Johor Darul Taʼzim League
Johor Darul Tazim 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. History. Old Structure. 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. New Structure. 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. Johor Darul Tazim  League. HM Sultan of Johor Cup took place at Batu Pahat District Office on September 15, 2015. For 2018 season, Clubs which earns their promotion will be promoted to the fourth level league, the Malaysia M4 League for 2019 season. Youth League. U-20 Johor Darul Tazim League. An U-20 tournament in the Johor Darul Tazim 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; U-18 Johor Darul Tazim League. A championship in the Johor Darul Tazim League, the U-18 Youth Cup, will be contested from 11 to 26 August 2016. The league involving 12 teams, which will be divided into the following four zones: Matches will be played according to the zones for three days starting from 11 to 13 August 2016, while the semi-finals will be on 20 August 2016 and the final on 26 August 2016. U-16 Johor Darul Tazim League. The 2016 Tunku Panglima Johor Cup, the U-16  Johor Darul Tazim League, has kicked off from 21 July 2016 involving 12 district teams. Besides them, there are two more teams participating in it – Johor Chinese Football Association and Johor Indian Football Association. U-14 Johor Darul Tazim League. The 2016 Tunku Putera Johor Cup will be held from 22 September and the final will be played on 7 October 2016. The league will features 12 teams from all around Johor. The league involving 12 teams, which will be divided into the following four zones: U-12 Johor Darul Tazim League. The 2015 Tunku Laksamana Johor Cup was held on 27  November 2015 at Padang Dataran, Pasir Gudang with 20 teams competing for the trophy. In 2016, the tournament format was changed with an increased age from U-11 to U-12 players. Further changes will have 12 teams competing in the tournament following the same format as other age-restricted tournament under Johor Darul Tazim League. The league involving 12 teams, which will be divided into the following four zones: