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Brunei
Nickname(s)	Harimau Bintang (The Leopards)
Association	Football Association; of Brunei Darussalam
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Vjeran Simunic
Captain	Rahim Daud Bashir
Home stadium	Sultan Hassal Bolkiah Stadium
FIFA code	BRU
FIFA ranking	191
Highest FIFA ranking	145 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	199 (December 2004)
Elo ranking	215
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Malaysia 8 - 0 Brunei ; (Bangkok, Thailand; May 22, 1971)
Biggest win
	Brunei 4 - 1 Philippines ; (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; March 24, 1985); Brunei 4 - 1 East Timor ; (Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 21 October 2008)
Biggest defeat
	Brunei 0 - 12 UAE ; (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; April 14, 2001)

The Brunei national football team (also known as Brunei Darussalam national football team) nicknamed Harimau Bintang (The Leopards),is the national team of the Brunei and is controlled by the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. They are one of the weakest teams in the world and did not even attempt qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. The team was founded in 1959 and joined FIFA in 1969.Their main regional rivalries are against Malaysia (which are nicknamed the Tigers) and Philippines.

The national football team has also frequently featured in the Malaysian Premier League as one of the state sides.

[edit] History

Brunei Football Association was formed in 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 qualifying competition only once, in 1986 World Cup and has also made only one appearance in the 1976 Asian Cup . On both occasions, they were eliminated in the first round. Their best achievement was perhaps being Champion of the Malaysia Cup in 1999. Back then, Brunei competed 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's there are approximately 2,500 footballers playing with Brunei's 22 registered clubs. Footballers are mostly amateurs or semi professionals.In recent years, Brunei has included several naturalised citizens in its team. The current national team also consists of foreign-born citizens such as Hammid Alan Virkov from Ukraine; Darul Yuriry from Russia; Boris Nafal from Serbia.

[edit] 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^[1]. The suspension applies with immediate effect and means that Brunei club DPMM will no longer be permitted to play in the Singapore S-League. The suspension will run until BAFA is reinstalled by the government^[2].

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1982: Did not enter

1986: Did not qualify

1990 to 1998: Did not enter

2002: Did not qualify

2006 to 2010: Did not enter

[edit] Asian Cup record

[edit] Asian Cup Qualification records

1956 to 1968: Did not enter

1972: Did not qualify

1976: Did not qualify

1980 to 1996: Did not enter

2004: Did not qualify

2007: Did not enter

2011: Did not qualify

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup Records

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	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Group Stage	3	1	1	1	2	2

[edit] ASEAN Competitions History

[edit] ASEAN Football Championship record

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 to 2004	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007 to 2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Group Stage	4	1	0	3	1	15

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Mohd Sahan Mumtazali	05 March 1986	12	0	QAF FC
2	GK	Azman Ilham Noor	05 February 1984	12	0	Macarthur Rams
3	DF	Mohd Kamarul Ariffin Ramlee	No Date	3	0	Not Club
4	DF	Micky Anak Gindi	30 November 1988	2	0	QAF FC
5	DF	Mohd Zulkhairi Salleh	No Date	2	0	Not Club
6	DF	Naasiruddeen Abdul Wahab	No Date	2	0	QAF FC
7	DF	Philip Anak Ahar	No Date	2	0	QAF FC
8	MF	Mohd Hendra Azam Idris	No Date	2	0	Majra FC
9	MF	Ratano Tuah	9 February 1976	2	0	QAF FC
10	MF	Mardi Anak Bujang	No Date	12	4	QAF FC
11	MF	Mohd Hardiman Abdul Lamit	19 June 1986	2	0	Not Club
12	MF	Nurul Aleshahnezan Vincent Nordin	No Date	2	0	Sengkurong FC
13	FW	Riwandi Wahit	06 March 1981	2	0	QAF FC
14	FW	Aqmal Hakeem Abdul Hamid	14 November 1990	2	0	Not Club
15	FW	Adie Arsham Salleh	No Date	2	0	QAF FC
16	FW	Hamizan Aziz Sulaiman	No Date	3	0	QAF FC

[edit] Kits

Brunei 's kit is a yellow jersey with black beams with black shorts and yellow socks. Their away kit is with a green jersey with red line-S with white shorts and white socks with red top . The kits are currently manufactured by Lotto Sport Italia.

[edit] References

^ "Brunei suspended for government interference". The AFC. 2009-09-30. http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/25454-brunei-suspended-for-government-interference. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
^ FIFA suspendiert BAFA

[edit] See also

[0] "Brunei suspended for government interference". The AFC. 2009-09-30. http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/25454-brunei-suspended-for-government-interference. Retrieved 2009-09-30.

[1] FIFA suspendiert BAFA

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