F.C. Taicheng Lions

FC Taicheng Lions
Founded 1983
Ground Fu Jen Catholic University
New Taipei
Capacity 3,000
Owner Taiwan Jiugong Consulting Ltd. and Taipei Red Lions Association.
Chairman Taiwan Mao Yifeng & Yumi Cheng
Manager Taiwan Mao Cortes
Coach Spain Jacinto Cejudo
League Taiwan Football Premier League
2018 TFPL Qualification Tournament, 1st (Qualified)

Football Club Taicheng Lions is a Taiwanese football club, formed in 2017 through a cooperation agreement between Taipei Red Lions and Taicheng F.C. As of 2018, the side plays in the Taiwan Football Premier League.

History

The club formed in 2017 as FC Taicheng Academy, in order to educate young people through sport.[1] In late 2017, the club merged with Red Lions F.C. in order to enter the Taiwan Football Premier League. Red Lions is an amateur club that formed in 1983, and had been a constant presence in amateur football on the island. However, it had not previously competed at the top level. In recent seasons it had been a part of the On Tap Premier League, an amateur football league not administered by the CTFA.

Under their new name of Taicheng Lions the club qualified for the 2018 TFPL Qualification Tournament. A 3-2 victory over Ming Chuan University was followed by a 1-1 draw and penalty shootout defeat to Tainan City, meaning that they had to defeat fellow newcomers Bear Bro Ilan in order to assure themselves of qualification. A resounding 17-0 victory gained them the first position in the qualifiers and ensured that Taicheng Lions would compete in the Taiwan Football Premier League in 2018.[2]

Current squad

Correct as of 28 March 2018[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Taiwan GK Zhu Liang-yi
2 Spain MF Victor Astasio
3 Venezuela DF Adrian Espinal
4 Hong Kong DF Oliver Gerbig
5 Japan MF Shota Negishi
6 The Gambia MF Babu Jallow
7 France MF Zac Meftah
8 Belize MF Enoch Hercules
9 Honduras FW Javi Funes
10 Japan MF Yuki Inoue
11 Japan MF Koichi Toguchi
12 Japan DF Hiro Nakamata
13 Spain DF Gerardo Ibañez
14 Morocco FW Soufian Khoulal
15 Nicaragua DF Kevin Balladares
16 The Gambia MF Wahab Jarjo
17 Taiwan DF Chen Yu-shan
18 Swaziland FW Linda Dlamini
No. Position Player
19 Taiwan FW Can Kale
20 The Gambia MF Momo Baifaal
21 Taiwan MF Lin Ji-xiu
22 France MF François Mosnier
23 Italy DF Christian Peluso
24 Spain MF Jorge Arganza
25 France GK Guillaume Bayle
26 Taiwan MF Kang Nai-fan
27 Taiwan DF Fu Seng
28 Taiwan MF Yu Cheng
29 Taiwan FW Wen Yang
30 Nigeria MF Ahmed Alfa
31 Taiwan DF Chen Wen-yan
32 Burkina Faso FW Ben Ouedraogo
33 France MF Valerian Mas
34 Taiwan MF Huo Bai-chen
35 Taiwan GK Xie Bing-chen

References

  1. ↑ Who We Are FC Taicheng.
  2. ↑ Taiwan Football Premier League 2018 WorldFootball.
  3. ↑
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