Kasuka Football Club () is a football club from

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, that plays in the

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History

Early days

Due to the demand from the residents of Kampong Sungai Kedayan to play in the district league, Kasuka FC was founded in 1993. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the club enjoyed a great deal of success. For the 1997–98 season, they won the Brunei-Muara District League and added the Police Cup (PRG) and Mukim Berakas Cup (Perbekal) to their collection of victories. By winning the District League Champions Cup, Pepsi Cup, and Community Shield of the District League in 1999, Kasuka added three more cups to their collection.

Further successes

With the arrival of coach Moksen Mohammad in 2000, he would lead the team to win both the Brunei-Muara District League and the Pengiran Sengamara Di Raja Cup. According to Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (FABD), the club also won both the Mukim Kilanas Trophy and Md Amir PP competition in 2000. Under his guide, Kasuka continue to succeed with a 3–1 victory, against

DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club in English, commonly known as DPMM FC) is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The club played in the Brunei P ...

in the Malaysian Pepsi Cup that following year. Kasuka were one of the founding members of the B-League in 2002, where they ended the season in third place. They stayed in the top flight until the 2007–08 season when they withdrew from the competition with just two games left to play.

Reformation

They reformed in 2014, winning promotion from the

Brunei Premier League DST Group Brunei Premier League ( ms, DST GROUP LIGA PERDANA BRUNEI) was the top-tier football league of Brunei until 2012, when it became the second tier of the football pyramid of Brunei with the creation of the Brunei Super League by the Nationa ...

in 2015 into the

. Their highest position achieved was in the 2018-19 Super League season when they finished second behind MS ABDB. Managing to obtain an AFC Club License in late 2020, they were scheduled to participate in the qualifying stages of the 2021 AFC Cup, by virtue of their second place standing in the 2018-19 season. On 7 July 2021, AFC announced that the ASEAN Zone matches of the 2021 AFC Cup were cancelled, denying Kasuka of their continental debut. In the year 2022, Kasuka strengthened their ranks further with the acquisition of several talents such as

Adi Said Adi bin Said (born 15 October 1990) is a Bruneian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Brunei Super League club Kasuka FC and the Brunei national football team. Club career Early career and rise at DPMM FC Adi began his footba ...

, Azman Ilham Noor and Khairil Shahme Suhaimi to mount a serious challenge for the 2022 Brunei FA Cup, the only FABD competition to be contested for the year. They were even touted to be the favourites to win the competition when it commenced. They managed to go all the way to the final on 4 December when Kasuka initially had an early lead after Leon Sullivan Taylor scored the first goal of the match in the 13th minute.

Azwan Ali Rahman Muhammad Azwan bin Ali Rahman (bron 11 January 1992) is a Bruneian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for DPMM FC and the Brunei national team. He is his club's current captain. Club career A product of Brunei's Sports School, ...

equalised deep in first half stoppage time and

Shah Razen Said Mohammad Shah Razen bin Said (born 14 December 1985) is a Bruneian international footballer who plays as a striker for DPMM FC and the Brunei national team. He is the current record goalscorer for Brunei with eight goals. Shah Razen is incl ...

subsequently netted the winner in the 70th minute to hand Kasuka defeat at the last hurdle of the tournament.

Current squad

Club officials

Honours

* Brunei-Muara District League ** Champions (1): 1997–98, 2000 *

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** Runners-up (1):

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* Pengiran Sengamara Di Raja Cup ** Champions (1): 2000 * Mukim Kilanas Trophy ** Champions (1): 2000 * Md Amir PP ** Champions (1): 2000 * Brunei Pepsi Cup ** Champions (1): 2001 * Brunei Police Cup ** Champions (1): 1997 * Mukim Berakas Cup ** Champions (1): 1997

References

External links

* Association football clubs established in 1993 1993 establishments in Brunei Football clubs in Brunei {{Brunei-footyclub-stub