2018 Taichung Blue Whale season

Taichung Blue Whale
2018 season
Head coach	Lu Kuei-hua
Stadium	Taiyuan Football Field
TMFL	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lee Hsiu-chin (15); All: ; Lee Hsiu-chin (17)
Biggest win	Taichung Blue Whale 6–1 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank
Biggest defeat	Taipei PlayOne 3–0 Taichung Blue Whale
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The 2018 Taichung Blue Whale season was the club's 5th season and their 5th season in Taiwan Mulan Football League.

Kits

Supplier: Adidas
Main Sponsor: Taichung World Flora Exposition

Management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Lu Kuei-hua
Assistant coaches	Chang Wei-chen, Huang Yan-ting, Lai Li-chin
Goalkeeping coach	Liu Shih-hua
Athletic trainer	Hong Chia-ling

Last updated: 30 June 2024
Source: [1]

Players

N	Pos.	Name	Age.	Since
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Tsai Ming-jung	29	2018
18	GK	Cheng Ssu-yu	29	2014
Defenders
4	DF	Lai Wei-ju	24	2014
6	DF	Chang Wei-chen	29	2016
12	DF	Wu Yu	20	2018
13	DF	Tseng Wen-ting	22	2015
15	DF	Wang Shu-wen	17	2018
22	DF	Yu Shu-fang	23	2016
Midfielders
2	MF	Chang Chi-lan	22	2014
8	MF	Yang Ssu-wei	22	2014
9	MF	Tsou Hsin-ni	23	2014
14	MF	Yang Chia-hui	21	2017
16	MF	Hou Fang-wei	26	2014
19	MF	Kao Pei-ling	21	2018
20	MF	Tuan Yu-jou	22	2015
23	MF	Liu Chien-yun	26	2014
Forwards
3	FW	Su Yu-hsuan	17	2016
5	FW	Pao Hsin-hsuan	26	2018
7	FW	Tang Yung-ching	23	2014
10	FW	Lee Hsiu-chin	26	2014
11	FW	Lai Li-chin (captain)	30	2015
17	FW	Ho Hsuan-yi	22	2016
21	FW	Chen Hsiu-wen		2017

Source: [2]
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Source
Preseason
1	GK	Tsai Ming-jung	Hsinchu	^[1]
5	FW	Pao Hsin-hsuan	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	^[1]^[2]
12	DF	Wu Yu	—	^[3]
15	DF	Wang Shu-wen	—	^[4]
19	MF	Kao Pei-ling	—

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Source
Preseason
5	DF	Lai Yi-ju	—
12	DF	Hsu Chih-ting	—
15	DF	Cheng Ya-hsun	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	^[5]
18	GK	Wang Yu-ting	—
19	MF	Chuang Shu-Mei	—

Preseason and friendlies

30 September 2018 Friendly	Taichung Blue Whale	6–3	Citizen	Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Taiwan Mulan Football League	14 April 2018	20 October 2018	Matchday 1	Winners	14	12	0	2	42	13	+29	085.71
Total					14	12	0	2	42	13	+29	085.71

Source: [3]

Taiwan Mulan Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Taichung Blue Whale (Q)	12	10	0	2	38	13	+25	30	Qualification for the Mulan League Finals
2	Taipei PlayOne (Q)	12	9	0	3	31	17	+14	27	Qualification for the Mulan League Finals
3	Hualien	12	8	0	4	34	21	+13	24
4	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	12	2	1	9	17	34	−17	7
5	Inter New Taipei	12	0	1	11	11	46	−35	1

Source: [4]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results by round

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

Source: [5]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

14 April 2018 1	Hualien	1–5	Taichung Blue Whale	New Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)	Wu Shih-ping 55'	Report	Lee Hsiu-chin 27', 45+1' Pao Hsin-hsuan 33' Ho Hsuan-yi 62' Lai Li-chin 85'	Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University Attendance: 200

21 April 2018 2	Taichung Blue Whale	5–1	Taipei PlayOne	Taichung
16:30 (UTC+8)	Ho Hsuan-yi 2' Pao Hsin-hsuan 20', 81' Lee Hsiu-chin 30' Tang Yung-ching 88'	Report	Tuan Yu-jou 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Attendance: 580 Referee: Kuo Chan-yu

28 April 2018 3	Taichung Blue Whale	5–1	Inter New Taipei	Taichung
16:30 (UTC+8)	Pao Hsin-hsuan 24', 29', 84' Yang Ssu-wei 66' Ho Hsuan-yi 71'	Report	Chen Hsin-jou 77'	Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Attendance: 540 Referee: Wang Chieh

5 May 2018 4	Taichung Blue Whale	2–1	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Li-chin 21' Pao Hsin-hsuan 36'			Stadium: Hualien County Stadium

20 May 2018 6	Inter New Taipei	0–4	Taichung Blue Whale	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Lee Hsiu-chin 45', 55' Lai Li-chin 67' Yang Ssu-wei 85'	Stadium: Hualien County Stadium Referee: Wang Chieh

10 June 2018 7	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	0–3	Taichung Blue Whale	Kaohsiung
16:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Ho Hsuan-yi 36' Lee Hsiu-chin 37', 41'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Wang Chieh

23 June 2018 9	Taichung Blue Whale	1–0	Hualien	Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)	Ho Hsuan-yi 61'	Report		Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 100

1 July 2018 10	Taichung Blue Whale	2–0	Taipei PlayOne	Taichung
17:30 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 6', 80'			Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

7 July 2018 11	Taichung Blue Whale	4–2	Inter New Taipei	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)	Su Yu-hsuan 16', 32', 67' Lee Hsiu-chin 76'		Chen Hsin-jou 38' Sako 76'	Stadium: Hualien County Stadium

8 September 2018 13	Taipei PlayOne	3–0	Taichung Blue Whale	Taipei
16:00 (UTC+8)	Ting Chi 10' Chen Yen-ping 63' Pan Yen-hsin 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 580 Referee: Lee Yi-chi

15 September 2018 14	Taichung Blue Whale	1–3	Hualien	New Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 85'	Report	Lin Kai-ling 9' (pen.), 13' (pen.) Zhuo Li-ping 57'	Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University Attendance: 100 Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

22 September 2018 15	Taichung Blue Whale	6–1	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Taichung
16:30 (UTC+8)	Ho Hsuan-yi 2 Lee Hsiu-chin 4			Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Attendance: 400

Mulan League Finals

12 October 2018 1st leg	Taipei PlayOne	0–2	Taichung Blue Whale	Taipei
19:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Pao Hsin-hsuan 45' (pen.) Lee Hsiu-chin 75'	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Wang Chieh

20 October 2018 2nd leg	Taichung Blue Whale	2–0	Taipei PlayOne	Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 25' Pao Hsin-hsuan 82'	Recap		Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	TMFL	Finals	Total
1	10	FW	Lee Hsiu-chin	15	2	17
2	5	FW	Pao Hsin-hsuan	7	2	9
3	17	FW	Ho Hsuan-yi	7	0	7
4	3	FW	Su Yu-hsuan	3	0	3
4	11	FW	Lai Li-chin	3	0	3
6	8	MF	Yang Ssu-wei	2	0	2
7	7	FW	Tang Yung-ching	1	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)				0	0	0
Totals				38	4	42

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Pao Hsin-hsuan	Inter New Taipei	5–1	28 April 2018	Taiwan Mulan Football League
Su Yu-hsuan	Inter New Taipei	4–2	7 July 2018	Taiwan Mulan Football League
Lee Hsiu-chin	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	6–1	22 September 2018	Taiwan Mulan Football League

Cleansheets

Rank	No.	Player	TMFL	Finals	Total
1	1	Tsai Ming-jung	2	2	4
2	18	Cheng Ssu-yu	2	–	2
Totals			4	2	6

Awards

Player	Position	Award	Ref.
Lee Hsiu-chin	Forward	Golden Boot	^[6]
Lu Kuei-hua	Head Coach	Coach of the Year	^[6]

References

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^ ^a ^b "2018台灣木蘭足球聯賽總冠軍戰第二戰台中藍鯨2:0力退台北Play One再次奪冠完成二連霸". Chinese Taipei Football Association (Press release). 20 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[TsaiPao-1] "包欣玄入列台中藍鯨衛冕木蘭后冠添強援". China Times. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

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[3] "藍鯨新同學-吳悠". Meta (Press release). 4 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[4] "藍鯨新同學-15號王淑雯". Meta (Press release). 11 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[5] "2018台灣木蘭足球聯賽賽程/球員名單". Chinese Taipei Football Association (Press release). 14 April 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[awards-6] "2018台灣木蘭足球聯賽總冠軍戰第二戰台中藍鯨2:0力退台北Play One再次奪冠完成二連霸". Chinese Taipei Football Association (Press release). 20 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

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