2025–26 Taichung Futuro season

Taichung Futuro
2025–26 season
OwnerYoshitaka Komori
Head coachFang Ching-ren
Main groundsXitun Football Field
Taiyuan Football Field
President FA CupSemifinals
ACGLPreliminary stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lai Yi-chiao (5)
All:
Lai Yi-chiao (9)
Average home league attendance0
Biggest winTaichung Futuro 7–0 Inter Taoyuan Grey
Biggest defeatTainan City TSG Blue 5–0 Taichung Futuro

The 2025–26 Taichung Futuro season is the club's 7th season and their 7th season in Taiwan Football Premier League. They also compete in Taiwan President FA Cup and AFC Challenge League as they were the 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League runner-up.[1][2]

Kits

Management team

Position Name
Head coach Fang Ching-ren
Kit Manager Yosuke Kyuda
Athletic Trainer Chiang Pei-ling
  • Last updated: 11 July 2025
  • Source: [1]

Players

N Pos. Nat. Name Age. Since
Goalkeepers
1 GK Lee Ming-wei 28 2020
21 GK Tuan Yu 31 2019
50 GK Kenya Matsui 40 2023
99 GK Lin Chun-hua 23 2024
Defenders
3 DF Chen Ting-yang (captain) 33 2019
7 DF Keisuke Ogawa 39 2019
8 DF Yoshitaka Komori 38 2019
15 DF Munkh-Orgil Orkhon 27 2025
19 DF Li Ya-she 25 2024
34 DF Lin Che-yu 32 2023
42 DF Liu Wei-che 22 2024
43 DF Liang Meng-hsin 22 2021
88 DF Nagisa Sakurauchi 36 2024
Midfielders
6 MF Tsai Chieh-hsun 22 2023
9 MF Chen Hung-wei 28 2021
10 MF Shohei Yokoyama 32 2025
12 MF Wen Chih-hao 32 2024
23 MF Kaoru Takayama 37 2023
35 MF Ryota Saito 24 2025
70/71[n1 1] MF Yu Chia-le 2025
70/71[n1 2] MF Peng Chuan-min 20 2025
72/77[n1 3] MF Lai Yi-chiao 18 2025
Forwards
4 FW Tseng Te-lung 23 2023
5 FW Cheng Hao 28 2022
17 FW Hsu Heng-pin 32 2019
18 FW Li Mao 33 2019

Source:[2]

Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 70 in President FA Cup.
  2. ^ Worn number 71 in President FA Cup.
  3. ^ Worn number 72 in President FA Cup.

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Source
Preseason (winter transfer)
70/71 MF Yu Chia-le – [3]
70/71 MF Peng Chuan-min – [3]
72/77 MF Lai Yi-chiao – [3]
73 DF Chen Hung-li – [3]
74 MF Lin Shih-yuan – [3]
75 MF Cheng Yu-chi – [3]
76 MF Chang Hsiu-yuan – [3]
Preseason (summer transfer)
10 MF Shohei Yokoyama Gold Coast Knights
15 DF Munkh-Orgil Orkhon Deren [4]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Source
Preseason (winter transfer)
10 MF Shohei Yokoyama Gold Coast Knights [5]
14 DF Chen Chun-fu – [3]
22 MF Takuro Uehara Retired [6]
24 DF Koji Wada Iwate Grulla Morioka [7]
27 MF Toshio Shimakawa Sagamihara [8]
Preseason (summer transfer)
73 DF Chen Hung-li –
74 MF Lin Shih-yuan –
75 MF Cheng Yu-chi –
76 MF Chang Hsiu-yuan –

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from On loan until Source
Preseason (summer transfer)
35 MF Ryota Saito V-Varen Nagasaki [9]

Preseason and friendlies

14 March 2025 Friendly Taichung Rock 3–1 Taichung Futuro Taichung
19:30 (UTC+8) RecapRecap Stadium: Xitun Football Field
7 June 2025 Friendly Taichung Futuro 2–2 Macau Taichung
19:15 (UTC+8) Stadium: Xitun Football Field
27 July 2025 TCRFC International Cup Taichung Rock 1–4 Taichung Futuro Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
  • Liu Chien-wei 15'
 Report
  • Saito 13', 43'
  • Cheng Hao 52'
  • Lai Yi-chiao 68'
 Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Referee: Yang Chang-pei
29 July 2025 TCRFC International Cup Eastern 1–1 Taichung Futuro Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
  • Saito 84'
 Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Referee: Wen Wen-lung
Not played TCRFC International Cup Rot Weiss Ahlen Cancelled Taichung Futuro Taichung
Report Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Note: Matched cancelled due to poor ground condition after the rain.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
TFPL 17 August 2025 24 May 2026 Matchday 1 - 11 5 1 5 19 12 +7 045.45
President FA Cup 12 April 2025 28 May 2025 Group stage Semifinals 6 5 0 1 19 7 +12 083.33
ACGL 12 August 2025 12 August 2025 Preliminary stage Preliminary stage 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
Total 18 10 1 7 39 22 +17 055.56

Taiwan Football Premier League

Main article: 2025–26 Taiwan Football Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 New Taipei Hang Yuan 11 8 1 2 23 7 +16 25 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying play-offs
2 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 11 6 4 1 18 11 +7 22
3 Tainan City TSG 10 5 4 1 23 8 +15 19
4 Taichung Futuro 11 5 1 5 19 12 +7 16
5 Tatung 11 4 3 4 18 16 +2 15
6 Taichung Rock 12 3 4 5 12 20 −8 13
7 Taipower 12 3 3 6 14 19 −5 12 Transfer to 2026–27 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers
8 Ming Chuan University 12 1 0 11 8 42 −34 3 Relegation to Taiwan Football League Division 2
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: [3]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021
ResultLWLLDWLWLWW
Position536875776754
Source: [4]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 August 2025 1 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 2–1 Taichung Futuro Taoyuan
16:00 (UTC+8)
  • Yamazaki 28'
  • Chen Yen-jui  63'  75'
  • Chen Yi-yen  76'
  • Takayama 87'
  • Huang Sheng-chieh  88'
 Report
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Attendance: 122
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
24 August 2025 2 Taichung Rock 0–1 Taichung Futuro Taichung
19:00 (UTC+8)
  • Kao Kuan-yu  75'
 Report
Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Attendance: 253
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
14 September 2025 3 New Taipei Hang Yuan 2–0 Taichung Futuro New Taipei
16:00 (UTC+8)
  • Tateiwa 7'
  • Lin Chen 58'
 Report
Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
Attendance: 61
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan
21 September 2025 4 Ming Chuan University 2–1 Taichung Futuro New Taipei
16:00 (UTC+8)
  • Godoy 43'
  • Cheng Kai-wei  45+1'
  • Ro Ji-xian  74' 90+3'
  • Hsu Yu-jen  80'
  • Ng Pui-hei  83'
 Report
Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
Attendance: 76
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
28 September 2025 5 Taichung Futuro 1–1 Taipower Tainan
16:00 (UTC+8)
  • Saito 50'
 Report
  • Lee Chun-chia  46'
  • Yeh Ching-chun 59'
 Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan
26 October 2025 6 Taichung Futuro 5–0 Tatung Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
  • Chen Jui-chieh  45+2'
  • Chao Wei-chieh  71'
  • Lai Yu-an  80'
 Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field[10]
Referee: Ko Chuan-yao
23 November 2025 8 Taichung Futuro 0–1 Sunny Bank AC Taipei Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8) Report
  • Uchida 28'
  • Kusuyama  38'
  • Chen Yu-lin  55'
  • Huang Wei-chieh  56'
  • Tsai Meng-chen  86'
 Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
Referee: Ko Chuan-yao
30 November 2025 9 Taichung Futuro 4–0 Taichung Rock Taichung
18:30 (UTC+8)
  • Saito 42', 65'
  • Li Mao  48'
  • Chen Hung-wei 64'
  • Cheng Hao 79'
 Report
  • Yamauchi  66'
 Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Referee: Lin Te-en
7 December 2025 10 Taichung Futuro 1–2 New Taipei Hang Yuan Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun
14 December 2025 11 Taichung Futuro 3–1 Ming Chuan University Taichung
18:30 (UTC+8)
Report
  • Godoy 19' (pen.)
  • Li Po-yu  45+6'
  • Chu Chi-lung  83'
  • Chang Yu-cheng  87'
 Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan
21 December 2026 12 Taipower 1–2 Taichung Futuro Kaohsiung
18:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Referee: Kuo Po-hung
1 March 2026 13 Tatung v Taichung Futuro New Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
8 March 2026 14 Tainan City TSG v Taichung Futuro Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Xitun Football Field
15 March 2026[10][11] 7 Taichung Futuro v Tainan City TSG Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field[10]
12 April 2026 15 Taichung Futuro v Sunny Bank AC Taipei Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
19 April 2026 16 Taichung Futuro v Taichung Rock Taichung
18:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Xitun Football Field
26 April 2026 17 New Taipei Hang Yuan v Taichung Futuro New Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
3 May 2026 18 Taichung Futuro v Ming Chuan University Taichung
19:00 (UTC+8) Stadium: Xitun Football Field
10 May 2026 19 Taipower v Taichung Futuro Kaohsiung
19:00 (UTC+8) Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
17 May 2026 20 Tatung v Taichung Futuro Taipei
19:00 (UTC+8) Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
24 May 2026 21 Tainan City TSG v Taichung Futuro Tainan
19:00 (UTC+8) Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field

Taiwan President FA Cup

Main article: 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Taichung Futuro 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12 Advanced to Quarterfinals
2 Tainan City TSG Green 4 3 0 1 18 5 +13 9
3 Taichung Rock B 4 2 0 2 17 8 +9 6
4 Ming Chuan B 4 0 1 3 2 15 −13 1
5 Inter Taoyuan Grey 4 0 1 3 0 22 −22 1
Source: [5]
12 April 2025 1 Taichung Futuro 7−0 Inter Taoyuan Grey Tainan
16:00 (UTC+8)
  • Lai Yi-chiao 3', 65', 73'
  • Li Mao 47', 76', 81'
  • Cheng Hao 51'
 Recap Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
19 April 2025 2 Ming Chuan B 1−2 Taichung Futuro Taoyuan
18:00 (UTC+8)
  • Hsiao Yueh-hui 41'
  • Chang Yi-hsien  53'
 Recap
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
4 May 2025 3 Taichung Rock B 1−2 Taichung Futuro Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)
  • Hsu Liu Chien-feng  37'
  • Wang Yi-you  47'
  • Chiang Chun-yao 83'
 Recap
Stadium: Xitun Football Field
10 May 2025 4 Taichung Futuro 4−0 Tainan City TSG Green Taichung
19:00 (UTC+8)
Recap Stadium: Xitun Football Field

Knockout stage

17 May 2025 Quarterfinals Sunny Bank AC Taipei 0−4 Taichung Futuro Taoyuan
13:00 (UTC+8) Recap
Stadium: National Taiwan Sport University
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan
28 May 2025 Semifinals Tainan City TSG Blue 5−0 Taichung Futuro Taoyuan
16:00 (UTC+8)
  • Chen Jui-chieh 51', 74'
  • Benchy 67'
  • Yao Ko-chi 84'
  • Kim Sung-kyum 90+5'
 Recap Stadium: National Taiwan Sport University
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun

AFC Challenge League

Main article: 2025–26 AFC Challenge League

Preliminary stage

Main article: 2025–26 AFC Challenge League § Preliminary stage
12 August 2025 Preliminary stage SP Falcons 3–1 Taichung Futuro Ulaanbaatar
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: MFF Football Centre
Attendance: 846
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total TFPL President FA 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 3 0 1 0 1+1 0
50 GK  JPN Kenya Matsui 14 0 10 0 4 0
99 GK  TAI Lin Chun-hua 1 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
3 DF  TAI Chen Ting-yang 14 1 7+3 1 4 0
7 DF  JPN Keisuke Ogawa 7 0 5 0 0+2 0
8 DF  TAI Yoshitaka Komori 3 0 0 0 0+3 0
15 DF  MNG Munkh-Orgil Orkhon 9 0 9 0 0 0
19 DF  TAI Li Ya-she 8 0 1+1 0 6 0
34 DF  TAI Lin Che-yu 7 0 0+5 0 0+2 0
42 DF  TAI Liu Wei-che 15 0 7+2 0 2+4 0
43 DF  TAI Liang Meng-hsin 17 0 8+3 0 6 0
88 DF  JPN Nagisa Sakurauchi 16 1 10 1 6 0
Midfielders
6 MF  TAI Tsai Chieh-hsun 9 0 1+2 0 2+4 0
9 MF  TAI Chen Hung-wei 16 2 7+3 2 6 0
10 MF  JPN Shohei Yokoyama 11 1 11 1 0 0
12 MF  TAI Wen Chih-hao 12 2 6 1 6 1
23 MF  JPN Kaoru Takayama 9 2 5 0 3+1 2
35 MF  JPN Ryota Saito 10 4 10 4 0 0
70/71[n1 1] MF  TAI Peng Chuan-min 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
70/71[n1 2] MF  TAI Yu Chia-le 0 0 0 0 0 0
72/77[n1 3] MF  TAI Lai Yi-chiao 16 9 7+4 5 5 4
Forwards
4 FW  TAI Tseng Te-lung 9 0 0+4 0 2+3 0
5 FW  TAI Cheng Hao 14 2 2+7 1 5 1
17 FW  TAI Hsu Heng-pin 12 6 5+2 1 2+3 5
18 FW  TAI Li Mao 16 8 9+1 2 5+1 6
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
73 DF  TAI Chen Hung-li 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
Own goals (0)
Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 71 in President FA Cup.
  2. ^ Worn number 70 in President FA Cup.
  3. ^ Worn number 72 in President FA Cup.

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player TMFL President FA Cup Total
1 72/77[n1 1] MF Lai Yi-chiao 5 4 9
2 18 FW Li Mao 2 6 8
3 17 FW Hsu Heng-pin 1 5 6
4 35 MF Ryota Saito 4 — 4
5 5 FW Cheng Hao 1 1 2
9 MF Chen Hung-wei 2 0
12 MF Wen Chih-hao 1 1
23 MF Kaoru Takayama 0 2
9 3 DF Chen Ting-yang 1 0 1
10 FW Shohei Yokoyama 1 —
88 DF Nagisa Sakurauchi 1 0
Totals 19 19 38
Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 72 in President FA Cup.

Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition Ref
Lai Yi-chiao Inter Taoyuan Grey 7–0 12 April 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup
Li Mao
Hsu Heng-pin4 Tainan City TSG Green 4–0 10 May 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup
Lai Yi-chiao Tatung 5–0 26 October 2025 Taiwan Football Premier League

4 – Player scored four goals.

Cleansheets

Rank No. Nat. Player TMFL President FA Cup Total
1 50 Kenya Matsui 2 2 4
2 21 Tuan Yu 1 1 2
3 99 Lin Chun-hua — 1 1
4 1 Lee Ming-wei — — 0
Totals 3 4 7

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Name TFPL President FA Cup Total
     
88 DF Nagisa Sakurauchi 4 4
15 DF Munkh-Orgil Orkhon 2 2
17 FW Hsu Heng-pin 2 2
50 GK Kenya Matsui 2 2
7 DF Keisuke Ogawa 1 1
8 DF Yoshitaka Komori 1 1
12 MF Wen Chih-hao 1 1
18 FW Li Mao 1 1
34 DF Lin Che-yu 1 1
43 DF Liang Meng-hsin 1 1
72/77[n1 1] MF Lai Yi-chiao 1 1
Head Coach Fang Ching-ren 1 1
Totals 17 1 18

Source: [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
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 72 in President FA Cup.

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