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Chinese Taipei Football Association

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FIFA affiliation
  
1954

EAFF affiliation
  
2002

Website
  
www.ctfa.com.tw

AFC affiliation
  
1954

President
  
Lin Yong-Cheng

Chinese Taipei Football Association

Founded
  
1924; 93 years ago (1924)

Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) is the governing body for football in the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan). Its official name in Chinese is the Football Association of the Republic of China, but it is billed as the Chinese Taipei Football Association abroad and uses the English initials on its badge (see Chinese Taipei for details of the issues related to the use of sporting names in the Republic of China).

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History

  • 1924: Established.
  • 1954: Admitted to FIFA as the China National Football Association (Chinese: 中國足球協會).
  • 1954: Formed and entered the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as a founding member with various other Asian countries. At that time, the name of the governing body was Republic of China Football Council (Chinese: 中華民國足球委員會).
  • 1973: Changed the name of the governing body to the Republic of China Football Association (Chinese: 中華民國足球協會).
  • 1974: Exited the AFC.
  • 1975: Admitted to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) as a provisional member.
  • 1976: Member of the OFC.
  • 1978: Suspended from the OFC due to naming problems.
  • 1981: With the agreement of FIFA, changed its name to the Chinese Taipei Football Association.
  • 1982: Re-admitted to the OFC.
  • 1989: Re-admitted to the AFC.

    • Competitions

  • Intercity Football League, men's top league since 2009
  • Chinese Taipei National Football League, top league until 2009
  • Chinese Taipei women's football championship, women's top league
  • Highschool Football League
  • Chinese Taipei National Youth Cup

    • Regional football associations

  • Taipei Football Association (Taipei City)
  • Taoyuan Football Association (Taoyuan City) Taoyuan Football Association was founded on October 27, 2002, and is dedicated to promoting children's football in Taoyuan City.
  • Taichung Football Association (Taichung City)
  • Hualien Football Association (Hualien County) Hualien Football Association was founded on December 30, 2007.

    • References

    Chinese Taipei Football Association Wikipedia
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