Taiwan Second Division Football League Explained

Taiwan Football Challenge League
Organiser:	Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA)
Country:	Taiwan
Relegation:	Taiwan Football League Division 2 Qualifiers
Levels:	2
Teams:	8
Champions:	Vikings-PlayOne (1st title)
Most Successful Club:	CPC Corporation Andy Chen Academy Flight Skywalkers Vikings-PlayOne (1)
Tv:	CTFA TV (YouTube)

Taiwan Second Division Football League (sometimes called Taiwan Football Challenge 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 league currently comprises eight teams from around Taiwan.

Competition format

The Taiwan Football Second Division League's schedule usually runs from July to November, after the initial qualifiers where new entries play own tournament, with top 2 playing last 2 from previous Challenge League season. It currently contains 8 teams that compete in a double leg round-robin tournament, each composed of seven games. After the 14-game schedule is completed, 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 . 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-placed team from the Premier League.

Teams

Currently, there are 6 teams competing in this league. The league has implemented a promotion and relegation system.

Teams (2024)! Team !! Chinese name !! Home!! First Participation

	桃園國際	Taoyuan	2020
	銘傳Desafio	Taipei	2024
	高大國光	Kaohsiung	2023
	陽信北競預備隊	Taipei	2023
	台中磐石	Taichung	2024
	臺北菁英	Taipei	2022

Former teams

• Andy Chen Academy (2020–2021)
• CPC Corporation (2020)
• Kaohsiung (2020–2022)
• Mars (2020–2022)
• Pakarongay (2020)
• Saturday Football International (2020–2023)
• Vikings-PlayOne (2020–2023)
• Base (2021–2022)
• Ming Chuan University (2021)
• Land Home NTUS (2022–2023)

Timeline

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bar:7 color:Former from:2020 till:2024 text:Saturday Football International (2020–2023)

bar:8 color:Former from:2020 till:2022 text:Tong Jie (2020–2021) bar:8 color:Former from:2022 till:2023 text:Mars (2022)

bar:9 color:Former from:2021 till:2022 text:Base Athletic (2021) bar:9 color:Former from:2022 till:2023 text:Base (2022)

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bar:11 color:Other from:2020 till:2021 text:Red Lions (2020) bar:11 color:Other from:2021 till:2022 text:Flight Skywalkers (2021–2022) bar:11 color:Full from:2022 till:2023 text: bar:11 color:Other from:2023 till:2024 text:Taipei Dragons (2023) bar:11 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:Taipei Elite (2024–present)

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bar:14 color:Full from:2023 till:end text:NUK Kuo Kuang (2023–present)

bar:15 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:MCU Desafio (2024–present)

bar:16 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:Taichung Rock (2024–present)

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Champions

! Season! Champion! Runner-up! Third Place

2020	CPC Corporation F.C.	Inter Taoyuan F.C.	Andy Chen Academy
2021		Ming Chuan University F.C.	Saturday Football International
2022	Flight Skywalkers F.C.	Land Home NTUS F.C.	MARS F.C.
	Vikings-PlayOne F.C.	Land Home NTUS F.C.	Inter Taoyuan F.C.

Notes and References

1. Web site: How to Watch the Taiwan Football Premier League and What to Look Out For – Taiwan Football News .
2. Web site: Introducing the Taiwan Challenge Football League .