Leopard Cat Football Club (Chinese: 台灣石虎足球隊; pinyin: Táiwān Shíhǔ Zúqiú Duì), formerly known as Tatung Football Club, is a Taiwanese professional football club based in Taipei,[2][3] that competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League.[4][5] The club, affiliated with the electronics-producing Tatung Company, was founded in 1963 by a group of Tatung employees favoring football activities. They are among the first clubs to be owned by private enterprise on Taiwan.
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| Full name | Leopard Cat Football Club 台灣石虎足球隊 |
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| Nickname(s) | Shihu |
| Founded | 1963 (as Tatung Football Club) 2022 (as Leopard Cat Football Club) [1] |
| Ground | Taipei Municipal Stadium |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| Owner | Tatung Company |
| Chairman | Miao Bo-Ya |
| Manager | Chiang Mu-tsai |
| League | Taiwan Football Premier League |
| 2023 | Taiwan Football Premier League, 2nd of 8 |
History edit
The club has a long-standing rivalry with Taipower, as both are the most successful and most popular clubs in the country. In recent years, Leopard Cat has proved to be the dominant force on the island by winning the Taiwan Football Premier League three times in a row.[6] In 2006 AFC President's Cup,[7] Tatung reached the semifinals.[8] In 2022, they announced a rebranding, following the consequences of Tatung Company's refusal from supporting the Tatung FC operations. They changed their name from Tatung FC to Leopard Cat, changed their crest, and their official colours, to avoid exclusion, or relegation of the Taiwan Football Premier League. After sufficient funds were raised to enable the team to play the next season in the TFPL, a realization of an election of supervisors and directors, and a general meeting successfully completed, Miao Boya was named the club's chairman. [9]
Current squad edit
- As of 14 October 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical staff edit
| Name | Nationality | Position(s) |
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| Technical staff | ||
| Chiang Mu-tsai | 
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Head coach |
| Wang Chun-lung |
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Assistant coach |
| Kao Hao-chieh |
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Assistant coach |
| Hung Shih-cheng |
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Assistant coach |
Continental record edit
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Position |
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| 2006 | AFC President's Cup | Group A |  Pakistan Army Football Club
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4–1 | 2nd | |
 Khemara Kelia FC
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1–5 | |||||
 Transport United
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5–0 | |||||
| Semifinal |  FC Khatlon
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1–3 | ||||
| 2007 | AFC President's Cup | Group B |  Mahendra Police Club
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0–0 | 4th | |
| Khemara Kelia FC
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0–1 | |||||
 Dordoi Dynamo
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0–5 | |||||
| 2014 | AFC President's Cup | Group B |  HTTU Ashgabat
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0–2 | 4th | |
 Ceres-Negros FC
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0–2 | |||||
 Rimyongsu Sports Club
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0–5 | |||||
| 2017 | AFC Cup | Qualifying Group C |
F.C. Tertons
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0-0 | 2nd | |
 Sheikh Russell KC
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1–1 | |||||
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group I |  Chao Pak Kei
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2nd | ||
 Tai Po
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 Winners of Play-off East Asia
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Honours edit
Domestic edit
- Taiwan Football Premier League
- Intercity Football League
- Enterprise Football League[11]
- CTFA Cup
- Champions (3): 1990, 1996, 2005
- President's Cup
- Champions (2): 1997, 1998
- Enterprise Football League is formerly known as National Men's First Division Football League.
Invitational edit
- Peace Invitational Challenge Cup: 2006
- World Chinese Cup Invitational Championship: 2005
- Hawaii Challenge Cup: 2005
References edit
- ^ "Team info: Tatung F.C." globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Taipei Tatung vs Kaohsiung County". besoccer.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ C., Nicole (25 December 2020). "Headline: Dhirpal Shah ('20) takes a gap year to pursue a professional soccer career". blueandgoldonline.org. THE BLUE & GOLD. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ 台灣企甲、木蘭足球聯合開賽記者會圓滿落幕 本周末台北、新竹、台中三地開踢，精彩可期 (in Chinese). ctfa.com.tw.
- ^ "Taiwan Football Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Club profile: Tatung F.C.. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "AFC President's Cup 2006 - Team Information - Tatung". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009.
- ^ "2006 AFC President's Cup Results". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Tatung FC changed their name to Leopard Cat". Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ 2007首屆全國城市足球聯賽,足協頒發各獎項名單 (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Football Association. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19.
- ^ 【城市聯賽】2009城市聯賽 升降級、屬地主義上路 (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Football Association. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009.
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