Taiwan Second Division Football League
The Taiwan Second Division Football League is the second-ranked Taiwanese football league run by the Chinese Taipei Football Association. This League is directly below the Taiwan Premier League.
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 . 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 7 teams competing in this league. The league has implemented a promotion and relegation system.Former teams
- CPC Corporation
- Pakarongay
- Andy Chen Academy
- Ming Chuan University
- Base
- Kaohsiung
- Mars
- Land Home NTUS
- Saturday Football International
- Vikings-PlayOne
- NUK Kuo Kuang
- Taichung Rock
- Taipei Elite
Timeline
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