QAF FC: PREMIER I CHAMPIONS 09/10
LLRC FT: PREMIER II CHAMPIONS 09/10
BRUNEI PREMIER LEAGUE I AND II COMING TO A CLOSE
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
THE 2009/10 season of the DSTGroup Brunei Premier League I (BPL I) and II (BPL II) is coming to a close with the last remaining matches to be wrapped up by the next couple of weeks.Last night's 2-0 win over AH United crowned QAF FC BPL I champions for the third consecutive year and they have Cameroonian Vivan Francis Bayong's brace to thank for.
It might not be an easy task to repeat the feat next season as the BPL I welcomes a new challenger.BPL II champions LLRC FT ended their season on a high by beating Menglait FC 2-1 last week to not only remain unbeaten, notching nine wins with a only a 2-2 draw to Prisons Department denying them a perfect 10 record, but also earn themselves a spot in the BPL I.Md Azri Jebri reserved LLRC's spot with the winning goal with a run on the left flank that beat Menglait's defence and goalkeeper, Ak Md Mu'izzudin in the 49th minute.
Thus LLRC will find themselves competing among the titans of Brunei football, particularly QAF FC, Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports' Council (MS ABDB) and the team that denied them promotion last year, AM Gunners.Yet LLRC might not be the only BPL II team that will compete in the BPL I next season. Another familiar face that could be promoted is their rival to the BPL II crown, Prisons Department. Having secured the second spot in the BPL II with 26 points, Prisons Department will face off the ninth placed team of the BPL I, currently Brunei Shell FT (BSFT). The winner of the play-off will earn the right to compete in Brunei's top tier league.
BSFT must improve their performance in the last couple of fixtures to remain in BPL I. BSFT and last place NBT FC are currently tied at five points with identical win-draw-lost (1-2-13) record. Only BSFT's better goal difference (-33) separates the two. But that might all change tonight when the two teams face off at the Balapan Track and Field in Berakas in a do-or-die battle. A match pitting the bottom dwellers against each other might summon the survival instincts within, as to the victor goes the spoils. Especially for NBT FC sitting where they are now, automatic relegation to the BPL II is looming before their very eyes.
League namesake DST Group FC and Kota Ranger on the other hand might find themselves completely off the chart next season. The two teams only had three and one point respectively. To remain in the BPL II next season then they will have to win the pre-season playoffs against teams which have yet to be chosen by the league organisers.Will the teams have what it takes to remain in the BPL II, or will we see new unknown teams vie for promotion into BPL I next season? The match between BSFT and NBT FC will start at 8.15pm.The Brunei Times
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