# 2019 Taichung Futuro season

The 2019 Taichung Futuro season was the club's 1st season and their 1st season in Taiwan Football Premier League.

## Kits

* Supplier: Yonex
* Main Sponsor: Sweeten Real Estate Development

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Juang Ming-yan |
| Assistant coach | Chen Ting-wei |
| Team Assistant | Takashi Kato |
| Kit Manager | Kaori Katsu |
| Athletic Trainer | Lin En |
* Last updated: 8 May 2024
* Source:

## Players

| N | Pos. | Name | Age. | Since |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Lin Ting-Hsun | 26 | 2019 |
| 18 | GK | Shunkun Tani | 26 | 2019 |
| 21 | GK | Tuan Yu | 25 | 2019 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | DF | Luis Galo | 27 | 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Chen Ting-yang | 27 | 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Hung Tzu-kuei | 26 | 2019 |
| 5 | DF | Yugo Ichiyanagi | 34 | 2019 |
| 6 | DF | Chao Ming-hsiu | 22 | 2019 |
| 7 | DF | Keisuke Ogawa | 33 | 2019 |
| 55 | DF | Wang Kuan-ju | 23 | 2019 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | MF | Yoshitaka Komori | 32 | 2019 |
| 11 | MF | Calum Togneri | 30 | 2019 |
| 14 | MF | Liao Yi-shih | 24 | 2019 |
| 15 | MF | Shun Takada | 25 | 2019 |
| 17 | MF | Hsu Heng-pin | 26 | 2019 |
| 19 | MF | Seiji Fujiwara | 43 | 2019 |
| 22 | MF | Tu Kuang-yu | | 2019 |
| 29 | MF | Chou Ching-shun | 23 | 2019 |
| 88 | MF | Lin Chien-liang | 25 | 2019 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | FW | Taisei Kaneko | 21 | 2019 |
| 10 | FW | Chen Chao-an | 24 | 2019 |
| 13 | FW | Shih Chun-chieh | 23 | 2019 |
| 16 | FW | Chen Ting-wei | 25 | 2019 |
| 26 | FW | Li Chung-yun | 25 | 2019 |
| 27 | FW | Li Kai-jie | 23 | 2019 |
| 45 | FW | Chen Sheng-wei | 24 | 2019 |
| 96 | FW | Li Mao (captain) | 27 | 2019 |
Source:

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| Preseason ||||||
| 1 | GK | Lin Ting-hsun | – | |
| 4 | DF | Hung Tzu-kuei | NTUS | |
| 5 | DF | Yugo Ichiyanagi | Thespakusatsu Gunma | |
| 7 | DF | Keisuke Ogawa | Sabah | |
| 8 | MF | Yoshitaka Komori | NTUS | |
| 9 | DF | Lee Hsiang-wei | Tainan City | |
| 10 | FW | Chen Chao-an | NTSC | |
| 11 | MF | Calum Togneri | – | |
| 13 | FW | Shih Chun-chieh | – | |
| 14 | MF | Liao Yi-shih | NTSC | |
| 15 | MF | Shun Takada | – | |
| 16 | FW | Chen Ting-wei | NTSC | |
| 17 | MF | Hsu Heng-pin | NTSC | |
| 19 | MF | Seiji Fujiwara | – | |
| 21 | GK | Tuan Yu | NTSC | |
| 22 | MF | Tu Kuang-yu | – | |
| 26 | FW | Li Chung-yun | – | |
| 27 | FW | Li Kai-jie | NTUS | |
| 28 | MF | Wahab Jarjou | Taicheng Lions | |
| 29 | MF | Chou Ching-shun | NTUS | |
| 30 | MF | Liao Tzu-hao | – | |
| 31 | GK | Tsai Shuo-che | NTUS | |
| 42 | MF | Fadera Siaka | – | |
| 45 | FW | Chen Sheng-wei | NTUS | |
| 55 | DF | Wang Kuan-ju | NTUS | |
| 88 | FW | Lin Chien-liang | – | |
| 96 | FW | Li Mao | Taipower | |
| Midseason ||||||
| 2 | DF | Luis Galo | Taipei Red Lions | €3,000 |
| 3 | DF | Chen Ting-yang | Lee Man | |
| 6 | DF | Chao Ming-hsiu | NTUS | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to |
| Midseason |||||
| 9 | DF | Lee Hsiang-wei | Taipower |
| 28 | MF | Wahab Jarjou | – |
| 30 | MF | Liao Tzu-hao | – |
| 31 | GK | Tsai Shuo-che | Tatung |
| 42 | MF | Fadera Siaka | – |

### Loans in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| Midseason ||||||
| 9 | FW | Taisei Kaneko | YSCC Yokohama | End of season |
| 18 | GK | Shunkun Tani | YSCC Yokohama | End of season |

## 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 % |
| TFPL | 1 December 2018 | 1 December 2019 | Qualifiers match 1 | 5th | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 041.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 041.67 |
Source: TFPL

### Taiwan Football Premier League
#### Qualifiers

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Taichung Futuro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | Qualification for the 2019 Taiwan Football Premier League |
| 2 | Ming Chuan University | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Qualification for the 2019 Taiwan Football Premier League |
| 3 | Royal Blues | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Desafio | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | |

#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tatung (C) | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 18 | +57 | 52 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Taipower | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 19 | +28 | 49 | Qualification for the AFC Cup qualifying play-offs |
| 3 | Hang Yuen | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 41 | |
| 4 | Tainan City TSG | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 33 | |
| 5 | Taichung Futuro | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 28 | |
| 6 | NTUS | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 59 | −36 | 15 | |
| 7 | Ming Chuan University | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 75 | −55 | 11 | Transfer to 2020 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers |
| 8 | Taipei Red Lions | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 58 | −38 | 7 | Transfer to 2020 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | TMFL | TMFL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | TAI | Lin Ting-Hsun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | JPN | Shunkun Tani | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | TAI | Tuan Yu | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | DF | HON | Luis Galo | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | TAI | Chen Ting-yang | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TAI | Hung Tzu-kuei | 21 | 3 | 18+3 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Yugo Ichiyanagi | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | TAI | Chao Ming-hsiu | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Ogawa | 17 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | TAI | Wang Kuan-ju | 19 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 8 | MF | JPN | Yoshitaka Komori | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Calum Togneri | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | TAI | Liao Yi-shih | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Shun Takada | 19 | 3 | 19 | 3 |
| 17 | MF | TAI | Hsu Heng-pin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Seiji Fujiwara | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | TAI | Tu Kuang-yu | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | TAI | Chou Ching-shun | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | TAI | Lin Chien-liang | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | FW | JPN | Taisei Kaneko | 5 | 2 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | TAI | Chen Chao-an | 20 | 6 | 20 | 6 |
| 13 | FW | TAI | Shih Chun-chieh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | TAI | Chen Ting-wei | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | TAI | Li Chung-yun | 14 | 1 | 0+14 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | TAI | Li Kai-jie | 15 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 |
| 45 | FW | TAI | Chen Sheng-wei | 19 | 7 | 17+2 | 7 |
| 96 | FW | TAI | Li Mao | 18 | 7 | 15+3 | 7 |
| Players who left during the season but made an appearance ||||||||
| 9 | DF | TAI | Lee Hsiang-wei | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| 30 | MF | TAI | Liao Tzu-hao | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | TAI | Tsai Shuo-che | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | GAM | Fadera Siaka | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Own goals (1) ||||||||

#### Notes

* ↑ Qualifiers stats were excluded.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | TMFL | Total |
| 1 | 45 | FW | | Chen Sheng-wei | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | 96 | FW | | Li Mao | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Chen Chao-an | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Hung Tzu-kuei | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | DF | | Lee Hsiang-wei | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 15 | MF | | Shun Takada | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | | Taisei Kaneko | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Luis Galo | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Yugo Ichiyanagi | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | DF | | Chao Ming-hsiu | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 26 | FW | | Li Chung-yun | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | FW | | Li Kai-jie | 1 | 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) | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 37 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Qualifiers stats were excluded.

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Ref |
| Chen Sheng-wei | Ming Chuan University | 0–4 | 19 May 2019 | Taiwan Football Premier League | |

### Cleansheets

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | TFPL | Total |
| 1 | 21 | | Tuan Yu | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | 18 | | Shunkun Tani | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 31 | | Tsai Shuo-che | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | | Lin Ting-hsun | — | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 10 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Qualifiers stats were excluded.