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With royal backing and a Snoop Dogg rap, Malaysia minnows challenge best in Asia

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With their new nickname of “Southern Tigers”, JDT have dominated Malaysian football since 2014, winning the country’s top-flight Super League in each of the last eight seasons. theSun thesundaily SouthernTigers JDT SnoopDogg

: A wealthy prince and some astute promotion involving US rapper Snoop Dogg have helped turn Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim from footballing minnows into one of Asia’s top clubs.

In April they became the first team from Malaysia to reach the knockout stages of the Asian Football Confederation’s Champions League. When Tunku Ismail became president of the football association in Johor, just north of city-state Singapore, its state team was average at best. His father, the sultan, heads one of Malaysia’s nine Islamic royal families and, while he is a ceremonial ruler, wields considerable influence.

The revitalised team won the Super League in 2014, and the following year became the first Malaysian side to win the AFC Cup, Asia’s second-tier continental club tournament, defeating Tajikistan’s Istiklol 1-0.

 

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