2009 Intercity Football League

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2009 Intercity Football League
League Intercity Football League
Sport Association football
DurationFebruary 14, 2009 - December 13, 2009
League
League champions Kaohsiung City Yoedy
  Runners-up Kaohsiung Taipower FC
Intercity Football League seasons

The 2009 Intercity Football League season is the third since its establishment in 2007. It started from February 14, 2009.

Contents

At the end of 2008, the Chinese Taipei Football Association decided to merge the Enterprise Football League into the Intercity Football League, and therefore the latter became the highest-ranked football league in Taiwan.

The league included two divisions. Division A consisted of six teams, and the remaining teams participated in Division B. The last-placed team in Division A would be relegated to Division B while the champion of Division B would move up to Division A.

New league regulations required each team to be named after the administrative division in which they were located. Each team also needed two-thirds of its players to reside in the area for at least one month.

Qualifications

Taipei City Tatung, Tainan County, and Kaohsiung Taipower automatically qualified for Division A after finishing in the top four places in the 2008 season. The remaining three Division A places were decided via a qualification tournament, which took place at the Pailing Sport Park January 1–4, 2009. There were six teams competing in the tournament: Miaoli County, Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung City Yoedy (高市耀迪), [1] Yilan County, Taipei County Hanchuang (北縣悍創), and Tainan City. Taipei County Hanchuang, Kaohsiung City Yaoti, and Kaohsiung City qualified for Division A after finishing in the top 3 places in the qualification tournament.

DateGroupTeam 1ResultTeam 2
January 1, 2009A Taipei County Hanchuang 6-1Kaohsiung City
BYilan County0-2 Kaohsiung City Yaoti
January 2, 2009AKaohsiung City6-1Miaoli County
B Kaohsiung City Yaoti 6-1Tainan City
January 3, 2009AMiaoli County0-7 Taipei County Hanchuang
BTainan City0-2Yilan County
January 4, 2009Kaohsiung City (A2)3-2Yilan County (B2)

Division A

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Kaohsiung City Yoedy 1511134414+3034
2 Kaohsiung Taipower FC 1511133412+2234
3 Tainan County FC 157442315+825
4 Taipei City Tatung FC 156273225+720
5 Taipei County Hanchuang FC 1542925361114Qualification to relegation/promotion playoffs
6 Kaohsiung City FC 151014864563Relegation to Division B
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Round 1
No.Team 1ResultTeam 2
1Taipei County Hanchuang0-1Kaohsiung Taipower
2Kaohsiung City0-5Taipei City Tatung
3Kaohsiung City Yaoti(Jul 9)Tainan County
4Taipei County Hanchuang0-0Kaohsiung City Yaoti
5Kaohsiung Taipower1-0Taipei City Tatung
6Kaohsiung City3-2Tainan County
7Tainan County1-1Taipei City Tatung
8Kaohsiung City0-1Taipei County Hanchuang
9Kaohsiung City Yaoti1-0Kaohsiung Taipower
10Kaohsiung City(Jul 11)Kaohsiung City Yaoti
11Tainan County(Jul 11)Kaohsiung Taipower
12Taipei County Hanchuang(Jul 11)Taipei City Tatung
13Kaohsiung City1-3Kaohsiung Taipower
14Taipei County Hanchuang0-1Tainan County
15Kaohsiung City Yaoti2-1Taipei City Tatung
Round 2
No.Team 1ResultTeam 2
16Taipei County Hanchuang1-2Kaohsiung Taipower
17Kaohsiung City(Jul 5)Taipei City Tatung
18Tainan County2-4Kaohsiung City Yaoti
19Kaohsiung City Yaoti(Aug 1)Taipei County Hanchuang
20Taipei City Tatung1-5Kaohsiung Taipower
21Kaohsiung City(Aug 1)Tainan County
22Tainan County0-0Taipei City Tatung
23Taipei County Hanchuang(Aug 8)Kaohsiung City
24Kaohsiung City Yaoti0-1Kaohsiung Taipower
25Kaohsiung City Yaoti5-1Kaohsiung City
26Tainan County0-0Kaohsiung Taipower
27Taipei County Hanchuang0-7Taipei City Tatung
28Kaohsiung City(Sep 19)Kaohsiung Taipower
29Tainan County(Sep 19)Taipei County Hanchuang
30Kaohsiung City Yaoti(Sep 19)Taipei City Tatung
Round 3
No.Team 1ResultTeam 2
31Kaohsiung City(Sep 26)Taipei County Hanchuang
32Taipei City Tatung(Sep 26)Kaohsiung Taipower
33Kaohsiung City Yaoti(Sep 26)Tainan County
34Kaohsiung City Yaoti(Oct 10)Kaohsiung Taipower
35Kaohsiung Cityy(Oct 10)Taipei City Tatung
36Tainan County(Oct 10)Taipei County Hanchuang
37Tainan County(Oct 14)Kaohsiung City
38Taipei County Hanchuang(Oct 14)Kaohsiung Taipower
39Kaohsiung City Yaoti(Oct 14)Taipei City Tatung
40Taipei County Hanchuang(Nov 21)Kaohsiung City Yaoti
41Tainan County(Nov 21)Taipei City Tatung
42Kaohsiung City(Nov 21)Kaohsiung Taipower
43Taipei County Hanchuang4-1Taipei City Tatung
44Tainan County0-2Kaohsiung Taipower
45Kaohsiung City0-9Kaohsiung City Yaoti

Venues

TeamVenue
Kaohsiung City Chung Cheng Industrial Vocational High School 1,000 capacity
Kaohsiung Taipower Kaohsiung County Stadium, 18,000 capacity
Kaohsiung City Yaoti Taichung Football Field 2,000 capacity
Tainan County National Pei Men Senior High School, 1,000 capacity
Taipei County Hanchuang Hsinchuang Stadium Taipei County, 1,000 capacity
Taipei City Tatung Taipei Municipal Stadium, 16,000 capacity

Division B

Teams

Miaoli County FC
Taipei County Stars FC (北縣明星)
Taipei County Stars consists of players from Taipei Football Club, No Limit Soccer Team, and expatriates. The head coach is David Camhi. The team is sponsored by the Master Football Academy (明星足球訓練館).
Taipei County Sanchung FC (北縣三重)
Taipei County Sanchung football team consists of students and graduates of National San Chung Senior High School. Most of them are still high-school students, therefore they have the lowest average age among all participating teams.
Taitung County Kuoyuan FC (東縣國源)
Yilan County FC
Yilan County football team consists of students and graduates of National Yilan Senior High School. They are considered the strongest team in the Division B. Notable players include Lo Chih-an and Lo Chih-en.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1Yilan County8620514+4720Promotion to Division A
2Taipei County Stars8530247+1718Qualification to relegation/promotion playoffs
3Taipei County Sanchung84131914+513
4Tatung County Kuoyuan82061939206
5Miaoli County8008655490

Results

Round 1
No.Team 1ResultTeam 2
1Taipei County Sanchung0-5Yilan County
2Taipei County Stars4-1Miaoli County
3Yilan County8-1Tatung County Kuoyuan
4Taipei County Sanchung1-1Taipei County Stars
5Tatung County Kuoyuan8-2Miaoli County
6Yilan County1-1Taipei County Stars
7Miaoli County0-1Taipei County Sanchung
8Tatung County Kuoyuan2-8Taipei County Stars
9Tatung County Kuoyuan2-6Taipei County Sanchung
10Miaoli County0-11Yilan County
Round 2
No.Team 1ResultTeam 2
11Taipei County Sanchung1-3Yilan County
12Miaoli County1-7Taipei County Stars
13Taipei County Sanchung0-1Taipei County Stars
14Yilan County8-0Tatung County Kuoyuan
15Tatung County Kuoyuan4-2Miaoli County
16Yilan County1-1Taipei County Stars
17Taipei County Stars1-0Tatung County Kuoyuan
18Miaoli County0-6Taipei County Sanchung
19Tatung County Kuoyuan2-4Taipei County Sanchung
20Yilan County14-0Miaoli County

Relegation/Promotion playoffs

DateTeam 1ResultTeam 2
December 19, 2009Taipei County Hanchuang6-0Taipei County Stars
December 20, 2009Taipei County Stars0-19Taipei County Hanchuang

Taipei County Hanchuang won the playoff 25–0 in aggregate and remained in Division A.

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