| Full name | Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2000 | ||
| Ground | Jerudong Park Mini Stadium Jerudong, Brunei (Capacity: 30,000) |
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HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah (Crown Prince of Brunei) |
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| Manager | Pengiran Haji Muhd Waslimin Pengiran Haji Abdul Momin | ||
| Coach | Vjeran Simunić | ||
| League | - | ||
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Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (DPMM FC) is a soccer club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The club played in the Brunei Premier League in the early-2000s, winning the league title in 2002 and 2004. The club then decided to play in Malaysia, and joined the Malaysian Premier League as a foreign-based team in for the 2005-6 season. They won promotion to the Malaysian Super League (the top tier of Malaysian football) at the end of their first season in Malaysian football, and then finished 3rd and 10th in the following two season in the Super League. The club then left the Malaysian league and joined Singapore's S.League for the 2009 season. They won the Singapore League Cup, but were then forced to withdraw from the league competition five games before the end of the season after FIFA suspended the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam for government interference in its affairs, thus barring teams from Brunei from taking part in overseas competitions. All the club's league results for 2009 were therefore expunged.
DPMM FC is owned by the Crown Prince of Brunei, His Royal Highness Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, who previously played as a goalkeeper for the team.
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DPMM FC started out as a college team in 1994, before being officially established as a commercial club in 2000. After being the most successful team in college-level football in Brunei, most of the team's talented players joined DPMM FC when it became a commercial team and the club became stronger and more established.
The club enjoyed considerable success in Brunei's domestic competitions in the early-2000s, winning the Brunei Premier League in 2002 and 2004, the Brunei FA Cup in 2004, and the Brunei Super Cup in 2002 and 2004.
In 2005, DPMM FC stopped playing in Brunei's domestic league and joined the Malaysia Premier League (the second tier of Malaysian football) as a foreign-based team. The club was then promoted to the top tier of Malaysian football, Malaysian Super League, where they finished in 3rd place in their first season (2006-7). In the following season (2007-8), they finished in 10th place. They then had to leave the Malaysia Super League due to the deregisteration of the Brunei Amateur Football Association by the Registrar of Societies.
Since 2004, DPMM FC had also competed annually in the Singapore Cup (a knock-out tournament which the Football Association of Singapore invites a number of teams from other countries to take part in alongside Singaporean clubs).
After leaving the Malaysia Super League, DPMM FC joined Singapore's S.League for the 2009 season, becoming the first team in the league to play their home matches outside Singapore. The club quickly made an impact on the Singapore football scene by winning the Singapore League Cup in June 2009. They defeated the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club in the final on penalties after the match had ended in a 1-1 draw. However on 30 September that year, FIFA suspended the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam for government interference in its affairs. This meant that teams from Brunei were no longer allowed to compete in tournaments run by other national member associations. The Football Association of Singapore appealed to FIFA to allow DPMM FC to finish the S.League season, but the appeal was rejected. The results of all DPMM's league matches for 2009 were therefore expunged.
After 20 months of being suspended, FIFA has decided to lift the suspension of DPMM FC. This means that DPMM FC is allowed to join any football competitions under FIFA.
| Title | Winners | Runners-up |
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| Brunei Premier League | 2002, 2004 (2x) | |
| Brunei FA Cup | 2004 (1x) | |
| Brunei Super Cup | 2002, 2004 (2x) | |
| Singapore League Cup | 2009 (1x) |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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In
Mohd Helmi Zambrin from AH United
Azman Ilham Haji Mohd Noor from NBT FC
Muhd Abu Bakar Mahari from NBT FC
Hamid Berguiga from CR Belouizdad
Oh Ddog-Yi from Super Reds
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Hasnawi Ismail to Sarawak FA
Abdul Wahab Mansor to released
Shariman Che Omar to Penang FA
Suhaimie Haji Mohd Yussof to MS ABDB
Mohd Helmi Panjang to released
Fadlin Galawat to released
Ahmad Hafiz Said to released
Haji Sariful Rizal Zainal to Wijaya FC
Rosmin Haji Mohd Khamis to released
Mardi Anak Bujang to QAF FC
Pengiran Hamzah Pengiran Haji Abdul Rahman to released
Oh Ddog-Yi to Balestier Khalsa
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