Chinese Taipei women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Chinese Taipei national football team.

Chinese Taipei
Nickname(s)Mulan
Blue Magpies
AssociationChinese Taipei Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachChan Hiu Ming
CaptainTing Chi
FIFA codeTPE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 42 Steady (7 August 2025)[1]
Highest22 (July – October 2003)
Lowest43 (March 2012; August – December 2012)
First international
  5–0 Indonesia 
(Taipei, Republic of China; 2 August 1977)
Biggest win
  16–0 Malaysia 
(Iloilo, Philippines; 7 November 1999)
 Macau 0–16  
(Zhuhai, China; 30 November 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Norway 12–1  
(Philadelphia, United States; 2 August 1995)
  0–11 Japan 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 31 March 2008)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1991)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1991)
Asian Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1977)
Best resultWinners (1977, 1980, 1981)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1986)
Best resultWinners (1986, 1989)
Medal record
Women's football
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Hiroshima Team
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 1977 Republic of China
Gold medal – first place 1980 India
Gold medal – first place 1981 Hong Kong
Silver medal – second place 1989 Hong Kong
Silver medal – second place 1999 Philippines
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 1986 New Zealand
Gold medal – first place 1989 Australia
ASEAN Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 Vietnam

The Chinese Taipei women's national football team (Chinese: 中華台北女子足球代表隊) represents Taiwan (the Republic of China) in international women's football and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Football Association, the governing body for football in Taiwan.

History

Under the Asian Ladies Football Confederation

A women's national football team was form to represent Taiwan (Republic of China) in the mid-1970s.[2] Taiwan was among the founding members of the now defunct Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) along with Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore in 1968.[3] Republic of China debuted at the Asian Women's Championship in 1977 which it won. They were also the champions at the 1980 and 1981 editions.[2]

However the People's Republic of China having successfully petitioned the Asian Football Confederation to ban Taiwan to compete under the name of "Republic of China" due to its One China policy in 1974, have also applied pressure to the ALFC.[2] In 1981, the Republic of China FA was renamed as the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA). For the 1981 Asian Women's Championship, the ALFC convinced Taiwan to compete under the name Mulan Taipei. The ALFC within the 1980s was absorbed into the AFC.[3]

Oceania representatives

Taiwan, now Chinese Taipei, briefly moved to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). They won the 1986 and 1989 OFC Women's Championships.

Readmission to the AFC

Chinese Taipei were re-admitted to the AFC in 1989.[2] Chinese Taipei is among the three Asian teams which qualified in the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 along with Japan and host China.[2]

It also took part at the Women's World Invitational Tournament which was organized by Taiwan's football federation from 1978 to 1987.[2]

The team have also continued to compete in the Asian Women's Championship (later known as the AFC Women's Asian Cup) since its return to the AFC, finishing no lower than fourth until 1999.[2] However after 1999, Chinese Taipei has failed to finish in the podium in succeeding editions and even not qualified from 2010 and 2018.[4]

Chinese Taipei returned to the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2022.[5] They reached the quarterfinals, losing to the Philippines via a shootout and consequentially missing qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]

Team image

Nicknames

The Chinese Taipei women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Mulan". The nickname was adopted by the national federation during the tenure of then-chairman General Cheng Wei-yuan in 1975 after the Chinese folk heroine Hua Mulan. After the Chinese Taipei Football Association adopted a new logo featuring a Formosan blue magpie in the 2010s, the Blue Magpies has also been used as an unofficial moniker.[7]

Kits and crest

Home 2013
Away 2013
Home 2014
Away 2014
Home 2015
Away 2015
Home 2019
Away 2019

FIFA World Ranking

As of 03 June 2024, after the match against Bangladesh .

  Best Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Ranking    Worst Mover  

Chinese Taipei's FIFA World Ranking History
Rank Year Games
Played 		Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
42 Steady (7 August 2025)[1] 2022 5 2 2 1 39 Steady 0 39 Steady 0
39 2021 0 0 0 0 39 Increase 1 40 Decrease 1

Results and fixtures

See also: 2025 in association football, 2025 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024

4 August Friendly Thailand  2–1   Bangkok, Thailand
--:-- UTC+7 Kanchanathat Poomsri 86' (pen.)
Parichat Thongrong 90+3'		 Li Yi-wen 73' Stadium: PAT Stadium
23 October Friendly   1–0  Kenya Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3 Li Yi-wen 19' Stadium: Emirhan Sports Complex
26 October Friendly   2–3  Haiti Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Emirhan Sports Complex
29 October Friendly   3–1  Jordan Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Emirhan Sports Complex
4 December Friendly Australia  3–1   Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11 Source Stadium: AAMI Park
7 December Friendly Australia  6–0   Geelong, Australia
19:30 UTC+11 Source Stadium: GMHBA Stadium

2025

19 February Pinatar Cup Mexico  4–0   San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
13:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Pinatar Arena
22 February Pinatar Cup   0–4  China San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
13:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
25 February Pinatar Cup   0–7  Canada San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
5 April Friendly   Cancelled  New Zealand Taiwan
Source Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
8 April Friendly   Cancelled  New Zealand Kaohsiung, Taiwan
18:30 Source Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
May 30 Unofficial Friendly Philippines  0–1   Manila, Philippines
19:00 UTC+8 Report Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0 (closed doors)
3 June Friendly Philippines  0–1   Manila, Philippines
19:00 UTC+8 Saki Matsunaga 27' Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,312
Referee: Nurul Ain Izatty Binti Zainal (Malaysia)
29 June AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification   8–0  Pakistan Tangerang Regency, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+7 Pu Hsin-hui 14', 86'
Chen Jin-wen 16'
Su Yu-hsuan 40'
Hsu Yi-yun 66'
Liu Yu-chiao 88'
He Jia-shiuan 90+1', 90+2'		 Report Stadium: Indomilk Arena
Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)
2 July AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Kyrgyzstan  0–3   Tangerang Regency, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+7 Report Su Sin-yun 45'
Su Yu-Hsuan 65'
Saki Matsunaga 70' (pen.)		 Stadium: Indomilk Arena
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
5 July AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification   2–1  Indonesia Tangerang Regency, Indonesia
20:00 UTC+7 Su Yu-hsuan 15'
Liu Yu-chiao 75'		 Report Helsya Maeisyaroh 48' Stadium: Indomilk Arena
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
9 July EAFF E-1 Football Championship Japan  4–0   Suwon, South Korea
16:30 UTC+9 Yakata 22'
Takikawa 25'
Takahashi 48'
Chen Ying-Hui 70' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 193
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
13 July EAFF E-1 Football Championship   2–4  China Hwaseong, South Korea
16:30 UTC+9 Su Yu-Hsuan 55'
Chen Yu-Chin 68'		 Report Shao Ziqin 8', 90+6'
Shen Mengyu 16'
Wang Yanwen 82'		 Stadium: Hwaseong Sports Complex
Attendance: 184
Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)
16 July EAFF E-1 Football Championship South Korea  2–0   Suwon, South Korea
16:30 UTC+9 Ji So-yun 70' (pen.)
Jang Sel-gi 85'		 Report Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 597
Referee: Khin Nyein Chan (Myanmar)

2026

4 March 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup Japan  v   Perth, Australia
Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium
7 March 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup   v  Vietnam Perth, Australia
Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium
10 March 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup India  v   Sydney, Australia
Stadium: Western Sydney Stadium

All-time results

  • The following table shows Chinese Taipei women's all-time international record, correct as of 16 July 2025.
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Total 170 70 15 85 332 380

Source: Worldfootball.net

Coaching staff

Chinese Taipei against Hong Kong at a friendly match on 30 August 2014
Chinese Taipei against Laos on 20 March 2015 in 2015–16 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Current coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Hong Kong Chan Hiu Ming
Assistant coach Taiwan Chuang Shu-Mei
Taiwan Yang Chun-Yen
Goalkeeper coach Taiwan Chen Yen-Fu
Fitness coach Taiwan Chen Chia-Hui
Doctor Taiwan Wu Chih-Kuan
Physical therapist Taiwan Cheng Pei-shan
Athletic trainer Taiwan Huang Yu-jun

Manager history

  • Taiwan Chang Teng-yun (張騰雲), (1979)
  • Taiwan Liu Jun-tse (劉潤澤), (1977)
  • Taiwan Kao Yong (高庸), (1981, 1993, 1995–1998)
  • Taiwan Chong Tsu-pin (張子濱), (1990–1991)
  • Taiwan Chen Ting-hsiung (陳定雄), (1990)
  • Taiwan Hsieh Chih-chun (謝志君), (1994)
  • Taiwan Chang Ming-hsien (張明賢), (1999–2002)
  • Taiwan Lu Kuei-hua (呂桂花), (2003–2005, 2008)
  • Taiwan Chou Tai-ying (周台英), (2005–2006, 2010)
  • Japan Toshiaki Imai (今井敏明), (2007)
  • Taiwan Yen Shih-kai (顏士凱), (2012–2013, 2018)
  • Japan Masayuki Nagira (柳樂雅幸), (2013–2017)
  • Japan Kazuo Echigo (越後和男), (2019–2022)
  • Taiwan Yen Shih-kai (顏士凱), (2022–2023)
  • Hong Kong Chan Hiu Ming (陳曉明), (2023–2025)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in Tangerang, Indonesia, and 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship in South Korea.[8][9][10]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Wang Yu-ting (王郁婷) (2001-05-27) 27 May 2001 Taiwan New Taipei Hang Yuen
18 1GK Wang Ruo-ping (王若萍) (2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 Taiwan Hsinchu Science Park
23 1GK Chiu I-hsiu (邱依秀) (2005-07-22) 22 July 2005 Taiwan Sunny Bank AC Taipei
3 2DF Su Sin-yun (蘇芯芸) (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 Taiwan New Taipei Hang Yuen
5 2DF Pan Shin-yu (潘昕妤) (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers
6 2DF Teng Pei-lin (鄧霈璘) (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 Taiwan New Taipei Hang Yuen
12 2DF Pu Hsin-hui (普馨慧) (2005-09-12) 12 September 2005 Taiwan New Taipei Hang Yuen
14 2DF Lee Wan-chen (李宛珍) (1997-11-22) 22 November 1997 Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers
20 2DF Chen Ying-hui (陳英惠) (1998-10-05) 5 October 1998 Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale
2 3MF Chang Chi-lan (張季蘭) (1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale
4 3MF Tseng Yun-ya (曾筠雅) (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 Taiwan New Taipei Hang Yuen
7 3MF Lin Ya-hsuan (林雅萱) (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale
9 3MF Hsu Yi-yun (許翊筠) (1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 Taiwan Sunny Bank AC Taipei
10 3MF Matsunaga Saki (松永早姬) (1995-12-26) 26 December 1995 Taiwan New Taipei Hang Yuen
13 3MF Chan Pi-han (詹筆涵) (1992-04-27) 27 April 1992 Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers
21 3MF Chen Yu-chin (陳昱嫀) (2007-08-05) 5 August 2007 Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers
22 3MF Huang Ke-sin (黃可欣) (2003-07-18) 18 July 2003 Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale
8 4FW Li Yi-wen (李翊汶) (2005-09-20) 20 September 2005 Taiwan Sunny Bank AC Taipei
11 4FW He Jia-shiuan (何家瑄) (2005-05-07) 7 May 2005 Taiwan New Taipei Hang Yuen
15 4FW Tseng Yun-ching (曾筠晴) (2000-02-14) 14 February 2000 Taiwan Sunny Bank AC Taipei
16 4FW Liu Yu-chiao (劉于喬) (2005-12-14) 14 December 2005 Taiwan New Taipei Hang Yuen
17 4FW Chen Jin-wen (陳妗文) (2003-06-13) 13 June 2003 Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale F.C.
19 4FW Su Yu-hsuan (蘇育萱) (2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 China Zhejiang

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Cheng Ssu-yu (程思瑜) (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle v.  Australia, 7 December 2024
DF Li Pei-jung (李佩容) (2000-04-25) 25 April 2000 Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale v.  New Zealand, 8 April 2025
DF Ku Chien-yu (古千語) (2005-11-03) 3 November 2005 Taiwan Hualien F.C. v.  New Zealand, 8 April 2025
DF Ting Chia-ying (丁家英) (2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 Taiwan Taipei Bravo PlayOne v.  Australia, 7 December 2024
MF Ting Chi (丁旗) (2000-11-16) 16 November 2000 Japan FC Zebra Ladies Iwate v.  New Zealand, 8 April 2025
MF Yu Wen-chie (余汶倢) (2000-10-31) 31 October 2000 Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers v.  New Zealand, 8 April 2025
MF Lin Jing-xuan (林靜萱) (2005-05-11) 11 May 2005 Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale v.  Thailand, 4 August 2024
FW Lin Hsin-hui (林欣卉) (2002-02-06) 6 February 2002 China Guangxi Pingguo v.  Canada, 25 February 2025

Notable players

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics as of 1 October 2021.

Honours

Major competitions

Champions: 1977, 1980, 1981
Runners-up: 1989, 1999
Champions: 1986, 1989

Regional

Runners-up: 2006

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Chinese Taipei at the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Host / Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 0 3 2 15
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023
Brazil 2027 To be determined
MexicoUnited States 2031 To be determined
United Kingdom 2035 To be determined
Total Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 0 3 2 15
FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year Round Date Opponent Result Stadium
China 1991 Group stage 17 November  Italy L 0–5 Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
19 November  Germany L 0–3 Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan
21 November  Nigeria W 2–0 Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
Quarter-finals 24 November  United States L 0–7 New Plaza Stadium, Foshan

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
Total 0/7 – – – – – – –

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualification
Year Result Rank M W D L GF GA GD M W D L GF GA GD
Hong Kong 1975 Did Not Enter No Qualification
Taiwan 1977 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 18 1 +17
India 1980 1st 7 6 1 0 19 0 +19
Hong Kong 1981 1st 5 5 0 0 20 0 +20
Thailand 1983 Did Not Enter
Hong Kong 1986
Hong Kong 1989 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 9 3 +6
Japan 1991 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 9 3 +6
Malaysia 1993 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 15 11 +4
Malaysia 1995 Third place 3rd 4 3 0 1 11 3 +8
China 1997 Fourth place 4th 4 2 0 2 7 12 –5
Philippines 1999 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 25 5 +20
Taiwan 2001 Group stage 5th 4 3 0 1 24 1 +23
Thailand 2003 7th 4 2 1 1 7 7 0
Australia 2006 8th 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13
Vietnam 2008 8th 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17
China 2010 Did Not Qualify
Vietnam 2014
Jordan 2018
India 2022 Quarter-finals 7th 5 2 1 2 10 7 +3
Australia 2026 Qualified
Total 14/20 1st (Best) 63 37 6 20 172 84 +94

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

OFC Women's Nations Cup

OFC Women's Nations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
New Caledonia 1983 Did not participate
New Zealand 1986 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 8 2
Australia 1989 1st 5 4 0 1 15 3
Total Champions 1st 9 8 0 1 23 5

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Host / Year Result Rank M W D L GF GA GD
China 1990 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 13 4 +9
Japan 1994 Bronze medal 3rd 3 1 0 2 2 8 –6
Thailand 1998 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 16 10 +6
South Korea 2002 Group stage 5th 5 0 1 4 2 7 −5
Qatar 2006 5th 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4
China 2010 Did not enter
South Korea 2014 Quarter-finals 7th 4 0 1 3 2 10 −8
Indonesia 2018 Fourth place 4th 6 2 1 3 12 7 +5
China 2022 Quarter-finals 6th 3 2 0 1 4 4 0
Japan 2026 To be determined
Total Bronze medal 3rd 34 9 6 19 54 57 –3

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

EAFF E-1 Championship record Preliminary round
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
South Korea 2005 Did not enter Did not enter
China 2008 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 14 4
Japan 2010 Fourth place 3 0 0 3 0 10 4 3 0 1 35 7
South Korea 2013 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 2 10
China 2015 3 2 0 1 6 2
Japan 2017 3 2 0 1 13 10
South Korea 2019 Fourth place 3 0 0 3 0 13 3 2 0 1 8 2
Japan 2022 Fourth place 3 0 0 3 1 10 — — — — — —
South Korea 2025 Fourth place 3 0 0 3 2 10 2 2 0 0 19 0
Total 4/9 12 0 0 12 3 43 21 14 0 7 97 35

AFF Women's Championship

AFF Women's Championship record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Invitee
Vietnam 2006 Runners-up 3 1 1 1 4 2
Total 1/12 3 1 1 1 4 2

See also

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