Taiwan Football Premier League

Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL; Chinese: 台灣企業甲級足球聯賽) is the top-ranked division in the Taiwanese football league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA).

Taiwan Football Premier League
Founded2017 (2017)
CountryTaiwan
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams7
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toTaiwan Second Division Football League
International cup(s)AFC Cup
Current championsTaiwan Steel (2nd title)
(2021)
Most championshipsLeopard Cat (3 titles)
TV partnersSportcast
CTFA TV (YouTube)
Current: 2022 Taiwan Football Premier League

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]

Under the serious epidemic COVID-19 in 2020, TFPL due to light situation in Taiwan, became one of the few football leagues in the world to start the season as usual.[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 Cup.

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) . 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 (2022)
Team Chinese Based in Stadium Seasons in TFPL First season in TFPL
AC Taipei 台北競技俱樂部 Taipei City — 1 2022
Hang Yuen 航源FC New Taipei City Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium 6 2017
Leopard Cat 臺灣石虎 Taipei City Taipei Municipal Stadium 6 2017
Ming Chuan University 銘傳大學 Taipei City Ming Chuan University Taoyuan Campus 4 2017
Taichung Futuro 台中FUTURO Taichung City Taiyuan Football Field 4 2019
Tainan City TSG 台南市台灣鋼鐵 Tainan City Tainan Municipal Football Field 6 2017
Taipower 台灣電力 Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung National Stadium 6 2017

Former teams

Timeline

Current team Former team Second division

Stadiums
Tainan
Yilan
Taiyuan
Siao-Long
Locations of the 2022 Taiwan Football Premier League stadiums

Stadiums (2022)
Stadium Chinese Location Capacity
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium 輔仁大學足球場 New Taipei City 3,000
Kaohsiung National Stadium 高雄國家體育場 Kaohsiung City 55,000
Ming Chuan University Taoyuan Campus 銘傳大學龜山校區 Taoyuan City 5,000
Siao-Long Football Stadium 蕭壠足球場 Tainan City 752
Tainan Municipal Football Field 臺南市立足球場 Tainan City 15,000
Taipei Municipal Stadium 臺北田徑場 Taipei City 20,000
Taiyuan Football Field 太原足球場 Taichung City 600
Yilan County Stadium 宜蘭縣立體育場 Yilan County 15,000

Former stadiums
Stadium Chinese Location Capacity
Hsinchu County Second Stadium 新竹縣第二運動場 Hsinchu County 2,500
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
Tainan Municipal Stadium 臺南市立體育場 Tainan City 20,000
University of Taipei 臺北市立大學 Taipei City
Yingfeng Riverside Park Football Pitch 迎風河濱公園足球場 Taipei City

Champions
Season Champion Runner-up Third place
2017 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2018 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2019 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2020 Tainan City TSG Taipower Taichung Futuro
2021 Tainan City TSG Taipower Taichung Futuro

Awards

Best Player
season winner team
2019 Marc Fenelus Tatung
2020 Wu Chun-ching Tainan City TSG
2021 Wu Chun-ching Tainan City TSG

Golden Boot
season winner team goals
2017 Marc Fenelus Tatung 38
2018 Marc Fenelus Tatung 27
2019 Benchy Estama Hang Yuen 25
2020 Ange Samuel Tatung 20
2021 Marc Fenelus Tainan City TSG 11

Golden Glove
season winner team
2018 Chiu Yu-hung Taipower
2019 Pan Wen-chieh Tatung
2020 Tuan Yu Taichung Futuro
2021 Pan Wen-chieh Tainan City TSG

Best Manager
season winner team
2017 Chiang Mu-tsai Tatung
2018 Chiang Mu-tsai Tatung
2019 Chiang Mu-tsai Tatung
2020 Lo Chih-tsung Tainan City TSG
2021 Lo Chih-tsung Tainan City TSG

Fair Play Award
season team
2017 NSTC
2018 Tainan City
2019 Tatung
2020 Land Home NTUS
2021 Land Home NTUS

See also

References
  1. "城市聯賽不辦　明年舉行台灣甲級企業足球聯賽". ETtoday. 2016-09-16.
  2. "Baseball, soccer seasons get underway in Taiwan". Reuters. 2020-04-13.
  3. "2020台企甲資格賽明天開戰，未來企甲升降級制怎麼玩？" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2019-03-07.
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