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The Chinese Taipei national football team is the official name given by FIFA to the national football team of the Republic of China (Taiwan, see Chinese Taipei for team naming issue.)
[edit] History
The Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) was founded in mainland China as the China Football Association in 1924 and relocated to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of the Chinese Civil War. Affiliated with FIFA in 1932 as China, it rejoined FIFA in 1954, first under the name Taiwan, then Republic of China, and later Chinese Taipei.
The team's greatest success came when, playing as Taiwan, they finished third in the Asian Cup in 1960. However, the players in the team originally came from Hong Kong since the reputation of the Hong Kong national football team was not as good as the Republic of China's.
Due to a political conflict with China PR, Chinese Taipei was an OFC member from 1975 to 1989.
[edit] Stadium
Most of the team's home matches are played in the Chungshan Soccer Stadium, located in Taipei. The stadium's capacity is slightly above 20,000 and is a football specific stadium.
[edit] Competition history
[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1950 - Did not enter
- 1954 - Withdrew
- 1958 - Withdrew
- 1962 to 1974 - Did not enter
- 1978 to 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] AFC Asian Cup record
[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record
- 2006 - Quarter Finals
- 2008 - Did not qualify (3rd in qualifying group)
- 2010 - Did not qualify (3rd in qualifying group)
[edit] East Asian Cup record
- 2003 - Did not qualify (2nd place in qualifiers)
- 2005 - Did not qualify (3rd place in qualifiers)
- 2008 - Did not qualify (3rd place in qualifiers)
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers.
[edit] Recent callups
The following players have all recently been called up to the Chinese Taipei squad. Bracket shows last call-up time.
- Goalkeepers
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
[edit] Technical staff
- Head Coach
Chen Sing-an- Assistant Coach
Claudio Roberto Lopes- Goalkeeping Coach
- Yeh Hsien-chung
- Coaches
- Levi Villibor
Claudio Fernandes Ribeiro
[edit] Managers
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Lee Wai Tong, 1954-1958
- Law Pak(羅北), 1977-1981
- Chiang Chia, 1981-1985
- Lo Chih-tsung (羅智聰), 1985-1988
- Huang Jen-cheng (黃仁成), 1988-1993
- Chiang Mu-tsai, 1994-2000
- Huang Jen-cheng, 2000-2001
- Lee Po-houng (李博洪), 2001-2005
- Dido, 2005
Toshiaki Imai, 2005-2007- Chen Sing-an, 2008-present
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Chinese Taipei 10 - 0 Guam 
Kuwait 10 - 0 Chinese Taipei 
