# 2024 Taichung Futuro season

The 2024 Taichung Futuro season was the club's 6th season and their 6th season in Taiwan Football Premier League. Taichung Futuro also participated in the 2023–24 AFC Cup knockout stage as they qualified from the group stage in 2023.

## Kits

* Supplier: Joma (TFPL) / KICKER (AFC Cup)
* Main Sponsor: Hota-Gear

## Players

| N | Pos. | Name | Age. | Since |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Lee Ming-wei | 27 | 2020 |
| 21 | GK | Tuan Yu | 30 | 2019 |
| 50 | GK | Kenya Matsui | 39 | 2023 |
| 99 | GK | Lin Chun-hua | 22 | 2024 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | DF | Chen Ting-yang (captain) | 32 | 2019 |
| 7 | DF | Keisuke Ogawa | 38 | 2019 |
| 8 | DF | Yoshitaka Komori | 37 | 2019 |
| 14 | DF | Chen Chun-fu | 23 | 2023 |
| 19 | DF | Li Ya-she | 24 | 2024 |
| 24 | DF | Koji Wada | 23 | 2024 |
| 34 | DF | Lin Che-yu | 31 | 2023 |
| 42 | DF | Liu Wei-che | 21 | 2024 |
| 43 | DF | Liang Meng-hsin | 21 | 2021 |
| 88 | DF | Nagisa Sakurauchi | 35 | 2024 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | MF | Tsai Chieh-hsun | 21 | 2023 |
| 9 | MF | Chen Hung-wei | 27 | 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Shohei Yokoyama | 31 | 2021 |
| 12/31 | MF | Wen Chih-hao | 31 | 2024 |
| 22 | MF | Takuro Uehara | 33 | 2024 |
| 23 | MF | Kaoru Takayama | 36 | 2023 |
| 27 | MF | Toshio Shimakawa | 34 | 2024 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 4 | FW | Tseng Te-lung | 22 | 2023 |
| 5 | FW | Cheng Hao | 27 | 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Hsu Heng-pin | 31 | 2019 |
| 18 | FW | Li Mao | 32 | 2019 |
Source:

### Notes

* ↑ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| Preseason ||||||
| 12/31 | MF | Wen Chih-hao | AC Taipei | €30,000 |
| 19 | DF | Li Ya-she | – | |
| 22 | MF | Takuro Uehara | Imabari | |
| 42 | DF | Liu Wei-che | Saturday Football International | |
| 88 | DF | Nagisa Sakurauchi | Imabari | |
| Midseason ||||||
| 24 | DF | Koji Wada | Sendai University | |
| 27 | MF | Toshio Shimakawa | – | |
| 99 | GK | Lin Chun-hua | New Taipei Hang Yuen | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to |
| Preseason |||||
| 11 | FW | Amari Oki | – |
| 13 | DF | Shunya Suganuma | Khon Kaen United |
| 14 | MF | Naoki Kaneko | New Taipei Hang Yuan |
| 15 | MF | Kazuya Kojima | – |
| 19 | MF | Genki Takatera | – |
| 25 | MF | Kakeru Gunji | Alliance ZHR |
| 27 | FW | Fang Ching-ren | Retired |
| 31 | GK | Tian Syuan-jin | – |
| 33 | FW | Kotaro Nakajima | – |
| 42 | DF | Juang Ming-yan | Retired |
| 51 | GK | Taiki Itsukaichi | – |
| 99 | FW | Jhon Benchy | Taipei Vikings |
| Midseason |||||
| 36 | FW | Carlo Finotti | New Taipei Hang Yuen |

## 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 | 14 April 2024 | 1 December 2024 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 061.90 |
| AFC Cup | 23 August 2023 | 13 March 2024 | Play-off round | Inter-zone semi-finals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 056.52 |
Source: TFPL AFC Cup

### 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 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 16 | +44 | 49 | Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying play-offs |
| 2 | Futuro | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 43 | |
| 3 | New Taipei Hang Yuen | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 39 | |
| 4 | Sunny Bank AC Taipei | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 36 | |
| 5 | Taipower | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 30 | |
| 6 | Leopard Cat | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 22 | |
| 7 | Ming Chuan University | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 18 | Transfer to 2025–26 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers |
| 8 | Taipei Vikings (R) | 21 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 84 | −67 | 2 | Relegation to Taiwan Second Division Football League |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7$^1$ | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 21 |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
$^1$ Matchday 7 was postponed to 1 September 2024 due to the AFC Asian Qualifiers.

#### Matches
### AFC Cup
#### Knockout stage
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | TMFL | TMFL | AFC Cup | AFC Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TAI | Lee Ming-wei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | TAI | Tuan Yu | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Kenya Matsui | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | TAI | Lin Chun-hua | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | TAI | Chen Ting-yang | 17 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Ogawa | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | TAI | Yoshitaka Komori | 17 | 0 | 1+14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | TAI | Chen Chun-fu | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | TAI | Li Ya-she | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Koji Wada | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | TAI | Lin Che-yu | 12 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | TAI | Liu Wei-che | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | TAI | Liang Meng-hsin | 22 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | JPN | Nagisa Sakurauchi | 22 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | TAI | Tsai Chieh-hsun | 9 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | TAI | Chen Hung-wei | 18 | 0 | 2+16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Shohei Yokoyama | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 12/31 | MF | TAI | Wen Chih-hao | 22 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Takuro Uehara | 21 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Kaoru Takayama | 21 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Toshio Shimakawa | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 4 | FW | TAI | Tseng Te-lung | 15 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | TAI | Cheng Hao | 21 | 5 | 5+14 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | TAI | Hsu Heng-pin | 13 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | TAI | Li Mao | 22 | 10 | 20+1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season but made an appearance ||||||||||
| 99 | FW | HAI | Jhon Benchy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Own goals (0) ||||||||||

#### Notes

* ↑ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | TMFL | AFC Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Li Mao | 10 | — | 10 |
| 2 | 23 | MF | | Kaoru Takayama | 7 | — | 7 |
| 3 | 5 | FW | | Cheng Hao | 5 | — | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Shohei Yokoyama | 4 | — | 4 |
| 5 | 12/31 | MF | | Wen Chih-hao | 2 | — | 2 |
| 5 | 17 | FW | | Hsu Heng-pin | 2 | — | 2 |
| 5 | 22 | MF | | Takuro Uehara | 2 | — | 2 |
| 5 | 88 | DF | | Nagisa Sakurauchi | 2 | — | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Chen Ting-yang | 1 | — | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | FW | | Tseng Te-lung | 1 | — | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Tsai Chieh-hsun | 1 | — | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Li Ya-she | 1 | — | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | MF | | Toshio Shimakawa | 1 | — | 1 |
| 9 | 43 | DF | | Liang Meng-hsin | 1 | — | 1 |
| 9 | 99 | FW | | Jhon Benchy | — | 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 1 | 42 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

### Cleansheets

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | TFPL | AFC Cup | Total |
| 1 | 50 | | Kenya Matsui | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 21 | | Tuan Yu | 3 | — | 3 |
| 3 | 99 | | Lin Chun-hua | 1 | — | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | | Lee Ming-wei | — | — | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | TFPL | TFPL | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 88 | DF | | Nagisa Sakurauchi | 5 | | 1 | | 6 | | |
| 12/31 | MF | | Wen Chih-hao | 5 | | | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 7 | DF | | Keisuke Ogawa | 4 | 1 | | | 4 | | 1 |
| 43 | DF | | Liang Meng-hsin | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 3 | DF | | Chen Ting-yang | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 5 | FW | | Cheng Hao | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 10 | MF | | Shohei Yokoyama | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 18 | FW | | Li Mao | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 23 | MF | | Kaoru Takayama | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 27 | MF | | Toshio Shimakawa | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 22 | MF | | Takuro Uehara | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 4 | FW | | Tseng Te-lung | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | MF | | Chen Hung-wei | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 14 | DF | | Chen Chun-fu | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 34 | DF | | Lin Che-yu | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 8 | DF | | Yoshitaka Komori | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Staff | Staff | | Yuto Kabasawa | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| Coach | Coach | | Fang Ching-ren | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3 |
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.

#### Notes

* ↑ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

## Awards
### Taichung Sports Awards Ceremony

* Taichung Futuro – Outstanding Group Award