Taiwan Football Premier League

Football league

Taiwan Football Premier League

Founded| 2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Country| Taiwan
Confederation| AFC
Number of clubs| 8
Level on pyramid| 1
Relegation to| Taiwan Second Division Football League
International cup(s)| AFC Challenge League
Current champions| Tainan City TSG (5th title)
(2024)
Most championships| Tainan City TSG
(5 titles)
Top goalscorer|  Marc Fenelus
(149 goals)
TV partners| Sportcast
Current: 2024 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).

## History

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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

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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) . 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

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Teams (2025)  Team  | Chinese  | Based in  | Seasons in TFPL  | First season in TFPL

|
|
|
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Futuro | Futuro  | Taichung City | 7  | 2019
Leopard Cat | 臺灣石虎  | Taipei City | 9  | 2017
Ming Chuan University | 銘傳大學  | Taoyuan City | 7  | 2017
New Taipei Hang Yuen | 新北航源  | New Taipei City | 9  | 2017
Sunny Bank AC Taipei | 陽信台北競技  | Taipei City | 4  | 2022
TCRFC | 臺中磐石  | Taichung City | 1  | 2025
Tainan City | 南市台鋼  | Tainan City | 9  | 2017
Taipower | 台灣電力  | Kaohsiung City | 9  | 2017

### Former teams

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* NSTC (國家儲訓) (2017–2018)
* Royal Blues (皇家蔚藍) (2017–2018)
* Land Home NTUS (璉紅臺體) (2017–2021)
* CPC Corporation (台灣中油) (2021)
* Taipei Dragons (臺北龍) (2018–2021, 2023)
* Taipei Vikings  (臺北Vikings) (2024)

### Timeline

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Current team Former team Second division

## Stadiums

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Stadiums (2024)  Stadium  | Chinese  | Location  | Capacity  | Map

|
|
|
|

Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium  | 輔仁大學足球場  | New Taipei City | 3,000  |

FJU

Nanzih

MCU

NTPU

Tainan

Taipei

Taiyuan

Xitun

Yilan

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
Xitun Football Field  | 西屯足球場  | Taichung City |
Yilan Sports Park Multipurpose Stadium  | 宜蘭運動公園複合式運動場  | Yilan County | 15,000

### Former stadiums

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Stadium  | Chinese  | Location  | Capacity

|
|
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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 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
Yingfeng Riverside Park Football Pitch  | 迎風河濱公園足球場  | Taipei City | 100

## Champions

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Season  | Champion  | Runner-up  | Third place

|
|
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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

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Club | Winners | Runners-up  | Winning years

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|
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Tainan City | 5  | 0  |  2020 ,  2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024
Tatung/ Leopard Cat | 3  | 1  |  2017 ,  2018 ,  2019
Taipower | 0  | 5  |
Taichung Futuro | 0  | 2  |

## Awards

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### Best Player

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Season  | Winner  | Team

|
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2019 |  Marc Fenelus | Tatung
2020 |  Wu Chun-ching | Tainan City
2021 |  Wu Chun-ching | Tainan City
2022 |  Ange Kouamé | Tainan City
2023 |  Ange Kouamé | Tainan City

### Golden Boot

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Season  | Winner  | Team  | Goals

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|
|

2017 |  Marc Fenelus (1)  | Tatung | 35
2018 |  Marc Fenelus (2)  | Tatung | 27
2019 |  Benchy Estama | Hang Yuen | 25
2020 |  Ange Kouamé | Tatung | 20
2021 |  Marc Fenelus (3)  | Tainan City | 11
2022 |  Marc Fenelus (4)  | Tainan City | 20
2023  |  Huang Wei-chieh  | AC Taipei  | 13

### Golden Glove

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Season  | Winner  | Team

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|

2018  |  Chiu Yu-Hung  |  Taipower
2019 |  Pan Wen-Chieh  |  Tatung
2020 |  Tuan Yu  | Taichung Futuro
2021 |  Pan Wen-Chieh (2)  |  Tainan City
2022 |  Pan Wen-Chieh (3)  |  Taichung Futuro
2023  |  Pan Wen-Chieh (4)  |  Tainan City

### Best Manager

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Season  | Winner  | Team

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|

2017 |  Chiang Mu-tsai |  Tatung
2018 |  Chiang Mu-tsai (2)  |  Tatung
2019 |  Chiang Mu-tsai (3)  |  Tatung
2020  |  Lo Chih-Tsung  |  Tainan City
2021  |  Lo Chih-Tsung (2)  |  Tainan City
2022  |  Lo Chih-Tsung  (3)  |  Tainan City
2023  |  Lo Chih-Tsung (4)  |  Tainan City

### Fair Play Award

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Season  | Team

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

## Multiple hat-tricks

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Rank  | Country  | Player  | Hat-tricks

|
|
|

1  |  | Marc Fenelus | 6
2  |  | Angel Samuel Kouamé | 5
3  |  | Jhon Miky Benchy Estama | 4
4  |  | Joo Ik-seong | 3
5  |  | Hsu Fan-shao  | 2
6  |  | Lin Chang-lun | 1
| Lin Cheng-hsun
| Chu En-le
| Lee Hsiang-wei
| Chiu I-huan
| Li Mao
| Chen Po-yu
| Jun Uchida
| Huang Wei-chieh
| Wu Yen-shi
| Z Yicheng
| Shohei Yokoyama
| Ko Yu-ting

## See also

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* Intercity Football League
* Enterprise Football League

## References

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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. Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
2. ^ "Baseball, soccer seasons get underway in Taiwan". Reuters. 2020-04-13. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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)). Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2019-03-07.

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