Taichung Futuro F.C.
{{Short description|Taiwanese football club}}
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| fullname = Taichung Football Academy Futuro
| founded = {{start date and age|2016}}
| short name = TFAF
| ground = Taiyuan Football Field
Xitun Football Field
| capacity = 600
| owner = Yoshitaka Komori
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = Fang Ching-ren
| league = Taiwan Football Premier League
| season = 2024
| position = TFPL, 2nd of 8
| current = 2025–26 Taichung Futuro season
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Taichung Futuro FC ({{zh|t=台中Futuro}}) is a professional football club based in Taichung, Taiwan which currently competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League.
History
Taichung Futuro Football Academy was founded in 2016 by Japanese footballer Yoshitaka Komori. The men's team was established in 2018.{{cite web |author1=SPORTSPON |title=台中足球的「未來進行式」:2019年台企甲新軍-台中Futuro |url=https://www.sportsv.net/articles/61949 |website=SPORTS VISION |accessdate=19 February 2020 |language=Chinese |date=18 April 2019 |archive-date=13 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013095531/https://www.sportsv.net/articles/61949 |url-status=live }} A second-place finish in 2022 meant qualification to next season's AFC Cup play-offs. They secured a group stage place in the 2023-24 AFC Cup after beating Macanese side Monte Carlo 2–1 in the East Asia Zone play off, and managed to secure progression to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals by virtue of goal difference over Mongolia's FC Ulaanbaatar.
Kits
= Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors =
Players
{{Main|List of Taichung Futuro players}}
=Current squad=
{{Updated|30 January 2025}}
{{fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1 |nat=TWN|pos=GK|name=Lee Ming-wei}}
{{Fs player|no=3 |nat=TWN|pos=DF|name=Chen Ting-yang|other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no=4 |nat=TWN|pos=FW|name=Tseng Te-lung}}
{{Fs player|no=5 |nat=TWN|pos=FW|name=Cheng Hao}}
{{Fs player|no=6 |nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Tsai Chieh-hsun}}
{{Fs player|no=7 |nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Keisuke Ogawa}}
{{Fs player|no=8 |nat=TWN|pos=DF|name=Yoshitaka Komori}}
{{Fs player|no=9 |nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Chen Hung-wei}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Wen Chih-hao}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=TWN|pos=FW|name=Hsu Heng-pin}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=TWN|pos=FW|name=Li Mao}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=TWN|pos=DF|name=Li Ya-she}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=TWN|pos=GK|name=Tuan Yu}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=Kaoru Takayama}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=TWN|pos=DF|name=Lin Che-yu}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=TWN|pos=DF|name=Liu Wei-che}}
{{Fs player|no=43|nat=TWN|pos=DF|name=Liang Meng-hsin}}
{{Fs player|no=50|nat=JPN|pos=GK|name=Kenya Matsui}}
{{Fs player|no=70|nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Yu Chia-le}}
{{Fs player|no=71|nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Peng Chuan-min}}
{{Fs player|no=72|nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Lai Yi-chiao}}
{{Fs player|no=73|nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Chen Hung-li}}
{{Fs player|no=74|nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Lin Shih-yuan}}
{{Fs player|no=75|nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Cheng Yu-chi}}
{{Fs player|no=76|nat=TWN|pos=MF|name=Chang Hsiu-yuan}}
{{Fs player|no=88|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Nagisa Sakurauchi}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=TWN|pos=GK|name=Lin Chun-hua}}
{{fs end}}
Managers
Records
=Year-by-year=
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style="background:#f0f6ff;"
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="11"|League !rowspan="2"|Position !rowspan="2" colspan="2"|International/Continental !colspan="2"|Top goalscorer(s) |
Div
!League !Pld !W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !Pts !PPG !Name(s) !Goals |
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2019
| rowspan=6 | 1 | TFPL | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 28 | 1.33 | 5th | colspan="2" rowspan="4"|DNQ |align="left" | {{flagicon|TWN}} Chen Sheng-wei {{flagicon|TWN}} Li Mao | 7 |
2020
| TFPL | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 39 | 1.86 | style="background:#cfaa88;"| 3rd |align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Joo Ik-seong | 19 |
2021
| TFPL | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 26 | 1.86 | style="background:#cfaa88;"| 3rd |align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shohei Yokoyama | 5 |
2022
| TFPL | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 37 | 2.06 | style="background:silver;"| 2nd |align="left" | {{flagicon|HAI}} Jhon Benchy | 18 |
2023
| TFPL | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | 1.33 | 5th | rowspan="2"|AFC Cup | rowspan="2"|IZSF |align="left" | {{flagicon|HAI}} Jhon Benchy | 9 |
2024
| TFPL | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 43 | 2.05 | style="background:silver;"| 2nd |align="left" | {{flagicon|TWN}} Li Mao | 10 |
Total
| – | – | 116 | 59 | 24 | 33 | 200 | 115 | +85 | 201 | 1.73 | – | – | – |align="left" | {{flagicon|HAI}} Jhon Benchy {{flagicon|TWN}} Li Mao | 28 |
{{note|1}}1. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, AFC Cup, and other competitive continental matches but excludes goals in their qualifying matches.
=International competition=
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style="color:white; background:#0000FF; border:2px solid #e43e37"| Season
!style="color:white; background:#e43e37; border:2px solid #0000FF"| Competition !style="color:white; background:#0000FF; border:2px solid #e43e37"| Round !style="color:white; background:#e43e37; border:2px solid #0000FF"| Club !style="color:white; background:#0000FF; border:2px solid #e43e37"| Home !style="color:white; background:#e43e37; border:2px solid #0000FF"| Away !style="color:white; background:#0000FF; border:2px solid #e43e37"| Aggregate |
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rowspan="5"|2023–24
|rowspan="5"|AFC Cup |{{flagicon|MAC}} Monte Carlo |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;|2–1 |
rowspan="3"|Group I
|{{flagicon|MAC}} Chao Pak Kei |style="text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"|1–0 |style="text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"|1–0 |rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"|1st out of 4 |
{{flagicon|MNG}} FC Ulaanbaatar
|style="text-align:center; background:#ffdddd;"|1–2 |style="text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"|2–0 |
{{flagicon|TPE}} Taiwan Steel
|style="text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"|2–1 |style="text-align:center; background:#ffdddd;"|1–5 |
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
|{{flagicon|KGZ}} Abdysh-Ata Kant |style="text-align:center; background:#ffdddd;"|1–3 |style="text-align:center; background:#ffdddd;"|0–5 |style="text-align:center; background:#ffdddd;"|1–8 |
References
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{{Taichung Futuro}}
{{Taiwan Football Premier League}}
{{Football in Taiwan}}
{{Taichung Sports}}
Category:2016 establishments in Taiwan
Category:Football clubs in Taiwan
Category:Association football clubs established in 2016
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