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Chinese Taipei women's national football team

The Chinese Taipei women's national football team () represents Taiwan (Republic of China) in international women's football and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Football Association, the governing body for football in Taiwan.

History

Under the Asian Ladies Football Confederation

A women's national football team was form to represent Taiwan in the mid-1970s. Taiwan was among the founding members of the now defunct Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) along with Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore in 1968. Republic of China debuted at the Asian Women's Championship in 1977 which it won. They were also the champions at the 1980 and 1981 editions.

However China (People's Republic of China) having successfully petitioned the Asian Football Confederation to ban Taiwan to compete under the name of "Republic of China" due to its One China policy in 1974, have also applied pressure to the ALFC. In 1981, the Republic of China FA was renamed as the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA). For the 1981 Asian Women's Championship, the ALFC convinced Taiwan to compete under the name Mulan Taipei. The ALFC within the 1980s was absorbed into the AFC.

Oceania representatives

Taiwan, now Chinese Taipei, briefly moved to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). They won the 1986 and 1989 OFC Women's Championships.

Readmission to the AFC

Chinese Taipei were re-admitted to the AFC in 1989. Chinese Taipei is among the three Asian teams which qualified in the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 along with Japan and host China.

It also took part at the Women's World Invitational Tournament which was organized by Taiwan's football federation from 1978 to 1987.

The team have also continued to compete in the Asian Women's Championship (later known as the AFC Women's Asian Cup) since its return to the AFC, finishing no lower than fourth until 1999. However, after 1999, Chinese Taipei has failed to finish in the podium in succeeding editions and even not qualified from 2010 and 2018.

Chinese Taipei returned to the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2022. They reached the quarterfinals, losing to the Philippines via a shootout and consequentially missing qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team image

Nicknames

The Chinese Taipei women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Mulan". The nickname was adopted by the national federation during the tenure of then-chairman General Cheng Wei-yuan in 1975 after the Chinese folk heroine Hua Mulan. After the Chinese Taipei Football Association adopted a new logo featuring a Formosan blue magpie in the 2010s, the Blue Magpies has also been used as an unofficial moniker.

Kits and crest

FIFA World Ranking

, after the match against Bangladesh.

Best Ranking   Best Mover   Worst Ranking   Worst Mover  

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

2025

2026

All-time results

  • The following table shows Chinese Taipei women's all-time international record, correct as of 16 July 2025.

Source: Worldfootball.net

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

  • Chang Teng-yun (張騰雲), (1979)
  • Liu Jun-tse (劉潤澤), (1977)
  • Kao Yong (高庸), (1981, 1993, 1995–1998)
  • Chong Tsu-pin (張子濱), (1990–1991)
  • Chen Ting-hsiung (陳定雄), (1990)
  • Hsieh Chih-chun (謝志君), (1994)
  • Chang Ming-hsien (張明賢), (1999–2002)
  • Lu Kuei-hua (呂桂花), (2003–2005, 2008)
  • Chou Tai-ying (周台英), (2005–2006, 2010)
  • Toshiaki Imai (今井敏明), (2007)
  • Yen Shih-kai (顏士凱), (2012–2013, 2018)
  • Masayuki Nagira (柳樂雅幸), (2013–2017)
  • Kazuo Echigo (越後和男), (2019–2022)
  • Yen Shih-kai (顏士凱), (2022–2023)
  • Chan Hiu Ming (陳曉明), (2023–2025)
  • Prasobchoke Chokemor (ประสบโชค โชคเหมาะ), (2025–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Australia, announced by the AFC on 25 February 2026.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Notable players

  • Chou Tai-ying (周台英)
  • Sheih Su-jean
  • Hsu Chia-cheng

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics as of 1 October 2021.

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Honours

Major competitions

Champions: 1977, 1980, 1981
Runners-up: 1989, 1999
Champions: 1986, 1989

Regional

Runners-up: 2006

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

AFC Women's Asian Cup

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

OFC Women's Nations Cup

Asian Games

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

AFF Women's Championship

See also

References

External links