Brunei Super League


The Brunei Super League 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. 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 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. The runners-up will get B$10,000 while the top scorer will get B$400.

History

There has been a football competition in Brunei since 1985 which was organised by the Brunei Football Association. BAFA introduced a league competition known then as the Proton B-League in 2002.
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. This irked international football's governing body FIFA to suspend Brunei's membership in September 2009 due to government interference. FIFA reinstated Brunei in May 2011, recognizing another football association, the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam as its representative to Brunei. This resulted in the abandonment of the 2011 Brunei Premier League which was organized by FFBD.
The NFABD reorganized the Brunei football league system, establishing a "super" league as the competition's top tier 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.
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.

Current format

For the 2020 season, the league is expanded to sixteen teams in accordance to FIFA, AFC and AFF's aspirations.
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, head-to-head record, fair play record and drawing of lots.

Teams

A total of 16 clubs are competing in the 2020 season, to commence on 28 February. Lun Bawang FC was replaced by Jerudong FC in a statement released on 29 January. The league was suspended since 13 March due to the COVID-19 situation in Brunei.

Current clubs

Venues for the 2020 Brunei Super League are as follows:

Undesignated venues

YearChampionRunners-upThird place
2012–13Indera SCMS ABDBMajra United FC
2014Indera SCMS ABDBNajip FC
2015MS ABDBIndera SCNajip I-Team
2016MS ABDBIndera SCWijaya FC
2017–18MS ABDBKota Ranger FCIndera SC
2018–19MS ABDBKasuka FCWijaya FC

Records

Top scorers

SeasonPlayersTeams/clubsGoals
2012–13Azwan Ali RahmanIndera SC17
2014Zulkhairy RazaliIndera SC11
2015Hardi BujangJerudong FC18
2016Abdul Azizi Ali RahmanMS ABDB8
2017–18Abdul Azizi Ali RahmanMS ABDB28
2018–19Hanif Aiman AdananKasuka FC16

Best player award

All-time goalscoring record

Players in bold are still playing in the Super League.
Players in italics are no longer active.
#NamePeriodClubGoals
1Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman2012–2018MS ABDB62
2Asri Aspar2012–Indera SC, Kasuka FC51
3Hamizan Aziz Sulaiman2012–Indera SC49
4Razimie Ramlli2015–2019MS ABDB44
5Anaqi Sufi Omar Baki2012–Wijaya FC40
6Abu Bakar Mahari2012–2014, 2016–2019Jerudong FC, QAF FC, Kota Ranger39
7Hardi Bujang2012–QAF FC, Jerudong FC, Indera SC, Kota Ranger33
8Esmendy Ibrahim2012–2014, 2016–Jerudong FC, Najip I-Team, Kasuka FC, Kota Ranger27
9Mardi Mirza Abdullah2012–QAF FC, Jerudong FC, Kasuka FC26
10Marhazif Ahad2012–Wijaya FC24