Taiwan Football Premier League


Taiwan Football Premier League is the top-ranked division in the Taiwanese football league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association.

History

The Taiwan Football Premier League was founded in 2017 after the folding of the then highest-ranked National First Division Football League.
Under the serious epidemic COVID-19 in 2020, TFPL due to light situation in Taiwan, become one of the few football leagues in the world to start the season as usual.

Competition Format

The Taiwan Football Premier League's schedule 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 . 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.。

Teams

TeamChineseBased inStadiumCapacitySeasons in TFPLFirst Season in TFPL
Hang Yuen航源FCNew TaipeiFu Jen University Football Field3,00042017
Ming Chuan University銘傳大學Taoyuan CityMing Chuan University32017
NTUS臺灣體大TaichungTaichung Taiyuan Football Pitch50042017
Red Lions FC紅獅FCTaipeiVarious32018
Taichung Futuro台中FUTUROTaichungTaichung Taiyuan Football Pitch50022019
Taiwan Steel台南市台灣鋼鐵TainanTainan South District Football Pitch15,00042017
Taipower高市台電KaohsiungKaohsiung National Stadium55,00042017
Tatung北市大同TaipeiTaipei Municipal Stadium20,00042017

Past Teams

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird Place
2017 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2018 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen
2019 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuen

Awards

Best Player

Golden Boot

Golden Glove

Best Manager

Fair Play Award