Brunei national football team

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This article is about the Brunei national football team. For the Brunei team that entered the Malaysian football competitions, see Brunei (Malaysia Premier League team).
Brunei Darussalam
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Tebuan (The Wasps)
Association National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam
Sub-confederation AFF (South-East Asia)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Mike Wong Mun Heng
Captain Azwan Saleh
Most caps Azwan Saleh (18)
Home stadium Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium
FIFA code BRU
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 186 Increase 1 (5 November 2015)
Highest 140 (December 1992)
Lowest 203 (October 2012)
First international
 Malaysia 8–0 Brunei Brunei
(Bangkok, Thailand; 22 May 1971)

The Brunei national football team (also known as 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. Also has made five appearances in the Asian Cup qualifiers and they has 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's 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.[1] 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.[2] Brunei were re-instated on 31 May 2011.[3]

Competition records

World Cup Record

Asian Cup record

Asian Cup Finals Asian Cup Qualifications
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA GD
Hong Kong 1956 to
Iran 1968		 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Thailand 1972 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18
Iran 1976 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 2 0 0 2 1 13 −12
Kuwait 1980 Withdrew - - - - - - -
Singapore 1984 Withdrew - - - - - - -
Qatar 1988 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Japan 1992 Did not enter - - - - - - -
United Arab Emirates 1996 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Lebanon 2000 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11
China 2004 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Qatar 2011 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5
Australia 2015 Withdrew - - - - - - -
United Arab Emirates 2019 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1
Total - - - - - - - - 15 1 2 12 4 56 −52

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

ASEAN Championship

  • Finals Records Only

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

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