{{Short description|Governing body of association football in Taiwan}} {{National football association |Logo = Chinese Taipei Football Association logo.svg | Badge_size = 170px |Founded = 1924 (as former [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]) |FIFA affiliation = 1954 |Region = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] |Region affiliation = 1954 |Subregion = [[East Asian Football Federation|EAFF]] |Subregion affiliation = 2002 |Headquarters = [[Xinzhuang District]], [[New Taipei City]] |President = Vacant |Website = {{URL|http://www.ctfa.com.tw|ctfa.com.tw}} }} {{Infobox Chinese | showflag = tsp | t = 中華民國足球協會 | s = 中华民国足球协会 | p = Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zúqiú Xiéhuì | w = Chunghuh Minkuo Tsuch'iu Hsieh-hui | poj = Tiong-hôa-bîn-kok Chiok-kiû Hia̍p-hōe | tp = Jhōnghuá Mínguó Zúcióu Siéhuèi | l = Republic of China Football Association }}
'''Chinese Taipei Football Association''' ('''CTFA''') is the governing body for football in the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] (commonly known as Taiwan). Its official name in Chinese is the '''Republic of China Football Association''', but due to the [[political status of Taiwan]] it is billed abroad as the "[[Chinese Taipei]] Football Association" and uses the English initials '''TPE''' on its badge.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ccxEAQAAQBAJ&q=football+in+taiwan&pg=PA68|title=Africa, Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance|first=Paul|last=Darby|date=8 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135298340|access-date=3 August 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref>
The CTFA organizes the [[Chinese Taipei national football team|men's]] and [[Chinese Taipei women's national football team|women's]] national teams and administers the territory's professional league the [[Taiwan Football Premier League]]. As members of [[East Asian Football Federation]] its national teams are eligible for the [[East Asian Football Championship|EAFF E-1 Football Championship]] and the country's membership in [[Asian Football Confederation]] allows teams to participate in that organization's club and national team competitions. Taiwan is also a member of [[FIFA]] and is therefore eligible to play in the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]].
==History== Founded in 1924, the [[Chinese Football Association]] became members of FIFA in 1931 and competed internationally at the [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china-olyteam36.html |title=Chinese Olympic team 1936}}</ref> and [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china-olyteam48.html |title=Chinese Olympic team 1948}}</ref> Olympic games. Following the end of [[Chinese Civil War]] in 1949, both the [[China|People's Republic of China]] (PRC) and the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] (ROC) contended to be the sole legitimate government of "China", and claimed sovereignty over both mainland China and Taiwan.<ref name="Sovereignty1">{{cite book|last1=Hudson|first1=Christopher|title=The China Handbook|year=2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hm63AwAAQBAJ&q=prc+and+roc+legitimacy&pg=PA59|page=59|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134269662}}</ref><ref name="Sovereignty2">{{cite book|author1-link=Shelley Rigger|last1=Rigger|first1=Shelley|title=Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Reform|year=2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hiiEAgAAQBAJ&q=roc+limited+to+taiwan&pg=PA60|page=60|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134692972}}</ref> In May 1954, the ROC was a founding member of the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctfa.com.tw/aboutus/ctfa-profile.html |publisher=Chinese Taipei Football Association |title=會史 |access-date=2016-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522073818/http://www.ctfa.com.tw/aboutus/ctfa-profile.html |archive-date=2016-05-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/60th-anniversary/afc-60th-anniversary-back-to-where-it-all-began |title=AFC 60th Anniversary: Back to where it all began |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928182644/http://www.the-afc.com/60th-anniversary/afc-60th-anniversary-back-to-where-it-all-began |archive-date=28 September 2018 }}</ref> At the [[FIFA Congress|29th FIFA Congress]] held in [[Bern]] during June 1954, the PRC objected to the proposed admission of "The China National Amateur Athletic Federation, Taiwan". At the suggestion of [[presidents of FIFA|FIFA President]] [[Jules Rimet]], that the congress follow FIFA tradition, remain in the sphere of football, and not allow political questions to be brought into the organization's discussions, Taiwan was admitted to FIFA by a vote of 31 to 21. At the next two FIFA Congresses, in 1956 and 1958, the PRC attempted to have Taiwan excluded from the organization, with the second proposal at the 31st Congress eliciting the support of the USSR.<ref name="Homburg">{{cite journal |last=Homburg|first=H. |date=2006 |title=FIFA and the "Chinese Question", 1954-1980: an Exercise of Statutes. |journal=Historical Social Research |publisher=GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=69–87 |jstor=20762103}}</ref>
On 8 July 1958, the [[Chinese Football Association|All China Athletic Federation]] (ACAF) notified FIFA of its withdraw as a member of the federation. FIFA stipulations at the time required that once a withdraw be announced it must be confirmed three months later by registered mail. With no such confirmation received, FIFA's Executive Committee still considered ACAF a member and sought the help of Victor Granatkin, the USSR Vice-president of FIFA, to reconcile the organizations. At a meeting of FIFA's Executive Committee in late October 1959, Granatkin indicated that the ACAF would only rescind its withdraw after the expulsion of the Taiwan. At the 32nd FIFA Congress in [[Rome]], the [[Bulgarian Football Union]] requested a vote on the expulsion of Taiwan which was rejected by a vote of 45 to 8 with 16 abstentions.<ref name="Homburg" />
Taiwan was expelled from the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] in 1974<ref>{{cite news |url = http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19740916-1.1.28.aspx |title = AFC Bars Israel From All Its Competitions |date = 16 September 1974 |agency = [[Reuters]] |newspaper = [[The Straits Times]] }}</ref> and was admitted as a provisional member of the [[Oceania Football Confederation]] (OFC) the following year, gaining full regular membership in 1976.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=23 OFC History] oceaniafootball.com</ref> Taiwan's membership in the OFC was suspended after their national team's participation in the [[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)|1978 AFC and OFC World Cup qualification]] due "naming issues".<ref name="Routledge">{{cite book|last1=Hughson |first1=John |last2=Maguire |first2=Joseph |last3=Moore |first3=Kevin |last4=Spaaij |first4=Ramón |title=Routledge Handbook of Football Studies |year=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QiglDwAAQBAJ|page=454|publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781135074821}}</ref> At the 41st FIFA Congress in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]] introduced another proposal for the cancellation of Taiwan's membership. Unable to come to a majority vote on the issue, the congress voted to entrust the FIFA Executive Committee to come up with a solution by a margin of 57 to 47. On 7 July 1980 FIFA's 42nd Congress approved the Executive Committee's proposal to allow Taiwan to remain a member of FIFA under the name '''Chinese Taipei Football Association''' and to readmit the [[Chinese Football Association]].<ref name="Homburg" /> Following this vote, Taiwan was re-admitted the OFC in 1982 before leaving and rejoining the AFC in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eaff.com/about/|title=Chinese Taipei|publisher=eaff.com/ |access-date=2021-11-05}}</ref>
==National teams==
===Men's national team=== {{Main|Chinese Taipei national football team}} Since the Chinese Taipei Football Association's membership with FIFA in 1954, the national teams has never qualified for a [[FIFA World Cup|World cup]]. The team achieved their [[FIFA World Rankings|highest FIFA ranking]] of 121 in July 2018 under the management of [[Gary White (footballer)|Gary White]].<ref name="TPE World Ranking">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/TPE| title=TPE World Ranking| access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Jonathan |title=Who is Hong Kong's new coach? 'Future England manager' Gary White's in his own words |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2163759/who-hong-kongs-new-coach-future-england-manager-gary-whites-his-own |website=South China Morning Post |date=12 September 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> Due to the [[political status of Taiwan]] the national team has competed in both the [[Asian Football Confederation]] and the [[Oceania Football Confederation]] during its history.
Taiwan reached the semi-finals of the [[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/60asch.html |title=Asian Nations Cup 1960| access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> and [[1968 AFC Asian Cup]]s,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/68asch.html |title=Asian Nations Cup 1968| access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> finishing third in the former. The national team also won gold in football at the [[Football at the 1954 Asian Games|1954]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames54.html |title=Asian Games 1954| access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> and [[Football at the 1958 Asian Games|1958 Asian Games]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames58.html |title=Asian Games 1958 (Tokyo, Japan)| access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> although it was later determined that some of the players in the team originated from [[British Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.isu.edu.tw/upload/26/4/HS_journals/Vol1-9/11.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810183120/http://www.isu.edu.tw/upload/26/4/HS_journals/Vol1-9/11.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Women's national team=== {{Main|Chinese Taipei women's national football team}} Since the founding of the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]], the women's team has failed to qualify for the tournament. The team achieved their [[FIFA World Rankings|highest FIFA ranking]] of 22 in 2003<ref name="TPE World Ranking"/>
==Professional leagues== The professional first-division league in the Republic of China is [[Taiwan Football Premier League]]. Founded in 2017, it contains 8 teams that compete in a series of three round-robin tournaments from April to November for a total of 21 games. Since 2020, the lowest placed team in the Premier League is relegated to the [[Taiwan Second Division Football League|Challenge League]] with the top team from the Challenge League promoted to the Premier League. The runners-up of the Challenge League play the 7th in the Premier League, with the winner playing in the first Division in the next season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foootball.cc/contributor/read/202003040625527453|title=2020台企甲資格賽明天開戰，未來企甲升降級制怎麼玩？|language=zh-tw|access-date=2019-03-07}}</ref>
===League system===
{| class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" |- style = "background:#efefef;" | style = "width:4%; text-align:center;"| '''Level''' | colspan = "11" style = "width:96%; text-align:center;" | '''League(s) / Division(s)''' |- | style = "text-align:center; width:4%; background:#efefef;"| 1 | colspan = "11" style = "width:96%; text-align:center;" | '''[[Taiwan Football Premier League]]'''<br> ''8 clubs''<br> |- style = "background:#c8c8c8" | style = "width:4%;"| | colspan = "9" style="width:96%;"| ↓ 1 club ↑ 1 club |- | style = "text-align:center; width:4%; background:#efefef;"|2 | colspan = "11" style="width:96%; text-align:center;" | '''[[Taiwan Second Division Football League]]'''<br> ''7 clubs''
|}
==Leadership==
as of 8 November 2025
{|class="wikitable" !Name !Position !Source |- | {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} |President |<ref name=":0">{{ Cite web | last = 自由時報電子報 | date=2023-02-22 | title = 足足球》王麟祥當選足協理事長！前華視總經理4票之差勝出 - 自由體育 | url = https://sports.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/4219091 |access-date = 2023-02-22 | website = 自由時報電子報 }}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Yung-Fu Shiao]] |1st Vice-president | |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} Wang Shiao Hsun |2nd Vice-president | |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} Jung-Jui Chao |3rd Vice-president | |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-5873-4440 Shih-Chung Cheng] |General secretary |<ref name=":0" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} |Treasurer | |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} |Technical director | |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Hsien-Chung Yeh]] |Team coach (men's) | |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Shih-Kai Yen]] |Team coach (women's) | |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} |Media/communications manager | |- |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jose Amarante]] |Futsal Coordinator | |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} |Referee coordinator | |}
{{As of|2021|11|09|df=EU|lc=y}}<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/TPE |title=Chinese Taipei|access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref><ref name="AFC Chinese Taipei">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/east/chinese_taipei.html|title=Chinese Taipei |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Name !Position !Source |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Chiou I-jen]] |President |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /><ref name="AFC Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Hsiao Yong-Fu]] |2nd Vice-president |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /><ref name="AFC Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Hsieh Chun-Huan]] |3rd Vice-president |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /><ref name="AFC Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Shiao Yung-Fu]] |4th Vice-president |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /><ref name="AFC Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Fang Ching-Jen]] |General secretary |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /><ref name="AFC Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Lin Xiu-Yi]] |Treasurer |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Yen Shih-Kai]] |Technical director |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /><ref name="AFC Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Wang Jia-Zhong]] |Team coach (men's) |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /><ref name="AFC Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kazuo Echigo]] |Team coach (women's) |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Chiao Chia-Hung]] |Media/communications manager |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jose Amarante]] |Futsal Coordinator |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /> |- |{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|football}} [[Chuang En-Yi]] |Referee coordinator |<ref name="FIFA Chinese Taipei" /> |}
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