2023 Taichung Futuro season

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Taichung Futuro
2023 season
OwnerYoshitaka Komori
Head coachJuang Ming-yan (TMFL)
Jun Hirabayashi (TMFL)
Pen Wu-sung (AFC Cup)
TFPL5th
AFC CupInter-zone play-off semi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Benchy Estama (9)
All:
Benchy Estama (9)
Biggest winMing Chuan University 0–6 Futuro
Biggest defeatFuturo 0–4 Taipower
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Taichung Futuro season was the club's 5th season and their 5th season in Taiwan Football Premier League. Taichung Futuro also participated in the AFC Cup as they were the 2022 Taiwan Football Premier League runner-up.[1][2]

On 14 December 2023, Taichung Futuro advanced to the 2023–24 AFC Cup knockout stage in 2024, becoming the first Taiwanese team to clinch a spot in the AFC Cup knockout stage.[3]

Kits[edit]

Players[edit]

N Pos. Nat. Name Age. Since
Goalkeepers
1 GK Taiwan Lee Ming-wei 26 2020
21 GK Taiwan Tuan Yu 29 2019
31 GK Taiwan Tian Syuan-jin 25 2023
50 GK Japan Kenya Matsui 38 2023
51 GK Japan Taiki Itsukaichi 25 2023
Defenders
3 DF Taiwan Chen Ting-yang (captain) 31 2019
4 DF Taiwan Tseng Te-lung 21 2023
5 DF Taiwan Cheng Hao 26 2022
7 DF Japan Keisuke Ogawa 37 2019
8 DF Taiwan Yoshitaka Komori 36 2019
13 DF Japan Shunya Suganuma 33 2023
20/14[n1 1] DF Taiwan Chen Chun-fu 22 2023
34 DF Taiwan Lin Che-yu 30 2023
42 DF Taiwan Juang Ming-yan 34 2023
Midfielders
6 MF Taiwan Tsai Chieh-hsun 20 2023
9 MF Taiwan Chen Hung-wei 26 2021
10 MF Japan Shohei Yokoyama 30 2021
14 MF Japan Naoki Kaneko 23 2023
15 MF Japan Kazuya Kojima 24 2023
18 MF Taiwan Li Mao 31 2019
19 MF Japan Genki Takatera 28 2023
23 MF Japan Kaoru Takayama 35 2023
25 MF Japan Kakeru Gunji 22 2023
43 MF Taiwan Liang Meng-hsin 20 2021
Forwards
11 FW Japan Amari Oki 23 2022
17 FW Taiwan Hsu Heng-pin 30 2019
27 FW Taiwan Fang Ching-ren 42 2023
33 FW Japan Kotaro Nakajima 25 2023
36 FW Taiwan Carlo Finotti 17 2023
99 FW Haiti Benchy Estama 29 2022

Source:[1]

Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 20 in domestic league and number 14 in AFC Cup.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Source
Preseason
4 DF Tseng Te-lung Taiwan Land Home NTUS [4]
6 DF So Narita Cambodia Angkor Tiger [4]
14 DF Naoki Kaneko – [4]
15 MF Kazuya Kojima Laos Kheanlao United [4]
19 MF Genki Takatera – [4]
23 MF Kaoru Takayama Japan Sagamihara [5]
25 MF Kakeru Gunji Croatia Sloboda Mihovljan
27 FW Fang Ching-ren – [4]
31 GK Tian Syuan-jin – [4]
33 FW Kotaro Nakajima Germany Sportfreunde 04 [4]
34 DF Lin Che-yu – [4]
37 MF Chang Yi-wei – [4]
38 MF Wan Hsien-Yi – [4]
39 MF Pai Chia-lun – [4]
40 MF Shao Shou-yue – [4]
41 MF Chao Yang-chun – [4]
42 DF Chao Yang-chen – [4]
50 GK Kenya Matsui Japan Blaublitz Akita [6]
Midseason
6 MF Tsai Chieh-hsun –
13 DF Shunya Suganuma – [7]
20 DF Chen Chun-fu Taiwan Land Home NTUS
36 FW Carlo Finotti –
42 DF Juang Ming-yan –
51 GK Taiki Itsukaichi Germany Niedernhausen

Out[edit]

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Source
Preseason
1 GK Pan Wen-chieh Taiwan Tainan City [8]
2 DF Takeo Miyazaki Retired
4 DF Wang Ruei Taiwan Tainan City [8]
6 MF Tu Shao-chieh Taiwan Taipower
10 FW Chen Hao-wei – [9]
11 MF Wu Chun-ching Taiwan Tainan City [8]
13 MF Koki Narita Thailand Rajpracha [10]
19 MF Seiji Fujiwara Retired
23 DF Juang Ming-yan –
77 FW Onur Dogan Taiwan Leopard Cat [11]
80 FW Chen Sheng-wei Taiwan Leopard Cat
81 GK Jun Kochi Laos Viengchanh [12]
Midseason
6 DF So Narita Taiwan Tainan City [13]
20 MF Matias Godoy Taiwan Vikings PlayOne
35 FW Takayuki Morimoto – [14][15]
37 MF Chang Yi-wei –
38 MF Wan Hsien-Yi –
39 MF Pai Chia-lun –
40 MF Shao Shou-yue –
41 MF Chao Yang-chun –
42 DF Chao Yang-chen –

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
TFPL 16 April 2023 10 December 2023 Matchday 1 5th 21 8 4 9 33 31 +2 038.10
AFC Cup 23 August 2023 13 March 2024 Play-off round Inter-zone semi-finals 7 5 0 2 10 9 +1 071.43
Total 28 13 4 11 43 40 +3 046.43

Last updated: 13 March 2024
Source: TFPL AFC Cup

Taiwan Football Premier League[edit]

Main article: 2023 Taiwan Football Premier League

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tainan City TSG (C) 21 17 1 3 47 14 +33 52 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying play-offs
2 Leopard Cat 21 12 5 4 40 22 +18 41
3 Taipower 21 10 3 8 38 24 +14 33
4 AC Taipei 21 9 4 8 25 19 +6 31
5 Futuro 21 8 4 9 33 31 +2 28
6 New Taipei Hang Yuen 21 8 3 10 25 33 −8 27
7 Ming Chuan University 21 5 4 12 19 44 −25 19 Transfer to 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers
8 Taipei Dragons (R) 21 2 2 17 18 58 −40 8 Relegation to Taiwan Second Division Football League
Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021
ResultWDWLLLDLWLWWDWLLLWWLD
Position121133457574334665455
Source: TFPL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

16 April 2023 1 Futuro 3–0 Leopard Cat Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 158
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
19 April 2023 2 Futuro 1–1 Taipower Taoyuan
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Attendance: 5
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun
23 April 2023 3 Futuro 1–0 Taipei Deva Dragons Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
3 May 2023 5 Ming Chuan University 2–0 Futuro Taoyuan
18:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Attendance: 74
Referee: Lee Tsung-ying
7 May 2023 6 Futuro 0–2 Tainan City TSG Kaohsiung
19:00 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 109
Referee: Kuo Po-hung
13 May 2023 7 AC Taipei 2–0 Futuro Taoyuan
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Attendance: 90
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun
9 July 2023 4 Futuro 3–1 New Taipei Hang Yuen Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 51
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
17 May 2023 8 Futuro 2–2 Leopard Cat Taoyuan
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Attendance: 56
Referee: Hsu Min-yu
21 May 2023 9 Futuro 0–4 Taipower Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 213
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
28 May 2023 10 Futuro 6–2 Taipei Dragons Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
31 May 2023 11 Futuro 0–1 New Taipei Hang Yuen New Taipei
16:00 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
Attendance: 35
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
4 June 2023 12 Ming Chuan University 0–6 Futuro Taoyuan
18:00 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Ming Chuan University
Attendance: 80
Referee: Lee Tsung-ying
28 June 2023 13 Tainan City TSG 0–2 Futuro Kaohsiung
19:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 42
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan
2 July 2023 14 Futuro 1–1 AC Taipei Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 210
Referee: Hsu Min-yu
29 October 2023 15 Futuro 0–3 Leopard Cat Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 138
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
1 November 2023 16 Futuro 2–5 Taipower Tainan
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
Attendance: 30
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
5 November 2023 17 Taipei Dragons 2–1 Futuro New Taipei
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
Attendance: 45
Referee: Hsu Min-yu
26 November 2023 18 Futuro 2–0 New Taipei Hang Yuen Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 92
Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao
3 December 2023 19 Futuro 1–0 Ming Chuan University Kaohsiung
18:00 (UTC+8)
Report Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 53
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
6 December 2023 20 Tainan City TSG 3–2 Futuro Tainan
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field
Attendance: 99
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
10 December 2023 21 AC Taipei 0–0 Futuro New Taipei
15:00 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: National Taipei University
Attendance: 210
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun

AFC Cup[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 AFC Cup

Qualifying play-offs[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
23 August 2023 Play-off round Monte Carlo Macau 1–2 Chinese Taipei Taichung Futuro Taipa
19:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Campo Desportivo
Attendance: 1,238
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (India)

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage § Group I
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FUT ULA TAI CPK
1 Chinese Taipei Taichung Futuro 6 4 0 2 8 8 0 12[a] Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 1–2 2–1 1–0
2 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 6 4 0 2 7 7 0 12[a] 0–2 — 3–1 1–0
3 Chinese Taipei Taiwan Steel 6 3 0 3 15 12 +3 9 5–1 3–0 — 4–2
4 Macau Chao Pak Kei 6 1 0 5 6 9 −3 3 0–1 0–1 4–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Taichung Futuro +1, Ulaanbaatar –1
21 September 2023 1 Chao Pak Kei Macau 0–1 Chinese Taipei Taichung Futuro Taipa
18:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Campo Desportivo
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Sultan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
5 October 2023 2 Ulaanbaatar Mongolia 0–2 Chinese Taipei Taichung Futuro Ulaanbaatar
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: MFF Football Centre
Attendance: 919
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
26 October 2023 3 Taichung Futuro Chinese Taipei 2–1 Chinese Taipei Tainan City Kaohsiung
18:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 126
Referee: Razlan Joffri bin Ali
9 November 2023 4 Tainan City Chinese Taipei 5–1 Chinese Taipei Taichung Futuro Kaohsiung
: (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 352
Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali (Malaysia)
30 November 2023 5 Taichung Futuro Chinese Taipei 1–0 Macau Chao Pak Kei Kaohsiung
13:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 41
Referee: Seyed Vahid Kazemi (Iran)
14 December 2023 6 Taichung Futuro Chinese Taipei 1–2 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 96
Referee: Al Majarafi Mahmood Salim Said (Oman)

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total TMFL AFC Cup[n1 1]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Taiwan TAI Lee Ming-wei 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 GK Taiwan TAI Tuan Yu 12 0 9+3 0 0 0
31 GK Taiwan TAI Tian Syuan-jin 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 GK Japan JPN Kenya Matsui 18 0 11+1 0 6 0
51 GK Japan JPN Taiki Itsukaichi 1 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF Taiwan TAI Chen Ting-yang 20 0 12+2 0 6 0
4 DF Taiwan TAI Tseng Te-lung 17 0 7+9 0 0+1 0
5 DF Taiwan TAI Cheng Hao 25 1 17+2 1 1+5 0
7 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Ogawa 22 0 14+3 0 5 0
8 DF Taiwan TAI Yoshitaka Komori 24 0 15+3 0 6 0
13 DF Japan JPN Shunya Suganuma 10 1 4 0 6 1
20/14[n1 2] DF Taiwan TAI Chen Chun-fu 13 0 7 0 0+6 0
34 DF Taiwan TAI Lin Che-yu 26 1 10+10 1 3+3 0
42 DF Taiwan TAI Juang Ming-yan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Taiwan TAI Tsai Chieh-hsun 7 2 5+1 2 0+1 0
9 MF Taiwan TAI Chen Hung-wei 14 0 4+10 0 0 0
10 MF Japan JPN Shohei Yokoyama 23 4 15+2 3 6 1
14 MF Japan JPN Naoki Kaneko 5 0 4+1 0 0 0
15 MF Japan JPN Kazuya Kojima 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
18 MF Taiwan TAI Li Mao 24 6 16+2 6 6 0
19 MF Japan JPN Genki Takatera 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Japan JPN Kaoru Takayama 24 6 14+4 4 6 2
25 MF Japan JPN Kakeru Gunji 6 1 5+1 1 0 0
43 MF Taiwan TAI Liang Meng-hsin 24 1 16+3 1 5 0
Forwards
11 FW Japan JPN Amari Oki 7 1 4+3 1 0 0
17 FW Taiwan TAI Hsu Heng-pin 18 4 7+5 1 6 3
27 FW Taiwan TAI Fang Ching-ren 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
33 FW Japan JPN Kotaro Nakajima 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
36 FW Taiwan TAI Carlo Finotti 6 1 4+2 1 0 0
99 FW Haiti HAI Benchy Estama 18 9 13 9 4+1 0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
6 DF Japan JPN So Narita 8 0 7+1 0 0 0
20 MF Chile CHI Matias Godoy 4 1 1+3 1 0 0
35 FW Japan JPN Takayuki Morimoto 9 1 4+5 1 0 0
Own goals (0)
Notes
  1. ^ Qualifying-playoff stats were excluded.
  2. ^ Worn number 20 in domestic league and number 14 in AFC Cup.

Goalscorers[edit]

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player TMFL AFC Cup[n1 1] Total
1 99 FW Haiti Benchy Estama 9 — 9
2 23 MF Japan Kaoru Takayama 4 2 6
18 MF Taiwan Li Mao 6 —
4 10 MF Japan Shohei Yokoyama 3 1 4
17 FW Taiwan Hsu Heng-pin 1 3
6 6 MF Taiwan Tsai Chieh-hsun 2 — 2
7 5 DF Taiwan Cheng Hao 1 — 1
11 FW Japan Amari Oki 1 —
20 MF Chile Matias Godoy 1 —
25 MF Japan Kakeru Gunji 1 —
34 DF Taiwan Lin Che-yu 1 —
35 FW Japan Takayuki Morimoto 1 —
36 FW Taiwan Carlo Finotti 1 —
43 FW Taiwan Liang Meng-hsin 1 —
13 DF Japan Shunya Suganuma — 1
Own goals (from the opponents) — 1 1
Totals 33 8 41
Notes
  1. ^ Qualifying-playoff stats were excluded.

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player Against Result Date Competition Ref
Taiwan Li Mao Ming Chuan University 6–0 4 June 2023 Taiwan Football Premier League [16]

Cleansheets[edit]

Rank No. Nat. Player TFPL AFC Cup Total
1 50 Japan Kenya Matsui 3 3 6
2 21 Taiwan Tuan Yu 2 — 2
3 1 Taiwan Lee Ming-wei 0 — 0
51 Japan Taiki Itsukaichi 0 —
31 Taiwan Tian Syuan-jin — —
Totals 5 3 8

Disciplinary record[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Name TFPL AFC Cup[n1 1] Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
18 MF Taiwan Li Mao 1 1 3 4 1
5 DF Taiwan Cheng Hao 4 4
7 DF Japan Keisuke Ogawa 2 1 3
13 DF Japan Shunya Suganuma 1 2 3
17 FW Taiwan Hsu Heng-pin 1 1 2
23 MF Japan Kaoru Takayama 1 1 2
4 DF Taiwan Tseng Te-lung 1 1
6 DF Japan So Narita 1 1
8 DF Taiwan Yoshitaka Komori 1 1
10 MF Japan Shohei Yokoyama 1 1
11 FW Japan Amari Oki 1 1
34 DF Taiwan Lin Che-yu 1 1
36 FW Taiwan Carlo Finotti 1 1
43 MF Taiwan Liang Meng-hsin 1 1
99 FW Haiti Benchy Estama 1 1
50 GK Japan Kenya Matsui 1 1
Coach Taiwan Juang Ming-yan 1 1
Staff Japan Yuto Kabasawa 1 1
Totals 21 1 9 30 1

Source: [3]
Ordered by Red card, Second yellow card and Yellow card
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Notes
  1. ^ Qualifying-playoff stats were excluded.

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