2025–26 Taichung Blue Whale season

Taichung Blue Whale
2025–26 season
Head coachLu Kuei-hua
Main groundTaiyuan Football Field
AWCLQuarter-finals
President FA CupRunner-ups
Top goalscorerLeague:
Saowalak Peng-ngam (9)
All:
Saowalak Peng-ngam (12)
Highest home attendance146
Taichung Blue Whale 3–1 Taichung Sakura
(6 December 2025)
Lowest home attendance36
Taichung Blue Whale 3–0 Valkyrie
(27 September 2025)
Average home league attendance93
Biggest winTaichung Sakura 0–6 Taichung Blue Whale
Biggest defeatMelbourne City 3–0 Taichung Blue Whale
← 2024
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Taichung Blue Whale season is the club's 12th season and their 12th season in Taiwan Mulan Football League They also compete in the Taiwan President FA Cup and AFC Women's Champions League knockout stage.[1][2]

Kits

  • Supplier: MIE Jersey
  • Main Sponsor: Skechers

Management team

Position Name
Head coach Taiwan Lu Kuei-hua
Assistant coach Taiwan Cheng Ya-hsun
Assistant coach Japan Yosuke Kyuta
Team manager Taiwan Chen Hua-wei
Athletic trainer Taiwan Chiu Yu-fang
Physical therapist Taiwan Hong Chia-ling
Trainer Taiwan Chiu Yu-hung
Coordinator Taiwan Chen Chun-ju
Media Taiwan Teng Kuang-chih
  • Last updated: 26 May 2025
  • Source: [1]

Players

N Pos. Nat. Name Age. Since
Goalkeepers
1 GK Taiwan Tsai Ming-jung (captain) 36 2022
25 GK Taiwan Wu Fang-yu 20 2024
26 GK Thailand Chotmanee Thongmongkol 27 2025
31 GK Taiwan Lai Yi-chen 16 2025
Defenders
3/20[n1 1] DF Taiwan Chen Tzu-chen 28 2023
5 DF Taiwan Wang Shih-han 21 2025
8 DF Hong Kong Sin Chung Yee 33 2025
9/27[n1 2] DF Taiwan Pan Yu-chieh 19 2025
12 DF Taiwan Wu Yu 27 2018
21/22[n1 3] DF Taiwan Li Pei-jung 25 2019
22/30[n1 4] DF Taiwan Tuan Yu-jou 29 2025
29 DF Taiwan Chen Pin-yen 16 2025
Midfielders
2 MF Taiwan Chang Chi-lan 29 2014
6/7[n1 5] MF Thailand Silawan Intamee 31 2022
10 MF Japan Mizuka Sato 27 2026
14 MF Japan Maho Tanaka 24 2019
15/16[n1 6] MF Taiwan Lin Ya-hsuan 22 2024
18 MF Taiwan Huang Hui-shan 17 2025
19 MF Thailand Pitsamai Sornsai 36 2021
20/21[n1 7] MF Taiwan Chen Ying-hui 27 2025
23 MF Taiwan Liu Chien-yun 33 2014
24 MF Taiwan Lin Yu-syuan 22 2022
28 MF Taiwan Wang Yu-hsin 16 2025
Forwards
11 FW Cameroon Tatiana Ewodo 29 2026
13 FW Thailand Saowalak Peng-ngam 29 2023
15/18[n1 8] FW Taiwan Chiang Tzu-shan 23 2026
17 FW Taiwan Lin Jing-xuan 20 2024
  • Source: [2]
  • Ordered by squad number.
Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 20 in President FA Cup.
  2. ^ Worn number 27 in President FA Cup.
  3. ^ Worn number 22 in President FA Cup.
  4. ^ Worn number 30 in President FA Cup.
  5. ^ Worn number 6 in President FA Cup.
  6. ^ Worn number 15 in President FA Cup.
  7. ^ Worn number 21 in President FA Cup.
  8. ^ Worn number 18 in President FA Cup.

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Source
Preseason (winter transfer)
9/27 DF Pan Yu-chieh Taiwan New Taipei Senior High School [3]
20/21 MF Chen Ying-hui Taiwan New Taipei Hang Yuan [4][5]
22/30 DF Tuan Yu-jou Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers [5]
Preseason (summer transfer)
5 DF Wang Shih-han Taiwan NTUS
8 DF Sin Chung Yee Hong Kong United Citizen [6]
18 MF Huang Hui-shan Taiwan Taichung Sakura
26 GK Chotmanee Thongmongkol Thailand Bangkok [7]
28 MF Wang Yu-hsin Taiwan Wu Chuan Junior High School
29 DF Chen Pin-yen Taiwan Wu Chuan Junior High School
31 GK Lai Yi-chen Taiwan Wu Chuan Junior High School
Midseason
10 MF Mizuka Sato – [8]
11 FW Tatiana Ewodo Israel Hapoel Ra'anana [8]
15/18 FW Chiang Tzu-shan – [8]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Source
Preseason (winter transfer)
3 DF Shen Yen-chun Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers [9][10]
7 DF Pan Shin-yu Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers [11][10]
8 GK Cheng Ssu-yu Taiwan Taichung Sakura [10][12]
21 MF Huang Hui-shan Taiwan Taichung Sakura [12]
27 MF Lee Yi-hsuan Taiwan Taichung Sakura [12]
28 FW Lin Chia-ying Taiwan Taichung Sakura [12]
29 FW Liao Jie-ning Japan Yamagata Meisei High School [13]
30 MF Wu Ya-yu Taiwan Taichung Sakura [12]
Preseason (summer transfer)
5 DF Huang Ke-sin Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers [14][15]
9 FW Nien Ching-yun –
16 MF Chen Jin-wen Taiwan Kaohsiung Attackers [14][16]
18 FW Chiang Tzu-shan –
26 GK Waraporn Boonsing Retired [14][17]

Preseason and friendlies

9 August 2025 Taiwan Women's City Club Football Invitational Taichung Blue WhaleChinese Taipei 0–2 JapanRyukyu Deigos Taichung
19:00 (UTC+8) Recap
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Referee: Yang Chang-pei
10 August 2025 Taiwan Women's City Club Football Invitational Taichung Blue WhaleChinese Taipei 7–0 ThailandPhranakorn Taichung
19:00 (UTC+8)
Recap Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Referee: Chen Hsin-shan

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Taiwan Mulan Football League 16 August 2025 13 June 2026 Matchday 1 - 14 10 3 1 31 11 +20 071.43
Taiwan President FA Cup 20 April 2025 15 June 2025 Group stage Runnersup 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 066.67
AFC Women's Champions League 6 October 2024 23 March 2025 Group stage Quarter-finals 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
Total 21 14 4 3 47 19 +28 066.67

Taiwan Mulan Football League

Main article: 2025–26 Taiwan Mulan Football League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 New Taipei Hang Yuan 14 11 3 0 49 9 +40 36 Qualification for the AFC Women's Champions League
2 Taichung Blue Whale 14 10 3 1 31 11 +20 33
3 Kaohsiung Attackers 14 9 4 1 35 10 +25 31
4 Hualien 14 6 2 6 21 20 +1 20
5 Taichung Sakura 14 5 1 8 13 33 −20 16
6 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 14 5 0 9 20 25 −5 15
7 Valkyrie 14 2 1 11 10 38 −28 7 Required to play in 2026 Taiwan President FA Cup
8 Taipei Bravo PlayOne 14 0 2 12 3 36 −33 2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2026. Source: [3]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021
ResultWWWWWWLDWDWWWW
Position22111122222222
Source: [4]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 August 2025 1 Hualien 0–1 Taichung Blue Whale Hualien
18:30 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Hualien Stadium
Attendance: 75
Referee: Yang Shu-ting
23 August 2025 2 Taichung Sakura 0–6 Taichung Blue Whale Taichung
18:30 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Attendance: 75
Referee: Lin Te-en
13 September 2025 3 Taichung Blue Whale 1–0 Kaohsiung Attackers Hsinchu County
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report Stadium: Hsinchu County Second Stadium
Attendance: 72
Referee: Yang Shu-ting
20 September 2025 4 Taichung Blue Whale 2–0 Taipei Bravo PlayOne Taichung
16:30 (UTC+8)
Report Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 98
Referee: Wang Chieh
27 September 2025 5 Taichung Blue Whale 3–0 Valkyrie Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report Stadium: Xitun Football Field
Attendance: 36
Referee: Lin Chien
1 November 2025 6 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 2–3 Taichung Blue Whale Taipei
18:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 237
Referee: Chang Chih-chuan
8 November 2025 7 New Taipei Hang Yuan 3–1 Taichung Blue Whale New Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
Attendance: 85
Referee: Kuo Chia-hao
15 November 2025 8 Taichung Blue Whale 1–1 Hualien Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 96
Referee: Chen Hsiao-en
6 December 2025 9 Taichung Blue Whale 3–1 Taichung Sakura Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
Attendance: 146
Referee: Lee Yi-chi
13 December 2025 10 Kaohsiung Attackers 0–0 Taichung Blue Whale Kaohsiung
18:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Attendance: 532
Referee: Kuo Po-hung
20 December 2025 11 Taipei Bravo PlayOne 0–2 Taichung Blue Whale Hualien
15:00 (UTC+8) Report
Stadium: Hualien Stadium
Attendance: 18
Referee: Lin Chien
24 January 2026 12 Taichung Blue Whale 2–2 New Taipei Hang Yuan New Taipei
15:30 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
Attendance: 111
Referee: Lin Te-en
31 January 2026 13 Valkyrie 1–4 Taichung Blue Whale Hualien
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Hualien Stadium
Attendance: 22
Referee: Huang Chi-jui
7 February 2026 14 Taichung Blue Whale 2–1 Sunny Bank AC Taipei Taipei
15:00 (UTC+8)
Report
Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
Referee: Chen Chia-hao
21 March 2026 15 Taichung Blue Whale v New Taipei Hang Yuan Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
28 March 2026 16 Taichung Blue Whale v Hualien Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8) Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
25 April 2026 17 Taichung Sakura v Taichung Blue Whale Kaohsiung
15:00 (UTC+8) Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
2 May 2026 18 Taichung Blue Whale v Kaohsiung Attackers Taichung
15:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Xitun Football Field
9 May 2026 19 Taipei Bravo PlayOne v Taichung Blue Whale Taipei
18:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
16 May 2026 20 Valkyrie v Taichung Blue Whale Taichung
16:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field[18]
23 May 2026 21 Taichung Blue Whale v Sunny Bank AC Taipei Taipei
18:30 (UTC+8) Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium[18]

Taiwan President FA Cup

Main article: 2025 Taiwan President FA Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Taichung Blue Whale 4 4 0 0 15 3 +12 12 Advanced to Semifinals
2 New Taipei Hang Yuan 4 2 1 1 14 6 +8 7
3 Taichung Sakura 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 5
4 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 4 1 1 2 7 12 −5 4
5 Scientific City 4 0 0 4 2 20 −18 0
Source: [5]
20 April 2025 1 Taichung Blue Whale 4–0 New Taipei Hang Yuan Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Recap Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
27 April 2025 2 Sunny Bank AC Taipei 2–7 Taichung Blue Whale Taichung
13:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Xitun Football Field
11 May 2025 3 Scientific City 0–2 Taichung Blue Whale Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8) Recap
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
8 June 2025 4 Taichung Blue Whale 2–1 Taichung Sakura Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Xitun Football Field

Knockout stage

13 June 2025 Semifinals Taichung Blue Whale 1−1
(3–2 p)		 Hsinchu Strikers Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Referee: Kuo Chan-yu
Penalties
15 June 2025 Final Kaohsiung Attackers 1−0 Taichung Blue Whale Kaohsiung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Recap Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Referee: Wang Chieh

AFC Women's Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League

Knockout stage

Main article: 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League § Knockout stage
23 March 2025 Quarter-finals Melbourne City Australia 3–0 Chinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale Melbourne
15:00 (UTC+11)
Report Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total TMFL President FA Cup AWCL
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Taiwan TAI Tsai Ming-jung 13 0 8 0 3+1 0 1 0
25 GK Taiwan TAI Wu Fang-yu 7 0 0+3 0 1+3 0 0 0
26 GK Thailand THA Chotmanee Thongmongkol 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Taiwan TAI Lai Yi-chen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3/20[n1 1] DF Taiwan TAI Chen Tzu-chen 12 0 3+4 0 2+3 0 0 0
5 DF Taiwan TAI Wang Shih-han 6 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 0
8 DF Hong Kong HKG Sin Chung Yee 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
9/27[n1 2] DF Taiwan TAI Pan Yu-chieh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
12 DF Taiwan TAI Wu Yu 13 1 1+8 0 4 1 0 0
21/22[n1 3] DF Taiwan TAI Li Pei-jung 15 1 8+3 1 3 0 1 0
22/30[n1 4] DF Taiwan TAI Tuan Yu-jou 17 0 5+6 0 5+1 0 0 0
29 DF Taiwan TAI Chen Pin-yen 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
2 MF Taiwan TAI Chang Chi-lan 18 2 9+3 1 4+1 1 1 0
6/7[n1 5] MF Thailand THA Silawan Intamee 14 3 9 2 4 1 1 0
10 MF Japan JPN Mizuka Sato 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Japan JPN Maho Tanaka 20 7 13+1 6 3+2 1 1 0
15/16[n1 6] MF Taiwan TAI Lin Ya-hsuan 19 1 12 1 2+4 0 1 0
18 MF Taiwan TAI Huang Hui-shan 5 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Thailand THA Pitsamai Sornsai 19 8 11+1 5 5+1 3 1 0
20/21[n1 7] MF Taiwan TAI Chen Ying-hui 19 0 14 0 4 0 1 0
23 MF Taiwan TAI Liu Chien-yun 17 2 3+9 0 3+1 2 0+1 0
24 MF Taiwan TAI Lin Yu-syuan 19 2 13 1 3+2 1 0+1 0
28 MF Taiwan TAI Wang Yu-hsin 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
11 FW Cameroon CMR Tatiana Ewodo 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
13 FW Thailand THA Saowalak Peng-ngam 16 12 9+2 9 3+1 3 1 0
15/18[n1 8] FW Taiwan TAI Chiang Tzu-shan 8 0 2 0 3+3 0 0 0
17 FW Taiwan TAI Lin Jing-xuan 20 5 12+1 3 5+1 2 0+1 0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
5 DF Taiwan TAI Huang Ke-sin 6 0 0 0 4+1 0 1 0
9 FW Taiwan TAI Nien Ching-yun 2 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
16 MF Taiwan TAI Chen Jin-wen 5 1 0 0 2+2 1 1 0
26 GK Thailand THA Waraporn Boonsing 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Own goals (1)
Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 20 in President FA Cup.
  2. ^ Worn number 27 in President FA Cup.
  3. ^ Worn number 22 in President FA Cup.
  4. ^ Worn number 30 in President FA Cup.
  5. ^ Worn number 6 in President FA Cup.
  6. ^ Worn number 15 in President FA Cup.
  7. ^ Worn number 21 in President FA Cup.
  8. ^ Worn number 18 in President FA Cup.

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player TMFL President FA Cup AWCL Total
1 13 FW Thailand Saowalak Peng-ngam 9 3 0 12
2 19 MF Thailand Pitsamai Sornsai 5 3 0 8
3 14 MF Japan Maho Tanaka 6 1 0 7
4 17 FW Taiwan Lin Jing-xuan 3 2 0 5
5 6/7[n1 1] MF Thailand Silawan Intamee 2 1 0 3
6 2 MF Taiwan Chang Chi-lan 1 1 0 2
23 MF Taiwan Liu Chien-yun 0 2 0
24 MF Taiwan Lin Yu-syuan 1 1 0
9 12 DF Taiwan Wu Yu 0 1 0 1
15/16[n1 2] MF Taiwan Lin Ya-hsuan 1 0 0
16 MF Taiwan Chen Jin-wen — 1 0
21/22[n1 3] DF Taiwan Li Pei-jung 1 0 0
Own goals (from the opponents) 2 0 0 2
Totals 31 16 0 47
Notes
  1. ^ Worn number 6 in President FA Cup.
  2. ^ Worn number 15 in President FA Cup.
  3. ^ Worn number 22 in President FA Cup.

Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition Ref
Thailand Saowalak Peng-ngam4 Taichung Sakura 6–0 23 August 2025 Taiwan Mulan Football League

4 – Player scored four goals.

Cleansheets

Rank No. Nat. Player TMFL President FA Cup AWCL Total
1 1 Taiwan Tsai Ming-jung 4 0 0 4
2 25 Taiwan Wu Fang-yu 2 1 — 3
26 Thailand Chotmanee Thongmongkol 3 — —
4 26 Thailand Waraporn Boonsing — 2 — 2
5 31 Taiwan Lai Yi-chen — — — 0
Totals 9 3 0 12

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