2025–26 Taiwan Mulan Football League

Taiwan Mulan Football League
Season2025–26
Dates16 August 2025 – 23 May 2026
Matches43
Goals148 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorerPu Hsin-hui (14 goals)
Biggest home winKaohsiung Attackers 5–0 Taichung Sakura
(20 December 2025)
New Taipei Hang Yuan 5–0 Sunny Bank AC Taipei
(20 December 2025)
Biggest away winTaichung Sakura 0–6 Taichung Blue Whale
(23 August 2025)
Highest scoringHualien 5–2 Taipei Bravo PlayOne
(13 September 2025)
Taichung Sakura 1–6 New Taipei Hang Yuan
(27 September 2025)
Longest winning runTaichung Blue Whale
New Taipei Hang Yuan
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runNew Taipei Hang Yuan (11 matches)
Longest winless runTaipei Bravo PlayOne (11 matches)
Longest losing runValkyrie (6 matches)
Highest attendance488
New Taipei Hang Yuan 2–2 Kaohsiung Attackers
(16 August 2025)
Lowest attendance20
Taichung Sakura 1–0 Valkyrie
(16 August 2025)
Attendance3,860 (90 per match)
2024
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2025.

The 2025–26 Taiwan Mulan Football League is the 12th season of Taiwan Mulan Football League. Starting from this season, the league will change to July-June season format.[1] The season begins on 16 August 2025 and finishes on 23 May 2026.[2]

Teams

Promotions and relegations

There are 8 teams in the league, including 5 teams from the 2024 season and 3 team qualified from the 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup.

Incoming teams

With the league expansion to 8 teams this season, a total of four playing spots were eligible. Taichung Sakura, Sunny Bank AC Taipei, Hualien and Valkyrie were the qualified teams from the 2025 President FA Cup.[3]

Outgoing team

Hualien and Mars, finishing 5th and 6th in 2024 season were required to play in the 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup, which was the qualifier for the 2025 season. Hualien qualified from the President FA Cup while Mars did not participate.[4][3]

Promoted teams from
2025 President FA Cup
Relegated teams from
2024 TMFL
Sunny Bank AC Taipei
Taichung Sakura
Valkyrie
Mars

Teams and locations

Team Chinese Based in Seasons in TMFL First season in TMFL
Hualien 花蓮 Hualien County 12 2014
Kaohsiung Attackers 高雄Attackers Kaohsiung City 10 2016
New Taipei Hang Yuan 新北航源 New Taipei City 8 2017
Sunny Bank AC Taipei 陽信北競 Taipei City 1 2025–26
Taichung Blue Whale 台中藍鯨 Taichung City 12 2014
Taichung Sakura 台中櫻花 Taichung City 1 2025–26
Taipei Bravo PlayOne 臺北熊讚PlayOne Taipei City 9 2017
Valkyrie 女武神 Taipei City 1 2025–26

Venues

Taiwan Football Premier League teams currently don't play all their home games in a specific home ground. All venues will hold two different matches in a single matchday.

Location of venues in 2025–26 Taiwan Mulan Football League
Stadium Chinese Location Capacity
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium 輔仁大學足球場 New Taipei City 3,000
Hsinchu County Second Stadium 新竹縣立第二體育場 Hsinchu County 2,500
Hualien Stadium 花蓮縣立田徑場 Hualien County 12,800
Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium 高雄市立楠梓足球場 Kaohsiung City 1,200
National Yilan Senior High School 國立宜蘭高中 Yilan County
Taipei Municipal Stadium 臺北田徑場 Taipei City 20,000
Taiyuan Football Field 太原足球場 Taichung City 600
Xitun Football Field 西屯足球場 Taichung City 200

Foreign players

Hualien Kaohsiung Attackers New Taipei Hang Yuan Sunny Bank AC Taipei Taichung Blue Whale Taichung Sakura Taipei Bravo PlayOne Valkyrie
Daiana Alaniz
Yoshimi Miki
Cecilia Ruiz
Nao Tsukamoto
Yumi Uetsuji
Wai Yuen Ting
Minori Wakabayashi
Kano Miyamoto
Moe Ota
Miwa Tanaka
Sarah Matsuyama Silawan Intamee
Saowalak Peng-ngam
Sin Chung Yee
Pitsamai Sornsai
Maho Tanaka
Chotmanee Thongmongkol
Iori Hidaka

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor
Hualien Luo Hui-tsu Lin Kai-ling Tor Star
Kaohsiung Attackers José Rojas Tseng Wen-ting Athleta Matrix Fitness
New Taipei Hang Yuan Hung Chin-hwai Saki Matsunaga Entes
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Karim Elnile Hsu Yi-yun Ucan Sunny Bank
Taichung Blue Whale Lu Kuei-hua Tsai Ming-jung Mie Skechers
Taichung Sakura Hou Fang-wei Sung Yu-ting Joma Footballer
Taipei Bravo PlayOne Oliver Harley Hsieh Yi-ling Joma Formosa Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Valkyrie Pen Wu-sung Yang Ya-han Joma Heho Sports

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Hualien Chu Wen-pin End of contract 23 November 2024 Pre-season Luo Hui-tsu 16 August 2025
Taipei Bravo PlayOne Shieh Su-jean Oliver Harley[5] 22 July 2025
Kaohsiung Attackers Takeshi Inoguchi[6] Mutual consent 29 November 2024 José Rojas[7] 7 January 2025
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Mario Peso 16 August 2025
Taichung Sakura Hou Fang-wei
Valkyrie Pen Wu-sung
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Mario Peso 19 December 2025 5th Karim Elnile 20 December 2025

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 New Taipei Hang Yuan 11 9 2 0 43 7 +36 29 Qualification for the AFC Women's Champions League
2 Taichung Blue Whale 11 8 2 1 23 7 +16 26
3 Kaohsiung Attackers 11 6 4 1 25 10 +15 22
4 Hualien 10 4 2 4 18 16 +2 14
5 Taichung Sakura 11 4 1 6 12 29 −17 13
6 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 10 4 0 6 17 19 −2 12
7 Valkyrie 11 2 0 9 8 30 −22 6 Required to play in 2026 Taiwan President FA Cup
8 Taipei Bravo PlayOne 11 0 1 10 2 30 −28 1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Overall goal difference; 6) Overall goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points; 8) Draw lots

Position by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021
Hualien66544456664
Kaohsiung Attackers45663333333
New Taipei Hang Yuan53222211111
Sunny Bank AC Taipei11455665556
Taipei Bravo PlayOne88777788888
Taichung Blue Whale22111122222
Taichung Sakura34336544445
Valkyrie67888877777
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [2]
  = Qualification for the AFC Women's Champions League;   = Required to play in 2026 Taiwan President FA Cup

Results

Qualifying result in 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualifying result
4 Hsinchu Strikers 5 2 2 1 14 8 +6 8 Ineligible
6 Taichung Sakura 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 5 Qualified
7 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 4 1 1 2 7 12 -5 4
8 Hualien 4 1 0 3 7 8 -1 3
9 Valkyrie 4 0 0 4 2 15 -13 0
10 Scientific City 4 0 0 3 2 20 -18 0 Eliminated

Regular season

Each team plays a total of 21 games, playing the other teams three times.

Home \ Away HUA KHA NTH SAC TBW TCS TBP VAL HUA KHA NTH SAC TBW TCS TBP VAL
Hualien 1–1 7 Feb 31 Jan 0–1 24 Jan 5–2 2–1 23 May 16 May 21 Mar 2 May 9 May
Kaohsiung Attackers 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 5–0 4–0 4–2 25 Apr 28 Mar 9 May
New Taipei Hang Yuan 5–1 2–2 5–0 3–1 31 Jan 3–0 4–0 9 May 16 May 25 Apr
Sunny Bank AC Taipei 17 Jan 24 Jan 0–4 2–3 2–1 3–0 0–1 21 Mar 2 May 28 Mar 25 Apr
Taichung Blue Whale 1–1 1–0 24 Jan 7 Feb 3–0 2–0 3–0 28 Mar 2 May 21 Mar 23 May
Taichung Sakura 3–1 1–4 1–6 2–1 0–6 0–0 1–0 25 Apr 28 Mar
Taipei Bravo PlayOne 0–3 31 Jan 0–4 0–3 0–2 7 Feb 0–1 16 May 9 May 23 May
Valkyrie 1–4 7 Feb 0–5 1–5 31 Jan 1–2 24 Jan 23 May 2 May 16 May 21 Mar
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021
HualienLDWWLLDLWW
Kaohsiung AttackersDDLWWWWDWDW
New Taipei Hang YuanDWWWWWWDWWW
Sunny Bank AC TaipeiWWLLLLWLWL
Taichung Blue WhaleWWWWWWLDWDW
Taichung SakuraWLWLLDWWLLL
Taipei Bravo PlayOneLLLLLDLLLLL
ValkyrieLLLLLLWLWLL
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [4]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Scoring

  • First goal of the season:
    Sung Jui-hsuan (Taichung Sakura) against Valkyrie (16 August 2025)

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Pu Hsin-hui New Taipei Hang Yuan 14
2 Sarah Matsuyama Sunny Bak AC Taipei 11
3 Miwa Tanaka New Taipei Hang Yuan 8
4 Saowalak Peng-ngam Taichung Blue Whale 7
5 Lin Kai-ling Hualien 6
6 Lai Li-chin Taichung Sakura 5
Nao Tsukamoto Kaohsiung Attackers
8 Daiana Alaniz Kaohsiung Attackers 4
Chen Yen-ping Hualien
Ho Chia-hsuan New Taipei Hang Yuan
Kao Hsin Valkyrie
Lee Yi-wen Sunny Bak AC Taipei
Pitsamai Sornsai Taichung Blue Whale
Ting Chi Kaohsiung Attackers
Yang Hsiao-chuan Hualien

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Score Date Round
Lee Yi-wen4 Sunny Bank AC Taipei Valkyrie 5–1 (A) 23 August 2025 2
Saowalak Peng-ngam4 Taichung Blue Whale Taichung Sakura 6–0 (A)
Pu Hsin-hui New Taipei Hang Yuan Valkyrie 5–0 (A) 13 September 2025 3
Lin Kai-ling Hualien Valkyrie 4–1 (A) 20 September 2025 4
Nao Tsukamoto Kaohsiung Attackers Taichung Sakura 4–1 (A)
Sarah Matsuyama Sunny Bank AC Taipei Taipei Bravo PlayOne 3–0 (H) 22 November 2025 8

4 – Player scored four goals.

Own goals

Player For Against Date Round
Sung Hsin-ning Valkyrie New Taipei Hang Yuan 13 September 2025 3
Tseng Min-hsien Taipei Bravo PlayOne Taichung Blue Whale 20 September 2025 4
Wu Hsin-ni Valkyrie New Taipei Hang Yuan 13 December 2025 10
Chien Hsuan-ying Sunny Bank AC Taipei New Taipei Hang Yuan 20 December 2025 11
Ku Chien-yu Hualien Valkyrie
Wu Chih-ying Taipei Bravo PlayOne Taichung Blue Whale

Clean Sheets

Rank Player Club Shutouts
1 Wang Yu-ting New Taipei Hang Yuan 5
2 Yoshimi Miki Kaohsiung Attackers 4
Tsai Ming-jung Taichung Blue Whale
4 Chotmanee Thongmongkol Taichung Blue Whale 3
5 Chen Chiao-lun Sunny Bank AC Taipei 2
Chu Fang-yi Valkyrie
Wu Fang-yu Taichung Blue Whale
8 Cheng Ssu-yu Taichung Sakura 1
Chien Yu-chieh Hualien
Tseng Min-hsien Taipei Bravo PlayOne
Wang Juo-ping Taichung Sakura
Wang Kai-hsuan New Taipei Hang Yuan

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 2
    • Ching Pei-hsuan (Valkyrie)
    • Huang Hsiang-ling (Taipei Bravo PlayOne)
    • Lin Yu-syuan (Taichung Blue Whale)
    • Miwa Tanaka (New Taipei Hang Yuan)
  • Most red cards: 1
    • Liu Yu-chiao (New Taipei Hang Yuan)

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 6
    • New Taipei Hang Yuan
    • Taipei Bravo PlayOne
  • Fewest yellow cards: 0
    • Sunny Bank AC Taipei
  • Most red cards: 1
    • New Taipei Hang Yuan
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • 7 teams

See also

References

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  5. ^ "感謝" (Press release). 臺北熊讚PlayOne女子足球隊. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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