Taichung Futuro F.C.
| Full name | Taichung Football Academy Futuro | ||
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| Short name | TFAF | ||
| Founded | 2016 | ||
| Ground | Xitun Football Field | ||
| Capacity | 200[1] | ||
| Owner | Yoshitaka Komori | ||
| Head coach | Fang Ching-ren | ||
| League | Taiwan Football Premier League | ||
| 2024 | TFPL, 2nd of 8 | ||
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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 | Shirt sponsor (chest) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Yonex | Sweeten Real Estate Development |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021–2022 | MIE | Lihpao Resort |
| 2023 | Changhua County Government | |
| 2024–present | Joma | Hota-Gear |
Players
Current squad
- As of 24 May 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.
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Management
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Fang Ching-ren |
| Kit manager | Yosuke Kyuda |
| Athletic trainer | Chiang Pei-ling |
Source: [1]
Records
Year-by-year
| Season | League | Position | President FA Cup | 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 | Not held | 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 | 19 | ||||
| 2021 | TFPL | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 26 | 1.86 | 3rd | Shohei Yokoyama | 5 | ||||
| 2022 | TFPL | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 37 | 2.06 | 2nd | Jhon Benchy | 18 | ||||
| 2023 | TFPL | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | 1.33 | 5th | AFC Cup | IZSF | Jhon Benchy | 9 | ||
| 2024 | TFPL | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 43 | 2.05 | 2nd | Li Mao | 10 | ||||
| 2025–26 | TFPL | SF | ACGL | ||||||||||||||
| Total | – | – | 116 | 59 | 24 | 33 | 200 | 115 | +85 | 201 | 1.73 | – | – | – | – | Jhon Benchy Li Mao |
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^ 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 |
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| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Play-off round | Monte Carlo | 2–1 | ||
| Group I | Chao Pak Kei | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1st out of 4 | ||
| FC Ulaanbaatar | 1–2 | 2–0 | ||||
| Taiwan Steel | 2–1 | 1–5 | ||||
| Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–8 | ||
| 2025–26 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage | SP Falcons | – | ||
Head coaches
| Head coach | Nat. | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Juang Ming-yen[3] | Taiwan | 2019 |
| Toshiaki Imai[4] | Japan | 2020 |
| Vom Ca-nhum[5] | Taiwan | 2020–2022 |
| Juang Ming-yen[6] | Taiwan | 2023 |
| 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
- ^ "西屯足球場(文小91 11人制場)". 全國運動場館資訊網. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ 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.