Leopard Cat FC

Leopard Cat Football Club (Chinese: 台灣石虎足球隊; pinyin: Táiwān Shíhǔ Zúqiú Duì), formerly known as Tatung Football Club, is a Taiwanese professional football club based in Taipei,^[2][3] that competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League.^[4][5] The club, affiliated with the electronics-producing Tatung Company, was founded in 1963 by a group of Tatung employees favoring football activities. They are among the first clubs to be owned by private enterprise on Taiwan.

Leopard Cat
北市大同

Full name	Leopard Cat Football Club 台灣石虎足球隊
Nickname(s)	Shihu
Short name	LCT
Founded	1963; 62 years ago (1963) (as Tatung Football Club) 2022; 3 years ago (2022) (as Leopard Cat Football Club) [1]
Ground	Taipei Municipal Stadium
Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Miao Poya
Manager	Chiang Mu-tsai
League	Taiwan Football Premier League
2024	Taiwan Football Premier League, 6th of 8
Home colours Away colours

History

The club has a long-standing rivalry with Taipower, as both are the most successful and most popular clubs in the country. In recent years, Leopard Cat has proved to be the dominant force on the island by winning the Taiwan Football Premier League three consecutive times.^[6] In 2006 AFC President's Cup,^[7] Tatung reached the semi-finals.^[8] In 2022, they announced a rebranding, following the consequences of Tatung Company's refusal from supporting the Tatung FC operations. They changed their name from Tatung FC to Leopard Cat, changed their crest, and their official colours, to avoid exclusion, or relegation of the Taiwan Football Premier League. After sufficient funds were raised to enable the team to play the next season in the TFPL, a realization of an election of supervisors and directors, and a general meeting successfully completed, Miao Poya was named the club's chairman. ^[9]

Current squad

As of 5 August 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TAI Shih Shin-an 3 DF  TAI Lin Chih-syuan 4 DF  TAI Chang Wei-kai 5 DF  TAI Huang Wei-min 6 DF  KEN Nichodemus Onyango (captain) 7 FW  TAI Onur Dogan 8 MF  TAI Hung Shih-cheng 9 MF  TAI Lan Hao-yu 10 MF  JPN Naoyuki Yamazaki 11 MF  HON Elias Argueta 12 MF  TAI Ro Ji-xian 15 GK  TAI Li Guan-pei 16 DF  TAI Wei Pei-lun 17 DF  TAI Lee Pin-hsien 18 DF  TAI Huang Bo-jin

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  BRA Garrydo 21 FW  TAI Chang Hao-wei 23 GK  TAI Wang Po-han 24 FW  TAI Lo Chih-en 25 MF  PHI Nathan Rilloraza 29 FW  TAI Chen Po-hao 30 FW  TAI Lo Chih-an 31 DF  TAI Chao Wei-chieh 32 GK  TAI Chen Yu-chang 33 FW  TAI Pai Shao-yu 35 DF  TAI Shih Cheng-hsi 37 MF  JPN Taiyo Izumi 41 DF  TAI Lai Yu-an 45 MF  TAI Huang Guo-fu

Technical staff

Name	Nationality	Position(s)
Technical staff
Chiang Mu-tsai		Head coach
Wang Chun-lung		Assistant coach
Kao Hao-chieh		Assistant coach
Hung Shih-cheng		Assistant coach

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Position
2006	AFC President's Cup	Group A	Pakistan Army Football Club	4–1	2nd
			Khemara Kelia FC	1–5
			Transport United	5–0
		Semifinal	FC Khatlon	1–3
2007	AFC President's Cup	Group B	Mahendra Police Club	0–0	4th
			Khemara Kelia FC	0–1
			Dordoi Dynamo	0–5
2014	AFC President's Cup	Group B	HTTU Ashgabat	0–2	4th
			Ceres-Negros FC	0–2
			Rimyongsu Sports Club	0–5
2017	AFC Cup	Qualifying Group C	F.C. Tertons	0-0	2nd
			Sheikh Russell KC	1–1
2020	AFC Cup	Group I	Chao Pak Kei	cancelled
			Tai Po
			Winners of Play-off East Asia

Honours

Domestic

• Taiwan Football Premier League
  • Champions (3): 2017, 2018, 2019
• Intercity Football League
  • Champions (2): 2007,^[10] 2013
• Enterprise Football League^[11]
  • Champions (2): 2005, 2006
• CTFA Cup
  • Champions (3): 1990, 1996, 2005
• President's Cup
  • Champions (2): 1997, 1998
• Enterprise Football League is formerly known as National Men's First Division Football League.

Invitational

• Peace Invitational Challenge Cup: 2006
• World Chinese Cup Invitational Championship: 2005
• Hawaii Challenge Cup: 2005