2020 Brunei Super League

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Brunei Super League
Season2020
Matches16
Goals64 (4 per match)
2021

The 2020 Brunei Super League was the seventh season of the Brunei Super League, the top Bruneian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. The season began on 28 January. [1]

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This season saw the expansion of the league to 16 teams, who were selected through a vetting process. [2] All ten teams from the previous campaign were retained, including Najip FC who are now called BAKES FC. [3] Meanwhile, teams from the 2018-19 Brunei Premier League are DPMM FC II, Tabuan FC, BSRC FC, Panchor Murai FC and Rimba Star FC. Kuala Belait FC were also included as winners of the Belait District football tournament. [4] Shortly after the announcement of the teams, Lun Bawang FC was replaced by Jerudong FC.

On 13 March, the NFABD announced that the league would be suspended indefinitely, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [5]

On 19 September, NFABD announced the cancellation of the league. [6]

Teams

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Former Players
BAKES FC
BSRC FC
DPMM FC II Flag of Japan.svg Shuhei Sasahara Flag of Ghana.svg Abdul Salam Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ji-ho
IKLS-MB5
Indera SC Flag of Nigeria.svg Kingsley Nkurumeh Flag of Malaysia.svg Tekson Tubeng Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Samson Flag of Nigeria.svg Micheal Henry
Jerudong FC Flag of Indonesia.svg Fatkur Rokhim Flag of Indonesia.svg Yansen Efendi
Kasuka FC Flag of Liberia.svg Leon Taylor Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Franck Yapo
KB FC
Kota Ranger Flag of South Sudan.svg Bernard Agele Flag of Malaysia.svg Aidil Safee Flag of Malaysia.svg Ranilson Batuil Flag of Malaysia.svg Alrafiq Mirza
MS ABDB
MS PPDB
Panchor Murai
Rimba Star
Setia Perdana Flag of Indonesia.svg Rijal Ruwloh Flag of Indonesia.svg Yudi Setiawandi
Tabuan
Wijaya FC

Note: MS ABDB (Royal Brunei Armed Forces), MS PPDB (Royal Brunei Police Force) and Tabuan (Brunei national under-21 football team) do not field foreigners

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Kota Ranger 220090+96Qualification for AFC Cup play-off round
2 Kasuka 220092+76
3 Jerudong 220040+46
4 MS ABDB 211071+64
5 DPMM 211051+44
6 Wijaya 211032+14
7 Indera 2101114+73
8 BSRC 210154+13
9 BAKES 21013413
10 Tabuan 21012423
11 Kuala Belait 21013743
12 MS PPDB 20112311
13 Panchor Murai 20021650
14 Setia Perdana [a] 20020880
15 IKLS 20020880
16 Rimba Star 2002111100
Source: NFABD
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) No. of wins; 5) Head-to-head; 6) Fair play record
Notes:
  1. Setia Perdana has a better fair play record

See also

References

  1. "Champions MS ABDB to begin Super League campaign against Wijaya". Borneo Bulletin. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. "Three major football leagues next year". Borneo Bulletin. 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "16 CLUBS TO COMPETE IN LATEST BRUNEI SUPER LEAGUE SEASON". The Bruneian. 22 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. "KB FT wins Belait District Football Tournament". Borneo Bulletin. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. "NFABD calls of Brunei Super League due to COVID-19". Borneo Bulletin. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. "Brunei Super League, U16 & U19 Tournaments cancelled". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.