2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2

Last updated
Taiwan Football League Division 2
Season2024
Dates24 August 2024 – 7 December 2024
Matches played3
Goals scored9 (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 scoringTaipei Elite 1–6 Taichung Rock
(24 August 2024)
Longest winning runInter Taoyuan
NUK Kuo Kuang
Taichung Rock
(1 match)
Longest unbeaten runInter Taoyuan
NUK Kuo Kuang
Taichung Rock
(1 match)
Longest winless runMCU Desafio
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves
Taipei Elite
(1 match)
Longest losing runMCU Desafio
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves
Taipei Elite
(1 match)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 29 August 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]

Contents

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

Teams and locations

TeamChineseBased inSeasons in Division 2First season in Division 2
Inter Taoyuan 桃園國際 Taoyuan City 52020
MCU Desafio 銘傳Desafio Taipei City 12024
NUK Kuo Kuang 高大國光 Kaohsiung City 22023
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 陽信北競預備隊 Taipei City 22023
Taichung Rock 台中磐石 Taichung City 12024
Taipei Elite 臺北菁英 Taipei City 22022

Venues

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

StadiumChineseLocationCapacity
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

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerMain kit sponsor
Inter Taoyuan Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lin Hsin-yu Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsu Hung-chih Kappa Taoyuan City Government
MCU Desafio Flag of the Republic of China.svg Liu Cheng-he Flag of Japan.svg Yutaro Takagi Athleta ASRock
NUK Kuo Kuang Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Chien-chih Flag of the Republic of China.svg Huang Chao-chung Kicker CPC Corporation
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves Flag of Spain.svg Abel Lorenzo Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tsai Meng-tzu Ucan Sunny Bank
Taichung RockSubkarma
Taipei Elite Flag of Jamaica.svg Oliver Harley Kelme

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Inter Taoyuan 531194+510Promoted to the 2025 Taiwan Football Premier League
2 Taichung Rock 5302116+59Qualified to the 2025 TFPL promotion/relegation playoffs
3 NUK Kuo Kuang 430162+49
4 Taipei Elite 5212131527
5 Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 510431073Required to play in 2025 Taiwan Football League Division 2 qualifiers
6 MCU Desafio 41034953
Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2024. Source:

Results

Qualifiers

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 NUK Kuo Kuang (Q)3300150+159Qualified for the 2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2
2 MCU Desafio (Q)32016606
3 Racing Vikings (E)310231183Eliminated from Taiwan Football League Division 2
4 Tainan Dong Men Cheng (E)300331070

Regular season

Home \ Away INT MCU NUK SAC TCR TPE
Inter Taoyuan 1–0Sep 21Nov 23Nov 2Nov 16
MCU Desafio Nov 9Nov 16Sep 15Dec 7Sep 28
NUK Kuo Kuang Dec 7Oct 5Nov 9Nov 23Sep 14
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves Sep 28Nov 20–1Oct 5Dec 7
Taichung Rock Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28Nov 16Nov 9
Taipei Elite Oct 5Nov 23Nov 2Sep 211–6

Statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yang Chao-jing Taichung Rock4
2 Flag of Guatemala.svg Gerardo Rabre Inter Taoyuan1
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Hung-chun Taichung Rock
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Chun-chi NUK Kuo Kuang
Flag of Guatemala.svg Rodrigo Calderon Taipei Elite

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstScoreDateRound
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yang Chao-jing 4Taichung RockTaipei Elite1–6 (A)24 August 20241

4 – Player scored four goals.

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