{{Short description|Association football club in Brunei}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Rimba Star | fullname = Rimba Star Football Club | image = Rimba Star FC logo.png | upright = 0.7 | founded = {{start date and age|2008}} | ground = Various | chrtitle = President | chairman = Yassin Noor | mgrtitle = | manager = Shamsul Rezal Ahmad | coach = Felix Obinna | league = Brunei Super League | season = 2025–26 | position = 6th | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FFDB00 | body1 = FFDB00 | rightarm1 = FFDB00 | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = _redborder | pattern_b2 = _goldcollar | pattern_ra2 = _redborder | pattern_sh2 = _yellowsides | pattern_so2 = _2 black stripes | leftarm2 = 1C1CF0 | body2 = 1C1CF0 | rightarm2 = 1C1CF0 | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = FFFFFF | website = }}
'''Rimba Star Football Club''' is a professional football club in Brunei, playing in the Brunei Super League.<ref name=fa>{{cite web |title=Rimba Star FC – Football Association of Brunei Darussalam|url=https://the-fabd.com/team/rimba-star-fc/|date=|publisher=Football Association of Brunei Darussalam|accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref> The club is based in Kampong Rimba in Brunei-Muara District.
==History== Rimba Star was founded in 2008 by current president and manager Yassin bin Haji Mohammad Noor, and entered the District leagues in their formative years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rimba Star FC get new van from COVID-19 solidarity fund|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/rimba-star-fc-get-new-van-from-covid-19-solidarity-fund/|date=19 February 2021|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref> In the 2010 Brunei FA Cup first round, they were drawn against Viva Rangers FC which boasted Shah Razen Said in their ranks and were defeated 3–2.<ref>{{cite web |title=FA Cup: Top meets bottom as Rangers get P Lun Bawang|url=http://bruneifootball.blogspot.com/2010/03/fa-cup-top-meets-bottom-as-rangers-get.html|date=11 March 2010|publisher=The Brunei Times|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref>
Rimba Star qualified for the 2011 Brunei Premier League II by beating MS PDB in the qualifying match.<ref>{{cite web |title=BPL II teams told to raise their game|url=https://bruneifootball.blogspot.com/2011/03/bpl-ii-teams-told-to-raise-their-game.html|date=19 March 2011|publisher=The Brunei Times|accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref> However, after it commenced, the league was cancelled later that June as a result of the disbanding of the organisers namely the Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam.<ref>{{cite web |title=FFBD-organised competitions to be discontinued |url=http://www.bruneiolympic.org/?t=news/index&p=news/2011/20110610b|date=10 June 2011|publisher=The Brunei Times|access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref> Its successor, National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam organised a competition for a new league system, and Rimba Star finished fourth behind Indera SC, MS ABDB and MS PDB in their group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Let football league begin!|url=https://bruneifootball.blogspot.com/2011/12/let-football-league-begin.html|date=3 December 2011|publisher=The Brunei Times|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref> This meant that they were placed in the second tier starting with the 2014 Brunei Premier League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brunei 2014|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brunei2014.html#perdana|date=27 May 2021|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref>
Rimba Star finished in the bottom half in subsequent campaigns in the Premier League, just steering clear of relegation in some cases. In the 2018–19 season they finished bottom but with the expansion in 2020, were selected to play in the 16-team league,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebruneian.news/16-clubs-to-compete-in-latest-brunei-super-league-season/|title=16 CLUBS TO COMPETE IN LATEST BRUNEI SUPER LEAGUE SEASON|publisher=The Bruneian|date=22 January 2020|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417074615/https://www.thebruneian.news/16-clubs-to-compete-in-latest-brunei-super-league-season/|archivedate=17 April 2020|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref> being a member of the Super League ever since.
==Players== ===Current squad=== {{Updated|24 November 2025}}
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=BRU|name=Sharil Hashim}} {{Fs player|no=2|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Miftahul Rezki Shahminan}} {{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Aiman Abdullah}} {{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Abdul Qayyum Irwan Rino}} {{Fs player|no=6|pos=DF|nat=NGA|name=Kamal Yakubu}} {{Fs player|no=7|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Khairul Abdul Halim}} {{Fs player|no=8|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Nur Azees Ali}} {{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=NGA|name=Ishola Olaiya}} {{Fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Kurmin Bini|other=Captain}} {{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Nazriuddin Ahmad}} {{Fs player|no=15|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Abdul Malik Norazlan}} {{Fs player|no=16|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Syahmi Ikhwan Idris}} {{Fs player|no=17|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Saifullah Saifuddin}} {{Fs player|no=18|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Aznil Ali}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=20|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Al-Aliyshahnezan Nordin}} {{Fs player|no=21|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Alif Sahari}} {{Fs player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Nor Shah Harris}} {{Fs player|no=23|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Aaiman Muqmin Baharudin}} {{Fs player|no=24|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Hazim Isamuddin Irwan}} {{Fs player|no=25|pos=GK|nat=BRU|name=Hassanuddin Damit}} {{Fs player|no=26|pos=GK|nat=BRU|name=Nur Hilman Nor Hillmy}} {{Fs player|no=27|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Arif Ali Rahman}} {{Fs player|no=28|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Nazri Nasriuddin}} {{Fs player|no=29|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Salahuddin Al-Ayubi Abas}} {{Fs player|no=30|pos=FW|nat=BRU|name=Shah Rizan Reymoon}} {{Fs player|no=43|pos=MF|nat=BRU|name=Fakhrul Radzi Haslin}} {{Fs player|no=49|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Arif Wa'ie Yusra}} {{Fs player|no=53|pos=DF|nat=BRU|name=Daniel Asyraf Mazlan}} {{Fs end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Instagram|rimba.starfc}}
{{Brunei Super League teamlist}}
Category:Association football clubs established in 2008 Category:2008 establishments in Brunei Category:Football clubs in Brunei