2006 Mongolian Premier League

The 2006 Mongolian National Championship was the thirty-ninth recorded edition of top flight football in Mongolia and the eleventh season of the Mongolian Premier League, which took over as the highest level of competition in the country from the previous Mongolian National Championship. Khoromkhon were champions, their second title, Khasiin Khulguud were runners up, with Khangarid in third place.

Participating teams

Baganuur – Baganuur; village/town near Ulaanbaatar to the east
Darkhan – Darkhan; town in northern Mongolia
Khangarid – Erdenet; town in northern Mongolia
Kharaatsai – Ulaanbaatar
Khasiin Khulguud – Bank team from Ulaanbaatar
Khoromkhon – Ulaanbaatar
Khötöl – Khötöl; village/town near Ulaanbaatar
Selenge Press – Ulaanbaatar
Mazaalai – Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar – team from Ulaanbaatar University
Zamchin – Ulaanbaatar
Zamyn-Üüd – Zamyn-Üüd; town in southern Mongolia

Format

The 2006 season consisted of three distinct stage: the first stage consisted of three groups of four teams, with each group playing a single round robin of matches. From this stage, the top two teams in each group in addition to the two third placed teams with the best records advanced to the next set of matches. The second round consisted of two further groups of four teams, with each group again contesting a single round robin of matches. The winners of each group then progressed directly to a single leg final match, whilst the runners up in each group contested a third place play off match.