The Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL; ) is the top-ranked
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
ese
football
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league run by the
Chinese Taipei Football Association
Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) is the governing body for football in the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan). Its official name in Chinese is the Republic of China Football Association, but due to the political status of Tai ...
(CTFA).
History
The Taiwan Football Premier League was founded in 2017 after the folding of the then highest-ranked National First Division Football League (
Intercity Football League
Intercity Football League () was the top-ranked division in the Taiwanese football (soccer) league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA), run from 2007 until 2016. From 2017, it was replaced by the Taiwan Football Premier League.
His ...
).
During the 2020
COVID-19
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
pandemic, it was one of the few football leagues in the world to begin and proceed without disruption, due to the relatively light situation in Taiwan compared to most other countries.
Competition format
The Taiwan Football Premier League's schedule usually 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 Challenge League
The AFC Challenge League (previously known as the AFC President's Cup, abbreviated as ACGL) is an annual third-tier continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The competition is played among clubs from n ...
.
Since 2020, a system of
promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...
exists between the Premier League and the
Taiwan Football Challenge League
The Taiwan Second Division Football League (sometimes called the Taiwan Football Challenge League) () is the second-ranked Taiwanese football league run by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA). This League is directly below the T ...
() . 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
Former teams
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NSTC (國家儲訓) (2017–2018)
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Royal Blues (皇家蔚藍) (2017–2018)
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Land Home NTUS (璉紅臺體) (2017–2021)
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CPC Corporation (台灣中油) (2021)
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Taipei Dragons (臺北龍) (2018–2021, 2023)
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Taipei Vikings (臺北Vikings) (2024)
Timeline
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Stadiums
Former stadiums
Champions
Performance by clubs
Awards
Best Player
Golden Boot
Golden Glove
Best Manager
Fair Play Award
Multiple hat-tricks
See also
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Intercity Football League
Intercity Football League () was the top-ranked division in the Taiwanese football (soccer) league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA), run from 2007 until 2016. From 2017, it was replaced by the Taiwan Football Premier League.
His ...
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Enterprise Football League
The Enterprise Football League (), formerly known as the National Football League () or the National First Division Football League (), was the highest-ranked Association football, football league in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was governe ...
References
{{Sport leagues in Taiwan
2017 establishments in Taiwan
Football leagues in Taiwan
Professional sports leagues in Taiwan
Recurring events established in 2017
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...