# 2019 Taiwan Football Premier League

The 2019 season of the Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL) is the third season of top-flight association football competition in Taiwan under its current format. The Taiwan Football Premier League includes eight teams. The season began on 14 April 2019.

## Teams

A total of eight teams compete in the league. Tatung are the defending champions. Royal Blues and NSTC F.C. were relegated from last season, and were replaced by Taichung Futuro and Ming Chuan University, which were the top two teams of the qualifying tournament held in December 2018.
* F.C. Taipei Red Lions (F.C. 台北紅獅), previously named Taicheng Lions (F.C. 台程獅)
* Hang Yuen F.C. (航源 F.C.)
* Hasus TSU F.C. (台灣體大, previously named 台體光磊 F.C.)
* Ming Chuan University F.C. (銘傳大學 F.C.)
* Taichung Futuro (台中 FUTURO F.C.)
* Taipower F.C. (高市台電 F.C.)
* Tatung F.C. (北市大同 F.C.)
* Taiwan Steel F.C. (台灣鋼鐵 F.C.), previously named Tainan City (台南市 F.C.)

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tatung | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 18 | +57 | 52 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Taipower | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 19 | +28 | 49 | Qualification for AFC Cup preliminary round 2 |
| 3 | Hang Yuan | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 41 | |
| 4 | Taiwan Steel | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 33 | |
| 5 | Taichung Futuro | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 28 | |
| 6 | National Taiwan University of Sport | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 59 | −36 | 15 | |
| 7 | Ming Chuan University | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 75 | −55 | 11 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 8 | Taipei Red Lions | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 58 | −38 | 7 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |

## Results

| | HNY | MCU | NTU | FUT | TRL | TAT | TPW | TWS |
| Hang Yuen F.C. | - | 3–1 4–2 7–0 | 6–3 3–0 4–1 | 1–1 2–2 1–1 | 5–1 5–0 3–1 | 1–1 2–2 2–3 | 0–0 3–3 0–2 | 2–2 5–0 5–4 |
| Ming Chuan University F.C. | 1–3 2–4 0–7 | — | 0–2 3–1 2–3 | 0–4 0–5 0–5 | 0–1 3–1 1–1 | 0–8 1–6 1–7 | 0–3 1–5 0–3 | 1–3 2–2 2–1 |
| National Taiwan University of Sport F.C. | 3–6 0–3 1–4 | 2–0 1–3 3–2 | — | 1–1 0–3 0–3 | 0–0 3–3 3–2 | 2–7 0–4 0–3 | 1–2 0–3 0–2 | 0–3 3–2 0–3 |
| Taichung FUTURO F.C. | 1–1 2–2 1–1 | 4–0 5–0 5–0 | 1–1 3–0 3–0 | — | 4–0 1–0 2–0 | 0–1 0–5 0–1 | 1–3 1–2 0–3 | 0–1 2–3 1–2 |
| F.C. Taipei Red Lions | 1–5 0–5 1–3 | 1–0 1–3 1–1 | 0–0 3–3 2–3 | 0–4 0–1 0–2 | — | 1–3 0–7 1–1 | 1–2 0–3 1–3 | 3–4 1–2 1–2 |
| Tatung | 1–1 2–2 3–2 | 8–0 6–1 7–1 | 7–2 4–0 3–0 | 1–0 5–0 1–0 | 3–1 7–0 1–1 | — | 3–1 1–1 2–0 | 7–1 2–0 1–4 |
| Taipower F.C. | 0–0 3–3 2–0 | 3–0 5–1 3–0 | 2–1 3–0 2–0 | 3–1 2–1 3–0 | 2–1 3–0 3–1 | 1–3 1–1 0–2 | — | 1–1 4–3 1–0 |
| Taiwan Steel F.C. | 2–2 0–5 4–5 | 3–1 2–2 1–2 | 3–0 2–3 3–0 | 1–0 3–2 2–1 | 4–3 2–1 2–1 | 1–7 0–2 4–1 | 1–1 3–4 0–1 | — |
source = CTFA

## Top scorers

As of 21 August 2019
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marc Fenelus | Tatung F.C. | 17 |
| 2 | Ange Kouamé | Tatung F.C. | 15 |
| 3 | Joo Ik-seong | Hang Yuen F.C. | 13 |
| 4 | Benchy Estama | Hang Yuen F.C. | 16 |
| 5 | Chu En-le | Tatung F.C. | 11 |
| 6 | Chen Rei-chieh | Tatung F.C. | 8 |
| 6 | Chiu Yi-huan | Taipower F.C. | 8 |
| 8 | Lin Chien-hsun | Taipower F.C. | 7 |
| 9 | Lee Mao | Taichung Futuro F.C. | 5 |
| 9 | Chen Sheng-wei | Taichung Futuro F.C. | 5 |
| 9 | Kuo Po-wei | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 5 |
| 12 | Ko Yu-ting | Taipower F.C. | 4 |
| 12 | Chen Hao-wei | Hang Yuen F.C. | 4 |
| 12 | Chen Chao-an | Taichung Futuro F.C. | 4 |
| 12 | Chen Po-yu | National Taiwan University of Sport F.C. | 4 |
| 16 | Huang Chun-wen | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 3 |
| 16 | Pai Shao-yu | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 3 |
| 16 | Lee Hsiang-wei | Taichung FUTURO | 3 |
| 16 | Hung Tzu-kuei | Taichung FUTURO | 3 |
| 16 | Hsu Yi | Hang Yuen F.C. | 3 |
| 16 | Philipp Pippo Marda | F.C. Taipei Red Lions | 3 |
| 22 | Matías Godoy | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Wu Chun-ching | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Pan Yu-ting | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Yao Ke-chi | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Otomo Shuto | National Taiwan University of Sport F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Chiang Hao-ren | National Taiwan University of Sport F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Cheng Hao | National Taiwan University of Sport F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Chen Kai-wen | National Taiwan University of Sport F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Huang Sheng-chieh | Ming Chuan University F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Wang Chung-yu | Ming Chuan University F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Hsiung Yuan-kuan | Ming Chuan University F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Lo Chi-hsien | Ming Chuan University F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Lin Chang-lun | Taipower F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Chen Yi-wei | Taipower F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Tseng Chi-wei | Taipower F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Luis Mayorga | F.C. Taipei Red Lions | 2 |
| 22 | Santos Barrow | F.C. Taipei Red Lions | 2 |
| 22 | Javier Funes Guzman | F.C. Taipei Red Lions | 2 |
| 22 | Chen Wei-chuan | Tatung F.C. | 2 |
| 22 | Takada Shun | Taichung Futuro F.C. | 2 |
| 42 | Wang Sheng-han | Ming Chuan University F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Cheng Chun-hsien | Ming Chuan University F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Liao Wen-hao | Ming Chuan University F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Lo Chi-hsien | Ming Chuan University F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Huang Yu-ming | Ming Chuan University F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Hsu Fu-sheng | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Wei Yu-chun | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Pan Yu-ting | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Huang Cheng-tsung | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Chen Wei-ren | Taiwan Steel F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Hung Tzu-cheng | Tatung F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Elias Rene Argueta Tejada | Tatung F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Chang Hao-wei | Tatung F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Lee Chien-liang | Taipower F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Lee Chun-chia | Taipower F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Kao Chun-hong | Taipower F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Chen Chun-ting | National Taiwan University of Sport F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Chou Cheng | National Taiwan University of Sport F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Chen Hong-wei | National Taiwan University of Sport F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Jake Clarke | F.C. Taipei Red Lions | 1 |
| 42 | Lin Kuan-heng | F.C. Taipei Red Lions | 1 |
| 42 | Pa Baboucarr Jallow | F.C. Taipei Red Lions | 1 |
| 42 | Chou Yu-chie | Hang Yuen F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Chen Ching-hsuan | Hang Yuen F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Lee Kai-chieh | Taichung Futuro F.C. | 1 |
| 42 | Lee Cheng-yu | Taichung Futuro F.C. | 1 |