Taichung Futuro F.C.

Taichung Futuro
Full nameTaichung Football Academy Futuro
Short nameTFAF
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundXitun Football Field
Capacity200[1]
OwnerYoshitaka Komori
Head coachFang Ching-ren
LeagueTaiwan Football Premier League
2024TFPL, 2nd of 8

Taichung Futuro FC (Chinese: 台中Futuro) is a professional football club based in Taichung, Taiwan which currently competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League.

History

Taichung Futuro Football Academy was founded in 2016 by Japanese footballer Yoshitaka Komori. The men's team was established in 2018.[2] A second-place finish in 2022 meant qualification to next season's AFC Cup play-offs. They secured a group stage place in the 2023-24 AFC Cup after beating Macanese side Monte Carlo 2–1 in the East Asia Zone play off, and managed to secure progression to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals by virtue of goal difference over Mongolia's FC Ulaanbaatar.

Kits

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor (chest)
2019 Yonex Sweeten Real Estate Development
2020 — —
2021–2022 MIE Lihpao Resort
2023 Changhua County Government
2024 Joma Hota-Gear
2025–present Taichung City Government

Players

Main article: List of Taichung Futuro players

Current squad

As of 17 August 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Taiwan TAI Lee Ming-wei
3 DF Taiwan TAI Chen Ting-yang (captain)
4 FW Taiwan TAI Tseng Te-lung
5 FW Taiwan TAI Cheng Hao
6 MF Taiwan TAI Tsai Chieh-hsun
7 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Ogawa
8 DF Taiwan TAI Yoshitaka Komori
9 MF Taiwan TAI Chen Hung-wei
10 MF Japan JPN Shohei Yokoyama
12 MF Taiwan TAI Wen Chih-hao
15 DF Mongolia MNG Munkh-Orgil Orkhon
17 FW Taiwan TAI Hsu Heng-pin
18 FW Taiwan TAI Li Mao
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Taiwan TAI Li Ya-she
21 GK Taiwan TAI Tuan Yu
23 MF Japan JPN Kaoru Takayama
34 DF Taiwan TAI Lin Che-yu
35 MF Japan JPN Ryota Saito (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki)
42 DF Taiwan TAI Liu Wei-che
43 DF Taiwan TAI Liang Meng-hsin
50 GK Japan JPN Kenya Matsui
70 MF Taiwan TAI Peng Chuan-min
77 MF Taiwan TAI Lai Yi-chiao
88 DF Japan JPN Nagisa Sakurauchi
99 GK Taiwan TAI Lin Chun-hua

Management

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Taiwan Fang Ching-ren
Kit manager Japan Yosuke Kyuda
Athletic trainer Taiwan Chiang Pei-ling

Source: [1]

Records

Year-by-year

Season League Position President FA Cup International/Continental Top goalscorer(s)
Div League Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Name(s) Goals
2019 1 TFPL 21 8 4 9 37 26 +11 28 1.33 5th Not held DNQ Taiwan Chen Sheng-wei
Taiwan Li Mao 		7
2020 TFPL 21 12 3 6 33 17 +16 39 1.86 3rd South Korea Joo Ik-seong 19
2021 TFPL 14 8 2 4 20 11 +9 26 1.86 3rd Japan Shohei Yokoyama 5
2022 TFPL 18 10 7 1 36 11 +25 37 2.06 2nd Haiti Jhon Benchy 18
2023 TFPL 21 8 4 9 33 31 +2 28 1.33 5th AFC Cup IZSF Haiti Jhon Benchy 9
2024 TFPL 21 13 4 4 41 19 +22 43 2.05 2nd Taiwan Li Mao 10
2025–26 TFPL SF ACGL PS
Total – – 116 59 24 33 200 115 +85 201 1.73 – – – – Haiti Jhon Benchy
Taiwan Li Mao 		28

^ 1. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, Taiwan President FA Cup, AFC Cup, AFC Challenge League, and other competitive continental matches but excludes goals in their qualifying matches.

International competition

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2023–24 AFC Cup Play-off round Macau Monte Carlo 2–1
Group I Macau Chao Pak Kei 1–0 1–0 1st out of 4
Mongolia FC Ulaanbaatar 1–2 2–0
Chinese Taipei Tainan City TSG 2–1 1–5
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals Kyrgyzstan Abdysh-Ata Kant 1–3 0–5 1–8
2025–26 AFC Challenge League Preliminary stage Mongolia SP Falcons 1–3

Head coaches

Head coach Nat. Tenure
Juang Ming-yen[3][4]  Taiwan 2019, 2023
Toshiaki Imai[5]  Japan 2020
Vom Ca-nhum[6]  Taiwan 2020–2022
Jun Hirabayashi  Japan 2023
Pen Wu-sung  Taiwan 2023–2024 (AFC Cup)
Fang Ching-ren[7]  Taiwan 2024–present

Captains

Name Nat. Years
Li Mao  Taiwan 2019
Chen Ting-yang  Taiwan 2020–present

References

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  7. ^ 張, 克銘 (8 April 2024). "本季不必雙線作戰　但傷兵影響台中FUTURO開季 (in Chinese)". GoGoal 勁球網. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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