2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2

Taiwan Football League Division 2
Season	2024
Dates	24 August 2024 – 7 December 2024
Matches played	3
Goals scored	9 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yang Chao-jing ; (4 goals)
Biggest home win	Inter Taoyuan 1–0 MCU Desafio ; (24 August 2024)
Biggest away win	Taipei Elite 1–6 Taichung Rock ; (24 August 2024)
Highest scoring	Taipei Elite 1–6 Taichung Rock; (24 August 2024)
Longest winning run	Inter Taoyuan; NUK Kuo Kuang ; Taichung Rock; (1 match)
Longest unbeaten run	Inter Taoyuan; NUK Kuo Kuang; Taichung Rock; (1 match)
Longest winless run	MCU Desafio; Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves ; Taipei Elite; (1 match)
Longest losing run	MCU Desafio; Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves; Taipei Elite; (1 match)
	← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 29 August 2024.

Last updated October 25, 2024

The 2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2 is the fifth season of Taiwan Football League Division 2. The season began on 24 August 2024 and scheduled to end on 7 December 2024.^[1]

Teams

Promotions and relegations

There are 6 teams in the league, including 3 teams from the 2023 season, 1 team relegated from the TFPL, 1 team from the qualifier and 1 team via receiving the playing spot transference.

Incoming teams

Taipei Dragons finished last place in the 2023 Taiwan Football Premier League and was relegated automatically. Taipei Dragons was renamed to Taipei Elite for the 2024 season.^[2] MCU Desafio, a combined team of Ming Chuan University and Desafio, qualified from the 2024 qualifiers.^[3]^[4] Taichung Rock had received a playing spot from Land Home NTUS.^[2]

Outgoing teams

Vikings–PlayOne, the champions of the second division in 2023 earned automatic promotion to the Taiwan Football Premier League. Vikings–PlayOne was renamed to Taipei Vikings for the 2024 season. Saturday Football International, finishing 6th in 2023 season didn't sign up for this season.^[2]Land Home NTUS had transferred their playing spot to Sports Agglomerate Company Limited, who had later created Taichung Rock.^[5]

Incoming teams	Outgoing teams
MCU Desafio Taichung Rock Taipei Elite	Land Home NTUS Saturday Football International Vikings–PlayOne

Teams and locations


Team	Chinese	Based in	Seasons in Division 2	First season in Division 2
Inter Taoyuan	桃園國際	Taoyuan City	5	2020
MCU Desafio	銘傳Desafio	Taipei City	1	2024
NUK Kuo Kuang	高大國光	Kaohsiung City	2	2023
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves	陽信北競預備隊	Taipei City	2	2023
Taichung Rock	台中磐石	Taichung City	1	2024
Taipei Elite	臺北菁英	Taipei City	2	2022

Venues

Taiwan Football League Division 2 teams currently don't have their own home grounds. Matches were mainly played in Yingfeng Riverside Park.

MCU

NUK

Xitun

Yingfeng

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Location of venues in 2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2

Stadium	Chinese	Location	Capacity
Ming Chuan University Taoyuan Campus	銘傳大學龜山校區	Taoyuan City	5,000
National University of Kaohsiung	國立高雄大學	Kaohsiung City	0
Xitun Football Field	西屯足球場	Taichung City	0
Yingfeng Riverside Park	迎風河濱公園	Taipei City	100

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main kit sponsor
Inter Taoyuan	Lin Hsin-yu	Hsu Hung-chih	Kappa	Taoyuan City Government
MCU Desafio	Liu Cheng-he	Yutaro Takagi	Athleta	ASRock
NUK Kuo Kuang	Chen Chien-chih	Huang Chao-chung	Kicker	CPC Corporation
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves	Abel Lorenzo	Tsai Meng-tzu	Ucan	Sunny Bank
Taichung Rock				Subkarma
Taipei Elite	Oliver Harley		Kelme	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter Taoyuan	5	3	1	1	9	4	+5	10	Promoted to the 2025 Taiwan Football Premier League
2	Taichung Rock	5	3	0	2	11	6	+5	9	Qualified to the 2025 TFPL promotion/relegation playoffs
3	NUK Kuo Kuang	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9
4	Taipei Elite	5	2	1	2	13	15	−2	7
5	Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves	5	1	0	4	3	10	−7	3	Required to play in 2025 Taiwan Football League Division 2 qualifiers
6	MCU Desafio	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2024. Source:

Results

Qualifiers

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	NUK Kuo Kuang (Q)	3	3	0	15	0	+15	9	Qualified for the 2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2
2	MCU Desafio (Q)	3	2	1	6	6	0	6	Qualified for the 2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2
3	Racing Vikings (E)	3	1	2	3	11	−8	3	Eliminated from Taiwan Football League Division 2
4	Tainan Dong Men Cheng (E)	3	0	3	3	10	−7	0	Eliminated from Taiwan Football League Division 2

Source:
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified

22 June 20241	Tainan Dong Men Cheng	2–3	MCU Desafio	Kaohsiung
13:30 (UTC+8)	Tseng Chung-chih 6' Neto 50' Hsu En-hao 87'		Huang Yi-cheng 51' Yu You-yi 81'	Stadium: National University of Kaohsiung

22 June 20242	NUK Kuo Kuang	7–0	Racing Vikings	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: National University of Kaohsiung

23 June 20243	MCU Desafio	0–3	NUK Kuo Kuang	Kaohsiung
13:30 (UTC+8)	Huang Yi-cheng 65'			Stadium: National University of Kaohsiung

23 June 20244	Racing Vikings	2–1	Tainan Dong Men Cheng	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)			Wang Hsiang-hsi 71' Chen Sung-nan 90+6'	Stadium: National University of Kaohsiung

24 June 20245	Tainan Dong Men Cheng	0–5	NUK Kuo Kuang	Kaohsiung
13:30 (UTC+8)	Lin Kuan-heng 45+3'		Yeh Yu-hung 48'	Stadium: National University of Kaohsiung

24 June 20246	Racing Vikings	1–3	MCU Desafio	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Tan Hao-chung 13' Liu Chao-teng 75'		Cheng Yu-che 61' Cheng Kai-wei 72'	Stadium: National University of Kaohsiung

Regular season

Home \ Away	INT	MCU	NUK	SAC	TCR	TPE
Inter Taoyuan	—	1–0	Sep 21	Nov 23	Nov 2	Nov 16
MCU Desafio	Nov 9	—	Nov 16	Sep 15	Dec 7	Sep 28
NUK Kuo Kuang	Dec 7	Oct 5	—	Nov 9	Nov 23	Sep 14
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves	Sep 28	Nov 2	0–1	—	Oct 5	Dec 7
Taichung Rock	Sep 14	Sep 21	Sep 28	Nov 16	—	Nov 9
Taipei Elite	Oct 5	Nov 23	Nov 2	Sep 21	1–6	—

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

Statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season:
Lee Chun-chi for NUK Kuo Kuang against Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves (24 August 2024)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yang Chao-jing	Taichung Rock	4
2	Gerardo Rabre	Inter Taoyuan	1
	Lee Hung-chun	Taichung Rock
	Lee Chun-chi	NUK Kuo Kuang
	Rodrigo Calderon	Taipei Elite

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Score	Date	Round
Yang Chao-jing ⁴	Taichung Rock	Taipei Elite	1–6 (A)	24 August 2024	1

⁴ – Player scored four goals.

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[1] 邱, 子珩 (20 August 2024). "足協公布2024台乙聯賽賽程　共6支隊伍參賽". Go Goal勁球網. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

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[3] 陳, 瑞斌 (25 June 2024). "銘傳足球隊與DESAFIO攜手進軍台灣乙級足球聯賽". Ming Chuan Weekly 銘傳一週. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[4] "(06.24更新) 2024台灣乙級足球聯賽資格賽賽事資訊". Chinese Taipei Football Association (Press release). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[5] 張, 克銘 (23 July 2024). "台中磐石足球俱樂部紮根台中起步　全額贊助潭秀國中、嶺東高中聯隊赴日比賽". Go Goal勁球網. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

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