Taiwan Football Challenge League

Taiwan Second Division Football League is the second-ranked division in the Taiwanese football league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA).[1][2] This League is directly below the Taiwan Premier League. The format will see the league winners gaining automatic promotion to the Taiwan Premier League, replacing the team that finished in 8th place, and the second place team of TFSL will enter a play-off with the 7th placed team in the Taiwan Premier League. The new league comprises eight teams from around Taiwan, three based in Taipei, two in New Taipei, one in Taoyuan and two in Kaohsiung.

Taiwan Second Division Football League
Organising bodyChinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA)
Founded2020 (2020)
CountryTaiwan
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toTaiwan Football Premier League
Current championsCPC FC (1st time)
Most championshipsCPC FC (1)
Top goalscorerMatias Godoy (26 goals)
Websitectfa.com.tw
Current: 2020 Taiwan Second Division Football League

Competition format

The Taiwan Football Second Division League's schedule runs from July to November. It contains 8 teams that compete in a double leg round-robin tournament, each composed of seven games. After the 14 game schedule is complete, the top team wins the league title and an automatic berth in the following year's Taiwan Football Premier League.

Since 2020, a system of promotion and relegation exists between the Premier League and the Taiwan Football Challenge League (Chinese: 台灣企業甲級升降足球聯賽) . The top team from the Second Division league is promoted to Premier League and the lowest placed team in the Premier League is relegated to the Second Division League. The runner-up of the Second Division League will play in a qualification tournament with the 7th in the Premier League, which the winner stays in the first Division. Similarly, the 7th and 8th placed teams in Second Division will play a qualification tournament with the 1st and 2nd teams from the Challengers tournament which the top two teams stay in Second Division.

Clubs
Taiwan Second Division Football League teams location

Currently there are 8 teams competing in this league.[3] The league has implemented a promotion and relegation system.

TeamChinese nameHomeFirst Participation
Andy Chen Academy F.C.ACATaipei2020
CPC Corporation台灣中油足球隊Kaohsiung2020
Inter Taoyuan桃園國際Taoyuan2020
Kaohsiung高雄足球俱樂部Kaohsiung2020
Pakarongay巴卡隆New Taipei2020
PlayOne Normal UniversityPlayOne師大Taipei2020
Saturday Football InternationalSFITaipei2020
Tong JieTJFCNew Taipei2020

References
  1. "How to Watch the Taiwan Football Premier League and What to Look Out For – Taiwan Football News".
  2. "Introducing the Taiwan Challenge Football League".
  3. "2020 台灣企業甲級足球聯賽資格賽成績公告" (in Chinese). 中華民國足球協會. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.


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