    the brunei national football team (also known as brunei darussalam national football team) nicknamed tebuan (the wasps), is the national team of the brunei and is controlled by the national football association of brunei darussalam. the team was founded in 1959 and joined fifa in 1969. in the past, they have also frequently featured in the malaysian league and cup competitions as one of the state representative sides. ==history== brunei football association was formed in 15 march 1956 and at that time was known as the brunei state football amateur association. in 1993, the word "amateur" was dropped, and since then, the fa has been known as the football association of brunei darussalam. brunei's experience of international football has been more or less restricted to regional asian competitions, such as the southeast asian games and the tiger cup. so far, brunei has entered the world cup qualifiers only twice, in 1986 world cup and 2002 world cup. on both occasions, they did not qualify for the competition. also has made only one appearance in the 1976 asian cup and they were eliminated in the first round. their best achievement was perhaps being champion of the malaysia cup in 1999. back then, brunei [[brunei m-league team
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