# 2021 Taichung Futuro season

The 2021 Taichung Futuro season was the club's 3rd season and their 3rd season in Taiwan Football Premier League.

## Kits

* Supplier: MIE Jersey
* Main Sponsor: Lihpao Resort

## Players

| N | Pos. | Name | Age. | Since |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Tuan Hsuan | 24 | 2021 |
| 11 | GK | Lee Ming-wei | 24 | 2020 |
| 21 | GK | Tuan Yu | 27 | 2019 |
| 77 | GK | Kenshin Katata | 22 | 2020 |
| 81 | GK | Jun Kochi | 38 | 2020 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | DF | Wang Ruei | 28 | 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Chen Ting-yang (captain) | 29 | 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Wu Meng-chi | 22 | 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Massamba Sambou | 35 | 2021 |
| 7 | DF | Keisuke Ogawa | 35 | 2019 |
| 20 | DF | Chiu Po-jui | 22 | 2021 |
| 23 | DF | Juang Ming-yan | 32 | 2020 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | MF | Naoyuki Yamazaki | 30 | 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Yoshitaka Komori | 34 | 2019 |
| 9 | MF | Chen Hung-wei | 24 | 2021 |
| 13 | MF | Su Hung-chi | 27 | 2021 |
| 14 | MF | Liao Yi-shih | 26 | 2019 |
| 16 | MF | Jiang Hao-ren | 24 | 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Hsu Heng-pin | 28 | 2019 |
| 19 | MF | Seiji Fujiwara | 45 | 2019 |
| 22 | MF | Shohei Yokoyama | 28 | 2021 |
| 38 | MF | Tu Shao-chieh | 22 | 2021 |
| 43 | MF | Liang Meng-hsin | 18 | 2021 |
| 66 | MF | Zeng Zi-hao | 24 | 2021 |
| 88 | MF | Lin Chien-liang | 27 | 2019 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 10 | FW | Joo Ik-seong | 29 | 2020 |
| 15 | FW | Huang Sheng-chieh | 22 | 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Li Mao | 29 | 2019 |
| 24 | FW | Jhih-jie Men-nuo | 28 | 2021 |
| 26 | FW | Li Chung-yun | 27 | 2019 |
| 27 | FW | Chen Hao-wei | 29 | 2021 |
| 30 | FW | Chen Chi-wei | 21 | 2020 |
| 87 | FW | Onur Dogan | 34 | 2021 |
| 89 | FW | Mun Te-su | 27 | 2020 |
Source:

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from |
| Preseason |||||
| 1 | GK | Tuan Hsuan | Tainan City TSG |
| 5 | MF | Naoyuki Yamazaki | – |
| 6 | DF | Massamba Sambou | Ulaanbaatar City |
| 9 | MF | Chen Hung-wei | – |
| 13 | MF | Su Hung-chi | – |
| 15 | FW | Huang Sheng-chieh | Ming Chuan University |
| 20 | DF | Chiu Po-jui | Ming Chuan University |
| 24 | FW | Jhih-jie Men-nuo | – |
| 27 | FW | Chen Hao-wei | Eastern |
| 33 | DF | Filip Engelman | OFK Beograd |
| 87 | FW | Onur Dogan | Tatung |
| Midseason |||||
| 22 | MF | Shohei Yokoyama | – |
| 38 | MF | Tu Shao-chieh | Andy Chen Academy |
| 43 | MF | Liang Meng-hsin | Hualien High School |
| 66 | MF | Zeng Zi-hao | – |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to |
| Preseason |||||
| 4 | DF | Hung Tzu-kuei | CPC Corporation |
| 5 | DF | Yugo Ichiyanagi | – |
| 6 | DF | Chao Ming-hsiu | Taipower |
| 10 | MF | Keita Yamauchi | Esperanza |
| 18 | MF | Kuo Yao-hua | – |
| 24 | DF | Kohei Ueda | YSCC Yokohama |
| 31 | DF | Li Yi-ming | – |
| 32 | MF | Calum Togneri | – |
| 34 | GK | Chen Jih-yang | – |
| 36 | GK | Tsai Chih-hsin | Inter Taoyuan |
| 38 | MF | Tsai Hsien-chieh | Kaohsiung |
| Midseason |||||
| 33 | DF | Filip Engelman | – |

## 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 | 11 April 2021 | 19 December 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 057.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 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) | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 12 | +28 | 34 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Taipower | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 31 | |
| 3 | Taichung Futuro | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 26 | |
| 4 | Hang Yuen | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 25 | |
| 5 | Tatung | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 18 | |
| 6 | CPC Corporation | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 14 | |
| 7 | Taipei Flight Skywalkers (R) | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 5 | Transfer to 2022 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers |
| 8 | Land Home NTUS (R) | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 41 | −33 | 5 | 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 |
| Result | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 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 | TAI | Tuan Hsuan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | GK | TAI | Lee Ming-wei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | TAI | Tuan Yu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | JPN | Kenshin Katata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | GK | JPN | Jun Kochi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | DF | TAI | Wang Ruei | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TAI | Chen Ting-yang | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | TAI | Wu Meng-chi | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SEN | Massamba Sambou | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Ogawa | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | TAI | Chiu Po-jui | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | TAI | Juang Ming-yan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 5 | MF | JPN | Naoyuki Yamazaki | 14 | 4 | 13+1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | TAI | Yoshitaka Komori | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | TAI | Chen Hung-wei | 12 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | TAI | Su Hung-chi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | TAI | Liao Yi-shih | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | TAI | Jiang Hao-ren | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TAI | Hsu Heng-pin | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Seiji Fujiwara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Shohei Yokoyama | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 38 | MF | TAI | Tu Shao-chieh | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | TAI | Liang Meng-hsin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | TAI | Zeng Zi-hao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | TAI | Lin Chien-liang | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 10 | FW | KOR | Joo Ik-seong | 12 | 2 | 6+6 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | TAI | Huang Sheng-chieh | 5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | TAI | Li Mao | 8 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | TAI | Jhih-jie Men-nuo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | TAI | Li Chung-yun | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | TAI | Chen Hao-wei | 12 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | TAI | Chen Chi-wei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | TAI | Onur Dogan | 12 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 |
| 89 | FW | KOR | Mun Te-su | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season but made an appearance ||||||||
| 33 | DF | SRB | Filip Engelman | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| Own goals (0) ||||||||

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | TMFL | Total |
| 1 | 22 | MF | | Shohei Yokoyama | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 5 | MF | | Naoyuki Yamazaki | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Joo Ik-seong | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 87 | FW | | Onur Dogan | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Chen Ting-yang | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | | Massamba Sambou | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | MF | | Chen Hung-wei | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 15 | FW | | Huang Sheng-chieh | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 18 | FW | | Li Mao | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 20 | DF | | Chiu Po-jui | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 27 | FW | | Chen Hao-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 | 20 | 20 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Ref |
| Shohei Yokoyama | Land Home NTUS | 4–1 | 12 December 2021 | Taiwan Football Premier League | |

### Cleansheets

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | TFPL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Tuan Hsuan | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 81 | | Jun Kochi | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 21 | | Tuan Yu | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 11 | | Lee Ming-wei | — | 0 |
| 3 | 77 | | Kenshin Katata | — | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 6 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | TFPL | TFPL | Total | Total |
| 6 | DF | | Massamba Sambou | 2 | | 2 | |
| 8 | MF | | Yoshitaka Komori | 2 | | 2 | |
| 18 | FW | | Li Mao | 2 | | 2 | |
| 87 | FW | | Onur Dogan | 2 | | 2 | |
| 7 | DF | | Keisuke Ogawa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | GK | | Tuan Hsuan | 1 | | 1 | |
| 2 | DF | | Wang Ruei | 1 | | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | | Wu Meng-chi | 1 | | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | | Joo Ik-seong | 1 | | 1 | |
| 22 | MF | | Shohei Yokoyama | 1 | | 1 | |
| 33 | DF | | Filip Engelman | 1 | | 1 | |
| 38 | MF | | Tu Shao-chieh | 1 | | 1 | |
| 88 | MF | | Lin Chien-liang | 1 | | 1 | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
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.