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Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
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Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club, 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 was renamed Johor FC in 1996 before adopting its current name in 2013. 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 2026, JDT won twelve 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 have been known by the nickname Southern Tigers (Malay: Harimau Selatan), based on the coat of arms of the Johor State Council. 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.