Taiwan Second Division Football League

Taiwan Football Challenge League
Organising body	Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA)
Founded	2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Country	Taiwan
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Taiwan Football Premier League
Relegation to	Taiwan Football League Division 2 Qualifiers
Current champions	Vikings-PlayOne (1st title) ( 2024 )
Most championships	CPC Corporation Andy Chen Academy Flight Skywalkers Vikings-PlayOne (1)
TV partners	CTFA TV ( YouTube )
Website	ctfa.com.tw
Current: 2024 Taiwan Football Challenge League

Taiwan Second Division Football League (sometimes called Taiwan Football Challenge League) is the second-ranked division in the Taiwanese football league run by Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA).^[1] ^[2] This League is directly below the Taiwan Premier League. The league currently comprises eight teams from around Taiwan.

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Competition format

The Taiwan Football Second Division League's schedule usually runs from July to November, after the initial qualifiers where new entries play own tournament, with top 2 playing last 2 from previous Challenge League season. It currently contains 8 teams that compete in a double leg round-robin tournament, each composed of seven games. After the 14-game schedule is completed, the top team wins the league title and an automatic berth in the following year's Taiwan Football Premier League .

Since 2020, a system of promotion and relegation exists between the Premier League and the Taiwan Football Challenge League ( Chinese: 台灣企業甲級升降足球聯賽). The top team from the Second Division league is promoted to Premier League and the lowest placed team in the Premier League is relegated to the Second Division League. The runner-up of the Second Division League will play in a qualification tournament with the 7th-placed team from the Premier League.

Teams

Currently, there are 8 teams competing in this league. The league has implemented a promotion and relegation system.

Teams (2024)
Team	Chinese name	Home	First Participation
AC Taipei Reserves	台北競技預備隊	Taipei	2023
Inter Taoyuan	桃園國際	Taoyuan	2020
MCU Desafio (pending)	銘傳Desafio	Taoyuan	2024
NUK Kuo Kuang (pending)	高大國光	Kaohsiung	2023
Racing Vikings (pending)		Taipei	2024
Taichung Rock	台中磐石	Taichung	2022
Tainan DMC (pending)	台南東門城	Tainan	2024
Taipei Elite	臺北菁英	Taipei	2022

Former teams

Andy Chen Academy (2020–2021)
CPC Corporation (2020)
Kaohsiung (2020–2022)
Mars (2020–2022)
Pakarongay (2020)
Saturday Football International (2020–2023)
Vikings-PlayOne (2020–2023)
Base (2021–2022)
Ming Chuan University (2021)

Timeline

Current team Former team Premier League

Champions


Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third Place
2020	CPC Corporation F.C.	Inter Taoyuan F.C.	Andy Chen Academy
2021	Andy Chen Academy	Ming Chuan University F.C.	Saturday Football International
2022	Flight Skywalkers F.C.	Land Home NTUS F.C.	MARS F.C.
2023	Vikings-PlayOne F.C.	Land Home NTUS F.C.	Inter Taoyuan F.C.