Myanmar Premier League
{{more citations needed|date=January 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football league
| logo =
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| country = Myanmar
| confed = AFC
| founded = {{Start date|1996}}
| first =
| folded = {{Start date|2009}}
| teams = 16
| relegation =
| levels = 1
| domest_cup = Myanmar Premier League Cup
| confed_cup =
| champions = Finance and Revenue
| most successful club = Finance and Revenue (9)
| season =
| website =
| current =
}}
The Myanmar Premier League (since 2005 simply Myanmar League) was the top division of Burmese football in Myanmar from 1996 to 2009. The league consisted of Yangon-based football clubs, made up mostly of clubs run by various government ministries plus a few private football clubs. Founded in 1996, the league was an attempt to reform the Burma First Division football, which consisted of all government ministry run football clubs, by allowing private football clubs. Nonetheless, the Yangon-based league never gained traction with Burmese fans, and has been replaced by the Myanmar National League, the country's first ever professional league since March 2009. Finance and Revenue was the most successful club in the history of MPL, winning a total of 9 out of 13 championships.
History
For the 2005/06 season, the league was renamed from Myanmar Premier League to Myanmar League in an effort to become a professional league.{{cite web|title=Myanmar edges towards pro football|url=http://www.myanmar.com/myanmartimes/MyanmarTimes14-277/sport.htm|work=Myanmar Times|publisher=myanmar.com|access-date=9 June 2011|date=August 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514035649/http://www.myanmar.com/myanmartimes/MyanmarTimes14-277/sport.htm|archive-date=14 May 2011|url-status=dead}} Matches so far played on random days throughout the week were only played on weekend from that point onwards.
Winners
The winners are:{{cite web|title=Myanmar - List of Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/myanchamp.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=9 June 2011}}{{cite web|title=Customs retain ML title in photo finish|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/no411/sport01.htm|work=Myanmar Times|access-date=9 June 2011|date=March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216064910/http://mmtimes.com/no411/sport01.htm|archive-date=16 December 2010}}
- 1996: Finance and Revenue
- 1997: Finance and Revenue
- 1998: Yangon City Development Committee
- 1999: Finance and Revenue
- 2000: Finance and Revenue
- 2001: not known
- 2002: Finance and Revenue
- 2003: Finance and Revenue
- 2004: Finance and Revenue
- 2005: Finance and Revenue
- 2006: Finance and Revenue
- 2007: Kanbawza
- 2008: Kanbawza
- 2009: Commerce{{cite web|title=Commerce snatch title with draw|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/no459/sport02.htm|work=Myanmar Times|access-date=9 June 2011|date=February–March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607160945/http://www.mmtimes.com/no459/sport02.htm|archive-date=7 June 2012}}