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= Myanmar National League 2 =
{{Infobox football league
| name       = MNL-2
| logo       = Myanmar National League logo.png 
| pixels     = 200
| country    = Myanmar
| organiser  = [[Myanmar Football Federation|MFF]] 
| confed     = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
| founded    = {{start date and age|28 February  2013}}
| folded     =
| divisions  = 
| teams      = 8
| feeds      =
| promotion  = [[Myanmar National League]]
| relegation = City State League 
| levels     = [[2]]
| domest_cup = [[Myanmar National League Cup|MNL League Cup]] 
| confed_cup =  
| champions  = Thitsar Arman
| season     = [[2023 MNL-2]]
| most successful club = [[Chin United F.C.|Chin United]] (2 titles)
| tv         = 
| website    = [http://themff.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=51&Itemid=516 MFF]
| current    = [[User:ArtikleWriters|2024 season]]
}}

The '''MNL-2''' is the second-tier [[Association football|football]] league of [[Myanmar]]. The official name is '''MNL-2 League'''. The inaugural season began in 2013.

==History==
The MNL-2 was founded in 2013 as part of MFF's effort to extend competitiveness into the nation's football system. 
The league is played in a league cup format. After two rounds of competition, the top two teams compete each other for the final. The two finalists are promoted to the [[Myanmar National League|MNL]]. The top four finishers from the league also qualify for the [[MFF Cup]]. For the inaugural season in 2013, nine teams participated. Mawyawadi FC and Chin United were relegated from the MNL at the end of the 2012 season, while Myawady FC were promoted from the Amateur League. The 2015 MNL-2 winner was [[Southern Myanmar United F.C.|Southern Myanmar]] and 1st runner-up was [[Horizon F.C.|Horizon FC]]. In the 2016 MNL-2 season, four new clubs were included. Three clubs will qualify to the MNL-2. In the 2018 MNL-2 season, [[Finance and Revenue FC|Mountain Lion]] included in competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://themnl.com/mnl-ii/ |title=MNL II - Myanmar National League |website=themnl.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070237/https://themnl.com/mnl-ii/ |archive-date=2018-01-17}} </ref> In the 2023 MNL-2, Thitsar Arman become the title winner for the first time in their history.

==Champions==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! #
! Season
! Champions
! Runners-up
|- 
| 1
| [[2013 MNL-2|2013]]
| [[Chin United F.C.|Chin United]]
| [[GFA F.C.|GFA]]
|- 
| 2
| [[2014 MNL-2|2014]]
| [[Okktha United F.C.|Hantharwady United]]
| [[Rakhine United F.C.|Rakhine United]]
|- 
| 3
| [[2015 MNL-2|2015]]
| [[Southern Myanmar United FC|Southern Myanmar FC]]
| [[Horizon F.C.|Horizon FC]]
|-
| 4
| [[2016 MNL-2|2016]]
| [[Manawmye F.C.|Manaw Myay]]
| [[GFA F.C.|GFA]]
|-
| 5
| [[2017 MNL-2|2017]]
| [[City Yangon F.C.|City Yangon]]
| [[Mahar United F.C.|Mahar United]]
|-
| 6
| [[2018 MNL-2|2018]]
| [[Royal Thanlyin F.C.|Royal Thanlyin]]
| [[Dagon FC|Dagon]]
|-
| 7
| [[2019 MNL-2|2019]]
| [[Chin United F.C.|Chin United]]
| [[I.S.P.E F.C.|ISPE]]
|-
| 8
| [[2020 MNL-2|2020]]
| [[Chinland F.C.|Chinland]]
| [[Myawady FC]]
|-
|9
| [[2022 MNL-2|2022]]
| [[Myanmar University F.C.|University]]
| [[Myanmar national under-20 football team|Junior Lions]]
|-
|10
| [[2023 MNL-2|2023]]
| Thitsar Arman 
|  [[Myanmar University F.C.|University]]
|-
|}

==Current Clubs==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! #
! Names
|-
| 1
| Yarmaña United FC
|-
| 2
| [[Myanmar University F.C.|University FC]]
|-
| 3
| [[GFA F.C.|GFA]]
|-
| 4
| [[Kachin United F.C.|Kachin Utd]]
|-
| 5
| Glory Goal
|-
| 6
| Shwe Pyi Thar
|-
| 7
| Silver Stars
|-
| 8
| [[Ayeyawady Rangers|Rangers]]
|-
|}
==Prize money==
* Champion: [[Myanmar kyat|Ks.]]13,000,000
* Runner-up: Ks.10,000,000
* Third Place: Ks.7,000,000

== Awards ==
===Top scorers===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Season
!Top scorer
!Club
!Goals
|- style=""
|[[2017 MNL-2|2017]]
|{{flagicon|UGA}} [[Joseph Mpande]]
|[[City Yangon F.C.|City Yangon]]
|30
|-
|[[2018 MNL-2|2018]]
|{{flagicon|NGR}} Sullivan Taylor
|[[City Stars F.C.|Royal Thanlyin]]
|14
|-
|[[2019 MNL-2|2019]]
|{{flagicon|NGR}} Sullivan Taylor
|[[Chin United F.C.|Chin United]]
|17
|-
|[[2022 MNL-2|2022]]
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Phoe Chit
|[[Dagon FC|Dagon Star United]]
|7
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2023 MNL-2|2023]] 
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Thant Zaw Hein 
| Thitsar Arman
|rowspan="2"|20
|-
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Zaw Zaw Htike  
| University 
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130423213614/http://themff.org/index.php/mnl-2 MNL-2]
*[http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=12666 Asean Football Federation]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130310055855/http://myanmarnationalleague.com/mnl-2 Myanmar National League]
*[https://archive.today/20130630081905/http://www.soccermyanmar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17477:mnl-2----------&catid=54:myanmar-national-league&Itemid=104 Soccer Myanmar]

{{Football in Myanmar}}
{{MNL-2 Seasons}}
{{AFC second leagues}}

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[[Category:Football leagues in Myanmar|2]]
[[Category:Second level football leagues in Asia]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 2013]]