Brunei Super League

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Brunei Super League
Country Brunei Brunei Darussalam
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Founded 2012 (2012)
Number of teams 10
Levels on pyramid 1
Relegation to Premier League
Domestic cup(s) Brunei FA Cup
Brunei Super Cup
International cup(s) AFC President's Cup
Current champions Indera FC
(2012–13)
Most championships Indera FC (1 title)
2012-13 Season

The Brunei Super League (Liga Super Brunei) 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 10 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Brunei Premier League. The 10 clubs participating in this top flight league need to pass a set of requirements and verification process, particularly related to professionalism and infrastructure feasibility.

History

There has been a football competition in Brunei since 1985; it was organised by the Brunei Football Association. In 2002, the league was played as Brunei Premier League from 2002 to 2009/2010 season. Preparations for the creating of a new league were started in 2012 with the initial season played out in 2012/2013.[1]

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. Currently there is no relegation or promotion system in the league.

Clubs

A total of 10 clubs are competing in the Brunei Super League during the 2012-13 season.

Current clubs

  • Brunei LLRC FT
  • Brunei QAF FC (Brunei-Muara)
  • Brunei Jerudong FC (Brunei-Muara)
  • Brunei Indera FC (Brunei-Muara)
  • Brunei MS ABDB (Tutong)
  • Brunei Majra United FC (Brunei-Muara)
  • Brunei Kilanas FC (Berakas)
  • Brunei MS PDB
  • Brunei Wijaya FC (Brunei-Muara)
  • Brunei Najip FC

Championship

Year Champion Runners-up Third place
2012–13[2] Indera FC MS ABDB Majra United FC

Players

Golden Boot winners

Season Players Teams/clubs Goals
2012–13[3] Azwan Ali Rahman Indera FC 17

References

External links

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