2024 Taichung Futuro season

The 2024 Taichung Futuro season was the club's 6th season and their 6th season in Taiwan Football Premier League. Taichung Futuro also participated in the 2023–24 AFC Cup knockout stage as they qualified from the group stage in 2023.[1]

Taichung Futuro
2024 season
OwnerYoshitaka Komori
Head coachPen Wu-sung (AFC Cup)
Fang Ching-ren (TMFL)
AFC CupInter-zone play-off semi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Li Mao (9)

All:
Li Mao (9)
Biggest winTaipei Vikings 1–6 Futuro
Biggest defeatFuturo 0–2 AC Taipei
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Kits

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Players

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N Pos. Nat. Name Age. Since
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Lee Ming-wei 27 2020
21 GK   Tuan Yu 30 2019
50 GK   Kenya Matsui 39 2023
99 GK   Lin Chun-hua 22 2024
Defenders
3 DF   Chen Ting-yang (captain) 32 2019
7 DF   Keisuke Ogawa 38 2019
8 DF   Yoshitaka Komori 37 2019
14 DF   Chen Chun-fu 23 2023
19 DF   Li Ya-she 24 2024
24 DF   Koji Wada 23 2024
34 DF   Lin Che-yu 31 2023
42 DF   Liu Wei-che 21 2024
43 DF   Liang Meng-hsin 21 2021
88 DF   Nagisa Sakurauchi 35 2024
Midfielders
6 MF   Tsai Chieh-hsun 21 2023
9 MF   Chen Hung-wei 27 2021
10 MF   Shohei Yokoyama 31 2021
12/31[n1 1] MF   Wen Chih-hao 31 2024
22 MF   Takuro Uehara 33 2024
23 MF   Kaoru Takayama 36 2023
27 MF   Toshio Shimakawa 34 2024
Forwards
4 FW   Tseng Te-lung 22 2023
5 FW   Cheng Hao 27 2022
17 FW   Hsu Heng-pin 31 2019
18 FW   Li Mao 32 2019

Source:[1]

Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

Transfers

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No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Source
Preseason
12/31 MF Wen Chih-hao   AC Taipei €30,000 [2][3]
19 DF Li Ya-she
22 MF Takuro Uehara   Imabari [4]
42 DF Liu Wei-che   Saturday Football International
88 DF Nagisa Sakurauchi   Imabari [4]
Midseason
24 DF Koji Wada   Sendai University [5]
27 MF Toshio Shimakawa [6]
99 GK Lin Chun-hua   New Taipei Hang Yuen
No. Pos. Player Transferred to Source
Preseason
11 FW Amari Oki
13 DF Shunya Suganuma   Khon Kaen United [7]
14 MF Naoki Kaneko   New Taipei Hang Yuan [8]
15 MF Kazuya Kojima
19 MF Genki Takatera
25 MF Kakeru Gunji   Alliance ZHR [9]
27 FW Fang Ching-ren Retired [10]
31 GK Tian Syuan-jin
33 FW Kotaro Nakajima
42 DF Juang Ming-yan Retired
51 GK Taiki Itsukaichi
99 FW Benchy Estama   Taipei Vikings [11][12]
Midseason
36 FW Carlo Finotti   New Taipei Hang Yuen [13]

Preseason and friendlies

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9 June 2024 Friendly Taichung Futuro  2–0  Macau Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
TFPL 14 April 2024 1 December 2024 Matchday 1 - 15 12 2 1 35 8 +27 080.00
AFC Cup 23 August 2023 13 March 2024 Play-off round Inter-zone semi-finals 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 000.00
Total 17 12 2 3 36 16 +20 070.59

Last updated: 14 September 2024
Source: TFPL AFC Cup

Taiwan Football Premier League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Futuro 15 12 2 1 35 8 +27 38 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying play-offs
2 Tainan City TSG 15 10 4 1 32 10 +22 34
3 Taipower 15 8 2 5 28 16 +12 26
4 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 15 7 2 6 24 16 +8 23
5 New Taipei Hang Yuen 15 6 3 6 21 16 +5 21
6 Leopard Cat 15 4 2 9 15 31 −16 14
7 Ming Chuan University 15 4 1 10 14 35 −21 13 Transfer to 2025 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers
8 Taipei Vikings 15 0 2 13 14 51 −37 2 Relegation to Taiwan Second Division Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2024. Source: [2]

Results by round

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Round1234568910111213147115161718192021
ResultDWWLWWWWWWDWWWW
Position211322221111111
Source: TFPL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1 Matchday 7 was postponed to 1 September 2024 due to the AFC Asian Qualifiers.[14]

Matches

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14 April 2024 1 Tainan City TSG 1–1 Futuro Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
28 April 2024 2 Futuro 4–0 Ming Chuan University Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 115
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
5 May 2024 3 New Taipei Hang Yuen 0–1 Futuro Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 213
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan
12 May 2024 4 Futuro 0–2 AC Taipei Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 168
Referee: Kuo Chia-Hao
19 May 2024 5 Taipower 0–2 Futuro Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
Attendance: 250
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun
26 May 2024 6 Futuro 5–1 Taipei Vikings Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 88
Referee: Yang Chang-pei
16 June 2024 8 Futuro 1–0 New Taipei Hang Yuen Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 147
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
23 June 2024 9 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 0–1 Futuro New Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: National Taipei University
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
30 June 2024 10 Futuro 2–1 Taipower Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Referee: Yang Chang-pei
4 August 2024 11 Taipei Vikings 1–6 Futuro Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
11 August 2024 12 Futuro 1–1 Leopard Cat Taoyuan
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Referee: Ko Chuan-yao
18 August 2024 13 Futuro 1–0 Tainan City TSG Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan
25 August 2024 14 Ming Chuan University 0–4 Futuro Taoyuan
18:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
1 September 2024 7 Leopard Cat 1–2 Futuro Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
14 September 2024 15 Futuro 4–0 Taipei Vikings Taoyuan
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Referee: Lin Ching-tang
22 September 2024 16 Leopard Cat Futuro Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
29 September 2024 17 Tainan City TSG Futuro Tainan
18:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
3 November 2024 20 Futuro Sunny Bank AC Taipei Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8) Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
24 November 2024 19 New Taipei Hang Yuen Futuro New Taipei
15:00 (UTC+8) Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
1 December 2024 21 Taipower Futuro Kaohsiung
15:00 (UTC+8) Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

AFC Cup

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Knockout stage

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6 March 2024 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals Abdysh-Ata Kant   5–0   Taichung Futuro Bishkek
18:00 (UTC+6)
Report
Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
Attendance: 4,059
Referee: Bijan Heydari (Iran)
13 March 2024 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals Taichung Futuro   1–3   Abdysh-Ata Kant Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 115
Referee: Yahya Almulla (United Arab Emirates)

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total TMFL AFC Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   TAI Lee Ming-wei 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK   TAI Tuan Yu 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
50 GK   JPN Kenya Matsui 16 0 14 0 2 0
99 GK   TAI Lin Chun-hua 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF   TAI Chen Ting-yang 13 1 11+2 1 0 0
7 DF   JPN Keisuke Ogawa 16 0 14 0 2 0
8 DF   TAI Yoshitaka Komori 14 0 1+11 0 2 0
14 DF   TAI Chen Chun-fu 9 0 2+5 0 0+2 0
19 DF   TAI Li Ya-she 2 1 0+2 1 0 0
24 DF   JPN Koji Wada 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   TAI Lin Che-yu 9 0 2+5 0 1+1 0
42 DF   TAI Liu Wei-che 3 0 1+2 0 0 0
43 DF   TAI Liang Meng-hsin 17 1 15 1 2 0
88 DF   JPN Nagisa Sakurauchi 16 2 14 2 2 0
Midfielders
6 MF   TAI Tsai Chieh-hsun 8 1 2+4 1 0+2 0
9 MF   TAI Chen Hung-wei 12 0 1+11 0 0 0
10 MF   JPN Shohei Yokoyama 10 4 9 4 1 0
12/31[n1 1] MF   TAI Wen Chih-hao 16 2 14 2 2 0
22 MF   JPN Takuro Uehara 15 2 14 2 1 0
23 MF   JPN Kaoru Takayama 16 5 14 5 2 0
27 MF   JPN Toshio Shimakawa 6 1 6 1 0 0
Forwards
4 FW   TAI Tseng Te-lung 9 0 4+5 0 0 0
5 FW   TAI Cheng Hao 16 4 4+10 4 1+1 0
17 FW   TAI Hsu Heng-pin 12 2 7+3 2 1+1 0
18 FW   TAI Li Mao 16 9 15 9 1 0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
99 FW   HAI Benchy Estama 2 1 0 0 2 1
Own goals (0)
Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

Goalscorers

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Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player TMFL AFC Cup Total
1 18 FW   Li Mao 9 9
2 23 MF   Kaoru Takayama 5 5
3 5 FW   Cheng Hao 4 4
10 MF   Shohei Yokoyama 4
5 12/31[n1 1] MF   Wen Chih-hao 2 2
17 FW   Hsu Heng-pin 2
22 MF   Takuro Uehara 2
88 DF   Nagisa Sakurauchi 2
9 3 DF   Chen Ting-yang 1 1
6 MF   Tsai Chieh-hsun 1
19 DF   Li Ya-she 1
27 MF   Toshio Shimakawa 1
43 DF   Liang Meng-hsin 1
99 FW   Benchy Estama 1
Totals 35 1 36
Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.


Cleansheets

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Rank No. Nat. Player TFPL AFC Cup Total
1 50   Kenya Matsui 7 0 7
2 21   Tuan Yu 2 2
3 1   Lee Ming-wei 0
99   Lin Chun-hua
Totals 9 0 9

Disciplinary record

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No. Pos. Nat. Name TFPL AFC Cup Total
                       
88 DF   Nagisa Sakurauchi 5 1 6
7 DF   Keisuke Ogawa 4 4
12/31[n1 1] MF   Wen Chih-hao 3 1 3 1
5 FW   Cheng Hao 2 2
10 MF   Shohei Yokoyama 2 2
18 FW   Li Mao 2 2
43 DF   Liang Meng-hsin 2 2
22 MF   Takuro Uehara 1 1 2
4 FW   Tseng Te-lung 1 1
9 MF   Chen Hung-wei 1 1
14 DF   Chen Chun-fu 1 1
23 MF   Kaoru Takayama 1 1
29 MF   Toshio Shimakawa 1 1
34 DF   Lin Che-yu 1 1
Totals 26 3 1 29 1

Source: [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Ordered by  ,   and  
  = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

Awards

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Taichung Sports Awards Ceremony

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References

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