2017 Taichung Blue Whale season

Taichung Blue Whale
2017 season
Head coach	Hiroyuki Horino
Stadium	Fengyuan Stadium
TMFL	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lee Hsiu-chin (9); All: ; Lee Hsiu-chin (10)
Biggest win	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank 1–8 Taichung Blue Whale
Biggest defeat	Taichung Blue Whale 1–2 Taipei PlayOne
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Head coachHiroyuki Horino

StadiumFengyuan Stadium

TMFLWinners

Top goalscorerLeague:
Lee Hsiu-chin (9)
All:
Lee Hsiu-chin (10)

The 2017 Taichung Blue Whale season was the club's 4th season and their 4th season in Taiwan Mulan Football League.

Position	Name
Head coach	Hiroyuki Horino
Assistant coaches	Chuang Shu-mei, Lu Kuei-hua
Goalkeeping coach	Liu Shih-hua
Athletic trainer	Yu Wan-ching

N	Pos.	Name	Age.	Since
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Cheng Ssu-yu	28	2014
18	GK	Wang Yu-ting	16	2017
Defenders
4	DF	Lai Wei-ju	23	2014
5	DF	Lai Yi-ju		2017
6	DF	Chang Wei-chen	28	2016
12	DF	Hsu Chih-ting		2014
13	DF	Tseng Wen-ting	21	2015
15	DF	Cheng Ya-hsun		2014
22	DF	Yu Shu-fang	22	2016
Midfielders
2	MF	Chang Chi-lan	21	2014
8	MF	Yang Ssu-wei	21	2014
9	MF	Tsou Hsin-ni	22	2014
14	MF	Yang Chia-hui	20	2017
16	MF	Hou Fang-wei	25	2014
19	MF	Chuang Shu-mei		2017
20	MF	Tuan Yu-jou	21	2015
23	MF	Liu Chien-yun	25	2014
Forwards
3	FW	Su Yu-hsuan	16	2016
7	FW	Tang Yung-ching	22	2014
10	FW	Lee Hsiu-chin	25	2014
11	FW	Lai Li-chin (captain)	29	2015
17	FW	Ho Hsuan-yi	21	2016
21	FW	Chen Hsiu-wen		2017

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Source
Preseason
5	MF	Hsieh Cheng-ya	—	^[1]^[2]
14	MF	Ho Chia-chen	—	^[1]
18	GK	Wang Yu-ting	—	^[1]^[2]
21	FW	Chen Hsiu-wen	—	^[1]
Midseason
5	DF	Lai Yi-ju	—	^[1]
14	MF	Yang Chia-hui	—	^[1]
19	MF	Chuang Shu-mei	—	^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Source
Preseason
5	MF	Chan Pi-han	Taipei PlayOne	^[3]
14	MF	Yang Chia-hui	—
18	GK	Cheng Ya-wen	—
21	GK	Hsu Miao-hua	—
Midseason
5	MF	Hsieh Cheng-ya	—
14	MF	Ho Chia-chen	—
19	MF	Kao Pei-ling	—

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Taiwan Mulan Football League	23 April 2017	26 November 2017	Matchday 1	Winners	17	12	4	1	41	10	+31	070.59
Total					17	12	4	1	41	10	+31	070.59

2017 Taichung Blue Whale season

Management team

Players

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Overall record

Taiwan Mulan Football League

League table

Results by round

Matches

Mulan League Finals

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Taipei PlayOne (Q)	15	12	1	2	40	18	+22	37	Qualification for the Mulan League Finals
2	Taichung Blue Whale (Q)	15	10	4	1	38	10	+28	34	Qualification for the Mulan League Finals
3	Hualien	15	8	4	3	44	15	+29	28
4	Hsinchu	15	7	1	7	37	20	+17	22
5	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	15	3	0	12	23	62	−39	9
6	New Taipei Hang Yuen	15	0	0	15	9	66	−57	0

23 April 2017 1	Taichung Blue Whale	4–0	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Taichung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Li-chin 21', 52' Kao Pei-ling 66' Liu Chien-yun 68'	Recap		Stadium: Fengyuan Stadium

30 April 2017 2	Taichung Blue Whale	2–1	Hsinchu	Kaohsiung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Yang Ssu-wei 18' Lai Li-chin 48'	Recap	Lin Tsu-hui 66'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Chien Meng-en

7 May 2017 3	New Taipei Hang Yuen	1–4	Taichung Blue Whale	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)	Kao Yen-han 81'	Recap	Tsou Hsin-ni 23' Lai Li-chin 45+1' Lai Wei-ju 60' Lee Hsiu-chin 82'	Stadium: Hualien Stadium Referee: Lee Yu-wei

27 May 2017 4	Hualien	0–0	Taichung Blue Whale	Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)		Recap		Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Lee Yu-wei

17 June 2017 7	New Taipei Hang Yuen	1–3	Taichung Blue Whale	Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)	Chen Hsin-jou 34'	Recap	Ho Hsuan-yi 5' Yang Ssu-wei 25' Tseng Wen-ting 56'	Stadium: Yingfeng Riverside Park

24 June 2017 8	Taichung Blue Whale	1–1	Hualien	Taichung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Wei-ju 47'	Recap	Chen Ya-hui 60'	Stadium: Fengyuan Stadium

1 July 2017 9	Taichung Blue Whale	1–2	Taipei PlayOne	Hsinchu County
13:00 (UTC+8)	Tsou Hsin-ni 85'	Recap	Lin Yi-ying 27' Lin Ya-han 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Hsinchu County Second Stadium

2 September 2017 10	Taichung Blue Whale	2–1	Taipei PlayOne	Hsinchu County
14:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Li-chin 26' Lee Hsiu-chin 54'	Recap	Lin Ya-han 27'	Stadium: Hsinchu County Second Stadium

10 September 2017 11	Taichung Blue Whale	4–0	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Taichung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 10', 24' Lai Li-chin 20' Chang Chi-lan 47'	Recap		Stadium: Fengyuan Stadium

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	D
Position	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Player	Position	Award	Ref.
Cheng Ssu-yu	Goalkeeper	Golden Glove	^[4]
Hiroyuki Horino	Head Coach	Coach of the Year	^[5]

17 September 2017 12	Taichung Blue Whale	2–0	Hsinchu	Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)	Chang Wei-chen 54' Lee Hsiu-chin 85' (pen.)	Recap		Stadium: National Stadium

24 September 2017 13	New Taipei Hang Yuen	0–4	Taichung Blue Whale	New Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)		Recap	Lee Hsiu-chin 12' Ho Hsuan-yi 38' Lai Li-chin 58' Su Yu-hsuan 75'	Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University

1 October 2017 14	Hualien	1–1	Taichung Blue Whale	Hsinchu County
10:00 (UTC+8)	Tan Wen-lin 22'	Recap	Tang Yung-ching 69'	Stadium: Hsinchu County Second Stadium

14 October 2017 5	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	1–8	Taichung Blue Whale	Taichung
18:00 (UTC+8)	Yang Mei-chuan 85'	Recap	Yang Ssu-wei 4', 47' Lee Hsiu-chin 20', 45' Chang Chi-lan 54' Su Yu-hsuan 68' Hou Fang-wei 74' Tseng Wen-ting 88'	Stadium: Fengyuan Stadium

4 November 2017 6	Taichung Blue Whale	1–0	Hsinchu	Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Li-chin 72'	Recap		Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

11 November 2017 15	Taichung Blue Whale	1–1	Taipei PlayOne	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 21'	Recap	Chen Ya-chun 13'	Stadium: Hualien Stadium

18 November 2017 1st leg	Taichung Blue Whale	1–0	Taipei PlayOne	Kaohsiung
14:30 (UTC+8)	Tuan Yu-jou 30'	Recap		Stadium: National Stadium

26 November 2017 2nd leg	Taipei PlayOne	0–2	Taichung Blue Whale	Taipei
17:00 (UTC+8)		Recap	Lai Li-chin 84' Lee Hsiu-chin 90+4'	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	TMFL	Finals	Total
1	10	FW	Lee Hsiu-chin	9	1	10
2	11	FW	Lai Li-chin	8	1	9
3	8	MF	Yang Ssu-wei	4	0	4
4	2	MF	Chang Chi-lan	2	0	2
	3	FW	Su Yu-hsuan	2	0
	4	DF	Lai Wei-ju	2	0
	9	MF	Tsou Hsin-ni	2	0
	13	DF	Tseng Wen-ting	2	0
	17	FW	Ho Hsuan-yi	2	0
10	6	DF	Chang Wei-chen	1	0	1
	7	FW	Tang Yung-ching	1	0
	16	MF	Hou Fang-wei	1	0
	19	MF	Kao Pei-ling	1	0
	23	MF	Liu Chien-yun	1	0
	20	MF	Tuan Yu-jou	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)				0	0	0
Totals				38	3	41