Royal Blues F.C.
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| Founded | 2009 (as Rogues FC) |
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| Ground | Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taiwan |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| Manager | Robert Iwanicki |
| League | Taiwan Football Premier League |
| Website | Club home page |
The Royal Blues Taipei is a Taiwanese football club based in Taipei that plays in the Taiwan Football Premier League, the highest level of Taiwanese club football. They reached 1,500 Facebook followers in 2017.
In 2014/15 they won the BML League Title (2nd Division), only losing once in the process. On 16 August 2015, the Royal Blues won promotion to Division 1 (Intercity League) and finished 5th place in their first season in Taiwan's highest league.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
N.B. league regulations have imposed no foreigner limitations for the Chinese Taipei Taiwan Football Premier League Season 2017.
In 2014/2015 "Royal Blues" were crowned champions of BML the League title of the second division in Taiwanese football. TaipeiFootball.com.tw
The Beginning
The Royal Blues were once called Rogues FC, founded in 2009 and named after an infamous bar in a country residing in Asia. The ‘New’ Royal Blues was renamed by Matt Underwood and Robert Iwanicki and was brought back to life ready for the 2012/13 season with big ambitions in mind. The first tournament to be entered was the 2012/13 BML League (Businessman’s League) which is the highest amateur league in Taiwan and can also be regarded as the 2nd strongest league in the country. Ex -International and top tier league players populate this league and with strong sponsorship and league backing, teams have the chance to play on one of the best maintained pitches in the country. This first BML season for the Blues saw them finish in 6th place and would set the benchmark of development for the seasons to come.
2013/14 Season
The 2013/14 BML season saw current Manager and Joint Head Coach Robert Iwanicki team up with other current Head Coach, Matt Ward. A 3rd-place finish saw an improvement with disappointment by losing out on a 2nd-place finish by a narrow margin but still, no more could have been expected after inconsistencies running through the squad with players dropping out and motivation for the game decreasing throughout the city. Things had to change and on the back end of 2014 the Blues took their chance. After an unsettled 2013/14 campaign the squad was now becoming more organized with each passing week, and most of the reasoning being down to setting a culture of excellence. By giving players opportunities to train, by giving effective training sessions and by building a team philosophy that became bigger than any individual, the small steps were starting to be taken that with hard work would lead into something bigger. These steps were fast forwarded sooner than expected.
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