The 2022 season of the Taiwan Football Premier League is the sixth season of the top-flight association football competition in Taiwan under its current format. The season began on 17 April 2022.
Teams
The 2022 season of the TFPL was initially planned to feature eight teams, but CPC Corporation withdrew from it. They had finished sixth in the 2021 season , so they were granted permission to continue in the top-flight, but they declined it by withdrawing from the league system during the 2022 season. Tainan City are the defending champions, having won the 2021 season title . AC Taipei and Ming Chuan University , respectively champions and runners-up from the Challenge League , were the promoted teams for the new season.
The seven participating teams on this edition of the TFPL are:
AC Taipei (AC台北; AC táiběi) Hang Yuen (航源; Háng yuán) Ming Chuan (銘傳大學; Míng chuán dàxué) Taichung FUTURO (台中 FUTURO; Táizhōng FUTURO) Taiwan Steel (台灣鋼鐵; Táiwān gāngtiě) Taipower (高市台電; Gāo shì táidiàn) Leopard Cat (台灣石虎足球隊; Táiwān shí hǔ zúqiú duì)
Team Location Stadium Capacity Head coach Last season AC Taipei Taipei Ming Chuan University Campus Football Field 5,000 Chen Sing-An 2nd division champions Hang Yuen New Taipei Fu Jen Catholic University Football Field 3,000 Hung Chin-Hwai 4th Leopard Cat Taipei Taipei Municipal Stadium 20,000 Chiang Mu-Tsai 5th Ming Chuan Taoyuan City Ming Chuan University Campus Football Field 5,000 Tseng Tai-lin 2nd division runners-up Taichung FUTURO Taichung Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch 600 Vom Ca-Nhum 3rd Tainan City Tainan Tainan Football Field 15,000 Lo Chih-Tsung 1st Taipower Kaohsiung Kaohsiung National Stadium 55,000 Chen Kuei-Jen 2nd
League table
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Results
Each team plays a total of 18 games, playing the other teams three times.
First 7 rounds
Middle 7 rounds
Last 7 rounds
Promotion/relegation play-off At the end of the season, the seventh-placed team from the TFPL, will enter a single-leg play-off match with the 2022 Taiwan Football Challenge League runner-up for a spot in the 2023 Taiwan Football Premier League.
Statistics Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Marco Fenelus Tainan City 19 2 Benchy Estama Taichung FUTURO 18 3 Joo Ik-seong Hang Yuen 14 4 Ange Kouamé Tainan City 11 5 Huang Sheng-Chieh AC Taipei 6
Most goals in a single match
Rank Player Opponent scored in & Match date Goals 1 Marco Fenelus for Tainan City vs AC Taipei (23 October) 3 Benchy Estama for Taichung FUTURO vs AC Taipei (01 May) Lee Hsiang-wei for Taipower vs Leopard Cat (14 August)
Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets 1 Pan Wen-chieh Taichung FUTURO 9 2 Chiu Yu-hung Taipower 4 Shih Shin-an Leopard Cat 4 Lai Po-lun Hang Yuen 2 Lee Kuan-pei Tainan City
Taiwan Football Challenge League
A relegation play-off was held on 7 May to determine if the last-placed teams in the 2021 edition of the Challenge League (FC.BASE Athletic and FC Kaohsiung) should play in the 2022 Challenge League, as two other teams ( AC Taipei reserve team and EC DESAFIO Taipei) submitted their entry request for the Challenge League. A draw was conducted with the last-placed teams included at the "Pot 1", and with the potential new entries included at the "Pot 2". After the draw was held, the teams waited until 7 May to determine who would have the last entries to the Challenge League. The results are as follows: FC Kaohsiung 2−0 AC Taipei Reserves FC.BASE Athletic 1−0 EC DESAFIO Taipei Teams highlighted in bold earned a spot at the 2022 Challenge League, which started on 11 June 2022.
References
External links Chinese Taipei Football Association