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.
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; 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