Intercity Football League


Intercity Football League was the top-ranked division in the Taiwanese football league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association, run from 2007 until 2016. From 2017, it was replaced by the Taiwan Football Premier League.

History

The Intercity Football League was founded in 2007 after the transformation of then highest-ranked National First Division Football League. Different from the later, registered players were initially grouped by their places of residence, such as Tainan City, rather than specialized football teams, such as Taiwan Power Company. The only exception was Tatung FC, who represented Taipei City to compete in the league. By Intercity Football League's establishment, CTFA hoped to root football into each area in Taiwan and also seed supports from local governments, councilors, and enterprises. In the first league season, several magistrates served as team leaders, including Chou Hsi-wei, Chen Ming-wen, and Lu Kuo-hua.
Nevertheless, in 2008, CTFA opened the league participation to non-administrative division teams. Taipower and several college teams, such as National Taiwan College of Physical Education and Taipei Physical Education College, joined the competition.
CTFA announced new league regulations again in 2009. Each participating team should have name relating to one administrative region and more than 2/3 players having their households registered to that place for more than one month. Promotion and relegation were also introduced. However, the new regulations did not continue to the next league season. The 2010 league season adopted similar regulations as the 2008 season.
In August 2010, MediaTek were announced as the title sponsor of the Intercity Football League until 2013.

Intercity Football League 2015–16

The list of champions:
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird placeFourth place
2007Taipei City TatungTaipei PE College
Yilan CountyChiayi County
2008Kaohsiung County TaipowerTaiwan PE College
Taipei PE College
Taipei City Tatung
2009Taiwan PE College
Kaohsiung County TaipowerTaipei Physical Education College
Taipei City Tatung
2010Kaohsiung County TaipowerTaipei Physical Education College
Taipei City TatungNational Sports Training Center
2011Kaohsiung County TaipowerTaipei City TatungTaiwan PE CollegeTaipei PE College
2012Kaohsiung County TaipowerTaipei City TatungNational Sports Training CenterTaiwan PE College
2013Taipei City TatungKaohsiung County TaipowerTaichung City DragonMing Chuan University
2014Kaohsiung County TaipowerNational Sports Training CenterTaichung City DragonTaipei City Tatung
2015–16Kaohsiung County TaipowerTaipei City TatungTaiwan PE CollegeNational Sports Training Center