2018 General Aung San Shield

2018 Bogyoke Aung San Shield
MFF Cup
Tournament details
Country	Myanmar
Dates	12 May 2018 – 30 September 2018
Teams	19
Final positions
Champions	Yangon United
Runner-up	Hanthawaddy United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	61 (3.39 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Maung Maung Soe(4 goals)
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 General Aung San Shield^[2] (Burmese: Bogyoke Aung San Shield) was the fourth season of Myanmar knockout football competition. The tournament is organized by the Myanmar Football Federation. It is the league cup competition started in 2018 Myanmar football season. This cup succeeded the Myanmar Football Federation Cup. MFF has changed the cup competition style as follows.

In the first round, ten clubs competing in 2018 MNL-2 and two clubs which were promoted to 2018 MNL, twelve teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with six teams emerged as winners. In the second round, ten clubs competing in 2017 MNL and the six winners from the first round, sixteen teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with eight teams emerged as winners. The quarter-finals will still be played as one-legged matches but the semi-final will be competed as two-legged (Home and Away) matches. Shan United were the defending champions and Yangon United were winner-up at the previous shield final. They will start play from Quarter final.

The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2019 AFC Cup.

Prize fund

Round	No. of Clubs receive fund	Prize fund per club
Champion	1	K 300,000,000
Final runners-up	1	K 150,000,000
Semi-Final	2	K 75,000,000

Results

Preliminary round

Preliminary round consists of two rounds for teams currently playing in the Regional League Division 1 level. The first round was held 6 February 2018.

First round

12 May 2018	GFA	1–0	Silver Stars	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Jordan 34'			Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Referee: Aung Thu

12 May 2018	Royal Thanlyin	3–1	University	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Leon 35' Chan oo 75' Elysee 81'		Nay Myo Htwe 51'	Stadium: Padonmar Stadium Referee: Thein Saw

12 May 2018	Kachin United	1–3	Dagon	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Paw Du Aung 45'		Soe Myat Thu 5' Aung Khaing Tun 18' Jonathan 75' (o.g)	Stadium: Aung San Stadium Referee: Zaw Khaing

13 May 2018	Sagaing United	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Myawady	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Bamba 45' (49)		Thet Paing Ko 25' Ye Wai yan Soe 90+1'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Referee: Kyaw Zayar Aung

13 May 2017	Mountain Lion	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Mawyawadi	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Kyaw Zin Oo 38', 58' Aung Myat Thu 106', 117'		Saw Myo Lin 22' Htet Wai Aung 45'	Stadium: Aung San Stadium Referee: Thein Tun

Second round

30 May 2018	Southern Myanmar	2–3	GFA	Thuwunna Stadium
16:00 MMT	Phyo Paing Soe 81' Berry 90+3'		Soe Min Tun 51' Mung Theih Pau 61' Pyone Cho 86'

30 May 2018	Ayeyawady United	1–0	Royal Thanlyin	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Thiha Zaw 67'			Stadium: Padonmar Stadium

30 May 2018	Magwe	5–0	Dagon	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Kyaw Swar Linn 45+3' Naing Naing Kyaw 50' Maung Maung Soe 52', 57' Zin Min Tun 87'			Stadium: Aung San Stadium

6 June 2018	Yadanarbon	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Sagaing United	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Thein Than Win 70'		Pyae Sone Aung 53' Thiha Zaw 95'	Stadium: Padonmar Stadium Referee: Thein Tun

6 June 2017	Hanthawady United	4–1	Zwekapin United	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Joseph Mpande 12', 29', 34' Paing Moe Wai 65'		Edison Fonseca 82' (pen)	Stadium: Aung San Stadium

6 June 2017	Rakhine United	3–0	Mountain Lion	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Clifford 45' Sunday Mathew 67', 86'			Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

Quarter-final

13 June 2018	Yangon United	2–0	GFA	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Aee Soe 53' Zaw Min Tun 76'			Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

13 June 2018	Ayeyawady United	2–2 (a.e.t.) (11–12 p)	Magwe	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Cássio Magalhães 59' Thiha Zaw 75'		Zayar Naing 44' Maung Maung Soe 57'	Stadium: Aung San Stadium

20 June 2018	Shan United	3–0	Rakhine United	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Dway Ko Ko Chit 27', 61', 84'			Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

20 June 2018	Sagaing United	1–2	Hanthawady United	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Kaung Zaw Htwe 89'		Mark Sekyi 22', 53'	Stadium: Aung San Stadium

Semi-final

First leg

18 September 2018	Yangon United	1–0	Magwe	Yangon
15:30 MMT	Sylla Sekou 80'			Stadium: Y.U.S.C

19 September 2018	Hanthawady United	0–0	Shan United	Bago
15:30 MMT				Stadium: Grand Royal Stadium

Second leg

26 September 2018	Magwe	2–2	Yangon United	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Aung Myint Tun 24' Maung Maung Soe 26'		Maung Maung Lwin 4' Emmanuel 89'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

27 September 2018	Shan United	0–1	Hanthawady United	Taunggyi
15:30 MMT			Mark Sekyi 51'	Stadium: Taunggyi Stadium

Final

30 September 2018	Yangon United	2–1	Hanthawady United	Yangon
16:00 MMT	Maung Maung Lwin 72' Zaw Min Tun 85'		Hein Htet Aung 60'	Stadium: Aung San Stadium

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Maung Maung Soe	Magwe	4
2	Joseph Mpande	Hanthawaddy United	3
	Dway Ko Ko Chit	Shan United
	Mark Sekyi	Hanthawaddy United
5	Kyaw Zin Oo	Mountain Lions	2
	Aung Myat Thu	Mountain Lions
	Bamba	Sagaing United
	Sunday Mathew	Rakhine United
	Zaw Min Tun	Yangon United
	Maung Maung Lwin	Yangon United
11	Jordan	GFA	1
	Leon	Royal Thanlyin
	Chan Oo	Royal Thanlyin
	Elysee	Royal Thanlyin
	Nay Myo Htwe	University
	Soe Myat Thu	Dagon
	Aung Khaing Tun	Dagon
	Sylla Sekou	Yangon United
	Aee Soe	Yangon United
	Emmanuel	Yangon United
	Cássio Magalhães	Ayeyawady United
	Thiha Zaw	Ayeyawady United
	Zayar Naing	Magwe
	Paw Du Aung	Kachin United
	Soe Min Tun	GFA
	Mung Theih Pau	GFA
	Pyone Cho	GFA
	Phyo Paing Soe	Southern Myanmar
	Alpha Berry	Southern Myanmar
	Kyaw Swar Linn	Magwe
	Naing Naing Kyaw	Magwe
	Zin Min Tun	Magwe
	Thein Than Win	Yadanarbon
	Thiha Zaw	Sagaing United
	Pyae Sone Aung	Sagaing United
	Kaung Zaw Htwe	Sagaing United
	Edison Fonseca	Zwekapin United
	Paing Moe Wai	Hanthawaddy United
	Clifford	Rakhine United