The
sport
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...
of
football in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
is run by the
Chinese Taipei Football Association
Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) is the governing body for football in the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan). Its official name in Chinese is the Republic of China Football Association, but due to the political status of Taiw ...
. The association administers all national football teams, as well as national competitions.
History
Edward Band
Edward Band (7 January 1886 – 22 March 1971) was an English Presbyterian missionary and schoolteacher. He spent most of his career in Taiwan, arriving in 1912 and leaving in 1940. He was the first missionary there sent to Japan to learn Japanes ...
was credited with introducing football to Taiwan during his tenure as teacher and principal of the Presbyterian Church High School, subsequently renamed .
The sport has grown near the status of historically most popular
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
.
Current structure
In 2017 the sport was revamped in Taiwan with the introduction of the
Taiwan Football Premier League
Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL; ) is the top-ranked division in the Taiwanese Association football, football league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA).
History
The Taiwan Football Premier League was founded in 2017 after the ...
. The season saw the country's first entry to the
AFC Cup when
Hang Yuen qualified for the
2018 AFC Cup
The 2018 AFC Cup was the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the fi ...
group stage. The TFPL is currently the only national football division administered by the CTFA. Other amateur league operate in the country, including the
T2 League
T, or t, is the twentieth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''tee'' (pronounced ), plural ''tees''. It is der ...
and the
Taiwan International Football League - TIFL. The domestic cup is the
Chinese Taipei FA Cup, which the winners gain entry into the AFC Cup qualifiers.
Taiwan is currently ongoing systematic reforms in hope to elevate football and turn the sport from semi-professional into a professional one.
See also
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Sport in Taiwan
In Taiwan (Republic of China), some of the most prominent sports include badminton, baseball, basketball, football, softball, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. Martial arts such as t'ai chi ch'uan and taekwondo are also practiced by many peop ...
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List of stadiums in Taiwan
The following is a list of stadiums in Taiwan, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included.
See also
* List of sporting events in Taiwan
* Sport in Taiwan
* List of Asian stadiums by capacity
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Football in China
Football in China includes the practice of American football, arena football, association football, paper football and other "football"-termed sports in the territory of People's Republic of China that does not include Hong Kong and Macau.
Amer ...
References
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