Chinese Taipei national football team
The Chinese Taipei national football team represents the Republic of China in international football and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Football Association, the governing body for football in Taiwan.
It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation. Despite never qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, Taiwan reached the semi-finals of the 1960 and 1968 AFC Asian Cups, finishing third in the former. The side also won gold in the football sector at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games although the players in the team originated from British Hong Kong.
History
The Chinese Taipei Football Association was founded in Mainland China as the China Football Association in 1924 and relocated to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of the Chinese Civil War. Affiliated with FIFA in 1932 as China, it rejoined FIFA in 1954, first under the name Taiwan, then Republic of China, and later Chinese Taipei.The team's greatest success came when they finished third in the Asian Cup in 1960, playing as Taiwan. However, the players in the team originally also came from Hong Kong as the reputation of the Hong Kong national football team was not as good.
Due to the political conflict with People's Republic of China, Taiwan played in the OFC World Cup qualifying tournaments from 1975 to 1989.
The side reached their highest FIFA World Ranking of 121 in July 2018 under the guidance of renowned English coach Gary White. White led a successful period for the team, including winning 7 FIFA international games in a row. Charged with taking Taiwan to their first AFC Asian Cup since 1968, White took over the team half way through the qualification campaign and missed qualifying the team by one point. White's process included scouting Taiwanese talent from abroad to improve the standard of football on the island, tapping Tim Chow and Will Donkin for the national team. In December 2017, the country hosted the CTFA International Tournament, designed to test the country in preparation for stronger teams in the future, bringing Taiwan’s first international trophy in 55 years. White was head-hunted by the Hong Kong national team and departed Taiwan in September 2018.
Stadium
Many of the team's home matches were played in the Chungshan Soccer Stadium in Taipei, which was closed in 2008. The stadium's capacity was slightly above 20,000 and is a football specific stadium.The qualification match for 2012 AFC Challenge Cup in February 2011 was played on Kaohsiung National Stadium, while the qualification match for 2014 FIFA World Cup in July 2011 was played on Taipei Municipal Stadium.
Competition history
Champions Runners-up Third placeFourth place
World Cup record
Olympic Games record
For 1992 to 2016, see Chinese Taipei national under-23 football teamAFC Asian Cup record
AFC Challenge Cup record
East Asian Cup
Asian Games record
- 1951 – Did not enter
- 1954 – Champion
- 1958 – Champion
- 1962 – Did not enter
- 1966 – Preliminary round
- 1970 to 1998 – Did not enter due to weak football strength.
Results
All time results
Here are Taiwan's football results and fixtures' record since 1949.Recent and forthcoming fixtures
2019
2020
Competition records
AFC Asian Cup record
All qualifications
Asian Games
Current squad
The following players were selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round matches against on 19 November 2019.Caps and goals updated as of 19 November after the match against.
Recent call-ups
The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past twelve months.Kits
Kit suppliers
The official kit supplier is currently produced by ANGO since 2019, a local sports brand in Taiwan.Managers
| Years | Manager |
| 1936 |   Ngan Shing-kwan |
| 1954–1958 | Lee Wai Tong |
| 1966 |  Ho Ying Fun |
| 1966, 1968, 1971 | Pau King Yin |
| 1967 | Hsu King Shing |
| 1977–1981 |  Law Pak |
| 1981–1985 | Chiang Chia |
| 1985–1988 | Lo Chih-Tsung |
| 1988–1993 | Huang Jen- Cheng |
| 1994–2000 | Chiang Mu-Tsai |
| 2000–2001 | Huang Jen-Cheng |
| 2001–2005 | Lee Po-Houng |
| 2005 |  Edson Silva |
| 2005–2007 |  Toshiaki Imai |
| 2008–2009 | Chen Sing-An |
| 2009–2011 | Lo Chih-Tsung |
| 2011 |  Lee Tae-ho |
| 2012 | Chen Kuei-Jen |
| 2012 | Chiang Mu-Tsai |
| 2013–May 2016 | Chen Kuei-Jen |
| May–October 2016 | Toshiaki Imai |
| November 2016–August 2017 | Kazuo Kuroda |
| August–September 2017 | Reiji Hirata |
| September 2017 - September 2018 |  Gary White |
| September 2018–January 2019 | Vom Ca-nhum |
| January 2019–December 2019 | Louis Lancaster |
| February 2020– | Vom Ca-nhum |