# MNL League Cup 2024

The 2024 Myanmar National League Cup is the 10th season in a Myanmar's knockout football competition. The Cup name changed from General Aung San Shield. MNL League Cup tournament will held new design format. In the Myanmar National League Cup 2024 football tournament, all MNL-1 and MNL-2 clubs included and four group of five clubs will be drawn. Every Group will play Two Round Robin system and the Group winner (4 clubs) will advance to Semi-final. Semi-final and Final are played as a single match.

## Match Drawing

The drawing-lot event for the Myanmar National League Cup 2024 football tournament, which will see the competition of the domestic football clubs on the eve of the new MNL football season, was held on 15 February at the meeting hall of Thuwunna Stadium. Shan United, Yangon United, Hanthawaddy United and ISPE are placed in Seeding 1 because of top four teams in 2023 Myanmar National League title.

## Calendar

| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
| Group Stage first-round | 1 March - 6 April 2024 | 40 | 20 | MNL-1 & MNL-2 |
| Group Stage second-round | 25 April - 21 May 2024 | 40 | 20 | MNL-1 & MNL-2 |
| Semi-finals | 25–26 May 2024 | 2 | 4 → 2 | MNL-1 |
| Final | 19 June 2024 | 1 | 2 → Champions | MNL-1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 clubs |

## Foreign players
### Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Asia Player 6 |
| Ayeyawady United | | | | | | |
| Dagon Port | Yaw Kusi | Ghislain Mogou | | | | |
| Dagon Star United | | | | | | |
| Hanthawaddy United | | | | | | |
| Shwe Pyi Thar United | | | | | | |
| I.S.P.E F.C. | | | | | | |
| Mahar United | Patrick Edubat | | | | | |
| Glory Goal Fc | | | | | | |
| Silver stars Fc | | | | | | |
| Myawady F.C. | | | | | | |
| Rakhine United | Kekere Moukailou | Effa Alexisi Smael | | | Hiroya | |
| Rakhapura United | | | | | | |
| Rainbow Fc | | | | | | |
| Shan United | Mark Sekyi | Boyomo Boundoma | Motoshiro Kaneshiro | | | Sakiao Koichi |
| Kachin United | | | | | | |
| Thitsar Arman Fc | | | | | | |
| Yadanarbon | | | | | | |
| GFA Fc | | | | | | |
| Yangon United | Gideon Tetteh | Guiro Yaya | Yakubu Abubakar | Emmanuel Sanogo | | |
| University | | | | | | |

## Group Stage
### Group (A)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yangon United | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 24 | advance to Semi-final |
| 2 | Mahar United | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 15 | |
| 3 | University | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 9 | |
| 4 | GFA | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 9 | |
| 5 | Shwe Pyi Thar United | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 41 | −28 | 3 | |

### Group (B)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Shan United | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3 | +26 | 21 | advance to Semi-final |
| 2 | Rakhine United | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 6 | +23 | 18 | |
| 3 | Kachin United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 13 | |
| 4 | Glory Goal | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 7 | |
| 5 | Rainbow | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 40 | −37 | 0 | |

### week (10)
#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Dagon Star United | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Hanthawaddy United | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 16 |
| Ayeyawady United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 13 |
| Dagon Port | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
| Silver Stars | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 46 | -43 | 0 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yadanarbon | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 16 | advance to Semi-final |
| 2 | ISPE | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 15 | |
| 3 | Thitsar Arman | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 14 | |
| 4 | Myawady | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 10 | |
| 5 | Rakhapura United | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 1 | |

### week (10)
## Knockout stage
### Semi-finals

The semi-finals would be featured 4 clubs that were the winners of the each groups,

#### Final

The final would be featured 2 clubs that were the winners of the semi-finals.
* Myanmar National League Cup 2024 winners
* Shan United F.C. 2nd title

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

26 May 2024 MMT 18:45
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kyaw Ko Ko | Rakhine United | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Eduba | Mahar United | 7 |
| 2 | Gideon Tetteh | Yangon United | 7 |
| 4 | Ye Yint Aung | Shan United | 6 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Patrick Eduba | Mahar United | University | 2-4 | 1 March 2024 |
| Lan San Aung | Kachin United | Rainbow Fc | 0-3 | 5 March 2024 |
| Kyaw Ko Ko | Rakhine United | Rainbow Fc | 1-8 | 31 March 2024 |
| Kaneshiro Motoshiro | Shan United | Rainbow Fc | 0-7 | 26 april 2024 |
| Yan Kyaw Htwe | Yangon United | University | 1-4 | 1 May 2024 |
| Phyo Nay Ko Hlaing | Shwe Pyi Thar Fc | GFA | 5-6 | 1 May 2024 |
| Hla Phone Oo | GFA | Shwe Pyi Thar Fc | 5-6 | 1 May 2024 |
| Zaw Moon Aung | Kachin United | Rainbow Fc | 5-0 | 2 May 2024 |

## Sponsor
### Official Partner

* AYA Bank
* AYA Pay

### TV broadcasters

* Channel K Myanmar

### Co-sponsor

* Alpine
* Five Star
* Max Energy
* Yangon Fitness
* Aya SOMPO
* Genius Sport
* Max Cement

### Ball sponsor

* Dong Luc

### Kit Sponsor

* M21 Sport Collection

## Qualification for the 2025–26 AFC Clubs competitions

| Team | League of qualification | Date of qualification | Qualified to |
| TBD | 2024 Myanmar National League Champion | 28 February 2025 | 2025–26 AFC Challenge League Qualifying Round |
| TBD | 2024 Myanmar National League Cup Champion | 19 June 2024 | 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship qualifying play-offs Qualifying Round |