Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Full name	Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Southern Tigers
Short name	JDT
Founded	1972–1995 as PKENJ FC 1996–2012 as Johor FC 2013 as Darul Takzim FC 2014–present as Johor DT FC
Ground	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium
Ground Capacity	30,000
Owner	Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim[1]
Manager	Mario Gomez
League	Malaysia Super League
2015	Malaysia Super League, Champions
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Johor Darul Ta'zim), also simply known as JDT, is a football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The club was founded in 1972 (as PKENJ FC) and currently plays in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysian Super League. The club is owned by Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim.^[1] In 2014, JDT gained their first major honour by winning the Super League during the first season of the Croatian manager Bojan Hodak.^[2] They continue the glory as in 2015, JDT crowned AFC Cup champions and two domestic trophy in Malaysia which is Charity Shield and Super League. Both AFC Cup and Super League championships were won under the guidance of their new appointed manager, Mario Gómez.

Etymology

After rebranding in 2012, Johor Darul Ta'zim FC also implied a new nickname Southern Tigers (Malay: 'Harimau Selatan'), an idea from Johor FA President which mean as a top professional football player who represented the club in Johor Darul Ta'zim FC. ^[3]

History

Early years (1972–1996)

Originally founded as Kelab Bolasepak Perbadanan Kemajuan Ekonomi Negeri Johor (PKENJ FC) and established under the auspices of the PKENJ Recreation Bureau, the club participated in state football competitions before it was admitted to the Malaysia football league in 1988. In 1994, PKENJ FC won its first FAM Cup title, and this feat was repeated again in 1995.^[4]

The Johor FC era (1996–2011)

Because a good record by PKENJ FC, in 1996 Johor Corporation (state funded cooperation) decided to takeover the club, changing its name to Johor Football Club (Johor FC), unfortunately only managed to become runner-up in the 1996 season.

In 1997, Johor FC was promoted to the second tier Malaysian football league, the Malaysia Premier League (which was then known as the Premier-Two League), and won the title in 2001.^[5] After two years in top division of the league, Johor FC were relegated to Malaysia Premier League during the 2002–03 season.^[6] The club earned an automatic promotion to the Super League during the 2006–07 season after FAM's decision to expand the league to 14 teams and was respectively a regular top 6 finisher in the league. The club was the first club team in Malaysian football league to enter Malaysia Cup in 2000 under former British manager, Bruce Stowell. Malaysia Cup was previously dominated by state teams and by defeating ATM 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 of which the latter qualified but did not proceed to compete in the competition.^[7]

Revolution (2012–present)

Johor Football Association (also known as Johor FA) failed to secure promotion to the Malaysia Super League in the 2013 season, by the end of November 2012, it was speculated that a take over between Johor Cooperation (Johor FC) and Johor FA was in place for Johor Football Club. In December 2012, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim Johor FA President announced that Johor Football Club is 100 Percent owned and controlled by Johor FA. The club name also will changed to Darul Takzim FC (Johor) later on as Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club.^[8]

Johor FA aims to create young Johorean talent to supply to Johor Darul Ta'zim FC as a clear step forward in moulding the future of the club. Thus, it implemented a 5-year plan which was distributed publicly through the media as invitation to join forces to create more talent pool. In earlier 2013 Tan Sri Annuar Musa and few Football Association president in Malaysia visit Johor FA headquarters and praised the program.

Fully supported and back boned by Tunku Mahkota of Johor, JDT under flag of Johor FA pouring large scales investment to acquired Stadium Tan Sri Hassan Yunos (also known as Larkin Stadium) and officially owned by end of 2011. Larkin Stadium was once again upgraded and refurbished since 1990.

Former Singaporean football legend Fandi Ahmad subsequently penned a three-year contract with Malaysian Premier League (MPL) outfit Johor to serve as their technical advisor in 2010, Fandi was later promoted to become head coach of Johor Darul Ta'zim in 2012 and once again promoted to become a manager of Johor Darul Ta'zim. However, In mid 2013 he chose to resign due to differences in football philosophy and his position was succeeded by Bojan Hodak, the former Kelantan head coach.^[9]

JDT also signed a professional coach team from Spain led by César Ferrando Jiménez but later changed to another professional coach team from Croatia led by Rajko Magić. The main problem with César Ferrando Jiménez is due to the language differences between him and the team. This marriage between the two did not last long.^[10]

The Return of Serbegeth Singh

Serbegeth "Shebby" Singh is considered as Johor's best Central Defender ever made in late 1978. Shebby Singh recently worked as club's global advisor in Blackburn Rovers until he rejoined Johor FA back in 2013 as talent developer and scouter for all team under Johor FA.^[11]

Tunku Mahkota Johor's Era

HRH Tunku Ismail ibni Sultan Ibrahim, the Royal Prince of Johor, bought Johor Darul Takzim FC just before the start of the MSL 2016 season. Along with this, JDT also received a massive 100 million ringgit funding by the Sultan of Johor.

Marquee players

In early 2012, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim Johor DT President does not hold any longer, with a tight budget and proper planning Johor Darul Ta'zim FC achieve to bought 75 percent of Malaysia national team player. Unfortunately A few of player implicated with a disciplinary problem, hence Johor DT once again launch a new program named "Professional football team Program".

Managed to loan two Latin player Daniel Güiza from Getafe and Simone Del Nero from Lazio shaking the Malaysia football arena in 2013, and help to boost sponsorship from local and international company.

In 2014 Johor DT announced that the club signs Argentine Pablo Aimar for RM7.2mil a season. Later On Johor DT managed to captured a few mega companies to sponsored JDT. Pablo Aimar was released in April 2014 after new JDT head coach Bojan Hodak request to replaced with more young talent approved.^[12]

Other marquee player that Johor DT signing is Leonel Núñez from Argentinos Juniors, Luciano Figueroa from Panathinaikos, Patito Rodríguez from Santos FC, Marcos Antonio from 1. FC Nürnberg, Jorge Pereyra Díaz from Lanús and Hariss Harun from LionsXII former best young Asean player.

Kit

From the 1970s to 2012, the JDT team kit was manufactured by various companies including Adidas, Umbro, Lotto, & Jking. For the 2014 season, the official JDT kit was manufactured by Nike. The home kit's design of red and blue stripes is shaped by a blue row of lines. The away kit features design of white and blue stripes is shaped by a white row of lines. The alternate kit is design reminisce of 2013 design of royal blue navy gradient overlay with pink red.

In November 2014, Nike Malaysia created a new football kit for the JDT team specially for its 2015 AFC Champions League campaign. The home kit's design of royal navy blue and red stripes is shaped by a navy blue row of lines. The away kit features a full plain white front alternating with grey pattern boxes. The alternated kit features a full plain black.

From the 2016 season, JDT will be sponsored by Adidas.

Training

Sri Gelam Field is the training facility for Johor Darul Ta'zim, located at Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The facility is funded by the Johor Football Association ^[13]

Media coverage

Coverage

Johor Darul Ta'zim home matches and some away matches (depending on the location and the broadcast station) are shown live or delayed on Astro Arena and RTM & Media Prima. All broadcast matches are controlled by MP & Silva.^[14]

Publishing and Internet media

Johor DT owned subsidiary company named Southern Tigers Berhad which own a few rights in publishing in Harimau selatan magazine, news and media in JDT TV Media. ^[15]

Crest and colours

The club crest is derived from the Johor State Council coat of arms, although all that remains of it on the current crest is only the part of the tiger Head. The Characteristic Of southern Tigers Royal government still shown by using Royal navy Blue.

In 2013, JDT used a new logo, featuring a more ferocious looking tiger and a darker colour scheme. ^{[16] [17]}

Sponsors

For the 2016 season, Johor Darul Takzim FC has secured sponsorship from 6 large corporations. Its primary sponsors include Adidas, Johor Corporation, Country Garden Danga Bay, Vantage Bay, Iskandar Waterfront Holdings and Berjaya Holdings. The funds from these companies have helped JDT FC to become the 2nd richest football club in Malaysia.

JDT also received a RM100 million funding by the Sultan of Johor. ^[18]

Supporters

Boys Of Straits (formerly known as Southern Trooper) is the name of the official supporters of the Johor Darul Ta'zim. Even in every match the JDT team played, they will be found in a group standing at the supporters area. The main colours for these supporter are usually in blue with a red scarf and banners just like the Johor Darul Ta'zim's team kits colours. These supporters always bring, drums and large colorful flags to the stadiums.^[19]

"Inter Johor Firm" was created to support Johor Darul Ta'zim. The early aim of creation of IJF is to protect JDT fans in away game. But when the group fans was over capacities, IJF implicated with football hooliganism scandal. On late 2014, IJF Officially banned by Johor FA President to entered or joined any home and away Match.^[20]

Other small supporter group that consist as regular in Larkin Stadium are Sini laken, Jdt-sg, Flag Pole, And Brotherhood Johor.

Stadium Tan Sri Dato' Hj. Hassan Yunos

Larkin Stadium
Larkin Stadium
Location	Jalan Dato Jaafar, Taman Dato Onn, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Owner	Johor Football Association
Operator	Johor Football Association
Capacity	15,000 (1964–1991) 30,000 (1991–present)
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	Digital board
Construction
Built	1964
Renovated	1999
Expanded	1999
Construction cost	RM 240 million (renovation cost)
Tenants
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Website
http://www.stadiumjohor.com/

Ground

Johor Darul Ta'zim FC plays their games at Larkin Stadium. The stadium was originally built in 1964, with a capacity of only 15,000 people.The stadium was named after the former Menteri Besar of Johor, Tan Sri Dato Hj. Hassan Yunus.^[21]

In 1991, the stadium's capacity was doubled following extensive renovations. An athletics track, floodlight masts and media infrastructure were added to allow the ground to host major events.

The stadium was also used for the FIFA U-20 World Cup and Sukma Games.

Club records

Updated on 13 February 2016.

Note:

• Matches played summaries calculated only for Division 1/Premier 1/Malaysia Super League or Division 2/Premier 2/Malaysia Premier League current season.
• Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Season	League									Cup			Asia
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Charity	Malaysia	FA	Competition	Result
1998	MP2L	14	4	4	6	19	24	16	5th	—	—	Round of 16	—	—
1999	MP2L	18	9	1	4	24	17	33	3rd	—	—	Round of 32	—	—
2000	MP2L	18	5	6	7	16	18	21	7th	—	Quarter-finals	Round of 16	—	—
2001	MP2L	22	14	5	3	42	20	47	1st	—	Group stage	Quarter-finals	—	—
2002	MP1L	26	12	5	9	37	27	41	7th	—	Group stage	Round of 16	—	—
2003	MP1L	24	10	4	10	42	32	34	7th	—	Group stage	Quarter-finals	—	—
2004	MPL	24	14	5	5	43	25	47	3rd	—	Group stage	—	—	—
2005	MPL	21	10	6	5	27	16	36	4th	—	Group stage	—	—	—
2005–06	MPL	21	9	5	7	38	32	32	3rd	—	Group stage	—	—	—
2006–07	MSL	24	11	6	7	35	26	39	6th	—	Group stage	Round of 16	—	—
2007–08	MSL	24	14	4	6	40	27	46	3rd	—	Semi-finals	Round of 32	—	—
2009	MSL	26	15	3	8	53	27	48	4th	—	Quarter-finals	Round of 32	AFC Cup	Group stage
2010	MSL	26	12	4	10	41	33	40	4th	—	Semi-finals	Round of 32	—	—
2011	MSL	26	8	10	8	26	28	34	7th	—	Group stage	Round of 16	—	—
2012	MSL	26	10	5	11	29	31	35	9th	—	Quarter-finals	Round of 16	—	—
2013	MSL	22	11	7	4	32	26	40	3rd	—	Quarter-finals	Runners-up	—	—
2014	MSL	22	13	5	4	39	22	44	1st	—	Runners-up	Semi-finals	—	—
2015	MSL	22	14	4	4	36	18	46	1st	Champions	Quarter-finals	Round of 32	AFC CL, AFC Cup	Preliminary round 2, Champions
2016	MSL	22								Champions			AFC CL, AFC Cup	Preliminary round 2, TBD

Source:^[22]

Players

First Team Squad

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth	Pos.
Goalkeepers
1	Farizal Marlias		29/06/86	GK
22	K. Sasi Kumar		29/04/89	GK
24	Izham Tarmizi		24/04/91	GK
Defenders
4	Asraruddin Putra		26/03/88	LB/CB
6	Marcos Antônio		25/05/83	CB
7	Aidil Zafuan		03/08/87	CB/RB
12	S. Kunanlan		22/08/86	RB/RW
15	Fazly Mazlan		22/12/93	LB/RB
25	Junior Eldstal		16/09/91	CB/DM
26	Amer Saidin		25/07/92	CB
27	Fadhli Shas		21/01/91	CB/LB
Midfielders
2	Azamuddin Akil		16/04/85	RW/LW
5	Amirul Hadi Zainal		27/05/86	CM
8	Safiq Rahim		05/07/87	CM/AM
13	Gary Steven Robbat		03/09/92	DM/CM
14	Hariss Harun		19/11/90	DM/CM
16	Shakir Shaari		29/09/86	DM
18	Mahali Jasuli		02/04/89	RW/RB
20	Nazrin Nawi		07/02/88	LW/LM
21	Jasazrin Jamaluddin		03/04/86	RM/RB
23	S. Chanturu		14/12/87	RW/RM
28	Azniee Taib		18/07/90	LW/AM
29	Akram Mahinan		19/01/93	CM
Forwards
3	Rozaimi Abdul Rahman		11/06/92	ST
10	Safee Sali		29/01/84	ST
11	Pereyra Díaz		05/08/90	ST
17	Amri Yahyah		21/01/81	ST/AM
19	Juan Martín Lucero		30/11/91	ST/AM

Additional sources:^{[23][24][25][26]}

Development squad

As part of the club's acquisition and subsequent rebranding in 2012, HRH Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, the Johor FA's President, took the decision to rename all the club's teams using the same nomenclature. In addition, roman numerals were used to denote each team's hierarchy in the club.^[27]

In early 2014, FAM approved Johor FA's application and officially registered all the club's teams to Johor Darul Ta'zim FC^[28]

• Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.

(Malaysia Premier League)

• Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C. [Under-21 Squad]

(Malaysia President's Cup)

• Johor Darul Ta'zim IV F.C. [Under-19 Squad]

(Malaysia Youth League)

Johor Darul Ta'zim III

No.	Name	Birth
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamad Luqman Hakim Mohd Razali
18	Muhd Khaled Abdul Razak
21	Mohd Nabil Akmal Rusman
Defenders
2	Mohd Saipul Samsuri
3	Muhd Hafiz Kamsani
4	Mohd Faiz Burhan
5	Muhammad Zabidi Ismail
13	Muhammad Nurfikry Razali
15	Muhd Shafiq Hafiz Zulkifle
17	Muhammad Zahin Zainal Alam	03/12/96
Midfielders
6	Mohd Fitri Mohd Ismail
8	Mohd Syafiq Aidil Zuhuri
12	Muhammad Faiz Mohd Isa
14	Satrunan Pillai a/l Jayakumar
16	Shahwan Shaharudin	16/03/95
19	Muhd Syafiq Seth
22	Yusre Zuhaile Zainuddin
23	Muhd Sahnizam Jamil
24	Muhd Afeq Syamim Rohaizat	10/06/96
25	Mohd Fahmi Faizal
Forwards
10	Sean Gan Giannelli	31/10/96
11	Abd Fathur Danish Abdul Rahman	31/05/95

Johor Darul Ta'zim IV

No.	Name	Birth
Goalkeepers
	Muhamad Fazeli Muhamad Salleh
	Muhammad Yusri Tan Ser
	Muhammad Nor Faizal Abdul Manan
Defenders
	Muhammad Syaiful Haziq Baharuddin
	Muhammad Amirul Izzuddin Zulkarnain
	Nur Ismail Sukandar
	Mohammad Arshad Mohd Rashid
	Mohamad Firdaus Abdul Jabar
	Mahaidil Majid
	Taufiq Nor Satari
Midfielders
	Mohammad Sufyan Sumiri
	Muhamad Sharil Fitri Yaacob
	Aikal Aidil Azlan
	Mohamad Khairullah Abdul Halim
	Muhd Fazhan Mohd Rahim
	Mohamad Shahril Hasnor Hadi
	Muhammad Asyraf Afnizam
	Azrul Azuan Ali
	Mohd Afaiz Jafri
Forwards
	Muhd Shambri Haizam Sulaiman
	Raja Ahmad Syazwan Raja Ahmad
	Mohd Shafiqee Fitri Nor Azman
	Muhammad Nazly Md Rashid

Ranking

World Club Ranking

As of 12 January 2016.^[29]

Current Rank	Country	Team
150		Brøndby IF
150		Cerro Porteño
152		Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
153		Deportes Tolima
153		Southampton F.C.
153		A.C. Milan

AFC Club Ranking

As of 26 November 2015.^[30]

Current Rank	Country	Team
66		Kashima Antlers
66		Vegalta Sendai
68		Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
69		Al-Safa' SC
70		Hà Nội T&T F.C.

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Patron	HRH Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim
President	YB Dato'Ismail Bin Karim
Manager	Mario Gómez
Asst. Manager	Raul Marcus
Director of Football	Alistair Edwards
Head Coach	Mario Gómez
Asst. Coach 1	Raúl Longhi
Asst. Coach 2	Ismail Ibrahim
Coach	Hamzani Omar
GK Coach	Khairul Azman
Fitness Coach	Fernando Gonzalez
Physio	Fariq Yusof
Head Of Youth Development	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
U21 Head Coach	Ervin Boban
U21 Asst. Coach	Salehan Mohd Som
U21 Coach	Fazail Mat Nayan
U21 GK Coach	Isz Mohd Shahrom Idris
U21 Fitness Coach	Azmi Ibrahim
U21 Physio	Syafiq Zakaria
U19 Head Coach	Mark Oliver Stricker
U19 Asst. Coach	Nazri Yunos
U19 Coach	Rozi Abdul Hamid
U19 GK Coach	Amirullah Abdul Ghani
U19 Physio	Rafienudeen Ramlee
Chief Scout	Abdul Nasir Mohd Yusof

Source:^[28] Source:^[31]

Head Coach history

Head Coach by years (1998–present)

Name	From	To	Honours
Ron Smith	1998	1999
Bruce Stowell	1999	2001	2001 Malaysia Premier 2 League
Raul Carrizo	2005
Ramlan Rashid	2005	2010
Azuan Zain	2011
K. Devan	2012
Sazali Saidon
Fandi Ahmad	2012	2013
Azmi Mohamed	2013 (interim)
César Jiménez	Dec 2013	April 2014
Bojan Hodak	April 2014	April 2015	2014 Malaysia Super League 2015 Malaysia Charity Shield
Mario Gómez	April 2015	Present	2015 Malaysia Super League 2015 AFC Cup 2016 Malaysia Charity Shield

Honours

Domestic

League

• Division 1 / Premier 1 / Super League
  • Winners (2): 2014, 2015
• Division 2 / Premier 2 / Premier League
  • Winners (2): 2001^[5]

Cups

• FAM Cup
  • Winners (2): 1994,^[32] 1995^[32]
  • Runners-up: 1996
• FA Cup
  • Runners-up: 2013
• Malaysia Cup
  • Runners-up: 2014
• Charity Shield
  • Winners: 2015, 2016

International

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 3 Appearances

  1996–97: Round of 16^[33]

  2015: Preliminary round 2

  2016: Preliminary round 2

• AFC Cup: 3 Appearances

  2009: Group stage^[34]

  2015: Winners

  2016:Group stage (ongoing)

Feeder clubs

• Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.

References

External links

• Official website

Achievements
Preceded by Qadsia SC	AFC Cup Champions 2015	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by LionsXII	Malaysia Super League Champions 2014 . 2015	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Pahang FA	Malaysia Charity Shield Champions 2015 . 2016	Succeeded by incumbent

Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club History Managers Players Statistics Current season Seasons 2013 2014 2015 2016 (JDT, JDT II) Stadium Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Players Current Squad Related articles Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.

Malaysia Super League Seasons 2004 2005 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Clubs 2016 clubs Felda United FC Johor Darul Ta'zim FC Kedah Kelantan Pahang FC Penang Perak PDRM Sarawak Selangor Terengganu Former clubs ATM Brunei DPMM Harimau Muda A Johor Kuala Lumpur Kuala Muda Naza Malacca Melaka TMFC MPPJ Negeri Sembilan Perlis PKNS PLUS Public Bank Sabah Sime Darby T-Team UPB-MyTeam Associated competitions FA Cup Malaysia Cup Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup President Cup History Golden Boot Winners

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AFC Cup winners 2004: Al-Jaish 2005: Al-Faisaly 2006: Al-Faisaly 2007: Shabab Al-Ordon 2008: Al-Muharraq 2009: Al-Kuwait 2010: Al-Ittihad 2011: Nasaf Qarshi 2012: Al-Kuwait 2013: Al-Kuwait 2014: Al-Qadsia 2015: Johor Darul Ta'zim