Brunei DPMM FC

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DPMM FC
Full name Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club
Founded 2000
Ground Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Ground Capacity 30,000
Chairman HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah
(Crown Prince of Brunei)
Coach Steve Kean
League S.League
2013 8th
Home colours
Away colours

Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (DPMM FC) is a football 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.

History

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.

DPMM FC's suspension lifted

After 20 months of being suspended, FIFA has decided to lift the suspension off Brunei Darussalam. This means that the national team as well as the football teams from Brunei Darussalam are allowed to join any football competitions under FIFA. In 2012 Brunei DPMM FC officially returns to the S.League. They also won the S-League Cup that year in as many times as well as being the first runner-up in the league.

S.League and cup history

Season League Cup League Cup Top goalscorer Managers
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2009 S.League expelled from the league[1][2] Quarter-finals Winners Brunei Shahrazen Said 8 Croatia Vjeran Simunić
2010 S.League Banned by FIFA
2011 S.League Banned by FIFA
2012 S.League 2 24 15 3 6 49 26 48 Round of 16 Winners Brunei Mohd Shahrazen Said 13 Croatia Vjeran Simunić
2013 S.League 8 27 9 8 10 38 48 35 Quarter-finals Runners-Up Brazil Rodrigo 8

Honours

Title Winners Runners-up
Brunei Premier League 2002, 2004
Brunei FA Cup 2004
Brunei Super Cup 2002, 2004
Singapore League Cup 2009, 2012 2013

Performance in AFC competitions

2002–03: Qualifying East – 2nd Round

Performance in AFF competitions

2003: 1st Round
2005: 3rd Place

Performance in Malaysian leagues

  • 3 appearances:
2005-6 – Premier League Group A: 3rd place
2006-7 – Super League: 3rd place
2007-8 – Super League: 10th place

Performance in S.League

2009: Did not complete the season due to FIFA ban, all results expunged in accordance to S.League rules.[3]
2010-2011: Did not take part due to FIFA ban.
2012: Runner's Up.

Performance in Singapore Cup

2004: 1st Round[4]
2005: 1st Round[5]
2006: 1st Round[6]
2007: 1st Round[7]
2008: 1st Round[8]
2009: Quarter-finals[9]
2010-2011: Did not take part due to FIFA ban.
2012: 1st Round[10]

Performance in Singapore League Cup

2009: Champions
2010-2011: Did not take part due to FIFA ban.
2012: Champions

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Brunei GK Azman Ilham Noor
2 Brunei MF Azwan Ali Rahman
3 Brunei DF Sairol Sahari
5 Brunei DF Shahrulrizal Abd Rahman
7 Brunei MF Azwan Salleh
8 Brazil MF Rodrigo Tosi
9 Brunei MF Hendra Azam
11 Brunei DF Subhi Abdilah
13 Brunei MF Rosmin Kamis (Club Captain)
14 Brunei MF Mohammad Helmi Zambin
16 Brunei DF Ampuan Nurul Azami
No. Position Player
17 Brunei DF Md Najib Hj Tarif
18 Brunei DF Suhaime Yussof
19 Brunei MF Amalul Ariffin Shah
20 Brunei FW Adi Said
22 Brunei FW Mohd Shahrazen Said
23 Brunei MF Awangku Fakharazzi
25 Brunei GK Wardun Yusof
Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Boris Raspudić
Republic of Ireland MF Joe Gamble
Croatia MF Robert Alviž

Managers

  • Malaysia Azman Hj Eusoff
  • Brunei Ahmed El-Makki (2002–04)
  • Brunei Naka Amzar (2005–06)
  • Indonesia Aji Santoso (2007)
  • Slovenia Sandi Sejdinovski (20??)
  • Bulgaria Iordan Stoykov (20??)
  • Croatia Ranko Buketa (20??)
  • Croatia Vjeran Simunić (March 11, 2008–Oct 27, 2009), (Oct 1, 2011–Nov 7, 2013)
  • Scotland Steve Kean (Nov 7, 2013–)

Previous Notable Players

References

  1. ↑ Key decisions reached in Rio
  2. ↑ http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&AID=d0c2feba-e96e-4f8e-a7d4-9afcc36386f8&NLT=300
  3. ↑ "DPMM unable to continue 2009 S.League season". 
  4. ↑ "2004 Singapore Cup". 
  5. ↑ "2005 Singapore Cup". 
  6. ↑ "2006 Singapore Cup". 
  7. ↑ "2007 Singapore Cup". 
  8. ↑ "2008 Singapore Cup". 
  9. ↑ "2009 Singapore Cup". 
  10. ↑ "2012 Singapore Cup". 

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