2017 Taichung Blue Whale season

Taichung Blue Whale
2017 season
Head coach	Hiroyuki Horino
Stadium	Fengyuan Stadium
TMFL	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lee Hsiu-chin (9); All: ; Lee Hsiu-chin (10)
Biggest win	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank 1–8 Taichung Blue Whale
Biggest defeat	Taichung Blue Whale 1–2 Taipei PlayOne
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The 2017 Taichung Blue Whale season was the club's 4th season and their 4th season in Taiwan Mulan Football League.

Kits

Supplier: Adidas
Main Sponsor: YE Sports

Management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Hiroyuki Horino
Assistant coaches	Chuang Shu-mei, Lu Kuei-hua
Goalkeeping coach	Liu Shih-hua
Athletic trainer	Yu Wan-ching

Last updated: 1 July 2024
Source: [1]

Players

N	Pos.	Name	Age.	Since
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Cheng Ssu-yu	28	2014
18	GK	Wang Yu-ting	16	2017
Defenders
4	DF	Lai Wei-ju	23	2014
5	DF	Lai Yi-ju		2017
6	DF	Chang Wei-chen	28	2016
12	DF	Hsu Chih-ting		2014
13	DF	Tseng Wen-ting	21	2015
15	DF	Cheng Ya-hsun		2014
22	DF	Yu Shu-fang	22	2016
Midfielders
2	MF	Chang Chi-lan	21	2014
8	MF	Yang Ssu-wei	21	2014
9	MF	Tsou Hsin-ni	22	2014
14	MF	Yang Chia-hui	20	2017
16	MF	Hou Fang-wei	25	2014
19	MF	Chuang Shu-mei		2017
20	MF	Tuan Yu-jou	21	2015
23	MF	Liu Chien-yun	25	2014
Forwards
3	FW	Su Yu-hsuan	16	2016
7	FW	Tang Yung-ching	22	2014
10	FW	Lee Hsiu-chin	25	2014
11	FW	Lai Li-chin (captain)	29	2015
17	FW	Ho Hsuan-yi	21	2016
21	FW	Chen Hsiu-wen		2017

Source: [2]
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Source
Preseason
5	MF	Hsieh Cheng-ya	—	^[1]^[2]
14	MF	Ho Chia-chen	—	^[1]
18	GK	Wang Yu-ting	—	^[1]^[2]
21	FW	Chen Hsiu-wen	—	^[1]
Midseason
5	DF	Lai Yi-ju	—	^[1]
14	MF	Yang Chia-hui	—	^[1]
19	MF	Chuang Shu-mei	—	^[1]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Source
Preseason
5	MF	Chan Pi-han	Taipei PlayOne	^[3]
14	MF	Yang Chia-hui	—
18	GK	Cheng Ya-wen	—
21	GK	Hsu Miao-hua	—
Midseason
5	MF	Hsieh Cheng-ya	—
14	MF	Ho Chia-chen	—
19	MF	Kao Pei-ling	—

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Taiwan Mulan Football League	23 April 2017	26 November 2017	Matchday 1	Winners	17	12	4	1	41	10	+31	070.59
Total					17	12	4	1	41	10	+31	070.59

Source: [3]

Taiwan Mulan Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Taipei PlayOne (Q)	15	12	1	2	40	18	+22	37	Qualification for the Mulan League Finals
2	Taichung Blue Whale (Q)	15	10	4	1	38	10	+28	34	Qualification for the Mulan League Finals
3	Hualien	15	8	4	3	44	15	+29	28
4	Hsinchu	15	7	1	7	37	20	+17	22
5	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	15	3	0	12	23	62	−39	9
6	New Taipei Hang Yuen	15	0	0	15	9	66	−57	0

Source: [4]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	D
Position	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: [5]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 April 2017 1	Taichung Blue Whale	4–0	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Taichung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Li-chin 21', 52' Kao Pei-ling 66' Liu Chien-yun 68'	Recap		Stadium: Fengyuan Stadium

30 April 2017 2	Taichung Blue Whale	2–1	Hsinchu	Kaohsiung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Yang Ssu-wei 18' Lai Li-chin 48'	Recap	Lin Tsu-hui 66'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Chien Meng-en

7 May 2017 3	New Taipei Hang Yuen	1–4	Taichung Blue Whale	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)	Kao Yen-han 81'	Recap	Tsou Hsin-ni 23' Lai Li-chin 45+1' Lai Wei-ju 60' Lee Hsiu-chin 82'	Stadium: Hualien Stadium Referee: Lee Yu-wei

27 May 2017 4	Hualien	0–0	Taichung Blue Whale	Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)		Recap		Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Lee Yu-wei

17 June 2017 7	New Taipei Hang Yuen	1–3	Taichung Blue Whale	Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)	Chen Hsin-jou 34'	Recap	Ho Hsuan-yi 5' Yang Ssu-wei 25' Tseng Wen-ting 56'	Stadium: Yingfeng Riverside Park

24 June 2017 8	Taichung Blue Whale	1–1	Hualien	Taichung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Wei-ju 47'	Recap	Chen Ya-hui 60'	Stadium: Fengyuan Stadium

1 July 2017 9	Taichung Blue Whale	1–2	Taipei PlayOne	Hsinchu County
13:00 (UTC+8)	Tsou Hsin-ni 85'	Recap	Lin Yi-ying 27' Lin Ya-han 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Hsinchu County Second Stadium

2 September 2017 10	Taichung Blue Whale	2–1	Taipei PlayOne	Hsinchu County
14:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Li-chin 26' Lee Hsiu-chin 54'	Recap	Lin Ya-han 27'	Stadium: Hsinchu County Second Stadium

10 September 2017 11	Taichung Blue Whale	4–0	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Taichung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 10', 24' Lai Li-chin 20' Chang Chi-lan 47'	Recap		Stadium: Fengyuan Stadium

17 September 2017 12	Taichung Blue Whale	2–0	Hsinchu	Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)	Chang Wei-chen 54' Lee Hsiu-chin 85' (pen.)	Recap		Stadium: National Stadium

24 September 2017 13	New Taipei Hang Yuen	0–4	Taichung Blue Whale	New Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)		Recap	Lee Hsiu-chin 12' Ho Hsuan-yi 38' Lai Li-chin 58' Su Yu-hsuan 75'	Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University

1 October 2017 14	Hualien	1–1	Taichung Blue Whale	Hsinchu County
10:00 (UTC+8)	Tan Wen-lin 22'	Recap	Tang Yung-ching 69'	Stadium: Hsinchu County Second Stadium

14 October 2017 5	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	1–8	Taichung Blue Whale	Taichung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Yang Mei-chuan 85'	Recap	Yang Ssu-wei 4', 47' Lee Hsiu-chin 20', 45' Chang Chi-lan 54' Su Yu-hsuan 68' Hou Fang-wei 74' Tseng Wen-ting 88'	Stadium: Fengyuan Stadium

4 November 2017 6	Taichung Blue Whale	1–0	Hsinchu	Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Li-chin 72'	Recap		Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

11 November 2017 15	Taichung Blue Whale	1–1	Taipei PlayOne	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 21'	Recap	Chen Ya-chun 13'	Stadium: Hualien Stadium

Mulan League Finals

18 November 2017 1st leg	Taichung Blue Whale	1–0	Taipei PlayOne	Kaohsiung
14:30 (UTC+8)	Tuan Yu-jou 30'	Recap		Stadium: National Stadium

26 November 2017 2nd leg	Taipei PlayOne	0–2	Taichung Blue Whale	Taipei
17:00 (UTC+8)		Recap	Lai Li-chin 84' Lee Hsiu-chin 90+4'	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	TMFL	Finals	Total
1	10	FW	Lee Hsiu-chin	9	1	10
2	11	FW	Lai Li-chin	8	1	9
3	8	MF	Yang Ssu-wei	4	0	4
4	2	MF	Chang Chi-lan	2	0	2
	3	FW	Su Yu-hsuan	2	0
	4	DF	Lai Wei-ju	2	0
	9	MF	Tsou Hsin-ni	2	0
	13	DF	Tseng Wen-ting	2	0
	17	FW	Ho Hsuan-yi	2	0
10	6	DF	Chang Wei-chen	1	0	1
	7	FW	Tang Yung-ching	1	0
	16	MF	Hou Fang-wei	1	0
	19	MF	Kao Pei-ling	1	0
	23	MF	Liu Chien-yun	1	0
	20	MF	Tuan Yu-jou	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)				0	0	0
Totals				38	3	41

Awards

Player	Position	Award	Ref.
Cheng Ssu-yu	Goalkeeper	Golden Glove	^[4]
Hiroyuki Horino	Head Coach	Coach of the Year	^[5]

References

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^ ^a ^b "踢球女孩兒／曾一度放棄足球　東體謝承雅測試上藍鯨". ETtoday. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "師大女足化身Play One 耕耘基層再出發". China Times. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "木蘭聯賽/ 雙琴合攻進兩球台中藍鯨摘首冠". Chinese Taipei Football Association (Press release). 26 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "About Taichung Blue Whale". Taichung Blue Whale. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[roster-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2017 Taichung Blue Whale Women's Football Team". Taichung Blue Whale. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[HsiehWang-2] "踢球女孩兒／曾一度放棄足球　東體謝承雅測試上藍鯨". ETtoday. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[3] "師大女足化身Play One 耕耘基層再出發". China Times. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[4] "木蘭聯賽/ 雙琴合攻進兩球台中藍鯨摘首冠". Chinese Taipei Football Association (Press release). 26 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[5] "About Taichung Blue Whale". Taichung Blue Whale. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

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