BAKES FC explained

Clubname:BAKES
Fullname:Bahtera Kemudi Sekawan Football Club
Founded:, as PSUT-KHEDN
Ground:Various
Owner:Yuslan Ahmad
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Endy Azri Idris
League:Brunei Super League
Season:2023
Position:BSL, 13th of 16 -->
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Bahtera Kemudi Sekawan Football Club, or abbreviation BAKES, formerly PSUT-KHEDN, is afootball club in Brunei. The name directly translates to Camaraderie-Steered Galleon.

History

Back in 2005, a few coworkers who were employed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) got together to play some casual football. Only ten years later did casual football grow into a serious sport. Weekly friendlies were played, and although coming from all departments, there was a strong relationship between the participants. Only seven players from the initial pool survived after activities and stats were recorded starting in 2010.[1]

In 2015, they changed their name to PSUT-KHEDN, and effective organizational structures were put in place for the management.[2] For MoHA, it was intended to establish a sports council akin to the ones for the MS PDB and MS ABDB. The acronym BAKES stood for Badan Kemajuan Keagamaan Sukan. They initially joined the district league under the name BAKES FT, and it wasn't until 2016 that BAKES FC was officially registered as Bahtera Kemudi Sekawan.

In 2017, one of the Najip I-Team committee members approached by the owner of BAKES FC, Awang Hj Yuslan bin Awang Hj Ahmad, with an offer to purchase Najip FC a year later. After a brief meeting, they decided to purchase it, taking on 40% of the players. The acquisition made it possible for BAKES to join the Super League. Given that the deadline fell right before the beginning of the season, it was a short one. Before BAKES was legalized last year, they played under the Najip FC name for two seasons. Although they were briefly allowed to rename to Najip-BAKES FC, the name change was not approved until 2020.

On 21 July 2021, the club suffered one of the biggest defeats going against DPMM FC which resulted 16–1 during the Super League at Jerudong Park Mini Stadium.[3] Though BAKES participated in the 2022 FA Cup, they did not qualify after being placed 3rd in Group B of the group stage.[4]

After finishing in 13th place in the 2023 Brunei Super League, the club announced prior to the upcoming season that they have withdrawn their participation.[5]

Club officials

PositionStaffRef
Head coach Endy Azri Idris[6]
Team manager Adi Indra Sarigan Sulaiman
Deputy manager Abdul Rahman Idris
Assistant coaches Yunsi Rahman
Hambrin Tuah
Razi Lamit
Hurdy Duming
Fardzillah Abdullah
Assistant managers Amran Kula
Aji Fazri Jamil
Suhaili Ali Ahmad Liga
Azri Azizan Ramli

Current squad

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BAKES FC . 28 June 2022 . . 7 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707103417/https://the-fabd.com/team/bakes-fc/ . live .
  2. Web site: 18 pasukan beraksi di liga Daerah Brunei Muara. 13 September 2015. Pelita Brunei. 28 June 2022.
  3. Web site: web Desk . 2021-06-28 . Brunei Super League: DPMM Fc 16-1 Bakes Fc . 2022-12-11 . Brunei News Gazette . en-US . 2022-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221211041943/https://www.bruneinewsgazette.com/brunei-super-league-dpmm-fc-16-1-bakes-fc/ . live .
  4. Web site: Brunei 2022 . 2022-12-11 . . 2022-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221211035235/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brunei2022.html#dstfa . live .
  5. bakes.fc . 10 July 2024. C9PwQiryvVw . Official Statement (10 July 2024). 1 August 2024.
  6. bakes.fc . 2 July 2023. CuLD_CMh5Gx . >Team Official>BAKES FOOTBALL CLUB>Committees>Brunei Super League>Season 2023. 4 July 2023.
  7. bakes.fc . 30 June 2023. CuDqIkeh0lO . BAKES FOOTBALL CLUB Squad. 4 July 2023.