2022 Taichung Blue Whale season

Taichung Blue Whale
2022 season
Head coachLu Kuei-hua
StadiumTaiyuan Football Field
TMFL2nd
AFC ChampionshipRunner-up (East)
MLCWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Su Yu-hsuan (16)
All:
Su Yu-hsuan (19)
Biggest winTaichung Blue Whale 8–0 Taoyuan Mars
Biggest defeatNew Taipei Hang Yuen 2–0 Taichung Blue Whale
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The 2022 Taichung Blue Whale season was the club's 9th season and their 9th season in Taiwan Mulan Football League. They also participate in the 2022 AFC Women's Club Championship as the 2021 Taiwan Mulan Football League champions.[1][2]

On 10 October 2022, the Blue Whales won the 2021 Mulan League Cup champions by defeating Hualien in the final.[3]

Kits

  • Supplier: MIE Jersey
  • Main Sponsor: Skechers

Management team

Position Name
Head coach Taiwan Lu Kuei-hua
Assistant coaches Taiwan Cheng Ya-hsun, Taiwan Li Yan-ting
Goalkeeping coach Taiwan Chang Po-hsiang
Athletic trainer Taiwan Hong Chia-ling
  • Last updated: 22 March 2024
  • Source: [1]

Players

N Pos. Nat. Name Age. Since
Goalkeepers
1 GK Taiwan Tsai Ming-jung 33 2022
25 GK Thailand Nattaruja Muthtanawech 26 2021
26 GK Taiwan Cho Yun-Chen 19 2022
Defenders
3 DF Taiwan Shen Yen-chun 23 2020
4 DF Taiwan Lai Wei-ju (captain) 28 2014
7 DF Taiwan Pan Shin-yu 25 2020
8 DF Taiwan Wang Shu-wen 21 2018
12 DF Taiwan Wu Yu 24 2018
13 DF Taiwan Chang Wei-chen 33 2021
22 DF Taiwan Li Pei-jung 22 2022
Midfielders
2 MF Taiwan Chang Chi-lan 26 2014
6 MF Thailand Silawan Intamee 28 2022
14 MF Japan Maho Tanaka 21 2019
15 MF Japan Iori Hidaka 21 2021
16 MF Taiwan Hou Fang-wei 30 2014
19 MF Thailand Pitsamai Sornsai 33 2021
21 MF Taiwan Chen Jin-wen 19 2022
23 MF Taiwan Liu Chien-yun 30 2014
24 MF Taiwan Lin Yu-hsuan 19 2022
Forwards
9 FW Taiwan Nien Ching-yun 20 2020
10 FW Taiwan Su Yu-hsuan 21 2021
11 FW Taiwan Lai Li-chin 34 2015
17 FW Taiwan Lee Yi-hsun 20 2021
18 FW Taiwan Chiang Tzu-shan 19 2022
20 FW Taiwan Chien Hsuan-ying 17 2021
  • Source: [2]
  • Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Source
Preseason
1 GK Tsai Ming-jung Japan Fujizakura [4]
18 FW Chiang Tzu-shan Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale U18 [5]
21 MF Chen Jin-wen Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale U18 [5]
22 DF Li Pei-jung Taiwan NTUS Blue Whale [5]
24 MF Lin Yu-hsuan Taiwan Taichung Blue Whale U18 [5]
Midseason
26 GK Cho Yun-chen Taiwan NTUS Blue Whale

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Source
Preseason
1 GK Ng Cheuk Wai Taiwan Taoyuan Mars [6][7]
5 FW Pao Hsin-hsuan Retired [6]
18 GK Wu Fang-yu Taiwan Kaohsiung Sunny Bank [8]
21 MF Mariel Gutierrez — [6]
24 FW Sung Jui-hsuan Taiwan NTUS Blue Whale [9]
25 DF Yeh Yu-hsuan Taiwan NTUS Blue Whale [9][7]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from On loan until Source
Preseason
6 MF Silawan Intamee Thailand Chonburi — [10]

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 April 2022 29 October 2022 Matchday 1 2nd 15 7 5 3 39 17 +22 046.67
Mulan League Cup 2 April 2022 10 October 2022 Semi-finals Winner 2 2 0 0 3 2 +1 100.00
AFC Women's Club Championship 15 August 2022 21 August 2022 Group stage 2nd (East) 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
Total 19 10 6 3 45 21 +24 052.63

Source: [3]

Taiwan Mulan Football League

Main article: 2022 Taiwan Mulan Football League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hualien (C) 15 10 5 0 24 9 +15 35 Qualification for the AFC Women's Club Championship
2 Taichung Blue Whale 15 7 5 3 39 17 +22 26
3 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank 15 6 4 5 31 22 +9 22
4 New Taipei Hang Yuen 15 6 3 6 32 18 +14 21
5 Taipei Bravo 15 4 7 4 17 14 +3 19
6 Taoyuan Mars 15 0 0 15 5 68 −63 0 Transfer to 2023 Taiwan Mulan Football League qualifiers
Source: [4]
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415
ResultWLWDWWLWWDDLDWD
Position
Source: [5]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 April 2022 1 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank 0–4 Taichung Blue Whale Kaohsiung
18:00 (UTC+8) Recap
Stadium: National Stadium
23 April 2022 2 Taichung Blue Whale 1–2 Hualien Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
7 May 2022 4 Taichung Blue Whale 2–2 Taipei Bravo Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
21 May 2022 5 Taichung Blue Whale 6–0 Taoyuan Mars Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Recap Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
11 June 2022 7 Hualien 1–0 Taichung Blue Whale Hualien
16:00 (UTC+8)
Recap Stadium: Mei Lun Senior High School
2 July 2022 10 Taipei Bravo 2–2 Taichung Blue Whale Taipei
19:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
5 July 2022 9 Taichung Blue Whale 8–0 Taoyuan Mars New Taipei
17:00 (UTC+8)
Recap Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
3 September 2022 11 Taichung Blue Whale 0–0 Hualien Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8) Recap Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
9 September 2022 3 New Taipei Hang Yuen 1–3 Taichung Blue Whale New Taipei
16:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Fu Jen Catholic University
24 September 2022 12 New Taipei Hang Yuen 2–0 Taichung Blue Whale Yilan
16:00 (UTC+8)
Recap Stadium: Yilan Senior High School
28 September 2022 8 Taichung Blue Whale 3–1 New Taipei Hang Yuen Taichung
16:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
1 October 2022 6 Taichung Blue Whale 2–1 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
15 October 2022 13 Taipei Bravo 1–1 Taichung Blue Whale Taipei
19:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
22 October 2022 14 Taichung Blue Whale 3–0 Taoyuan Mars Taichung
15:00 (UTC+8)
Recap Stadium: Taiyuan Football Field
29 October 2022 15 Kaohsiung Sunny Bank 4–4 Taichung Blue Whale Kaohsiung
15:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Nanzih Football Stadium

Mulan League Cup

Main article: 2021 Mulan League Cup
2 April 2022 Semi-finals Kaohsiung Sunny Bank 1–2 Taichung Blue Whale Hualien
13:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Mei Lun Senior High School
10 October 2022 Final Taichung Blue Whale 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Hualien Taipei
19:00 (UTC+8)
Recap
Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium
Penalties

AFC Women's Club Championship

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Club Championship

Group stage

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Club Championship § Group Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Thailand College of Asian Scholars (H) 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Winners
2 Chinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
3 Myanmar ISPE 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
15 August 2022 1 ISPE Myanmar 2–3 Chinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale Chonburi
18:00 (UTC+7)
Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 95
Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)
21 August 2022 2 Taichung Blue Whale Chinese Taipei 0–0 Thailand College of Asian Scholars Chonburi
18:00 (UTC+7) Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 189
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total TMFL MLC AFC Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Taiwan TAI Tsai Ming-jung 8 0 6 0 0+1 0 1 0
25 GK Thailand THA Nattaruja Muthtanawech 12 0 9 0 2 0 1 0
26 GK Taiwan TAI Cho Yun-chen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF Taiwan TAI Shen Yen-chun 11 0 7+4 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Taiwan TAI Lai Wei-ju 17 0 11+2 0 2 0 2 0
7 DF Taiwan TAI Pan Shin-yu 16 0 12 0 2 0 2 0
8 DF Taiwan TAI Wang Shu-wen 13 0 6+4 0 2 0 0+1 0
12 DF Taiwan TAI Wu Yu 7 0 2+5 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Taiwan TAI Chang Wei-chen 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Taiwan TAI Li Pei-jung 12 0 10+1 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
2 MF Taiwan TAI Chang Chi-lan 19 3 14+1 3 2 0 2 0
6 MF Thailand THA Silawan Intamee 14 5 9+2 4 1 0 2 1
14 MF Japan JPN Maho Tanaka 19 4 15 3 2 1 2 0
15 MF Japan JPN Iori Hidaka 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Taiwan TAI Hou Fang-wei 9 1 4+3 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
19 MF Thailand THA Pitsamai Sornsai 11 1 7+1 1 1 0 2 0
21 MF Taiwan TAI Chen Jin-wen 12 1 2+8 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
23 MF Taiwan TAI Liu Chien-yun 16 0 12 0 2 0 2 0
24 MF Taiwan TAI Lin Yu-hsuan 10 1 5+3 1 1+1 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Taiwan TAI Nien Ching-yun 15 3 10+3 3 1 0 0+1 0
10 FW Taiwan TAI Su Yu-hsuan 15 19 10+1 16 1+1 1 2 2
11 FW Taiwan TAI Lai Li-chin 17 5 9+4 4 2 1 2 0
17 FW Taiwan TAI Lee Yi-hsun 4 1 2 1 1 0 0+1 0
18 FW Taiwan TAI Chiang Tzu-shan 12 1 3+6 1 0+1 0 1+1 0
20 FW Taiwan TAI Chien Hsuan-ying 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
Own goals (1)

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player TMFL MLC AFC Championship Total
1 10 FW Taiwan Su Yu-hsuan 16 1 2 19
2 11 FW Taiwan Lai Li-chin 4 1 — 5
6 MF Thailand Silawan Intamee 4 — 1
4 14 MF Japan Maho Tanaka 3 1 — 4
5 2 DF Taiwan Chang Chi-lan 3 — — 3
9 FW Taiwan Nien Ching-yun 3 — —
7 16 MF Taiwan Hou Fang-wei 1 — — 1
17 FW Taiwan Lee Yi-hsun 1 — —
18 FW Taiwan Chiang Tzu-shan 1 — —
19 MF Thailand Pitsamai Sornsai 1 — —
21 MF Taiwan Chen Jin-wen 1 — —
24 MF Taiwan Lin Yu-hsuan 1 — —
Own goals (from the opponents) — — — 0
Totals 39 3 3 45

Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition Ref
Taiwan Su Yu-hsuan Taoyuan Mars 8–0 5 July 2022 Taiwan Football Premier League [11]

Cleansheets

Rank No. Nat. Player TMFL MLC AFC Championship Total
1 25 Thailand Nattaruja Muthtanawech 3 0 0 3
1 Taiwan Tsai Ming-jung 2 0 1
3 26 Taiwan Cho Yun-chen — — — 0
Totals 5 0 1 6

Awards

Player Position Award Ref.
Taiwan Su Yu-hsuan Forward Golden Boot [12]

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