Chinese Taipei national football team
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| Association | Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) |
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| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) |
| Head coach | Kazuo Kuroda (caretaker) |
| Captain | Chen Po-Liang |
| Home stadium |
Taipei Municipal Stadium Kaohsiung National Stadium |
| FIFA code | TPE |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 157  (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 144 (August 2006) |
| Lowest | 191 (June 2016) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 200 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 60 (September 1965) |
| Lowest | 213 (12 March 2015) |
| First international | |
 Philippines 2–1 Republic of China  (Manila, Philippines; February 1, 1913)  Republic of China 3–2 South Vietnam  (Manila, Philippines; May 1, 1954) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Chinese Taipei 10–0 Guam  (Macau, China; June 17, 2007) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Kuwait 10–0 Chinese Taipei (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; November 9, 2006) |
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| Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1960) |
| Best result | Third Place, 1960 |
The Chinese Taipei national football team (Chinese: 中華台北男子足球代表隊; pinyin: Zhōnghuá táiběi nánzǐ zúqiú dàibiǎo duì) is the official name given by FIFA to the national association football team of the Republic of China (Taiwan, see Chinese Taipei for team naming issue).
It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation. Despite never qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, Taiwan reached the semi-finals of the 1960 and 1968 AFC Asian Cups, finishing third in the former. The side also won gold in the football sector at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games.
The Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) was founded in the Mainland China as the China Football Association (CFA) in 1924 and relocated to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of the Chinese Civil War. Affiliated with FIFA in 1932 as China, it rejoined FIFA in 1954, first under the name Taiwan, then Republic of China, and later Chinese Taipei.
The team's greatest success came when, playing as Taiwan, they finished third in the Asian Cup in 1960. However, the players in the team originally came from Hong Kong since the reputation of the Hong Kong national football team was not as good as the Republic of China.
Due to the political conflict with People's Republic of China (China PR), Taiwan played in the OFC World Cup qualifying tournaments from 1975 to 1989.
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