Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

This article is about the professional football club. For the state in Malaysia the football club is named after, see Johor. For other uses, see JDT (disambiguation).
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Full nameJohor Darul Ta'zim Football Club
Nickname(s)Harimau Selatan (Southern Tigers)[1]
Short nameJDT
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)[2]
(as PKENJ FC)
GroundSultan Ibrahim Stadium
Capacity40,000
OwnerTunku Ismail Idris[3]
PresidentTunku Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah
ManagerHéctor Bidoglio
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2023Malaysia Super League, 1st of 14 (champions)
Websitejohorsoutherntigers.my Edit this at Wikidata
Current season
Departments of Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
Men's football Futsal JDT II
JDT III

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. or simply JDT is a professional football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia that competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top tier of Malaysian football. Founded in 1972 as PKENJ FC, the club renamed as Johor FC in 1996, before adopting its current name in 2013.[4] Johor Darul Ta'zim is owned by Tunku Ismail Idris, the Crown Prince of Johor.

In 2014, JDT won its first major honour by winning the national league during the first season under Croatian manager Bojan Hodak. Under Argentine Mario Gómez's tutelage, they won both the 2015 AFC Cup and the 2015 Super League. By winning the AFC Cup, JDT became the second Malaysian team since 1967 to enter the final of a major continental competition, and the first ever Malaysian club to win a continental title. Between 2014 and 2023, JDT won ten consecutive league titles. Before this achievement, no Malaysian team had ever won the league championship more than twice in a row since the league system was first introduced in Malaysia in 1982.

Since 2012, JDT are known by their new nickname, the Southern Tigers (Malay: Harimau Selatan), replacing the old nickname Jengking (Scorpion). The new nickname is based on the Johor State Council's coat of arms.[5] The team's home ground is the 40,000 capacity Sultan Ibrahim Stadium. According to the Statista report from 2016, JDT are the most supported Malaysian Super League club and the second-most supported football club in Malaysia after Manchester United.[6]

  1. ^ "Football: Southern Tigers roar to the fourth straight Charity Shield title". The Star. 5 March 2021. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Malaysia – Johor Darul Ta'zim FC – Soccerway". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ "HRH Crown Prince Of Johor Becomes Owner Of Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club". johorsoutherntigers.com. Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Johor Darul Ta'zim FC – Team Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. ^ "FA PRESIDENT MESSAGE". johorsoutherntigers.com.my. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Most popular soccer clubs in Malaysia 2016". Statista. Retrieved 4 November 2024.