Taiwan Football Premier League
Season2022
Dates17 April – 27 November, 2022
ChampionsTainan City
Matches played63
Goals scored200 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer Marco Fenelus
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Tainan City 5−0 Ming Chuan
Biggest away win AC Taipei 2−6 Tainan City
Highest scoring AC Taipei 2−6 Tainan City
Taipower 5–3 Leopard Cat
Longest winning run6 matches
Tainan City (from October 23, 2022 to 20 November 27, 2022)
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
Taichung FUTURO (from April 17, 2022 to November 13, 2022)
Longest winless run16 matches
Ming Chuan (from April 17, 2022 to November 06, 2022)
Longest losing run9 matches
Ming Chuan (from April 17, 2022 to August 14, 2022)
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 27 November 2022.

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. [1]

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:

2022 Taiwan Football Premier League is located in Taiwan
New Taipei
New Taipei
Taoyuan
Taoyuan
Tainan
Tainan
Taichung
Taichung
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Taipei(2)
Taipei(2)
Locations of the 2022 Taiwan Football Premier League teams
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Taiwan Steel [lower-alpha 1] 18 11 5 2 47 19 +28 38 Qualification for the 2023 AFC Cup group stage
2 Taichung FUTURO 18 10 7 1 36 11 +25 37
3 Taipower 18 8 7 3 25 18 +7 31
4 Hang Yuen 18 8 5 5 37 30 +7 29
5 Leopard Cat 18 6 6 6 23 26 3 24
6 AC Taipei 18 1 4 13 21 51 30 7
7 Ming Chuan 18 1 2 15 11 45 34 5 Qualification for the Taiwan Challenge League relegation play-off
8 CPC Corporation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew from league system [lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2022. Source: CTFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored [2]
Notes:
  1. Title holder (TH)
  2. CPC Corporation withdrew from the tournament before its start, citing an internal business strategy as a reason. They will not compete in any of Taiwan's league system in 2022.

Results

Each team plays a total of 18 games, playing the other teams three times.

Last 7 rounds

Home \ Away ACT HAY LEO MCU TAF TAP TNC
AC Taipei F.C. 1–2 1–2 0–7
Hang Yuen F.C. 4–2 0–2 4–0 1–5 1–1 2–3
Leopard Cat F.C. 1–2 0–1
Ming Chuan F.C. 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–3
Taichung FUTURO F.C.
Taipower F.C. 2–1 0–0
Taiwan Steel F.C. 1–1 1–0 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2022. Source: CTFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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)
Taiwan Lee Hsiang-Wei for Taipower vs Leopard Cat (14 August)

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Taiwan Pan Wen-Chieh Taichung FUTURO 9
2 Taiwan 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.[3] 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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flight Skywalkers FC (C, P) 14 12 2 0 64 4 +60 38 Promotion to TFPL
2 Land Home NTUS (Q) 14 11 2 1 52 12 +40 35 Qualification for promotion/relegation play-off
3 MARS FC 14 10 0 4 31 24 +7 30
4 Inter Taoyuan FC 14 8 1 5 33 20 +13 25
5 PlayOne Normal University 14 4 0 10 15 55 40 12
6 Saturday Football International 14 3 0 11 25 49 24 9
7 FC Kaohsiung 14 2 2 10 15 47 32 8 Possible Qualification for Relegation play-out
8 FC Base Athletic (Q) 14 2 1 11 13 37 24 7
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2022. Source: CTFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

References

  1. "Taiwan Football Premier League". CTFA. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. "TPFL Regulations". ctfa.com.tw. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. "2022台灣乙級足球聯賽 報名隊伍 - 中華民國足球協會CTFA".
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