The Brunei Premier League () is the second tier of the football pyramid of
Brunei
Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...
. It was Brunei's top-tier football league until 2012, when the
Brunei Super League was created. The Premier League falls under the management of the
National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam.
History
From 1985 to 1993, the champions of the four districts (
Belait,
Brunei-Muara,
Temburong,
Tutong) entered into the National Championship playoff. The tournament was not played between 1994 and 2001. The Brunei Premier League was created in 2002, and it was the top-tier league until 2012, when it was replaced by the
Brunei Super League.
From 2014 until 2019 it was made into a second tier competition.
Teams
A total of 8 teams competed in the
2018–19 season.
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BSRC FT
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DPMM FC II
*
Jerudong FC
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Panchor Murai FC
*
Rainbow FC
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Rimba Star FC
*
Seri Wira FC
*
Tabuan Muda
Stadiums
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Track & Field Sports Complex,
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB) is the capital and largest city of Brunei. It is officially a Municipalities of Brunei, municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei–Muara District, the s ...
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Berakas Sports Complex,
Berakas
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Etymology
People from the Kampong Ayer used to travel to the Berakas to get firewood before resettlement. ...
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Jerudong Park Mini Stadium,
Jerudong
*Tutong Sports Complex,
Tutong
*Brunei Shell Recreation Club Field,
Panaga
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NFABD Field, Bandar Seri Begawan
Champions
Previous winners are:
:National Championship play-off winners:
*1985:
Angkatan Bersenjata
*1986:
Daerah Brunei
*1987:
Kota Ranger FC
*1988:
Kuala Belait FC
*1989:
Muara Stars FC
*1990–92: ''not played''
*1993:
Kota Ranger FC
*1994-01: ''not played''
:Brunei Premier League (B-League)
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2002
The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
:
DPMM FC
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2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
:
Wijaya FC
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2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
:
DPMM FC
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2005–06:
QAF FC
*2006–07: ''not held''
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2007–08:
QAF FC
*2008–09: ''not held''
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2009–10:
QAF FC
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2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
: ''suspended''
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2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
:
Lun Bawang
The Lun Bawang (formerly known as Trusan Murut and Mengalong Murut or Southern Murut) is an ethnic group found in Central Northern Borneo. They are indigenous to the southwest of Sabah (Interior Division including Labuan) and the northern reg ...
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2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
:
Kota Ranger FC
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2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
:
Al-Idrus Junior
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2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
:
Setia Perdana FC
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2018–19:
DPMM FC
Top scorers
References
External links
National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam .
on FIFA.com (archived 5 September 2007)
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Second level football leagues in Asia
Sports leagues established in 2002
2002 establishments in Brunei