# 2020 Taichung Futuro season

The 2020 Taichung Futuro season was the club's 2nd season and their 2nd season in Taiwan Football Premier League. Toshiaki Imai was appointed as their manager. Vom Ca-nhum succeed the managerial position after Imai had resigned during the middle of the season.

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Vom Ca-nhum |
| Assistant coach | Juang Ming-yan |
| Fitness coach | Yuya Sugimoto |
| Kit Manager | Kaori Katsu |
| Team Assistant | Haruka Sugi |
* Last updated: 8 May 2024
* Source:

## Players

| N | Pos. | Name | Age. | Since |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Jun Kochi | 37 | 2020 |
| 21 | GK | Tuan Yu | 26 | 2019 |
| 34 | GK | Chen Jih-yang | 20 | 2020 |
| 35 | GK | Lee Ming-wei | 23 | 2020 |
| 36 | GK | Tsai Chih-hsin | 27 | 2020 |
| 37 | GK | Kenshin Katata | 21 | 2020 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | DF | Wu Meng-chi | 21 | 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Chen Ting-yang (captain) | 28 | 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Hung Tzu-kuei | 27 | 2019 |
| 5 | DF | Yugo Ichiyanagi | 35 | 2019 |
| 6 | DF | Chao Ming-hsiu | 23 | 2019 |
| 7 | DF | Keisuke Ogawa | 34 | 2019 |
| 23 | DF | Juang Ming-yan | 31 | 2020 |
| 24 | DF | Kohei Ueda | 22 | 2020 |
| 31 | DF | Li Yi-ming | 26 | 2020 |
| 33 | DF | Wang Ruei | 27 | 2020 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | MF | Yoshitaka Komori | 33 | 2019 |
| 10 | MF | Keita Yamauchi | 26 | 2020 |
| 14 | MF | Liao Yi-shih | 25 | 2019 |
| 17 | MF | Hsu Heng-pin | 27 | 2019 |
| 18 | MF | Kuo Yao-hua | 22 | 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Seiji Fujiwara | 44 | 2019 |
| 27 | MF | Jiang Hao-ren | 23 | 2020 |
| 32 | MF | Calum Togneri | 31 | 2019 |
| 38 | MF | Tsai Hsien-chieh | 18 | 2020 |
| 88 | MF | Lin Chien-liang | 26 | 2019 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | FW | Li Mao | 28 | 2019 |
| 11 | FW | Joo Ik-seong | 28 | 2020 |
| 15 | FW | Mun Te-su | 26 | 2020 |
| 26 | FW | Li Chung-yun | 26 | 2019 |
| 30 | FW | Chen Chi-wei | 20 | 2020 |
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## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from |
| Preseason |||||
| 1 | GK | Jun Kochi | Tokyo 23 |
| 2 | DF | Wu Meng-chi | – |
| 10 | MF | Keita Yamauchi | YSCC Yokohama |
| 11 | FW | Joo Ik-seong | Hang Yuan |
| 15 | FW | Mun Te-su | Osaka |
| 16 | FW | Loal Peron | PlayOne NTNU |
| 18 | MF | Kuo Yao-hua | – |
| 23 | DF | Juang Ming-yan | – |
| 24 | DF | Kohei Ueda | YSCC Yokohama |
| 27 | MF | Jiang Hao-ren | NTUS |
| 30 | FW | Chen Chi-wei | Nunawading City |
| 31 | DF | Li Yi-ming | – |
| 34 | GK | Chen Jih-yang | – |
| Midseason |||||
| 33 | DF | Wang Ruei | Yuen Long |
| 35 | GK | Lee Ming-wei | Ming Chuan University |
| 36 | GK | Tsai Chih-hsin | – |
| 37 | GK | Kenshin Katata | Barbuza |
| 38 | MF | Tsai Hsien-chieh | – |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| Preseason ||||||
| 1 | GK | Ling Ting-hsun | – | |
| 2 | DF | Luis Galo | Tatung | |
| 9 | FW | Taisei Kaneko | YSCC Yokohama | Loan return |
| 10 | FW | Chen Chao-an | Taipower | |
| 13 | FW | Shih Chun-chieh | – | |
| 15 | MF | Shun Takada | – | |
| 16 | FW | Chen Ting-wei | – | |
| 18 | GK | Shunkun Tani | YSCC Yokohama | Loan return |
| 22 | MF | Tu Kuang-yu | – | |
| 27 | FW | Li Kai-jie | – | |
| 29 | MF | Chou Ching-shun | – | |
| 55 | DF | Wang Kuan-ju | – | |
| Midseason ||||||
| 16 | FW | Loal Peron | PlayOne NTNU | |
| 45 | FW | Chen Sheng-wei | Inter Taoyuan | |

## 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 | 12 April 2020 | 29 November 2020 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 057.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 057.14 |
Source: TFPL

### 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 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 48 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Taipower | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 46 | |
| 3 | Taichung Futuro | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 39 | |
| 4 | Tatung | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 38 | |
| 5 | Hang Yuen | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 33 | |
| 6 | Land Home NTUS | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 20 | |
| 7 | Red Lions | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 58 | −39 | 9 | Transfer to 2021 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers |
| 8 | Ming Chuan University (R) | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 8 | Relegation to Taiwan Second Division Football League |

#### 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 | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | TMFL | TMFL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | JPN | Jun Kochi | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | TAI | Tuan Yu | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | TAI | Chen Jih-yang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | TAI | Lee Ming-wei | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | TAI | Tsai Chih-hsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | JPN | Kenshin Katata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | DF | TAI | Wu Meng-chi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TAI | Chen Ting-yang | 20 | 3 | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | TAI | Hung Tzu-kuei | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Yugo Ichiyanagi | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | TAI | Chao Ming-hsiu | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Ogawa | 15 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | TAI | Juang Ming-yan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Kohei Ueda | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | TAI | Li Yi-ming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | TAI | Wang Ruei | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 8 | MF | JPN | Yoshitaka Komori | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Keita Yamauchi | 19 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | TAI | Liao Yi-shih | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TAI | Hsu Heng-pin | 12 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TAI | Kuo Yao-hua | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Seiji Fujiwara | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | TAI | Jiang Hao-ren | 18 | 3 | 11+7 | 3 |
| 32 | MF | NIR | Calum Togneri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | TAI | Tsai Hsien-chieh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | TAI | Lin Chien-liang | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | FW | TAI | Li Mao | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Joo Ik-seong | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
| 15 | FW | KOR | Mun Te-su | 11 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | TAI | Li Chung-yun | 13 | 2 | 0+13 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | TAI | Chen Chi-wei | 10 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 |
| Own goals (0) ||||||||

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | TMFL | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Joo Ik-seong | 19 | 19 |
| 2 | 3 | DF | | Chen Ting-yang | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 27 | MF | | Jiang Hao-ren | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Li Mao | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 26 | FW | | Li Chung-yun | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Hung Tzu-kuei | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Yoshitaka Komori | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Keita Yamauchi | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | | Chen Chi-wei | 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) | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 33 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Joo Ik-seong | Red Lions | 4–0 | 17 May 2020 | Taiwan Football Premier League |
| Joo Ik-seong | Land Home NTUS | 4–0 | 13 September 2020 | Taiwan Football Premier League |
| Joo Ik-seong | Red Lions | 4–0 | 22 November 2020 | Taiwan Football Premier League |

### Cleansheets

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | TFPL | Total |
| 1 | 21 | | Tuan Yu | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 35 | | Lee Ming-wei | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | | Jun Kochi | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 37 | | Kenshin Katata | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 34 | | Chen Jih-yang | — | 0 |
| 4 | 36 | | Tsai Chih-hsin | — | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | TFPL | TFPL | Total | Total |
| 5 | DF | | Yugo Ichiyanagi | 5 | | 5 | |
| 4 | DF | | Hung Tzu-kuei | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Keisuke Ogawa | 4 | | 4 | |
| 3 | DF | | Chen Ting-yang | 3 | | 3 | |
| 6 | DF | | Chao Ming-hsiu | 3 | | 3 | |
| 9 | FW | | Li Mao | 3 | | 3 | |
| 17 | MF | | Hsu Heng-pin | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | | Tuan Yu | 2 | | 2 | |
| 24 | DF | | Kohei Ueda | 2 | | 2 | |
| 88 | MF | | Lin Chien-liang | 2 | | 2 | |
| 1 | GK | | Jun Kochi | 1 | | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | | Yoshitaka Komori | 1 | | 1 | |
| 15 | FW | | Mun Te-su | 1 | | 1 | |
| 30 | FW | | Chen Chi-wei | 1 | | 1 | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 34 | 2 | 34 | 2 |
Source: Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Awards

| Player | Position | Award | Ref. |
| Tuan Yu | Goalkeeper | Golden Gloves | |