2024 Taiwan Football Premier League

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Taiwan Football Premier League
Season2024
Dates14 April – 8 December
Champions Tainan City TSG
Relegated FC Vikings
Challenge League Tainan City TSG
Futuro
Matches played60
Goals scored183 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer Li Mao
(9 goals)
Biggest home win Sunny Bank AC Taipei 5–0 Ming Chuan University
(30 June 2024)
Biggest away win FC Vikings 1–6 Futuro
(4 August 2024)
Leopard Cat 0–5 Tainan City TSG
(14 September 2024)
Highest scoringFC Vikings 1–6 Futuro
(4 August 2024)
Longest winning runFuturo
Tainan City TSG
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runFuturo
Tainan City TSG
(11 matches)
Longest winless runFC Vikings
(15 matches)
Longest losing runFC Vikings
(7 matches)
Highest attendance667
Leopard Cat 2–0 AC Taipei
(5 May 2024)
Lowest attendance78
New Taipei Hang Yuen 1–1 Ming Chuan University
(23 June 2024)
← 2023
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 26 August 2024.

The 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League was the eighth season of Taiwan Football Premier League, the top-flight association football competition in Taiwan under its current format. The season began on 14 April and finished on 8 December 2024.

Contents

Teams

Promotions and relegations

There are 8 teams in the league, including 7 teams from the 2023 season and 1 team promoted from the 2023 second division.

Teams relegated to the second division

Taipei Dragons was the only team relegated after finishing last place in the previous season, ending their one year stay in the top tier. Taipei Dragons was renamed to Taipei Elite SC in 2024.

Teams promoted from the second division

Vikings–PlayOne, the champions of the second division in 2023 earned automatic promotion and was the only team promoted after Inter Taoyuan had lost 2–3 to Ming Chuan University in the promotion/relegation playoffs.

Promoted from
2023 second division 		Relegated from
2023 TFPL
Vikings–PlayOne Taipei Dragons

Teams and locations

TeamChineseBased inSeasons in TFPLFirst season in TFPL
Futuro Futuro Taichung City 62019
Leopard Cat 臺灣石虎 Taipei City 82017
Ming Chuan University 銘傳大學 Taoyuan City 62017
New Taipei Hang Yuen 新北航源 New Taipei City 82017
Sunny Bank AC Taipei 陽信北競 Taipei City 32022
Tainan City TSG 南市台鋼 Tainan City 82017
FC Vikings 臺北維京人 Taipei City 12024
Taipower 台灣電力 Kaohsiung City 82017

Venues

Taiwan Football Premier 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.

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Location of venues in 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League
StadiumChineseLocationCapacity
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
Ming Chuan University Taoyuan Campus銘傳大學龜山校區 Taoyuan City 5,000
National Taipei University 國立臺北大學 New Taipei City 300
Tainan Municipal Football Field臺南市立足球場 Tainan City 2,000
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

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Former Player
Futuro Flag of Japan.svg Kenya Matsui Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Ogawa Flag of Japan.svg Nagisa Sakurauchi Flag of Japan.svg Toshio Shimakawa Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Takayama Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Uehara Flag of Japan.svg Koji Wada Flag of Japan.svg Shohei Yokoyama
Leopard Cat FC Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Elias Argueta Flag of Brazil.svg Garrydo Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo Izumi Flag of Kenya.svg Nichodemus Malika Flag of the Philippines.svg Nathan Rilloraza Flag of Japan.svg Naoyuki Yamazaki
Ming Chuan University Flag of Chile.svg Matías Godoy Flag of Japan.svg Yamato Kumagai Flag of Japan.svg Shinshu Minamitani Flag of Japan.svg Haru Tanaka
New Taipei Hang Yuen Flag of Haiti.svg Benchy Estama Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Kaneko Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Koreeda Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Seung-seong Flag of El Salvador.svg William López Flag of Japan.svg Kentaro Sato Flag of Japan.svg Genki Tateiwa
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Flag of Guatemala.svg Gustavo Garcia Flag of Japan.svg Yugo Ichiyanagi Flag of Japan.svg Ryosei Kamada Flag of Japan.svg Kenshin Katata Flag of Japan.svg Tsuyoshi Kusuyama Flag of Japan.svg Jun Uchida
Tainan City Flag of Colombia.svg Maurício Cortés Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sang-jun Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sung-kyum Flag of Japan.svg So Narita Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Porto Flag of France.svg Mohamed Sakkouh Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Chan-wook Flag of Brazil.svg Toninho
Taipower
Jensen Viking Flag of Japan.svg Yunosuke Fukasawa Flag of Haiti.svg Benchy Estama
Flag of Brazil.svg Garrydo
Flag of Chile.svg Matías Godoy
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Ben Ouédraogo
Flag of Haiti.svg Jamal Ely Rousseau
Flag of Japan.svg Shunkun Tani
Flag of the United States.svg Justin Wilson

Dual citizenship/ naturalised / heritage players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3
New Taipei Hang Yuen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the Republic of China.svg Emilio Estevez Flag of Haiti.svg Flag of the Republic of China.svg Jhon Benchy Flag of El Salvador.svg Flag of the Republic of China.svg William López
Taichung Futuro Flag of Japan.svg Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yoshitaka Komori
Leopard Cat Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of the Republic of China.svg Onur Dogan

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerMain kit sponsor
Futuro Flag of the Republic of China.svg Fang Ching-ren Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Ting-yang Joma Hota-Gear
Leopard Cat Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chiang Mu-tsai Flag of Kenya.svg Nichodemus Malika MIE —
Ming Chuan University Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tseng Tai-lin Flag of Chile.svg Matias Godoy —
New Taipei Hang Yuen Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hung Chin-hwai Flag of the Republic of China.svg Huang Yung-chun Tor Star —
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Sing-an Flag of Japan.svg Yugo Ichiyanagi Ucan Sunny Bank
Tainan City TSG Flag of France.svg Raphaël Blanchon Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wu Chun-ching Kelme Taiwan Steel Group
FC Vikings Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hao Yuan-shuo Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yu Chun-hsiang Joma—
Taipower Flag of the Republic of China.svg Huang Che-ming Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Chao-an MIE Taipower

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure		Date of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of
appointment
Futuro Flag of Japan.svg Jun Hirabayashi Signed by Hanoi 23 January 2024Pre-season Flag of the Republic of China.svg Fang Ching-ren 23 January 2024
Tainan City TSG Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lo Chih-tsung Resigned12 March 2024 Flag of France.svg Raphaël Blanchon 12 March 2024
FC Vikings Flag of Jamaica.svg Oliver Harley Mutual consent5 May 20247th Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hao Yuan-shuo 5 May 2024

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Tainan City TSG (C, Q)2115426016+4449Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying play-off
2 Futuro [a] (Q)2113444119+2243
3 New Taipei Hang Yuan 2112363319+1439
4 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 2111373523+1236
5 Taipower 219393626+1030
6 Leopard Cat 2164112435−1122
7 Ming Chuan University (Q)2153132347−2418Qualification for the Taiwan Challenge League relegation play-off
8 FC Vikings (R)2102191784−672Relegation to the Taiwan Challenge League
Source: TFPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ As 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup winners Tainan City TSG already qualified for the Challenge League playoffs via their league position, the spot reserved for the Taiwan President FA Cup winners was transferred to the Premier League runners-up, Futuro.

Results

Promotion/relegation playoffs

Ming Chuan University, finishing 7th in 2023 TPBL season, was required to play in the promotion/relegation playoffs. Land Home NTUS finished 2nd in 2023 second division and was expected to play in the playoffs. However, Inter Taoyuan, finishing 3rd in 2023 second division took over the opportunity due to the Land Home NTUS failed to qualify the CTFA club licensing, which is required for playing in the Taiwan Football Premier League. [1]

27 December 2023Promotion/relegation playoffs Inter Taoyuan 2–3 Ming Chuan University New Taipei
18:00 (UTC+8)
 Recap
Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun

Regular season

Each team plays a total of 21 games, playing the other teams three times.

Home \ Away FTR HY TLC MCU SAC TSG TV TPC FTR HY TLC MCU SAC TSG TV TPC FTR HY TLC MCU SAC TSG TV TPC
Futuro —1–01–14–00–21–05–12–1———1–10–1—4–0—————————
New Taipei Hang Yuan 0–1—2–11–11–21–10–00–21–0—2–02–11–2—4–0———1–0—————
Leopard Cat 1–2———2–00–33–30–01–2————0–5——————————
Ming Chuan University 0–40–30–1—1–20–32–13–1——3–2—2–20–1—1–2——1–2—————
Sunny Bank AC Taipei 0–10–20–15–0—1–14–01–1——2–0———4–02–1————————
Tainan City TSG 1–14–23–03–11–0—3–11–07–31–2——1–0———————————
FC Vikings 1–60–42–30–22–42–4—0–4——0–70–2—0–10——————————
Taipower 0–21–21–05–12–11–13–1—1–21–24–0——0–35–1—————————
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. Source: TFPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Li Mao Futuro9
2 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Gao Wei-jie Taipower8
3 Flag of Haiti.svg Benchy Estama New Taipei Hang Yuen7
Flag of Chile.svg Matias Godoy Ming Chuan University
5 Flag of Colombia.svg Maurício Cortés Tainan City TSG6
6 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Jui-chieh Tainan City TSG5
Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Takayama Futuro
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Uchida Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Flag of Japan.svg Naoyuki Yamazaki Leopard Cat
10 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Po-hao Leopard Cat4
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Cheng Hao Futuro
Flag of Japan.svg Yamato Kumagai Ming Chuan University
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wu Yu-fan Taipower
Flag of Japan.svg Shohei Yokoyama Futuro

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstScoreDateRound
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Uchida Sunny Bank AC TaipeiMing Chuan University5–0 (H)30 June 202410
Flag of Brazil.svg Toninho Tainan City TSGLeopard Cat5–0 (A)14 September 202415

Clean Sheets

RankPlayerClubShutouts
1 Flag of Japan.svg Kenya Matsui Futuro7
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pan Wen-chieh Tainan City TSG
3 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Huang Chiu-lin Taipower3
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Odo Jacobs New Taipei Hang Yuen
5 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chang Po-feng New Taipei Hang Yuen2
Flag of Japan.svg Kenshin Katata Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tuan Yu Futuro
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wang Po-han Leopard Cat
9 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chang Hsiang-chun Taipower1
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Yu-chen Taipei Vikings
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Huang Hao-kai Ming Chuan University
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Shih Hsin-an Leopard Cat
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tuan Hsuan Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wang Huai-chih Ming Chuan University

Discipline

Player

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 31
    • Taipower
  • Fewest yellow cards: 21
    • Tainan City TSG
    • Taipei Vikings
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Taipei Vikings
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Futuro
    • New Taipei Hang Yuen
    • Taipower

Attendances

#Football clubAverage attendance
1 Leopard Cat FC 439
2 Taiwan Power Company FC 269
3 Ming Chuan University FC 229
4 AC Taipei 184
5 Tainan City 159
6 FC Vikings 131
7 Taichung Futuro 130
8 Hang Yuan FC 118

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2024台灣企業甲級足球聯賽升降賽 銘傳大學游耀興準絕殺3：2擊退桃園國際保級成功" (Press release). Chinese Taipei Football Association. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
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