2024 Taichung Futuro season explained

Club:	Taichung Futuro
Season:	2024
Owner:	Yoshitaka Komori
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Pen Wu-sung (AFC Cup) Fang Ching-ren (TMFL)
League:	TFPL
Cup1:	AFC Cup
Cup1 Result:	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Li Mao (9)
Season Topscorer:	Li Mao (9)
Prevseason:	2023
Nextseason:	2025

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]

Kits

• Supplier: Joma (TFPL) / KICKER (AFC Cup)
• Main Sponsor: Hota-Gear

Players

N	Pos.	Nat.	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	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

Source:https://www.ctfa.com.tw/taiwan-league/teams/4908-futuro.html

Notes

Transfers

In

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
Midseason
24	DF	Koji Wada	Sendai University		^[5]
27	MF	Toshio Shimakawa	–		^[6]
99	GK	Lin Chun-hua	New Taipei Hang Yuen

Out

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	Benchy Estama	Taipei Vikings	^[11] ^[12]
Midseason
36	FW	Carlo Finotti	New Taipei Hang Yuen	^[13]

Competitions

Taiwan Football Premier League

See main article: 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League.

Results by round

¹ Matchday 7 was postponed to 1 September 2024 due to the AFC Asian Qualifiers.^[14]

Matches

AFC Cup

See main article: 2023–24 AFC Cup.

Knockout stage

See main article: 2023–24 AFC Cup knockout stage.

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Notes

Goalscorers

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1	18	FW		Li Mao	9	—	9
2	23	MF		Kaoru Takayama	5	—	5
3	5	FW		Cheng Hao	4	—	4
	10	MF		Shohei Yokoyama	4	—
5	12/31	MF		Wen Chih-hao	2	—	2
	17	FW		Hsu Heng-pin	2	—
	22	MF		Takuro Uehara	2	—
	88	DF		Nagisa Sakurauchi	2	—
9	3	DF		Chen Ting-yang	1	—	1
	6	MF		Tsai Chieh-hsun	1	—
	19	DF		Li Ya-she	1	—
	27	MF		Toshio Shimakawa	1	—
	43	DF		Liang Meng-hsin	1	—
	99	FW		Benchy Estama	—	1		-	Own goals (from the opponents)					0	0	0-->
Totals					35	1	36

Notes

Cleansheets

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1	50		Kenya Matsui	7	0	7
2	21		Tuan Yu	2	—	2
3	1		Lee Ming-wei	—	—	0
	99		Lin Chun-hua	—	—
Totals				9	0	9

Disciplinary record

			Name	TFPL	AFC Cup	Total
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88	DF		Nagisa Sakurauchi	5			1			6
7	DF		Keisuke Ogawa	4						4
12/31	MF		Wen Chih-hao	3				1		3	1
5	FW		Cheng Hao	2						2
10	MF		Shohei Yokoyama	2						2
18	FW		Li Mao	2						2
43	DF		Liang Meng-hsin	2						2
22	MF		Takuro Uehara	1			1			2
4	FW		Tseng Te-lung	1						1
9	MF		Chen Hung-wei	1						1
14	DF		Chen Chun-fu	1						1
23	MF		Kaoru Takayama	1						1
29	MF		Toshio Shimakawa	1						1
34	DF		Lin Che-yu				1			1
Totals				26			3	1		29	1	Notes Awards Taichung Sports Awards Ceremony Taichung Futuro – Outstanding Group Award^[15] ^[16] References

Notes and References

1. News: 14 December 2023 .
   1. AFCCup - Knockout stage lineup finalised
   . 22 January 2024 . The Asian Football Confederation.
2. News: 22 February 2024 . 足球／為女兒轉戰台中Futuro 温智豪創國內轉會費首例 . 22 February 2024 . 聯合線上公司 .
3. News: 23 February 2024 . 德轉公布温智豪轉會費3萬歐元　換算台幣達百萬 . 24 February 2024 . GoGoal 勁球網 .
4. News: 13 February 2024 . ［ＦＣ今治情報］桜内と上原が台湾１部へ移籍 . 13 February 2024 . Ehime Shimbun .
5. Web site: 5 August 2024 . 南市台鋼補進3名新外援　FUTURO簽下日本中後衛和田昂士 . 5 August 2024 . GoGoal 勁球網 .
6. News: 20 July 2024 . 電撃引退から4か月　34歳元Jリーガーが台湾クラブで現役復帰…短期契約発表で反響「びっくり」 . 22 July 2024 . Creative2 .
7. News: 13 January 2024 . 元G大阪DF菅沼駿哉　タイ1部コーンケン移籍へ . 22 January 2024 . SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS .
8. News: 10 March 2024 . 不只女足補強衝擊木蘭聯賽　新北航源找J聯盟好手助威也要拚企甲冠軍 . 11 March 2024 . GoGoal 勁球網 .
9. News: 6 February 2024 . 契約情報 . 6 February 2024 . INSTAGRAM FROM META .
10. Web site: 張 . 克銘 . 本季不必雙線作戰　但傷兵影響台中FUTURO開季 (in Chinese) . GoGoal 勁球網 . 13 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 .
11. 22 March 2024 . 台中FUTURO 球員離隊通知 . 22 March 2024 . Meta .
12. News: 26 March 2024 . 台北Vikings重磅補強　延攬前鋒班奇入隊 . 26 March 2024 . GoGoal 勁球網 .
13. Web site: 7/29日籍外援是枝真伍下午抵台 . 1 August 2024 . 新北航源足球俱樂部 . 1 August 2024 .
14. 2024台灣企業甲級足球聯賽第25、26、27、28場次異動公告 . . 24 June 2024 . 24 June 2024 .
15. 10 September 2024 . 臺中市113年運動有功團體及人員表揚典禮. 14 September 2024. Taichung City Government.
16. News: 13 September 2024 . 奧運、帕運英雄齊聚！中市府表揚運動有功人員 鄭副市長：團結共創台中運動佳績. 14 September 2024. Taichung City Government.