Brunei National Football Team

Brunei

Nickname (s)

Harimau Bintang ("The Leopards")

Association

National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam

confederacy

AFC

Head coach

Vacant

captain

Rahim Daud Bashir

Home stadium

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium

FIFA code

BRU

FIFA rank

191. (904 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

Balance sheet

122 games
19 wins
11 draws
92 losses

statistics

First international match Malaysia 8-0 Brunei ( Bangkok , Thailand ; May 22, 1971 )

Biggest win Brunei 4-0 East Timor ( Kuching , Malaysia ; November 2, 2016 )

Biggest defeat Brunei 0:12 Ver. Arab. Emirates ( Bandar Seri Begawan , Brunei ; April 14, 2001 )

(As of June 11, 2019)

The Brunei national football team is the national team of the Southeast Asian Sultanate of Brunei . She is one of the most unsuccessful teams in the AFC Continental Association .

Brunei has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer World Cup or the Asian Cup. In her history, she was only able to leave eight games as a winner.

history

The Brunei Football Association was founded on March 15, 1956 and was then called the Brunei State Football Amateur Association. In 1993 the word amateur was removed from the official title, since then the association is called the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam ( Malay: Persekutuan Bolasepak Negara Brunei Darussalam).

The national team's previous international experience is limited to regional competitions such as B. the Southeast Asian Games or the ASEAN football championship . In 1986, Brunei took part in a qualification for a soccer world championship for the first time . The team took part in a qualification for the second time for the 2002 World Cup.

The national team played in the Malay League. In 1999 you could win the national cup.

Today there are around 2,500 active players in Brunei who play in the 22 clubs in Brunei.

Due to interference by the state, the association was suspended by FIFA on September 30, 2009. The suspension was lifted on May 30, 2011. Nevertheless, the suspension made the national team unable to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia , the team started with a 1-0 win in Taiwan with a goal from Adi Said .