Panchor Murai FC
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Panchor Murai
| fullname = Panchor Murai Football Club
| image = Panchor Murai FC.png
| founded = {{start date and age|2009}}, as MPK Panchor Murai
| ground = Various
| owner = Mohd Arzo bin Hj Untong
| chairman = Mohd Jafar bin Hj Osman
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = Nurfadzillah Yussof
| league = Brunei Super League
| season = 2024–25
| position = BSL, 12th of 14
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Panchor Murai Football Club is a professional football club in Brunei, currently playing in the Brunei Super League.{{cite web |title=The AFC: PANCHOR MURAI|url=https://www.the-afc.com/asian-leagues/national-football-association-of-brunei-darussalam/2020/panchor-murai-fc/|date=|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|accessdate=16 March 2020}} It takes its name from the village of Panchor Murai in Brunei-Muara District. It was formally established in 2009.{{Cite web| title=P.M.F.C. | url=https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T1jiI8KmKfE/W-D7bC6nXKI/AAAAAAAABdo/VFbaszWSyhYWPenjuMAAt3zV7yklxTb5wCLcBGAs/s320/22250-picsay.png | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013024325/https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T1jiI8KmKfE/W-D7bC6nXKI/AAAAAAAABdo/VFbaszWSyhYWPenjuMAAt3zV7yklxTb5wCLcBGAs/s320/22250-picsay.png | archive-date=2023-10-13}}
History
Panchor Murai FC formerly played at the district level of Brunei's football pyramid, under the name MPK Pancur Murai.{{cite web |title=Brunei (Lower Levels) 2007/08|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/brunei3-08.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102033855/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/brunei3-08.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 2, 2008|date=4 September 2008|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=16 March 2020}}{{cite web |title=Brunei-Muara District eyes own football league|url=https://msabdbft.blogspot.com/2012/11/brunei-muara-district-eyes-own-football.html|date=16 November 2012|publisher=The Brunei Times|accessdate=16 March 2020}}{{cite web |title=MPK Pancur Murai menang 2–1 menentang Besa FC|url=http://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Arkib%20Dokumen/2012/Disember/261212.pdf#page=20|date=26 December 2012|publisher=Pelita Brunei|accessdate=16 March 2020}} They qualified for the Brunei Premier League in 2015,{{cite web |title=Titleholders no problem with postponement|url=http://bruneifootball.blogspot.com/2015/02/titleholders-no-problem-with.html|date=6 February 2015|publisher=The Brunei Times|accessdate=16 March 2020}} and finished fourth out of 11 clubs that season.{{cite web |title=Brunei 2015|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brunei2015.html|date=15 December 2016|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=16 March 2020}} They struggled for form in the season after,{{cite web |title=Al Idrus, Menglait to Battle It Out for League Title|url=https://www.brudirect.com/news.php?id=13463|date=7 September 2016|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=16 March 2020}} barely managing to survive the drop in eighth place.{{cite web |title=Premier League 2016|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brunei2016.html|date=21 December 2017|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=16 March 2020}}
Panchor Murai finished rock bottom in the 2017 Brunei Premier League and relegation was looming for the club, until it was saved via the pulling out of DSP United and Tunas FC.{{cite web|url=http://nfabd.org/schedules/dst-premierleague-2017-standings.htm|title=DST PREMIER LEAGUE 2017|publisher=National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam|date=|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821081118/http://nfabd.org/schedules/dst-premierleague-2017-standings.htm|archivedate=21 August 2019|accessdate=16 March 2020}} They competed in the 2018–19 BPL season and managed another fourth-place finish.{{cite web |title=DST PREMIER LEAGUE 2018|url=http://www.nfabd.org/schedules/dst-premierleague-2018-standings.htm|date=26 February 2019|publisher=National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam|accessdate=16 March 2020}}
When the Brunei Super League was expanded to 16 teams in 2020, Panchor Murai were announced to be participating in the league, making their top-flight debut after four seasons.{{cite web|title=16 CLUBS TO COMPETE IN LATEST BRUNEI SUPER LEAGUE SEASON|url=https://www.thebruneian.news/16-clubs-to-compete-in-latest-brunei-super-league-season/|date=22 January 2020|publisher=The Bruneian|accessdate=16 March 2020|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921163316/https://www.thebruneian.news/16-clubs-to-compete-in-latest-brunei-super-league-season/|url-status=dead}}
Current squad
File:Kuala Belait-Panchor Murai 10 November 2024 207.jpg match against Kuala Belait FC]]
{{Updated|22 January 2025}}{{Cite instagram |user=panchormuraifc |date=26 August 2024|postid=C_ITQkzyQni |title=Panchor Murai FC selected 30 players to represent the club in the 2024/2025 Brunei Super League season. We wish the boys all the best for the upcoming games.|access-date=27 August 2024}}{{Cite instagram |user=panchormuraifc |date=30 August 2024|postid=C_SJVQFSAsQ |title=Swipe to see this season's squad numbers|access-date=30 August 2024}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=BRU|name=Ameer Abdurrahman Mahmoud Syazli}}
{{Fs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Nazrul Syafiq Murah}}
{{Fs player|no=3|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Nazirul Azmi Ali}}
{{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Radzillah Abdul Ghani |other=Captain}}
{{Fs player|no=5|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Rijaluddin Rajid}}
{{Fs player|no=6|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Hamdi Yahya}}
{{Fs player|no=7|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Rahimin Roslan}}
{{Fs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=MAS|name=Talhah Rosli}}
{{Fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Iqmal Halim Murah}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Sahrul Sabatu}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Habibul Hakim Sapawi}}
{{Fs player|no=12|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Nurshafif Tajul Ariffin}}
{{Fs player|no=13|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Dahlan Ibrahim}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Nur Al-Mustaqiim Harun}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Ahmad Asyraf Saudian}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=16|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Nuur Faris Abdul Rahim}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Yafik Syazwan Yassin}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Daniyal Hakeem Lamit}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Hafi Hamizan Khalid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Amni Ali}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Abdul Hakim Shukrin}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Samsul Masri}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Azharuddin Abdul Ghani}}
{{Fs player|no=24|pos=GK|nat=BRU|name=Nor Zaki Muhaimmin Zakaria}}
{{Fs player|no=25|pos=GK|nat=BRU|name=Arif Aslam}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Shahrine Bubin}}
{{Fs player|no=27|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Salehin Salleh}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Dinie Abdul Bade}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Safiuddin Shah Mahadi}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Wafiuddin Osman}}
{{Fs end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Instagram|panchormuraifc}}
{{Brunei Super League teamlist}}
Category:Association football clubs established in 2009