2021 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season

The 2021 season is Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club's 48th season in club history and 8th season in the Malaysia Super League after rebranding their name from Johor FC.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

2021 season
Chairman	Tunku Tun Aminah Sultan Ibrahim
Manager	Benjamin Mora
Stadium	Sultan Ibrahim Stadium
Super League	1st
Malaysia Cup	Runners-up
Piala Sumbangsih	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Bergson da Silva (23 goals)
Home colours Away colours
← 2020 2022 →

Background

Squad

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

As of 21 Oct 2020.

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 39)	Selangor FA	2015	2021
24	Izham Tarmizi		(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 34)	Harimau Muda A	2014	2021
26	Haziq Nadzli		(1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 27)	PDRM FC	2017	2022
Defenders
2	Matthew Davies		(1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 30)	Sri Pahang F.C.	2020
3	Adam Nor Azlin		(1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 29)	Selangor F.C.	2018
7	Aidil Zafuan		(1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 38)	ATM FA	2013
12	S. Kunanlan		(1986-09-15) 15 September 1986 (age 38)	Selangor FA	2015	2021
14	Shane Lowry		(1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 36)	Al Ahli SC	2021	2023
20	Azrif Nasrulhaq		(1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 (age 34)	Selangor F.C.	2016	2021
22	La'Vere Corbin-Ong		(1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 34)	Go Ahead Eagles	2018
27	Fadhli Shas		(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 34)	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	2014	2021
32	Shahrul Saad		(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 32)	Perak TBG F.C.	2021	2021
33	Maurício		(1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 36)	S.S. Lazio	2019
Midfielders
4	Afiq Fazail		(1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 30)	Harimau Muda B	2015
5	Syamer Kutty Abba		(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)	Vilaverdense F.C.	2018	2022
8	Safiq Rahim		(1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 (age 38)	Melaka United	2021
10	Leandro Velázquez		(1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 (age 36)	Rionegro Águilas	2019
11	Gonzalo Cabrera		(1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 36)	Al-Faisaly FC	2017	2022
13	Mohamadou Sumareh		(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 30)	Police Tero F.C.	2021
16	Danial Amier Norhisham		(1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 28)	FELDA United F.C.	2021	2022
21	Nazmi Faiz		(1994-08-16) 16 August 1994 (age 31)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2017
30	Natxo Insa		(1986-06-09) 9 June 1986 (age 39)	Levante UD	2017	2022
41	Chia Rou Han		(2001-09-01) 1 September 2001 (age 23)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
71	Syahrian Abimanyu		(1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 26)	Newcastle Jets FC	2021	2021
38	Nathaniel Shio Hong Wan		(2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 25)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	2021	2022
Strikers
9	Bergson da Silva		(1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 34)	Fortaleza Esporte Clube	2021	2021
17	Ramadhan Saifullah		(2000-12-09) 9 December 2000 (age 24)	Youth Team	2020
18	Hazwan Bakri		(1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 (age 34)	Selangor FA	2017	2021
19	Akhyar Rashid		(1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 26)	Kedah FA	2019	2023
28	Syafiq Ahmad		(1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 (age 30)	Kedah FA	2018
29	Safawi Rasid		(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 28)	Portimonense SC	2017	2022
31	Guilherme de Paula		(1986-09-11) 11 September 1986 (age 38)	Perak TBG F.C.	2021	2021
42	Arif Aiman Hanapi		(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 23)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2020	2020
99	Fernando Rodríguez		(1987-05-11) 11 May 1987 (age 38)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	2020
On loan / Left during mid season
88	Liridon Krasniqi		(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 33)	Melaka United	2020
69	Jonathan Herrera		(1991-09-16) 16 September 1991 (age 33)	Deportivo Riestra	2021	2023
14	Hariss Harun		(1990-11-19) 19 November 1990 (age 34)	Home United	2014
6	Syazwan Andik		(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 29)	Kuala Lumpur City F.C.	2019
15	Feroz Baharudin		(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 25)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	2021

Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.

As of 21 Oct 2020.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	T. Shaheeswaran		(1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 25)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2019
22	Hafiz Azizi		(2001-08-05) 5 August 2001 (age 24)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2019
27	Rozaimi Rahamat		(1996-05-14) 14 May 1996 (age 29)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2019
Defenders
2	Nafizuddin Fauzi		(2001-02-16) 16 February 2001 (age 24)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
3	Firdaus Khairul Asyraff Ramli		(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 23)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
4	Adib Zainudin		(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 30)	Felcra F.C.	2020	2020
6	Hafiy Haikal		(1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 27)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2020
12	Shane Lowry		(1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 36)	Al Ahli SC	2021
16	Umar Hakeem		(2002-08-26) 26 August 2002 (age 22)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2020
17	Alif Mutalib		(2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 23)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2020
30	Kiko Insa		(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 37)	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	2018
51	Feroz Baharudin		(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 25)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	2021
60	Syazwan Andik		(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 29)	Kuala Lumpur City F.C.	2019
Midfielders
5	Ali Imran		(2002-05-30) 30 May 2002 (age 23)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
7	Irfan Fazail		(1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 34)	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	2016
8	Kei Hirose		(1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 29)	Persela Lamongan	2020
10	Nicolás Fernández		(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 38)	Asteras Tripolis F.C.	2017
11	Khairullah Halim		(1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 28)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
13	Aysar Hadi		(2003-09-04) 4 September 2003 (age 21)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
14	Chia Rou Han		(2001-09-01) 1 September 2001 (age 23)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
20	Danial Haqim		(1998-08-29) 29 August 1998 (age 26)	Kelantan FA	2020
21	Danish Azli		(2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 22)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
22	Stuart Wilkin		(1999-03-12) 12 March 1999 (age 26)	Missouri State University	2021
23	Amirul Husaini Zamri		(2000-10-14) 14 October 2000 (age 24)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
29	Rafiefikri Rosman		(2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 (age 23)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2020
Forwards
9	Fernando Rodríguez		(1987-05-11) 11 May 1987 (age 38)	Kedah Darul Aman F.C.	2021	2021
18	Awang Muhammad Faiz Hazziq		(1999-03-06) 6 March 1999 (age 26)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2020
19	Gabriel Nistelrooy		(2000-04-25) 25 April 2000 (age 25)	Johor Darul Ta'zim III F.C.	2021
Players who had left or loan to other clubs
2	Che Rashid		(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30)	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	2019
15	Gary Steven Robbat		(1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32)	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	2020
23	Hasbullah Abu Bakar		(1994-10-26) 26 October 1994 (age 30)	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	2018
	S.Kumaahran		(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 (age 29)	Pahang FA	2021
26	Luis Ignacio Cabrera		(1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 31)		2020

Transfers and contracts

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
16	MF	Danial Amier Norhisham	28	FELDA United F.C.	Transfer	1 December 2020	2 years contract. Free [1]
29	FW	Safawi Rasid	28	Portimonense SC	Loan Return	1 January 2021	Free [2][3]
22	MF	Stuart Wilkin	26	Missouri State Bears football	Transfer	1 January 2021	Free
9	FW	Jonathan Herrera	33	Deportivo Riestra	Transfer	1 January 2021	US$800,000 (MYR3,200,000)[4]
	MF	Syahrian Abimanyu	26	Madura United F.C.	Transfer	1 January 2021	Free [5]
13	FW	Mohamadou Sumareh	30	Police Tero F.C.	Transfer	9 February 2021	Free [6]
8	MF	Safiq Rahim	38	Melaka United	Transfer	10 February 2021	Free [7]
9	FW	Bergson da Silva	34	Fortaleza Esporte Clube	Loan	28 February 2021	US$100,000 (MYR400,000) loan till June 2021
32	DF	Shahrul Saad	32	Perak F.C.	Transfer	8 May 2021	Undisclosed [8][9]
31	FW	Guilherme de Paula	38	Perak F.C.	Transfer	8 May 2021	Undisclosed [10][11]
14	DF	Shane Lowry	36	Al Ahli SC	Transfer	20 May 2021	Free [12][13]
9	FW	Bergson da Silva	34	Fortaleza Esporte Clube	Transfer	20 May 2021	US$400,000 (MYR1,600,000)
71	MF	Syahrian Abimanyu	26	Newcastle Jets FC	End of loan	1 June 2021	NA [14]
38	MF	Nathaniel Shio Hong Wan	25	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	Transfer	1 July 2021	Free [15]

Note Shane Lowry played for the 1st team in the AFC Champions League but the Malaysia Premier League (Tier 2)

Nathaniel Shio was allocated to Malaysia Premier League squad

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
8	FW	Diogo Luís Santo	38	BG Pathum United F.C.	Transfer	30 November 2020	Free [16]
	FW	Rozaimi Rahman	33	Kedah FA	Transfer	20 December 2020	Free [17]
	DF	Che Rashid	30	Melaka United	Season loan	1 January 2021	Undisclosed
	DF	Hasbullah Abu Bakar	30	Melaka United	Season loan	1 January 2021	Undisclosed
	FW	S.Kumaahran	29	Melaka United	Season loan	1 January 2021	Undisclosed
	DF	Fazly Mazlan	31	Sri Pahang F.C.	Season loan	1 January 2021	Undisclosed
	MF	Syahrian Abimanyu	26	Newcastle Jets FC	Season loan	1 January 2021	Undisclosed [18]
88	MF	Liridon Krasniqi	33	Newcastle Jets FC	Season loan	1 January 2021	Undisclosed [19]
9	FW	Jonathan Herrera	33	Club Atlético Independiente	Season loan	18 February 2021	1 Year loan with option to buy at US$1,300,000 (MYR5,200,000)
14	MF	Hariss Harun	34	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Transfer	10 May 2021	Undisclosed [20][21]
	MF	Gary Steven Robbat	32	Melaka United	Season loan	31 May 2021	Undisclosed [22]
14	DF	Shane Lowry	36	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Transfer	25 July 2021	Free
15	DF	Feroz Baharudin	25	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Season loan	25 July 2021	Free
6	DF	Syazwan Andik	29	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Season loan	25 July 2021	Free
88	MF	Liridon Krasniqi	33	Odisha FC	Season loan	31 July 2021	Undisclosed

Krasniqi returned from his loan from Newcastle Jets before going to Odisha FC.

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Farizal Marlias	[23]
DF	Syazwan Andik
DF	Azrif Nasrulhaq
DF	Feroz Baharudin
DF	Adam Nor Azlin
DF	Aidil Zafuan
DF	S. Kunanlan
MF	Nazmi Faiz
MF	Ramadhan Saifullah
MF	Gary Steven Robbat
MF	Natxo Insa	1 years contract signed in Oct 2021 [24]
FW	Hazwan Bakri
FW	Akhyar Rashid
FW	Shane Lowry	2 years contract signed in 2021 [25][26]

Competitions

Overview

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2021 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	18	3	1	50	9	+41	57	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Kedah Darul Aman	22	13	4	5	44	28	+16	43	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3	Penang	22	12	5	5	37	30	+7	41
4	Terengganu	22	11	5	6	33	20	+13	38
5	Selangor	22	10	6	6	45	30	+15	36
6	Kuala Lumpur City	22	8	9	5	27	20	+7	33[a]	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
7	Petaling Jaya City	22	6	6	10	16	28	−12	24
8	Melaka United	22	5	9	8	25	31	−6	21[b]
9	Sabah	22	4	7	11	21	38	−17	19
10	Sri Pahang	22	4	6	12	23	37	−14	18
11	Perak (R)	22	4	4	14	20	45	−25	16	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12	UiTM (R)	22	3	4	15	16	41	−25	13

Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. KL City qualified to 2022 AFC Cup as winner of 2021 Malaysia Cup
2. Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).^[27]

Malaysia Super League fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kedah Darul Aman

5 March 2021 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Kedah Darul Aman	Johor
	Safawi Rasid 35' Natxo Insa 68' Maurício 30' Leandro Velazquez 39'			Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Penang

9 March 2021 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Penang	Johor
	Leandro Velazquez 81' (pen.) 53' Fernando Rodríguez 85' Matthew Davies 27' Gonzalo Cabrera 70'		D. Saarvindran 35' Casagrande 39' Rafael Vitor 45' Samuel Somerville 60' Azwan Aripin 72' Khairul Akmal 85'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Referee: S. Logeswaran

UiTM v Johor Darul Ta'zim

13 March 2021 3	UiTM	0–4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Shah Alam
	Fauzi Latif 85'		Arif Aiman Hanapi 11' Gonzalo Cabrera 15' Bergson 80' Syamer Kutty Abba 90+2' La’Vere Corbin-Ong 85'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Selangor

17 March 2021 4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–1	Selangor	Johor
	Bergson 80'		Ifedayo Olusegun 7' Oliver Buff 44' Tim Heubach 57' Zikri Khalili  78'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Perak v Johor Darul Ta'zim

21 March 2021 5	Perak	2–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Guilherme de Paula 33' 58' 35' Careca 29' Kenny Pallraj 43' Hafizul Hakim 71' Rafiuddin Roddin 90+3'		Akhyar Rashid 74' Leandro Velazquez 90+3' (pen.) Natxo Insa 21' Aidil Zafuan 23' Maurício 85'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Noor Azriel Baharuddin

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Melaka United

2 April 2021 6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Melaka United	Johor
	Adam Nor Azlin 3' Bergson 8' 82' Hariss Harun 58'		Syamim Yahya 63' Wan Amirul Afiq 68'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Sabah v Johor Darul Ta'zim

6 April 2021 7	Sabah	1–4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kota Kinabalu
21:00 UTC+8	Lévy Madinda 57' (pen.) Alto Linus 17' Maxsius Musa 48'  59'	Report	Arif Aiman Hanapi 4' 51' Bergson 8' 68' Leandro Velazquez 87' (pen.) Natxo Insa 34' Maurício 49'	Stadium: Likas Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Petaling Jaya City

10 April 2021 8	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Petaling Jaya City	Johor
	Gonzalo Cabrera 1' Bergson 20' 30'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Sri Pahang v Johor Darul Ta'zim

16 April 2021 9	Sri Pahang	0–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Azam Azih 51' Ezanie Salleh 69'	Report	Leandro Velazquez 21' Bergson 90+2' 39' Gonzalo Cabrera 45' La’Vere Corbin-Ong 73'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Tuan Yasin

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Terengganu

24 April 2021 10 (Rescheduled)	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–1	Terengganu	Johor
	Afiq Fazail 17' Natxo Insa 62'	Report	Hakimi Abdullah 57' Dechi Marcel N'Guessan 9' Rahmat Makasuf 86' Arif Anwar 90'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Referee: Zulkarnian Zakaria

Kuala Lumpur City v Johor Darul Ta'zim

30 April 2021 11 (Rescheduled)	Kuala Lumpur City	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuala Lumpur
21:00 UTC+8	Romel Morales 45+3' Hadin Azman 11'	Report	Hariss Harun 55' Aidil Zafuan 18' Matthew Davies 25'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium

Kedah Darul Aman v Johor Darul Ta'zim

4 May 2021 12 (Rescheduled)	Kedah Darul Aman	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Alor Setar
	Amirul Hisyam 12' Renan Alves 58' Kpah Sherman 90+4' Azamuddin Akil 90+7'	Report	Bergson 90+2' (pen.) Maurício Nascimento 41' Matthew Davies 79' Leandro Velazquez 90+4'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Penang v Johor Darul Ta'zim

8 May 2021 13 (Rescheduled)	Penang	0–3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Penang
	Casagrande  78'  88' Aidil Zafuan 18' D. Saarvindran 88' Danial Ashraf 90+1' Tomáš Trucha 90'	Report	Safawi Rasid 15' Bergson 42' Mohamadou Sumareh 51' Aidil Zafuan 62' S. Kunanlan 81'	Stadium: City Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v UiTM

25 July 2021 14	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–1	UiTM	Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Gonzalo Cabrera 50' Safawi Rasid 73' Bergson 88' Natxo Insa 68' Azrif Nasrulhaq 72'	Report	Joel Vinicius 43' Kwon Yong-hyun 72'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Selangor v Johor Darul Ta'zim

28 July 2021 15	Selangor	1–3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Petaling Jaya, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Ifedayo Olusegun 62' Oliver Buff  31' Jordan Ayimbila  82'	Report	Bergson da Silva 45+1' Matthew Davies 79' Mohamadou Sumareh 90+3' Safiq Rahim  84'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Perak

31 July 2021 16	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–0	Perak	Iskandar Puteri
	Bergson da Silva 20', 47', 59',  68' Gonzalo Cabrera 83', 86' (pen.) Shane Lowry  49'	Report	Danish Haziq  50' Zulkiffli Zakaria  58' Amirul Azhan  68'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

Melaka United v Johor Darul Ta'zim

3 August 2021 17	Melaka United	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Bergson 2' (pen.)} Matthew Davies  51' Arif Aiman  84'	Report		Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Sabah

8 August 2021 18	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Sabah	Johor
	Bergson 19' 21'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Petaling Jaya City v Johor Darul Ta'zim

21 August 2021 19	Petaling Jaya City	0–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Petaling Jaya
		Report	Bergson 27' Mohamadou Sumareh 83'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Sri Pahang

27 August 2021 20	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Sri Pahang	Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Bergson 8' 41' 45' Leandro Velazquez 72'	Report	Baqiuddin Shamsudin 90'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Terengganu v Johor Darul Ta'zim

4 September 2021 21	Terengganu	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Terengganu
		Report	Shane Lowry 45'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kuala Lumpur City

12 September 2021 22	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–1	Kuala Lumpur City	Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Nazmi Faiz 16' Nik Shahrul 70' (o.g.)	Report	Muhammad Izreen 25'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group stage

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Cup group stage

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kelantan

27 September 2021 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Kelantan	Johor
	Bergson 30' (pen.) Safawi 49'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Petaling Jaya City

30 September 2021 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Johor
	Gonzalo Cabrera 3'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Sabah v Johor Darul Ta'zim

29 October 2021 3	Sabah	0–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kota Kinabalu
		Report	Hazwan Bakri 4' Gonzalo Cabrera 13'	Stadium: Likas Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Sabah

2 November 2021 4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Sabah	Johor
	Velázquez 6' Bergson 14' (pen.), 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Petaling Jaya City v Johor Darul Ta'zim

6 November 2021 5	Petaling Jaya City	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Selangor
	Ruventhiran 11'	Report	Bergson 14' (pen.) Maurício 29'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium

Kelantan v Johor Darul Ta'zim

9 November 2021 6	Kelantan	0–4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kota Bharu
		Report	Syafiq 48' Velázquez 60' (pen.) Guilherme 62' Shahrul 90'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Cup knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Kedah Darul Aman v Johor Darul Ta'zim

14 November 2021 QF 1st leg	Kedah Darul Aman	0–0	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Alor Setar
		Report		Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kedah Darul Aman

18 November 2021 QF 1st leg	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Kedah Darul Aman	Iskandar Puteri
	Arif Aiman 40'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Terengganu v Johor Darul Ta'zim

22 November 2021 SF 1st leg	Terengganu	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Terengganu
	Mintah 8'	Report	Bergson 50'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Terengganu

26 November 2021 SF 1st leg	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Terengganu	Johor
	Bergson 6', 14' Cabrera 10'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Cup Final

Kuala Lumpur City v Johor Darul Ta'zim

30 November 2021 Final	Kuala Lumpur City	2−0	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuala Lumpur
	Zhafri Yahya 69' Paulo Josué 74'			Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAG	POH	JOH	RAT
1	Nagoya Grampus	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	16	Advance to Round of 16		—	3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Pohang Steelers	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11			1–1	—	4–1	2–0
3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4			0–1	0–2	—	0–0
4	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol (H)	6	0	2	4	0	10	−10	2			0–4	0–0	0–1	—

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group stage

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League group stage

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Nagoya Grampus

22 June 2021 Matchday 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Bangkok, Thailand
21:00 UTC+7	Safawi Rasid  17' Maurício  44' Leandro Velázquez  61' Bergson  64' La'Vere Corbin-Ong  70'	Report	Abe 60' Inagaki  29' Yonemoto  40' Yamasaki  66'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Man of the Match: Hiroyuki Abe

Ratchaburi Mitr Phol v Johor Darul Ta'zim

25 June 2021 Matchday 2	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Bangkok, Thailand
21:00 UTC+7	Pawee  28'	Report	Leandro Velázquez 47' Azrif Nasrulhaq  41' Farizal Marlias  43' Arif Aiman  65' Natxo Insa  89'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) Man of the Match: Leandro Velázquez

Pohang Steelers v Johor Darul Ta'zim

28 June 2021 Matchday 3	Pohang Steelers	4–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Bangkok, Thailand
21:00 UTC+7	Borys Tashchy 27' (pen.) Kang Sang-Woo 35' (pen.) Kwon Gi-pyo 82' Lim Sang-hyub 90+1' (pen.) 45+3'	Report	Velázquez 17' Shane Lowry  3' Azrif Nasrulhaq  19' Maurício  42' Afiq Fazail  38' Matthew Davies 79'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia) Man of the Match: Kang Sang-Woo

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Pohang Steelers

1 July 2021 Matchday 4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–2	Pohang Steelers	Bangkok, Thailand
	Shane Lowry  7' Afiq Fazail  34' Mohamadou Sumareh 84'	Report	Lee Seung-mo 33' Kang Sang-woo 37' Go Young-joon 74' Kwon Gi-pyo 83'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Ma Ning (China) Man of the Match: Kang Sang-Woo

Nagoya Grampus v Johor Darul Ta'zim

4 July 2021 Matchday 5	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Bangkok, Thailand
	Mateus 4' (pen.) Hiroyuki Abe 28' 52' Yonemoto  35' Kazuya Miyahara  38'	Report	Ramadhan Saifullah 42' Hazwan Bakri 12' Syafiq Ahmad 77' Maurício  79'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) Man of the Match: Mitchell Langerak

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Ratchaburi Mitr Phol

7 July 2021 Matchday 6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–0	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	Bangkok, Thailand
	Leandro Velázquez  45+2' Shane Lowry  84' Mohamadou Sumareh  90'	Report	Pathomchai Sueasakul  52'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Mohanad Qasim (Iraq) Man of the Match: Pawee Tanthatemee

Club Statistics

Correct as of match played on 28 November 2021

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Player	Malaysia Super League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		ACL / AFC Cup		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Farizal Marlias	21	0	0	0	8	0	5	0	34	0
2	DF	Matthew Davies	14+1	1	0	0	9	0	4+1	0	29	1
3	DF	Adam Nor Azlin	11+4	1	0	0	2	0	1+1	0	19	1
4	MF	Afiq Fazail	14+3	0	0	0	6+3	0	3+1	0	30	0
5	MF	Syamer Kutty Abba	4+10	1	0	0	0+1	0	1+3	0	19	1
7	DF	Aidil Zafuan	8+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
8	MF	Safiq Rahim	6+7	0	0	0	2+5	0	4+2	0	26	0
9	FW	Bergson	19+1	23	0	0	7	7	5	0	32	30
10	MF	Leandro Velazquez	16	4	0	0	7	2	5	2	28	8
11	FW	Gonzalo Cabrera	16	5	0	0	7	3	0	0	23	8
12	DF	S. Kunanlan	8	0	0	0	3+2	0	2+2	0	17	0
13	MF	Mohamadou Sumareh	0+12	3	0	0	0+8	0	0+3	0	23	3
14	DF	Shane Lowry	7	1	0	0	8	0	5	0	20	1
15	DF	Feroz Baharudin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Danial Amier Norhisham	0+2	0	0	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	6	0
17	FW	Ramadhan Saifullah	1+8	0	0	0	0	0	2+4	1	15	1
18	FW	Hazwan Bakri	0+3	0	0	0	2+1	1	1	0	7	1
19	FW	Akhyar Rashid	1+6	1	0	0	0+5	0	2+2	0	16	1
20	DF	Azrif Nasrulhaq	4	0	0	0	1	0	3+2	0	10	0
21	MF	Nazmi Faiz	4+5	1	0	0	4+3	0	1+3	0	20	1
22	DF	Corbin-Ong	18+1	0	0	0	8+2	0	3	0	32	0
24	GK	Izham Tarmizi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	Haziq Nadzli	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5	0
27	DF	Fadhli Shas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	Syafiq Ahmad	1+2	0	0	0	1+1	1	0+1	0	6	1
29	FW	Safawi Rasid	11+6	3	0	0	5+4	1	2+1	0	29	4
30	MF	Natxo Insa	19	1	0	0	10	0	5	0	34	1
31	FW	Guilherme de Paula	0+2	0	0	0	2	1	0+2	0	6	1
32	DF	Shahrul Saad	0	0	0	0	2+1	1	0	0	3	1
33	DF	Maurício Nascimento	18	0	0	0	9	1	5	0	32	1
42	FW	Arif Aiman Hanapi	14+7	2	0	0	10	1	5	0	36	3
71	MF	Syahrian Abimanyu	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
99	FW	Fernando Rodríguez	3+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
6	DF	Syazwan Andik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Hariss Harun	3+7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1

Johor Darul Ta'zim II

Malaysia Premier League

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Sarawak United (P)	20	11	5	4	37	14	+23	38	Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
3	Terengganu II[a]	20	9	8	3	37	18	+19	35
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim II[a]	20	9	7	4	38	20	+18	34
5	Kuching City	20	7	6	7	22	22	0	27	Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
6	Kelantan	20	8	3	9	23	28	−5	27

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

1. Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.

Malaysia Premier League fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Negeri Sembilan FC v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

6 March 2021 1	Negeri Sembilan FC	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Negeri Sembilan
	Zaquan Adha 24' (pen.) Alain Akono 52' (pen.)		Rafiekri Rosman 45'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Kuching City F.C.

13 March 2021 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	3–1	Kuching City F.C.	Johor
	Nicolás Fernández 49' Feroz Baharudin 52' 78'		Hudson Jesus 22'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Kelantan United F.C. v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

16 March 2021 3	Kelantan United F.C.	0-0	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Kelantan
				Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Perak F.C. II

20 March 2021 4	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	3–2	Perak F.C. II	Johor
	Fernando Rodríguez 16' Feroz Baharudin 62' Luis Cabrera 68'		Adib Raop 6' (pen.) Farid Khazali 38'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium

FAM-MSN Project v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

4 April 2021 5	FAM-MSN Project	0-5	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Selangor
			Fernando Rodríguez 32' 57' 59' Nicolás Fernández 33' Firdaus Ramli 45'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v PDRM F.C.

7 April 2021 6	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1-0	PDRM F.C.	Johor
	Fernando Rodríguez 6'			Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Selangor F.C. II

11 April 2021 7	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	0-0	Selangor F.C. II	Johor
				Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Terengganu F.C. II v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

17 April 2021 8	Terengganu F.C. II	4-3	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Terengganu
	Jordan Mintah 41' 90' Argzim Redžović 52' Masaki Watanabe 83'		Nicolás Fernández 22' Fernando Rodríguez 45' 69'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Kelantan F.C.

23 April 2021 9	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1-1	Kelantan F.C.	Johor
	Fernando Rodríguez 60'		Nurshamil Abd Ghani 71'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Sarawak United F.C. v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

1 May 2021 10	Sarawak United F.C.	1-0	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Terengganu
	Norshahrul Idlan 85'			Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Negeri Sembilan FC

7 May 2021 11	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	0-0	Negeri Sembilan FC	Johor
				Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Kelantan United F.C.

1 August 2021 12	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	3-0	Kelantan United F.C.	Kelantan
	Fernando Rodríguez 15' 60' Alif Abdul Mutalib 85'			Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Perak F.C. II v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

4 August 2021 13	Perak F.C. II	0–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Perak
	Irfan Fazail 70' K.Daryl Sham 90'			Stadium: Perak Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v FAM-MSN Project

7 August 2021 14	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	5-1	FAM-MSN Project	Johor
	K.Daryl Sham 14' Fernando Rodríguez 19' 89' Chia Ruo Han 35' Kei Hirose 59'		Azhad Arman 80'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium

PDRM F.C. v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

11 August 2021 15	PDRM F.C.	2-2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Kuala Lumpur
	Nabil Latpi 35' Bruno Suzuki 51'	Report	Gabriel Nistelrooy 30' 69'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium

Selangor F.C. II v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

20 August 2021 16	Selangor F.C. II	1-1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Selangor
	Alexander Ameyaw 21'	Report	Fernando Rodríguez 45'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium

Kuching City F.C. v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

25 August 2021 17	Kuching City F.C.	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Johor
	Irwan Syazmin 59' Amir Amri Salleh 82'	Report	Fernando Rodríguez 18'	Stadium: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Terengganu F.C. II

29 August 2021 18	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	3-2	Terengganu F.C. II	Johor
	Rafiefikri Rosman 53' Fernando Rodríguez 60' Kei Hirose 78'	Report	Jordan Mintah 43' Masaki Watanabe 90'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Kelantan F.C. v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

11 September 2021 19	Kelantan F.C.	0-3	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Kelantan
	Fadhli Shas 11' Fernando Rodríguez 14' Kei Hirose 56'	Report	Nurshamil Abd Ghani 71'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Sarawak United F.C.

21 September 2021 20	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1–1	Sarawak United F.C.	Johor
	Stuart John Wilkin 84'	Report	Uche Agba 4'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Squad statistics

As of match played 20 August 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MAS	Shaheeswaran Thavakumar	6	0	6	0
2	DF	MAS	Nafizuddin Fauzi	14	0	13+1	0
3	DF	MAS	Firdaus Ramli	12	1	11+1	1
4	DF	MAS	Adib Zainudin	12	0	8+4	0
6	DF	MAS	Hafiy Haikal	7	0	3+4	0
7	MF	MAS	Irfan Fazail	9	1	3+6	1
8	MF	JPN	Kei Hirose	16	0	14+2	0
9	FW	ESP	Fernando Rodríguez	12	13	12	13
10	MF	ARG	Nico Fernández	8	3	7+1	3
11	MF	MAS	Khairullah Halim	2	0	0+2	0
13	MF	MAS	Aysar Hadi	13	0	12+1	0
14	MF	MAS	Chia Ruo Han	7	1	4+3	1
15	MF	MAS	Gary Steven Robbat	9	1	5+4	1
16	MF	MAS	Umar Hakeem	8	0	3+5	0
17	MF	MAS	Alif Mutalib	7	1	4+3	1
18	FW	MAS	Awang Faiz Hazziq	3	0	0+3	0
19	FW	MAS	Gabriel Nistelrooy	7	2	2+5	2
21	DF	MAS	Aiman Danish	2	0	0+2	0
22	MF	MAS	Stuart Wilkin	12	0	10+2	0
23	FW	MAS	Amirul Husaini	5	0	1+4	0
26	MF	ARG	Luis Cabrera	6	1	3+3	1
29	MF	MAS	Rafiefikri Rosman	9	1	7+2	1
34	DF	MAS	Daniel Rahman	1	0	0+1	0
35	MF	MAS	Daryl Sham	5	2	5	2
42	GK	MAS	Izham Tarmizi	4	0	4	0
51	DF	MAS	Feroz Baharudin	5	3	5	3
60	DF	MAS	Syazwan Andik	12	0	12	0
61	MF	MAS	Danial Amier Norhisham	3	0	3	0
62	GK	MAS	Haziq Nadzli	6	0	6	0
72	DF	MAS	Fadhli Shas	6	0	6	0
81	FW	MAS	Hazwan Bakri	2	0	2	0
82	MF	MAS	Syafiq Ahmad	3	0	3	0
91	FW	MAS	Akhyar Rashid	1	0	1	0