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Brunei

Nickname(s)	Tebuan (The Hornets)
Association	National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Kwon Oh-son
Captain	Faiq Bolkiah
Most caps	Azwan Saleh (26)
Top scorer	Shah Razen Said (8)
Home stadium	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
FIFA code	BRU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	195 (20 December 2018)[1]
Highest	140 (December 1992)
Lowest	203 (October 2012)
Elo ranking
Current	229 1 (29 January 2019)[2]
Highest	163 (1971)
Lowest	230 (2016)
First international
Malaysia 8–0 Brunei (Bangkok, Thailand; 22 May 1971)[3]
Biggest win
Brunei 4–0 Timor-Leste  (Kuching, Malaysia; 2 November 2016)
Biggest defeat
Brunei 0–12 United Arab Emirates  (B. S. Begawan, Brunei; 14 April 2001)

The Brunei national football team (also known as the Brunei Darussalam national football team) nicknamed Tebuan (The Wasps), is the national team of the Brunei and is controlled by the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. The team was founded in 1959 and joined FIFA in 1969. In the past, they have also frequently featured in the Malaysian league and cup competitions as one of the state representative sides.

History

Brunei Football Association was formed on 15 March 1956 and at that time was known as the Brunei State Football Amateur Association. In 1993, the word "Amateur" was dropped, and since then, the FA has been known as the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. Brunei's experience of international football has been more or less restricted to regional Asian competitions, such as the Southeast Asian Games and the Tiger Cup. So far, Brunei has entered the World Cup qualifiers only three times, in 1986, 2002 and 2018. On these occasions, they did not qualify for the competition. They have made five appearances in the Asian Cup qualifiers, but they have never passed the first qualification round.

Their best achievement was perhaps being Champion of the Malaysia Cup in 1999. Back then, Brunei entered a team to compete in the professional Malaysian league and despite competing against Malaysian clubs, Brunei had previously never made an impact. However, in 1999, they shocked everyone by lifting the Malaysia Cup.

Today there are approximately 2,500 footballers playing with Brunei's 22 registered clubs. Footballers are mostly amateurs or semi professionals.

Suspension

The Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (BAFA) was suspended due to governmental interference in its affairs, which started with a decision by the Brunei authorities to dissolve BAFA and to replace it with a new federation in December 2008.^[4] The suspension was applied with immediate effect and meant that the Brunei club DPMM were no longer permitted to play in the Singapore S-League until it was resolved.

On 19 March 2010, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed to submit to the next FIFA Congress the expulsion of the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (BAFA) if the BAFA has not been reinstated by then, after noting that no major progress had been made since the BAFA was suspended in September 2009.

FIFA warned that unless BAFA came to FIFA's Congress on 9 June and 10 in South Africa having met the conditions for reinstatement it would be expelled.^[5] Brunei were re-instated on 31 May 2011.^[6]

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1958	Did not exist									Did not exist
1962	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1966
1970
1974	Did not enter									Did not enter
1978
1982
1986	Did not qualify									6	0	0	6	2	29
1990	Did not enter									Did not enter
1994
1998
2002	Did not qualify									6	0	0	6	0	28
2006	Did not enter									Did not enter
2010
2014	Suspended									Suspended
2018	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	1	2
2022	To be determined									To be determined
2026
Total		0/21								14	1	0	13	3	59

Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup record										AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1956 to 1968	Did not enter									Did not enter
1972	Did not qualify									3	0	0	3	0	18	−18
1976										2	0	0	2	1	13	−12
1980	Withdrew									Withdrew
1984
1988	Did not enter									Did not enter
1992
1996
2000	Did not qualify									3	0	0	3	0	11	−11
2004										2	0	1	1	1	6	−5
2007	Did not enter									Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify									3	0	1	2	1	6	−5
2015	Withdrew									Withdrew
2019	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
Total	–	0/16	−	−	−	−	−	−		15	1	2	12	4	56	−52

Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Asian Games Record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1951	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002–present	See Brunei national under-23 football team
Total	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2
2008	Did not qualify	−	−	−	−	−	−
2010	Did not qualify	−	−	−	−	−	−
2012	Suspended	−	−	−	−	−	−
2014	Withdrew	−	−	−	−	−	−
Total	Best: Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2

AFC Solidarity Cup record

AFC Solidarity Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2016	Fourth place	4	1	1	2	7	7
Total	Best: Fourth place	4	1	1	2	7	7

ASEAN Championship

• Finals Records Only

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

ASEAN Football Championship Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1996 Group stage 4 1 0 3 1 15 1998 Did not qualify – – – – – – 2000 Withdrew – – – – – – 2002 Did not enter – – – – – – 2004 Did not enter – – – – – – 2007 Did not qualify – – – – – – 2008 Did not qualify – – – – – – 2010 Suspended – – – – – – 2012 Did not qualify – – – – – – 2014 Did not qualify – – – – – – 2016 Did not qualify – – – – – – 2018 Did not qualify – – – – – – Total Best: Group stage 4 1 0 3 1 15 Fixture and results Friendlies Brunei  v MS ABDB 6 July 2018 Brunei  4–11 MS ABDB Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 20:00 UTC+08 Stadium: NFABD Field Brunei  v MS ABDB 25 July 2018 Brunei  0–01 MS ABDB Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 20:15 UTC+08 Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Brunei  v MS ABDB 31 July 2018 Brunei  5–11 MS ABDB Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 16:00 UTC+08 Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Brunei  v Kasuka FC 4 August 2018 Brunei  2–01 Kasuka FC Berakas, Brunei 16:30 UTC+08 Stadium: Track & Field Sports Complex Brunei  v Kasuka FC 14 August 2018 Brunei  5–11 Kasuka FC Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 20:00 UTC+08 Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Brunei  v MS PDB 17 August 2018 Brunei  4–01 MS PDB Berakas, Brunei 20:00 UTC+08 Stadium: Track & Field Sports Complex 1Non-FIFA 'A' international match 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification Timor-Leste  v  Brunei 1 September 2018 Timor-Leste  3–1  Brunei Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[nb 1] 20:00 UTC+8 Henrique  28', 32' Garcia  90+1' Report Azwan  57' Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan) Brunei  v  Timor-Leste 8 September 2018 Brunei  1–0  Timor-Leste Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 20:15 UTC+8 Najib  75' Report Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Attendance: 3345 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran) Current squad The following 23 players were announced for the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification matches on 1–8 September 2018.[8] Reduan Petara was subsequently replaced by Hanif Hamir.[9] .mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player th{background-color:inherit;border:0}.mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player td{text-align:center;border:0} No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 18 1GK Wardun Yussof (1981-09-14) 14 September 1981 (age 37) 23 0 DPMM FC 1 1GK Haimie Anak Nyaring (1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 (age 20) 2 0 DPMM FC 19 1GK Tarmizi Johari (1983-12-26) 26 December 1983 (age 35) 2 0 MS ABDB 11 2DF Najib Tarif (1988-02-05) 5 February 1988 (age 30) 18 1 DPMM FC 14 2DF Helmi Zambin (1987-03-30) 30 March 1987 (age 31) 15 1 DPMM FC 4 2DF Fakharrazi Hassan (1989-07-15) 15 July 1989 (age 29) 13 2 DPMM FC 2 2DF Afi Aminuddin (1991-10-09) 9 October 1991 (age 27) 11 0 Kota Ranger 3 2DF Abdul Mu'iz Sisa (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 27) 6 1 DPMM FC 5 2DF Hanif Hamir (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 21) 6 0 DPMM FC 13 2DF Hazwan Hamzah (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 27) 6 0 Indera SC 23 2DF Yura Indera Putera Yunos (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 22) 6 0 DPMM FC 21 2DF Khairil Shahme Suhaimi (1993-04-16) 16 April 1993 (age 25) 5 0 Indera SC 8 2DF Arif Ali Rahman (1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 30) 0 0 Seri Wira FC 7 3MF Azwan Ali Rahman (1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 (age 27) 13 4 DPMM FC 12 3MF Hamizan Aziz Sulaiman (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 30) 7 0 Indera SC 15 3MF Aminuddin Zakwan Tahir (1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 24) 6 1 Indera SC 6 3MF Nurikhwan Othman (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 26) 6 0 DPMM FC 17 3MF Shafie Effendy (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 23) 5 1 DPMM FC 16 3MF Zulkhairy Razali (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 22) 2 0 Indera SC 22 4FW Shahrazen Said (1985-12-14) 14 December 1985 (age 33) 22 8 DPMM FC 20 4FW Adi Said (1990-10-15) 15 October 1990 (age 28) 19 7 UiTM FC 9 4FW Faiq Jefri Bolkiah (Captain) (1998-05-09) 9 May 1998 (age 20) 6 1 Leicester City 10 4FW Razimie Ramlli (1990-08-06) 6 August 1990 (age 28) 3 1 MS ABDB Coaches Duncan McDowell (1976–81) Idris Damit (1983) Danny Bergara (1984) Oscar Amaro de Silva (1985) Hussein Aljuneid (1990) Mick Lyons (1993–95) David Booth (1996–98) Mick Jones (1998–01) Zainuddin Kassim (2001) Mick Lyons (2002) Karim Bencherifa (2003–04) Amir Alagic (2005) Mohd Ali Mustafa (2006) Kwon Oh-Son (2008) Vjeran Simunić (2008–09) Mohd Ali Mustafa (2009) Dayem Hj Ali (2011) Kwon Oh-Son (2012–13) Vjeran Simunić (2013–14) Steve Kean (2014) Mike Wong (2014–2016) Kwon Oh-Son (2016) Stephen Ng (2017) Kwon Oh-Son (2018–) Honours Borneo Cup Winner (3): 1968, 1987, 1988 Brunei Merdeka Games Runners-up (1): 1985 Philippines International Cup Third Place (1):1993 Notes ^ Venue moved by organisers on 7 August due to concerns over floodlighting.[7] References ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". 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