Taiwan Mulan Football League
Founded2014 (2014)
CountryTaiwan
ConfederationAsian Football Confederation
Number of teams6
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Mulan League Cup
International cup(s)AFC Women's Club Championship
Current champions Taichung Blue Whale
(2023)
Most championships Hualien (5 titles)
Taichung Blue Whale (5 titles)
TV partnersCTFA.TV (YouTube)
WebsiteOfficial website
Current: 2023 TMFL season

The Taiwan Mulan Football League (Chinese: 台灣木蘭足球聯賽) is referred to as TMFL, Taiwan's top-division a Women's football / soccer league. It is run by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA).

History

During the 2020 season, the league played through the COVID-19 pandemic , starting on April 11 and going until November 07.[1]

Competition format

The six teams in the league play each other three times. The games are played on Saturday. The regular season comes to an end when each team has played 15 games in total and it is followed by playoffs: the third and sixth placed, the fourth and fifth placed face each other in a one-leg quarter-final, with the winner facing the first placed team or the second placed team in a one-leg semi-final. Then the winners face each other in a one-leg final. The winner of the final is crowned Taiwan Mulan Football League champion.

Teams

Teams (2023)
Team Location 2022 rank First season
HualienHualien1st2014
Kaohsiung Sunny BankKaohsiung3rd2016
New Taipei Hang YuenNew Taipei4th2017
Taichung Blue WhaleTaichung2nd2014
Taipei Bravo PlayOneTaipei5th2017
MarsTaoyuan6th2022

Former teams

  • Taipei SCSC (2014-2016)
  • Hsinchu (2014-2017)
  • Inter Taoyuan (2018-2021)

Timeline

Current team Former team

Stadiums

Stadiums (2023)
Stadium Chinese Location Capacity Map
Banqiao First Stadium 板橋第一運動場 New Taipei City 30,000
Taiwan Mulan Football League is located in Taiwan
MLJH
MLJH
Nanzih
Nanzih
Qingpu
Qingpu
Taiyuan
Taiyuan
Yilan
Yilan
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium 輔仁大學足球場 New Taipei City 3,000
Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium 高雄市立楠梓足球場 Kaohsiung City 4,200
Mei Lun Junior High School 美崙國中 Hualien County
Ming Chuan University Football Field 銘傳大學足球場 Taoyuan City 5,000
Taipei Municipal Stadium 臺北田徑場 Taipei City 20,000
Taiyuan Football Field 太原足球場 Taichung City 600
Taoyuan Qingpu Football Field 桃園青埔足球場 Taoyuan City
Yilan Sports Park Multipurpose Stadium 宜蘭運動公園複合式運動場 Yilan County 15,000

Champions

Season Championship Regular Season
First Place Second Place Third Place
2014 None Hualien TLDC Hsinchu F.C. Taipei SCSC
2015 Hualien TLDC Taichung Blue Whale Hsinchu F.C.
2016 Hualien TLDC Hsinchu F.C. Taichung Blue Whale
2017 Taichung Blue Whale Taipei Play One Taichung Blue Whale Hualien
2018[2] Taichung Blue Whale Taichung Blue Whale Taipei Play One Hualien
2019 Taichung Blue Whale Taichung Blue Whale Hualien Taipei Bravo
2020 Hualien Hualien Taichung Blue Whale Taipei Bravo
2021 Taichung Blue Whale Taichung Blue Whale Hualien Kaohsiung Sunny Bank
2022 Hualien Hualien Taichung Blue Whale Kaohsiung Sunny Bank
2023 Taichung Blue Whale Taichung Blue Whale New Taipei Hang Yuen Kaohsiung Sunny Bank

See also

References

  1. "抗疫先鋒 木蘭聯賽4月11日開踢" (in Chinese). China Time. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. 2018 Mulan League – Chinese Taipei Football Association – Wayback Machine
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