–2
2019	AFC Cup	Group G	Ceres–Negros	0–5	2–3	4th
			Persija Jakarta	1–3	1–6
			Becamex Bình Dương	1–2	0–6
2020	AFC Champions League	Preliminary round 1	Ceres–Negros	3–2
	AFC Cup	Group H	Kaya–Iloilo	0–2	Cancelled	4th
			PSM Makassar	Cancelled	1–3
			Tampines Rovers	Cancelled	1–2
2021	AFC Cup	Group stage	Withdrew
2023–24	AFC Cup	Group H	Macarthur	0–3	0–4
			Cebu	1–1	0–1
			Phnom Penh Crown		0–4
2024–25	AFC Challenge League	Group stage

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2024–25	ASEAN Club Championship	Qualifying play-off	Kasuka		1–1

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2012	Singapore Cup	Round of 16	Woodlands Wellington	2–1

• Myanmar National League
  • Champions (4): 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2018
• Myanmar Premier League
  • Champions (2): 2007, 2008

• General Aung San Shield
  • Winners (1): 2017
  • Runners-up (1): 2019
• MFF Charity Cup
  • Winners (1): 2019, 2020
  • Runners-up (1): 2018

Season	League									MFF Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	Goals
2009	1st	4th	7	4	0	3	9	5	12
2009–10	1st	3rd	14	7	3	4	25	18	24
2010	1st	4th	20	11	5	4	28	11	38
2011	1st	4th	22	9	6	7	27	21	33
2012	1st	2nd	22	18	5	3	64	25	59	Runners-up	Nunez	16
2013	1st	3rd	22	11	8	3	47	23	41	–	Soe Min Oo	15
2014	1st	3rd	22	12	4	6	37	27	40	Third round	Tihomir Živković	10
2015	1st	5th	22	10	5	7	38	33	35	Second round	Caleb Folan	12	Soe Myat Min
2016	1st	5th	22	9	9	4	32	13	36	Quarter-final	Soe Min Oo	9	Soe Myat Min
2017	1st	1	22	17	3	2	37	8	54	Winners	Christopher Chizoba	15	Soe Myat Min
2018	1st	2nd	22	15	5	2	33	13	50	Semi-final	Dway Ko Ko Chit	11	Marjan Sekulovski
2019	1st	1	22	12	10	0	45	21	46	final	Dway Ko Ko Chit	5	Aung Naing
2020	1st	1	18	14	2	2	42	16	46		Zin Min Tun	7	Aung Naing
2022	1st	1	18	15	3	0	31	8	4		Nanda Kyaw	7	Han Win Aung

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