DPMM FC FOR S-LEAGUE

WOW! It must be a good new for all Bruneian football lovers. Yesterday, DPMM FC has announced that they will be joining the S.League. The S-league has confirmed yesterday that Brunei DPMM will be the 12th team in the competition for the 2009 season.

They will replace Chinese Dalian Shide Siwu with the new campaign kicking off on Monday 16th February.

S.League CEO Winston Lee said, "We are delightedto welcome DPMM FC to the S.League.We were impressed with their proposal including their management capabilities.Our clubs playing their away games against DPMM FC in Brunei and will definitely add to the excitement of the league and will also provide better exposure and branding opportunities for the S-League and our partner."

Brunei DPMM FC will be based at the 30,000 capacity Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Bandar Seri Begawan,Brunei. In a first for the S.League, league matches will be played outside Singapore with the other 11 teams flying to Brunei to take on DPMM FC at least once each during the season.

Said Brunei DPMM's Vice Chairman, YAM Pg Anak Abd Rahim, "The idea of playing in the S.League came about a couple of seasons ago.The S.League is very competitive and DPMM FC are looking forward to the challenge pf playing one of Asia's top 10 leagues.The inclusion of teams from Japan and Korea makes the s.League very exciting too, so it was a simple choice for us to be a part of this."

Brunei DPMM FC is coached by Croatian Vjeran Simunic and will make their S.League bow on 27th February when they take on Young Lions at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

Their first S.League home game at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium will be on 5th March against 2008 runners-up Super Reds.


GOOD LUCK TO ALL BRUNEI DPMM FC PLAYERS...

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

P2F 2008 UPDATES; 20TH DEC 2008

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.. annaova.com

ROSE PHOTO STUDIO, TUTONG..