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.
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| Full name | Taichung Football Academy Futuro | ||
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| Short name | Futuro | ||
| Founded | 2016 | ||
| Ground | Taiyuan Football Field (primarily) | ||
| Capacity | 600 | ||
| Owner | Yoshitaka Komori | ||
| Head coach | Fang Ching-ren | ||
| League | Taiwan Football Premier League | ||
| 2023 | TFPL, 5th of 8 | ||
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History edit
Taichung Futuro Football Academy was founded in 2016 by Japanese footballer Yoshitaka Komori. The men's team was established in 2018.[1] 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 edit
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors edit
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) |
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| 2019 | Yonex | Sweeten Real Estate Development |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021–2022 | MIE | Lihpao Resort |
| 2023 | Changhua County Government | |
| 2024–present | Joma | Hota-Gear |
Players edit
Current squad edit
- As of 12 April 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers edit
| Manager | Nat. | Tenure |
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| Juang Ming-yen[2] |  Taiwan |
2019 |
| Toshiaki Imai[3] |  Japan |
2020 |
| Vom Ca-nhum[4] | Taiwan |
2020-2022 |
| Juang Ming-yen[5] | Taiwan |
2023 |
| Jun Hirabayashi | Japan |
2023 |
| Pen Wu-sung | Taiwan |
2023-2024 |
| Fang Ching-ren[6] | Taiwan |
2024- |
Records edit
Year-by-year edit
| Season | League | Position | International/Continental | Top goalscorer(s) | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | DNQ | Chen Sheng-wei Li Mao
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| 2020 | TFPL | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 39 | 1.86 | 3rd |  Joo Ik-seong
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| 2021 | TFPL | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 26 | 1.86 | 3rd | Shohei Yokoyama
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| 2022 | TFPL | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 37 | 2.06 | 2nd |  Benchy Estama
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| 2023 | TFPL | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | 1.33 | 5th | AFC Cup | IZSF | Benchy Estama
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| 2024 | TFPL | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | – | 95 | 46 | 20 | 29 | 159 | 96 | +63 | 158 | 1.66 | – | – | – | Benchy Estama
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^ 1. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, AFC Cup, and other competitive continental matches but excludes goals in their qualifying matches.
International competition edit
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Play-off round |  Monte Carlo
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2–1 | ||
| Group I | Chao Pak Kei
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1–0 | 1–0 | 1st out of 4 | ||
 FC Ulaanbaatar
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1–2 | 2–0 | ||||
 Taiwan Steel
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2–1 | 1–5 | ||||
| Inter-zone play-off semi-finals |  Abdysh-Ata Kant
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1–3 | 0–5 | 1–8 | ||
References edit
- ^ SPORTSPON (18 April 2019). "台中足球的「未來進行式」：2019年台企甲新軍－台中Futuro". SPORTS VISION (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ 謝, 孟儒 (11 April 2019). "台灣國腳、日本U23代表入陣 台中FUTURO盼建金字塔青訓 (in Chinese)". ETtoday.net. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ Ko, Brandon (28 July 2020). "那些年，我們一起看的臺灣男足外籍教練[近5年]". SPORTS VISION (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Pan, Jason (28 July 2020). "Futuro's Vom wins battle of national team coaches". The Taipei Times. Taipei: The Liberty Times Group. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ 張, 克銘 (23 March 2023). "台中Futuro本季雙線作戰 球隊預計另請教練執教亞協盃 (in Chinese)". GoGoal 勁球網. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ 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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