2023 Brunei Super League

The 2023 Brunei Super League was the ninth season of the Brunei Super League, the top football league in Brunei since its establishment in 2012. The league began in March and concluded in November, contested by 16 teams.^[1][2]

Brunei Super League

Match between Kasuka and ABDB
Season	2023
Champions	Kasuka FC (1st title)
Matches played	126
Goals scored	503 (3.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leon Taylor (31 goals)
Biggest home win	Kasuka 8–1 Jerudong AKSE Bersatu 8–1 Jerudong
Biggest away win	Lun Bawang 0–11 Kasuka
← 2021 2024–25 →

On 15 September 2023, the league was announced to have a premature conclusion due to insufficient funds as announced by FABD in a press release.^[3] The table on 17 November after all teams have played 16 matches became the final standing of the league.^[4]

After being unbeaten in 16 games Kasuka FC became the champions of the league.^[5]

Teams

For this season, the number of teams will be restored to 16. DPMM FC will not be participating due to their imminent re-entry into the Singapore Premier League. ^[6] Due to the withdrawals of representatives from the Belait and Tutong districts, AKSE Bersatu and Lun Bawang FC automatically became the two promoted sides.^[7]

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AKSE Bersatu	Rosanan Samak	Babatunde Abiodun	Pitch	HiTUNE Group
BAKES FC	Endy Azri Idris	Razi Lamit	Aewon	Asadel Enterprise
BSRC FC	Abdul Afiz Morney	Hazwan Akmal Zamri		Tendrill International
IKLS-MB5 FC	Ariffin Sulaiman	Kurmin Bini	Street Brigade Co.	WARR FX
Indera SC	Mba Vitus Onyekachi	Amirul Hakeem Kasim	Aewon	Mid Valley Shopping Centre
Jerudong FC	Julkifli Hitam	Atifuddin Momin	Adidas Panzer
Kasuka FC	Ali Mustafa	Maududi Hilmi Kasmi	Kaki Jersi	Chapayom
KB FC	Kambri Rambli	Azizul Syafiee Tajul Ariffin	Pitch
Kota Ranger FC	Zulkefly Duraman	Noorzaimin Zaini	Pitch
Lun Bawang FC	Aminuddin Jumat	Alizanda Sitom	Tactic Adidas	Tactic Sportwear
MS ABDB	Yusof Matyassin	Saiful Ammar Adis	Pitch
MS PPDB	Zulkhairi Salleh	Fazizzul Hussin	Cadenza Pitch
Panchor Murai FC	Nurfadzillah Yussof	Army Mazhisham Muhammad	Eagle	HYS Tindulang Elyn Wedding Atelier
Rimba Star FC	Hassanuddin Damit	Esmady Brahim	FS Create Kick Apparel	FS Create Kick Apparel
Setia Perdana FC	Sofrin Serudin	Khairul Abdul Halim	Aewon	Aewon
Wijaya FC	Erni Hakim	Jamrin Johari	Adidas

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	AFC Player	Former Players
AKSE Bersatu	Babatunde Abiodun	Vouzon Junior	Kelvin Momoh		Malone Bian Andrew	Simeon Williams
BAKES FC	Mohcine El Araichi				Indra Kurniawan
BSRC FC
IKLS-MB5
Indera SC	Zineddine Rafik	Micheal Henry	Leon Sullivan Taylor	George Olatunde
Jerudong FC	Auwal Kabara				Yansen Effendi	Mubarak Abubakar Daniel Asamoah
Kasuka FC	Samuel Kojo Abbey	Bismark Owusu				Aoi Isami Adama Coulibaly Rosalvo Cândido
KB FC	Aakash Thapa				Bibek Tamang
Kota Ranger	Kasali Ganiu	Elias Mesquita	Nonso Nwoke	Mohammed Sa'ad		Hammed Okikiola Shun Kamino
Lun Bawang
MS ABDB	MS ABDB (Royal Brunei Armed Forces) and MS PPDB (Royal Brunei Police Force) do not field foreigners
MS PPDB
Panchor Murai
Rimba Star	Hammed Okikiola	Alexander Weber	Amir Hamzah	Ridhwan Roslan	Bintang Arrahim	Christian Kouassi Antonio Lee
Setia Perdana
Wijaya

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kasuka (C)	16	16	0	0	88	7	+81	48	Qualification for the 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship qualifying play-offs
2	Indera	16	13	2	1	69	9	+60	41
3	Kota Ranger	16	13	2	1	39	10	+29	41
4	MS ABDB	16	10	3	3	45	12	+33	33
5	AKSE Bersatu	16	10	2	4	47	15	+32	32
6	Kuala Belait	16	10	2	4	21	15	+6	32
7	MS PPDB	16	10	0	6	42	18	+24	30
8	IKLS-MB5	16	6	3	7	28	36	−8	21	Withrew Next Season
9	Wijaya	16	7	0	9	26	34	−8	21
10	Rimba Star	16	6	0	10	28	29	−1	18
11	Lun Bawang	16	5	1	10	17	45	−28	16
12	Panchor Murai	16	3	1	12	14	53	−39	10
13	BAKES	16	2	3	11	14	57	−43	9	Withrew Next Season
14	Setia Perdana	16	2	2	12	8	64	−56	8	Relegation to 2024 Brunei District League
15	BSRC	16	2	1	13	7	38	−31	7
16	Jerudong	16	2	0	14	18	69	−51	6

Source: FABD
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
Kasuka	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Indera	8	8	9	9	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Kota Ranger	6	6	8	6	5	6	5	3	3	3	4	6	6	6	7	7	3
MS ABDB	9	11	7	4	4	5	7	6	4	5	6	5	3	3	5	5	4
AKSE	5	3	3	3	3	2	4	8	8	7	3	3	5	5	3	3	5
Kuala Belait	4	7	4	5	7	9	10	9	10	8	8	8	7	7	4	4	6
MS PPDB	15	9	12	12	9	7	6	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	6	6	7
IKLS-MB5	3	5	6	8	12	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Wijaya	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9
Rimba Star	12	14	15	11	8	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Lun Bawang	14	16	10	15	11	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Panchor Murai	7	4	5	7	10	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	11	12	12	12	12
BAKES	10	12	14	16	13	14	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	13	13	13	13
Setia Perdana	16	10	13	10	14	15	14	15	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14
BSRC	11	15	11	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	15	15
Jerudong	13	13	16	14	15	11	12	12	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16

	Table Leader

Source: FABD

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Leon Sullivan Taylor	Indera	31
2	Adi Said	Kasuka	23
3	Rosalvo Cândido	Kasuka	15
4	Vouzon Junior	AKSE	13
5	Nor Hidayatullah Zaini	IKLS-MB5	12
6	Bismark Owusu	Kasuka	11
7	Amir Hamzah	Rimba Star	10
8	Fazizzul Hussin	PPDB	9
	Hariz Danial Khallidden	ABDB
10	Abdul Azim Abdul Rasid	PPDB	8
	Babatunde Abiodun	AKSE
	Nur Hidayat Abbas	AKSE
	Zineddine Rafik	Indera

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Marhazif Ahad	Wijaya	Setia Perdana	6–0	5 March 2023
Hazrul Mohammed	AKSE	Panchor Murai	7–1	14 March 2023
Amir Hamzah	Rimba Star	IKLS-MB5	5–2	14 March 2023
Haziq Baihaqi Abdullah	PPDB	Panchor Murai	4–1	28 May 2023
Bismark Owusu	Kasuka	BAKES	8–1	28 May 2023
Leon Sullivan Taylor	Indera	BSRC	6–0	4 June 2023
Rosalvo Cândido	Kasuka	Jerudong	8–1	26 June 2023
Adi Said	Kasuka	Jerudong	8–1	26 June 2023
Abdul Azim Abdul Rasid	PPDB	Setia Perdana	6–0	26 June 2023
Aimmil Rahman Ramlee	Indera	Panchor Murai	10–0	2 July 2023
Nizamuddin Ismail	PPDB	IKLS-MB5	6–0	5 July 2023
Babatunde Abiodun	AKSE	Jerudong	6–1	7 July 2023
Leon Sullivan Taylor	Indera	BAKES	6–0	9 July 2023
Zineddine Rafik	Indera	Setia Perdana	9–0	21 July 2023
Bismark Owusu	Kasuka	Lun Bawang	11–0	30 July 2023
Adi Said	Kasuka	Wijaya	8–1	2 August 2023
Leon Sullivan Taylor	Indera	Jerudong	10–0	6 August 2023
Rosalvo Cândido	Kasuka	Setia Perdana	10–0	6 August 2023
Nor Hidayatullah Zaini	IKLS-MB5	Setia Perdana	7–1	11 August 2023
Vouzon Junior	AKSE	Setia Perdana	5–1	20 August 2023
Nur Hidayat Abbas	AKSE	Jerudong	8–1	25 August 2023
Vouzon Junior	AKSE	Jerudong	8–1	25 August 2023
Leon Sullivan Taylor	Indera	BAKES	10–0	27 August 2023
Nur Asyraffahmi Norsamri	Kasuka	Panchor Murai	9–0	27 August 2023

Awards

Award	Name	Club	Ref
Player of the Season	Adi Said	Kasuka FC	[8]
Top Scorer	Leon Sullivan Taylor	Kasuka FC
Best Under-21 Player	Haziq Naqiuddin Syamra	Kota Ranger FC
Coach of the Season	Ali Mustafa	Kasuka FC
Fair Play Award	Kasuka FC