Brunei Super League

Brunei Super League
Founded 2012 (2012)
Country Brunei Brunei Darussalam
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Number of teams 11
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Brunei Premier League
Domestic cup(s) Brunei FA Cup
Brunei Super Cup
Current champions MS ABDB
(2017–18)
Most championships MS ABDB
(3 titles)
Website Official website
2017–18 Season

The Brunei Super League (Liga Super Brunei in Malay) or DST Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a Bruneian professional league for association football. It is at the top flight of the Bruneian football league system and it is managed by the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD). The league is contested between several teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Brunei Premier League. The clubs participating in this top flight league need to pass a set of requirements and verification process, particularly related to professionalism and infrastructure feasibility.

The championship winner will receive B$14,000 ($10,000 USD) as prize money, as well as being eligible for the AFC Cup as Brunei's representative, provided that the club conforms to AFC's Club Licence criteria (no Brunei football club has ever fulfilled this criteria to date). The runners-up will get B$10,000 ($7,000 USD) while the top scorer will get B$400 ($290 USD).

History

There has been a football competition in Brunei since 1985 which was organised by the Brunei Football Association (BAFA). BAFA introduced a league competition known then as the Proton B-League in 2002.[1]

In 2008, the Brunei government de-registered BAFA from its Register of Societies, and acknowledged a new football federation, the Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam (FFBD).[2][3][4] This irked international football's governing body FIFA to suspend Brunei's membership in September 2009 due to government interference.[5] FIFA reinstated Brunei in May 2011, recognizing another football association, the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) as its representative to Brunei.[6] This resulted in the abandonment of the 2011 Brunei Premier League which was organized by FFBD.[7]

The NFABD reorganized the Brunei football league system, establishing a "super" league as the competition's top tier (thus mirroring the current league naming system of the Malaysians) which will be played after a preliminary competition which will decide the teams that will be in the new league. This became the 2011–12 Brunei National Football League, where 32 teams in 4 groups qualify for 10 places in the Brunei Super League.[8]

The founding members of the Brunei Super League are: Indera FC, Jerudong FC, Kilanas FC, LLRC FT, Majra United FC, MS ABDB, MS PDB, Najip FC, QAF FC and Wijaya FC.[9]

Current format

The league is played out as a double round-robin tournament. In other words, each team faces the other teams twice. At the end of the season the champion is crowned. Tiebreaker in the standings are in descending order: Points, goal difference, goals for, number of wins (each in all matches), if still tied same tiebreakers are used on matches between tied teams, if still tied, better fair play record and eventually the draw will decide the finishing position.

Teams

A total of 11 clubs competed in the Brunei Super League for the 2017 season.[10]

Current clubs

Stadiums

Championship

Year Champion Runners-up Third place
2012–13[11] Indera SC MS ABDB Majra United FC
2014[12] Indera SC MS ABDB Najip FC
2015[13] MS ABDB Indera SC Najip I-Team
2016[14] MS ABDB Indera SC Wijaya FC
2017–18[15] MS ABDB Kota Ranger FC Indera SC

Records

Top scorers

Season Players Teams/clubs Goals
2012–13 Azwan Ali Rahman[16] Indera SC 17
2014 Zulkhairy Razali[17] Indera SC 11
2015 Hardi Bujang Jerudong FC 18
2016 Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman MS ABDB 8
2017–18 Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman MS ABDB 28

Best player award

Season Player Club
2012–13 No award n/a
2014 Mazazizi Mazlan[18] MS ABDB
2015 Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman MS ABDB
2016 Tarmizi Johari[19] MS ABDB
2017–18 Haimie Anak Nyaring[20] Indera SC

All-time goalscoring record

As of 22 January 2018

Players in bold are still playing in the Super League.
Players in italics are no longer active.

# Name Period Club(s) Goals
1 Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 2012–2018 MS ABDB 62
2 Hamizan Aziz Sulaiman 2012– Indera SC 42
3 Asri Aspar 2012– Indera SC 37
4 Abu Bakar Mahari 2012–2014, 2016– Jerudong FC, QAF FC, Kota Ranger 33
5 Razimie Ramlli 2015– MS ABDB 32
6 Hardi Bujang 2012– QAF FC, Jerudong FC, Indera SC, Kota Ranger 29
7 Anaqi Sufi Omar Baki 2012– Wijaya FC 26
8 Jasriman Johari 2012– MS PDB 23
9 Rosmini Kahar 2012–2014, 2017– MS PDB 21
10 Esmendy Ibrahim 2012–2014, 2016– Jerudong FC, Najip I-Team, Kasuka FC 19
Marhazif Ahad 2012– Wijaya FC
Shafie Effendy 2015–2018 Tabuan Muda, Indera SC

References

  1. ↑ "Brunei 2002". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 9 January 2005. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bafa's Fate Up To Home Ministry". Borneo Bulletin. 23 December 2008. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Appeal fails, BAFA sinks". Borneo Bulletin. 25 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Fans take over Brunei soccer". Borneo Bulletin. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "FIFA ban Brunei". ESPN. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "FIFA LIFT BAN ON BRUNEI; EXTEND DEADLINE FOR INDONESIA". ASEAN Football Federation. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "FFBD-organised competitions to be discontinued". The Brunei Times. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "NFABD KICK OFF NEW BRUNEI LEAGUE". ASEAN Football Federation. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "TEN TEAMS TO BATTLE FOR BRUNEI SUPER LEAGUE IN DECEMBER". ASEAN Football Federation. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "DST SUPER LEAGUE 2017 STANDINGS". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  11. ↑ Brunei 2012/13 Archived April 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ Brunei 2014 Archived April 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Brunei 2015 Archived April 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Brunei 2016
  15. ↑ Brunei 2017/18
  16. ↑ "Indera SC take home the hardware". The Brunei Times. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "Indera FC juara Liga Super DST 2014". Pelita Brunei. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Indera lose battle but win war". The Brunei Times. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "MS ABDB crowned DST Super League champs". Borneo Bulletin. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "MS ABDB pertahankan kejuaraan Liga Super DST". Pelita Brunei. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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