There has been a football competition in
Brunei Darussalam since
1985, which was organised by the then
Brunei Football Association (BAFA). In
2002, BAFA introduced a league competition known then as the
Proton B-League. In
2008, the
Brunei government de-registered BAFA from its Register of Societies for failing to provide reports of its
annual general meeting and other required documentation. Subsequently, a new
football federation, the
Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam (FFBD) was established. This irked
FIFA, international football's governing body, and prompted FIFA to suspend Brunei's membership in September 2009 due to government interference. Subsequently, in May
2011, FIFA reinstated Brunei, recognising another
football association, the
National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) as its representative for Brunei Darussalam. This resulted in the abandonment of the
2011 Brunei Premier League (BPL) which was organised by the FFBD. The NFABD reorganised the
Brunei football league system, establishing a 'super league' as the competition's top tier (akin to the British
Premier League, but mirroring the current league naming system of the
Malaysia Super League), becoming the Brunei Super League (BSL; , LSB). This was established after playing a preliminary competition, which decided the teams that was to form the new league. This became the
2011–12 Brunei National Football League, where thirty-two teams in four groups qualify for ten club places in the Brunei Super League. The founding team club members of the Brunei Super League were:
Indera,
Jerudong,
Kilanas,
LLRC,
Majra United,
MS ABDB,
MS PDB,
Najip,
QAF, and
Wijaya. ==Current format==