The 2018 season of the

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(TFPL) is the second season of top-flight

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competition in

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under its current format. The

includes eight teams. The season began in April 2018.

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finished at the top of the table, with that result,

won the League and earned an automatic berth in the

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. However, Hang Yuen was granted the

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berth after the champions declined the

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invitation in order to focus on next season.

Teams

The eight league teams are: *

F.C. Taicheng Lions Taipei Red Lions F.C. were a professional football club from Taipei, last participating in Taiwan Football Premier League. Red Lions has won two Taiwan Football Premier League promotion tournaments, six Taipei International Football Leagues, ...

Hang Yuen F.C. Hang Yuan Football Club (; also spelled Hang Yuen) is a professional football club based in New Taipei, Taiwan that competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League. The club was previously known as Air Source Development and is currently affili ...

Hasus TSU F.C. Land Home NTUS F.C., or National Taiwan University of Sport Football Team (), is a university-made football club based in Taichung, Taiwan, attached to National Taiwan University of Sport The National Taiwan University of Sport (NTUS; ) is ...

* National Sports Training Center F.C. *

Royal Blues F.C. Royal Blues Taipei () were a Taiwanese professional football club based in Taipei. In 2014/15 they won the BML League Title (2nd Division), only losing once in the process. On 16 August 2015, the Royal Blues won promotion to Division 1 and fi ...

* Tainan City F.C. *

Tatung F.C. Leopard Cat Football Club (), formerly known as Tatung Football Club, is a Taiwanese professional football club based in Taipei, that competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League. The club, affiliated with the electronics-producing Tatung Compa ...

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Qualification

Four teams entered the qualification stages of the tournament to play in the 2018 season of the TFPL. These teams were

Ming Chuan University Ming Chuan University (MCU; ) is a private university in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan, accredited in the United States of America and by AACSB. Ming Chuan University was ranked in the 451-500 range in QS Top Asia Universities Ranking 202 ...

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, Taicheng Lions and Bear Bro Ilan. Ming Chuan University and Tainan City were at the bottom of the chart in 2017. FC Taicheng and Bear Bro Ilan were new entrants in 2018. The games took place on January 27–29, 2018. Taicheng Lions and Tainan City finished first and second in the group, qualifying them for the league season.

League table

The season began on April 15, 2018

Top scorers

As of 9 October 2018

References

External links

Chinese Taipei Football Association
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