Taiwan Football Premier League

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Taiwan Football Premier League
Taiwan Football Premier League.png
Founded2017;8 years ago (2017)
CountryTaiwan
Confederation AFC
Number of clubs8
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to Taiwan Second Division Football League
Domestic cup Taiwan President FA Cup
International cup AFC Challenge League
Current champions Tainan City TSG (5th title)
(2024)
Most championships Tainan City TSG
(5 titles)
Top scorer Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Marc Fenelus
(149 goals)
Broadcaster(s)CTFA TV
Website ctfa.com.tw
Current: 2025–26 Taiwan Football Premier League

The Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL; Chinese :台灣企業甲級足球聯賽; pinyin :Táiwān Qǐyè Jiǎ Jí Zúqiú Liánsài) is the top-ranked Taiwanese football league run by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA).

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History

The Taiwan Football Premier League was founded in 2017 after the folding of the then highest-ranked National First Division Football League (Intercity Football League). [1]

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, it was one of the few football leagues in the world to begin and proceed without disruption, due to the relatively light situation in Taiwan compared to most other countries. [2]

Competition format

The Taiwan Football Premier League's schedule usually runs from April to November. It contains 8 teams that compete in a series of three round-robin tournaments, each composed of seven games. After the 21 game schedule is complete, the top team wins the league title and an automatic berth in the following year's AFC Challenge League.

Since 2020, a system of promotion and relegation exists between the Premier League and the Taiwan Football Challenge League (Chinese :台灣企業甲級升降足球聯賽; pinyin :Táiwān Qǐyè Jiǎ Jí Shēngjiàng Zúqiú Liánsài) . The lowest placed team in the Premier League is relegated to the Challenge League, and the top team from the Challenge League promoted to the Premier League. The runners-up of the Challenge League will play in a qualification tournament with the 7th in the Premier League, which the winner stays in the first Division. [3]

Teams

Teams (2025–26)
TeamChineseBased inSeasons in TFPLFirst season in TFPL
Ming Chuan University 銘傳大學 Taoyuan City 72017
New Taipei Hang Yuan 新北航源 New Taipei City 92017
Sunny Bank AC Taipei 陽信台北競技 Taipei City 42022
Taichung Futuro 台中Futuro Taichung City 72019
Taichung Rock 台中磐石 Taichung City 12025–26
Tainan City TSG 南市台鋼 Tainan City 92017
Taipower 台灣電力 Kaohsiung City 92017
Tatung 大同 Taipei City 92017

Former teams

Timeline

Taiwan Football Premier League

Current teamFormer teamSecond division

Stadiums

Stadiums (2025–26)
StadiumChineseLocationCapacityMap
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
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
Xitun Football Field 西屯足球場 Taichung City 200

Former stadiums

StadiumChineseLocationCapacity
Hsinchu County Second Stadium新竹縣第二運動場 Hsinchu County 2,500
National Stadium 國家體育場 Kaohsiung City 55,000
National Taipei University 國立臺北大學 New Taipei City 300
National Taiwan Sport University Football Field國體人工足球場 Taoyuan City 3,000
National Taiwan University Zhubei Branch Football Field臺大竹北校區足球場 Hsinchu County 500
National Yilan Senior High School Football Field宜蘭高中足球場 Yilan County 0
Siao-Long Football Stadium蕭壠足球場 Tainan City 752
Tainan Municipal Stadium臺南市立體育場 Tainan City 20,000
Tainan Municipal Xinying Stadium 臺南市立新營體育場 Tainan City 30,000
Yilan Sports Park Multipurpose Stadium宜蘭運動公園複合式運動場 Yilan County 15,000
Yingfeng Riverside Park Football Pitch迎風河濱公園足球場 Taipei City 100

Champions

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
2017 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2018 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2019 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2020 Tainan City Taipower Taichung Futuro
2021 Tainan City Taipower Taichung Futuro
2022 Tainan City Taichung Futuro Taipower
2023 Tainan City Leopard Cat Taipower
2024 Tainan City Futuro New Taipei Hang Yuen

Performance by clubs

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning years
Tainan City 50 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024
Tatung/ Leopard Cat 31 2017 , 2018 , 2019
Taipower 05
Taichung Futuro 02

Awards

Best Player

SeasonWinnerTeam
2019 Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Marc Fenelus Tatung
2020 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wu Chun-ching Tainan City
2021 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wu Chun-ching Tainan City
2022 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ange Kouamé Tainan City
2023 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ange Kouamé Tainan City
2024 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Wei-Chuan Tainan City

Golden Boot

SeasonWinnerTeamGoals
2017 Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Marc Fenelus (1) Tatung 35
2018 Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Marc Fenelus (2) Tatung 27
2019 Flag of Haiti.svg Benchy Estama Hang Yuen 25
2020 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ange Kouamé Tatung 20
2021 Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Marc Fenelus (3) Tainan City 11
2022 Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Marc Fenelus (4) Tainan City 20
2023 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Huang Wei-chieh AC Taipei 13
2024 Flag of Colombia.svg Maurício Cortés Tainan City 13

Golden Glove

SeasonWinnerTeam
2018 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chiu Yu-Hung Taipower
2019 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pan Wen-Chieh (1) Tatung
2020 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tuan Yu Taichung Futuro
2021 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pan Wen-Chieh (2) Tainan City
2022 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pan Wen-Chieh (3) Taichung Futuro
2023 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pan Wen-Chieh (4) Tainan City
2024 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pan Wen-Chieh (5) Tainan City

Best Manager

SeasonWinnerTeam
2017 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chiang Mu-Tsai (1) Tatung
2018 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chiang Mu-Tsai (2) Tatung
2019 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chiang Mu-Tsai (3) Tatung
2020 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lo Chih-Tsung (1) Tainan City
2021 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lo Chih-Tsung (2) Tainan City
2022 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lo Chih-Tsung (3) Tainan City
2023 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lo Chih-Tsung (4) Tainan City
2024 Flag of France.svg Raphaël Blanchon Tainan City

Fair Play Award

SeasonTeam
2017 NSTC
2018 Tainan City
2019 Tatung
2020 Land Home NTUS
2021 Land Home NTUS

Multiple hat-tricks

RankCountryPlayerHat-tricks
1 Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Marc Fenelus 6
2 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Angel Samuel Kouamé 5
3 Flag of Haiti.svg Jhon Miky Benchy Estama 4
4 Flag of South Korea.svg Joo Ik-seong 3
5 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsu Fan-shao2
6 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lin Chang-lun 1
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lin Cheng-hsun
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chu En-le
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Hsiang-wei
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chiu I-huan
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Li Mao
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Po-yu
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Uchida
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Huang Wei-chieh
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wu Yen-shi
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Z Yicheng
Flag of Japan.svg Shohei Yokoyama
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ko Yu-ting

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Baseball, soccer seasons get underway in Taiwan". Reuters. 2020-04-13. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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