2024 Taichung Futuro season

Taichung Futuro
2024 season
Owner	Yoshitaka Komori
Head coach	Pen Wu-sung (AFC Cup); Fang Ching-ren (TMFL)
AFC Cup	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Li Mao (5); All: ; Li Mao (5)
Biggest win	Futuro 4–0 Ming Chuan University; Futuro 5–1 Taipei Vikings
Biggest defeat	Futuro 0–2 AC Taipei
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The 2024 Taichung Futuro season was the club's 6th season and their 6th season in Taiwan Football Premier League. Taichung Futuro also participated in the 2023–24 AFC Cup knockout stage as they qualified from the group stage in 2023.^[1]

Kits

Supplier: Joma (TFPL) / KICKER (AFC Cup)
Main Sponsor: Hota-Gear

Players

N	Pos.	Name	Age.	Since
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Lee Ming-wei	27	2020
21	GK	Tuan Yu	30	2019
50	GK	Kenya Matsui	39	2023
Defenders
3	DF	Chen Ting-yang (captain)	32	2019
7	DF	Keisuke Ogawa	38	2019
8	DF	Yoshitaka Komori	37	2019
14	DF	Chen Chun-fu	23	2023
19	DF	Li Ya-she	24	2024
34	DF	Lin Che-yu	31	2023
42	DF	Liu Wei-che	21	2024
43	DF	Liang Meng-hsin	21	2021
88	DF	Nagisa Sakurauchi	35	2024
Midfielders
6	MF	Tsai Chieh-hsun	21	2023
9	MF	Chen Hung-wei	27	2021
10	MF	Shohei Yokoyama	31	2021
12/31^{[n1 1]}	MF	Wen Chih-hao	31	2024
22	MF	Takuro Uehara	33	2024
23	MF	Kaoru Takayama	36	2023
Forwards
4	FW	Tseng Te-lung	22	2023
5	FW	Cheng Hao	27	2022
17	FW	Hsu Heng-pin	31	2019
18	FW	Li Mao	32	2019
36	FW	Carlo Finotti	18	2023

Source:[1]

Notes

^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Source
Preseason
12/31	MF	Wen Chih-hao	AC Taipei	€30,000	^[2]^[3]
19	DF	Li Ya-she	–
22	MF	Takuro Uehara	Imabari		^[4]
42	DF	Liu Wei-che	Saturday Football International
88	DF	Nagisa Sakurauchi	Imabari		^[4]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Source
Preseason
11	FW	Amari Oki	–
13	DF	Shunya Suganuma	Khon Kaen United	^[5]
14	MF	Naoki Kaneko	New Taipei Hang Yuan	^[6]
15	MF	Kazuya Kojima	–
19	MF	Genki Takatera	–
25	MF	Kakeru Gunji	Alliance ZHR	^[7]
27	FW	Fang Ching-ren	Retired	^[8]
31	GK	Tian Syuan-jin	–
33	FW	Kotaro Nakajima	–
42	DF	Juang Ming-yan	Retired
51	GK	Taiki Itsukaichi	–
99	FW	Benchy Estama	Taipei Vikings	^[9]^[10]

Preseason and friendlies

9 June 2024 Friendly	Taichung Futuro	2–0	Macau	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Cheng Hao 23' Sakurauchi 69' (pen.)			Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

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 %
TFPL	14 April 2024	1 December 2024	Matchday 1	-	7	5	1	1	14	4	+10	071.43
AFC Cup	23 August 2023	13 March 2024	Play-off round	Inter-zone semi-finals	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	000.00
Total					9	5	1	3	15	12	+3	055.56

Last updated: 16 June 2024
Source: TFPL AFC Cup

Taiwan Football Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tainan City TSG	7	5	2	0	17	6	+11	17	Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying play-offs
2	Futuro	7	5	1	1	14	4	+10	16
3	Sunny Bank AC Taipei	7	4	1	2	11	8	+3	13
4	Leopard Cat	7	4	0	3	8	8	0	12
5	Taipower	7	3	2	2	11	8	+3	11
6	New Taipei Hang Yuen	7	2	1	4	8	9	−1	7
7	Ming Chuan University	7	1	0	6	4	15	−11	3	Transfer to 2025 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers
8	Taipei Vikings	7	0	1	6	8	23	−15	1	Relegation to Taiwan Second Division Football League

Updated to match(es) played on 16 June 2024. Source: [2]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Result	D	W	W	L	W	W		W
Position	2	1	1	3	2	2		2

Source: TFPL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

¹ Matchday 7 was postponed due to the AFC Asian Qualifiers.^[11]

Matches

14 April 2024 1	Tainan City TSG	1–1	Futuro	Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8)	Yao Ko-chi 50' Chen Jui-chieh 72'	Report	Li Mao 45' Yokoyama 64'	Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field Attendance: 300 Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

28 April 2024 2	Futuro	4–0	Ming Chuan University	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Li Mao 24', 37' Sakurauchi 26' Ogawa 30' Uehara 30' Yokoyama 76', 90+4'	Report	Yu Yao-hsing 30' Ma Liang-cheng 71' Hsiung Yuan-kuan 76'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Attendance: 115 Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

5 May 2024 3	New Taipei Hang Yuen	0–1	Futuro	Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Takayama 21' Yokoyama 45' Sakurauchi 49' Ogawa 51'	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan

12 May 2024 4	Futuro	0–2	AC Taipei	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Liang Meng-hsin 7' Cheng Hao 64'	Report	Huang Wei-chieh 16' Huang Sheng-chieh 50' Chen You-lin 74' Chen Kai-wen 82'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Referee: Kuo Chia-Hao

19 May 2024 5	Taipower	0–2	Futuro	Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Sakurauchi 45+2' Cheng Hao 66' Wen Chih-hao 78' Chen Hung-wei 89'	Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field Referee: Yu Ming-hsun

26 May 2024 6	Futuro	5–1	Taipei Vikings	Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Takayama 8' Li Mao 30', 32' 77' Sakurauchi 36' Cheng Hao 68', 80'	Report	Nien Chia-en 77'	Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Referee: Yang Chang-pei

TBD 7	Leopard Cat	–	Futuro	Kaohsiung
TBD (UTC+8)				Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

16 June 2024 8	Futuro	1–0	New Taipei Hang Yuen	Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Yokoyama 76'	Report		Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

23 June 2024 9	Sunny Bank AC Taipei	–	Futuro	New Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: National Taipei University

30 June 2024 10	Futuro	–	Taipower	Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

4 August 2024 11	Taipei Vikings	–	Futuro	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

11 August 2024 12	Futuro	–	Leopard Cat	Taoyuan
15:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Ming Chuan University

18 August 2024 13	Futuro	–	Tainan City TSG	Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

25 August 2024 14	Ming Chuan University	–	Futuro	Taoyuan
18:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Ming Chuan University

14 September 2024 15	Futuro	–	Taipei Vikings	Taoyuan
15:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Ming Chuan University

22 September 2024 16	Leopard Cat	–	Futuro	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

29 September 2024 17	Tainan City TSG	–	Futuro	Tainan
18:30 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field

20 October 2024 18	Futuro	–	Ming Chuan University	Kaohsiung
15:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

27 October 2024 19	New Taipei Hang Yuen	–	Futuro	New Taipei
18:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University

3 November 2024 20	Futuro	–	Sunny Bank AC Taipei	Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

1 December 2024 21	Taipower	–	Futuro	Kaohsiung
15:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

AFC Cup

Knockout stage

6 March 2024 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	Abdysh-Ata Kant	5–0	Taichung Futuro	Bishkek
18:00 (UTC+6)	Zhyrgalbek uulu 14' Batyrkanov 45+1' Shamurzaev 60' Uzdenov 85' Akhmataliev 87' Çaryyew 90'	Report	Lin Che-yu 2'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 4,059 Referee: Bijan Heydari (Iran)

13 March 2024 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	Taichung Futuro	1–3	Abdysh-Ata Kant	Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)	Estama 2' Uehara 33' Sakurauchi 62' Wen Chih-hao 73' 90+3'	Report	Shamurzaev 16' Musabekov 60' Uzdenov 63' Sarykbaev 81'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Attendance: 115 Referee: Yahya Almulla (United Arab Emirates)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		TMFL		AFC Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	TAI	Lee Ming-wei	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	TAI	Tuan Yu	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK	JPN	Kenya Matsui	9	0	7	0	2	0
Defenders
3	DF	TAI	Chen Ting-yang	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
7	DF	JPN	Keisuke Ogawa	9	0	7	0	2	0
8	DF	TAI	Yoshitaka Komori	9	0	1+6	0	2	0
14	DF	TAI	Chen Chun-fu	5	0	0+3	0	0+2	0
19	DF	TAI	Li Ya-she	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	TAI	Lin Che-yu	6	0	0+4	0	1+1	0
42	DF	TAI	Liu Wei-che	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	TAI	Liang Meng-hsin	9	0	7	0	2	0
88	DF	JPN	Nagisa Sakurauchi	8	1	6	1	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	TAI	Tsai Chieh-hsun	4	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
9	MF	TAI	Chen Hung-wei	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
10	MF	JPN	Shohei Yokoyama	8	3	7	3	1	0
12/31^{[n1 1]}	MF	TAI	Wen Chih-hao	9	0	7	0	2	0
22	MF	JPN	Takuro Uehara	8	0	7	0	1	0
23	MF	JPN	Kaoru Takayama	8	2	6	2	2	0
Forwards
4	FW	TAI	Tseng Te-lung	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
5	FW	TAI	Cheng Hao	9	3	4+3	3	1+1	0
17	FW	TAI	Hsu Heng-pin	4	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
18	FW	TAI	Li Mao	8	5	7	5	1	0
36	FW	TAI	Carlo Finotti	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
99	FW	HAI	Benchy Estama	2	1	0	0	2	1
Own goals (0)

Notes

^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	TMFL	AFC Cup	Total
1	18	FW	Li Mao	5	—	5
2	5	FW	Cheng Hao	3	—	3
2	10	MF	Shohei Yokoyama	3	—	3
4	23	MF	Kaoru Takayama	2	—	2
5	88	DF	Nagisa Sakurauchi	1	—	1
5	99	FW	Benchy Estama	—	1	1
Totals				14	1	15

Cleansheets

Rank	No.	Player	TFPL	AFC Cup	Total
1	50	Kenya Matsui	4	0	4
2	1	Lee Ming-wei	—	—	0
2	21	Tuan Yu	—	—	0
Totals			4	0	4

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	TFPL	AFC Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
88	DF		Nagisa Sakurauchi	3	1		4
7	DF		Keisuke Ogawa	2			2
10	MF		Shohei Yokoyama	2			2
22	MF		Takuro Uehara	1	1		2
12/31^{[n1 1]}	MF		Wen Chih-hao	1		1	1	1
5	FW		Cheng Hao	1			1
9	MF		Chen Hung-wei	1			1
18	FW		Li Mao	1			1
43	DF		Liang Meng-hsin	1			1
34	DF		Lin Che-yu		1		1
Totals				13	3	1	16	1

Source: [3][4][5][6][7][8]
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Notes

^ Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

References

^ "#AFCCup - Knockout stage lineup finalised". The Asian Football Confederation. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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[wen-2] Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

[wen-13] Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

[wen-14] Worn number 12 in domestic league and number 31 in AFC Cup.

[1] "#AFCCup - Knockout stage lineup finalised". The Asian Football Confederation. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[3] "足球／為女兒轉戰台中Futuro 温智豪創國內轉會費首例". 聯合線上公司. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[4] "德轉公布温智豪轉會費3萬歐元　換算台幣達百萬". GoGoal 勁球網. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[SakurauchiUehara-5] "［ＦＣ今治情報］桜内と上原が台湾１部へ移籍". Ehime Shimbun. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

[6] "元G大阪DF菅沼駿哉　タイ1部コーンケン移籍へ". SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[7] "不只女足補強衝擊木蘭聯賽　新北航源找J聯盟好手助威也要拚企甲冠軍". GoGoal 勁球網. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.

[8] "契約情報". INSTAGRAM FROM META. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[9] 張, 克銘 (8 April 2024). "本季不必雙線作戰　但傷兵影響台中FUTURO開季 (in Chinese)". GoGoal 勁球網. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

[10] "台中FUTURO 球員離隊通知". Meta (Press release). 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

[11] "台北Vikings重磅補強　延攬前鋒班奇入隊". GoGoal 勁球網. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

[12] "2024台灣企業甲級足球聯賽第25、26、27、28場次異動公告". Chinese Taipei Football Association (Press release). 8 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

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