2018 Taichung Blue Whale season

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Taichung Blue Whale
2018 season
Head coach Lu Kuei-hua
Stadium Taiyuan Football Field
TMFL Winners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lee Hsiu-chin (15)
All:
Lee Hsiu-chin (17)
Biggest winTaichung Blue Whale 6–1 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank
Biggest defeat Taipei PlayOne 3–0 Taichung Blue Whale
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The 2018 Taichung Blue Whale season was the club's 5th season and their 5th season in Taiwan Mulan Football League.

Contents

Kits

Management team

PositionName
Head coach Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Kuei-hua
Assistant coaches Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chang Wei-chen, Flag of the Republic of China.svg Huang Yan-ting, Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lai Li-chin
Goalkeeping coach Flag of the Republic of China.svg Liu Shih-hua
Athletic trainer Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hong Chia-ling

      Players

      NPos.Nat.NameAge.Since
      Goalkeepers
      1 GK Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tsai Ming-jung 292018
      18 GK Flag of the Republic of China.svg Cheng Ssu-yu 292014
      Defenders
      4 DF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lai Wei-ju242014
      6 DF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chang Wei-chen292016
      12 DF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wu Yu202018
      13 DF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tseng Wen-ting222015
      15 DF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wang Shu-wen172018
      22 DF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yu Shu-fang232016
      Midfielders
      2 MF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chang Chi-lan 222014
      8 MF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yang Ssu-wei222014
      9 MF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tsou Hsin-ni 232014
      14 MF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yang Chia-hui212017
      16 MF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hou Fang-wei262014
      19 MF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kao Pei-ling212018
      20 MF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tuan Yu-jou222015
      23 MF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Liu Chien-yun262014
      Forwards
      3 FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Su Yu-hsuan 172016
      5 FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pao Hsin-hsuan 262018
      7 FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tang Yung-ching232014
      10 FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Hsiu-chin 262014
      11 FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lai Li-chin (captain)302015
      17 FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ho Hsuan-yi222016
      21 FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Hsiu-wen2017

      Transfers

      In

      No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromSource
      Preseason
      1GK Tsai Ming-jung Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsinchu [1]
      5FW Pao Hsin-hsuan Flag of Japan.svg Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara [1] [2]
      12DFWu Yu— [3]
      15DFWang Shu-wen— [4]
      19MFKao Pei-ling—

      Out

      No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toSource
      Preseason
      5DFLai Yi-ju—
      12DFHsu Chih-ting—
      15DFCheng Ya-hsun Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kaohsiung Sunny Bank [5]
      18GKWang Yu-ting—
      19MFChuang Shu-Mei—

      Preseason and friendlies

      Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg v Flag of Hong Kong.svg Citizen
      30 September 2018 Friendly Taichung Blue Whale Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 6–3 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Citizen Taichung
      16:00 (UTC+8)Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

      Competitions

      Overall record

      CompetitionFirst matchLast matchStarting roundFinal positionRecord
      PldWDLGFGAGDWin %
      Taiwan Mulan Football League 14 April 201820 October 2018Matchday 1Winners1412024213+29085.71
      Total1412024213+29085.71

      Source:

      Taiwan Mulan Football League

      League table

      PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
      1 Taichung Blue Whale (Q)1210023813+2530Qualification for the Mulan League Finals
      2 Taipei PlayOne (Q)129033117+1427
      3Hualien128043421+1324
      4Kaohsiung Sunny Bank122191734−177
      5Inter New Taipei1201111146−351

      Results by round

      Round123456789101112131415
      ResultWWWWWWWWWLLW
      Position111111111111111
      Source:
      W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

      Matches

      Taipei PlayOne
      21 April 20182 Taichung Blue Whale 5–1 Taipei PlayOne Taichung
      16:30 (UTC+8)
      		 Report
      		Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
      Attendance: 580
      Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
      28 April 20183 Taichung Blue Whale 5–1 Inter New Taipei Taichung
      16:30 (UTC+8)
      		 Report
      		Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
      Attendance: 540
      Referee: Wang Chieh
      5 May 20184 Taichung Blue Whale 2–1 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank Hualien
      14:00 (UTC+8)
      		Stadium: Hualien County Stadium
      20 May 20186 Inter New Taipei 0–4 Taichung Blue Whale Hualien
      14:00 (UTC+8) Report
      		Stadium: Hualien County Stadium
      Referee: Wang Chieh
      10 June 20187 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank 0–3 Taichung Blue Whale Kaohsiung
      16:30 (UTC+8) Report
      		Stadium: National Stadium
      Referee: Wang Chieh
      23 June 20189 Taichung Blue Whale 1–0 Hualien Taipei
      14:00 (UTC+8)
      		 Report Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
      Attendance: 100
      1 July 201810 Taichung Blue Whale 2–0 Taipei PlayOne Taichung
      17:30 (UTC+8)
      		Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
      7 July 201811 Taichung Blue Whale 4–2 Inter New Taipei Hualien
      14:00 (UTC+8)
      		Stadium: Hualien County Stadium
      8 September 201813 Taipei PlayOne 3–0 Taichung Blue Whale Taipei
      16:00 (UTC+8)
      		 Report Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
      Attendance: 580
      Referee: Lee Yi-chi
      15 September 201814 Taichung Blue Whale 1–3 Hualien New Taipei
      14:00 (UTC+8)
      		 Report
      		Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
      Attendance: 100
      Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
      22 September 201815 Taichung Blue Whale 6–1 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank Taichung
      16:30 (UTC+8)
      		Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
      Attendance: 400

      Mulan League Finals

      12 October 20181st leg Taipei PlayOne 0–2 Taichung Blue Whale Taipei
      19:00 (UTC+8) Report
      		Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
      Attendance: 300
      Referee: Wang Chieh
      20 October 20182nd leg Taichung Blue Whale 2–0 Taipei PlayOne Taichung
      15:00 (UTC+8)
      		 Recap Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

      Statistics

      Goalscorers

      RankNo.Pos.Nat.Player TMFL Finals Total
      110FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Hsiu-chin 15217
      25FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pao Hsin-hsuan 729
      317FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ho Hsuan-yi707
      43FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Su Yu-hsuan 303
      11FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lai Li-chin 30
      68MF Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yang Ssu-wei202
      77FW Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tang Yung-ching101
      Own goals (from the opponents)000
      Totals38442

      Hat-tricks

      PlayerAgainstResultDateCompetitionRef
      Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pao Hsin-hsuan Inter New Taipei5–128 April 2018 Taiwan Mulan Football League
      Flag of the Republic of China.svg Su Yu-hsuan Inter New Taipei4–27 July 2018 Taiwan Mulan Football League
      Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Hsiu-chin Kaohsiung Sunny Bank6–122 September 2018 Taiwan Mulan Football League

      Cleansheets

      RankNo.Nat.Player TMFL Finals Total
      11 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tsai Ming-jung 224
      218 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Cheng Ssu-yu 2–2
      Totals426

      Awards

      PlayerPositionAwardRef.
      Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Hsiu-chin ForwardGolden Boot [6]
      Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Kuei-hua Head CoachCoach of the Year [6]

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