2026–27 Taiwan Football Premier League

Taiwan Football Premier League
Season2026–27
Dates13 September 2026 – 2 May 2027
2027–28 →
All statistics correct as of 16 July 2026.

The 2026–27 Taiwan Football Premier League is the 10th season of Taiwan Football Premier League, the top-flight association football competition in Taiwan under its current format. The season begins on 13 September 2026 and ends on 2 May 2027.[1]

There will be no relegations for this season due to the upcoming league expansion for the 2027–28 season.[2]

Teams

Promotions and relegations

There are 8 teams in the league, including 7 teams from the 2025–26 season and 1 team promoted from the 2025–26 League 2.

Teams relegated to League 2

Ming Chuan University was the only team relegated after finishing last place in the previous season, ending their 4 year stay in the top tier.[3]

Teams promoted from League 2

Kaohsiung Attackers, the champions of League 2 in 2025–26 earned automatic promotion and was the only team promoted after MCU Desafio had lost 0–3 to Taipower in the promotion/relegation playoffs.[4]

Promoted from
2025–26 League 2
Relegated from
2025–26 TFPL
Kaohsiung Attackers Ming Chuan University

Teams and locations

Team Chinese Based in Seasons in TFPL First season in TFPL
Kaohsiung Attackers 高雄先鋒 Kaohsiung City 1 2026–27
New Taipei Hang Yuan 新北航源 New Taipei City 10 2017
Sunny Bank AC Taipei 陽信北競 Taipei City 5 2022
Taichung Futuro 台中Futuro Taichung City 8 2019
Taichung Rock 台中磐石 Taichung City 2 2025–26
Tainan City TSG 南市台鋼 Tainan City 10 2017
Taipower 台灣電力 Kaohsiung City 10 2017
Tatung Taiwan Leopard Cat 大同臺灣石虎 Taipei City 10 2017

Venues

Taiwan Football Premier League teams currently don't play all their home games in a specific home ground. Some venues may hold up to two different matches in a single matchday.

2026–27 Taiwan Football Premier League is located in Taiwan
Hsinchu
Hsinchu
Taichung
Taichung
Tainan
Tainan
Xizhi
Xizhi
Location of venues in 2026–27 Taiwan Football Premier League
Stadium Chinese Location Capacity
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium 輔仁大學足球場 New Taipei City 3,000
Hsinchu County Second Stadium 新竹縣第二運動場 Hsinchu County 2,500
Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium 高雄市立楠梓足球場 Kaohsiung City 1,200
Taichung Football Sports and Leisure Park Training Pitch 南屯人工草皮練習場 Taichung City
Tainan Municipal Football Field 臺南市立足球場 Tainan City 2,000
Taipei Municipal Stadium 臺北田徑場 Taipei City 20,000
Taiyuan Football Field 太原足球場 Taichung City 600
Xitun Football Field 西屯足球場 Taichung City 200
Xizhi Sports Field 汐止綜合運動場 New Taipei City 466

Foreign players

Kaohsiung Attackers New Taipei Hang Yuan Sunny Bank AC Taipei Taichung Futuro Taichung Rock Tainan City TSG Taipower Tatung Taiwan Leopard Cat
Brazil Luan Anderson
Philippines Junell Bautista
Japan Rintaro Hama
South Korea Kwon Seung-seong
Brazil Otavio Neto
Guatemala Andy Ruiz
Japan Kotaro Shiba
Japan Genki Tateiwa
Russia Alim Zumakulov
Honduras Elías Argueta
Japan Naoki Kaneko
Japan Shingo Koreeda
South Korea Lee Tae-bin
Japan Nagisa Sakurauchi
Japan Kentaro Sato
Guatemala Gustavo Arreaga
Chile Matias Godoy
Japan Kenshin Katata
Japan Yamato Kumagai
Japan Tsuyoshi Kusuyama
Japan Jun Uchida
South Korea Lee Han-hee
Japan Kenya Matsui
Japan Ren Nishikawa
Japan Keisuke Ogawa
Japan Ryota Saito
Japan Oki Sakimoto
Japan Kaoru Takayama
Japan Shohei Yokoyama
Italy Andrea Boschi
Italy Lorenzo Costa
Moldova Nichita Josan
Germany Dominik Limprecht
Czech Republic Filip Simecek
Japan Sora Yamauchi
Serbia Igor Zavis
South Korea Kim Sang-jun
South Korea Kim Sung-kyum
South Korea Kim Young-geun
South Korea Lim Sang-woo
Colombia Kevin Moreno
South Korea Oh Se-sim
Brazil Matheus Porto
Brazil Wilker
N/a United States Clovis Fahn
Japan Yunosuke Fukasawa
Japan Taiyo Izumi
Japan Jun Kochi
Kenya Nichodemus Malika
Japan Naoyuki Yamazaki

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor
Kaohsiung Attackers Spain Yago Japan Athleta Matrix Fitness
New Taipei Hang Yuan Taiwan Hung Chin-hwai Taiwan Huang Yung-chun Taiwan Entes N/a
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Spain Abel Lorenzo China Ucan Sunny Bank
Taichung Futuro Taiwan Fang Ching-ren Taiwan Chen Ting-yang Spain Joma Taichung City Government
Taichung Rock Italy Martino Sofia Taiwan Wang Yi-you Spain Joma S.Pellegrino
Tainan City TSG Portugal João Prates Taiwan Wu Chun-ching Spain Kelme Taiwan Steel Group
Taipower Taiwan Chen Chieh-jen Taiwan Chen Chao-an Spain Joma Taipower
Tatung Taiwan Leopard Cat Taiwan Lo Chih-an Kenya Nichodemus Malika Taiwan Taiwolf Tatung

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Kaohsiung Attackers Taiwan Weng Wei-pin End of contract 9 May 2026 Pre-season Spain Yago 11 May 2026[5]
Taichung Rock Japan Yoshiharu Ezoe 30 May 2026 Italy Martino Sofia 23 July 2026[6]
Tatung Taiwan Leopard Cat Taiwan Liu Cheng-ho 2 June 2026[7] Taiwan Lo Chih-an 1 July 2026[8]
Tainan City TSG Spain Carlos Garcia 27 June 2026[9] Portugal João Prates 14 July 2026[10]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kaohsiung Attackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League preliminary stage
2 New Taipei Hang Yuan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Taichung Futuro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Taichung Rock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Tainan City TSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Taipower 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Tatung Taiwan Leopard Cat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 13 September 2026. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Overall goal difference; 6) Overall goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points; 8) Draw lots

Position by round

First match(es) will be played on 13 September 2026. Source:
  = Qualification for the AFC Challenge League preliminary stage

Results

Regular season

Each team plays a total of 21 games, playing the other teams three times.[2]

Home \ Away KHA NTH SAC TCF TCR TSG TPW TLC KHA NTH SAC TCF TCR TSG TPW TLC KHA NTH SAC TCF TCR TSG TPW TLC
Kaohsiung Attackers 11 Oct 22 Nov 6 Dec 13 Sep 25 Oct 1 Nov 24 Jan 21 Mar — — 7 Mar 18 Apr 25 Apr — — — — — — — —
New Taipei Hang Yuan 13 Dec 31 Jan 28 Feb 1 Nov 13 Sep 18 Oct 20 Sep — — — 25 Apr 7 Mar 11 Apr 6 Dec — — — — — — 14 Mar
Sunny Bank AC Taipei 28 Feb 25 Oct 11 Apr 11 Oct 14 Mar 29 Nov 21 Feb 2 May 18 Apr — 21 Mar — — — — — — — — — —
Taichung Futuro 20 Sep 22 Nov 18 Oct 31 Jan 21 Feb 13 Dec 13 Sep 14 Mar 2 May 24 Jan — — — 29 Nov — — — — — — —
Taichung Rock 29 Nov 21 Feb 13 Dec 25 Oct 24 Jan 20 Sep 22 Nov — — — 18 Apr — 14 Mar 2 May — — — — — — —
Tainan City TSG 31 Jan 29 Nov 20 Sep 1 Nov 18 Oct 28 Feb 13 Dec — — 6 Dec 25 Apr 11 Apr — — — — — — — — —
Taipower 21 Feb 24 Jan 13 Sep 11 Oct 6 Dec 22 Nov 25 Oct — — 7 Mar 21 Mar — 2 May — — — — — — — —
Tatung Taiwan Leopard Cat 18 Oct — 1 Nov 7 Mar 28 Feb 11 Oct 31 Jan 11 Apr — 25 Apr — — 21 Mar 18 Apr — — — — — — —
First match(es) will be played: 13 September 2026. Source: TFPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

First match(es) will be played on 13 September 2026. Source: TFPL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "2026-27台灣企業甲級足球聯賽競賽規程草案1150703.pdf" (PDF). Chinese Taipei Football Association. 3 July 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "南市台鋼1比0航源FC奪冠 創造企甲六連霸". Go Goal. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "高雄Attackers FC雖敗仍封王 勇奪乙級冠軍挺進企甲寫歷史新頁". TSNA. 27 April 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "新任總教練 Yago García Oñate,正式加入 Kaohsiung Attackers。" (Press release). 高雄Attackers FC Men. 11 May 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "德轉確認義大利人Sofia新賽季將執教台中磐石,義媒曝光簽約細節". TaiwanGoal. 23 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨, 劉正和總教練" (Press release). 大同足球隊 Tatung FC. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "親愛的足球痴、足球迷,各位大同石虎的球迷朋友們,大家好!" (Press release). 大同足球隊 Tatung FC. 1 July 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "End of a wonderful Chapter". carlos.garcia.fernandez2023. 27 June 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "WELCOME JOÃO PRATES|葡萄牙籍總教練正式加盟】🇹🇼🇵🇹" (Press release). tsgfc.com.tw. 14 July 2026. Retrieved 15 July 2026.