The Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL; ) is the top-ranked Taiwanese football league run by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (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).
During the 2020 COVID-19 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 August to May. 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.
Since 2020, a system of promotion and relegation exists between the Premier League and the Taiwan Second Division Football League . The lowest placed team in the Premier League is relegated to the Second Division, and the top team from the Second Division promoted to the Premier League. The runners-up of the Second Division will play in a qualification tournament with the 7th in the Premier League, which the winner stays in the first Division.
Teams + Teams (2026–27) Team Chinese Based in Seasons in TFPL First season in TFPL Kaohsiung Attackers 高雄先鋒 Kaohsiung City 1 2026–27 New Taipei Hang Yuan 新北航源 New Taipei City 10 2017 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 陽信台北競技 Taipei City 5 2022 Taichung Futuro 台中Futuro Taichung City 8 2019 Taichung Rock 台中磐石 Taichung City 2 2025–26 Tainan City TSG 南市台鋼 Tainan City 10 2017 Taipower 台灣電力 Kaohsiung City 10 2017 Tatung Taiwan Leopard Cat 大同臺灣石虎 Taipei City 10 2017
Former teams National Sports Training Center (國家儲訓) (2017–2018) Royal Blues (皇家蔚藍) (2017–2018) Land Home NTUS (璉紅臺體) (2017–2021) Red Lions (紅獅) (2018–2020) CPC Corporation (台灣中油) (2021) Taipei Dragons (臺北龍) (2021, 2023) Taipei Vikings (臺北Vikings) (2024) Ming Chuan University (銘傳大學) (2017, 2019–2020, 2022–2026)
Timeline
Stadiums + Stadiums (2026–27) Stadium Chinese Location Capacity Map Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium 輔仁大學足球場 New Taipei City 3,000 Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium 高雄市立楠梓足球場 Kaohsiung City 1,200 Taichung Football Sports and Leisure Park Training Pitch 南屯人工草皮練習場 Taichung City Tainan Municipal Football Field 臺南市立足球場 Tainan City 2,000 Taipei Municipal Stadium 臺北田徑場 Taipei City 20,000 Taiyuan Football Field 太原足球場 Taichung City 600 Xitun Football Field 西屯足球場 Taichung City 200 Xizhi Sports Field 汐止綜合運動場 New Taipei City 466
Former stadiums + Stadium Chinese Location Capacity Hsinchu County Second Stadium 新竹縣第二運動場 Hsinchu County 2,500 Ming Chuan University Taoyuan Campus 銘傳大學龜山校區 Taoyuan City 5,000 National Stadium 國家體育場 Kaohsiung City 55,000 National Taipei University 國立臺北大學 New Taipei City 300 National Taiwan Sport University Football Field 國體人工足球場 Taoyuan City 3,000 National Taiwan University Zhubei Branch Football Field 臺大竹北校區足球場 Hsinchu County 500 National Yilan Senior High School Football Field 宜蘭高中足球場 Yilan County Siao-Long Football Stadium 蕭壠足球場 Tainan City 752 Tainan Municipal Stadium 臺南市立體育場 Tainan City 20,000 Tainan Municipal Xinying Stadium 臺南市立新營體育場 Tainan City 30,000 Yilan Sports Park Multipurpose Stadium 宜蘭運動公園複合式運動場 Yilan County 15,000 Yingfeng Riverside Park Football Pitch 迎風河濱公園足球場 Taipei City 100
Champions
+ Season Champion Runner-up Third place 2017 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuan 2018 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuan 2019 Tatung Taipower Hang Yuan 2020 Tainan City TSG Taipower Taichung Futuro 2021 Tainan City TSG Taipower Taichung Futuro 2022 Tainan City TSG Taichung Futuro Taipower 2023 Tainan City TSG Leopard Cat Taipower 2024 Tainan City TSG Taichung Futuro New Taipei Hang Yuan 2025–26 Tainan City TSG New Taipei Hang Yuan Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Performance by clubs
+ Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Tainan City 6 0 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024 , 2025–26 Tatung/ Leopard Cat 3 1 2017 , 2018 , 2019 Taipower 0 5 Taichung Futuro 0 2 Hang Yuan 0 1
Awards
Best Player SeasonWinnerTeam 2019 Marc Fenelus Tatung 2020 Wu Chun-ching Tainan City 2021 Wu Chun-ching Tainan City 2022 Ange Kouamé Tainan City 2023 Ange Kouamé Tainan City 2024 Chen Wei-Chuan Tainan City 2025–26 Kim Sung-kyum Tainan City
Golden Boot
Season Winner Team Goals 2017 Marc Fenelus (1) Tatung 35 2018 Marc Fenelus (2) Tatung 27 2019 Benchy Estama Hang Yuen 25 2020 Ange Kouamé Tatung 20 2021 Marc Fenelus (3) Tainan City 11 2022 Marc Fenelus (4) Tainan City 20 2023 Huang Wei-chieh AC Taipei 13 2024 Maurício Cortés Tainan City 13 2025–26 Kang Tae-won Hang Yuan 12
Golden Glove
SeasonWinnerTeam 2018 Chiu Yu-Hung Taipower 2019 Pan Wen-Chieh (1) Tatung 2020 Tuan Yu Taichung Futuro 2021 Pan Wen-Chieh (2) Tainan City 2022 Pan Wen-Chieh (3) Taichung Futuro 2023 Pan Wen-Chieh (4) Tainan City 2024 Pan Wen-Chieh (5) Tainan City 2025–26 Odo Jacobs Hang Yuan
Best Manager
Season Winner Team 2017 Chiang Mu-Tsai (1) Tatung 2018 Chiang Mu-Tsai (2) Tatung 2019 Chiang Mu-Tsai (3) Tatung 2020 Lo Chih-Tsung (1) Tainan City 2021 Lo Chih-Tsung (2) Tainan City 2022 Lo Chih-Tsung (3) Tainan City 2023 Lo Chih-Tsung (4) Tainan City 2024 Raphaël Blanchon Tainan City 2025–26 Carlos Garcia Tainan City
Fair Play Award
SeasonTeam 2017 NSTC 2018 Tainan City 2019 Tatung 2020 Land Home NTUS 2021 Land Home NTUS
Multiple hat-tricks Rank Country Player Hat-tricks 1Marc Fenelus62 Angel Samuel Kouamé53Jhon Miky Benchy Estama44Joo Ik-seong35Hsu Fan-shao26Lin Chang-lun1Lin Cheng-hsunChu En-leLee Hsiang-weiChiu I-huanLi MaoChen Po-yuJun UchidaHuang Wei-chiehWu Yen-shiZ YichengShohei Yokoyama Ko Yu-ting
See also
Intercity Football League Enterprise Football League
References