Kelab Bola Sepak Kota Ranger (English:City Ranger Football Club) is a Bruneian football club, playing in the Brunei Super League. It was formed in 1978 and was successful in the late eighties and early nineties, winning the national championships twice.[2]
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Full name | Kelab Bola Sepak Kota Ranger[1] | |
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Founded | 1978 | |
Stadium | Berakas Sports Complex | |
Chairman | Abdul Razak Ibrahim | |
Manager | Nazib Ali | |
Coach | Syarafuddin Hamdi Talip | |
League | Brunei Super League | |
2018–19 | 5th | |
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Kota Ranger was founded in 1978 by denizens of Kota Batu on the outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, overlooking the Brunei Bay.[3] They participated in the national championships run by the Brunei Football Association and claimed silverware first in 1987,[2] then secondly in a league championship in 1992.[4] Regionally, they participated in the 1987 Asian Club Championship and the 1992 Borneo Inter-Club Cup, winning the latter outright.[5] They failed to qualify for the 1992–93 edition of the Asian Club Championship, despite having beaten PKNK F.C. from Malaysia in the first round.[6]
Kota Ranger was one of the founding clubs of the B-League in 2002.[7] They were relegated in 2004[8] and spent time in the second tier of Brunei football until 2015, when they became league champions and promoted to the Brunei Super League.[9] Currently their best record in the competition is in the 2017–18 season when they finished runners-up to MS ABDB.[10]
In 2019, Kota Ranger claimed their first ever FA Cup triumph, beating MS PDB 2-1, the winner coming in the 89th minute via a Nur Asyraffahmi Norsamri free-kick after Amir Bujang for the policemen cancelled out an earlier Amalul Said goal.[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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