Kota Ranger FC

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]

Kota Ranger FC
Full nameKelab Bola Sepak Kota Ranger[1]
Founded1978
StadiumBerakas Sports Complex
ChairmanAbdul Razak Ibrahim
ManagerNazib Ali
CoachDarus Tanjung
LeagueBrunei Super League
2018–195th

History

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]

Achievements

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BRU Hendra Putera Idris
2 DF  BRU Akimul Mahfudh Sujono
3 DF  BRU Salleh Emzah
4 DF  BRU Syarafuddin Hamdi Talip
5 MF  BRU Abdul Azim Abdul Rahman
6 DF  BRU Nazif Safwan Jaini
7 FW  BRU Syafiq Hidayat Sharizam
8 MF  BRU Hardi Bujang
9 MF  BRU Hazmi Salleh
10 FW  NGA Babatunde Abiodun
11 FW  BRU Abu Suffian Adanan
12 MF  JPN Shun Kamino
13 MF  BRU Asnawi Syazni Abdul Aziz
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  BRU Hafis Mahari
15 MF  BRU Abdul Aziz Hassan
16 MF  BRU Azim Izamuddin Suhaimi
17 FW  BRU Fathurrahman Embran
18 DF  BRU Affandi Lamit
19 FW  BRU Esmendy Ibrahim
20 FW  BRU Adi Said (Captain)
21 MF  BRU Abdul Afiq Roslan
22 FW  BRU Azreen Eskandar Sa'oda
23 DF  BRU Badrul Anak Bujang
24 MF  BRU Faiz Farhan Kamat
25 GK  BRU Azman Ilham Noor

References
  1. "Kota Ranger FC – Brunei Darussalam – Kelab Bola Sepak Kota Ranger – Club Profile, Club History, Club Badge, Results, Fixtures, Historical Logos, Statistics". www.weltfussballarchiv.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. "Brunei - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. "Club Profiles: Kota Ranger FC". Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. "Kota Ranger raih $4 ribu". Pelita Brunei. 19 February 1992. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. "Kejohanan Bolasepak Antara Kelab-kelab Borneo: Kota Ranger Juara" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 11 March 1992. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. "The lost tale of PKNK FC". Sportimes. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. "TINGKATKAN MUTU BOLA SEPAK NEGARA". Pelita Brunei. 10 July 2002. Archived from the original on 18 September 2002. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. "Sengkurong FC & Kota Ranger relegated". Borneo Bulletin. 16 October 2004. Archived from the original on 2 December 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  9. "Kota Ranger bag DST Premier League title". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  10. "MS ABDB win third straight DST Super League". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  11. "KOTA RANGER CROWNED DST FA CUP CHAMPIONS". BruSports News. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  12. "Kota Ranger 'Joint Cup' champions". Borneo Bulletin. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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