Hang Yuen FC

Hang Yuan Football Club (Chinese: 航源足球俱樂部; pinyin: Háng Yuán Zúqiú Jùlèbù) (also spelled Hang Yuen) is a professional football club based in New Taipei, Taiwan which currently competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League. The club were previously known as Air Source Development and is currently affiliated with Fu Jen Catholic University. Hang Yuan was the first Taiwanese team to take part in the AFC Cup Group Stage.

Hang Yuan
Full nameHang Yuan Football Club
Founded2012 (2012)
GroundFu Jen University Football Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanLin Yong-Cheng
CoachHong Qing-Huai
LeagueTaiwan Football Premier League
2019Taiwan Football Premier League, 3rd of 8

History

Intercity Football League era

The club formed as Air Source Development F.C. and first entered the Intercity Football League in 2013. The club struggled in its early years, regularly having to play in qualification rounds in order to preserve its top flight status. In 2013, the club finished 7th of 8 teams, picking up only 7 points. Though it won the next season's qualification tournament, it still finished with the same points tally next season, albeit at an improved 6th place due to Chiayi County F.C. finishing rock bottom with 0 points. They avoided the preliminary round for the 2015–16 season, but it proved to be their least successful season yet, as they followed Chiayi County in finishing bottom of the table with 0 points.

Taiwan Football Premier League

For the newly revamped 2017 Taiwan Football Premier League, Air Source Development changed their name to Hang Yuan F.C. and enlisted the help of Fu Jen Catholic University to improve the team's standard. This saw an immediate improvement, as Hang Yuan finished 4th in the league phase of the new top-flight structure in Taiwan. This finish allowed them to compete in the 3rd place play-off against Hasus TSU F.C. . Over two legs, Hang Yuan ran out 5-2 aggregate winners to finish 3rd in the inaugural TFPL season.

Due to the failures of Taipower and Tatung to obtain AFC Club Licences, Hang Yuan were granted Taiwan's place in the 2018 AFC Cup Group Stage, the first club from the country to do so. Signing Haiti international and former Major League Soccer midfielder Jean-Marc Alexandre, the team entered into a group with Benfica de Macau, and North Korean clubs April 25 Sports Club and Hwaebul. A close fought 3-2 defeat to Benfica de Macau was swiftly followed by a heave 5-1 loss to April 25.

Current squad
As of 11 April 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  TPE Huang Chiu-lin (黃秋霖)
3 DF  TPE Lai Ya-sa (賴亞薩)
4 FW  TPE Wu Bing-hsun (吳秉勳)
5 DF  TPE Huang Shih-yuan (黃士源)
6 DF  TPE Wo Pu-han (吳柏翰)
7 FW  TPE Lin Ming-wei (林明偉)
8 MF  TPE Lin Shih-kai (林世凱)
9 FW  TPE Chen Ching-hsuan (陳慶煊)
10 MF  TPE Chou Yu-chieh (周宇杰) (captain)
11 MF  TPE Liu Yung-fu (劉泳賦)
13 MF  TPE Kao Ssu-han (高嗣漢)
14 MF  TPE Lo Chi-hsien (羅吉賢)
15 MF  USA Michael Casey O'Gorman
16 DF  BRA Luan Anderson
17 FW  TPE Wu Rong-chueh (吳榮珏)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  TPE Yang Jia-bao (楊佳宝)
19 MF  TPE Ma Liang-cheng (馬良氶)
20 MF  TPE Fang Li-peng (方立芃)
21 MF  TPE Chiang Yu-cheng (江有成)
22 GK  TPE Lai Po-lun (賴柏綸)
23 MF  TPE Su Hsi-te (蘇喜德)
24 MF  TPE Hsu Han (徐 漢)
25 DF  JPN Atsushi Shimono
28 DF  TPE Liu Chia-ming (劉家銘)
30 DF  TPE Yang Chia-hung (楊佳宏)
32 MF  SLV William Isaac Lopez Esquivel
33 MF  TPE Wu Yen-shu (吳彥澍)
34 MF  HAI Louis Emmanuel
35 MF  TPE Hsu Yi (徐 翊)
66 MF  TPE Liu Chih-wen (劉智文)
90 MF  TPE Chang Ching-hsiang (張景翔)

Continental record
  • Hang Yuan's score listed first
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position
2018 AFC Cup Group I Benfica de Macau 1–4 2–3 4th
April 25 1–5 1–5
Hwaebul SC 0–1 1–6
2019 AFC Cup Group I April 25 0–3 0–5 4th
Tai Po 1–1 2–4
Kitchee 1–2 0–3
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