Leopard Cat Football Club (), formerly known as Tatung Football Club, is a Taiwanese professional

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club based in

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, that competes in the

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. The club, affiliated with the

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-producing Tatung Company, was founded in 1963 by a group of Tatung employees favoring football activities. They are among the first clubs to be owned by private enterprise on Taiwan.

History

The club has a long-standing rivalry with Taipower, as both are the most successful and most popular clubs in the country. In recent years, Leopard Cat has proved to be the dominant force on the island by winning the

three times in a row. In 2006 AFC President's Cup, Tatung reached the semifinals. In 2022, they announced a rebranding, following the consequences of Tatung Company's refusal from supporting the Tatung FC operations. They changed their name from ''Tatung FC'' to ''Leopard Cat'', changed their crest, and their official colours, to avoid exclusion, or relegation of the

. After sufficient funds were raised to enable the team to play the next season in the TFPL, a realization of an election of supervisors and directors, and a general meeting successfully completed, Miao Boya was named the club's chairman.

Current squad

Technical staff

Continental record

Achievements as Tatung F.C.

Domestic

**Champions (3):

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Intercity Football League Intercity Football League () was the top-ranked division in the Taiwanese football (soccer) league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA), run from 2007 until 2016. From 2017, it was replaced by the Taiwan Football Premier League. His ...

**Champions (2):

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Enterprise Football League The Enterprise Football League (), formerly known as the National Football League () or the National First Division Football League (), was the highest-ranked football league in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was governed by the Chinese Taipei ...

**Champions (2):

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*CTFA Cup **Champions (3): 1990, 1996, 2005 *President's Cup **Champions (2): 1997, 1998 * Enterprise Football League is formerly known as National Men's First Division Football League.

Invitational

*Peace Invitational Challenge Cup: 2006 *World Chinese Cup Invitational Championship: 2005 *Hawaii Challenge Cup: 2005

References

External links

Tatung at AFC President's Cup 2007 official siteTatung official siteTatung F.C.
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