2019 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season

Johor Darul Ta'zim

2019 season
Chairman	Tunku Tun Aminah Sultan Ibrahim
Manager	Luciano Figueroa
Stadium	Larkin Stadium
Super League	1st
FA Cup	3rd round
Malaysia Cup	Winners
Charity Shield	Winners
Champions League	Group stages
Top goalscorer	League: Diogo (12 goals) All: Diogo Safawi Rasid (20 each)
Highest home attendance	22,510 vs Perak (2 February 2019)
Lowest home attendance	4,860 vs Kashima Antlers (8 May 2019)
Home colours Away colours

The 2019 season is Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club's 46th season in club history and 7th season in the Malaysia Super League after rebranding their name from Johor FC.

Background

Johor Darul Ta'zim FC won their 2018 Malaysia Super League to become the first Malaysian club to win the league titles for five consecutive seasons (2014–2018).

JDT still holds an unbeaten home ground in Super League after extending the record up to 81 matches from 3 July 2012 (won against Sabah FA by 2–1) until 28 July 2018 which last action they won against Kuala Lumpur FA by 2–0).

JDT failed to qualify for next round in Malaysia FA Cup after lost to Pahang FA with aggregate 0–3 on 20 April 2018.

JDT failed to defense their Malaysia Cup as reigning champion after defeated by Terengganu FC I with aggregate 2-3 which played on 20 October 2018 at Larkin.

In Asia, JDT failed to qualify for Semi-Final ASEAN zonal after being eliminated in the group stage even though they winning against Vietnamese club - Sông Lam Nghệ An on 24 April 2018.

Squad

As of 21 November 2018.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Farizal Marlias		(1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 38)	Selangor FA	2014
24	Izham Tarmizi		(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)	Harimau Muda A	2014	2021
26	Haziq Nadzli		(1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 27)	PDRM FA	2017	2022
Defenders
2	Dominic Tan		(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 28)	Vilaverdense F.C.	2016	2019
3	Adam Nor Azlin		(1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 29)	Selangor FA	2018	2019
6	Syazwan Andik		(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 28)	Kuala Lumpur FA	2019	2019
7	Aidil Zafuan		(1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 37)	ATM FA	2013	2019
12	S. Kunanlan		(1986-09-15) 15 September 1986 (age 38)	Selangor FA	2015	2019
20	Azrif Nasrulhaq		(1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 (age 33)	Selangor FA	2016	2021
22	La'Vere Corbin-Ong		(1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 33)	Go Ahead Eagles	2018	2019
27	Fadhli Shas		(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 34)	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	2014	2021
30	Kiko Insa		(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 37)	Bangkok Glass FC	2018
33	Maurício		(1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 36)	S.S. Lazio	2019	2019
Midfielders
4	Afiq Fazail		(1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 30)	Harimau Muda B	2015	2020
5	Natxo Insa		(1986-06-09) 9 June 1986 (age 38)	Levante UD	2017
11	Gonzalo Cabrera		(1989-11-15) 15 November 1989 (age 35)	Al-Faisaly FC	2017
13	Gary Steven Robbat		(1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32)	Harimau Muda A	2015	2020
14	Hariss Harun		(1990-11-19) 19 November 1990 (age 34)	Home United	2014	2021
16	Syamer Kutty Abba		(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)	Vilaverdense F.C.	2018	2022
18	Leandro Velázquez		(1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 (age 35)	Rionegro Águilas	2019
21	Nazmi Faiz		(1994-08-16) 16 August 1994 (age 30)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2017
Strikers
8	Diogo		(1987-05-26) 26 May 1987 (age 37)	Buriram United F.C.	2019
9	Hazwan Bakri		(1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 (age 33)	Selangor FA	2017	2020
19	Akhyar Rashid		(1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 25)	Kedah FA	2019
28	Ibni Adham		(1987-11-13) 13 November 1987 (age 37)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	2018
29	Safawi Rasid		(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 28)	Terengganu F.C. II	2017	2022

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Home United

11 January 2019 (2019-01-11) Friendly	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–0	Home United	Johor Bahru, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8	Gonzalo Cabrera 8' Aarón Ñíguez 13' Hariss Harun 45' Ahmad Hazwan Bakri 51' Safawi Rasid 88'			Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium

Thailand Pre-season Tour 2019

  Win   Draw   Loss

Ratchaburi Mitr Phol v Johor Darul Ta'zim

17 January 2019 (2019-01-17) Friendly	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Bangkok, Thailand
17:00 UTC+7	Yossak Chaowana 53' Pathomchai Sueisakul 68'		Hazwan Bakri 80'	Stadium: KMITL Stadium

Bangkok United v Johor Darul Ta'zim

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20) Friendly	Bangkok United	2–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Pathum Thani, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7	Mike Havenaar 53' Teeratep Winothai 85'		Syafiq Ahmad 11' Aarón Ñíguez 36'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium

PTT Rayong v Johor Darul Ta'zim

23 January 2019 (2019-01-23) Friendly	PTT Rayong	1–3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Bangkok, Thailand
17:00 UTC+7	Apiwat Pengprakon 12'		Gonzalo Cabrera 47' Safawi Rasid 57' Syafiq Ahmad 70'	Stadium: KMITL Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	22	16	5	1	49	19	+30	072.73
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Champions League	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	016.67
Malaysia Cup	6	5	1	0	19	8	+11	083.33
Total	35	22	7	6	72	36	+36	062.86

Source: Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2019 Malaysia Super League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim (C)	22	16	5	1	49	19	+30	53	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Pahang	22	12	7	3	37	21	+16	43
3	Selangor	22	10	7	5	41	35	+6	37
4	Kedah[a]	22	9	7	6	37	29	+8	34	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
5	Perak	22	8	9	5	36	31	+5	33

Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Kedah FA qualified for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 as Malaysia FA Cup winners.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	16	5	1	49	19	+30	53	9	1	1	26	10	+16	7	4	0	23	9	+14

Source: Super League fixtures and results

Malaysia Super League fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Perak

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) Charity Shield / 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Perak	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Natxo Insa  36' Mohd Afiq Fazail  36' Gonzalo Cabrera 40'  90+2' Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq  68' Syafiq Ahmad  79' Diogo Luís Santo  79' Akhyar Rashid  90+2'		Kenny Pallraj  42' J. Partiban  42'  62' Shahrul Saad  56' Firdaus Saiyadi  66' Shahrel Fikri  66' Nor Hakim  78' Khairil Anuar  78' Amirul Azhan  82' Brendan Gan  87'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 22,510 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kuala Lumpur

8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–1	Kuala Lumpur	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Hariss Harun  30' Gonzalo Cabrera 45+3'  88' Syafiq Ahmad 52'  74' Aarón Ñíguez  54' Diogo Luís Santo  54' 59' Akhyar Rashid  74' Syamer Kutty Abba  88' Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq 89'		Zhafri Yahya  42' Zaiful Abdul Hakim  45+3'  57' Firdaus Faudzi  57' Ashri Chuchu  65' Arif Anwar  65' Indra Putra Mahayuddin  71' Syafwan Syahlan  71' Sylvano Comvalius 77'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 15,970 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Terengganu v Johor Darul Ta'zim

15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) 3	Terengganu	2–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Khairul Izuan Rosli 7'  64' Syamim Yahya  58' Malik Ariff  58' Kamal Azizi  60' 89' Khairul Anwar Shahrudin  64' Adib Aizuddin  74' Kipré Tchétché  78' Thierry Bin  85' Ashari Samsudin  85'		Diogo Luís Santo 32' 68' Syamer Kutty Abba  38'  65' Syafiq Ahmad  50' Aarón Ñíguez  50' Safawi Rasid 62' Mohd Afiq Fazail  65' Gonzalo Cabrera  90+2' Akhyar Rashid  90+2'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Melaka United

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–1	Melaka United	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Gonzalo Cabrera 35' Safawi Rasid 42'  89' Hariss Harun  68' Leandro Velazquez  77' Akhyar Rashid  77' Nazmi Faiz  89' Mohd Afiq Fazail  90+3' Syamer Kutty Abba  90+3'		Casagrande da Silva  17' S. Deevan Raj  17' R. Gopinathan  46' Khuzaimi Piee  46' Liridon Krasniqi  70' Saiful Ridzuwan  70' Patrick Reichelt 74'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 19,210 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Selangor v Johor Darul Ta'zim

1 March 2019 (2019-03-01) 5	Selangor	2–4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Michal Nguyễn  12' Endrick dos Santos 33' Rufino Segovia 45+3' Abdul Halim Saari  71' Latiff Suhaimi  71' Syazwan Zainon  72' Sean Selvaraj  72' Nurridzuan Abu Hassan  80' Fandi Othman  80'		Maurício dos Santos  5'  74' Leandro Velazquez 7' 68' Diogo Luís Santo 14' Gonzalo Cabrera 42'  58'  90' Adam Nor Azlin  74'  74' Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq  77' S. Kunanlan  77' Akhyar Rashid  90'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 31,062 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

Johor Darul Ta'zim v PKNP

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	PKNP	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Leandro Velazquez 27' Diogo Luís Santo 36' Gonzalo Cabrera 41'  77' Hariss Harun  70' Mohd Afiq Fazail  70' Safawi Rasid  77' La'Vere Corbin-Ong  84' Syazwan Andik  84'		Fadhil Idris  20' Amani Aguinaldo  36' Siyovush Asrorov  40' Alif Safwan Sallahuddin  40' Rafiq Faeez Fuad  54' Farid Nezal  54' Ibni Khozaimi  71' Khairul Asyraf Sahizah  71' Sukri Hamid 74'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 9,870 Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

Kedah v Johor Darul Ta'zim

29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) 7	Kedah	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8	Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik  10' Rizal Ghazali  15' Fernando Rodriguez 31' Azmeer Yusof  54' Farhan Roslan  77' Zaquan Adha  77' Anmar Almubaraki  83' N. Thanabalan  83' Fernando Rodríguez  90+1' Hidhir Idris  90+1'		Safawi Rasid 10'  84' La'Vere Corbin-Ong  29' Mohd Farizal Marlias  58' Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq  83' Aidil Zafuan  83' Akhyar Rashid  84' Natxo Insa  90+1' Mohd Afiq Fazail  90+1'	Stadium: Darulaman Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Felda United

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) 8	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–1	Felda United	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Leandro Velázquez  60' Nazmi Faiz  60' Natxo Insa  65' Mohd Afiq Fazail  65' Adam Nor Azlin  70' Safawi Rasid  74' Akhyar Rashid  74' 90+3' Gonzalo Cabrera 88' Diogo Luís Santo 90+9'		Zahril Azri  30'  61' Hadin Azman  40'  90' Thiago Junio  54'  85' Jasazrin Jamaluddin  65' Jocinei Schad 90+1' Kei Ikeda  90+8' Faiz Mazlan  90+8'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 12,130 Referee: Fitri Maskon

Petaling Jaya City v Johor Darul Ta'zim

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 9	Petaling Jaya City	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Petaling Jaya, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Tinagaran Baskeran  49' Thivandran Karnan  60' Joshua Grommen  60'  64' Mohd Aizulridzwan Razali  66' Zamri Pin Ramli  66' Annas Rahmat  82' Satish Krishnan  82'		Mohd Afiq Fazail  21' Syafiq Ahmad 26'  63' Maurício dos Santos  60'  80' Akhyar Rashid  63' Adam Nor Azlin  80' Hariss Harun  82' Gonzalo Cabrera  86' Nazmi Faiz  86'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Johor Darul Ta'zim v PKNS

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 10	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–1	PKNS	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Mohd Afiq Fazail 8'  90' Gonzalo Cabrera 13' Syamer Kutty Abba  28'  67' Maurício dos Santos  46' Aidil Zafuan  46' Nazmi Faiz  67' Leandro Velazquez  74' Akhyar Rashid  74' Safawi Rasid 84'		Rodney Celvin  33' Gabriel Guerra  45+1' 48' Qayyum Marjoni  46' Nik Shahrul Azim  46'  53' Nicholas Swirad  74' K. Kannan  74' Faizat Ghazli  77' Alif Haikal Sabri  77'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 6,880 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Pahang v Johor Darul Ta'zim

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 11	Pahang	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Herold Goulon 36'  79' Faisal Rosli  57' Dickson Nwakaeme  60' Faisal Halim  60' Salomon Raj  69' Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria  69' Norshahrul Idlan Talaha  69' Saddil Ramdani  72' Zuhair Aizat  72'		Gonzalo Cabrera 5' S. Kunanlan  28' Maurício dos Santos  40'  45+3' Leandro Velazquez  46' Adam Nor Azlin  46' Mohd Afiq Fazail  69' Syamer Kutty Abba  69' Diogo Luís Santo  81' Syafiq Ahmad  81'	Stadium: Darulmakmur Stadium Attendance: 19,134 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

Felda United v Johor Darul Ta'zim

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 12	Felda United	0–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Jengka, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Faiz Mazlan  34' Jasazrin Jamaluddin  34' Thiago Junio  37' Sadam Hashim  65' Zahril Azri Zabri  65' S. Chanturu  71'  85' Kei Ikeda  75' Haziq Puad  81' Syahmi Zamri  85' Jocinei Schad  90+3'		Leandro Velazquez  8'  89' Diogo Luís Santo  28' 38' 62'  86' Safawi Rasid  74' La'Vere Corbin-Ong  75' Mohd Afiq Fazail  79' Syafiq Ahmad  86' Syamer Kutty Abba  79'  87' Nazmi Faiz  89'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi Bin Wan Ibrahim

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Pahang

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 13	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Pahang	Johor Bahru, Johor
22:00 UTC+8	La'Vere Corbin-Ong  65' Hariss Harun 69' Leandro Velazquez  65' Akhyar Rashid  65' 90+3' Aidil Zafuan  81' Adam Nor Azlin  81' Gonzalo Cabrera  90+4' Hasbullah Abu Bakar  90+4'		Safuwan Baharudin  8' Faisal Rosli  13' Muslim Ahmad  30'  85' Azam Azih  41' Faisal Halim  65' Saddil Ramdani  65' Zé Love  83' Wan Zaharulnizam  83' Bunyamin Umar  85'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 8,210 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

PKNS v Johor Darul Ta'zim

17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) 14	PKNS	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Shah Alam, Selangor
22:00 UTC+8	K. Gurusamy  27'  89' Romel Morales 30' Akram Mahinan  45' Tamirlan Kozubaev  62' Mahali Jasuli  71' Nicholas Swirad  71' R. Surendran  73' Faizat Ghazli  73' K. Kannan  88' Chan Vathanaka  89'		Safawi Rasid 18' Leandro Velazquez  34'  90+1' Diogo Luís Santo 60' Gonzalo Cabrera  73'  84' Mohd Afiq Fazail  78' Syamer Kutty Abba  78' Akhyar Rashid  84' Syafiq Ahmad  90+1'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kedah

26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) 15	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Kedah	Johor Bahru, Johor
22:00 UTC+8	Leandro Velazquez 33'  90+3' Mohd Afiq Fazail  85' Nazmi Faiz  85' Safawi Rasid 87'  87'  90+1' Akhyar Rashid  90+1' Syafiq Ahmad  90+3'		Jonathan Bauman  1' Rizal Ghazali  39'  67' Renan Alves  46' Azmeer Yusof  51' Zaquan Adha  55'  70' Farhan Roslan  59' Azamuddin Akil  59' David Rowley  63' Fayadh Zulkifli Amin  63' Norfiqrie Talib  70'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 10,410 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

PKNP v Johor Darul Ta'zim

14 June 2019 (2019-06-14) 16	PKNP	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Ramón da Silva 14' Sukri Hamid  58' Yashir Islame  79' Khairul Thaqif  79' Pedro Sandoval  82' Al-Fateh Afandi  88' Filemon Anyie  89'		Diogo Luís Santo 4' Mohd Afiq Fazail  33'  77' Gonzalo Cabrera 55' Hariss Harun  90'	Stadium: Manjung Municipal Council Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Selangor

19 June 2019 (2019-06-19) 17	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–2	Selangor	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Gonzalo Cabrera 10' Leandro Velazquez 12'  88'  90+2' Safawi Rasid 61'  82' Nazmi Faiz  65' Syamer Kutty Abba  65' Akhyar Rashid  82' Ahmad Hazwan Bakri  90+2'		Taylor Regan  26' Fandi Othman  34' Khyril Muhymeen 41'  59' Sean Selvaraj  59' Faiz Nasir  67' K. Sarkunan 76' Nurridzuan Abu Hassan  80' Latiff Suhaimi  80' Sandro da Silva  67' 89' Ashmawi Yakin  90'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

Melaka United v Johor Darul Ta'zim

26 June 2019 (2019-06-26) 18	Melaka United	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Krubong, Melaka
21:00 UTC+8	Nazrin Nawi  75' Ramzi Haziq  75' Jang Suk-won  78' Mohd Razman Roslan  78' Davy Claude Angan 84' Shukor Adan 84' Raimi Mohd Nor  89' Faris Shah Rosli  89' Saiful Ridzuwan Selamat  89'		Nazmi Faiz 7'  73' Diogo Luís Santo 27' Akhyar Rashid  73' Aidil Zafuan  86' Fadhli Shas  86' Gonzalo Cabrera  90+2'  90+2' Syamer Kutty Abba  90+2'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 12,894 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Perak v Johor Darul Ta'zim

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) 19	Perak	0–3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Raianderson Morais  65' Shahrel Fikri  65' Brendan Gan  77' Hussein Eldor  80' Amirul Azhan  80' Rafiuddin Roddin  90' Nazirul Naim  90'		Leandro Velazquez 38' 48' Adam Nor Azlin  54'  76' Fadhli Shas  76' Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq  84' Hasbullah Abu Bakar  84' Safawi Rasid  90' Akhyar Rashid  90' 90+3'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Kuala Lumpur v Johor Darul Ta'zim

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) 20	Kuala Lumpur	0–4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
21:00 UTC+8	Alif Samsudin  44' Darko Markovic  45+1'  84' Fakri Saarani  69' Noh Haeng-Seok  69' Shafiq Shaharudin  84'		Maurício dos Santos  9' Gonzalo Cabrera 15'  67' Diogo Luís Santo 28' 70' Nazmi Faiz 61' Syazwan Andik  66' Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq  66' Akhyar Rashid  67' Aidil Zafuan  79' Fadhli Shas  79'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Referee: Fairuzi Mat Desa

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Petaling Jaya City

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) 21	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–1	Petaling Jaya City	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Fadhli Shas  37' Leandro Velazquez  39' Nazmi Faiz  68' Ahmad Hazwan Bakri  68' Safawi Rasid  75' Akhyar Rashid  75' Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq  90+1' Syazwan Andik  90+1'		R. Barathkumar  10'  59' K. Thivandran  59' Washington Brandão 64' S. Subramaniam  81' Nasriq Baharom  81' Pedro Henrique  90+2' S. Veenod  90+2'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Referee: Hamdan Awang

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Terengganu

19 July 2019 (2019-07-19) 22	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–3	Terengganu	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2019 Malaysia FA Cup

Johor Darul Ta'zim v PKNS

17 April 2019 (2019-04-17) 3rd round	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–1	PKNS	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Kiko Insa 12' Syamer Kutty Abba  37' Maurício dos Santos  37' Ahmad Hazwan Bakri  65' Safawi Rasid  65' Nazmi Faiz  76' Diogo Luís Santo  76'		Kpah Sherman 48' Tommy Mawat Bada  59' Gabriel Guerra  59' Faizat Ghazli  75' K. Kannan  75' Romel Morales  77' R. Surendran  80' Mahali Jasuli  80'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2019 Malaysia Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JDT	PKNP	PJC	UiTM
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	5	1	0	19	8	+11	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	5–0	4–2	3–1
2	PKNP	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10			2–2	—	3–0	4–0
3	Petaling Jaya City	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9			2–3	2–1	—	1–0
4	UiTM	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0			1–2	0–2	0–2	—

Source: FAM MFL

Johor Darul Ta'zim v UiTM FC

2 August 2019 Matchday 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–1	UiTM FC	Johor Bahru, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8	Diogo 16', 85' Safawi 65' (pen.) Hariss  76' Adam  90+1'		Afif Asyraf  22' Zulkhairi  36' Korać 90+2'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 5,860 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Petaling Jaya City

7 August 2019 Matchday 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–2	Petaling Jaya City	Johor Bahru, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8	Safawi 6' Diogo  10' Diogo 47', 72' Afiq  62'		Elizeu  5' Aizulridzwan  23' Serginho  34' Annas  41' Brandão 59' Barathkumar 70' Brandão  60' Subramaniam  90+4'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 6,318 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

PKNP FC v Johor Darul Ta'zim

16 August 2019 Matchday 3	PKNP FC	2-2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Manjung, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8	Yashir Pinto 34' (pen.) Giancarlo 79'		Cabrera 7', 13'	Stadium: MP Manjung Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v PKNP FC

23 August 2019 Matchday 4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5-0	PKNP FC	Johor Bahru, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8	Mauricio 13' Cabrera 31' Safawi 36' (pen.), 62' Diogo 50' (pen.)			Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium

Petaling Jaya City v Johor Darul Ta'zim

13 September 2019 Matchday 5	Petaling Jaya City	2-3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8	Bae 11' Brandão 58'		Safawi 24' Syafiq 36', 61'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Man of the Match: Syafiq Ahmad

UiTM FC v Johor Darul Ta'zim

17 September 2019 Matchday 6	UiTM FC	1-2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Shah Alam, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: UiTM Shah Alam Stadium

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	PKNP		1	1	2
	Kedah		2	4	6
								Kedah		3	5	8
								Pahang		3	5	8
	Melaka		0	1	1
	Pahang		3	3	6
															Kedah		0
															Johor Darul Ta'zim		3
	Terengganu		0	1	1
	Johor Darul Ta'zim		1	4	5
								Johor Darul Ta'zim		2	3	5
								Selangor		1	0	1
	Perak		1	1	2
	Selangor		0	3	3

Terengganu v Johor Darul Ta'zim

21 September 2019 QF 1st leg	Terengganu	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Hafizal Alias  5' Izuan  45+4' Nasrullah  77'	Report	Diogo 22' Leandro  45+2' Hariss  58' Safawi  76' Diogo  86'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Terengganu

28 September 2019 QF 2nd leg	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–1 (JDT win 5–1 agg.)	Terengganu	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Cabrera 16' (pen.), 39' Safawi Rasid 22', 36' Azrif  78'	Report	Hafizal Alias  11' Lee 45' Nasrullah  72' Mohammad Faudzi  90+2'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Selangor

19 October 2019 SF 1st leg	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–1	Selangor	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Syafiq 15' Leandro 49'	Report	Ifedayo 17' Prabakaran  45+1' Halim  60'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin Attendance: 21,130 Referee: Fairuzi Mat Desa

Selangor v Johor Darul Ta'zim

26 October 2019 SF 2nd leg	Selangor	0–3 (JDT win 5–1 agg.)	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Taylor  39' Halim  59'	Report	Safawi Rasid 24', 46', 51' Kunanlan  39'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 75,182 Referee: Muhammad Nazmi Nasaruddin Man of the Match: Safawi Rasid

Kedah v Johor Darul Ta'zim

2 November 2019 Final	Kedah	0-3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
21:00 UTC+8			Leandro 27' Safawi Rasid 35' Syafiq 57'	Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Attendance: 85,420 Referee: Muhammad Nazmi Nasaruddin Man of the Match: Safawi Rasid

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SDL	KAS	GYE	JDT
1	Shandong Luneng	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	2–1	2–1
2	Kashima Antlers	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10			2–1	—	0–1	2–1
3	Gyeongnam FC	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8			2–2	2–3	—	2–0
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4			0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group stage

Kashima Antlers v Johor Darul Ta'zim

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) Matchday 1	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kashima, Ibaraki
19:00 UTC+7	Sérgio Antônio 13' 56'  79' Yasushi Endo  41'  70' Taiki Hirato 43' Hiroki Abe  70'  76' Kento Misao  79' Shintaro Nago  87' Shoma Doi  87'		Adam Nor Azlin  25' Syafiq Ahmad  59' Nazmi Faiz  59' Diogo Luís Santo  51' 80' Safawi Rasid  65'  79' Akhyar Rashid  79' Mohd Afiq Fazail  90' Syamer Kutty Abba  90'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,425 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Gyeongnam FC

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) Matchday 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–1	Gyeongnam FC	Johor Bahru, Johor
20:30 UTC+8	S. Kunanlan  34' Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq  34' Hariss Harun  57' Diogo Luís Santo 68' Maurício dos Santos  74' Adam Nor Azlin  86' Mohd Afiq Fazail  88' Natxo Insa  88' Safawi Rasid  90+3' Syafiq Ahmad  90+3'		Park Kwang-il  40' Woo Joo-sung  40' Lee Kwang-jin  44' Kwak Tae-hwi 51' Bae Ki-jong  60' Park Gi-dong  60' Luc Castaignos  71' Ko Kyung-min  71' Guilherme Negueba  90+2'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 16,130 Referee: Mohanad Qassim

Shandong Luneng v Johor Darul Ta'zim

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) Matchday 3	Shandong Luneng	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Jinan, Shandong
19:00 UTC+7	Marouane Fellaini 30' Lin Dai  35' Graziano Pelle 39' Liu Binbin  57' Zhou Haibin  57' Wu Xinghan  80' Wang Tong  80' Zhang Chi  88' Cui Peng  88' Zheng Zheng  90+4'		Aidil Zafuan  45' Safawi Rasid 60'  87' Nazmi Faiz  63' Akhyar Rashid  63' Syafiq Ahmad  87'	Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 11,062 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Shandong Luneng

24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) Matchday 4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–1	Shandong Luneng	Johor Bahru, Johor
20:30 UTC+8	Diogo Luís Santo  30'  57' Gonzalo Cabrera  57' Akhyar Rashid  64' Safawi Rasid  64' Syafiq Ahmad  71' Ahmad Hazwan Bakri  71'		Wang Tong  14' Graziano Pelle 22' Liu Yang  42' Song Wenjie  60' Wu Xinghan  60' Zhang Chi  82' Zhou Haibin  82' Jin Jingdao  88' Zheng Zheng  88'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 13,960 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kashima Antlers

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08) Matchday 5	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Johor Bahru, Johor
20:30 UTC+8	Aidil Zafuan  64' Adam Nor Azlin  64' Syafiq Ahmad 69'  80' Ahmad Hazwan Bakri  80'  87' Safawi Rasid  90+3'  90+3' Syamer Kutty Abba  90+3' Gonzalo Cabrera  90+5'		Taiki Hirato  71' Shoma Doi  71' Yasushi Endo  75' Takeshi Kanamori  75' Hiroki Abe  83' Kazuma Yamaguchi  83' Koki Anzai  87'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Attendance: 4,860 Referee: Mohanad Qassim

Gyeongnam FC v Johor Darul Ta'zim

22 May 2019 (2019-05-22) Matchday 6	Gyeongnam FC	2–0	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do
19:00 UTC+7	Lee Yeong-jae  55' Bae Ki-jong  55' Luc Castaignos 65'  73'  77' Ha Sung-min  66' Ko Kyung-min  77' Takahiro Kunimoto 90+4'		Syafiq Ahmad  47'  83' Maurício dos Santos  48'  51' Adam Nor Azlin  51' Mohd Afiq Fazail  54' Akhyar Rashid  71' Nazmi Faiz  71' Ahmad Hazwan Bakri  83'	Stadium: Changwon Football Center Attendance: 1,514 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Club Statistics

Appearances

Correct as of match played on 13 July 2019

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Asia^1	Total
1	GK	Farizal Marlias	18	0	0	3	21
3	DF	Adam Nor Azlin	13+4	0	3+2	2+2	18+8
4	DMF	Afiq Fazail	14+5	0	0	5	19+5
5	MF	Natxo Insa	3	0	0	0+1	3+1
6	LB	Syazwan Andik	1+1	1	0	0	2+1
7	DF	Aidil Zafuan	11+2	0	8	4	23+2
8	FW	Diogo Luís Santo	18+2	0+1	0	5	23+3
9	FW	Hazwan Bakri	0+1	1	0	0+3	1+4
10	FW	Safawi Rasid	18+1	0+1	0	4+1	22+3
11	AMF	Gonzalo Cabrera	19	0	0	5+1	24+1
12	RB	S. Kunanlan	12+1	0	0	5	17+1
13	DMF	Gary Steven Robbat	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Hariss Harun	18	1	0	6	25
16	MF	Syamer Kutty Abba	3+7	1	0	1+2	5+9
18	AMF	Leandro Velazquez	14	0	0	0	14
19	RW	Akhyar Rashid	1+15	1	0	2+2	4+17
20	RB	Azrif Nasrulhaq	9+2	1	0	1+1	11+3
21	MF	Nazmi Faiz	5+7	1	0	4+2	10+9
22	LB	Corbin-Ong	18	0	0	6	24
23	DF	Kiko Insa	1	1	0	0	2
24	GK	Izham Tarmizi	1	1	0	3	5
26	GK	Haziq Nadzli	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Fadhli Shas	0+3	1	1	1	2+3
28	FW	Syafiq Ahmad	4+4	1	0	4+2	9+6
33	CB	Maurício Nascimento	17	0+1	0	5	22+1
35	DF	Hasbullah Abu Bakar	0+2	0	0	0	0+2
Left club during season
2	DMF	Junior Eldstål	0	0	0	0	0
17	LW	Aarón Ñíguez	2+1	0	0	0	2+1
2	CB	Dominic Tan	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Rnk	No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Asia	Total
1	8	FW	Diogo Luís Santo	12	0	0	2	14
2	11	FW	Gonzalo Cabrera	11	0	0	0	11
3	29	FW	Safawi Rasid	8	0	11	1	20
4	18	AMF	Leandro Velazquez	8	0	0	0	8
5	19	FW	Akhyar Rashid	3	0	0	0	3
	28	FW	Syafiq Ahmad	2	0	0	1	3
6	21	MF	Nazmi Faiz	2	0	0	0	2
7	20	RB	Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq	1	0	0	0	1
	14	MF	Hariss Harun	1	0	0	0	1
	4	MF	Mohd Afiq Fazail	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0	0
Total				49	0	0	4	53

Top assists

Rnk	No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Asia	Total
1	8	FW	Diogo Luís Santo	3	0	0	0	3
2	17	LW	Aarón Ñíguez	2	0	0	0	2
3	10	FW	Safawi Rasid	1	0	0	0	1
	22	LB	Corbin Ong	1	0	0	0	1
	11	FW	Gonzalo Cabrera	1	0	0	0	1
	19	AMF	Leandro Velazquez	1	0	0	0	1
	14	MF	Hariss Harun	0	0	0	1	1
	4	MF	Mohd Afiq Fazail	0	0	0	1	1
Total				9	0	0	2	11

Discipline

Rnk	No.	Player	Total			League			FA Cup			Malaysia Cup			Asia
1	14	Hariss Harun	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	3	Adam Nor Azlin	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	33	Maurício dos Santos	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	16	Syamer Kutty Abba	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4	Mohd Afiq Fazail	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Diogo Luís Santo	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	23	Kiko Insa	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	20	Azrif Nasrulhaq	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11	Gonzalo Cabrera	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18	Leandro Velazquez	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1	Mohd Farizal Marlias	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	22	La'Vere Corbin-Ong	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Safawi Rasid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	Aidil Zafuan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12	S. Kunanlan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals			24	1	1	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0

Transfers and contracts

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
33	DF	Maurício	36	S.S. Lazio	Transfer	22 October 2018	Free [1]
18	DF	Mahali Jasuli	33	PKNS F.C.	Loan Return	31 October 2018	NA
15	DF	Fazly Mazlan	31	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Loan Return	31 October 2018	NA
21	MF	Nazmi Faiz	30	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Loan Return	31 October 2018	NA
28	FW	Syafiq Ahmad	29	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Loan Return	31 October 2018	NA
37	FW	Darren Lok	34	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Loan Return	31 October 2018	NA
25	DF	Junior Eldstål	33	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Loan Return	31 October 2018	NA
	FW	Harry Novillo	35	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Loan Return	31 October 2018	NA
	DF	Chanturu Suppiah	37	Melaka United	Loan Return	31 October 2018	NA
	MF	Gopinathan Ramachandra	35	Melaka United	Loan Return	31 October 2018	NA
17	MF	Aarón Ñíguez	36	Real Oviedo	Transfer	20 November 2018	Free [2]
	FW	Akhyar Rashid	25	Kedah FA	Transfer	29 December 2018	Tribunal Fee (MYS 275,000) [3]
	FW	Diogo	37	Buriram United F.C.	Transfer	31 December 2018	THB 5,000,000 (MYS 6,460,000) [4]
	DF	Syazwan Andik	28	Kuala Lumpur FA	Transfer	12 January 2019	Free [5]
	MF	Leandro Velázquez	35	Rionegro Águilas	Transfer	21 February 2019	Undisclosed [6]

Note 1: Harry Novillo returned to the team after the loan and subsequently leave the club after his contract ended.

Note 2: R.Gopinathan returned to Melaka United after the loan and on free transfer.

Note 3: S. Chanturu joined Felda United after returning from loan.

Note 4: Mahali Jasuli rejoins PKNS FC for another loan arrangement.

Note 5: Junior Eldstål retires from football in 2019.

Note 6: Aarón Ñíguez was released before the 1st transfer window closed.

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type
5	FW	Fernando Elizari	34	O'Higgins	Released [7]
6	DF	Marcos António Elias Santos	41	Retired	Released
8	MF	Safiq Rahim	37	Melaka United	Free [8][9]
	MF	Gopinathan Ramachandra	35	Melaka United	Free [10]
18	FW	Fernando Andrés Márquez	37	Defensa y Justicia	Loan [11]
	MF	Amirul Hadi	38	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Transfer
	FW	Harry Novillo	33	Montreal Impact	Free [12]
	MF	Chanturu Suppiah	37	Felda United	Free [13]
18	DF	Mahali Jasuli	33	PKNS F.C.	Season Loan [14]
25	MF	Junior Eldstål	33	Retired	Free [15]
	DF	Fazly Mazlan	31	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Transfer
17	MF	Aarón Ñíguez	35	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Transfer
2	DF	Dominic Tan	28	Police Tero	Season loan

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Haziq Nadzli	4 years contract signed in 2018
MF	Syamer Kutty Abba	4 years contract signed in 2018
FW	Safawi Rasid	4 years contract signed in 2018
GK	Izham Tarmizi	3 years contract signed in 2018
DF	Fazly Mazlan	3 years contract signed in 2018
DF	Azrif Nasrulhaq	3 years contract signed in 2018
DF	Fadhli Shas	3 years contract signed in 2018
MF	Afiq Fazail	2 years contract signed in 2018
FW	Hazwan Bakri	2 years contract signed in 2018
MF	Gary Steven Robbat	2 years contract signed in 2018
DF	Aidil Zafuan	1 year contract signed in 2018
DF	S. Kunanlan	1 year contract signed in 2018
MF	Hariss Harun	3 year contract signed in 2018
DF	Adam Nor Azlin
DF	Dominic Tan
DF	La'Vere Corbin-Ong
MF	Nazmi Faiz

References

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2. "Niguez join JDT for 2019".
3. "Johor Darul Ta'zim unveil Akhyar Rashid as their new signing".
4. "JDT paid big money to secure Diogo signing".
5. "Welcome Home Syazwan Andik".
6. "Johor Darul Ta'zim release Aaron Niguez; Leandro Velazquez expected to return".
7. "JDT have also announced that they will not be renewing the contract of midfielder Fernando Elizari".
8. "JDT to release Safiq Rahim".
9. "Safiq Rahim diumumkan pemain baru Melaka United". Semuanya Bola. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
10. "R.Gopinathan rejoin Melaka after loan end".
11. "Fernando Andrés Márquez will be released after 2018".
12. "Former Johor Darul Ta'zim player Harry Novillo completes move to Montreal Impact".
13. "S. Chanturu joined promoted club, Felda United".
14. "Mahali returned to PKNS for another season".
15. "Junior Eldstål retired from football".