National Sports Training Center is a former football team based in Tainan, and was the football club for Taiwan's National Sports Training Center. It was merged in 2003 with the Lukuang football team, Taiwan's land army football team, after the option of alternate service in the Taiwanese militia. It participated in Taiwan Football Premier League. The football team is disbanded in 2019.
Since the Republic of China has the policy of conscription for all male citizens, qualified footballers could choose to join the Lukuang football team instead of the regular militia service after passing the tryouts. It helped the players to keep their form and provided additional selection and management to the Chinese Taipei national football team. As a result, most national team members have played for Lukuang.
In 2000, Lukuang quit the league due to military reform, but returned in 2003 under the new name of Taiwan National Sports Training Center football team and are affiliated with Taiwan's National Sports Training Center.
In 2018, due to changes in military conscription policy, the service period for conscription had shortened. This led to the football team having to loan players for the year. In 2019, due to insufficient players, the football team had decided to disband. This is the third NSTC team, following volleyball and baseball, to be disbanded.
Naming Scheme
The Taiwan NSTC football team entered the Enterprise Football League with a different name almost every year.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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