2025–26 Taiwan Football League 2

The 2025–26 Taiwan Football League 2 is the sixth season of Taiwan Football League 2. Starting from this season, the league will change to July-June season format.[1] The season begin on 13 September 2025 and finish on 9 May 2026.[2]

Taiwan Football League 2
Season2025–26
Dates13 September 2025 – 9 May 2026
ChampionsKaohsiung Attackers
(1st title)
PromotedKaohsiung Attackers
Matches42
Goals147 (3.5 per match)
Top goalscorerLuan Anderson
Hsu Liu Chien-feng (8 goals)
Best goalkeeperYu Sen-chiao
Biggest home winSunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 6–0 Wan Island
(25 April 2026)
Biggest away winWan Island 0–8 Kaohsiung Attackers
(22 November 2025)
Highest scoringNew Taipei FJCU 7–2 Wan Island
(13 September 2025)
Wan Island 2–7 Taichung Rock B
(25 October 2025)
Longest winning runKaohsiung Attackers
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runKaohsiung Attackers (10 matches)
Longest winless runWan Island (12 matches)
Longest losing runWan Island (12 matches)
2024
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2026.

Teams

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Promotions and relegations

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There are 7 teams in the league, including 3 teams from the 2024 season, 3 teams from 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup, which was the qualifier of 2025–26 Taiwan Football League 2 and 1 team via receiving the playing spot transference.

Incoming teams

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Taipei Vikings finished last place in the 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League and was relegated automatically but did not participate in 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup, led them to forfeit their playing spot in League 2 for the 2025–26 season.[3][2] Four playing spots were eligible due to the league expansion to 8 teams this season.[3] However, only three qualified teams, which were New Taipei FJCU, Taichung Rock B and Wan Island had signed up eventually.[2] Kaohsiung Attackers had received their playing spot from NUK Kuo Kuang.[4]

Outgoing teams

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Taichung Rock, the champions of 2024 League 2 earned automatic promotion to the Taiwan Football Premier League. Taipei Elite, finishing 5th in 2024 season didn't participate in 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup.[5] NUK Kuo Kuang had transferred their playing spot to Kaohsiung Attackers.[4]

Incoming teams Outgoing teams
Kaohsiung Attackers
New Taipei FJCU
Taichung Rock B
Wan Island
NUK Kuo Kuang
Taichung Rock
Taipei Elite

Teams and locations

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Team Chinese Based in Seasons in League 2 First season in League 2
Inter Taoyuan桃園國際Taoyuan City62020
Kaohsiung Attackers高雄AttackersKaohsiung City12025–26
MCU Desafio銘傳DesafioTaipei City22024
New Taipei FJCU新北航源輔大New Taipei City12025–26
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves陽信北競預備隊Taipei City32023
Taichung Rock B台中磐石預備隊Taichung City12025–26
Wan Island灣島Taichung City12025–26

Venues

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Taiwan Football League 2 teams currently don't have their own home grounds. Each ground may hold 1 to 3 matches per matchday.

Location of venues in 2025–26 Taiwan Football League 2
Stadium Chinese Location Capacity
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium 輔仁大學足球場 New Taipei City 3,000
Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium 高雄市立楠梓足球場 Kaohsiung City 1,200
National Taiwan Sport University Football Field 國體人工足球場 Taoyuan City 3,000
Xitun Football Field 西屯足球場 Taichung City 200
Yingfeng Riverside Park 迎風河濱公園 Taipei City 100

Foreign players

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Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor
Inter Taoyuan Taiwan Lin Hsin-yu Guatemala Gerardo Rabre Italy Kappa Taoyuan City Government
Kaohsiung Attackers Taiwan Weng Wei-pin Taiwan Chan Che-yuan Japan Athleta Matrix Fitness
MCU Desafio Japan Shota Negishi Taiwan Chiang Tsung-yu Japan Athleta ASRock
New Taipei FJCU Taiwan Lee Yi-sheng Taiwan Wang Hao-lin China Ucan N/a
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves Spain Mario Peso Taiwan Tsai Meng-tzu China Ucan Sunny Bank
Taichung Rock B Japan Yoshiharu Ezoe Taiwan Chen Po-wei Spain Joma S.Pellegrino
Wan Island Taiwan Liao Tzu-hao Taiwan Cheng Chih-chia Spain Joma N/a

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kaohsiung Attackers (C, P) 12 8 3 1 30 8 +22 27 Promotion to the Taiwan Football Premier League
2 Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves[a] 12 7 2 3 31 14 +17 23
3 MCU Desafio 12 5 4 3 18 10 +8 19 Qualification for the promotion–relegation playoffs
4 Taichung Rock B 12 5 2 5 27 25 +2 17[b]
5 New Taipei FJCU 12 5 2 5 20 21 1 17[b]
6 Inter Taoyuan 12 3 5 4 13 10 +3 14
7 Wan Island 12 0 0 12 8 59 51 0 Qualification for the Taiwan Football League 2 qualifiers
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Overall goal difference; 6) Overall goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points; 8) Draw lots
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves could not participate in the play-offs as they are Sunny Bank AC Taipei reserve team, so the third positioned team qualified for the play-offs.
  2. 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Taichung Rock B +2, New Taipei FJCU –2

Position by round

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Inter Taoyuan22456556666666
Kaohsiung Attackers33233111111111
MCU Desafio34345645545553
New Taipei FJCU11111322324445
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves65664463453222
Taichung Rock B56522234232334
Wan Island77777777777777
Source:
  = Promotion to the Taiwan Football Premier League;   = Qualification for the promotion–relegation playoffs;   = Qualification for the Taiwan Football League 2 qualifiers

Results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualifying result
4 Tainan City TSG Green 6 4 0 2 22 9 +13 12 Qualified but didn't sign up
9 Taichung Rock B 4 2 0 2 17 8 +9 6 Qualified
11 Hsinchu Xinyi Cosmos United 4 2 0 2 7 18 -11 6 Qualified but didn't sign up
13 New Taipei FJCU 4 1 1 2 7 12 -5 4 Qualified
15 Inter Taipei 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 1 Qualified but didn't sign up
18 Wan Island 4 0 1 3 2 18 -16 1 Qualified
19 Babuza 4 0 1 3 1 23 -22 1 Ineligible
20 Inter Taoyuan Grey 4 0 1 3 0 22 -22 1 Ineligible

Regular season

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Each team plays a total of 12 games, playing the other teams two times.

Home \ Away INT KHA MCU NWT SAC TCR WAN
Inter Taoyuan 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
Kaohsiung Attackers 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 4–1 1–0
MCU Desafio 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–3 4–0
New Taipei FJCU 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–4 1–0 7–2
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 5–0 6–0
Taichung Rock B 2–0 1–3 0–2 5–2 3–3 4–1
Wan Island 1–7 0–8 1–3 0–4 1–7 2–7
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Inter TaoyuanWDLLXWDLDDLDXW
Kaohsiung AttackersDDWXWWWDWWWLWX
MCU DesafioDDWLLXWDDWLXWW
New Taipei FJCUWWXWLLDWLDXWLL
Sunny Bank AC Taipei ReservesLDLWWDXWLXWWWW
Taichung Rock BXLWWWDLXWLWDLL
Wan IslandLXLLLLLLXLLLLL
Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = No match in this round

Promotion–relegation playoffs

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Statistics

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Scoring

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  • First goal of the season:
    Taiwan Hsu Han (Inter Taoyuan) against Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves (13 September 2025)
  • Last goal of the season:
    Eswatini Thabiso Dlamini (Wan Island) against Inter Taoyuan (9 May 2026)

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Luan Anderson Kaohsiung Attackers 8
Taiwan Hsu Liu Chien-feng Taichung Rock B
3 Japan Sota Kano Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 7
Japan Kotaro Shiba Kaohsiung Attackers
5 Guatemala Rodrigo Calderon Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 5
Taiwan Chuan Che-wei New Taipei FJCU
Taiwan Su Ming-chiang MCU Desafio
8 Taiwan Chen Chih-wei Taichung Rock B 4
Brazil Otavio Neto Kaohsiung Attackers
10 Taiwan Chen Kai-di Inter Taoyuan/New Taipei FJCU 3
Taiwan Cheng Kai-yi Taichung Rock B
Morocco Soufiane Khoulal Kaohsiung Attackers
Taiwan Lee Wei-lun Taichung Rock B
Taiwan Mu Hsuan-kai Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves
Taiwan Hayato Takayama Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves
Japan Tsubasa Tanaka MCU Desafio

Hat-tricks

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PlayerForAgainstScoreDateRound
Taiwan Chuan Che-wei New Taipei FJCU Wan Island 7–2 (H) 13 September 2025 1
Taiwan Hsu Liu Chien-feng Taichung Rock B Wan Island 7–2 (A) 25 October 2025 3
Japan Kotaro Shiba Kaohsiung Attackers Wan Island 8–0 (A) 22 November 2025 5
Taiwan Cheng Kai-yi Taichung Rock B New Taipei FJCU 5–2 (H) 21 March 2026 9
Taiwan Mu Hsuan-kai Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves Wan Island 6–0 (H) 25 April 2026 12

Own goals

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PlayerForAgainstDateRound
Eswatini Mnisi Mpendulo Wan Island New Taipei FJCU 13 September 2025 1
Taiwan Wang Hung-yu Taichung Rock B New Taipei FJCU 20 September 2025 2
Taiwan Lai Po-lun Inter Taoyuan Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 7 March 2026 8
Taiwan Chang Chun-chieh Wan Island Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 25 April 2026 12

Clean Sheets

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Rank Player Club Shutouts
1 Taiwan Huang Po-hao MCU Desafio 4
Taiwan Yu Sen-chiao Kaohsiung Attackers
3 Taiwan Hou Po-yen Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves 3
Taiwan Lin Yu-hsiang New Taipei FJCU
5 Taiwan Hsu Wei-Hsiang Kaohsiung Attackers 2
Japan Kenshin Katata Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves
Taiwan Wang Lee-jie Inter Taoyuan
8 Taiwan Chen Kuan-chih Taichung Rock B 1
Taiwan Chen Sheng-han MCU Desafio
Taiwan Chien Wei-ming New Taipei FJCU
Taiwan Lai Po-lun Inter Taoyuan
Guatemala Gerardo Rabre Inter Taoyuan

Awards

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Award Winner Club Ref.
Golden Boot Brazil Luan Anderson Kaohsiung Attackers [8]
Golden Glove Taiwan Yu Sen-chiao Kaohsiung Attackers [8]

See also

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References

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