# 2016 Taichung Blue Whale season

The 2016 Taichung Blue Whale season was the club's 3rd season and their 3rd season in Taiwan Mulan Football League.

## Kits

* Supplier: Adidas
* Main Sponsor: YE Sports

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Lu Kuei-hua |
| Assistant coach | Chuang Shu-mei |
| Goalkeeping coach | Liu Shih-hua |
| Athletic trainer | Yu Wan-ching |
* Last updated: 2 July 2024
* Source:

## Players

| N | Pos. | Name | Age. | Since |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Cheng Ssu-yu | 27 | 2014 |
| 18 | GK | Cheng Ya-wen | 15 | 2016 |
| 21 | GK | Hsu Miao-hua | 15 | 2016 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | DF | Lai Wei-ju | 22 | 2014 |
| 6 | DF | Chang Wei-chen | 27 | 2016 |
| 12 | DF | Hsu Chih-ting | | 2014 |
| 13 | DF | Tseng Wen-ting | 20 | 2015 |
| 15 | DF | Cheng Ya-hsun | | 2014 |
| 22 | DF | Yu Shu-fang | 21 | 2016 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 2 | MF | Chang Chi-lan | 20 | 2014 |
| 5 | MF | Chan Pi-han | 24 | 2015 |
| 8 | MF | Yang Ssu-wei | 20 | 2014 |
| 9 | MF | Tsou Hsin-ni | 21 | 2014 |
| 14 | MF | Yang Chia-hui | 19 | 2016 |
| 16 | MF | Hou Fang-wei | 24 | 2014 |
| 19 | MF | Kao Pei-ling | 19 | 2016 |
| 20 | MF | Tuan Yu-jou | 20 | 2015 |
| 23 | MF | Liu Chien-yun | 24 | 2014 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 3 | FW | Su Yu-hsuan | 15 | 2016 |
| 7 | FW | Tang Yung-ching | 21 | 2014 |
| 10 | FW | Lee Hsiu-chin | 24 | 2014 |
| 11 | FW | Lai Li-chin (captain) | 28 | 2015 |
| 17 | FW | Ho Hsuan-yi | 20 | 2016 |
* Source:
* Ordered by squad number.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from |
| Preseason |||||
| 3 | FW | Su Yu-hsuan | — |
| 6 | DF | Chang Wei-chen | Hsinchu |
| 14 | MF | Yang Chia-hui | — |
| 17 | FW | Ho Hsuan-yi | Hsinchu |
| 18 | GK | Cheng Ya-wen | — |
| 19 | MF | Kao Pei-ling | Hsinchu |
| 21 | GK | Hsu Miao-hua | — |
| 22 | DF | Yu Shu-fang | lecre MYFC |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to |
| Preseason |||||
| 3 | DF | Yeh Hui-ju | — |
| 6 | DF | Chen Ying-hui | — |
| 14 | MF | Lin Yun | — |
| 17 | DF | Lin Chiung-ying | — |
| 18 | GK | Chiu Yu-ting | — |
| 19 | DF | Hsu Tzu-chiao | — |
| 21 | GK | Yang Chen-yen | — |
| 22 | MF | Ho Han-hsuan | — |

## 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 | 17 April 2016 | 1 October 2016 | Matchday 1 | Third place | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 041.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 041.67 |
Source:

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hualien TLDC (C) | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 27 |
| 2 | Hsinchu | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 20 |
| 3 | Taichung Blue Whale | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 19 |
| 4 | Taipei SCSC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 14 |
| 5 | Kaohsiung Sunny Bank | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 4 |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Result | L | L | D | D | | | W | L | D | W | D | | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | TMFL | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Lai Li-chin | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 17 | FW | | Ho Hsuan-yi | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | MF | | Chan Pi-han | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 9 | MF | | Tsou Hsin-ni | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Lee Hsiu-chin | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | | Tuan Yu-jou | 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 | 18 | 18 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Ref |
| Lai Li-chin | Kaohsiung Sunny Bank | 3–1 | 2 July 2016 | Taiwan Mulan Football League | |