Myanmar national football team
 |
|
| Nickname(s) | The White Angels |
|---|---|
| Association | Myanmar Football Federation |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | AFF (South-East Asia) |
| Head coach | Gerd Zeise |
| Captain | Yan Aung Kyaw |
| Home stadium | Thuwunna Stadium |
| FIFA code | MYA |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 159  (10 January 2017)
|
| Highest | 97 (April 1996) |
| Lowest | 182 (August 2012, October 2012) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 183 (8 December 2016)
|
| Highest | 31 (ca. May 1972) |
| Lowest | 186 (4 March 2013, 2015) |
| First international | |
 Hong Kong 5–2 Burma  (Hong Kong; 17 February 1950) |
|
| Biggest win | |
Burma 9–0 Singapore  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 9 November 1969) |
|
| Biggest defeat | |
 Kuwait 9–0 Myanmar  (Doha, Qatar; 3 September 2015) |
|
| Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1968) |
| Best result | Runners-up, 1968 |
The Myanmar national football team (ျမန္မာအမ်ိဳးသားေဘာလံုးအသင္း) is the national team of Myanmar and is controlled by the Myanmar Football Federation. It was known as the Burma national football team until 1989, when Burma was renamed Myanmar. It finished second in the 1968 Asian Cup. They have participated in the Summer Olympics in 1972 and in the Asian Games. The Burma team was dominant in Asia in the 1960s and 1970s, 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. Since then, Myanmar's highest achievement is the silver medal in 1993. Myanmar played its first World Cup qualifiers in 2007, losing 0–7 and 0–4 to China.
Burma sent players to the Philippines in 1954 Asian Games and captured a bronze medal, behind Taiwan (gold) and South Korea (silver); this fact marked the beginning of the golden age. On the other hand, the nation was not expected to contend for a medal in the Olympic-type Asian Games. In the meantime, this delegation became the first male Burmese team to win a continental medal. But this was only the beginning. Then, against all odds, the team of Burma bettered their 1954 effort by winning the gold medal in the Asian Games, which were held at Bangkok in the mid-1960s. In that tournament, Burma beat Iran in the gold-medal game.
...
Wikipedia