The Brunei Super League (abbr: BSL; ) 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 BSL championship winner will receive B$10,000 as prize money, in addition to a qualifying berth for the AFC Challenge League 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$7,000.
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; , 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 2026–27 Brunei Super League season is contested by 13 teams. BSRC DPMM II Hawa Indera Jerudong Kasuka Kuala Belait Lun Bawang MS ABDB MS PPDB Panchor Murai Rimba Star Wijaya
Championship +Brunei Super League season placingsYearChampionRunners-upThird place2012–13InderaMS ABDBMajra United2014Indera (2)MS ABDBNajip2015MS ABDBInderaNajip I-Team2016MS ABDB (2)InderaWijaya2017–18MS ABDB (3)Kota RangerIndera2018–19MS ABDB (4)InderaWijaya2020abandoned after round 2 due to COVID-19 pandemic2021abandoned after round 7 due to COVID-19 pandemic2022not held due to COVID-19 pandemic2023KasukaInderaKota Ranger2024–25Kasuka (2)DPMM IIIndera2025–26Indera (3)KasukaKota Ranger
Performance by clubs +Brunei Super League highest achieversclubwinnersrunners-upwinning yearsMS ABDB422015, 2016, 2017–18, 2018–19Indera332012–13, 2014, 2025–26Kasuka222023, 2024–25DPMM II01Kota Ranger01
Records
Top scorers +Brunei Super League top-scoring players by seasonseasonplayersteam / clubgoals2012–13 Azwan Ali RahmanIndera172014 Zulkhairy RazaliIndera112015 Hardi BujangJerudong182016 Abdul Azizi Ali RahmanMS ABDB82017–18 Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman (2)MS ABDB282018–19 Hanif Aiman AdananKasuka162021 Andrey VarankowDPMM232023 Leon Sullivan TaylorIndera312024–25 Willian dos SantosKasuka352025–26 Pedro AlvesKasuka22
Best player award +Brunei Super League player award by seasonseasonplayerclub2012–13no awardn/a2014Mazazizi MazlanMS ABDB 2015Abdul Azizi Ali RahmanMS ABDB 2016Tarmizi JohariMS ABDB 2017–18Haimie Abdullah NyaringIndera2018–19Nur Asyraffahmi NorsamriKota Ranger2023Adi SaidKasuka2024–25no awardn/a2025–26Pedro AlvesKasuka
All-time goalscoring record
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 scoredRankPlayerPeriod(s)Club(s)Goals1 Leon Sullivan Taylor2020–Kasuka, Indera702 Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman2012–2018, 2025–MS ABDB, DPMM II633 Asri Aspar2012– Indera, Kasuka604 Hamizan Aziz Sulaiman2012–2026 Indera595 Adi Said2020–Kota Ranger, Kasuka53 Razimie Ramlli2015–2019, 2021, 2024–2025, 2026–MS ABDB, DPMM7 Abdul Azim Abdul Rasid2015–Wijaya, MS PPDB478 Abu Bakar Mahari2012–2014, 2016–2019, 2023Jerudong, QAF, Kota Ranger41 Anaqi Sufi Omar Baki2012–2019, 2026–Wijaya Willian dos Santos2024–2026 Kasuka
References
External links
Brunei Super League — at the-FABD.com
Brunei Darussalam's page in ASEAN Football Brunei Darussalam's page in FIFA.com — via Archive.org Brunei - List of Champions — at RSSSF.org