Tainan City F.C.

Tainan City F.C., for sponsorship reasons currently known as Taiwan Steel (Chinese: 台灣鋼鐵足球隊), is a Taiwanese professional football club which currently competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League.

Taiwan Steel
Full nameTaiwan Steel F.C.
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundTainan Football Field
National Stadium (Kaohsiung) (sometimes)
Capacity2,000
55,000
OwnerTainan City Government
Taiwan Steel Group
ManagerLo Chih-Tsung
LeagueTaiwan Football Premier League
2021Taiwan Football Premier League, 1st of 8 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

History

The team joined the Taiwan Football Premier League, under the name Tainan City F.C. in 2017, which most of the players came from Tianmu Campus, University of Taipei, and was supported by Tainan City Government. The team structure and its players changed, since Taiwan Steel Group acquired the club and renamed it in 2019, importing national team players such as Wu Chun-ching.

Ahead of the 2020 season, Taiwan Steel Group added national team goalkeeper Pan Wen-chieh, defender Chen Wei-chuan, 2019 MVP Marc Fenelus, and 2019 Top Scorer Benchy Estama.[1]

They won national league in 2020. In 2021, they played the AFC Cup for the first time.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Taiwan TAI Pan Wen-chieh
2 DF Taiwan TAI Chen Wei-chuan
3 DF Russia RUS Alim Zumakulov
4 DF Taiwan TAI Fong Shao-chi
5 DF Taiwan TAI Wang Ruei
6 DF Taiwan TAI Pai Shao-yu
7 MF Taiwan TAI Yao Ko-chi
8 FW Taiwan TAI Ange Samuel Kouamé
9 MF Taiwan TAI Yu Chia-huang
11 MF Taiwan TAI Wu Chun-ching
12 MF Taiwan TAI Chen Jui-chieh
13 MF Taiwan TAI Kuo Bo-wei
14 MF Taiwan TAI Liu Ho-han
16 MF Taiwan TAI Lin Kai-en
17 MF Taiwan TAI Chen Wei-jen
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Taiwan TAI Jiang Zhi-xian
19 MF Taiwan TAI Lin Ming-wei
20 MF Taiwan TAI Chang Hsu-yang
22 DF Taiwan TAI So Narita
23 MF Taiwan TAI Lin Wei-chieh
24 DF United States USA Louie Bulger
25 DF South Korea KOR Kim Sung-kyum
27 DF Taiwan TAI Ho Hung-wei
29 FW Brazil BRA Jean Moser
30 FW Brazil BRA Luan Anderson
31 GK Taiwan TAI Tsai Shuo-che
32 MF Taiwan TAI Wang Hao-lin
33 GK Taiwan TAI Li Guan-pei
34 FW Taiwan TAI Chen Po-yu

Continental record
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2021 AFC Cup Group J Mongolia Athletic 220 3–0 3rd out of 4
Hong Kong Lee Man 1–4
Hong Kong Eastern 0–1
2022 AFC Cup Group J Hong Kong Lee Man 1–3 3rd out of 3
Hong Kong Eastern 1–3
2023–24 AFC Cup Group I Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1–3
Macau Chao Pak Kei
Chinese Taipei Taichung Futuro

Honours

Domestic

References
  1. "台企甲4月12日開幕，台灣鋼鐵補強後來勢洶洶". 10 April 2020.
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