The 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League was 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 and finished on 8 December 2024.
Teams Promotions and relegations 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 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 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.
Promoted from2023 second division Relegated from2023 TFPL Vikings–PlayOne Taipei Dragons
Teams and locations + 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 FC Vikings 臺北維京人 Taipei City 1 2024 Taipower 台灣電力 Kaohsiung City 8 2017
Venues 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.
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 Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Former Player Futuro Kenya Matsui Keisuke Ogawa Nagisa Sakurauchi Toshio Shimakawa Kaoru Takayama Takuro Uehara Koji Wada Shohei Yokoyama Leopard Cat FC Elias Argueta Garrydo Taiyo Izumi Nichodemus Malika Nathan Rilloraza Naoyuki Yamazaki Ming Chuan University Matías Godoy Yamato Kumagai Shinshu Minamitani Haru Tanaka New Taipei Hang Yuen Benchy Estama Naoki Kaneko Shingo Koreeda Kwon Seung-seong William López Kentaro Sato Genki Tateiwa Sunny Bank AC Taipei Gustavo Garcia Yugo Ichiyanagi Ryosei Kamada Kenshin Katata Tsuyoshi Kusuyama Jun Uchida Tainan City Maurício Cortés Kim Sang-jun Kim Sung-kyum So Narita Matheus Porto Mohamed Sakkouh Seo Chan-wook Toninho Taipower Jensen Viking Yunosuke Fukasawa Benchy Estama Garrydo Matías Godoy Ben Ouédraogo Jamal Ely Rousseau Shunkun Tani Justin Wilson
Dual citizenship/ naturalised / heritage players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 New Taipei Hang Yuen Emilio Estevez Jhon Benchy William López Taichung Futuro Yoshitaka Komori Leopard Cat Onur Dogan
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsorFuturo Fang Ching-ren Chen Ting-yangJomaHota-GearLeopard Cat Chiang Mu-tsai Nichodemus MalikaMIEMing Chuan University Tseng Tai-lin Matias GodoyNew Taipei Hang Yuen Hung Chin-hwai Huang Yung-chunTor StarSunny Bank AC Taipei Chen Sing-an Yugo IchiyanagiUcanSunny BankTainan City TSG Raphaël Blanchon Wu Chun-chingKelmeTaiwan Steel GroupFC Vikings Hao Yuan-shuo Yu Chun-hsiangJomaTaipower Huang Che-ming Chen Chao-anMIETaipower
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointmentFuturo Jun HirabayashiSigned by Hanoi23 January 2024Pre-season Fang Ching-ren23 January 2024Tainan City TSG Lo Chih-tsungResigned12 March 2024 Raphaël Blanchon12 March 2024FC Vikings Oliver HarleyMutual consent5 May 20247th Hao Yuan-shuo5 May 2024
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Results
Regular season Each team plays a total of 21 games, playing the other teams three times.
Promotion–relegation playoffs Ming Chuan University, finishing 7th in 2024 TFPL season, was required to play in the promotion–relegation playoffs. NUK Kuo Kuang finished 2nd in 2024 League 2 and was expected to play in the playoffs. However, Inter Taoyuan, finishing 3rd in 2024 League 2 took over the opportunity due to the NUK Kuo Kuang didn't apply for the CTFA club licensing, which is required for playing in the Taiwan Football Premier League.
Statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Gao Wei-jie for Taipower against AC Taipei (14 April 2024)
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Li MaoFuturo92 Gao Wei-jieTaipower83 Benchy EstamaNew Taipei Hang Yuen7 Matias GodoyMing Chuan University5 Maurício CortésTainan City TSG66 Chen Jui-chiehTainan City TSG5 Kaoru TakayamaFuturo Jun UchidaSunny Bank AC Taipei Naoyuki YamazakiLeopard Cat10 Chen Po-haoLeopard Cat4 Cheng HaoFuturo Yamato KumagaiMing Chuan University Wu Yu-fanTaipower Shohei YokoyamaFuturo
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstScoreDateRound Jun UchidaSunny Bank AC TaipeiMing Chuan University5–0 (H)30 June 202410 ToninhoTainan City TSGLeopard Cat5–0 (A)14 September 202415
Clean Sheets RankPlayerClubShutouts1 Kenya MatsuiFuturo7 Pan Wen-chiehTainan City TSG3 Huang Chiu-linTaipower3 Odo JacobsNew Taipei Hang Yuen5 Chang Po-fengNew Taipei Hang Yuen2 Kenshin KatataSunny Bank AC Taipei Tuan YuFuturo Wang Po-hanLeopard Cat9 Chang Hsiang-chunTaipower1 Chen Yu-chenTaipei Vikings Huang Hao-kaiMing Chuan University Shih Hsin-anLeopard Cat Tuan HsuanSunny Bank AC Taipei Wang Huai-chihMing Chuan University
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 5 Chen Yao-ming (Taipei Vikings) Lee Pin-hsien (Leopard Cat) Nagisa Sakurauchi (Futuro) Most red cards: 1 Chen Wei-chuan (Tainan City TSG) Chen Yao-ming (Taipei Vikings) Lee Pin-hsien (Leopard Cat) Ma Liang-cheng (Ming Chuan University) Peng Chia-en (Taipei Vikings) Tuan Hsuan (Sunny Bank AC Taipei)
Team Most yellow cards: 31 Taipower Fewest yellow cards: 21 Tainan City TSG Taipei Vikings Most red cards: 2 Taipei Vikings Fewest red cards: 0 Futuro New Taipei Hang Yuen Taipower
Attendances
See also 2024 Taiwan Football League Division 2 2024 Taiwan Mulan Football League
References
External links Chinese Taipei Football Association