2008 in Taiwanese football

2008 in Taiwanese (Chinese Taipei) football.

Overview

* Chen Sing-an replaced Toshiaki Imai to become Chinese Taipei national football team's main coach.
* Enterprise Football League started on January 5, 2008 and ended on April 27, 2008. Taiwan Power Company F.C. won the league championship and will represent Chinese Taipei in AFC President's Cup 2009.
* National Women's First Division League was held from January 5 to March 2, 2008. Defending champion National Taiwan Normal University women's football team won the league championship.
* Highschool Football League was held from March 29 to April 20, 2008. National Pei Men Senior High School football team won their third championships.
* AFC Challenge Cup 2008 qualification (Group A) was held in Chungshan Soccer Stadium from April 2 to April 6, 2008. Chinese Taipei did not enter the final round.
* AFC President's Cup 2008 group stage (Group B) was held in Chungshan Soccer Stadium from April 12 to April 16, 2008. Taiwan Power Company F.C. represented Chinese Taipei to participate in the competition but did not enter the final round.
* Intercity Football League will start from August 23, 2008.cite news|title=第二屆城市聯賽 8/23日起8隊爭冠|url=http://www.ctfa.com.tw/hot_news_details.php?newsid=346|publisher=Chinese Taipei Football Association|date=August 4, 2008|language=Chinese] The qualification tournaments took place from July 19 to August 2. 4 of 5 teams (Hualien, Taipower, Bros, Taipei F.C., and Chia Cheng Hsin) can enter the final tournament.
* National Youth Cup will be held in Taipei County from October 20 to October 26, 2008.

Events

* May 4, 2008 - National Hsin Feng Senior High School decided to stop enrolling football-specialized students from next semester. [cite news
title=一樣足球 不一樣台灣
url=http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=123537
publisher=United Daily News
date=May 4, 2008
language=Chinese]

League competitions

Enterprise Football League

Intercity Football League

The 2008 season of Intercity Football League will start from August 23, 2008.

Taipei City (Tatung F.C.), Tainan County, Yilan County, and Taipei County qualified for being the top 4 places in the 2007 season. Taiwan Power Company F.C., Bros, Chia Cheng Hsin, and Hualien County qualified through the qualification tournament held between July 19 and August 2.

National Women's First Division League

Under-19 women

; Key
* AWCQ(A) = AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifying (Group A)
* AWC = AFC Women's Asian Cup

Chinese Taipei national under-17 football team

;Key
* LCC = Lion City Cup
* F = Friendly

Chinese Taipei national futsal team

; Key
* AFCQ(A) = 2008 AFC Futsal Championship qualifying (Group A)
* AFC = 2008 AFC Futsal Championship

References

External links

* [http://www.shssf.edu.tw/ Chinese Taipei School Sport Federation] zh