Chinese Taipei national football team

The Chinese Taipei national football team represents the Republic of China (Taiwan) in international football and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA, Traditional Chinese: 中華民國足球協會), the governing body for football in Taiwan.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Chinese Taipei women's national football team.

Chinese Taipei

Association	Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) 中華民國足球協會
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Vom Ca-nhum[1]
Captain	Chen Po-Liang
Most caps	Chen Po-Liang (79)
Top scorer	Chen Po-Liang (25)
Home stadium	Taipei Municipal Stadium Kaohsiung National Stadium
FIFA code	TPE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	138 (16 July 2020)[2]
Highest	121 (April–May 2018)
Lowest	191 (June 2016)
First international
Unofficial  Philippines 2–1 Republic of China (Manila, Philippines; 1 February 1913)[3][Note 1] Official Republic of China 3–2 South Vietnam  (Manila, Philippines; 1 May 1954)[5]
Biggest win
Chinese Taipei 10–0 Guam  (Macau, China; 17 June 2007)
Biggest defeat
Kuwait 10–0 Chinese Taipei  (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; 9 November 2006)
Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1960)
Best result	Third place (1960)
AFC Challenge Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2006)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2006)

Chinese Taipei national football team
Traditional Chinese	中華台北男子足球代表隊
Simplified Chinese	中华台北男子足球代表队
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Táiběi Nánzǐ Zúqiú Dàibiǎo Duì Wade–Giles Chung-hua T'ai-pei Nan-tzŭ Tsu-ch'iu Tai-piao Tui

Chinese Taipei football flag (before 2006)

Chinese Taipei Olympic Flag (officially used in football games)

Taiwan national flag

Taiwan against Cambodia at a friendly match on 8 October 2014

Taiwan against Thailand on 16 June 2015 in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

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 (CTFA) was founded in Mainland China as the China Football Association (CFA) 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.[6]

Due to the political conflict with People's Republic of China (China PR), 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 halfway 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.[7]

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 place        Fourth place  

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1938	Territory: Part of Japan / Government: Ruled mainland China only, which did not enter									Did not exist
1950	Did not enter									Did not enter
1954	Withdrew									Withdrew
1958
1962 to 1974	Did not enter									Did not enter
1978	Did not qualify									4	0	0	4	1	17
1982										8	1	3	4	5	8
1986										6	0	0	6	1	36
1990										2	0	0	2	1	8
1994										6	0	0	6	3	31
1998										6	1	1	4	4	13
2002										6	0	0	6	0	25
2006										8	2	0	6	9	27
2010										2	0	0	2	0	11
2014										2	1	0	1	4	4
2018										8	1	0	7	7	20
2022										To be determined
2026	To be determined									To be determimed
Total		0/22	0	0	0	0	0	0		58	6	4	48	35	200

Olympic Games record

Year	Result	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900 to 1936	Territory: Part of Japan / Government: Ruled mainland China only, which did not enter
1948	First round	14	1	0	0	1	0	4
1952 to 1956	Did not enter
1960	First round	16	3	0	0	3	3	12
1964 to 1976	Did not qualify
1980	Refused to participate
1984 to 1988	Did not qualify

For 1992 to 2016, see Chinese Taipei national under-23 football team

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup Record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1956	Did not qualify
1960	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	2	2
1964	Withdrew
1968	Fourth place	4th	4	0	2	2	3	10
1972	Withdrew
1976	Expelled
1980 to 1988	Did not enter
1992 to 2019	Did not qualify
Total	3rd Place	2/17	7	1	2	4	5	12

AFC Challenge Cup record

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	3	5
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
Total	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	3	5

East Asian Cup

EAFF East Asian Cup record										Preliminary round
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2003	Did not qualify									4	3	0	1	13	3
2005										4	1	1	2	9	7
2008										2	1	1	0	11	1
2010										3	1	0	2	5	8
2013										4	0	1	3	2	17
2015										3	0	1	2	1	3
2017										6	4	0	2	17	9
2019										3	1	0	2	3	5
Total	Best: –	0/8	–	–	–	–	–	–		29	11	4	14	61	53

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.

In 2002, the age is limited under 23 years old.

Results

All time results

Here are Taiwan's football results and fixtures' record since 1949.

Main article: Chinese Taipei national football team results

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2019

Chinese Taipei  v    Nepal

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 2022 WCQ R2	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Nepal	Taipei, Taiwan
19:10 UTC+8		Report	Bista  4', 62'	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Chinese Taipei  v  Australia

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 2022 WCQ R2	Chinese Taipei	1–7	Australia	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
19:10 UTC+8	Chen Yi-wei  21'	Report	Taggart  12', 19' Irvine  34', 37' Maclaren  84' Souttar  73', 89'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,251 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Kuwait  v  Chinese Taipei

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 2022 WCQ R2	Kuwait	9–0	Chinese Taipei	Kuwait City, Kuwait
19:00 UTC+3	Nasser  22', 59' Al Ansari  42' Al Faneeni  49' Al-Mutawa  55' Al-Harbi  62' Al-Khaldi  73' Chen Wei-chuan  77' (o.g.) Al-Azemi  73'	Report		Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

Jordan  v  Chinese Taipei

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 2022 WCQ R2	Jordan	5–0	Chinese Taipei	Amman, Jordan
18:00 UTC+2	Faisal  4', 75' Ersan  25' Al-Arab  43' Al-Dardour  62'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium Attendance: 2,289 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

2020

Nepal    v  Chinese Taipei

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 2022 WCQ R2	Nepal	v	Chinese Taipei	TBD, Nepal
--:-- UTC+5:45

Australia  v  Chinese Taipei

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) 2022 WCQ R2	Australia	v	Chinese Taipei	TBD, Australia
--:--

Chinese Taipei  v  Kuwait

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 2022 WCQ R2	Chinese Taipei	v	Kuwait	TBD, Taiwan
--:-- UTC+8

Competition records

AFC Asian Cup record

Main article: Chinese Taipei at the AFC Asian Cup

All qualifications

AFC Asian Cup										AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1984	Did not qualify									4	0	0	4	2	18
1988										5	1	3	1	5	5
1992	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify									4	1	0	3	2	8
2000										4	2	0	2	14	5
2004										6	2	1	3	15	15
2007										6	2	0	4	5	13
2011										6	2	1	3	7	9
2015										6	0	0	6	3	18
2019										18	6	5	7	16	23
Total	Best: –	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		59	16	10	33	69	114

Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

See also: Chinese Taipei national under-23 football team

Asian Games Record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1951	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	Champions	4	4	0	0	16	6
1958	Champions	5	5	0	0	11	4
1962	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	5	8
1970	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002–present	See Chinese Taipei national under-23 football team
Total	3/13	12	9	1	2	32	18

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round matches against  Jordan on 19 November 2019.
Caps and goals updated as of 19 November after the match against  Jordan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Pan Wen-chieh	(1992-06-29) 29 June 1992	32	0	Taiwan Steel
18	1GK	Chiu Yu-hung	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994	18	0	Taipower
23	1GK	Shih Shin-an	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992	0	0	Tatung
2	2DF	Wang Ruei	(1993-08-10) 10 August 1993	22	1	Yuen Long
3	2DF	Chen Ting-yang	(1992-09-28) 28 September 1992	46	3	Taichung FUTURO
4	2DF	Hung Tzu-kuei	(1993-06-01) 1 June 1993	24	0	Taichung FUTURO
5	2DF	Lin Cheng-yi	(1987-09-30) 30 September 1987	27	2	Taipower
6	2DF	Chen Wei-chuan	(1992-08-29) 29 August 1992	28	0	Taiwan Steel
8	2DF	Cheng Hao	(1997-01-13) 13 January 1997	2	0	Taiwan Steel
21	2DF	Hsieh Po-an	(1994-11-03) 3 November 1994	5	0	Taipower
7	3MF	Will Donkin	(2000-12-26) 26 December 2000	18	0	Stabæk
11	3MF	Wu Chun-ching	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988	50	8	Taiwan Steel
12	3MF	Wen Chih-hao	(1993-03-25) 25 March 1993	45	4	Beijing BSU
13	3MF	Lin Chang-lun	(1991-06-28) 28 June 1991	31	2	Taipower
14	3MF	Chen Chao-an	(1995-06-22) 22 June 1995	27	2	Taipower
15	3MF	Yen Ho-shen	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990	16	2	Taipower
16	3MF	Emilio Estevez	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998	3	0	ADO Den Haag
17	3MF	Chen Po-liang	(1988-08-11) 11 August 1988	79	25	Changchun Yatai
9	4FW	Ko Yu-ting	(1994-01-18) 18 January 1994	10	0	Taipower
10	4FW	Chen Hao-wei	(1992-04-30) 30 April 1992	49	8	Eastern
19	4FW	Lee Hsiang-wei	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996	7	0	Taipower
20	4FW	Onur Dogan	(1987-09-08) 8 September 1987	27	6	Tatung
22	4FW	Chen Jui-chieh	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995	8	0	Tatung

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Huang Chiu-lin	(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997	0	0	Hang Yuen	v.  Australia, 15 October 2019
GK	Tuan Hsuan	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997	0	0	Taiwan Steel	v.  Australia, 15 October 2019
GK	Lai Po-lun	(1999-06-25) 25 June 1999	0	0	Hang Yuen	v.    Nepal, 6 June 2019 ^PRE
GK	Li Guan-pei	(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000	0	0	Taiwan Steel	v.    Nepal, 6 June 2019 ^PRE
GK	Tsai Shuo-che	(1996-01-14) 14 January 1996	0	0	Tatung	v.  Solomon Islands, 24 March 2019
DF	Chen Sheng-wei	(1995-09-13) 13 September 1995	2	0	Taichung FUTURO	v.    Nepal, 10 September 2019
DF	Hsu Hung-chih	(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996	0	0	Hang Yuen	v.    Nepal, 10 September 2019 ^PRE
DF	Huang Chu-hsuan	(1990-02-23) 23 February 1990	2	0	Tatung	v.    Nepal, 10 September 2019 ^PRE
DF	Lin Shih-kai	(1994-11-17) 17 November 1994	1	0	Hang Yuen	v.  Jordan, 5 September 2019 ^PRE
DF	Wang Chien-ming	(1993-07-04) 4 July 1993	11	0	Unattached	v.  Jordan, 5 September 2019 ^PRE
DF	Yaki Yen	(1989-04-21) 21 April 1989	14	1	Qingdao Huanghai	v.  Jordan, 5 September 2019 ^PRE
DF	Li Kai-jie	(1996-07-22) 22 July 1996	5	0	Taichung FUTURO	v.    Nepal, 6 June 2019 ^PRE
DF	Lin Yueh-han	(1993-02-16) 16 February 1993	7	0	Taipower	v.    Nepal, 6 June 2019 ^PRE
DF	Weng Wei-pin	(1991-11-23) 23 November 1991	12	0	Tatung	v.    Nepal, 6 June 2019 ^PRE
MF	Chen Yi-wei	(1987-03-27) 27 March 1987	60	2	Taipower	v.  Kuwait, 14 November 2019
MF	Wu Yen-shu	(1999-10-21) 21 October 1999	3	0	Hang Yuen	v.  Australia, 15 October 2019
MF	Chan Che-yuan	(1989-10-23) 23 October 1989	30	0	Taipower	v.  Hong Kong, 11 June 2019
MF	Chen Kai-wen	(1996-11-05) 5 November 1996	0	0	National Taiwan University of Sport	v.    Nepal, 6 June 2019 ^PRE
MF	Hung Kai-chun	(1987-03-04) 4 March 1987	19	1	Taipower	v.  Myanmar, 19 March 2019 ^PRE
FW	Li Mao	(1992-11-02) 2 November 1992	27	5	Taichung FUTURO	v.  Australia, 15 October 2019
FW	Yu Chia-huang	(1998-04-23) 23 April 1998	7	0	Taiwan Steel	v.  Australia, 15 October 2019
FW	Chen Ching-hsuan	(1990-09-12) 12 September 1990	4	0	Hang Yuen	v.  Solomon Islands, 24 March 2019

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 (顏成坤)
1954–1958	Lee Wai Tong (李惠堂)
1966	Ho Ying Fun (何應芬)
1966, 1968, 1971	Pau King Yin (鮑景賢)
1967	Hsu King Shing (許竟成)
1977–1981	Law Pak (羅 北)
1981–1985	Chiang Chia (江 洽)
1985–1988	Lo Chih-Tsung (羅智聰)
1988–1993	Huang Jen- Cheng (黃仁成)
1994–2000	Chiang Mu-Tsai (強木在)
2000–2001	Huang Jen-Cheng (黃仁成)
2001–2005	Lee Po-Houng (李博洪)
2005	Edson Silva (埃德森席爾瓦)
2005–2007	Toshiaki Imai (今井敏明)
2008–2009	Chen Sing-An (陳信安)
2009–2011	Lo Chih-Tsung (羅智聰)
2011	Lee Tae-ho (李泰昊)
2012	Chen Kuei-Jen (陳貴人) (caretaker)
2012	Chiang Mu-Tsai (強木在)
2013–May 2016	Chen Kuei-Jen (陳貴人)
May–October 2016	Toshiaki Imai (今井敏明)
November 2016–August 2017	Kazuo Kuroda (黑田和生)
August–September 2017	Reiji Hirata (平田礼次) (caretaker)
September 2017 - September 2018	Gary White (蓋瑞·懷特)
September 2018–January 2019	Vom Ca-nhum (王家中) (caretaker)
January 2019–December 2019	Louis Lancaster (路易斯·蘭卡斯特)
February 2020–	Vom Ca-nhum (王家中)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Vom Ca-nhum
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeping Coach

See also

• List of Taiwanese footballers
• Taiwan national futsal team
• Taiwan women's national football team

Notes

1. China were represented by club side South China; this match is not considered an official match for China.[4]

References

1. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Chinese Taipei - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
3. "China matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: China. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
4. Bojan, Jovanovic (15 October 1999). "First Far Eastern Games 1913 (Manila)". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
5. "Taiwan matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Taiwan. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2014-01-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. Chan, Kin-wa. "Gary White lands Hong Kong job as Football Association finally confirm new head coach after months of speculation". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

External links

• Chinese Taipei at 2006 FIFA World Cup official website
• Chinese Taipei Football Association official website (in Chinese)
• Chinese Taipei national team squad at CTFA official website (in Chinese)