Hang Yuen F.C.

Hang Yuen FC
航源足球俱樂部
Founded 2012
Ground Fu Jen University
Capacity 1,000
Chairman Zeng Qing-yu
Manager Hong Qing-huai
League Taiwan Football Premier League
2017 3rd

Hang Yuen Football Club (Chinese: 航源足球俱樂部; pinyin: Háng Yuán Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a football club from Taiwan. It is one of the main association football clubs in Taiwan. It was previously known as Air Source Development and is currently affiliated with Fu Jen Catholic University. They will be the first Taiwanese team to take part in the AFC Cup Group Stage.

History

Intercity Football League era

The club formed as Air Source Development FC and first entered the Intercity Football League in 2013. The club struggled in its early years, regularly having to play in qualification rounds in order to preserve its top flight status. In 2013, the club finished 7th of 8 teams, picking up only 7 points. Though it won the next season's qualification tournament, it still finished with the same points tally next season, albeit at an improved 6th place due to Chiayi County finishing rock bottom with 0 points. They avoided the preliminary round for the 2015–16 season, but it proved to be their least successful season yet, as they followed Chiayi County in finishing bottom of the table with 0 points.

Taiwan Premier Football League

For the newly revamped 2017 Taiwan Football Premier League, Air Source Development changed their name to Hang Yuen FC and enlisted the help of Fu Jen Catholic University to improve the team's standard. This saw an immediate improvement, as Hang Yuen finished 4th in the league phase of the new top-flight structure in Taiwan. This finish allowed them to compete in the 3rd place play-off against Hasus TSU. Over two legs, Hang Yuen ran out 5-2 aggregate winners to finish 3rd in the inaugural TFPL season.

Due to the failures of Taipower and Tatung to obtain AFC Club Licences, Hang Yuen were granted Taiwan's place in the 2018 AFC Cup Group Stage, the first club from the country to do so. Signing Haiti international and former Major League Soccer midfielder Jean-Marc Alexandre, the team entered into a group with Benfica de Macau, and North Korean clubs April 25 Sports Club and Hwaebul. A close fought 3-2 defeat to Benfica de Macau was swiftly followed by a heave 5-1 loss to April 25.

Current squad

As of 16 April 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Chinese Taipei GK Huang Chiu-Lin (黃秋霖)
2 Chinese Taipei DF Yen Ting-Yung (顏廷邕)
3 Niger DF Mamane Ousseini
4 Chinese Taipei MF Chou Yu-Chieh (周宇杰)
5 Chinese Taipei DF Huang Shih-Yuan (黃士源)
6 Chinese Taipei FW Wei Mao-Ting (衛懋庭)
7 Chinese Taipei FW Yu Chia-Huang (游家煌)
8 Chinese Taipei MF Lin Shih-Kai (林世凱)
9 Chinese Taipei FW Chen Ching-Hsuan (陳慶煊)
10 Chinese Taipei MF Hsu Yi (徐翊)
11 Chinese Taipei MF Liu Yung-Fu (劉泳賦)
12 Chinese Taipei MF Shen Yu-Cheng (沈易澄)
13 Chinese Taipei DF Wo Pu-Han (吳柏翰)
14 Chinese Taipei FW Liu Yung-Sheng (劉泳陞)
15 Nigeria MF Sani Sadiq
No. Position Player
16 Haiti DF Jean-Marc Alexandre
17 Chinese Taipei MF Hsu Hung-Chih (許宏銍)
18 Hong Kong GK Ying Yik-Chun (邢益臻)
19 Chinese Taipei FW Wu Bing-Hsun (吳秉勳)
20 Chinese Taipei MF Fang Li-Peng (方立芃)
21 Chinese Taipei MF Li Jin-Cyuan (黎晉權)
22 Chinese Taipei GK Lai Po-Lun (賴柏綸)
23 Chinese Taipei MF Ma Liang-Cheng (馬良氶)
24 Chinese Taipei DF Tian Chiang-Yi (田強易)
25 Chinese Taipei DF Huang Cheng-Ting (黃振庭)
26 Chinese Taipei MF Chang Chien-Chih (張傑智)
27 Chinese Taipei MF Hung Yu-An (洪佑安)
28 Chinese Taipei DF Liu Chia-Ming (劉家銘)
29 Chinese Taipei FW Chen Po-Chang (陳柏彰)
30 Mexico GK Carlos Antwan Delgado Marquez
33 Haiti MF Peterson Joseph
34 Haiti DF Judelin Aveska

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position
2018 AFC Cup Group I Macau Benfica de Macau 1–4 2–3 4th
North Korea April 25 1–5
North Korea Hwaebul SC 0–1 1–6


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