# 2019 Taichung Blue Whale season

The 2019 Taichung Blue Whale season was the club's 6th season and their 6th season in Taiwan Mulan Football League.

## Kits

* Supplier: Adidas
* Main Sponsor: Dah Lih Puh

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Lu Kuei-hua |
| Assistant coaches | Chang Wei-chen, Huang Yan-ting, Lai Li-chin |
| Goalkeeping coach | Chang Po-hsiang |
| Athletic trainer | Hong Chia-ling |
* Last updated: 27 June 2024
* Source:

## Players

| N | Pos. | Name | Age. | Since |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Chen Miao-wen | | 2019 |
| 18 | GK | Cheng Ssu-yu | 30 | 2014 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | DF | Lai Wei-ju | 25 | 2014 |
| 6 | DF | Chang Wei-chen | 30 | 2016 |
| 12 | DF | Wu Yu | 21 | 2018 |
| 13 | DF | Tseng Wen-ting | 23 | 2015 |
| 14 | DF | Cheng Wen-ching | | 2019 |
| 15 | DF | Wang Shu-wen | 18 | 2018 |
| 17 | DF | Lee Pei-lin | | 2019 |
| 19 | DF | Yang Hsin-ju | 19 | 2019 |
| 20 | DF | Chen Yu-tung | | 2019 |
| 22 | DF | Li Pei-jung | 19 | 2019 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 2 | MF | Chang Chi-lan | 23 | 2014 |
| 8 | MF | Hsieh Cheng-ya | 20 | 2019 |
| 9 | MF | Lin Yu-syuan | 16 | 2019 |
| 16 | MF | Hou Fang-wei | 27 | 2014 |
| 21 | MF | Maho Tanaka | 18 | 2019 |
| 23 | MF | Liu Chien-yun | 27 | 2014 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 3 | FW | Su Yu-hsuan | 18 | 2016 |
| 5 | FW | Pao Hsin-hsuan | 27 | 2018 |
| 7 | FW | Tang Yung-ching | 24 | 2014 |
| 10 | FW | Lee Hsiu-chin (captain) | 27 | 2014 |
| 11 | FW | Lai Li-chin | 31 | 2015 |
* Source:
* Ordered by squad number.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from |
| Preseason |||||
| 8 | MF | Hsieh Cheng-ya | — |
| 9 | MF | Lin Yu-syuan | — |
| 14 | MF | Tsai Meng-hsuan | — |
| 17 | DF | Lee Pei-lin | Inter New Taipei |
| 19 | DF | Yang Hsin-ju | — |
| 20 | DF | Chen Yu-tung | — |
| 22 | DF | Li Pei-jung | NTUS |
| Midseason |||||
| 1 | GK | Chen Miao-wen | — |
| 14 | DF | Cheng Wen-ching | — |
| 21 | MF | Maho Tanaka | — |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to |
| Preseason |||||
| 8 | MF | Yang Ssu-wei | Taipei Bravo |
| 9 | MF | Tsou Hsin-ni | — |
| 14 | MF | Yang Chia-hui | — |
| 17 | FW | Ho Hsuan-yi | Hualien |
| 19 | MF | Kao Pei-ling | — |
| 20 | MF | Tuan Yu-jou | — |
| 22 | DF | Yu Shu-fang | — |
| Midseason |||||
| 1 | GK | Tsai Ming-jung | Fujizakura |
| 14 | MF | Tsai Meng-hsuan | — |
| 21 | FW | Chen Hsiu-wen | — |

## 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 | 13 April 2019 | 9 November 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 14 | +54 | 082.35 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 14 | +54 | 082.35 |
Source:

### Taiwan Mulan Football League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Taichung Blue Whale (Q) | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 12 | +51 | 41 | Qualification for the Mulan League Finals |
| 2 | Hualien (Q) | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 12 | +28 | 32 | Qualification for the Mulan League Finals |
| 3 | Taipei Bravo | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 18 | |
| 4 | Kaohsiung Sunny Bank | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 43 | −28 | 15 | |
| 5 | New Taipei Hang Yuen | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 11 | |
| 6 | Inter Taipei | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 50 | −36 | 11 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 8$^1$ |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
$^1$ Matchday 8 was postponed to 28 September 2019 due to the national team training.

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

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | TMFL | Finals | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Lee Hsiu-chin | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | 5 | FW | | Pao Hsin-hsuan | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Lai Li-chin | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | FW | | Su Yu-hsuan | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Hou Fang-wei | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 9 | MF | | Lin Yu-syuan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Lai Wei-ju | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | FW | | Tang Yung-ching | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | DF | | Wu Yu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | MF | | Liu Chien-yun | 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) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 63 | 5 | 68 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Lee Hsiu-chin | Taipei Bravo | 3–2 | 13 April 2019 | Taiwan Mulan Football League |
| Su Yu-hsuan | Inter Taipei | 9–1 | 11 May 2019 | Taiwan Mulan Football League |
| Lee Hsiu-chin | Kaohsiung Sunny Bank | 7–1 | 31 August 2019 | Taiwan Mulan Football League |
| Pao Hsin-hsuan | Inter Taipei | 6–0 | 14 September 2019 | Taiwan Mulan Football League |

### Cleansheets

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | TMFL | Finals | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Tsai Ming-jung | 4 | – | 4 |
| 1 | 18 | | Cheng Ssu-yu | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | | Chen Miao-wen | 0 | – | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 1 | 8 |

## Awards

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