Chinese Taipei national under-23 football team

The Chinese Taipei national under-23 football team (or Chinese Taipei national Olympic football team) is the national football team that represents Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

(Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

) in the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

. (See Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...

for the team name issue.) It also participates in Taiwan's top-level Enterprise Football League

Enterprise Football League

The Enterprise Football League , formerly known as National Football League or National First Division Football League , was the highest-ranked football league in Republic of China . It was governed by the Chinese Taipei Football Association and considered semi-professional...

Naming Scheme

The Chinese Taipei national Olympic football team enters the Enterprise Football League

Enterprise Football League

with a different name every year.

China Steel (2006)
Fubon Financial (2007–2008)

Olympic Games record

1960:
1964-1976:Did not qualify
1980:Withdrew
1984-2008:Did not qualify

Asian Games record

1950:Did not enter
1954:Champion
1958:Champion
1962:Did not enter
1966:Did not qualify
1970:Did not enter
1974:Did not qualify
1978-2006:Did not enter

Current squad

* Spellings of some player names have yet been confirmed. See :zh:中華台北奧運足球隊 for their Chinese names.

Recent International Call-Ups

The following players are called up to face Australia

Australia national under-23 football team

The Australia Olympic football team, more commonly known as the Olyroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia at association football in the Olympic Games...

in the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifications on February 7 (Adelaide

Adelaide

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) and February 14 (Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

), 2007.

Personnel

Head Coach

Republic of China Tsai Shang-ming (蔡尚明)

Assistant Coaches

Republic of China Chen Wen-fa (陳文發)

Republic of China Peng Wu-sung (彭武松)

Former managers

Yen Cheng Kun (顏成坤), 1936

Hong Kong Lee Wai Tong

Lee Wai Tong

Lee Wai Tong was a former Chinese international association football player and head coach. In his native country he is often regarded as the greatest footballer to play for China due to his accomplishments in winning several Far Eastern Games titles with the national team as well as captaining...

(李惠堂), 1948–1964 Hsu Ching Cheng (許竟成), 1968 Chang Teng-yun (張騰雲), 1972

Hong Kong Lo Pei (羅北), 1976–1988 Chiang Chia

Chiang Chia

Chiang Chia is former manager of Chinese Taipei national football team. He currently teaches in National Taipei College of Business.Chiang, majoring physical education, graduated from Taiwan Provincial College of Physical Education in the year of 1965...

(江洽), 1984 Lee Fu Tsai (李富財), 1992 (趙榮瑞), 1996 (陳信安), 2000 Dragan Škorić, 2002 Peng Wu-sung (彭武松), 2004