The 2025–26 Taiwan Football Premier League was the ninth season of Taiwan Football Premier League, the top-flight association football competition in Taiwan under its current format. Starting from this season, the league changed to July-June season format. The season began on 17 August 2025 and finished on 30 May 2026.
Teams Promotions and relegations There are 8 teams in the league, including 7 teams from the 2024 season and 1 team promoted from the 2024 League 2.
Teams relegated to League 2 Taipei Vikings was the only team relegated after finishing last place in the previous season, ending their one year stay in the top tier. However, Taipei Vikings didn't participate in the 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup, led them to forfeit their playing spot in League 2 for the 2025–26 season.
Teams promoted from League 2 Taichung Rock, the champions of League 2 in 2024 earned automatic promotion and was the only team promoted after Inter Taoyuan had lost 1–2 to Ming Chuan University in the promotion/relegation playoffs.
Promoted from2024 League 2 Relegated from2024 TFPL Taichung Rock Taipei Vikings
Teams and locations + Team Chinese Based in Seasons in TFPL First season in TFPL Ming Chuan University 銘傳大學 Taoyuan City 7 2017 New Taipei Hang Yuan 新北航源 New Taipei City 9 2017 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 陽信北競 Taipei City 4 2022 Taichung Futuro 台中Futuro Taichung City 7 2019 Taichung Rock 台中磐石 Taichung City 1 2025–26 Tainan City TSG 南市台鋼 Tainan City 9 2017 Taipower 台灣電力 Kaohsiung City 9 2017 Tatung 大同 Taipei City 9 2017
Venues Taiwan Football Premier League teams currently don't play all their home games in a specific home ground. All venues will hold two different matches 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 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 200
Foreign players Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window. Ming Chuan University New Taipei Hang Yuan Sunny Bank AC Taipei Taichung Futuro Taichung Rock Tainan City TSG Taipower Tatung Jackson Etheridge Matías Godoy Mashu Minamitani Oh Tae-gyun Bradley Sibanda Bryan Vega Angelo Vergara Gaël Zabramba Elías Argueta Naoki Kaneko Shingo Koreeda Kwon Seung-seong Takuto Miki Kentaro Sato Genki Tateiwa Gustavo Arreaga Yugo Ichiyanagi Ryosei Kamada Kenshin Katata Tsuyoshi Kusuyama Jun Uchida Naoyuki Yamazaki Kenya Matsui Munkh-Orgil Orkhon Shoya Nagata Keisuke Ogawa Ryota Saito Nagisa Sakurauchi Kaoru Takayama Shohei Yokoyama Sora Yamauchi Facundo Aranda Esteban Gómez Diocounda Gory Kim Sang-jun Kim Sung-kyum Kim Young-geun Oh Se-sim Matheus Porto Mohamed Sakkouh Ertuğrul Bastug Clovis Fahn Yunosuke Fukasawa Taiyo Izumi Jun Kochi Yamato Kumagai Nichodemus Malika Enock Wanyama
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor Ming Chuan University Tseng Tai-lin Ng Pui Hei Hetian New Taipei Hang Yuan Hung Chin-hwai Huang Yung-chun Entes Sunny Bank AC Taipei Abel Lorenzo Yugo Ichiyanagi Ucan Sunny Bank Taichung Futuro Fang Ching-ren Chen Ting-yang Joma Taichung City Government Taichung Rock Yoshiharu Ezoe Wang Yi-you Joma S.Pellegrino Tainan City TSG Carlos Garcia Wu Chun-ching Kelme Taiwan Steel Group Taipower Chen Chieh-jen Chen Chao-an Joma Taipower Tatung Liu Cheng-ho Nichodemus Malika Entes Tatung
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner ofdeparture Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date ofappointment Tainan City TSG Raphael Blanchon Assigned to assistant coach 1 December 2024 Pre-season Chang Wu-yeh11 August 2025 Taichung Rock Lin Chi-fu End of contract 8 December 2024 Raphael Blanchon 21 July 2025 Tatung Chiang Mu-tsaiSigned by Vikings15 January 2025 Liu Cheng-ho18 March 2025 Sunny Bank AC Taipei Chen Sing-anAssigned to Chinese Taipei19 May 2025 Abel Lorenzo10 August 2025 Tainan City TSG Chang Wu-yeh Undisclosed2 November 2025 5th Carlos Garcia23 November 2025 Taichung Rock Raphael Blanchon3 November 2025 4th Choir Chee Keat (caretaker) Taipower Huang Che-ming 2nd Chen Chieh-jen Taichung Rock Choir Chee Keat End of caretaker spell2 March 2026 5th Yoshiharu Ezoe8 March 2026
League table
Position by round
Results Regular season Each team plays a total of 21 games, playing the other teams three times.
Results by round
Promotion–relegation playoffs
Statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Kung Chih-yu (Taichung Rock) against New Taipei Hang Yuan (17 August 2025) Last goal of the season: Jhon Benchy (Tainan City TSG) against New Taipei Hang Yuan (30 May 2026)
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kang Tae-wonNew Taipei Hang Yuan122 Jhon BenchyTainan City TSG10 Matheus PortoTainan City TSG Yu Chia-huangTatung5 Huang Wei-chiehSunny Bank AC Taipei8 Lai Yi-chiaoTaichung Futuro7 Ryota SaitoTaichung Futuro7 Sora YamauchiTaichung Rock9 Matias GodoyMing Chuan University610 Chen Chao-anTaipower5 Liu Chien-weiTaichung Rock Yao Ko-chiTainan City TSG Yeh Ching-chunTaipower
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstScoreDateRound Yao Ko-chiTainan City TSGMing Chuan University6–0 (A)14 September 20253 Lai Yi-chiaoTaichung FuturoTatung5–0 (H)26 October 20256 Kang Tae-wonNew Taipei Hang YuanMing Chuan University7–0 (H)30 November 20259 Jhon BenchyTainan City TSGTaipower4–3 (H)12 April 202615
Own goals PlayerForAgainstDateRound Chao Wei-chiehTatungTaichung Rock21 September 20254 Lee Hung-chunTaichung RockNew Taipei Hang Yuan23 November 20258 Jackson EtheridgeMing Chuan UniversityTaipower1 March 202613 Liao Chieh-yangTaipowerTatung8 March 202614 Huang Chun-linNew Taipei Hang YuanTaichung Rock12 April 202615 Shih Cheng-hsiTatungTaipower24 May 202621
Clean Sheets RankPlayerClubShutouts1 Odo JacobsNew Taipei Hang Yuan82 Pan Wen-chiehTainan City TSG73 Kenya MatsuiTaichung Futuro54 Tsai Yu-hsiangTaichung Rock4 Tuan HsuanSunny Bank AC Taipei6 Chang Po-fengNew Taipei Hang Yuan3 Jun KochiTatung Tsai Shuo-cheTainan City TSG9 Huang Chiu-linTaipower2 Huang Huai-hsienTaichung Rock
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 9 Chen Yen-jui (Sunny Bank AC Taipei) Chen Yu-lin (Sunny Bank AC Taipei) Most red cards: 1 Chang Yu-cheng (Ming Chuan University) Chen Chao-an (Taipower) Chen Yen-jui (Sunny Bank AC Taipei) Chen Yu-lin (Sunny Bank AC Taipei) Hsieh Po-an (Taipower) Kim Sang-jun (Tainan City TSG) Kenya Matsui (Taichung Futuro) Mohamed Sakkouh (Tainan City TSG) Genki Tateiwa (New Taipei Hang Yuan) Tsai Chieh-hsun (Taichung Futuro) Tsai Chun-sheng (Taichung Rock) Wang Po-ying (New Taipei Hang Yuan) Yeh Ching-chun (Taipower)
Team Most yellow cards: 55 Tainan City TSG Fewest yellow cards: 22 New Taipei Hang Yuan Most red cards: 3 Taipower Fewest red cards: 0 Tatung
Awards AwardWinnerClub Player of the Year Kim Sung-kyum Tainan City TSG Coach of the Year Carlos Garcia Tainan City TSG Golden Boot Kang Tae-won New Taipei Hang Yuan Golden Gloves Odo Jacobs New Taipei Hang Yuan
See also 2025–26 Taiwan Football League 2 2025–26 Taiwan Mulan Football League
References
External links Chinese Taipei Football Association