Taiwan Football Premier League
Taiwan Football Premier League is the top-ranked division in the Taiwanese football league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association.
History
The Taiwan Football Premier League was founded in 2017 after the folding of the then highest-ranked National First Division Football League.Under the serious epidemic COVID-19 in 2020, TFPL due to light situation in Taiwan, become one of the few football leagues in the world to start the season as usual.
Competition Format
The Taiwan Football Premier League's schedule runs from April to November. It contains 8 teams that compete in a series of three round-robin tournaments, each composed of seven games. After the 21 game schedule is complete, the top team wins the league title and an automatic berth in the following year's AFC Cup.Since 2020, a system of promotion and relegation exists between the Premier League and the Taiwan Football Challenge League . The lowest placed team in the Premier League is relegated to the Challenge League, and the top team from the Challenge League promoted to the Premier League. The runners-up of the Challenge League will play in a qualification tournament with the 7th in the Premier League, which the winner stays in the first Division.。
Teams
| Team | Chinese | Based in | Stadium | Capacity | Seasons in TFPL | First Season in TFPL |
| Hang Yuen | 航源FC | New Taipei | Fu Jen University Football Field | 3,000 | 4 | 2017 |
| Ming Chuan University | 銘傳大學 | Taoyuan City | Ming Chuan University | 3 | 2017 | |
| NTUS | 臺灣體大 | Taichung | Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch | 500 | 4 | 2017 |
| Red Lions FC | 紅獅FC | Taipei | Various | 3 | 2018 | |
| Taichung Futuro | 台中FUTURO | Taichung | Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch | 500 | 2 | 2019 |
| Taiwan Steel | 台南市台灣鋼鐵 | Tainan | Tainan South District Football Pitch | 15,000 | 4 | 2017 |
| Taipower | 高市台電 | Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung National Stadium | 55,000 | 4 | 2017 |
| Tatung | 北市大同 | Taipei | Taipei Municipal Stadium | 20,000 | 4 | 2017 |
Past Teams
- Royal Blues F.C.
- National Sports Training Center football team
Champions
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third Place |
| 2017 | Tatung | Taipower | Hang Yuen |
| 2018 | Tatung | Taipower | Hang Yuen |
| 2019 | Tatung | Taipower | Hang Yuen |