2023 Taiwan Mulan Football League

Taiwan Mulan Football League

Season	2023
Dates	22 April 2023 – 23 December 2023
Champions	Taichung Blue Whale 5th title
Champions League	Taichung Blue Whale
Matches played	45
Goals scored	92 (2.04 per match)
Best Player	Liu Chien-yun
Top goalscorer	Chen Yen-ping Lee Hsiu-chin Lee Yi-wen (6 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Tsai Ming-jung
Biggest home win	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank 3–0 Hualien (1 July 2023)
Biggest away win	Mars 0–4 New Taipei Hang Yuen (4 November 2023)
Highest scoring	Hualien 3–2 New Taipei Hang Yuen (8 July 2023)
Longest winning run	Taichung Blue Whale (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Taichung Blue Whale (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Taipei Bravo PlayOne (7 matches)
Longest losing run	Mars (6 matches)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 1 September 2024.

The 2023 Taiwan Mulan Football League is the 10th season of Taiwan Mulan Football League. ^[1] The season began on 22 April 2023 and finished on 23 December 2023.

Teams

Promotions and relegations

Taipei Bravo and Taoyuan Mars, finishing 5th and 6th in 2022 season, were required to play in the qualifiers for the 2023 season. However, no teams had signed up for the qualifiers led both teams remain for the 2023 season.

Teams and locations

Team	Chinese	Based in	Seasons in TMFL	First season in TMFL
Hualien	花蓮	Hualien County	10	2014
Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	高雄陽信	Kaohsiung City	8	2016
Mars	戰神	Taoyuan City	2	2022
New Taipei Hang Yuen	新北航源	New Taipei City	6	2017
Taichung Blue Whale	台中藍鯨	Taichung City	10	2014
Taipei Bravo PlayOne	臺北熊讚PlayOne	Taipei City	7	2017

Venues

Taiwan Mulan Football League teams currently don't play all their home games in a specific home ground. Some venues may hold more than one different matchups in a single matchday.

Banqiao

FJU

Nanzih

MLJH

MCU

Qingpu

Taipei

Taiyuan

Yilan

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Location of venues in 2023 Taiwan Mulan Football League

Stadium	Chinese	Location	Capacity
Banqiao Stadium	板橋體育場	New Taipei City	30,000
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium	輔仁大學足球場	New Taipei City	3,000
Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium	高雄市立楠梓足球場	Kaohsiung City	1,200
Mei Lun Junior High School	美崙國中	Hualien County
Ming Chuan University	銘傳大學	Taoyuan City	5,000
Qingpu Football Field	青埔足球場	Taoyuan City
Taipei Municipal Stadium	臺北田徑場	Taipei City	20,000
Taiyuan Football Field	太原足球場	Taichung City	600
Yilan Sports Park Multipurpose Stadium	宜蘭運動公園複合式運動場	Yilan County	15,000

Foreign players

Hualien	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Mars	New Taipei Hang Yuen	Taichung Blue Whale	Taipei Bravo PlayOne
— [2]	Mizuka Sato Nao Tsukamoto Minori Wakabayashi	—	Nipawan Panyosuk Yukina Tamamura Miwa Tanaka	Nattaruja Muthtanawech Silawan Intamee Saowalak Peng-ngam Phornphirun Philawan Pitsamai Sornsai Maho Tanaka	—

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main kit sponsor
Hualien	Chu Wen-pin	Tsai Li-chen	Tor Star	Leadtek
Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Takeshi Inoguchi	Wu Kai-ching	Athleta	Sunny Bank
Mars	Hsu Ching-hsin	Yang Hsiao-chuan		—
New Taipei Hang Yuen	Hsu Yi	Chen Ying-hui	Tor Star	—
Taichung Blue Whale	Lu Kuei-hua	Tsai Ming-jung	MIE	Skechers
Taipei Bravo PlayOne	Chou Tai-ying	Chen Ruo-wei	Kappa	—

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Taoyuan Mars	Chen Ching-hsuan	Resigned	29 November 2022 [3]	Pre-season	Hsu Ching-hsin	17 April 2023 [4]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Taichung Blue Whale (C)	15	10	4	1	21	8	+13	34	Qualification for the AFC Women's Champions League
2	New Taipei Hang Yuen	15	8	4	3	24	12	+12	28
3	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	15	6	4	5	15	12	+3	22
4	Taipei Bravo PlayOne	15	4	5	6	10	14	−4	17
5	Hualien F.C.	15	5	2	8	12	19	−7	17	Required to play in 2024 Taiwan Mulan Football League qualifiers
6	Mars F.C.	15	2	1	12	10	27	−17	7

Source:
(C) Champions

Results

Regular season

Home \ Away	HWF	KSB	MAR	HY	TBW	TBB	HWF	KSB	MAR	HY	TBW	TBB	HWF	KSB	MAR	HY	TBW	TBB
Hualien	—	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	—	—	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–1	—	—	2–1	1–2	—	2–1
Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	3–0	—	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–0	—	—	—	1–2	—	—
Mars	—	0–2	—	0–2	—	1–1	—	—	—	0–4	—	—	—	—	—	1–3	—	—
New Taipei Hang Yuen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Taichung Blue Whale	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	—	1–1	—	—	3–1	2–1	—	1–0	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	—
Taipei Bravo PlayOne	—	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	—	—	—	1–0	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2024. Source: TMFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Kao Chen-en for Taipei Bravo PlayOne against Taoyuan Mars (22 April 2023)
• Final goal of the season:
  Lin Ya-han for Taipei Bravo PlayOne against Hualien (23 December 2023)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chen Yen-ping	New Taipei Hang Yuen	6
	Lee Hsiu-chin	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank
	Lee Yi-wen	New Taipei Hang Yuen

Awards

Annual Awards CTFA 2023

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Player of the Year	Liu Chien-yun	Taichung Blue Whale	[5] [6]
Coach of the Year	Lu Kuei-hua	Taichung Blue Whale	[5]
Golden Boot	Chen Yen-ping	New Taipei Hang Yuen	[5]
	Lee Hsiu-chin	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	[5]
	Lee Yi-wen	New Taipei Hang Yuen	[5] [7]
Golden Gloves	Tsai Ming-jung	Taichung Blue Whale	[5]

References

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External links

• Chinese Taipei Football Association