Brunei national football team

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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	183
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.

Contents 1 History 2 World Cup record 2.1 World Cup Qualification Records 3 Asian Cup record 3.1 Asian Cup Qualification records 4 AFC Challenge Cup record 4.1 AFC Challenge Cup Records 5 ASEAN Competitions History 5.1 ASEAN Football Championship record 6 ASEAN Youth Tournaments 6.1 AFF U17 Youth Championship record 6.2 AFF U16 Youth Championship record 6.3 AFF U20 Youth Championship record 6.4 AFF U19 Youth Championship record 7 Kits 8 See also

[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] World Cup record

[edit] World Cup Qualification Records

Asian Qualification Records
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
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	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-		-	-	-	-

[edit] Asian Cup record

[edit] Asian Cup Qualification records

Asian Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
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	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[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 Did not enter - - - - - - 2004 Did not enter - - - - - - 2007 Did not qualify - - - - - - 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - - Total Best: Group Stage 4 1 0 3 1 15 [edit] ASEAN Youth Tournaments [edit] AFF U17 Youth Championship record AFF U17 Youth Championship Year Round GP W D L GF GA 2005 Did not enter - - - - - - 2006 Did not qualify - - - - - - 2007 Group Stage 4 0 0 4 0 15 Total Best: Group Stage 4 0 0 4 0 15 [edit] AFF U16 Youth Championship record AFF U16 Youth Championship Year Round GP W D L GF GA 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - - Total - - - - - - - [edit] AFF U20 Youth Championship record AFF U20 Youth Championship Year Round GP W D L GF GA 2005 Group Stage 4 0 0 4 1 30 2006 Did not enter - - - - - - 2007 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 2 14 Total Best: Group Stage 7 1 0 6 3 44 [edit] AFF U19 Youth Championship record AFF U19 Youth Championship Year Round GP W D L GF GA 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - - Total - - - - - - - [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] See also Football in Brunei v • d • e League competitions National Association Cup competitions Premier League Brunei FA Cup List of clubs Brunei Super Cup List of leagues List of venues v • d • e International football FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Olympics · Asian Games · All-Africa Games · Pan American Games · Minor Tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams · Competitions · Federations · Codes Asia AFC – Asian Cup Africa CAF – Africa Cup of Nations North America CONCACAF – Gold Cup South America CONMEBOL – Copa América Oceania OFC – Nations Cup Europe UEFA – European Championship Non-FIFA NF-Board – Viva World Cup v • d • e National football teams of Asia (AFC) Afghanistan · Australia · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Cambodia · China PR · Chinese Taipei · Guam · Hong Kong* · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Japan · Jordan · Korea DPR · Korea Republic · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Macau* · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Palestine · Philippines · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Thailand · Timor-Leste · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen *FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.