Enterprise Football League

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|sport=Football

|founded=1982

|folded=2009

|teams=4

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The Enterprise Football League ({{zh|t=企業足球聯賽}}), formerly known as the National Football League ({{zh|t=全國足球聯賽}}) or the National First Division Football League ({{zh|t=全國甲組足球聯賽}}), was the highest-ranked football league in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was governed by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) and considered semi-professional. The competition was ended in 2009 following a change in regulations and a merger into the Intercity Football League.

History

The National Football League was founded by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) in 1982 after popular interest motivated by 1982 FIFA World Cup. The CTFA planned to include it as part of the annual football season along with the other three cup competitions: Chung Cheng Cup (中正盃), Li Hui-tang Cup (李惠棠盃), and CTFA Cup (足協盃). The first league season featured 7 teams: Flying Camel, Taipei City Bank, Taiwan Power Company, Thunderbird, Lukuang, Taiwan Provincial College of Physical Education, and Taipei Physical Education College.There were actually 8 teams in Taiwan's first division football at the time. Besides the 7 participating teams, Loyal Camel was unable to register to for the competition due to a lack of funding.

After 2006, the CTFA changed the name of the league to the Enterprise Football League in an attempt to attract more attention and financial support from successful Taiwanese enterprises. Fubon Financial became the major sponsor, and therefore the league was also known as the Fubon Enterprise Football League ({{zh|t=富邦企業足球聯賽}}). The number of teams participating in the league was also reduced from eight to four by excluding college and high school teams in an attempt to make the league more professional. Nevertheless, there are currently only two semi-professional clubs remaining: Tatung F.C. and Taiwan Power Company F.C.

In November 2007, the CTFA announced that they would not hold further Enterprise Football League seasons after 2009.{{cite news

|script-title = zh:【城市聯賽】2009城市聯賽升降級、屬地主義上路

|url = http://www.ctfa.com.tw/hot_news_details.php?newsid=424

|date = November 25, 2008

|publisher = Chinese Taipei Football Association

|language = Chinese

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090103220703/http://ctfa.com.tw/hot_news_details.php?newsid=424

|archivedate = January 3, 2009

}} The Intercity Football League replaced the Enterprise Football League to become the top-ranked league in Taiwan.

Teams

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align=center bgcolor=#efefef !width=20%\|Team !width=25%\|Location !width=10%\|Number of appearances !width=10%\|Record streak !width=10%\|First appearance !width=10%\|Most recent appearance !width=15%\|Best result (season)
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|Chinese Taipei U-23 * 2008 name: Fubon Financial \|style="text-align:left;"\|Tsoying, Kaohsiung \|3	3	2006	2008	3rd (2006, 2007)
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|I-Shou University * 2008 name: E-United Group \|style="text-align:left;"\|Kaohsiung County \|1	1	2008	2008\|
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|Ming Chuan University * 2008 name: Bros Sports \|style="text-align:left;"\|Taipei City \|5	4	2001-02	2008	3rd (2001–02, 2004)
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|National Sports Training Center * \|style="text-align:left;"\|Tsoying District, Kaohsiung \|25	25	1983	2008	2nd (1984, 1991, 2007)
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|National Taiwan College of Physical Education * 2008 name: Molten Tso I \|style="text-align:left;"\|Taichung City \|23	22	1983	2008	3rd (1997, 2002–03)
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|Taipei Physical Education College * 2008 name: Hun Sing \|style="text-align:left;"\|Songshan District, Taipei \|23	22	1983	2008	6th (2005)
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|Taiwan Power Company F.C. \|style="text-align:left;"\|Fongshan City, Kaohsiung County \|25	25	1983	2008	1st (1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004, 2007)
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|Tatung F.C. \|style="text-align:left;"\|Taipei City \|21	21	1986	2008	1st (2005, 2006)

* Not a club team.

Results

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!width=10%|Season

!width=15%|Champion

!width=15%|Runner-up

!width=15%|Third place

!width=15%|Fourth place

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Enterprise Football League

History

Teams

Results

Performance by team

Promotions and relegations

See also

Notes and references

External links