Saturday, September 27, 2008

Taichung World Youth Football Festival

The Taichung World Youth Football Festival is a competition held by the Taichung Football Association and consists of teams from all around the world. Ever since its inaugural season in 2006, consists of five divisions, U-11, U-12, U-13, U-14, and U-15.

Results


U-11 division




U-12 division




U-13 division




U-14 division




U-15 division

National Sports Training Center football team

The National Sports Training Center football team is the football team in Taiwan's National Sports Training Center. It was merged in 2003 with the Lukuang football team, Taiwan's land army football team, after the option of alternate service in the Taiwanese militia. It participates in Taiwan's Enterprise Football League

History


Formerly known as the Lukuang football team or Taiwan Army football team, the NTSC football team belonged to the Republic of China Army and competed in the Chinese Taipei National Football League.

Since the Republic of China has the policy of conscription for all male citizens, qualified footballers could choose to join the Lukuang football team instead of the regular militia service after passing the tryouts. It helped the players to keep their form and provided additional selection and management to the Chinese Taipei national football team. As a result, most national team members have played for Lukuang.

In 2000, Lukuang quit the league due to military reform, but returned in 2003 under the new name of Taiwan National Sports Training Center football team and are affiliated with Taiwan's .

Naming Scheme


The Taiwan NSTC football team team enters the Enterprise Football League with a different name every year.
* 2006: Fubon Financial
* 2007: Kenting Chateau
* 2008: National Sports Training Center

Current Squad
































''* Name spellings of some players have yet been confirmed. See :zh:台灣國訓足球隊 for their Chinese names.''

Recent transfers


;In
* Tsai Chih-chieh
* Wang Chih-sheng
* Wang Yong-lun

;Out
* Chen Chi-feng ''''
* Chuang Wei-lun ''''
* Hsu Jen-feng ''''
* Lee Meng-chian ''''
* Liang Chien-wei ''''
* Lin Po-yuan ''''

Achievements


;As Lukuang
*Chinese Taipei National Football League:
** Runners-up : 1984, 1991
;As NSTC
*Chinese Taipei National Football League:
** Runners-up :

Managers


* Jong Chien-wu , 1991

Chinese Taipei women's national football team

The Chinese Taipei women's national football team is the international team for the Republic of China .

Competition history


FIFA Women's World Cup


* - Quarterfinal
* - ''Did not qualify''
* - ''Did not qualify''
* - ''Did not qualify''

AFC Women's Asian Cup


* - ''Did not enter''
* - Champion
* - Champion
* - Champion
* - ''Did not enter''
* - ''Did not enter''
* - Runner-up
* - 3rd place
* - 4th place
* - 4th place
* - 4th place
* - Runner-up
* - Preliminary round
* - Preliminary round
* - Preliminary round

OFC Women's Championship


* - Champion
* - Champion

Olympics Games


* - ''Did not qualify''
* - ''Did not qualify''
* - ''Did not qualify''

Asian Games


* - Preliminary round

Current squad


The following players are called up for 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.






















Managers


* Chang Teng-yun , 1979
* Liu Jun-tse , 1977
* Kao Yong , 1981, 1993, 1995-1998
* Chong Tsu-Pin , 1990-1991
* Chen Ting-hsiung , 1990
* Hsieh Chih-chun , 1994
* Chang Ming-hsien , 1999-2002
* Lu Kuei-hua, 2003-?
* Chou Tai-ying, 2005-2006
* Toshiaki Imai, 2007
* Lu Kuei-hua, 2008-present

Technical staff


; Head Coach
* Lu Kuei-hua
; Assistant Coaches
* Chen Shu-chin
* Levi Villibor

Notable former players


*Chou Tai-ying
*Sheih Su-jean
*

Chinese Taipei national under-23 football team

The Chinese Taipei national under-23 football team is the national football team that represents Republic of China in the Olympic Games. It also participates in Taiwan's top-level Enterprise Football League.

Naming Scheme


The Chinese Taipei national Olympic football team enters the Enterprise Football League with a different name every year.
* China Steel
* Fubon Financial

Competition history



Olympic Games record


*1960:
*1964-1976:Did not qualify
*1980:Withdrew
*1984-2008:Did not qualify
*

Asian Games record


*1950:Did not enter
*1954:Champion
*1958:Champion
*1962:Did not enter
*1966:Did not qualify
*1970:Did not enter
*1974:Did not qualify
*1978-2006:Did not enter
*

East Asian Games record


*2005:Group match

Current Squad


































''* Spellings of some player names have yet been confirmed. See :zh:中華台北奧運足球隊 for their Chinese names.''

Recent International Call-Ups


The following players are called up to face in the on February 7 and February 14 , 2007.






















Personnel


; Head Coach
: Tsai Shang-ming
; Assistant Coaches
: Chen Wen-fa
: Peng Wu-sung

Former managers


* Yen Cheng Kun , 1936
* Lee Wai Tong , 1948-1964
* Hsu Ching Cheng , 1968
* Chang Teng-yun , 1972
* Lo Pei , 1976-1988
* Chiang Chia , 1984
* Lee Fu Tsai , 1992
* , 1996
* , 2000
* Dragan ?kori?, 2002
* Peng Wu-sung , 2004

Chinese Taipei national under-20 football team

The Chinese Taipei national under-20 football team represents Chinese Taipei in youth level international competitions and is controlled by Chinese Taipei Football Association.

Chinese Taipei national football team

The Chinese Taipei national football team is the official name given by FIFA to the national team of the Republic of China

History


The Chinese Taipei Football Association was founded in mainland China as the China Football Association in 1924 and relocated to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of the Chinese Civil War. Affiliated with FIFA in 1932 as ''China'', it rejoined FIFA in 1954, first under the name ''Taiwan'', then ''Republic of China'', and later ''Chinese Taipei''.

The team's greatest success came when, playing as ''Taiwan'', they finished third in the Asian Cup in . However, the players in the team originally came from Hong Kong since the reputation of the Hong Kong national football team was not as good as the Republic of China's.

Due to a political conflict with China PR, Chinese Taipei was an OFC member from 1975 to 1989.

Stadium



Most of the team's home matches are played in the Chungshan Soccer Stadium, located in Taipei. The stadium's capacity is slightly above 20000 and is a football specific stadium.

Competition history


World Cup record


* to - ''Did not enter''
* - ''Withdrew''
* - ''Withdrew''
*1962 to 1974 - Did not enter
* to - ''Did not qualify''

Asian Cup record


* - ''Did not qualify''
* - Third place
* - ''Did not enter''
* - Fourth place
* to - ''Did not enter''
* to - ''Did not qualify''

AFC Challenge Cup record


* - Quarter Finals
* - Did not qualify

East Asian Cup record


* - ''Did not qualify''
* - ''Did not qualify''
* - ''Did not qualify''

Last and next game



*April 2, 2008, Taipei, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei 1 - 2 AFC Challenge Cup 2008 qualifier.

*April 4, 2008, Taipei, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei 4 - 1 AFC Challenge Cup 2008 qualifier.

Current squad


The following players were called up for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers.


























Recent callups


The following players have all recently been called up to the Chinese Taipei squad. Bracket shows last call-up time.
; Goalkeepers




; Defenders









; Midfielders









; Forwards





Technical staff


;Head Coach: Chen Sing-an
;Assistant Coaches: Vom Ca Nhum
Lee Chun Jung
;Goalkeeping Coach: Adriano Aparecido Bernardino Alves

Managers


* Lee Wai Tong, 1954-1958
* Law Pak, 1977-1981
* Chiang Chia, 1981-1985
* Lo Chih-tsung , 1985-1988
* Huang Jen-cheng , 1988-1993
* Chiang Mu-tsai, 1994-2000
* Huang Jen-cheng, 2000-2001
* Lee Po-houng , 2001-2005
* , 2005
* Toshiaki Imai, 2005-2007
* Chen Sing-an, 2008-present

Notable players


*1920s: Lee Wei Tong
*1950s: Lam Sheung Yee
*1960s: Cheung Chi Doy
*1990s: Huang Che-ming , Yang Cheng-hsing, Ju Wen-bin
*2000s: Huang Wei-yi , Lu Kun-chi

Chinese Taipei Football Association

Chinese Taipei Football Association is the governing body of football in Taiwan. Its official name in Chinese is the Football Association of the Republic of China, but it is billed as the Chinese Taipei FA abroad and uses the English initials on its badge .

History


* 1924: Established.
* 1954: Entered FIFA as the China National Football Association .
* 1955: Formed and entered the Asian Football Confederation with various other Asian countries. At that time, the name was Republic of China Football Council .
* 1973: Changed the name to the Republic of China Football Association .
* 1974: Exited the .
* 1975: Entered the Oceania Football Confederation .
* 1978: Suspended from the due to name problems.
* 1981: With FIFA's agreement, changed its name to the Chinese Taipei Football Association.
* 1982: Re-entered the .
* 1989: Re-entered the .

Competitions


* Chinese Taipei National Football League
* Intercity Football League
* Highschool Football League
* Chinese Taipei National Youth Cup

Regional football associations


*Taipei Football Association
*Taoyuan Football Association
*:Taoyuan Football Association was founded on October 27, 2002. It dedicates to promote children's football in .
*Taichung Football Association
*Hualien Football Association
*:Hualien Football Association will be founded on December 30, 2007.