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The Brunei Super League (abbr: BSL; Malay: Liga Super Brunei – LSB) is a professional league for men's association football in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. It is at the top tier of the Bruneian football league system, and it is managed by the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (FABD). The football clubs participating in this top tier league need to pass a set of requirements and verification process, particularly related to professionalism and infrastructure feasibility.

The BSL championship winner will receive B$15,000 as prize money, in addition to a qualifying berth for the AFC Cup as Brunei's representative, provided that the winning club conforms to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Club Licence criteria. The BSL runners-up will receive B$10,000.

History

There has been a football competition in Brunei Darussalam since 1985, which was organised by the then Brunei Football Association (BAFA). In 2002, BAFA introduced a league competition known then as the Proton B-League.

In 2008, the Brunei government de-registered BAFA from its Register of Societies for failing to provide reports of its annual general meeting and other required documentation. Subsequently, a new football federation, the Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam (FFBD) was established. This irked FIFA, international football's governing body, and prompted FIFA to suspend Brunei's membership in September 2009 due to government interference. Subsequently, in May 2011, FIFA reinstated Brunei, recognising another football association, the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) as its representative for Brunei Darussalam. This resulted in the abandonment of the 2011 Brunei Premier League (BPL) which was organised by the FFBD.

The NFABD reorganised the Brunei football league system, establishing a 'super league' as the competition's top tier (akin to the British Premier League, but mirroring the current league naming system of the Malaysia Super League), becoming the Brunei Super League (BSL; Liga Super Brunei, LSB). This was established after playing a preliminary competition, which decided the teams that was to form the new league. This became the 2011–12 Brunei National Football League, where thirty-two teams in four groups qualify for ten club places in the Brunei Super League.

The founding team club members of the Brunei Super League were: Indera, Jerudong, Kilanas, LLRC, Majra United, MS ABDB, MS PDB, Najip, QAF, and Wijaya.

Current format

In the 2020 season, the league was expanded to sixteen club teams in accordance to FIFA, Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) aspirations.

Players aged 35 years and over must produce a medical fitness certification to be registered for the league. Each match-day squad must contain a minimum of four under-21 players, with at least two u-21 players in the starting eleven.

At the end of each BSL season, the team champion is crowned. Any tiebreakers in the standings are subordinately classified in descending order: accrued points, goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head record between tied teams, goal difference between tied teams, goals scored between tied teams, and drawing of lots.

Teams

The 2024–25 Brunei Super League season will have 14 teams, mostly from the previous season with three clubs exiting and one re-entering.

• AKSE Bersatu
• BSRC
• DPMM II
• Indera
• Jerudong
• Kasuka
• Kuala Belait
• Kota Ranger
• Lun Bawang
• MS ABDB
• MS PPDB
• Panchor Murai
• Rimba Star
• Wijaya

Championship

Performance by clubs

Records

Top scorers

Brunei Super League top-scoring players by season

season	players	team / club	goals
2012–13	Azwan Ali Rahman	Indera	17
2014	Zulkhairy Razali	Indera	11
2015	Hardi Bujang	Jerudong	18
2016	Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman	MS ABDB	8
2017–18	Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman (2)	MS ABDB	28
2018–19	Hanif Aiman Adanan	Kasuka	16
2021	Andrey Varankow	DPMM	23
2023	Leon Sullivan Taylor	Indera	31

Best player award

All-time goalscoring record

As of 20 November 2024

Players in bold are still playing in the Brunei Super League. Players in italics are no longer active.

Brunei Super League overall player ranking by goals scored

rank	player	period(s)	club(s)	goals
1	Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman	2012–2018	MS ABDB	62
2	Hamizan Aziz Sulaiman	2012–	Indera	59
3	Leon Sullivan Taylor	2020–	Kasuka, Indera	58
4	Asri Aspar	2012–	Indera, Kasuka	57
5	Razimie Ramlli	2015–2019, 2021, 2024–	MS ABDB, DPMM	49
6	Adi Said	2020–	Kota Ranger, Kasuka	45
7	Abu Bakar Mahari	2012–2014, 2016–2019, 2023	Jerudong, QAF, Kota Ranger	41
8	Anaqi Sufi Omar Baki	2012–2019	Wijaya	40
9	Abdul Azim Abdul Rasid	2015–	Wijaya, MS PPDB	37
10	Hardi Bujang	2012–2021	QAF, Jerudong, Indera, Kota Ranger	35

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External links

• Brunei Super League — at the-FABD.com
• "National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam". Archived from the original on 19 September 2018.
• Brunei Darussalam's page in ASEAN Football
• Brunei Darussalam's page in FIFA.com — via Archive.org
• Brunei - List of Champions — at RSSSF.org

v t e Brunei Super League
Football Association of Brunei Darussalam • Football in Brunei
seasons	2012–13 2014 2015 2016 2017–18 2018–19 2020 2021 2023 2024–25
2024–25 clubs	AKSE BSRC DPMM II Indera Jerudong Kasuka KB Kota Ranger Lun Bawang MS ABDB MS PPDB Panchor Murai Rimba Star Wijaya
former clubs	BAKES IKLS-MB5 Kilanas LLRC Majra Menglait Najip QAF Setia Perdana Tabuan Muda
statistics & awards	Players Records Hat-tricks

v t e Football in Brunei
Football Association of Brunei Darussalam
National teams	National team (results) U-23 U-21 U-19 U-17
League competitions	Brunei Super League Brunei Premier League Brunei Chinese League
Cup competitions	Brunei FA Cup Brunei Super Cup Brunei League Cup Borneo Cup
International competitions	Brunei Merdeka Games football tournament Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
other	Brunei Football Association (1952–2008) Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam (2008–2011) Women's football
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