Chinese Taipei women's national football team

The Chinese Taipei women's national football team () represents Taiwan (Republic of China) in international women's football and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Football Association, the governing body for football in Taiwan.

History Under the Asian Ladies Football Confederation A women's national football team was form to represent Taiwan in the mid-1970s. Taiwan was among the founding members of the now defunct Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) along with Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore in 1968. Republic of China debuted at the Asian Women's Championship in 1977 which it won. They were also the champions at the 1980 and 1981 editions.

However China (People's Republic of China) having successfully petitioned the Asian Football Confederation to ban Taiwan to compete under the name of "Republic of China" due to its One China policy in 1974, have also applied pressure to the ALFC. In 1981, the Republic of China FA was renamed as the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA). For the 1981 Asian Women's Championship, the ALFC convinced Taiwan to compete under the name Mulan Taipei. The ALFC within the 1980s was absorbed into the AFC.

Oceania representatives Taiwan, now Chinese Taipei, briefly moved to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). They won the 1986 and 1989 OFC Women's Championships.

Readmission to the AFC Chinese Taipei were re-admitted to the AFC in 1989. Chinese Taipei is among the three Asian teams which qualified in the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 along with Japan and host China.

It also took part at the Women's World Invitational Tournament which was organized by Taiwan's football federation from 1978 to 1987.

The team have also continued to compete in the Asian Women's Championship (later known as the AFC Women's Asian Cup) since its return to the AFC, finishing no lower than fourth until 1999. However, after 1999, Chinese Taipei has failed to finish in the podium in succeeding editions and even not qualified from 2010 and 2018.

Chinese Taipei returned to the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2022. They reached the quarterfinals, losing to the Philippines via a shootout and consequentially missing qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team image Nicknames The Chinese Taipei women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Mulan". The nickname was adopted by the national federation during the tenure of then-chairman General Cheng Wei-yuan in 1975 after the Chinese folk heroine Hua Mulan. After the Chinese Taipei Football Association adopted a new logo featuring a Formosan blue magpie in the 2010s, the Blue Magpies has also been used as an unofficial moniker.

Kits and crest

FIFA World Ranking

, after the match against Bangladesh.

Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover

Rank Year Games Played Won Lost Drawn Best Worst Rank Move Rank Move 2022 5 2 2 1 39 0 39 0 39 2021 0 0 0 0 39 1 40 1

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

2025

2026

Fixtures and Results on Soccerway

All-time results

The following table shows Chinese Taipei women's all-time international record, correct as of 16 July 2025.

Against Played Won Drawn Lost Total 170 70 15 85 332 380

Source: Worldfootball.net

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

PositionName Head coach Patrick De Wilde Assistant coach Chuang Shu-Mei Yang Chun-Yen Goalkeeper coach Chen Yen-Fu Fitness coach Chen Chia-Hui Doctor Wu Chih-Kuan Physical therapist Cheng Pei-shan Managers Huang Yu-jun

Manager history

Chang Teng-yun (張騰雲), (1979) Liu Jun-tse (劉潤澤), (1977) Kao Yong (高庸), (1981, 1993, 1995–1998) Chong Tsu-pin (張子濱), (1990–1991) Chen Ting-hsiung (陳定雄), (1990) Hsieh Chih-chun (謝志君), (1994) Chang Ming-hsien (張明賢), (1999–2002) Lu Kuei-hua (呂桂花), (2003–2005, 2008) Chou Tai-ying (周台英), (2005–2006, 2010) Toshiaki Imai (今井敏明), (2007) Yen Shih-kai (顏士凱), (2012–2013, 2018) Masayuki Nagira (柳樂雅幸), (2013–2017) Kazuo Echigo (越後和男), (2019–2022) Yen Shih-kai (顏士凱), (2022–2023) Chan Hiu Ming (陳曉明), (2023–2025) Patrick De Wilde (2026–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Australia, announced by the AFC on 25 February 2026.

Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Notable players Chou Tai-ying (周台英) Shieh Su-jean (謝素貞) Hsu Chia-cheng (許家珍)

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics as of 1 October 2021.

Most capped players

# Player Year(s) Caps Goals

Top goalscorers

# Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Honours Major competitions AFC Women's Asian Cup Champions: 1977, 1980, 1981 Runners-up: 1989, 1999

OFC Women's Championship Champions: 1986, 1989

Regional AFF Women's Championship Runners-up: 2006

Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup recordHost / YearResultPosition 1991Quarter-finals8th4103215 1995Did not qualify 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027To be determined 2031To be determined 2035To be determinedTotal:1/9Quarter-finals8th4103215

FIFA Women's World Cup historyYearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium 1991Group stage17 NovemberL 0–5Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen19 NovemberL 0–3Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan21 NovemberW 2–0Jiangmen Stadium, JiangmenQuarter-finals24 NovemberL 0–7New Plaza Stadium, Foshan

Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordYearResultGPWDLGFGAGD 1996Did not qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 To be determinedTotal:0/7––––––––

AFC Women's Asian Cup AFC Women's Asian CupQualificationYearResultRank 1975Did Not EnterNo Qualification 1977Champions1st4400181+17 19801st7610190+19 19811st5500200+20 1983Did Not Enter 1986 1989Runners-up2nd530293+6 1991Third place3rd513193+6 1993Fourth place4th52031511+4 1995Third place3rd4211113+8 1997Fourth place4th4202712–5 1999Runners-up2nd6411255+20 2001Group stage5th4301241+23 20037th4211770 20068th3003114−13 20088th3003017−17 2010Did Not Qualify 2014 2018 2022Quarter-finals7th5212107+3 20267th520349-5Total:15/213 Titles693882317993+86 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

OFC Women's Nations Cup OFC Women's Nations Cup recordYearResultPosition 1983Did not participate 1986Champions1st440082 19891st5401153TotalChampions1st9801235

Asian Games Asian Games recordHost / YearResultRankMWDLGFGAGD 1990 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 13 4 +9 1994 Bronze medal 3rd 3 1 0 2 2 8 –6 1998 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 16 10 +6 2002 Group stage 5th 5 0 1 4 2 7 −5 2006 5th 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 2010 Did not enter 2014 Quarter-finals 7th 4 0 1 3 2 10 −8 2018 Fourth place 4th 6 2 1 3 12 7 +5 2022 Quarter-finals 6th 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 2026 Fifth place5th4202410 -6TotalBronze medal3rd38116215867-9

EAFF E-1 Football Championship EAFF E-1 Championship recordPreliminary round Year Result Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA 2005Did not enterDid not enter 2008Did not qualify3201144 2010Fourth place30030104301357 2013Did not qualify3102210 2015320162 201732011310 2019Fourth place3003013320182 2022Fourth place3003110—————— 2025 Fourth place 3 0 0 3 2 10 2 2 0 0 19 0 Total 4/9 12 0 0 12 3 43 21 14 0 7 97 35

AFF Women's Championship AFF Women's Championship recordYearResultInvitee 2006Runners-up311142Total1/12311142

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