Chinese Taipei national football team

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The Chinese Taipei national football team is the official name given by FIFA to the national football team of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (see Chinese Taipei for team naming issue.)

The Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA), was founded in mainland China as the China Football Association in 1924 and relocated to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of the Chinese Civil War. Affiliated with FIFA in 1932 as China, it rejoined FIFA in 1954, first under the name Taiwan, then Republic of China, and later Chinese Taipei.

All of the nation's international matches are played in Chungshan Soccer Stadium, located in Taipei. The stadium's capacity is slightly above 20000 and is a football specific stadium.

The team's greatest success came when, playing as Taiwan, they finished third in the Asian Cup in 1960. However, the players in the team originally came from Hong Kong since the reputation of joining Hong Kong National Team is lesser than the team of the Republic of China. The next game they will be playing is on August 16, 2006 and is against South Korea.

Contents

1 World Cup record
2 Asian Cup record
3 East Asian Cup record
4 AFC Challenge Cup record
5 Famous players
6 See Also
7 External links

World Cup record

1930 to 1950 - Did not enter
1954 - Withdrew
1958 - Withdrew
1978 to 1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Did not enter
1990 to 2006 - Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

1956 - Did not qualify
1960 - Third place
1964 - Did not enter
1968 - Fourth place
1972 to 1988 - Did not enter
1992 to 2004 - Did not qualify

East Asian Cup record

2003 - Did not qualify
2005 - Did not qualify

AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Quarter Finals

Famous players

Lam Sheung Yee ([zh])

External links

[Chinese Taipei Football Association] (Chinese)

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Asia: AFC – Asian Cup

Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations

North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup

South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América

Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup

Europe: UEFA – European Championship