2012–13 Brunei Super League

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Brunei Super League
Season2012–13
Champions Indera SC (1st title)
Matches played45
Goals scored231 (5.13 per match)
Top goalscorer Azwan Ali Rahman (17 goals)
Biggest home win QAF FC 9–2 Najip FC
Biggest away win Najip FC 1–20 Indera SC
Highest scoring Najip FC 1–20 Indera SC
2014

The 2012 Brunei Super League was the first season of the Brunei Super League. It was organized by the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam and sponsored by DST Group. It began in December 2012 with ten teams vying for the championship in its inaugural edition. [1]

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On 26 January 2013, Indera SC defeated Najip FC twenty goals to one, which produced as of 2024 the highest-scoring match in the history of the Brunei Super League. [2] Exactly a week later, MS ABDB beat the same team with the score of 11–1, with goalkeeper Suhandi Mahali scoring a penalty in the game, making him the first goalkeeper to score in the Super League, and third overall in Brunei football history. [3]

The league championship went down to the wire on 10 March 2013, with Indera SC needing a win against the unbeaten Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council. [4] The league top scorer Azwan Ali Rahman scored the winner for Indera on the 82nd minute to give Indera the league championship on goal difference, thanks to the abovementioned game against Najip where they scored nine more goals than their opposition had managed. [5]

Teams

Qualification

The newly-formed National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam organised a competition called the National Football League from December 2011 to May 2012. 32 clubs were divided into four groups to determine the ten teams who will compete in the Super League. [6] The qualified teams were as follows: [7]

ClubManager/head coachCaptainQualification route
Kilanas FC Radzuan MadaliRazi LamitGroup D runners-up
Indera SC Rosdin Aziz (manager)
Omar Jamil (head coach)
Khayrun Salleh Group C winners
Jerudong FC Jalauddin Ghazali (manager)
Ali Rashid (head coach)
Radzi Tamat
Sufian Lamudin
Group B runners-up
LLRC FT Affandi JulaihiBahrin SahariGroup A winners
Majra United FC Suhaimi Majid (manager)
Faisalani Ghani (head coach)
Yusof Salleh Group D winners
MS ABDB Maj. Azaman Hussin (manager)
Saifful Rizal Awang (head coach)
Affendy Akup Group C runners-up
MS PDB SSgt Sahrin Jaya Rosmini Kahar Best third-placed team
Najip FC Najip MoktalSumardi AiadinGroup A runners-up
QAF FC Rahim Daud Riwandi Wahit Group B winners
Wijaya FC Ahyana TaliMarhazif AhadSecond best third-placed team

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Indera SC 97114512+3322
2 MS ABDB 9711307+2322
3 Majra United FC 95402112+919
4 QAF FC 95132517+816
5 MS PDB 95132417+716
6 LLRC FT 94141921213
7 Wijaya FC 93152123210
8 Jerudong FC 9135171706
9 Kilanas FC 91171930114
10 Najip FC 90091176650
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top scorers

PosPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Brunei.svg Azwan Ali Rahman Indera SC 17
2 Flag of Brunei.svg Hamizan Aziz Sulaiman Indera SC 13
3 Flag of Brunei.svg Rosmini Kahar MS PDB 9
4 Flag of Brunei.svg Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman MS ABDB 8
5 Flag of Brunei.svg Budiman Jumat MS ABDB 7
Flag of Brunei.svg Hafis Mahari QAF FC
Flag of Brunei.svg Safuan Juhar LLRC FT
8 Flag of Brunei.svg Abu Bakar Mahari Jerudong FC 6
9 Flag of Brunei.svg Esmendy Brahim Jerudong FC 5
Flag of Brunei.svg Nor Hidayatullah Zaini Kilanas FC

References

  1. "INAUGURAL DST SUPER LEAGUE 2012-2013 BEGINS FRIDAY". ASEAN Football Federation. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. "INDERA SC PUMMEL NAJIP FOR TWENTY". ASEAN Football Federation. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  3. "MS ABDB back on top after Najip thrashing". The Brunei Times. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  4. "INDERA SC BATTLE MS ABDB FOR INAUGURAL DST SUPER LEAGUE CROWN". ASEAN Football Federation. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. "DST SUPER LEAGUE 2013 TITLE FOR INDERA SC". ASEAN Football Federation. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  6. "Let football league begin!". The Brunei Times. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  7. "Brunei 2011/12". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2024.