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Myanmar Women League
Founded2016
CountryMyanmar Myanmar
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)AFC Women's Club Championship
Current championsMyawady W.F.C
(2023)
Most championshipsMyawady W.F.C (3 times)
Websitethemff.org
Current: 2024

The Women's League (WL) (Burmese: မြန်မာ အမျိုးသမီး လိဂ်) is a Myanmar professional league for women's football clubs. At the top of the Myanmar football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 8 teams. The Myanmar League is a corporation in which the 8 member teams.[1] Since 2016 it has been sponsored by Kanbawza Bank, a Banking company based in Yangon, and are thus billed as KBZ Bank Women's League.[2]

History

Myanmar Women's League was founded with seven women's team in 2016.[3] The Women's League was sponsored by Kanbawza Bank. Myawady Women team won first time ever Myanmar Women League Champion.

Records

All-time top scorers

As of 13 February 2021
Myanmar League
Rank Player Period Goals Apps
1 Myanmar Win Theingi Tun 2016–2019 100 30

See also: Football records in Myanmar

Figures for active players (in bold).

Champions

Year Champion Runner-up
2016–17[4] Myawady W.F.C Thitsar Arman W.F.C
2017–18 Myawady W.F.C Thitsar Arman W.F.C
2018–19 ISPE W.F.C Myawady W.F.C
2022[5] ISPE W.F.C Thitsar Arman W.F.C
2023[6] Myawady W.F.C I.S.P.E W.F.C
2024

Award

Top scorer

Year Player Club Goal
2017-18 Myanmar Win Theingi Tun Myawady W.F.C 41
2018-19 Myanmar Ye Ye Oo ISPE W.F.C 14
2022 Myanmar Khin Marlar Tun ISPE W.F.C 18
2023 Myanmar San Thaw Thaw Myawady W.F.C 16
Myanmar Khin Marlar Tun ISPE W.F.C

See also

References

  1. ^ "Myanmar Women League". MFF. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  2. ^ "KBZ Bank Sponsor Ceremony". Global New Light of Myanmar. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Seven teams for Myanmar Women's League". asean football.
  4. ^ "KBZ Bank Myanmar Women's League". Myanmar Women league. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  5. ^ "ISPE team clinches title in Myanmar Women's League 2022". glnm. November 28, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "Myawady crowns Championship title for 2023 MWL". glnm. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

External links

Football in Myanmar
Top-level women's football leagues of Asia (AFC)
Top level women's association football leagues around the world
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