MONGOLIAN FOOTBALL CENTRAL

Below is a roundup of result from around the league on Matchday 1. Saturday, April 28, 2018 FC Selengepress 1 - Khangarid FC 1 A.Erdenebayar (92') Ch.Otgonbayar (97') Anduud City Club 0 - Deren FC 1 Nishio (88') FC Ulaanbaatar 1 - Athletic 220 FC 1 Oyuabat Bayerjargal (44') H. Nitoito (76') Sunday, April 29, 2018 Erchim FC 6 - Gepro FC 0 B. Davaaja (20') S. Dorji (38', 40') G. Batbilgun (75') M.Kashiro (79') M.Tukharm (85') Ulaanbaatar City FC 1 - Arvis FC 1 Tumenj

Fans of Mongolian football may have been confused as they saw Matchday 1's result of Deren FC 1, Anduud City Club 0. Keener-eyed fans also would have noticed that Goyo FC, last year's Premier League newcomers, were absent from the match reports. This is no coincidence as Goyo FC has been rebranded as Anduud City Club beginning the 2018 season. The new name comes from sponsorship which was part of the major 1,000,000,000 MNT deal announced between the Mazala group and the Mong

In the six times that the Mongolian Super Cup has been played since its inception in 2011, Erchim FC has been dominant. The team from Power Plant #4 has won the yearly contest between the previous season's league champion and cup champions all six times. That all changed today as the rising power of Mongolian football Ulaanbaatar City FC defeated Erchim FC 4-2, becoming just the second team ever to win the cup. UB City was dominant in the first half, taking the lead after on

Ulaanbaatar City FC has been a magnet of sorts this offseason, attracting the best talent from around the league and elsewhere. Today the club announced the addition of 19-year-old starlet Amaraa Temuujin from Deren FC on a 3-year deal worth 7,200,000 MNT per year. In 2017 Temuujin proved to be a dangerous playmaker, providing five assists, enough to rank 8th in the league in that statistic. Temuujin also emerged into the national side in the last year, making a single substi

Today both Ulaanbaatar City FC and FC Ulaanbaatar announced the loan move which will see capped international goalkeeper Amarbayasgalan Saikhanchuluun join FCUB for the 2018 season. Ulaanbaatar City FC will receive 10,000,000 MNT for the loan. Saikhanchuluun joined Ulaanbaatar City FC in October 2017 for a fee of 2,000,000 MNT from Khangarid but found himself occupying the backup spot behind standout Italian Mauro Boerchio. Last last month the club announced the signing of la

Today Ulaanbaatar City FC announced the addition of 17-year-old Ganbold Ganbayar on loan from Puskas Akademia FC of Hungary for the 2018 season. The player will earn 6,000,000 MNT per month in the deal. Ganbayar famously joined Hungary's Puskas Akademia FC in September 2016 after tryouts in Mongolia. He went on to make Mongolian history by winning bronze in the 2017 Puskas Cup, during which he appeared against the academies of footballing giants FC Bayern Munich and Budapest

Today Athletic 220 FC announced that they have made several additions to the club's roster for the 2018 season. Midfielder B.Ulzee-Od joins the club on a 3-year contract from FC Selengepress. He will wear #21. Japanese midfielder Murata Shori will be the club's new #14. The player joins Athletic 220 from reigning Laotian champions Lao Toyota FC. The final addition is Japanese midfielder/striker Norito Hashiguchi, known as "Houmba'. This will be Hashiguchi's first time playing

Today FC Selengepress announced the signing of two Japanese players to its roster for the 2018 season. Those players are goalkeeper Hidaoka Yuki and midfielder Dukuchi Shoma.

Today Deren FC announced a key addition to its squad in the return of goalkeeper Milos Rnic for the 2018 season. Last season, Rnic ranked first in the league among goalkeepers with 82.3% save percentage. He was also third in the league in total saves. Rnic was considered for the Goalkeeper of the Year Award but ultimately lost to American Austin Rogers who made 40 more saves over the course of the season. Following the 2017 seson, Deren FC announced that the former Belgrade L

Ulaanbaatar City FC announced today that the club has signed Ivory Coast youth international Arthur Kouassi for the 2018 season. The 28-year-old striker (born 17 November 1989) brings a wealth of experience from across Asia. Kouassi's Asian odyssey began at Shenzhen FC of the the second tier of football in China in 2012. In 2013 he transferred to Citizen Athletic Association of the Hong Kong First Division where he spent one season. From Hong Kong he moved to the Philippines