Brunei DPMM FC

DPMM FC
Full name	Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club
Founded	2000
Ground	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium; Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; (Capacity: 30,000)
Chairman	HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah (Crown Prince of Brunei)
Manager	Pengiran Haji Muhd Waslimin Pengiran Haji Abdul Momin
Coach	Vjeran Simunić
League	S.League
Home colours	Away colours

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Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (DPMM FC) is a soccer club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The club played in the Brunei Premier League in the early-2000s, winning the league title in 2002 and 2004. The club then decided to play in Malaysia, and joined the Malaysian Premier League as a foreign-based team in for the 2005-6 season. They won promotion to the Malaysian Super League (the top tier of Malaysian football) at the end of their first season in Malaysian football, and then finished 3rd and 10th in the following two season in the Super League. The club then left the Malaysian league and joined Singapore's S.League for the 2009 season. They won the Singapore League Cup, but were then forced to withdraw from the league competition five games before the end of the season after FIFA suspended the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam for government interference in its affairs, thus barring teams from Brunei from taking part in overseas competitions. All the club's league results for 2009 were therefore expunged.

DPMM FC is owned by the Crown Prince of Brunei, His Royal Highness Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, who previously played as a goalkeeper for the team.

[edit] History

DPMM FC started out as a college team in 1994, before being officially established as a commercial club in 2000. After being the most successful team in college-level football in Brunei, most of the team's talented players joined DPMM FC when it became a commercial team and the club became stronger and more established.

The club enjoyed considerable success in Brunei's domestic competitions in the early-2000s, winning the Brunei Premier League in 2002 and 2004, the Brunei FA Cup in 2004, and the Brunei Super Cup in 2002 and 2004.

In 2005, DPMM FC stopped playing in Brunei's domestic league and joined the Malaysia Premier League (the second tier of Malaysian football) as a foreign-based team. The club was then promoted to the top tier of Malaysian football, Malaysian Super League, where they finished in 3rd place in their first season (2006-7). In the following season (2007-8), they finished in 10th place. They then had to leave the Malaysia Super League due to the deregisteration of the Brunei Amateur Football Association by the Registrar of Societies.

Since 2004, DPMM FC had also competed annually in the Singapore Cup (a knock-out tournament which the Football Association of Singapore invites a number of teams from other countries to take part in alongside Singaporean clubs).

After leaving the Malaysia Super League, DPMM FC joined Singapore's S.League for the 2009 season, becoming the first team in the league to play their home matches outside Singapore. The club quickly made an impact on the Singapore football scene by winning the Singapore League Cup in June 2009. They defeated the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club in the final on penalties after the match had ended in a 1-1 draw. However on 30 September that year, FIFA suspended the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam for government interference in its affairs. This meant that teams from Brunei were no longer allowed to compete in tournaments run by other national member associations. The Football Association of Singapore appealed to FIFA to allow DPMM FC to finish the S.League season, but the appeal was rejected. The results of all DPMM's league matches for 2009 were therefore expunged.

[edit] DPMM FC's suspension lifted

After 20 months of being suspended, FIFA has decided to lift the suspension of DPMM FC. This means that DPMM FC is allowed to join any football competitions under FIFA. They will officially return to the S.League in 2012.

[edit] Honours

Title	Winners	Runners-up
Brunei Premier League	2002, 2004 (2x)
Brunei FA Cup	2004 (1x)
Brunei Super Cup	2002, 2004 (2x)
Singapore League Cup	2009 (1x)

[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions

AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2002-03: Qualifying East - 2nd Round

[edit] Performance in AFF Competitions

ASEAN Club Championship: 1 appearance

2003: 1st Round

2005: 3rd Place

[edit] Performance in Malaysian leagues

3 appearances:

2005-6 - Premier League Group A: 3rd place

2006-7 - Super League: 3rd place

2007-8 - Super League: 10th place

[edit] Performance in Singapore S.League

1 appearance:

2009: Did not complete the season due to FIFA ban, all results expunged in accordance to S.League rules. ^[1]

[edit] Performance in Singapore Cup

5 appearances:

2004: 1st Round ^[2]

2005: 1st Round ^[3]

2006: 1st Round ^[4]

2007: 1st Round ^[5]

2008: 1st Round ^[6]

2009: Quarter-Finals ^[7]

[edit] Performance in Singapore League Cup

1 appearance:

2009: Champions

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Azman Ilham Noor
3	DF	Sairol Sahari
4	DF	Tales dos Santos
5	DF	Shahrul Rizal Rahman
7	MF	Azwan Salleh
8	MF	Ivan Jerković
10	MF	Rodrigo Grahl
11	DF	Subhi Abdilah
13	MF	Rosmin Kamis
14	MF	Helmi Zambin

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Awangku Fakharazzi
16	DF	Ampuan Nurul Azami
17	FW	Abu Bakar Mahari
18	DF	Suhaime Yussof
19	MF	Amalul Ariffin Shah
20	FW	Basiru Osman
21	DF	Abdul Aziz Tamit
22	FW	Shahrazen Said
25	GK	Wardun Yussof