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Leopard Cat
北市大同
Full nameLeopard Cat Football Club
台灣石虎足球隊
Nickname(s)Shihu
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963) (as Tatung Football Club)
2022; 2 years ago (2022) (as Leopard Cat Football Club) [1]
Ground Taipei Municipal Stadium
Capacity20,000
Owner Tatung Company
Chairman Miao Bo-Ya
Manager Chiang Mu-tsai
League Taiwan Football Premier League
2023 Taiwan Football Premier League, 2nd of 8
Current season

Leopard Cat Football Club ( Chinese: 台灣石虎足球隊; pinyin: Táiwān Shíhǔ Zúqiú Duì), formerly known as Tatung Football Club, is a Taiwanese professional football club based in Taipei, [2] [3] that competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League. [4] [5] The club, affiliated with the electronics-producing Tatung Company, was founded in 1963 by a group of Tatung employees favoring football activities. They are among the first clubs to be owned by private enterprise on Taiwan.

History

The club has a long-standing rivalry with Taipower, as both are the most successful and most popular clubs in the country. In recent years, Leopard Cat has proved to be the dominant force on the island by winning the Taiwan Football Premier League three times in a row. [6] In 2006 AFC President's Cup, [7] Tatung reached the semifinals. [8] In 2022, they announced a rebranding, following the consequences of Tatung Company's refusal from supporting the Tatung FC operations. They changed their name from Tatung FC to Leopard Cat, changed their crest, and their official colours, to avoid exclusion, or relegation of the Taiwan Football Premier League. After sufficient funds were raised to enable the team to play the next season in the TFPL, a realization of an election of supervisors and directors, and a general meeting successfully completed, Miao Boya was named the club's chairman. [9]

Current squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Taiwan  TAI Shih Shin-an
3 DF Taiwan  TAI Lin Chih-syuan
5 DF Taiwan  TAI Huang Wei-min
6 DF Kenya  KEN Nichodemus Onyango ( captain)
7 FW Taiwan  TAI Onur Dogan
8 MF Taiwan  TAI Hung Shih-cheng
9 MF Taiwan  TAI Lan Hao-yu
10 MF Japan  JPN Naoyuki Yamazaki
11 MF Honduras  HON Elias Argueta
12 MF Taiwan  TAI Ro Ji-xian
13 MF Taiwan  TAI Hsu Fan-shao
15 GK Taiwan  TAI Li Guan-pei
16 DF Taiwan  TAI Wei Pei-lun
17 DF Taiwan  TAI Lee Pin-hsien
18 DF Taiwan  TAI Huang Bo-jin
21 FW Taiwan  TAI Chang Hao-wei
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK Taiwan  TAI Wang Po-han
24 FW Taiwan  TAI Lo Chih-en
25 MF Philippines  PHI Nathan Rilloraza
29 FW Taiwan  TAI Chen Po-hao
30 FW Taiwan  TAI Lo Chih-an
31 DF Taiwan  TAI Chao Wei-chieh
32 GK Taiwan  TAI Chen Yu-chang
35 DF Taiwan  TAI Shih Cheng-hsi
37 MF Japan  JPN Taiyo Izumi
39 GK Taiwan  TAI Hung Wei-hsiang
41 DF Taiwan  TAI Lai Yu-an
45 MF Taiwan  TAI Huang Guo-fu

Technical staff

Name Nationality Position(s)
Technical staff
Chiang Mu-tsai Taiwan Head coach
Wang Chun-lung Taiwan Assistant coach
Kao Hao-chieh Taiwan Assistant coach
Hung Shih-cheng Taiwan Assistant coach

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position
2006 AFC President's Cup Group A Pakistan Pakistan Army Football Club 4–1 2nd
Cambodia Khemara Kelia FC 1–5
Bhutan Transport United 5–0
Semifinal Tajikistan FC Khatlon 1–3
2007 AFC President's Cup Group B Nepal Mahendra Police Club 0–0 4th
Cambodia Khemara Kelia FC 0–1
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Dynamo 0–5
2014 AFC President's Cup Group B Turkmenistan HTTU Ashgabat 0–2 4th
Philippines Ceres-Negros FC 0–2
North Korea Rimyongsu Sports Club 0–5
2017 AFC Cup Qualifying
Group C 		Bhutan F.C. Tertons 0-0 2nd
Bangladesh Sheikh Russell KC 1–1
2020 AFC Cup Group I Macau Chao Pak Kei 2nd
Hong Kong Tai Po
Winners of Play-off East Asia

Honours

Domestic

Invitational

  • Peace Invitational Challenge Cup: 2006
  • World Chinese Cup Invitational Championship: 2005
  • Hawaii Challenge Cup: 2005

References

  1. ^ "Team info: Tatung F.C." globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Taipei Tatung vs Kaohsiung County". besoccer.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ C., Nicole (25 December 2020). "Headline: Dhirpal Shah ('20) takes a gap year to pursue a professional soccer career". blueandgoldonline.org. THE BLUE & GOLD. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ 台灣企甲、木蘭足球聯合開賽記者會圓滿落幕 本周末台北、新竹、台中三地開踢，精彩可期 (in Chinese). ctfa.com.tw.
  5. ^ "Taiwan Football Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. ^ Club profile: Tatung F.C.. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. ^ "AFC President's Cup 2006 - Team Information - Tatung". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009.
  8. ^ "2006 AFC President's Cup Results". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Tatung FC changed their name to Leopard Cat". Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  10. ^ 2007首屆全國城市足球聯賽,足協頒發各獎項名單 (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Football Association. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19.
  11. ^ 【城市聯賽】2009城市聯賽 升降級、屬地主義上路 (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Football Association. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009.

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