# 2018 Taichung Blue Whale season

The 2018 Taichung Blue Whale season was the club's 5th season and their 5th season in Taiwan Mulan Football League.

## Kits

* Supplier: Adidas
* Main Sponsor: Taichung World Flora Exposition

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Lu Kuei-hua |
| Assistant coaches | Chang Wei-chen, Huang Yan-ting, Lai Li-chin |
| Goalkeeping coach | Liu Shih-hua |
| Athletic trainer | Hong Chia-ling |
* Last updated: 30 June 2024
* Source:

## Players

| N | Pos. | Name | Age. | Since |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Tsai Ming-jung | 29 | 2018 |
| 18 | GK | Cheng Ssu-yu | 29 | 2014 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | DF | Lai Wei-ju | 24 | 2014 |
| 6 | DF | Chang Wei-chen | 29 | 2016 |
| 12 | DF | Wu Yu | 20 | 2018 |
| 13 | DF | Tseng Wen-ting | 22 | 2015 |
| 15 | DF | Wang Shu-wen | 17 | 2018 |
| 22 | DF | Yu Shu-fang | 23 | 2016 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 2 | MF | Chang Chi-lan | 22 | 2014 |
| 8 | MF | Yang Ssu-wei | 22 | 2014 |
| 9 | MF | Tsou Hsin-ni | 23 | 2014 |
| 14 | MF | Yang Chia-hui | 21 | 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Hou Fang-wei | 26 | 2014 |
| 19 | MF | Kao Pei-ling | 21 | 2018 |
| 20 | MF | Tuan Yu-jou | 22 | 2015 |
| 23 | MF | Liu Chien-yun | 26 | 2014 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 3 | FW | Su Yu-hsuan | 17 | 2016 |
| 5 | FW | Pao Hsin-hsuan | 26 | 2018 |
| 7 | FW | Tang Yung-ching | 23 | 2014 |
| 10 | FW | Lee Hsiu-chin | 26 | 2014 |
| 11 | FW | Lai Li-chin (captain) | 30 | 2015 |
| 17 | FW | Ho Hsuan-yi | 22 | 2016 |
| 21 | FW | Chen Hsiu-wen | | 2017 |
* Source:
* Ordered by squad number.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from |
| Preseason |||||
| 1 | GK | Tsai Ming-jung | Hsinchu |
| 5 | FW | Pao Hsin-hsuan | Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara |
| 12 | DF | Wu Yu | — |
| 15 | DF | Wang Shu-wen | — |
| 19 | MF | Kao Pei-ling | — |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to |
| Preseason |||||
| 5 | DF | Lai Yi-ju | — |
| 12 | DF | Hsu Chih-ting | — |
| 15 | DF | Cheng Ya-hsun | Kaohsiung Sunny Bank |
| 18 | GK | Wang Yu-ting | — |
| 19 | MF | Chuang Shu-Mei | — |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Taiwan Mulan Football League | 14 April 2018 | 20 October 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 085.71 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 085.71 |
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### Taiwan Mulan Football League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Taichung Blue Whale (Q) | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 13 | +25 | 30 | Qualification for the Mulan League Finals |
| 2 | Taipei PlayOne (Q) | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 27 | Qualification for the Mulan League Finals |
| 3 | Hualien | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 24 | |
| 4 | Kaohsiung Sunny Bank | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 7 | |
| 5 | Inter New Taipei | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 46 | −35 | 1 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Result | W | W | W | W | | W | W | | W | W | W | | L | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Mulan League Finals
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | TMFL | Finals | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Lee Hsiu-chin | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | 5 | FW | | Pao Hsin-hsuan | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 17 | FW | | Ho Hsuan-yi | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | FW | | Su Yu-hsuan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | Lai Li-chin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Yang Ssu-wei | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | FW | | Tang Yung-ching | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 38 | 4 | 42 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Pao Hsin-hsuan | Inter New Taipei | 5–1 | 28 April 2018 | Taiwan Mulan Football League |
| Su Yu-hsuan | Inter New Taipei | 4–2 | 7 July 2018 | Taiwan Mulan Football League |
| Lee Hsiu-chin | Kaohsiung Sunny Bank | 6–1 | 22 September 2018 | Taiwan Mulan Football League |

### Cleansheets

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | TMFL | Finals | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Tsai Ming-jung | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 18 | | Cheng Ssu-yu | 2 | – | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 2 | 6 |

## Awards

| Player | Position | Award | Ref. |
| Lee Hsiu-chin | Forward | Golden Boot | |
| Lu Kuei-hua | Head Coach | Coach of the Year | |