Taiwan Football Premier League

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Taiwan Football Premier League
Taiwan Football Premier League.png
Founded2017; 5 years ago (2017)
CountryTaiwan
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toTaiwan Second Division Football League
International cup(s)AFC Cup
Current championsTaiwan Steel (2nd title)
(2021)
Most championshipsTatung (3 titles)
TV partnersVideoland Television Network
CTFA TV (YouTube)
Current: 2021 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[]

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[]

Taiwan Football Premier League is located in Taiwan
Hang Yuen
Hang Yuen
Ming Chuan
Taiwan Steel
Taipower
Taipei
Taipei
Taichung
Taichung
Taipei based clubs: Red Lions Tatung
Taipei based clubs:
Red Lions
Tatung
Taichung based clubs: Taichung Futuro NTUS
Taichung based clubs:
Taichung Futuro
NTUS
Locations of the 2020 Taiwan Football Premier League teams
Teams (2021)
Team Chinese Based in Stadium Capacity Seasons in TFPL First Season in TFPL
Hang Yuen 航源FC New Taipei Fu Jen Catholic University Football Field 3,000 5 2017
CPC 台灣中油足球隊 Kaohsiung 1 2021
Land Home NTUS 璉紅臺體 Taichung Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch 500 5 2017
Flight Skywalkers 台北展逸天行者 Taipei Various 4 2018
Taichung Futuro 台中FUTURO Taichung Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch 500 3 2019
Taiwan Steel 台南市台灣鋼鐵 Tainan Tainan South District Football Pitch 15,000 5 2017
Taipower 高市台電 Kaohsiung Kaohsiung National Stadium 55,000 5 2017
Tatung 北市大同 Taipei Taipei Municipal Stadium 20,000 5 2017

Past teams[]

Champions[]

Season Champion Runner-up Third place
2017 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2018 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2019 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2020 Taiwan Steel Taipower Taichung Futuro
2021 Taiwan Steel Taipower Taichung Futuro

Awards[]

Best Player[]

season winner team
2019 Turks and Caicos IslandsMarc Fenelus Tatung

Golden Boot[]

season winner team goals
2017 Turks and Caicos IslandsMarc Fenelus Tatung 38
2018 Turks and Caicos IslandsMarc Fenelus Tatung 27
2019 Haiti Benchy Estama Hang Yuen 25
2020 Ivory Coast Ange Samuel Tatung 20

Golden Glove[]

season winner team
2018 TaiwanChiu Yu-hung Taipower
2019 TaiwanPan Wen-chieh Tatung

Best Manager[]

season winner team
2017 Taiwan Chiang Mu-tsai Tatung
2018 Taiwan Chiang Mu-tsai Tatung
2019 Taiwan Chiang Mu-tsai Tatung

Fair Play Award[]

season team
2017 NSTC
2018 Tainan City F.C.
2019 Tatung

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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