National Sports Training Center is a former football team based in

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, and was the football club for Taiwan's National Sports Training Center. It was merged in 2003 with the Lukuang football team, Taiwan's land army football team, after the option of alternate service in the Taiwanese militia. It participated in

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. The football team is disbanded in 2019.

History

Formerly known as the Lukuang football team () or Taiwan Army football team, the NTSC football team belonged to the

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and competed in the

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. Since the

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has the policy of conscription for all male citizens, qualified footballers could choose to join the Lukuang football team instead of the regular militia service after passing the tryouts. It helped the players to keep their form and provided additional selection and management to the

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. As a result, most national team members have played for Lukuang. In 2000, Lukuang quit the league due to military reform, but returned in 2003 under the new name of Taiwan National Sports Training Center football team and are affiliated with Taiwan's National Sports Training Center. In 2018, due to changes in military conscription policy, the service period for conscription had shortened. This led to the football team having to loan players for the year. In 2019, due to insufficient players, the football team had decided to disband. This is the third NSTC team, following volleyball and baseball, to be disbanded.

Naming Scheme

The Taiwan NSTC football team entered the

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with a different name almost every year. * 2006:

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(富邦金控) * 2007: Chateau Beach Resort Kenting (墾丁夏都沙灘酒店) * 2008: National Sports Training Center (國家運動選手訓練中心)

2018 squad

''* Name spellings of some players have yet been confirmed. See :zh:台灣國訓足球隊 for their Chinese names.''

Achievements

;As Lukuang *

: ** Runners-up (2): 1984, 1991 ;As NSTC *

: ** Runners-up (1):

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Managers

* Jong Chien-wu (鍾劍武), 1991

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