but the unexpected Vjeran Simunic squad will make full use of its men to fight for the first and Brunei nations first Singapore trophy, especially without the team captain Pg Sallehuddin for the yellow card and the semi-final winning goal scorer, Abdulhamed Berguiga due to red carded. But as the Croats has said, the Brunei DPMM FC players has so much local talents for the first eleven.
but the unexpected Vjeran Simunic squad will make full use of its men to fight for the first and Brunei nations first Singapore trophy, especially without the team captain Pg Sallehuddin for the yellow card and the semi-final winning goal scorer, Abdulhamed Berguiga due to red carded. But as the Croats has said, the Brunei DPMM FC players has so much local talents for the first eleven.After conquering the Singapore League Cup group stage, Brunei DPMM FC is now eyeing their first trophy to lift.
Eliminating Geylang United FC with a winning style in the quarter-final 5-3, Brunei DPMM FC fought with a very competitive football spirits in the semi-final against Woodlands Wellington FC. Down to 10 men after Abdelhamid Berguiga was red-carded 3 minutes towards the end, Vjeran Simunic squad managed to secure their final berth with a 2-1 win. Ivan Jerkovic free-kick in the 26 minutes put Brunei DPMM FC on the lead. Berguiga then easily headed to double the score in the 56 minutes before Iranian, Mojtaba Tehranizadeh score Woodlands only goal in the 73 minutes. Other chances, Berguiga, Ohh Ddog Yi and Azwan missed their great chances to add more goals.As for the next fixture, Brunei DPMM FC will either play SAF FC or Home United, where the game will be played on 16th June. The final fixture will be very much interesting to the Bruneian football fans and that will be not happening until 19 June.
After an opening Singapore League Cup match in group stage with a 1-0 win over Young Lions FC on 2nd June, Brunei DPMM FC extended their winning run by thrashing SAFFC 3-0. Two win from two games, Brunei DPMM FC now led group 'A' table with 6 points, leaving SAFFC and Young Lions FC still looking for their first points from the cup matches. The valuable two maximum points also guaranteed the club positions in the quarter final rounds.Haji Subhi Abdilah put his name as the first scorer for the club during against Young Lions FC. Ivan Jerkovic, Shahrazen Said and Abdelhamid Berguiga then put the club to the group A top positions after Vjeran Simunic's squad gained the winning momentum in style over SAFFC.
A pulled back goal from Brunei DPMM FC substitute, Mahari Abu Bakar in the 65th minute is not enough to give Vjeran Simunic squad to steal three points from Woodlands Wellington FC at Woodlands ground.The home team score their opening goal in the 33rd minute. Woodlands import player from Tehran, Mojtaba Tehranizadeh close range header entertained his supporters for a 1-0 lead.
The hosts continues to show their ground advantage when Jamil Ali doubled their lead in the 64th minute, before Mahari score the only goal for Brunei DPMM FC less than a minute. The game ended to give Woodlands Wellington FC first home game win 2-1 to Brunei DPMM FC.
Still 25 points, Brunei DPMM FC remains in the third spot in League and Woodlands Wellington FC jumps to 9th with 13 points from 13 games. Brunei DPMM FC next games will be against Super Reds FC on 26th May in the Yishun Stadium.
Brunei DPMM FC continues their unbeaten runs after 10 challenging matches along with Tampines Rovers FC. Home grounds has been the strongest advantages for the S-League invited teams after 5 wins from 5 games, while playing abroad with one win and share a point on four matches.
Edging Pelita jaya FC (Indonesian Super League) 1-0, Brunei DPMM FC proceeds to the next round. Coached by Singapore legends, Fandi Ahmad and backed by five Indonesian national players, Brunei DPMM FC was close to fail their first test in the competitions. thanks to the opponents start who failed to capitalise their many chances. The winning home game over SAF FC three days before the match at Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium also boost the players morale until Abdel Hamid Berguiga scored the winning goals in the 75 minutes at Stadium Jalan Besar. Fail to qualify for the quarter final place since 2005, the traditions is now over.
While for the next opponents, TTM Samut Sakhon FC (Thailand) will be another interesting battle to watch for the semi final place decider. In the preliminary rounds, Sakhon cancel Super Reds last quarters spot by 4-2.
Meanwhile for the S-League fixture, first round of the competitions will be completed this week. Vjeran Simunic squad will travelled to Clementi Stadium to test Home United on 10th May before entertained Young Lions FC on th 16th in Brunei Darussalam.
As for the european football fans, the Champions League final is now between the defending champion, Manchester United and FC Barcelona. In the final decider, Arsenal lost 1-3 to United, (aggregate 1-4) while Barcelona won on away goals after one-all result at Stamford Bridge, furthermore denying the all english club to play for the title.
The added 4 minutes then gave Brunei DPMM FC few great chances to add more goals, and for the visitors to equalise, but at the end, more than 10,000 supporters has something to celebrate, game ended with Brunei DPMM FC beat SAF FC 2-1 to remain their unbeaten run after 10 games in the league.
Brunei DPMM FC now back on top of the S-League table with 22 points with SAF FC and Gombak United shared 21 points also after 10 games of the season.
After the 45 minutes break, Vjeran Simunic seems to learn his boys weaknesses. Every attack is meaningless for Gombak as they couldn't pass the defence easily. With some great chances from Oh Ddog Yi and Hamid Beguiga in the second half, it was again Sairol touch that put DPMM FC ahead and sending his team to the top of the table. The winning goal came in the 73 minutes to secure the 3 points and one point advantage to Gombak. (tables here). Sairol was then received the honour as man of the match where Pengiran Sallehudin to present the trophy.
DPMM FC next match will be on 14th April with a visit to Albirex Niigata FC ground.
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Un-stoppable strike from Tampines Rovers FC import player of Thailand National players cancel DPMM FC dreams to share the top S-League points with Gombak United. Leading the game after Shariff Samat own goal header in the 63 minutes, Sutee Suksomkit level the match through a free kick in the 75 minutes. For the remaining shows, the visitors close to allow few chances for the host team to bag 3 points. Tampines Rovers FC is more than happy to just finished the game with a one goal draw to DPMM FC. Both teams now stays in fourth and third position respectively from 7 games. Showing a good piece of work, Rene Komar has been voted as Man of the Match to received the trophy to bring back home.
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For the first time, RTB 2 will be bringing the live broadcasting all the way from Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore for the S-League match between Tampines Rovers FC against DPMM FC on 3rd April 2009, 7:25pm.

















