2024 Taichung Futuro season

Taichung Futuro
2024 season
Owner	Yoshitaka Komori
Head coach	Pen Wu-sung (AFC Cup); Fang Ching-ren (TMFL)
TFPL	2nd
AFC Cup	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Li Mao (10); All: ; Li Mao (10)
Biggest win	Taipei Vikings 1–6 Futuro
Biggest defeat	Abdysh-Ata Kant 5–0 Taichung Futuro
	← 2023 2025–26 →

OwnerYoshitaka Komori

Head coachPen Wu-sung (AFC Cup)
Fang Ching-ren (TMFL)

TFPL2nd

AFC CupInter-zone play-off semi-finals

The 2024 Taichung Futuro season was the club's 6th season and their 6th season in Taiwan Football Premier League. Taichung Futuro also participated in the 2023–24 AFC Cup knockout stage as they qualified from the group stage in 2023.^[1]

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N	Pos.	Name	Age.	Since
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Lee Ming-wei	27	2020
21	GK	Tuan Yu	30	2019
50	GK	Kenya Matsui	39	2023
99	GK	Lin Chun-hua	22	2024
Defenders
3	DF	Chen Ting-yang (captain)	32	2019
7	DF	Keisuke Ogawa	38	2019
8	DF	Yoshitaka Komori	37	2019
14	DF	Chen Chun-fu	23	2023
19	DF	Li Ya-she	24	2024
24	DF	Koji Wada	23	2024
34	DF	Lin Che-yu	31	2023
42	DF	Liu Wei-che	21	2024
43	DF	Liang Meng-hsin	21	2021
88	DF	Nagisa Sakurauchi	35	2024
Midfielders
6	MF	Tsai Chieh-hsun	21	2023
9	MF	Chen Hung-wei	27	2021
10	MF	Shohei Yokoyama	31	2021
12/31^{[n1 1]}	MF	Wen Chih-hao	31	2024
22	MF	Takuro Uehara	33	2024
23	MF	Kaoru Takayama	36	2023
27	MF	Toshio Shimakawa	34	2024
Forwards
4	FW	Tseng Te-lung	22	2023
5	FW	Cheng Hao	27	2022
17	FW	Hsu Heng-pin	31	2019
18	FW	Li Mao	32	2019

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Source
Preseason
12/31	MF	Wen Chih-hao	AC Taipei	€30,000	^[2]^[3]
19	DF	Li Ya-she	–
22	MF	Takuro Uehara	Imabari		^[4]
42	DF	Liu Wei-che	Saturday Football International
88	DF	Nagisa Sakurauchi	Imabari		^[4]
Midseason
24	DF	Koji Wada	Sendai University		^[5]
27	MF	Toshio Shimakawa	–		^[6]
99	GK	Lin Chun-hua	New Taipei Hang Yuen

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Source
Preseason
11	FW	Amari Oki	–
13	DF	Shunya Suganuma	Khon Kaen United	^[7]
14	MF	Naoki Kaneko	New Taipei Hang Yuan	^[8]
15	MF	Kazuya Kojima	–
19	MF	Genki Takatera	–
25	MF	Kakeru Gunji	Alliance ZHR	^[9]
27	FW	Fang Ching-ren	Retired	^[10]
31	GK	Tian Syuan-jin	–
33	FW	Kotaro Nakajima	–
42	DF	Juang Ming-yan	Retired
51	GK	Taiki Itsukaichi	–
99	FW	Jhon Benchy	Taipei Vikings	^[11]^[12]
Midseason
36	FW	Carlo Finotti	New Taipei Hang Yuen	^[13]

9 June 2024 Friendly	Taichung Futuro	2–0	Macau	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Cheng Hao 23' Sakurauchi 69' (pen.)			Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium

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 %
TFPL	14 April 2024	1 December 2024	Matchday 1	2nd	21	13	4	4	41	19	+22	061.90
AFC Cup	23 August 2023	13 March 2024	Play-off round	Inter-zone semi-finals	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	000.00
Total					23	13	4	6	42	27	+15	056.52

2024 Taichung Futuro season

Players

Transfers

In

Out

Preseason and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Taiwan Football Premier League

League table

Results by round

Matches

AFC Cup

Knockout stage

Statistics

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Cleansheets

Disciplinary record

Awards

Taichung Sports Awards Ceremony

References

Related Articles

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tainan City TSG (C)	21	15	4	2	60	16	+44	49	Qualification for the AFC Challenge League preliminary stage
2	Futuro	21	13	4	4	41	19	+22	43
3	New Taipei Hang Yuen	21	12	3	6	33	19	+14	39
4	Sunny Bank AC Taipei	21	11	3	7	35	23	+12	36
5	Taipower	21	9	3	9	36	26	+10	30
6	Leopard Cat	21	6	4	11	24	35	−11	22
7	Ming Chuan University	21	5	3	13	23	47	−24	18	Transfer to 2025–26 Taiwan Football Premier League qualifiers
8	Taipei Vikings (R)	21	0	2	19	17	84	−67	2	Relegation to Taiwan Second Division Football League

14 April 2024 1	Tainan City TSG	1–1	Futuro	Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8)	Yao Ko-chi 50' Chen Jui-chieh 72'	Report	Li Mao 45' Yokoyama 64'	Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field Attendance: 300 Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

28 April 2024 2	Futuro	4–0	Ming Chuan University	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Li Mao 24', 37' Sakurauchi 26' Ogawa 30' Uehara 30' Yokoyama 76', 90+4'	Report	Yu Yao-hsing 30' Ma Liang-cheng 71' Hsiung Yuan-kuan 76'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Attendance: 115 Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

5 May 2024 3	New Taipei Hang Yuen	0–1	Futuro	Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Takayama 21' Yokoyama 45' Sakurauchi 49' Ogawa 51'	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium Attendance: 213 Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan

12 May 2024 4	Futuro	0–2	AC Taipei	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Liang Meng-hsin 7' Cheng Hao 64'	Report	Huang Wei-chieh 17' Huang Sheng-chieh 50' Chen You-lin 74' Chen Kai-wen 83'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Attendance: 168 Referee: Kuo Chia-Hao

19 May 2024 5	Taipower	0–2	Futuro	Tainan
15:30 (UTC+8)		Report	Sakurauchi 45+2' Cheng Hao 66' Wen Chih-hao 79' Chen Hung-wei 89'	Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field Attendance: 250 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun

26 May 2024 6	Futuro	5–1	Taipei Vikings	Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Takayama 8' Li Mao 30', 32' 77' Sakurauchi 36' Cheng Hao 68', 80'	Report	Nien Chia-en 78'	Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Attendance: 88 Referee: Yang Chang-pei

16 June 2024 8	Futuro	1–0	New Taipei Hang Yuen	Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Cheng Hao 66' Yokoyama 76' Ogawa 82'	Report	López 78' Huang Yung-chun 84'	Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Attendance: 147 Referee: Kuo Chia-hao

23 June 2024 9	Sunny Bank AC Taipei	0–1	Futuro	New Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8)	Chen Yih-yan 58' Ichiyanagi 70' Huang Sheng-chieh 80'	Report	Tsai Chieh-hsun 48' Li Mao 54' Sakurauchi 90+1'	Stadium: National Taipei University Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao

30 June 2024 10	Futuro	2–1	Taipower	Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Yokoyama 53' (pen.) Cheng Hao 85' Wen Chih-hao 90+2'	Report	Chen Chao-an 59' Chen Po-hsun 70' Yen Ho-shen 72'	Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Referee: Yang Chang-pei

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	7¹	15	17	18	16	20	19	21
Result	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	W
Position	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

6 March 2024 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	Abdysh-Ata Kant	5–0	Taichung Futuro	Bishkek
18:00 (UTC+6)	Zhyrgalbek uulu 14' Batyrkanov 45+1' Shamurzaev 60' Uzdenov 85' Akhmataliev 87' Çaryyew 90'	Report	Lin Che-yu 2'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 4,059 Referee: Bijan Heydari (Iran)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		TFPL		AFC Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	TAI	Lee Ming-wei	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	TAI	Tuan Yu	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
50	GK	JPN	Kenya Matsui	21	0	19	0	2	0
99	GK	TAI	Lin Chun-hua	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	TAI	Chen Ting-yang	17	1	15+2	1	0	0
7	DF	JPN	Keisuke Ogawa	19	0	17	0	2	0
8	DF	TAI	Yoshitaka Komori	17	0	1+14	0	2	0
14	DF	TAI	Chen Chun-fu	12	0	4+6	0	0+2	0
19	DF	TAI	Li Ya-she	4	1	2+2	1	0	0
24	DF	JPN	Koji Wada	4	0	4	0	0	0
34	DF	TAI	Lin Che-yu	12	0	2+8	0	1+1	0
42	DF	TAI	Liu Wei-che	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
43	DF	TAI	Liang Meng-hsin	22	1	17+3	1	2	0
88	DF	JPN	Nagisa Sakurauchi	22	2	20	2	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	TAI	Tsai Chieh-hsun	9	1	3+4	1	0+2	0
9	MF	TAI	Chen Hung-wei	18	0	2+16	0	0	0
10	MF	JPN	Shohei Yokoyama	10	4	9	4	1	0
12/31^{[n1 1]}	MF	TAI	Wen Chih-hao	22	2	19+1	2	2	0
22	MF	JPN	Takuro Uehara	21	2	20	2	1	0
23	MF	JPN	Kaoru Takayama	21	7	19	7	2	0
27	MF	JPN	Toshio Shimakawa	12	1	12	1	0	0
Forwards
4	FW	TAI	Tseng Te-lung	15	1	10+5	1	0	0
5	FW	TAI	Cheng Hao	21	5	5+14	5	1+1	0
17	FW	TAI	Hsu Heng-pin	13	2	8+3	2	1+1	0
18	FW	TAI	Li Mao	22	10	20+1	10	1	0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
99	FW	HAI	Jhon Benchy	2	1	0	0	2	1
Own goals (0)

4 August 2024 11	Taipei Vikings	1–6	Futuro	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Yang Cheng-chun 16' Peng Chia-en 71'	Report	Takayama 9' Wen Chih-hao 14' Li Mao 18', 46' Liang Meng-hsin 61' Li Ya-she 80'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Referee: Kuo Chan-yu

11 August 2024 12	Futuro	1–1	Leopard Cat	Taoyuan
15:30 (UTC+8)	Chen Chun-fu 23' Hsu Heng-pin 30' Sakurauchi 55' Liang Meng-hsin 81'	Report	Argueta 36'	Stadium: Ming Chuan University Referee: Ko Chuan-yao

18 August 2024 13	Futuro	1–0	Tainan City TSG	Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)	Li Mao 18' Ogawa 64' Tseng Te-lung 90+2'	Report	Kim Sang-jun 63' Chen Jui-chieh 90+2'	Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan

25 August 2024 14	Ming Chuan University	0–4	Futuro	Taoyuan
18:30 (UTC+8)	Chen Yen-jui 59'	Report	Uehara 1' Takayama 4' Hsu Heng-pin 8' Li Mao 49' Wen Chih-hao 54'	Stadium: Ming Chuan University Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao

1 September 2024 7	Leopard Cat	1–2	Futuro	Kaohsiung
15:30 (UTC+8)	Yamazaki 50'	Report	Sakurauchi 23' Takayama 28' 88'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Referee: Kuo Chan-yu

14 September 2024 15	Futuro	4–0	Taipei Vikings	Taoyuan
15:30 (UTC+8)	Chen Ting-yang 8' Shimakawa 31' 82' Uehara 41' Wen Chih-hao 55'	Report		Stadium: Ming Chuan University Referee: Lin Ching-tang

29 September 2024 17	Tainan City TSG	7–3	Futuro	Tainan
18:30 (UTC+8)	Gamaroni 10', 63' Porto 18' Kim Sung-kyum 31' Cortés 45+4', 80' Wu Chun-ching 88' Kuo Po-wei 90'	Report	Chen Wei-chuan 22' (o.g.) Liang Meng-hsin 45+5' Chen Ting-yang 54' Takayama 67' (pen.), 78'	Stadium: Tainan Municipal Football Field Referee: Kuo Chan-yu

20 October 2024 18	Futuro	1–1	Ming Chuan University	Kaohsiung
15:00 (UTC+8)	Tseng Te-lung 58' Wen Chih-hao 65' Takayama 84' Ogawa 90+6'	Report	Chen Yen-jui 43' Li Po-yu 70' Ng Pui-hei 90+4' 90+5'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Referee: Wang Chieh

24 October 2024 16	Leopard Cat	0–0	Futuro	Taichung
18:30 (UTC+8)	Shih Cheng-hsi 86'	Report	Chen Ting-yang 55' Wen Chih-hao 68'	Stadium: Xitun Football Field Referee: Hsu Min-yu

3 November 2024 20	Futuro	0–1	Sunny Bank AC Taipei	Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)	Shimakawa 61'	Report	Ichiyanagi 90+1'	Stadium: Xitun Football Field Referee: Yu Ming-hsun

24 November 2024 19	New Taipei Hang Yuen	1–0	Futuro	New Taipei
15:00 (UTC+8)	Benchy 16' (pen.) Wang Po-ying 90+2' Huang Yung-chun 90+4'	Report	Komori 90+9'	Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University Referee: Liu Hsiang-shao

1 December 2024 21	Taipower	1–2	Futuro	Kaohsiung
15:00 (UTC+8)	Hsu Po-chieh 47' Chen Chao-an 48' Chen Po-hsun 81' Tseng Chih-wei 90'	Report	Li Mao 65' (pen.) Cheng Hao 86'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Referee: Kuo Chan-yu

13 March 2024 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	Taichung Futuro	1–3	Abdysh-Ata Kant	Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)	Benchy 2' Uehara 33' Sakurauchi 62' Wen Chih-hao 73' 90+3'	Report	Shamurzaev 16' Musabekov 60' Uzdenov 63' Sarykbaev 81'	Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium Attendance: 115 Referee: Yahya Almulla (United Arab Emirates)