2021 Taiwan Football Premier League

The 2021 season of the Taiwan Football Premier League is the fifth 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 11 April 2021.[1]

Taiwan Football Premier League
Season2021
Matches played51
Goals scored143 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Koume Ange Samuel
10 goals
Longest winning run5 matches
Taipower FC
Taiwan Steel FC
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Taipower FC
Longest winless run9 matches
Land Home NTUS FC
Longest losing run9 matches
Land Home NTUS FC
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 12 December 2021.

Teams

A total of eight teams compete in the league. Taiwan Steel are the defending champions. Ming Chuan were relegated at the end of the 2020 season, to be replaced by inaugural Challenge League champions CPC Corporation. Red Lions were taken over in late 2020 and left the league, relaunching as a new entity called Flight Skywalkers.

New Taipei
Taoyuan
Tainan
Kaohsiung
Taipei(2)
Taichung(2)
Locations of the 2020 Taiwan Football Premier League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity Head Coach Last Season
CPC Corporation Kaohsiung Zhong Jian-wu 1st, TFCL
Flight Skywalkers Taipei Taipei Municipal Stadium 20,000 Chang Wu-yeh 7th (replaced Red Lions)
Hang Yuen New Taipei Fu Jen Catholic University Football Field 3,000 Hung Ching-Hwai 5th
NTUS Taichung Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch 500 Jung-Jui Chao 6th
Taipower Kaohsiung Kaohsiung National Stadium 55,000 Chen Kuei-jen 2nd
Tatung Taipei Taipei Municipal Stadium 20,000 Chiang Mu-tsai 4th
Taichung FUTURO Taichung Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch 500 Vom Ca-nhum 3rd
Taiwan Steel Tainan Tainan Football Field 15,000 Luo Chi-Cong 1st

League table

The league was scheduled to be played over 14 rounds as a double round-robin.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Taiwan Steel 12 10 1 1 39 11 +28 31 Qualification for the 2022 AFC Cup group stage
2 Taipower 13 9 4 0 25 5 +20 31
3 Taichung FUTURO 13 7 2 4 17 10 +7 23
4 Hang Yuen 12 5 4 3 15 13 +2 19
5 Tatung 13 5 3 5 19 19 0 18
6 CPC Corporation 13 4 2 7 18 21 −3 14
7 Flight Skywalkers (Q) 13 1 1 11 2 23 −21 4 Qualification for the Taiwan Second Division relegation play-off
8 Land Home NTUS (Q) 13 1 1 11 8 41 −33 4 Relegation to the Taiwan Second Division
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. 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
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Promotion/Relegation play-off

At the end of the season, the seventh-placed team from the TFPL will enter a play-off with the second-placed team from the 2021 Taiwan Football Challenge League for a spot in the 2022 Taiwan Football Premier League.


Taiwan Football Challenge League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ming Chuan (T) 14 10 3 1 52 11 +41 33 Promotion to TFPL
2 Andy Chen Academy (T) 13 10 2 1 40 10 +30 32 Qualification for Promotion/Relegation Play-off
3 Saturday Football International 14 9 2 3 42 12 +30 29
4 Inter Taoyuan FC 14 7 2 5 33 18 +15 23
5 PlayOne Normal University 14 3 3 8 16 39 −23 12
6 Tong Jie FC 13 3 2 8 16 38 −22 11
7 FCBase Athletic (Q) 14 2 2 10 17 53 −36 8 Taiwan Second Division Football League Qualification Play-offs
8 FC Kaohsiung 12 1 2 9 13 48 −35 5
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. 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
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated

References
  1. "Taiwan Football Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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