PBNJ State League
| Country | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Divisions | Johor Darul Ta’zim League |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Level on pyramid | 4 |
| Promotion to | Malaysia FAM League |
| Relegation to | State District League |
Johor Darul Ta’zim League is the state football league in Johor. The league is managed by the Johor Football Association. The league has been established since 1922 albeit undergoes multiple iteration of structures until its current structure took place.
In 2014, the league was called as PBNJ State league or Johor State League consist of multiple team based in state of Johor competing for spot of promotion to the FAM League. Several clubs from the league has been promoted to play in the Malaysian League.
Johor Football Association (Johor FA) has developed a new structure of managing a football association that goes beyond having a strong team competing for honours, but also being more involved in educating youths in Johor on living a healthy lifestyle. It is designed with the vision of Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, The Crown Prince of Johor, along with the input from legendary footballer Johan Cruyff.
The blueprint of the Johor football project including the creation of multiple youth leagues managed by Johor FA. The state leagues will be a restricted age competition as the purpose of this leagues mainly to produce a better younger football players from Johor which then will be supplied to the Johor teams playing in the Malaysian League.
Most of the old teams which mostly based on corporate and government sector related sponsors has been disbanded and team with a district based were resurrect again after a long dormant state to be the base of the league in order to promote local area football community. Teams with the ethnic related players also was invited to join in order to promote more players from those ethnic to join the local football scene. The league which were created as follows.
HM Sultan of Johor Cup took place at Batu Pahat District Office on September 15, 2015. The tournament, will be held from September 17–19, 2015 and eight districts compete for the prestigious trophy, which has been competed for in the last 37 years. The eight teams are – Johor Bahru, Ledang, Kulai, Muar, Mersing, Batu Pahat, Kota Tinggi and Kluang – will be divided into two groups based on an upcoming draw. The tournament will use a round-robin system for the group stage followed by a knockout format for the semi-finals and final to decide the winners. The tournament involving players between the age of 21 to 28 years old.
An U-20 tournament in the Johor Darul Ta’zim League, the HRH Crown Prince of Johor Cup, will begin from September 1 to 16 involving 12 teams which will be divided by district zones. Besides district teams, two more teams, the Johor Chinese Football Association and the Johor Indians Football Association, will be participating as well. Here are the competing teams according to their respective zones;
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