Brunei national football team

Brunei Darussalam

Nickname(s)	Tebuan (The Wasps)
Association	National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Home stadium	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
FIFA code	BRU
FIFA ranking	202
Highest FIFA ranking	140 (December 1992)
Lowest FIFA ranking	202 (December 2011)
Elo ranking	216
Home colours Away colours
First international
Malaysia 8–0 Brunei (Bangkok, Thailand; May 22, 1971)
Biggest win
Brunei 4–1 Philippines (B. S. Begawan, Brunei; March 24, 1985) Brunei 4–1 Timor-Leste (Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 21 October 2008)
Biggest defeat
Brunei 0–12 United Arab Emirates (B. S. Begawan, Brunei; April 14, 2001)

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 Football Association of Brunei Darussalam.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.

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.

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

On March 19, 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 June 9 and 10 in South Africa having met the conditions for reinstatement it would be expelled. Brunei were re-instated on 31 May 2011.

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1998: Did not enter
• 1986: Did not qualify
• 1930 to 1998: Did not enter
• 2002: Did not qualify
• 2006 to 2010: Did not enter
• 2014: Did not enter (suspended)

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
1956 to 1968	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	0	0	3	0	18	−18
1976	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		2	0	0	2	1	13	−12
1980	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	0	0	3	0	11	−11
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		2	0	1	1	1	6	−5
2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	0	1	2	1	6	−5
2015	Qualification
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		13	0	2	11	3	54	−51

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

ASEAN Championship

• 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	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Suspended	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Group Stage	4	1	0	3	1	15

Coaches

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Honours
David Booth		1996 – 1999

Kits

Brunei 's kit is a yellow jersey with white sash, black shorts and yellow socks. Their away kit is with a white jersey with V-arrow, red shorts and red socks. The kits are currently manufactured by Lotto Sport Italia.

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