The Chinese Taipei women's national football team represents

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 ...

(the Republic of China) in international women's football and is controlled 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 governing body for football in Taiwan.

Team image

Nicknames

The Chinese Taipei women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "''Mulan''". The nickname was adopted by the national federation during the tenure of then-chairman General Cheng Wei-yuan in 1975 after the Chinese folk heroine

Hua Mulan Hua Mulan () is a legendary folk heroine from the Northern and Southern dynasties era (4th to 6th century CE) of Chinese history. According to legend, Mulan took her aged father's place in the conscription for the army by disguising herself as ...

. After the CTFA adopted a new logo featuring a

Formosan blue magpie The Taiwan blue magpie (''Urocissa caerulea''), also called the Taiwan magpie, Formosan blue magpie (), or the "long-tailed mountain lady" (; Taiwanese Hokkien: Tn̂g-boé soaⁿ-niû), is a bird species in the crow family. It is endemic to Taiwan ...

in the 2010s, the ''Blue Magpies'' has also been used as an unofficial moniker.

Kits and crest

FIFA World Ranking

, ''after the match against ''. Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend

2021

2022

2023

Chinese Taipei Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

All-time results

* The following table shows Chinese Taipei women's all-time international record, correct as of 1 Oct 2022. *Source
Worldfootball.net

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

* Chang Teng-yun (張騰雲), (1979) * Liu Jun-tse (劉潤澤), (1977) * Kao Yong (高庸), (1981, 1993, 1995–1998) * Chong Tsu-pin (張子濱), (1990–1991) * Chen Ting-hsiung (陳定雄), (1990) * Hsieh Chih-chun (謝志君), (1994) * Chang Ming-hsien (張明賢), (1999–2002) * Lu Kuei-hua (呂桂花), (2003–2005, 2008) * Chou Tai-ying (周台英), (2005–2006, 2010) * Toshiaki Imai (今井敏明), (2007) * Yen Shih-kai (顏士凱), (2012–2013, 2018) * Masayuki Nagira (柳樂雅幸), (2013–2017) *

Kazuo Echigo is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. Club career Echigo was born in Mie District, Mie on December 28, 1965. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukawa Electric (later ''JEF United Ich ...

(越後和男), (2019–2022) * Yen Shih-kai (顏士凱), (2022–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were lineups for 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup. ''Caps and goals as of 24 October 2021 after match against .''

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Notable players

* Chou Tai-ying (周台英) *Sheih Su-jean *Hsu Chia-cheng

Records

''*Active players in bold, statistics as of 1 October 2021.''

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Honours

Continental

* AFC Women's Asian Cup : ''Champions:''

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, 1980,

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

: ''Runners-up:''

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

OFC Women's Championship The OFC Women's Nations Cup (previously known as the OFC Women's Championship) is a women's association football tournament for national teams who belong to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). It was held every three years from 1983 to 1989 ...

: ''Champions:''

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

Others

AFF Women's Championship The AFF Women's Championship is the competition in women's football organised by the ASEAN Football Federation, contested by the national teams of nations in Southeast Asia and Australia. The official tournament started in 2004, hosted by Vie ...

: ''Runners-up:'' 2006

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

AFC Women's Asian Cup

''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

OFC Women's Nations Cup

Asian Games

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

AFF Women's Championship

References

External links

Official website

FIFA profile
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