2019 Taiwan Football Premier League

The 2019 season of the Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL) is the third season of top-flight association football competition in Taiwan under its current format. The Taiwan Football Premier League includes eight teams. The season began on 14 April 2019.^[1]

Taiwan Football Premier League

Season	2019
Champions	Tatung
Relegated	Ming Chuan U. Taipei Red Lions
Matches played	84
Goals scored	330 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Benchy Estama (25 goals)
← 2018 2020 →

Teams

A total of eight teams compete in the league. Tatung are the defending champions. Royal Blues and NSTC F.C. were relegated from last season, and were replaced by Taichung Futuro and Ming Chuan University, which were the top two teams of the qualifying tournament held in December 2018.

• F.C. Taipei Red Lions (F.C. 台北紅獅), previously named Taicheng Lions (F.C. 台程獅)
• Hang Yuen F.C. (航源 F.C.)
• Hasus TSU F.C. (台灣體大, previously named 台體光磊 F.C.)
• Ming Chuan University F.C. (銘傳大學 F.C.)
• Taichung Futuro (台中 FUTURO F.C.)
• Taipower F.C. (高市台電 F.C.)
• Tatung F.C. (北市大同 F.C.)
• Taiwan Steel F.C. (台灣鋼鐵 F.C.), previously named Tainan City (台南市 F.C.)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tatung	21	16	4	1	75	18	+57	52	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
2	Taipower	21	15	4	2	47	19	+28	49	Qualification for AFC Cup preliminary round 2
3	Hang Yuan	21	11	8	2	65	31	+34	41
4	Taiwan Steel	21	10	3	8	43	44	−1	33
5	Taichung Futuro	21	8	4	9	37	26	+11	28
6	National Taiwan University of Sport	21	4	3	14	23	59	−36	15
7	Ming Chuan University	21	3	2	16	20	75	−55	11	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Taipei Red Lions	21	1	4	16	20	58	−38	7

Source: CTFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.

Results

	HNY	MCU	NTU	FUT	TRL	TAT	TPW	TWS
Hang Yuen F.C.	-	3–1 4–2 7–0	6–3 3–0 4–1	1–1 2–2 1–1	5–1 5–0 3–1	1–1 2–2 2–3	0–0 3–3 0–2	2–2 5–0 5–4
Ming Chuan University F.C.	1–3 2–4 0–7	—	0–2 3–1 2–3	0–4 0–5 0–5	0–1 3–1 1–1	0–8 1–6 1–7	0–3 1–5 0–3	1–3 2–2 2–1
National Taiwan University of Sport F.C.	3–6 0–3 1–4	2–0 1–3 3–2	—	1–1 0–3 0–3	0–0 3–3 3–2	2–7 0–4 0–3	1–2 0–3 0–2	0–3 3–2 0–3
Taichung FUTURO F.C.	1–1 2–2 1–1	4–0 5–0 5–0	1–1 3–0 3–0	—	4–0 1–0 2–0	0–1 0–5 0–1	1–3 1–2 0–3	0–1 2–3 1–2
F.C. Taipei Red Lions	1–5 0–5 1–3	1–0 1–3 1–1	0–0 3–3 2–3	0–4 0–1 0–2	—	1–3 0–7 1–1	1–2 0–3 1–3	3–4 1–2 1–2
Tatung	1–1 2–2 3–2	8–0 6–1 7–1	7–2 4–0 3–0	1–0 5–0 1–0	3–1 7–0 1–1	—	3–1 1–1 2–0	7–1 2–0 1–4
Taipower F.C.	0–0 3–3 2–0	3–0 5–1 3–0	2–1 3–0 2–0	3–1 2–1 3–0	2–1 3–0 3–1	1–3 1–1 0–2	—	1–1 4–3 1–0
Taiwan Steel F.C.	2–2 0–5 4–5	3–1 2–2 1–2	3–0 2–3 3–0	1–0 3–2 2–1	4–3 2–1 2–1	1–7 0–2 4–1	1–1 3–4 0–1	—

source = CTFA^{[permanent dead link]}

Top scorers

As of 21 August 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marc Fenelus	Tatung F.C.	17
2	Ange Kouamé	Tatung F.C.	15
3	Joo Ik-seong	Hang Yuen F.C.	13
4	Benchy Estama	Hang Yuen F.C.	16
5	Chu En-le	Tatung F.C.	11
6	Chen Rei-chieh	Tatung F.C.	8
	Chiu Yi-huan	Taipower F.C.
8	Lin Chien-hsun	Taipower F.C.	7
9	Lee Mao	Taichung Futuro F.C.	5
	Chen Sheng-wei	Taichung Futuro F.C.
	Kuo Po-wei	Taiwan Steel F.C.
12	Ko Yu-ting	Taipower F.C.	4
	Chen Hao-wei	Hang Yuen F.C.
	Chen Chao-an	Taichung Futuro F.C.
	Chen Po-yu	National Taiwan University of Sport F.C.
16	Huang Chun-wen	Taiwan Steel F.C.	3
	Pai Shao-yu	Taiwan Steel F.C.
	Lee Hsiang-wei	Taichung FUTURO
	Hung Tzu-kuei	Taichung FUTURO
	Hsu Yi	Hang Yuen F.C.
	Philipp Pippo Marda	F.C. Taipei Red Lions
22	Matías Godoy	Taiwan Steel F.C.	2
	Wu Chun-ching	Taiwan Steel F.C.
	Pan Yu-ting	Taiwan Steel F.C.
	Yao Ke-chi	Taiwan Steel F.C.
	Otomo Shuto	National Taiwan University of Sport F.C.
	Chiang Hao-ren	National Taiwan University of Sport F.C.
	Cheng Hao	National Taiwan University of Sport F.C.
	Chen Kai-wen	National Taiwan University of Sport F.C.
	Huang Sheng-chieh	Ming Chuan University F.C.
	Wang Chung-yu	Ming Chuan University F.C.
	Hsiung Yuan-kuan	Ming Chuan University F.C.
	Lo Chi-hsien	Ming Chuan University F.C.
	Lin Chang-lun	Taipower F.C.
	Chen Yi-wei	Taipower F.C.
	Tseng Chi-wei	Taipower F.C.
	Luis Mayorga	F.C. Taipei Red Lions
	Santos Barrow	F.C. Taipei Red Lions
	Javier Funes Guzman	F.C. Taipei Red Lions
	Chen Wei-chuan	Tatung F.C.
	Takada Shun	Taichung Futuro F.C.
42	Wang Sheng-han	Ming Chuan University F.C.	1
	Cheng Chun-hsien	Ming Chuan University F.C.
	Liao Wen-hao	Ming Chuan University F.C.
	Lo Chi-hsien	Ming Chuan University F.C.
	Huang Yu-ming	Ming Chuan University F.C.
	Hsu Fu-sheng	Taiwan Steel F.C.
	Wei Yu-chun	Taiwan Steel F.C.
	Pan Yu-ting	Taiwan Steel F.C.
	Huang Cheng-tsung	Taiwan Steel F.C.
	Chen Wei-ren	Taiwan Steel F.C.
	Hung Tzu-cheng	Tatung F.C.
	Elias Rene Argueta Tejada	Tatung F.C.
	Chang Hao-wei	Tatung F.C.
	Lee Chien-liang	Taipower F.C.
	Lee Chun-chia	Taipower F.C.
	Kao Chun-hong	Taipower F.C.
	Chen Chun-ting	National Taiwan University of Sport F.C.
	Chou Cheng	National Taiwan University of Sport F.C.
	Chen Hong-wei	National Taiwan University of Sport F.C.
	Jake Clarke	F.C. Taipei Red Lions
	Lin Kuan-heng	F.C. Taipei Red Lions
	Pa Baboucarr Jallow	F.C. Taipei Red Lions
	Chou Yu-chie	Hang Yuen F.C.
	Chen Ching-hsuan	Hang Yuen F.C.
	Lee Kai-chieh	Taichung Futuro F.C.
	Lee Cheng-yu	Taichung Futuro F.C.