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2024 Taiwan Football Premier League

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Taiwan Football Premier League
Season2024
Dates14 April 2024 – 8 December 2024
Matches played52
Goals scored159 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorerLi Mao
(9 goals)
Biggest home winSunny Bank AC Taipei 5–0 Ming Chuan University
(30 June 2024)
Biggest away winTaipei Vikings 1–6 Futuro
(4 August 2024)
Highest scoringTaipei Vikings 1–6 Futuro
(4 August 2024)
Longest winning runFuturo
Tainan City TSG
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runTainan City TSG
(11 matches)
Longest winless runTaipei Vikings
(13 matches)
Longest losing runTaipei 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 →
All statistics correct as of 26 August 2024.

The 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League is 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 2024 and scheduled to finish on 8 December 2024.

Teams

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Promotions and relegations

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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

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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

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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. Vikings–PlayOne was renamed to Taipei Vikings in 2024.

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

Teams and locations

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Team Chinese Based in Seasons in TFPL First season in TFPL
Futuro Futuro Taichung City 6 2019
Leopard Cat 臺灣石虎 Taipei City 8 2017
Ming Chuan University 銘傳大學 Taoyuan City 6 2017
New Taipei Hang Yuen 新北航源 New Taipei City 8 2017
Sunny Bank AC Taipei 陽信北競 Taipei City 3 2022
Tainan City TSG 南市台鋼 Tainan City 8 2017
Taipei Vikings 臺北Vikings Taipei City 1 2024
Taipower 台灣電力 Kaohsiung City 8 2017

Venues

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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
Stadium Chinese Location Capacity
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

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

Personnel and sponsorship

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

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Futuro Japan Jun Hirabayashi Signed by Hanoi 23 January 2024 Pre-season Taiwan Fang Ching-ren 23 January 2024
Tainan City TSG Taiwan Lo Chih-tsung Resigned 12 March 2024 France Raphaël Blanchon 12 March 2024
Taipei Vikings Jamaica Oliver Harley Mutual consent 5 May 2024 7th Taiwan Hao Yuan-shuo 5 May 2024

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Futuro 13 10 2 1 29 7 +22 32 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying play-off
2 Tainan City TSG 13 8 4 1 26 10 +16 28
3 Taipower 13 7 2 4 25 13 +12 23
4 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 13 6 2 5 22 14 +8 20
5 New Taipei Hang Yuan 13 5 3 5 18 13 +5 18
6 Leopard Cat 13 4 2 7 14 24 −10 14
7 Ming Chuan University 13 3 1 9 11 33 −22 10 Qualification for the Taiwan Challenge League relegation play-off
8 Taipei Vikings 13 0 2 11 14 45 −31 2 Relegation to the Taiwan Challenge League
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. 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


Results

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Promotion/relegation playoffs

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Ming Chuan University, finishing 7th in 2023 TPBL season, was required to play in the the promotion/relegation playoffs. Land Home NTUS finished 2nd in 2023 second division and was expected to play in the 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 2023 Promotion/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

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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 — 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–2 1–0 5–1 2–1 — — — Oct 20 Nov 3 — Sep 14 — — — — — — — — —
New Taipei Hang Yuan 0–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 Nov 24 — 2–0 Nov 3 Sep 14 — Sep 29 — — — Oct 20 — — — — —
Leopard Cat Sep 1 — — — 2–0 0–3 3–3 Nov 3 Sep 22 — — — — Sep 14 — — — — — — — — — —
Ming Chuan University 0–4 0–3 0–1 — 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–1 — — 3–2 — Dec 1 0–1 — Sep 14 — — Sep 29 — — — — —
Sunny Bank AC Taipei 0–1 0–2 0–1 5–0 — 1–1 4–0 1–1 — — Oct 27 — — — Oct 20 Sep 29 — — — — — — — —
Tainan City TSG 1–1 4–2 3–0 Nov 24 Sep 1 — 3–1 1–0 Sep 29 Dec 1 — — Sep 22 — — — — — — — — — — —
Taipei Vikings 1–6 0–4 2–3 Sep 22 2–4 2–4 — 0–4 — — Dec 1 Sep 1 — Dec 8 — — — — — — — — — —
Taipower 0–2 Sep 1 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 — Dec 1 Sep 22 4–0 — — Oct 20 Oct 27 — — — — — — — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. Source: TFPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

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Scoring

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  • First goal of the season:
    Taiwan Gao Wei-jie for Taipower against AC Taipei (14 April 2024)

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Taiwan Li Mao Futuro 9
2 Taiwan Gao Wei-jie Taipower 6
3 Colombia Maurício Cortés Tainan City TSG 5
Haiti Benchy Estama New Taipei Hang Yuen
Chile Matias Godoy Ming Chuan University
6 Taiwan Chen Jui-chieh Tainan City TSG 4
Taiwan Chen Po-hao Leopard Cat
Taiwan Cheng Hao Futuro
Japan Yamato Kumagai Ming Chuan University
Japan Kaoru Takayama Futuro
Japan Jun Uchida Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Japan Naoyuki Yamazaki Leopard Cat
Japan Shohei Yokoyama Futuro
14 Taiwan Chen Chao-an Taipower 3
Taiwan Chen Wei-chuan Tainan City TSG
Taiwan Chen Yi-an Taipei Vikings
Taiwan Huang Wei-chieh Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Japan Genki Tateiwa New Taipei Hang Yuen
Taiwan Tsai Meng-cheng Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Taiwan Wu Yu-fan Taipower

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Score Date Round
Japan Jun Uchida Sunny Bank AC Taipei Ming Chuan University 5–0 (H) 30 June 2024 10

Clean Sheets

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Rank Player Club Shutouts
1 Japan Kenya Matsui Futuro 7
2 Taiwan Pan Wen-chieh Tainan City TSG 5
3 Taiwan Huang Chiu-lin Taipower 3
Taiwan Odo Jacobs New Taipei Hang Yuen
5 Taiwan Chang Po-feng New Taipei Hang Yuen 2
Japan Kenshin Katata Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Taiwan Wang Po-han Leopard Cat
8 Taiwan Chang Hsiang-chun Taipower 1
Taiwan Chen Yu-chen Taipei Vikings
Taiwan Shih Hsin-an Leopard Cat
Taiwan Tuan Hsuan Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Taiwan Tuan Yu Futuro
Taiwan Wang Huai-chih Ming Chuan University

Discipline

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Player

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Team

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  • Most yellow cards: 27
    • Taipower
  • Fewest yellow cards: 19
    • New Taipei Hang Yuen
    • Taipei Vikings
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Taipei Vikings
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Futuro
    • New Taipei Hang Yuen
    • Taipower

References

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  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.
  2. ^ "射手榜 2024台灣企業甲級足球聯賽 第12輪". Meta. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
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