Football in Taiwan

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Football in Taiwan
CountryTaiwan
Governing body Chinese Taipei Football Association [1]
National team(s) Taiwan national football team
Taiwan women's national football team
Taiwan national futsal team
Club competitions
International competitions

The sport of football in Taiwan is run by the Chinese Taipei Football Association. [3] [4] [5] The association administers all national football teams, as well as national competitions. [6] [7] Approximately 40% of the people in Taiwan are interested in football. [8]

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History

The 1940 Chang Jung High School football team photograph, taken after winning Taiwan's school's soccer championship Tainan's Presbyterian Church (Chang Jung) High School football team 16.07.Showa15.jpg
The 1940 Chang Jung High School football team photograph, taken after winning Taiwan's school's soccer championship

Edward Band was credited with introducing football to Taiwan during his tenure as teacher and principal of the Presbyterian Church High School, subsequently renamed Chang Jung Senior High School  [ zh ]. [9] [10] [11]

The sport has grown near the status of historically most popular baseball. [12]

Current structure

In 2017 the sport was revamped in Taiwan with the introduction of the Taiwan Football Premier League. The season saw the country's first entry to the AFC Cup when Hang Yuen qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup group stage. The TFPL and the Taiwan Second Division Football League are national football divisions administered by the CTFA. The domestic cup is the Taiwan President FA Cup. Recreational tournament Taiwan International Football League - TIFL also exists. [13]

Football stadiums

StadiumCapacityCityTenants
National Stadium 55,000 Kaohsiung Chinese Taipei national football team
Tainan Municipal Xinying Stadium 30,000 Tainan
Taipei Municipal Stadium 20,000 Taipei Chinese Taipei national football team, Taipei Bravo
Hualien Stadium 12,800 Hualien

See also

References

  1. ↑ Darby, Paul (8 October 2013). Africa, Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance. Routledge. ISBN   9781135298340 . Retrieved 3 August 2017– via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "CTFA announces new soccer calendar - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. April 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ "The Asian Football Confederation - Chinese Taipei to revive futsal tradition". The-afc.com. 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  4. ↑ "CTFA to overhaul its youth soccer program in autumn". Taipei Times. 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  5. ↑ "Could one player transform Taiwan's fortunes? « World Soccer World Soccer". Worldsoccer.com. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  6. ↑ "Athlete dreams of soccer-mania in Taiwan". The China Post. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Pro soccer league coming to Taiwan in 2018, CTFA says". Taipei Times. 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  8. ↑ https://countrycassette.com/rankings-sports-football-fans-by-country/
  9. ↑ Otness, Harold M. (1999), One Thousand Westerners in Taiwan, to 1945, Taipei, Taiwan: Academia Sinica, pp. 8–9
  10. ↑ Pan, Jason. "FEATURE: Taiwan's soccer roots start in colonial Tainan". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  11. ↑ Han Cheung (1 January 2023). "Taiwan in Time: Soccer madness in the Japanese era". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  12. ↑ Minahan, James (23 December 2009). The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   9780313344978 . Retrieved 3 August 2017– via Google Books.
  13. ↑ "Taiwan's Football Movement Begins Now, from the Grassroots". 6 July 2018.


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