Wijaya FC is a football (soccer) club from Brunei that competes in the Brunei Super League.[1] They are a founding member of both the B-League in 2002,[2] as well as the Super League in 2012.[3] They were also the inaugural winners of the Brunei FA Cup in 2002.[4]
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Full name | Wijaya Football Club | ||
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Founded | 1989; 33 years ago (1989) | ||
Manager | Ali Reddzuan Damit | ||
Coach | Mahdini Mohamad | ||
League | Brunei Super League | ||
2018–19 | 3rd | ||
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Wijaya FC was formed in 1989 by players of the OSP Rangers football club that were based in Jalan Ong Sum Ping in Kampong Melabau, on the outskirts of the Bandar Seri Begawan city centre.[1] They entered the B-League in 2002 as one of the top teams in the country and nurtured players that would become Bruneian household names like Wardun Yussof, Ratano Tuah and Norsillmy Taha. Indeed it was the latter who scored the winning goal in the final of the first ever Brunei FA Cup.
Wijaya would win the championship in dramatic fashion in the second season of the league's existence. As the final fixtures were not played at the same time, Wijaya needed to rely on the result between DPMM FC and ABDB to keep their lead at the table, and it was the Armymen who performed a huge upset by beating the royally-owned club and hand Wijaya the title.[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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