Chinese Taipei Football Association

Chinese Taipei Football Association

AFC
Founded	1936
FIFA affiliation	1954
AFC affiliation	1954
EAFF affiliation	2002
President	Lin Cheng-yi[1]
Website	www.ctfa.com.tw

Chinese Taipei Football Association
Traditional Chinese	中華民國足球協會
Simplified Chinese	中华民国足球协会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zúqiú Xiéhuì Tongyong Pinyin Jhōnghuá Mínguó Zúcióu Siéhuèi Wade–Giles Chunghuh Minkuo Tsuch'iu Hsieh-hui Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tiong-hôa-bîn-kok Chiok-kiû Hia̍p-hōe

Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA; Chinese: 中華民國足球協會; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zúqiú Xiéhuì) is the governing body for football in the Republic of China. Its official name in Chinese is the Football Association of the Republic of China, but it is billed as the Chinese Taipei Football Association abroad and uses the English initials on its badge (see Chinese Taipei for details of the issues related to the use of sporting names in the Republic of China).

History

Old logo of the CTFA

• 1936: Established.^[2]
• 1954: Admitted to FIFA as the China National Football Association (Chinese: 中國足球協會).
• 1954: Formed and entered the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as a founding member with various other Asian countries. At that time, the name of the governing body was Republic of China Football Council (Chinese: 中華民國足球委員會).
• 1973: Changed the name of the governing body to the Republic of China Football Association (Chinese: 中華民國足球協會).
• 1974: Exited the AFC.
• 1975: Admitted to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) as a provisional member.^[3]
• 1976: Member of the OFC.
• 1978: Suspended from the OFC due to naming problems.
• 1981: With the agreement of FIFA, changed its name to the Chinese Taipei Football Association.
• 1982: Re-admitted to the OFC.
• 1989: Re-admitted to the AFC.

Competitions

• Intercity Football League, men's top league since 2009
• Chinese Taipei National Football League, top league until 2009
• Chinese Taipei women's football championship, women's top league
• Highschool Football League
• Chinese Taipei National Youth Cup

Regional football associations

• Taipei Football Association (Taipei City)
• Taoyuan Football Association (Taoyuan City)

  Taoyuan Football Association was founded on October 27, 2002, and is dedicated to promoting children's football in Taoyuan City.

• Taichung Football Association (Taichung City)
• Hualien Football Association (Hualien County)

  Hualien Football Association was founded on December 30, 2007.^[4]

See also

• Football in Taiwan
• Chinese Taipei national football team
• Chinese Taipei women's national football team
• Asian Football Confederation
• East Asian Football Federation
• Judan Ali

References

1. http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tpe/index.html
2. "Chinese Taipei on FIFA.com". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
3. OFC History oceaniafootball.com
4. 花蓮縣足球協會年底(30日)將新成立大會 (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Football Association. December 27, 2007.

External links

• (Chinese) Official website
• Chinese Taipei at the FIFA website.
• Chinese Taipei at the AFC website.