DPMM FC

Football club infobox
clubname = DPMM FC


fullname = Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club
nickname =
founded = 2000
ground = Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
capacity = 30,000
chairman = HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah (Crown Prince of Brunei)
manager = flagicon|Brunei Pengiran Haji Muhd Waslimin Pengiran Haji Abdul Momin
coach = flagicon|Croatia Vjeran Simunic
league = Malaysia Super League (3rd)
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Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (DPMM FC) is a football (soccer) club from Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Despite being a club from Brunei, they play in the Malaysia Super League.

DPMM FC is owned by the crown prince of Brunei, His Royal Highness Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah. The Prince himself used to be a goalkeeper for the club.

History

Despite being officially established in 2000, DPMM FC actually started out as a college football team somewhere in 1994. After being the most successful team in college, most of the college's talented players joined DPMM FC and the club became even more stronger and well etablished.

In 2005, DPMM FC joined the Malaysian Premier League (Malaysian 2nd division). In the first attempt, the team manage to gain promotion into the Malaysian Super League (Malaysian top league). The following season after gaining promotion (2006/2007 season), DPMM FC finished 3rd in the Malaysian Super League.

In 2007, DPMM FC were also invited by the Football Association of Singapore to participate in the Singapore Cup but were knocked out in the first round by the defending champions, Tampines Rovers FC.

Honours

Achievements (2005-Current)

Performance in AFC Competitions

* AFC Champions League: 1 appearance::2002-03: Qualifying East - 2nd Round

Performance in Singapore Cup

In recent years, the Football Association of Singapore has invited DPMM FC to compete in the Singapore Cup as a guest foreign team.
* 5 appearances:::2004: 1st Round::2005: 1st Round::2006: 1st Round::2007: 1st Round [cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sing07.html|title=2007 Singapore Cup ] ::2008: 1st Round

Players

Current squad

Former players

* Goran Vujanovic
* Ito Dan
* Francis Viban Bayong
* Matthew Mbuta
* Jeon Kyeong-joon
* Alejandro Andres Tobar
* Rodrigo Antonio Lombardo Tosi
* Mladen Alajbeg
* Artilio Caceres
* Rene Komar
* Ali Ashfaq
* Ibrahim Fazeel
* Tiago Dos Santos
* Abdel Hakim El-Bahloul
* Francois Mpessa

Transfers

In
flagicon|Malaysia Mohd Reithaudin Awang Emran from Perlis FA

Out
flagicon|Malaysia Hasnawi Ismail to Sarawak FA

References

External links

* [http://eteamz.active.com/dpmmfc/ DPMM Official Fansite]
* [http://www.bruneidpmmfc.com/ DPMM New Official Fansite]