Johor Darul Takzim F.C.

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

Full name	Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club'
Nickname(s)	Harimau Selatan (Malay) Southern Tigers
Founded	1972; 42 years ago
Ground	Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Ground Capacity	30,000
Chairman	Tunku Ismail Idris
Manager	César Ferrando Jiménez
League	Malaysia Super League
2013	3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. (Malay: Kelab Bolasepak Johor Darul Ta'zim) also simply known as JDT, is a football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor. The club was founded in 1972 and currently plays in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysian Super League. The club was based at Pasir Gudang and shifted their homeground to Larkin Stadium after a re-branding by Johor State Football Association in 2012. JDT is managed by César Ferrando Jiménez and captained by Aidil Zafuan.

Club's Names

• 1972-1996  : Perbadanan Kemajuan Ekonomi Negeri Johor Football Club (PKENJ F.C.)
• 1996-2012  : Johor Football Club (Johor FC)
• 2012–present : Johor Darul Takzim Football Club (Johor Darul Takzim F.C.)

Honours

Domestic

As PKENJ FC & Johor FC

Title	Winners	Runner-Up
Division 2/Premier 2/Premier League	1997,[1] 2001[1]
FAM Cup	1994,[2] 1995[2]	1996

As Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

Title	Winners	Runners-up
Malaysia Cup
Division 1/ Premier 1/ Super League
Division 2/ Premier 2/ Premier League
Malaysian FA Cup		2013
Malaysia Charity Shield
ASEAN Super League
AFC Cup
AFC Champions League

History

JDT was founded as Kelab Bolasepak Perbadanan Kemajuan Ekonomi Negeri Johor (PKENJ F.C.) and established itself under the guidance by Member of PKENJ Recreation Bureau. The club has participated in state football competitions before it was premiered in the Malaysian football league in 1988 in FAM Cup. The club changed its name to Johor FC in 1996, Darul Takzim F.C. in 2012 and finally to Johor Darul Takzim F.C. in 2013. In 1994 and 1995, the club won 2 consecutive FAM Cup titles as PKENJ FC and was the runner-up in 1996 as Johor FC. JDT holds the record for longest period in M-League (Malaysia League) competition by any football clubs in Malaysia since 1997.

In 1997, Johor FC was promoted to the second tier Malaysian football league, the Malaysian Premier League (which was then known as the Premier-Two League), and won the title in 2001. After two years in top division of the league, JDT were relegated to Malaysian Premier League in 2002-2003 season. The club earned an automatic promotion to the Super League in 2006-2007 season after FAM's decision to expand the league to 14 teams and was respectively regular top 6 finish in the league. The club was the first club team in Malaysian football league to enter Malaysian Cup in 2000 under former British manager, Bruce Stowell. Malaysia Cup was previously been dominated by state teams and by defeating ATM FA on aggregate in the second-round group qualification, the club itself has marked another record in the division. The club has also participated in AFC Cup in 2009 replacing Negeri Sembilan FA of which the latter qualified but did not proceed to compete in the competition. JDT is the first Malaysian team in the league to have been sponsored by Nike and the first in the country to have its stadium installed with an electronic scoreboard and LED standboard.

2013 season

JDT started off their season with a disappointing 3–2 lost against Pahang FA despite 2-0 advantage in the first half.^[3] On 11 January, JDT registered their first win with Aidil Zafuan scored with a headed goal over a nine-man Perak FA with score of 1-0 at the Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru.^[4] Daniel Güiza scored a 30 metre freekick equaliser against Kelantan FA in a 1–1 draw at Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu.^[5] On 27 January, JDT announced they are to have a five tier friendly match during a 3 week break of Super League campaign.^[6] JDT won 3–0 in their first friendly over Singapore S-League club side Hougang.^[7] Daniel Güiza blasted 5 goals in their second friendly against H20 Dream Team in Singapore.^[8] JDT beat Geylang United 1–0 before registering a 3–0 win over Singapore Armed Forces. In the last leg of their friendly match, Norshahrul Idlan Talaha helped the team to secure a 1–1 draw with Young Lions. JDT resumed their campaign with a 1-0 victory over T-Team FC to continue their six-match unbeaten run in all competitions, including Super League and FA Cup matches. On 9 March, JDT suffered their second lost of the season to Selangor FA with the final score 4-1. With this, JDT's 10 unbeaten streak has ended. This was their second away-game lost of the season. JDT took the top spot of the Super League on 19 April with a win over Pahang FA at their homeground. This was also Leonel Núñez first goal in the league and third goal in overall competition, since the departure of Daniel Güiza. The Southern Tigers squad suffered 2 consecutive losses to Perak FA and ATM FA, consequently at their away games and thus stacks up to 4 away games loss. JDT managed to bounce back with 4 matches winning streak but with a mixed run of results, saw JDT slipped past some chances to gain back to the top spot. JDT ended their season in 3rd placing behind Selangor FA and Super League champion, LionsXII. To conclude, JDT missed the chance to qualify for the AFC Cup next year.

2013 Malaysia FA Cup

Ironically, in the first FA cup qualifying-round match, JDT faced off with Perak FA at Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium in Johor and won with the same scoreline, 1-0, and with the same scorer with Aidil Zafuan headed goal was enough to place them onto the next round. Marching on, the Southern Tigers squad met Kedah FA. Khyrill Muhymeen scored two goals in the first-half to put Kedah in the lead before Daniel Guiza scored in the 70th minute. In the dying minutes of the match, the talismanic Spaniard scored again with a low-driven freekick. Both team were into the penalty shoot-out after a goalless extra-time which saw the Canaries squad defeated by 5-4 with Mohd Syazwan were the only player who couldn't convert a score in the shoot-out. JDT progressed to quarter final against Selangor FA. The first-leg of the quarter-final, they lost at their home game with a score of 1-2. Safee Sali scored the only goal in the match through a penalty-kick, when he was brought down by Peter Chrappan in the 18-yard box. In the second-leg, they managed to gain victory with a 2-1 score at Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, with Leonel Núñez scored a brace on his debut. That puts them into an extra time but both teams can't manage to grab a win and again, just like in the second-round, were put into deciding penalty shoot-out. Mahali Jasuli and K.Gurusamy kick was saved by Al-Hafiz thus put them through the semi-final. On the first-leg of the semi-final, they faced against another tough semi-finalist, Pahang FA. The match was held in Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium and they won 1-0 with goal scored by Leonel Núñez with a good curled shot. The second leg, which was held at Stadium Darul Makmur, was disrupted by a crowd trouble and had to be called off. The match was rescheduled to a neutral venue - National Stadium. In this match, they lost 2-1 with JDT's Brazilian midfielder, Andrézinho, scored the deciding only goal for the team after three minutes into the second-half. With FIFA away goal rule, they are qualified to the final round. The FA Cup final was also held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium, and they faced against the defending champion, Kelantan FA. However, JDT lost the final by 1-0, after Nor Farhan put the Golden Deers squad in front on the 16th minutes.

2014 Season

Prior to 2014 Malaysia Super League, JDT has made five friendly matches against a number of clubs including from Singapore and Indonesia respectively, as their pre-season warm-ups. JDT starts off with current S.League champion, Tampines Rovers FC which ends with a rout of 7-1 score. The club hold another Singapore-based club, Hougang United F.C in their second pre-season match which ends with JDT slotted home another win by 3-0. Third match of their pre-season saw the club pitted with another southern-based club, Melaka United F.C and bagged another win with Pablo Aimar scored a well taken free-kick to give the Johor-side a 4-1 victory. With 3 consecutives success, JDT are up against Indonesian club, Pelita Bandung Raya F.C in their fourth match. The Indonesian-side almost brought home a win with a single goal margin but Safee Sali leveled for the home-side with 20 minutes before time. In their fifth and final friendlies, another formidable Singapore club, Home United F.C hosts JDT at their homeground, Bishan Stadium. JDT and Home United F.C are drew in this match with a scoreline of 2-2.

JDT hosts Perak FA in their opening match-day. The home-side beat the defensive northerners team through goals by veteran, Amri Yahyah and their new import, former Panathinaikos marks-man, Luciano Figueroa. The latter, saw him marked his debut with a fine finish after been fed by through-pass from Safiq Rahim. On 25 January, JDT suffered its first defeat of the season in an away-game against another club, T-Team F.C. The eastern club-side earned its 1-0 victory by a headed goal by Patrich Wanggai.

“Never hate people who are jealous of you,but respect their jealousy because they're the ones who think you're better than them”.

—Tunku Ismail Idris, Tunku Ismail Idris

2014 Malaysia FA Cup

In 2014 Malaysia FA Cup Johor Darul Takzim F.C. getting the 'bye' for being a finalist in 2013 Malaysia FA Cup.JDT will faced T–Team F.C. on 4 February 2014.

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

1996–97: Second Round^[9]

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2009: Group Stage^[10]

Track record

Updated on 29 January 2014

Season	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup
	2013	22	11	7	4	32	26	40	3rd	Final	Quarter-finals
2014	3	1	1	1	4	3	4	-	-	-

2013 Malaysia Cup

• Include Quarter Final

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	4	0	4	15	18	−3	12	2	0	2	6	6	0	2	0	2	9	12	−3

Last updated: 18 September 2013.
Source: 2013 Malaysia Cup

2014 Fixtures

• Include exhibition game

Date	Opponents	H/A	Score	Goalscorers	Competition	Notice
4 Jan	Malacca United F.C.	H	4-1	Pablo Aimar 17' ; Luciano Figueroa 37' ; Safee Sali 83'(p), 91'	Exhibition game
7 Jan	Pelita Bandung Raya	H	1-1	Safee Sali 75'	Exhibition game
11 Jan	Home United FC	H	2-2	Nazrin Nawi 7' ; Luciano Figueroa 72'	Exhibition game
18 Jan	Perak FA	H	2-0	Mohd Amri Yahyah 39' ; Luciano Figueroa 88'	2014 Malaysia Super League
25 Jan	T-Team FC	A	1-0		2014 Malaysia Super League
28 Jan	LionsXII	H	2-2	Luciano Figueroa 27' ; Pablo Aimar 41'	2014 Malaysia Super League
1 Feb	T-Team FC	H	2-1	Luciano Figueroa 15' , 20'	2014 Malaysia FA Cup	Abandoned Match(1st half)
If ashamed to support when losing, do not cheer when it was won. “ ” Boys Of Straits

Stadium

Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium
Larkin Stadium
Location	Jalan Dato Jaafar, Taman Dato Onn, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Broke ground	1964
Built	1964
Renovated	1991
Expanded	1991
Owner	Johor Stadium Corporation
Operator	Johor Stadium Corporation
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	Digital board
Construction cost	RM 50 million (renovation cost)
Capacity	15,000 (1964-1991) 30,000 (1991-present)
Tenants
JDT (Malaysia Super League) JDT II (Malaysia Premier League)

Previously named as Johor FC, the club which was base at Pasir Gudang Municipal Council's Stadium as its homeground. Johor FC held its reputation as a formidable club in the Super League. After Tunku Mahkota of Johor (Crown Prince) Tunku Ismail Idris, took over the helm as PBNJ's new President, it is then made known simply as Johor Darul Takzim. The club has shifted their heroes den to Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru.With the seating capacity of 30,000 people whence it was expanded in 1991. It was named after the former Menteri Besar of Johor, Tan Sri Dato Hj. Hassan Yunus.^[11]

Supporters

Play their home games Johor Darul Takzim F.C. from the Larkin Stadium. A stadium which originally offered about 15,000 seats.Due to the success, and the increasing number of spectators,In 1991,the stadium was built with steel tube .As one of the few stadiums in Malaysia, it is then also have VIP areas.

The club managed to develop a very large fan base in a short time. At away games, the fans are represented very numerous. Games against Kelantan FA are among the highlights of the season. This 2013 new attendance records for the league could be set up in the season. For the games against Pahang FA, there was even a first time ticket sales. This should slow down the expected rush for tickets. For football in Malaysia, this was a novelty. The core of fans of Johor consists of the Boys Of Straits. They were also the first who brought the Ultra movement in Malaysia's stages. Large banners, flags and double holder characterize the Fangruppierung, as well as a "pre-Inger" with megaphones.

The environment of the organization is considered to be extremely professional. The newcomer to the Malaysia Super League is the previous top Kelantan FA in terms of marketing and merchandise while in nothing and is even there to overtake him. The owner of the club, the Persatuan Bola Sepak Negeri Johor, this is one of the largest companies in Malaysia.

Current Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position
Goalkeepers
1	Norazlan Razali		GK
22	Muhammad Al-Hafiz Hamzah		GK
25	Mohd Izham Tarmizi		GK
Defenders
2	Azizi Matt Rose		CB
3	S. Subramaniam		CB
4	Asraruddin Putra		LB,CB
5	Baihakki Khaizan		CB
6	Mohd Izuan Jarudin		CB
7	Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak		CB
15	Daudsu Jamaluddin		RB, LB, DMC
18	Mahali Jasuli		RB,RWB
26	Kamarul Afiq Kamaruddin		CB
27	Fadhli Shas		CB, LB
33	Muhd Fazly Mazlan		LB
Midfielders
8	Safiq Rahim		CM,AMC
10	Pablo Aimar		CM,AMC
12	Nurul Azwan Roya		LM
13	Mohd Amirul Hadi Zainal		CM, AMC
14	Hariss Harun		CM, DMC, CB, AMC
16	Mohd Shakir Shaari		DMC
20	Nazrin Nawi		LM
21	Jasazrin Jamaluddin		LB,DMC, AMC
23	Irfan Fazail		CM,AMC
31	Muhammad Akram Mahinan		CM,DMC
32	Hadin Azman		AM, ST
Forwards
17	Mohd Amri Yahyah		ST, AM
19	Luciano Figueroa		ST
11	Safee Sali		ST
9	Norshahrul Idlan Talaha		ST

Sources:^[12][13][14] Official squad:

Transfer 2014

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Norazlan Razali (from Selangor FA) GK Mohd Izham Tarmizi (from Harimau Muda A) DF Fadhli Shas (from Harimau Muda A) DF Mahali Jasuli (from Selangor FA) DF Asraruddin Putra (from Selangor FA) DF S. Subramaniam (footballer) (from Kelantan FA) DF Mohd Daudsu Jamaluddin (from Kelantan FA) DF Mohd Izuan Jarudin (from Johor FA) DF Azizi Matt Rose (from Kelantan FA) MF Pablo Aimar (from Benfica) MF Hariss Harun (from LionsXII)

No. Position Player MF Mohd Shakir Shaari (from Kelantan FA) MF Nazrin Nawi (from Negeri Sembilan FA) MF Mohd Irfan Fazail (from Harimau Muda A) MF Mohd Amirul Hadi Zainal (from Pahang FA) FW Mohd Amri Yahyah (from Selangor FA) DF Baihakki Khaizan (from LionsXII) FW Luciano Figueroa (from Panathinaikos F.C.)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Zulfadhli Mohamed (to Johor Darul Takzim II F.C.) DF Mohd Irfan Abdul Ghani (to T-Team F.C.) DF Ahmad Tharmini Saiban (Free Agent) DF Muhamad Tuah Iskandar Jamaluddin (to Perak FA) DF Mohd Muslim Ahmad (to PDRM F.C.) GK Mohd Zamir Selamat (PKNS F.C.) DF Muhd Nazri Ahmad (to Kelantan FA) MF Mohd Redzuan Nawi (to Sabah FA) DF Mohd Farid Ramli (Sime Darby F.C.) MF K. Thanaraj (Felda United F.C.) MF Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie (to PDRM F.C.)

No. Position Player MF Mohd Musleyadi Mansor (to Released) FW Leonel Núñez (to Released) FW Muhd Azinee Taib (to Johor Darul Takzim II F.C.) MF Zaquan Adha (to Johor Darul Takzim II F.C.)

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Assistant Manager	YB Datuk Haji Abd Latif Bin Haji Bandi
Head Team Coach	César Ferrando Jiménez
Assistant Coach	Ismail Ibrahim
Second Assistant Coach	Mohd Hamzani Omar
Tactical Coach	Andres Tevar
Fitness Coach	Jaime Serra Olivares
Goalkeeping coach	Angel Lozano Zorita
Physiotherapist	Mohamad Syafiq Zakaria
Physiotherapist	Mohd Rafiq Mohd Yusof

Manager History

Manager by Years (1991–present)

Years	Name	Nationality
1991-1992	Michael Urukalo	Yugoslavia
1998-2000	Steve Darby	England
2000-2001	Bruce Stowell	England
2005	Raul Carrizo	Argentina
2005-2010	Ramlan Rashid	Malaysia
2011	Azuan Zain	Malaysia
2012	K. Devan	Malaysia
2012	Sazali Saidon	Malaysia
2013	Fandi Ahmad	Singapore
2013	Azmi Ibrahim(interim manager)	Malaysia
2013–present	César Ferrando Jiménez	Spain

Sponsors

Title Sponsor

• Country Garden

Shirt Sponsor

• Nike

Official Sponsors

• Tropicana Corporation
• Iskandar Malaysia
• Berjaya Group
• Drive M7
• Grand Paragon Hotel
• KFC
• Pizza Hut
• UDA Holdings
• AL-Ikhsan
• Sharp Corporation
• 100plus
• Country Garden
• Johor Corporation

Period	Sportswear	Main Sponsor
2003-2004	Jking	Dunhill
2005-2006		Kulim (M) Berhad
2007-2012	Lotto
2013	Kappa	Johor Corporation
2014–present	Nike	Country Garden

Affiliated Clubs

• Johor Darul Takzim II F.C.
• Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School
• Johor Military Force FC
• LionsXII

References

External links

• Official Website

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