Taiwan Second Division Football League

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.

Taiwan Football Challenge League
Organising bodyChinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA)
Founded2020 (2020)
CountryTaiwan
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toTaiwan Football Premier League
Relegation toTaiwan Football League Division 2 Qualifiers
Current championsFlight Skywalkers (1st title)
(2022)
Most championshipsCPC Corporation
AC Taipei
Flight Skywalkers (1)
TV partnersCTFA TV ( YouTube live stream )
Websitectfa.com.tw
Current: 2022 Taiwan Football Challenge League

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 ( Chinese: 台灣企業甲級升降足球聯賽). 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.

2022 teams
Taiwan Second Division Football League teams location

Currently there are 8 teams competing in this league. [3] The league has implemented a promotion and relegation system.

TeamChinese nameHomeFirst Participation
FC Base AthleticFCBase巴瑟New Taipei2021
Flight Skywalkers台北展逸天行者Taipei2022
Inter Taoyuan桃園國際Taoyuan2020
Kaohsiung F.C.高雄足球俱樂部Kaohsiung2020
Land Home NTUS F.C.璉紅臺體Taichung2022
MARSMARS男子足球隊Taoyuan2020
PlayOnePlayOneTaipei2020
Saturday Football InternationalSFITaipei2020

Champions
Season Champion Runner-up Third Place
2020 CPC Corporation Inter Taoyuan AC Taipei
2021 AC Taipei Ming Chuan S.F.I.
2022 Flight Skywalkers F.C. Land Home NTUS F.C. MARS F.C.

References
  1. "How to Watch the Taiwan Football Premier League and What to Look Out For – Taiwan Football News".
  2. "Introducing the Taiwan Challenge Football League".
  3. "2020 台灣企業甲級足球聯賽資格賽成績公告" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 中華民國足球協會. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.


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