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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]
GroundTaipei Municipal Stadium
Capacity20,000
ChairmanMiao Boya
ManagerChiang Mu-tsai
LeagueTaiwan Football Premier League
20215th

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 Tatung electronics 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 sucessfully completed, Miao Boya was named the club's chairman. [9]

Current squad

As of 16 April 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Chinese Taipei TPE Shih Shin-An
3 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Lin Chih-Syuan
5 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Huang Wei-Min
6 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Yang Yu-cheng
7 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Hsu Fan-Shao
8 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Hung Shih-Cheng
10 MF Japan JPN Naoyuki Yamazaki
11 MF Honduras HON Elias Argueta
15 MF Japan JPN Yunosuke Fukusawa
16 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Wei Pei-Lun
17 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Lee Pin-Hsien (captain)
18 FW Burkina Faso BFA Ben Ouédraogo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Yao Nien-Ping
23 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Huang Jyun-Wun
25 FW Guatemala GUA Gerardo Rabre
27 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Huang Chu-Hsuan
29 FW Chinese Taipei TPE Chen Po-Hao
31 GK United States USA Luke Deming
32 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Tan Wu-ling
33 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Lan Hao-yu
35 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Chen Yen-jui
39 GK Chinese Taipei TPE Hung Wei-Hsiang
51 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Chen Wei-chen

Technical Staff

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

Achievements as Tatung FC

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. 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.