Myanmar Football Federation Background History

Football was probably the first of the imported to reach Myanmar. When the British finally occupied Myanmar in 1885, the game of football was introduced. The game soon began to gain the interest of the local population.

The Football Federation was formed only in 1947. During the years between 1947 and 1950. The only leagues in the developed in regional. The first States and Divisions Football Tournament was held in 1952.

Myanmar is one of the fonder member countries of AFC which was founded in 1954. Myanmar Football Federation was affiliated  to FIFA in 1952. Myanmar were champions for five consecutive times at South East Asian Games, between 1965 and 1973.During this period, Myanmar also triumphed twice in the football tournament of Asian Games in 1966 and 1970 and finished runners up at the Asian Cup in 1968. Regional competitions like Park's Cup (Korea President's Cup), Independent Cup (Indonesia) and Merdeka Tournament (Malaysia) were also dominated by Myanmar during 60's and 70's.
Myanmar Football Federation President and secretaries

Sr.	President	Period	Secretary	Period
1	U Ba Shwe	1962-64	Mr. Zein Ali	1962-64
2	Colonel Win	1964-65	U Khin Pe Gyi	1964-79
3	Lt-Col Kyaw Sein Tun	1965-74	U Khin Pe Gyi	1964-79
4	U Hla Maung	1974-77	U Khin Pe Gyi	1964-79
5	Colonel Khin Mg Gyi	1976-77	U Khin Pe Gyi	1964-79
6	Lt-Col Hla Htwe	1977-78	U Khin Pe Gyi	1964-79
7	U Myo Myint	1978-79	U Khin Pe Gyi	1964-79
8	U Tun Nyein	1979-80	U Saw Lwin	1979-87
9	Colonel Kyaw Sein Tun	1980-84	U Saw Lwin	1979-87
10	U Hla Maung	1984-85	U Saw Lwin	1979-87
11	U Phone Myint	1985-86	U Saw Lwin	1979-87
12	U Tun Lwin	1986-87	U Saw Lwin	1979-87
13	Colonel Aung Din	1987-89	U Than Lwin/ U Banny Tin Aung	1987-89-1984
14	Colonel Saw Shwe	1989-94	U Saw Lwin	1989-90
			U Banny Tin Aung	1990-91
			U Khin Maung Aye	1991-92
			Captain Tin Aung (Goal Keeper)	1992-94
15	Lt-Col Myint Tun	1994	Lt. Col. Thein Aung	1994 - 97
16	Colonel Hla Myint Kyaw	1995-97	Lt. Col. Thein Aung	1994 - 97
17	Colonel Thaung Hteik	1997-23.1.04	Major Naw Taung U Banny Tin Aung	1997-2000 2000
18	U Win Aung	23.1.04-7.2.05	U Banny Tin Aung	1997 - now
19	U Zaw Zaw	7.2.05-now

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