2018 Taichung Blue Whale season

Taichung Blue Whale
2018 season
Head coach	Lu Kuei-hua
Stadium	Taiyuan Football Field
TMFL	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lee Hsiu-chin (15); All: ; Lee Hsiu-chin (17)
Biggest win	Taichung Blue Whale 6–1 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank
Biggest defeat	Taipei PlayOne 3–0 Taichung Blue Whale
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Head coachLu Kuei-hua

StadiumTaiyuan Football Field

TMFLWinners

Top goalscorerLeague:
Lee Hsiu-chin (15)
All:
Lee Hsiu-chin (17)

The 2018 Taichung Blue Whale season was the club's 5th season and their 5th season in Taiwan Mulan Football League.

Position	Name
Head coach	Lu Kuei-hua
Assistant coaches	Chang Wei-chen, Huang Yan-ting, Lai Li-chin
Goalkeeping coach	Liu Shih-hua
Athletic trainer	Hong Chia-ling

N	Pos.	Name	Age.	Since
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Tsai Ming-jung	29	2018
18	GK	Cheng Ssu-yu	29	2014
Defenders
4	DF	Lai Wei-ju	24	2014
6	DF	Chang Wei-chen	29	2016
12	DF	Wu Yu	20	2018
13	DF	Tseng Wen-ting	22	2015
15	DF	Wang Shu-wen	17	2018
22	DF	Yu Shu-fang	23	2016
Midfielders
2	MF	Chang Chi-lan	22	2014
8	MF	Yang Ssu-wei	22	2014
9	MF	Tsou Hsin-ni	23	2014
14	MF	Yang Chia-hui	21	2017
16	MF	Hou Fang-wei	26	2014
19	MF	Kao Pei-ling	21	2018
20	MF	Tuan Yu-jou	22	2015
23	MF	Liu Chien-yun	26	2014
Forwards
3	FW	Su Yu-hsuan	17	2016
5	FW	Pao Hsin-hsuan	26	2018
7	FW	Tang Yung-ching	23	2014
10	FW	Lee Hsiu-chin	26	2014
11	FW	Lai Li-chin (captain)	30	2015
17	FW	Ho Hsuan-yi	22	2016
21	FW	Chen Hsiu-wen		2017

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Source
Preseason
1	GK	Tsai Ming-jung	Hsinchu	^[1]
5	FW	Pao Hsin-hsuan	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	^[1]^[2]
12	DF	Wu Yu	—	^[3]
15	DF	Wang Shu-wen	—	^[4]
19	MF	Kao Pei-ling	—

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Source
Preseason
5	DF	Lai Yi-ju	—
12	DF	Hsu Chih-ting	—
15	DF	Cheng Ya-hsun	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	^[5]
18	GK	Wang Yu-ting	—
19	MF	Chuang Shu-Mei	—

30 September 2018 Friendly	Taichung Blue Whale	6–3	Citizen	Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

2018 Taichung Blue Whale season

Management team

Players

Transfers

In

Out

Preseason and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Taiwan Mulan Football League

League table

Results by round

Matches

Mulan League Finals

Statistics

Goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Cleansheets

Awards

References

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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	14 April 2018	20 October 2018	Matchday 1	Winners	14	12	0	2	42	13	+29	085.71
Total					14	12	0	2	42	13	+29	085.71

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Taichung Blue Whale (Q)	12	10	0	2	38	13	+25	30	Qualification for the Mulan League Finals
2	Taipei PlayOne (Q)	12	9	0	3	31	17	+14	27	Qualification for the Mulan League Finals
3	Hualien	12	8	0	4	34	21	+13	24
4	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	12	2	1	9	17	34	−17	7
5	Inter New Taipei	12	0	1	11	11	46	−35	1

14 April 2018 1	Hualien	1–5	Taichung Blue Whale	New Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)	Wu Shih-ping 55'	Report	Lee Hsiu-chin 27', 45+1' Pao Hsin-hsuan 33' Ho Hsuan-yi 62' Lai Li-chin 85'	Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University Attendance: 200

21 April 2018 2	Taichung Blue Whale	5–1	Taipei PlayOne	Taichung
16:30 (UTC+8)	Ho Hsuan-yi 2' Pao Hsin-hsuan 20', 81' Lee Hsiu-chin 30' Tang Yung-ching 88'	Report	Tuan Yu-jou 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Attendance: 580 Referee: Kuo Chan-yu

28 April 2018 3	Taichung Blue Whale	5–1	Inter New Taipei	Taichung
16:30 (UTC+8)	Pao Hsin-hsuan 24', 29', 84' Yang Ssu-wei 66' Ho Hsuan-yi 71'	Report	Chen Hsin-jou 77'	Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Attendance: 540 Referee: Wang Chieh

5 May 2018 4	Taichung Blue Whale	2–1	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)	Lai Li-chin 21' Pao Hsin-hsuan 36'			Stadium: Hualien Stadium

20 May 2018 6	Inter New Taipei	0–4	Taichung Blue Whale	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Lee Hsiu-chin 45', 55' Lai Li-chin 67' Yang Ssu-wei 85'	Stadium: Hualien Stadium Referee: Wang Chieh

10 June 2018 7	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	0–3	Taichung Blue Whale	Kaohsiung
16:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Ho Hsuan-yi 36' Lee Hsiu-chin 37', 41'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Wang Chieh

23 June 2018 9	Taichung Blue Whale	1–0	Hualien	Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)	Ho Hsuan-yi 61'	Report		Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 100

1 July 2018 10	Taichung Blue Whale	2–0	Taipei PlayOne	Taichung
17:30 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 6', 80'			Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

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

Player	Position	Award	Ref.
Lee Hsiu-chin	Forward	Golden Boot	^[6]
Lu Kuei-hua	Head Coach	Coach of the Year	^[6]

7 July 2018 11	Taichung Blue Whale	4–2	Inter New Taipei	Hualien
14:00 (UTC+8)	Su Yu-hsuan 16', 32', 67' Lee Hsiu-chin 76'		Chen Hsin-jou 38' Sako 76'	Stadium: Hualien Stadium

8 September 2018 13	Taipei PlayOne	3–0	Taichung Blue Whale	Taipei
16:00 (UTC+8)	Ting Chi 10' Chen Yen-ping 63' Pan Yen-hsin 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 580 Referee: Lee Yi-chi

15 September 2018 14	Taichung Blue Whale	1–3	Hualien	New Taipei
14:00 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 85'	Report	Lin Kai-ling 9' (pen.), 13' (pen.) Zhuo Li-ping 57'	Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University Attendance: 100 Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

22 September 2018 15	Taichung Blue Whale	6–1	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	Taichung
16:30 (UTC+8)	Ho Hsuan-yi 2 Lee Hsiu-chin 4			Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Attendance: 400

12 October 2018 1st leg	Taipei PlayOne	0–2	Taichung Blue Whale	Taipei
19:00 (UTC+8)		Report	Pao Hsin-hsuan 45' (pen.) Lee Hsiu-chin 75'	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Wang Chieh

20 October 2018 2nd leg	Taichung Blue Whale	2–0	Taipei PlayOne	Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)	Lee Hsiu-chin 25' Pao Hsin-hsuan 82'	Recap		Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Pao Hsin-hsuan	Inter New Taipei	5–1	28 April 2018	Taiwan Mulan Football League
Su Yu-hsuan	Inter New Taipei	4–2	7 July 2018	Taiwan Mulan Football League
Lee Hsiu-chin	Kaohsiung Sunny Bank	6–1	22 September 2018	Taiwan Mulan Football League