# 2022 Taiwan Football Premier League

The 2022 season of the Taiwan Football Premier League is the sixth season of the top-flight association football competition in Taiwan under its current format. The season began on 17 April 2022.

## Teams

The 2022 season of the TFPL was initially planned to feature eight teams, but CPC Corporation withdrew from it. They had finished sixth in the 2021 season , so they were granted permission to continue in the top-flight, but they declined it by withdrawing from the league system during the 2022 season. Tainan City are the defending champions, having won the 2021 season title . AC Taipei and Ming Chuan University , respectively champions and runners-up from the Challenge League , were the promoted teams for the new season.
The seven participating teams on this edition of the TFPL are:
* AC Taipei (AC台北; AC táiběi)
* Hang Yuen (航源; Háng yuán)
* Ming Chuan (銘傳大學; Míng chuán dàxué)
* Taichung FUTURO (台中 FUTURO; Táizhōng FUTURO)
* Taiwan Steel (台灣鋼鐵; Táiwān gāngtiě)
* Taipower (高市台電; Gāo shì táidiàn)
* Leopard Cat (台灣石虎足球隊; Táiwān shí hǔ zúqiú duì)
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach | Last Season |
| AC Taipei | Taipei | Ming Chuan University Campus Football Field | 5,000 | Chen Sing-An | 2nd division champions |
| Hang Yuen | New Taipei | Fu Jen Catholic University Football Field | 3,000 | Hung Chin-Hwai | 4th |
| Leopard Cat | Taipei | Taipei Municipal Stadium | 20,000 | Chiang Mu-Tsai | 5th |
| Ming Chuan | Taoyuan City | Ming Chuan University Campus Football Field | 5,000 | Tseng Tai-lin | 2nd division runners-up |
| Taichung FUTURO | Taichung | Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch | 600 | Vom Ca-Nhum | 3rd |
| Tainan City | Tainan | Tainan Football Field | 15,000 | Lo Chih-Tsung | 1st |
| Taipower | Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung National Stadium | 55,000 | Chen Kuei-Jen | 2nd |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Taiwan Steel (C) | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 19 | +28 | 38 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Taichung FUTURO | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 37 | Qualification for the AFC Cup qualifying play-off |
| 3 | Taipower | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 31 | |
| 4 | Hang Yuen | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 29 | |
| 5 | Leopard Cat | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 24 | |
| 6 | AC Taipei | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 51 | −30 | 7 | |
| 7 | Ming Chuan | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 45 | −34 | 5 | Qualification for the Taiwan Challenge League relegation play-off |
| 8 | CPC Corporation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew from league system |
* ↑ CPC Corporation withdrew from the tournament before its start, citing an internal business strategy as a reason. They will not compete in any of Taiwan's league system in 2022.

## Results

Each team plays a total of 18 games, playing the other teams three times.

### Last 7 rounds

| Home \ Away | ACT | HAY | LEO | MCU | TAF | TAP | TNC |
| AC Taipei F.C. | — | | 1–2 | | 1–2 | | 0–7 |
| Hang Yuen F.C. | 4–2 | — | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Leopard Cat F.C. | | | — | | 1–2 | | 0–1 |
| Ming Chuan F.C. | 2–0 | | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Taichung FUTURO F.C. | | | | | — | | |
| Taipower F.C. | 2–1 | | | | 0–0 | — | |
| Taiwan Steel F.C. | | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | — |

## Promotion/relegation play-off

At the end of the season, the seventh-placed team from the TFPL, will enter a single-leg play-off match with the 2022 Taiwan Football Challenge League runner-up for a spot in the 2023 Taiwan Football Premier League.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marco Fenelus | Tainan City | 19 |
| 2 | Benchy Estama | Taichung FUTURO | 18 |
| 3 | Joo Ik-seong | Hang Yuen | 14 |
| 4 | Ange Kouamé | Tainan City | 11 |
| 5 | Huang Sheng-Chieh | AC Taipei | 6 |

### Most goals in a single match

| Rank | Player | Opponent scored in & Match date | Goals |
| 1 | Marco Fenelus | for Tainan City vs AC Taipei (23 October) | 3 |
| 1 | Benchy Estama | for Taichung FUTURO vs AC Taipei (01 May) | 3 |
| 1 | Lee Hsiang-wei | for Taipower vs Leopard Cat (14 August) | 3 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Pan Wen-chieh | Taichung FUTURO | 9 |
| 2 | Chiu Yu-hung | Taipower | 4 |
| 2 | Shih Shin-an | Leopard Cat | 4 |
| 4 | Lai Po-lun | Hang Yuen | 2 |
| 4 | Lee Kuan-pei | Tainan City | 2 |

## Taiwan Football Challenge League

A relegation play-off was held on 7 May to determine if the last-placed teams in the 2021 edition of the Challenge League (FC.BASE Athletic and FC Kaohsiung) should play in the 2022 Challenge League, as two other teams ( AC Taipei reserve team and EC DESAFIO Taipei) submitted their entry request for the Challenge League. A draw was conducted with the last-placed teams included at the "Pot 1", and with the potential new entries included at the "Pot 2". After the draw was held, the teams waited until 7 May to determine who would have the last entries to the Challenge League. The results are as follows:
   * FC Kaohsiung 2−0 AC Taipei Reserves
   * FC.BASE Athletic 1−0 EC DESAFIO Taipei
Teams highlighted in bold earned a spot at the 2022 Challenge League, which started on 11 June 2022.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Flight Skywalkers FC (C, P) | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 4 | +60 | 38 | Promotion to Taiwan Football Premier League |
| 2 | Land Home NTUS (Q) | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 12 | +40 | 35 | Qualification for promotion/relegation play-off |
| 3 | MARS FC | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 30 | |
| 4 | Inter Taoyuan FC | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 25 | |
| 5 | PlayOne Normal University | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 55 | −40 | 12 | |
| 6 | Saturday Football International | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 9 | |
| 7 | FC Kaohsiung | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 47 | −32 | 8 | Possible Qualification for Relegation play-out |
| 8 | FC Base Athletic (Q) | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 37 | −24 | 7 | Possible Qualification for Relegation play-out |