2024 Taichung Futuro season

Taichung Futuro
2024 season
OwnerYoshitaka Komori
Head coachPen Wu-sung (AFC Cup)
Fang Ching-ren (TMFL)
TFPL2nd
AFC CupInter-zone play-off semi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Li Mao (10)

All:
Li Mao (10)
Biggest winTaipei Vikings 1–6 Futuro
Biggest defeatAbdysh-Ata Kant 5–0 Taichung Futuro

The 2024 Taichung Futuro season was the club's 6th season and their 6th season in Taiwan Football Premier League. Taichung Futuro also participated in the 2023–24 AFC Cup knockout stage as they qualified from the group stage in 2023.[1]

Kits

Players

N Pos. Nat. Name Age. Since
Goalkeepers
1 GK Lee Ming-wei 27 2020
21 GK Tuan Yu 30 2019
50 GK Kenya Matsui 39 2023
99 GK Lin Chun-hua 22 2024
Defenders
3 DF Chen Ting-yang (captain) 32 2019
7 DF Keisuke Ogawa 38 2019
8 DF Yoshitaka Komori 37 2019
14 DF Chen Chun-fu 23 2023
19 DF Li Ya-she 24 2024
24 DF Koji Wada 23 2024
34 DF Lin Che-yu 31 2023
42 DF Liu Wei-che 21 2024
43 DF Liang Meng-hsin 21 2021
88 DF Nagisa Sakurauchi 35 2024
Midfielders
6 MF Tsai Chieh-hsun 21 2023
9 MF Chen Hung-wei 27 2021
10 MF Shohei Yokoyama 31 2021
12/31[n1 1] MF Wen Chih-hao 31 2024
22 MF Takuro Uehara 33 2024
23 MF Kaoru Takayama 36 2023
27 MF Toshio Shimakawa 34 2024
Forwards
4 FW Tseng Te-lung 22 2023
5 FW Cheng Hao 27 2022
17 FW Hsu Heng-pin 31 2019
18 FW Li Mao 32 2019

Source:[1]

Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Source
Preseason
12/31 MF Wen Chih-hao AC Taipei €30,000 [2][3]
19 DF Li Ya-she
22 MF Takuro Uehara Imabari [4]
42 DF Liu Wei-che Saturday Football International
88 DF Nagisa Sakurauchi Imabari [4]
Midseason
24 DF Koji Wada Sendai University [5]
27 MF Toshio Shimakawa [6]
99 GK Lin Chun-hua New Taipei Hang Yuen

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Source
Preseason
11 FW Amari Oki
13 DF Shunya Suganuma Khon Kaen United [7]
14 MF Naoki Kaneko New Taipei Hang Yuan [8]
15 MF Kazuya Kojima
19 MF Genki Takatera
25 MF Kakeru Gunji Alliance ZHR [9]
27 FW Fang Ching-ren Retired [10]
31 GK Tian Syuan-jin
33 FW Kotaro Nakajima
42 DF Juang Ming-yan Retired
51 GK Taiki Itsukaichi
99 FW Jhon Benchy Taipei Vikings [11][12]
Midseason
36 FW Carlo Finotti New Taipei Hang Yuen [13]

Preseason and friendlies

9 June 2024 Friendly Taichung Futuro 2–0 Macau Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)
  • Cheng Hao 23'
  • Sakurauchi 69' (pen.)
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
TFPL 14 April 2024 1 December 2024 Matchday 1 2nd 21 13 4 4 41 19 +22 061.90
AFC Cup 23 August 2023 13 March 2024 Play-off round Inter-zone semi-finals 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 000.00
Total 23 13 4 6 42 27 +15 056.52

Source: TFPL AFC Cup

Taiwan Football Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tainan City TSG (C) 21 15 4 2 60 16 +44 49 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League preliminary stage
2 Futuro 21 13 4 4 41 19 +22 43
3 New Taipei Hang Yuen 21 12 3 6 33 19 +14 39
4 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 21 11 3 7 35 23 +12 36
5 Taipower 21 9 3 9 36 26 +10 30
6 Leopard Cat 21 6 4 11 24 35 −11 22
7 Ming Chuan University 21 5 3 13 23 47 −24 18 Transfer to 2025–26 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers
8 Taipei Vikings (R) 21 0 2 19 17 84 −67 2 Relegation to Taiwan Second Division Football League
Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results by round

Round1234568910111213147115171816201921
ResultDWWLWWWWWWDWWWWLDDLLW
Position211322221111111122222
Source: TFPL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1 Matchday 7 was postponed to 1 September 2024 due to the AFC Asian Qualifiers.[14]

Matches

14 April 2024 1 Tainan City TSG 1–1 Futuro Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8)
  • Yao Ko-chi  50'
  • Chen Jui-chieh 72'
Report
Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
28 April 2024 2 Futuro 4–0 Ming Chuan University Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
  • Yu Yao-hsing  30'
  • Ma Liang-cheng  71'
  • Hsiung Yuan-kuan  76'
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 115
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
5 May 2024 3 New Taipei Hang Yuen 0–1 Futuro Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 213
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan
12 May 2024 4 Futuro 0–2 AC Taipei Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)
  • Liang Meng-hsin  7'
  • Cheng Hao  64'
Report
  • Huang Wei-chieh 17'
  • Huang Sheng-chieh  50'
  • Chen You-lin  74'
  • Chen Kai-wen 83'
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 168
Referee: Kuo Chia-Hao
19 May 2024 5 Taipower 0–2 Futuro Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
Attendance: 250
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun
26 May 2024 6 Futuro 5–1 Taipei Vikings Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
  • Nien Chia-en 78'
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 88
Referee: Yang Chang-pei
16 June 2024 8 Futuro 1–0 New Taipei Hang Yuen Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
  • López  78'
  • Huang Yung-chun  84'
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 147
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
23 June 2024 9 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 0–1 Futuro New Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8)
  • Chen Yih-yan  58'
  • Ichiyanagi  70'
  • Huang Sheng-chieh  80'
Report
Stadium: National Taipei University
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
30 June 2024 10 Futuro 2–1 Taipower Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Referee: Yang Chang-pei
4 August 2024 11 Taipei Vikings 1–6 Futuro Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)
  • Yang Cheng-chun 16'
  • Peng Chia-en  71'
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
11 August 2024 12 Futuro 1–1 Leopard Cat Taoyuan
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
  • Argueta 36'
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Referee: Ko Chuan-yao
18 August 2024 13 Futuro 1–0 Tainan City TSG Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
  • Kim Sang-jun  63'
  • Chen Jui-chieh  90+2'
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan
25 August 2024 14 Ming Chuan University 0–4 Futuro Taoyuan
18:30 (UTC+8)
  • Chen Yen-jui  59'
Report Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
1 September 2024 7 Leopard Cat 1–2 Futuro Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
14 September 2024 15 Futuro 4–0 Taipei Vikings Taoyuan
15:30 (UTC+8) Report Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Referee: Lin Ching-tang
29 September 2024 17 Tainan City TSG 7–3 Futuro Tainan
18:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
20 October 2024 18 Futuro 1–1 Ming Chuan University Kaohsiung
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
  • Chen Yen-jui  43'
  • Li Po-yu  70'
  • Ng Pui-hei 90+4' 90+5'
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Referee: Wang Chieh
24 October 2024 16 Leopard Cat 0–0 Futuro Taichung
18:30 (UTC+8)
  • Shih Cheng-hsi  86'
Report Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Referee: Hsu Min-yu
3 November 2024 20 Futuro 0–1 Sunny Bank AC Taipei Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun
24 November 2024 19 New Taipei Hang Yuen 1–0 Futuro New Taipei
15:00 (UTC+8)
  • Benchy 16' (pen.)
  • Wang Po-ying  90+2'
  • Huang Yung-chun  90+4'
Report
Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
1 December 2024 21 Taipower 1–2 Futuro Kaohsiung
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu

AFC Cup

Knockout stage

6 March 2024 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals Abdysh-Ata Kant 5–0 Taichung Futuro Bishkek
18:00 (UTC+6)
Report Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
Attendance: 4,059
Referee: Bijan Heydari (Iran)
13 March 2024 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals Taichung Futuro 1–3 Abdysh-Ata Kant Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 115
Referee: Yahya Almulla (United Arab Emirates)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total TFPL AFC Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  TAI Lee Ming-wei 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK  TAI Tuan Yu 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
50 GK  JPN Kenya Matsui 21 0 19 0 2 0
99 GK  TAI Lin Chun-hua 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF  TAI Chen Ting-yang 17 1 15+2 1 0 0
7 DF  JPN Keisuke Ogawa 19 0 17 0 2 0
8 DF  TAI Yoshitaka Komori 17 0 1+14 0 2 0
14 DF  TAI Chen Chun-fu 12 0 4+6 0 0+2 0
19 DF  TAI Li Ya-she 4 1 2+2 1 0 0
24 DF  JPN Koji Wada 4 0 4 0 0 0
34 DF  TAI Lin Che-yu 12 0 2+8 0 1+1 0
42 DF  TAI Liu Wei-che 5 0 1+4 0 0 0
43 DF  TAI Liang Meng-hsin 22 1 17+3 1 2 0
88 DF  JPN Nagisa Sakurauchi 22 2 20 2 2 0
Midfielders
6 MF  TAI Tsai Chieh-hsun 9 1 3+4 1 0+2 0
9 MF  TAI Chen Hung-wei 18 0 2+16 0 0 0
10 MF  JPN Shohei Yokoyama 10 4 9 4 1 0
12/31[n1 1] MF  TAI Wen Chih-hao 22 2 19+1 2 2 0
22 MF  JPN Takuro Uehara 21 2 20 2 1 0
23 MF  JPN Kaoru Takayama 21 7 19 7 2 0
27 MF  JPN Toshio Shimakawa 12 1 12 1 0 0
Forwards
4 FW  TAI Tseng Te-lung 15 1 10+5 1 0 0
5 FW  TAI Cheng Hao 21 5 5+14 5 1+1 0
17 FW  TAI Hsu Heng-pin 13 2 8+3 2 1+1 0
18 FW  TAI Li Mao 22 10 20+1 10 1 0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
99 FW  HAI Jhon Benchy 2 1 0 0 2 1
Own goals (0)
Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player TMFL AFC Cup Total
1 18 FW Li Mao 10 10
2 23 MF Kaoru Takayama 7 7
3 5 FW Cheng Hao 5 5
4 10 MF Shohei Yokoyama 4 4
5 12/31[n1 1] MF Wen Chih-hao 2 2
17 FW Hsu Heng-pin 2
22 MF Takuro Uehara 2
88 DF Nagisa Sakurauchi 2
9 3 DF Chen Ting-yang 1 1
4 FW Tseng Te-lung 1
6 MF Tsai Chieh-hsun 1
19 DF Li Ya-she 1
27 MF Toshio Shimakawa 1
43 DF Liang Meng-hsin 1
99 FW Jhon Benchy 1
Own goals (from the opponents) 1 0 1
Totals 41 1 42
Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

Cleansheets

Rank No. Nat. Player TFPL AFC Cup Total
1 50 Kenya Matsui 8 0 8
2 21 Tuan Yu 3 3
3 99 Lin Chun-hua 1 1
4 1 Lee Ming-wei 0
Totals 12 0 12

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Name TFPL AFC Cup Total
     
88 DF Nagisa Sakurauchi 5 1 6
12/31[n1 1] MF Wen Chih-hao 5 1 5 1
7 DF Keisuke Ogawa 4 1 4 1
43 DF Liang Meng-hsin 3 3
3 DF Chen Ting-yang 2 2
5 FW Cheng Hao 2 2
10 MF Shohei Yokoyama 2 2
18 FW Li Mao 2 2
23 MF Kaoru Takayama 2 2
27 MF Toshio Shimakawa 2 2
22 MF Takuro Uehara 1 1 2
4 FW Tseng Te-lung 1 1
9 MF Chen Hung-wei 1 1
14 DF Chen Chun-fu 1 1
34 DF Lin Che-yu 1 1
8 DF Yoshitaka Komori 1 1
Staff Yuto Kabasawa 2 2
Coach Fang Ching-ren 1 1
Totals 35 3 3 1 38 1 3

Source: [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

Awards

Taichung Sports Awards Ceremony

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