Chinese Taipei national football team

The Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) was founded in Mainland China as the China Football Association (CFA) in 1924 and relocated to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of the Chinese Civil War. The country joined FIFA in 1954,[4] first under the name Taiwan, then renaming to Chinese Taipei in 1982.[4]

Chinese Taipei's greatest success came when they finished third at the AFC Asian Cup in 1960. The team also qualified for 1960 Summer Olympics. However, the players in the team originally came from Hong Kong, despite the Hong Konge national team not being one of the best in Asia.[5]

Due to the political conflict with the People's Republic of China (China PR), Taiwan (Republic of China) have to change their name to Olympics design "Chinese Taipei". After Chinese Taipei have been expelled from Asian Football Federation[6] and Asian Games. Chinese Taipei was part of the Oceania Football Confederation from 1975 to 1989.

Chinese Taipei was then re-admitted back to the Asian Football Federation in 1989[7] and Olympic Council of Asia in 1990. [8]

Chinese Taipei reached their highest FIFA World Ranking of 121st in July 2018, under the guidance of renowned English coach, Gary White.[9] Since his arrival in the autumn of 2017, White's strategies aimed not only to improve the national team, but also the standards of football on the island. An extended scouting operation looking for talents of Taiwanese heritage from abroad was also part of his plans. The cast proved to be successful when players such as Tim Chow, Will Donkin and Emilio Estevez were tapped in for the national team.

In December 2017, Chinese Taipei hosted the CTFA International Tournament, an A-level competition that also included Laos, the Philippines and Timor-Leste. It was created to test the country's team in preparation for international friendlies and tournaments in future years. Chinese Taipei won all of their three games, winning the mini-tournament and their first official international trophy in 55 years.[10] Thanks to the four goals he scored (two of which in the final match against Laos), striker Li Mao was deemed as the competition's top scorer.[11]

White led a successful period for the Chinese Taipei, including winning 7 FIFA international games in a row. Charged with taking Taiwan to their first AFC Asian Cup since 1968, White had taken over the guide of the national team halfway through the qualification campaign: eventually, he brought them to the third round of the qualifiers, missing a spot to the tournament (in favour of Bahrain and Turkmenistan) by just one point. White was then offered a contract by the Hong Kong national team and left his role in Taiwan in September 2018.[12]

Following the Englishman's departure, Taiwan went on a severe lack of satisfaction during the following year. Vom Ca-nhum, employed as a caretaker manager while he was guiding the Chinese Taipei U19 squad, had not been able to qualify his side to the final round of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship (even though they won their match against Mongolia). Then, another Englishman, Louis Lancaster, who previously assisted Gary White during his time on the island, was appointed as the main coach to take his first senior management position.[13] However, things got even worse for the Chinese Taipei: in 2019, the team won just one out of the nine matches they played (a 2–0 win in a friendly against Hong Kong),[14] and they were prematurely eliminated from the continental qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, losing all of their first five games and getting thrashed by Australia (1–7), Kuwait (9–0) and Jordan (5–0). Following the shocking results in the first phase of the qualifiers, Lancaster was sacked in December 2019,[15] and the federation soon decided to hire Vom Ca-nhum again, this time on a full basis, as he was one of the few coaches on the island to have already gained an AFC Pro A coaching license.[16]

In October 2023, Chinese Taipei participated in the first round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification winning against Timor-Leste 7–0 on aggregate which will see them advanced to the second round.

As of January 2023, the official kit supplier is local Taiwanese sports brand Entes.[17]

Chinese Taipei played their home matches at the Kaohsiung National Stadium which is able to hold up to 55,000 seating capacity. The stadium, designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, makes use of 1 MW of solar cells to provide most of its power needs. The stadium's semi spiral-shaped, like a dragon, is the first stadium in the world to provide power using solar power technology. The solar panels covering the vast external face of the stadium are able to generate most of the power required for its own operation, as well as additional power that can be sent to the grid.

Chinese Taipei used to play their match at the 20,000 capacity stadium Taipei Municipal Stadium which as of now, will be second in line to host the national team matches. On 3 July 2011, the stadium recorded its highest attendance for a football game when Chinese Taipei hosted Malaysia in the first rounf of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification second leg match, when 15,335 spectators attended the game.

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

The following players were called up for the friendly match against  Philippines on 8 September and  Singapore on 12 September 2023. [18]

Caps and goals updated as of 13 September 2023, after the match against  Singapore.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Pan Wen-chieh	(1992-06-29) 29 June 1992	34	0	Taiwan Steel
22	1GK	Huang Chiu-lin	(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997	0	0	Taipower
23	1GK	Shih Shin-an	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992	5	0	Leopard Cat
2	2DF	Fong Shao-chi	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000	2	0	Taiwan Steel
3	2DF	Chen Ting-yang	(1992-09-28) 28 September 1992	56	4	Taichung Futuro
4	2DF	Pai Shao-yu	(1998-01-20) 20 January 1998	5	0	Taiwan Steel
5	2DF	Chao Ming-hsiu	(1997-07-09) 9 July 1997	3	0	Taichung Futuro
6	2DF	Chen Wei-chuan	(1992-08-29) 29 August 1992	34	2	Taiwan Steel
25	2DF	Wang Chien-ming	(1993-07-04) 4 July 1993	13	0	Qingdao Hainiu
8	3MF	Wu Yen-shu	(1999-10-21) 21 October 1999	8	1	Liaoning Shenyang Urban
10	3MF	Emilio Estevez	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998	10	0	Tai Po
11	3MF	Wu Chun-ching	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988	60	12	Taiwan Steel
12	3MF	Wen Chih-hao	(1993-03-25) 25 March 1993	41	4	Taipower
13	3MF	Lin Chang-lun	(1991-06-28) 28 June 1991	38	2	Taipower
15	3MF	Tsai Meng-Cheng	(1996-04-03) 3 April 1996	0	0	AC Taipei
16	3MF	Lee Hsiang-Wei	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996	38	2	Taipower
18	3MF	Ko Yu-ting	(1994-01-18) 18 January 1994	11	1	Taipower
19	3MF	Miguel Sandberg	(2002-08-05) 5 August 2002	1	0	Västerås
20	3MF	Yu Chia-huang	(1998-04-23) 23 April 1998	10	0	Taiwan Steel
21	3MF	Chen Jui-chieh	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995	15	2	Taiwan Steel
24	3MF	Yao Ko-chi	(1996-05-15) 15 May 1996	3	0	Taiwan Steel
26	3MF	Hung Tzu-kuei	(1993-06-01) 1 June 1993	26	0	Taipower
7	3MF	Gao Wei-jie	(1997-06-24) 24 June 1997	4	1	Taipower
8	4FW	Ange Kouamé	(1996-12-22) 22 December 1996	1	1	Taiwan Steel
14	4FW	Chen Chao-an	(1995-06-22) 22 June 1995	34	4	Taipower
30	4FW	Yu Yao-hsing	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002	2	1	Ming Chuan

The following players also received a call-up within the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Chiu Yu-hung	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994	20	0	Taipower	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
DF	Huang Tzu-ming	(2000-11-18) 18 November 2000	1	0	Brew Kashima	v.  Philippines, 8 September 2023
DF	Hsieh Ming-yu	(1998-11-13) 13 November 1998	3	0	Ming Chuan	v.  Philippines, 8 September 2023
DF	Yen Ho-shen	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990	18	2	Taipower	v.  Philippines, 8 September 2023
DF	Wang Ruei	(1993-08-10) 10 August 1993	25	1	Taiwan Steel	v.  Philippines, 8 September 2023
DF	Cheng Hao	(1997-01-13) 13 January 1997	7	0	Taichung Futuro	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
DF	Hsieh Po-an	(1994-11-03) 3 November 1994	5	0	Taipower	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
DF	Liang Meng-hsin	(2003-04-03) 3 April 2003	5	0	Taichung Futuro	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
DF	Li Chun-chia	(1993-05-11) 11 May 1993	2	0	Taipower	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
DF	Lin Chih-hsuan	(1996-07-17) 17 July 1996	0	0	Leopard Cat	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
MF	Chen Hung-wei	(1997-09-28) 28 September 1997	3	0	Taichung Futuro	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
MF	Lai Chih-hsuan	(1995-07-29) 29 July 1995	2	0	Taipower	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
MF	Lan Hao-yu	(1999-01-13) 13 January 1999	0	0	Leopard Cat	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
FW	Lin Ming-wei	(2001-05-20) 20 May 2001	6	1	Taiwan Steel	v.  Philippines, 8 September 2023
FW	Onur Dogan	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988	27	6	Taichung Futuro	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022
FW	Ko Yu-ting	(1994-01-18) 18 January 1994	15	1	Taipower	v.  Thailand, 14 December 2022