Brunei DPMM FC
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| Full name | Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2000 | ||
| Ground | Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 28,000 | ||
| Chairman | HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah | ||
| Head Coach | Steve Kean | ||
| League | S.League | ||
| 2016 | 3rd | ||
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Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club in English, commonly known as DPMM FC) is a professional football 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 2005–06 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. At the end of the suspension, they re-entered the S.League and won the title in 2015, just after a near-miss in 2014.
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, and coached by former Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean.
History
Beginnings in Brunei
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.
Joining Malaysian league
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, replacing the Brunei representative 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 (2006–07). In the following season (2007–08), 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).
S.League, and suspension
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.
Lifting of suspension, and success in Singapore
After 20 months of being suspended, FIFA has decided to lift the suspension off Brunei Darussalam. This means that the national team as well as the football teams from Brunei Darussalam are allowed to join any football competitions under FIFA. DPMM re-entered the S.League in 2012, and became dominant after the arrival of former English Premier League manager Steve Kean in 2014. They won their first S.League championship in 2015, a year after losing ground in the final fixture of the 2014 season.[1]
S.League and cup history
| Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Top goalscorer | Managers | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | ||||
| 2009 | S.League | Expelled from the league[2][3] | Quarter-finals | Winners |  Mohd Shahrazen Said |
8 |  Vjeran Simunić | |||||||
| 2010 | S.League | Banned by FIFA | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | S.League | Banned by FIFA | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | S.League | 2 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 26 | 48 | Round of 16 | Winners | Mohd Shahrazen Said |
13 | Vjeran Simunić |
| 2013 | S.League | 8 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 35 | Quarter-finals | Runners-up |  Rodrigo |
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| 2014 | S.League | 2 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 30 | 50 | Third Place | Winners | Rodrigo |
24 |  Steve Kean |
| 2015 | S.League | 1 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 26 | 52 | Third Place | First Round | Ramazotti |
21 | |
| 2016 | S.League | 3 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 22 | Quarter-finals | Runners-up | Ramazotti |
20 | |
Honours
| Title | Winners | Runners-up |
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| Brunei Premier League | 2002, 2004 | |
| Brunei FA Cup | 2004 | |
| Brunei Super Cup | 2002, 2004 | |
| S.League | 2015 | 2012, 2014 |
| Singapore League Cup | 2009, 2012, 2014 | 2013, 2016 |
| Singapore Community Shield | 2016 | |
Performance in AFC competitions
Performance in AFF competitions
Performance in Malaysian leagues
Performance in S.League |
Performance in Singapore CupPerformance in Singapore League Cup |
Players
Current squad
- As of 28 November 2016 [12]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials
- Club Chairman: HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah
- Club Manager: Pg Hj Waslimin Pg Setia Jaya Pg Hj Abdul Momin
- Team Manager: Mohammad Ali bin Hj Momin
- Assistant Team Manager: Hj Momin bin Hj Md Ja'afar
- Marketing Manager: Hj Momin bin Hj Md Ja'afar
- Public Relations Officer: Hj Abdul Rahman Hj Tamit
- Head Coach: Steve Kean
- Assistant Coach: Moksen Mohammad
Head coaches
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Sandi Sejdinovski (2001) -
Yordan Stoykov (2002) -
Azman Eusoff (2003–2004) -
Amir Alagic (2004–2005) - Ranko Buketa (2005–2007)
- Yordan Stoykov (2007–2008)
- Vjeran Simunić (2008–2009, 2011–2013)
- Steve Kean (2014–)
References
- ↑ "Sergio Stars To Help Wasps Clinch First-Ever Title". S.League. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ↑ Key decisions reached in Rio Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20091023041519/http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&AID=d0c2feba-e96e-4f8e-a7d4-9afcc36386f8&NLT=300. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "DPMM unable to continue 2009 S.League season". Archived from the original on 23 October 2009.
- ↑ "2004 Singapore Cup".
- ↑ "2005 Singapore Cup". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "2006 Singapore Cup".
- ↑ "2007 Singapore Cup".
- ↑ "2008 Singapore Cup". Archived from the original on 18 November 2011.
- ↑ "2009 Singapore Cup".
- ↑ "2012 Singapore Cup".
- ↑ "Club Profile – Brunei DPMM". S.League.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.