Chinese Taipei national football team

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Chinese Taipei

Nickname

Association

Chinese Taipei
Football Association

Head coach

Toshiaki Imai

Captain

Cheng Yung-jen (鄭勇仁)

Most caps

Top scorer

Home Stadium

Chungshan Soccer Stadium

FIFA code

TPE

FIFA ranking

163

Highest FIFA ranking

144 (August 2006)

Lowest FIFA ranking

180 (May 1996)

Elo ranking

191





Home kit





Away kit

First international

China 2 - 3 Philippines

(Philippines; February 1, 1913)

Taiwan 3 - 2 South Vietnam

(Philippines; May 1, 1954)

Largest win

Taiwan 9 - 0 Philippines

(Taipei, Taiwan; August 1, 1967)

Chinese Taipei 9 - 0 Guam

(Taipei, Taiwan; March 5, 2005)

Worst defeat

Taiwan 1 - 10 Indonesia

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; August 11, 1968)

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances

2 (First in 1960)

Best result

Third place, 1960

The Chinese Taipei national football team is the official name given by FIFA to the national football team of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (see Chinese Taipei for team naming issue.)

1 History
2 Stadium
3 Competition history
4 Current squad
- 4.1 Recent callups
5 Managers
6 Famous former players
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] History

The Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA), 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 1960. 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 the Republic of China's.

Since then the men's national side has struggled due to the lack of support from fans. Football is not followed as closely as baseball, which was originally imported via Japan and which under Japanese and American influence became the R.O.C.'s national sport.

[edit] Stadium

Main article: Chungshan Soccer 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.

[edit] Competition history

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1950 - Did not enter: was part of Japan until 1945
1954 - Withdrew
1958 - Withdrew
1978 to 1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Did not enter
1990 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Cup record

1956 - Did not qualify
1960 - Third place
1964 - Did not enter
1968 - Fourth place
1972 to 1988 - Did not enter
1992 to 2007 - Did not qualify

[edit] East Asian Cup record

2003 - Did not qualify
2005 - Did not qualify

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Quarter Finals

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up to face Syria in 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification on November 15, 2006.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Lu Kun-chi (呂昆錡)	February 6, 1985	10	0	China Steel
2	DF	Kao Hao-chieh (高豪傑) (vice captain)	July 24, 1980	7	0	Tatung
4	DF	Kuo Chun-yi (郭俊毅) (vice captain)	May 9, 1982			Taipower
5	MF	Cheng Yung-jen (鄭勇仁) (captain)	January 24, 1977			Taipower
6	MF	Feng Pao-hsing (馮保興)	August 18, 1982			Fubon
7	MF	Huang Cheng-tsung (黃正宗)	October 11, 1985			China Steel
12	GK	Hsu Jen-feng (許人丰)	April 28, 1979	5	0	Fubon
13	DF	Wu Mung-tsung (吳孟宗)	October 28, 1984			China Steel
15	MF	Chen Yi-wei (陳毅維)	March 27, 1987			China Steel
18	DF	Lee Meng-chian (李盟乾)	December 5, 1981			Taipower
19	FW	Chuang Wei-lun (莊偉倫)	March 17, 1982			Fubon
23	MF	Liang Chien-wei (梁建偉)	June 24, 1983			Fubon
29	DF	Hsieh Meng-hsuan (謝孟軒)	May 12, 1986			China Steel
30	MF	Chen Po-liang (陳柏良)	February 11, 1982	5	0	China Steel
33	DF	Chen Yu-lin (陳俞霖)	October 21, 1985			China Steel
34	MF	Wu Pai-ho (吳百和)	November 29, 1987	1	0	Fu Jen Catholic University
41	FW	Chiang Shih-lu (江世祿)	December 16, 1982			Taipower
42	FW	Huang Wei-yi (黃瑋儀)	September 11, 1985	8	3	Tatung
43	MF	Lin Tsung-jen (林聰仁)	January 3, 1983			Fubon
45	DF	Tu Chu-hsien (涂居賢)	February 10, 1979			Taipower
47	MF	Yu Chih-hung (游志宏)	January 6, 1985			Tatung

[edit] Recent callups

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

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
3	DF	Tsai Sheng-an (蔡聖安)	January 18, 1985			China Steel (2007 AFC Asian Cup qual. v. Korea Republic, August 16)
8	FW	Tai Hung-hsu (戴宏旭)	October 4, 1987			China Steel (2007 AFC Asian Cup qual. v. Korea Republic, September 6)
24	DF	Lin Che-min (林哲民)	December 16, 1985	4	0	Fubon (2007 AFC Asian Cup qual. v. Korea Republic, September 6)
25	MF	Huang Kai-chun (黃楷峻)	March 4, 1987			China Steel (2007 AFC Asian Cup qual. v. Korea Republic, September 6)
28	FW	Lee Yu-shan (李有山)	August 19, 1988			Fubon (2007 AFC Asian Cup qual. v. Korea Republic, September 6)
44	DF	Lee Tai-lin (李泰麟)	February 28, 1985			Taipower (2007 AFC Asian Cup qual. v. Korea Republic, September 6)
46	GK	Chung Kuang-tien (鍾光田)	August 13, 1989	0	0	Tatung (2007 AFC Asian Cup qual. v. Korea Republic, August 16)