In 2024, the Taiwan Corporate First Division soccer league will officially ignite the war this Sunday (4/14). After an off-season of reorganization, all teams are waiting. Nanjing Taigang is looking for the first team to advance to the knockout rounds of the Taichung Five in a Row and Asia Association, FC's first ascent to the Enterprise A VIKINGS, etc., which will bring a new storm to the Taiwan Enterprise A season. 8 teams, 1 goal, who in the end can break through to success in the 2024 Taiwan Enterprise A?
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Last season, Nan Shi Tae Gang accomplished 4 consecutive victories in the Taiwan Enterprise League, establishing a brand new dynasty. However, TSC lost a lot of fighting spirit in the off-season. The four consecutive champions' head coach Luo Zhi Cong resigned after the season, and the team's new French coach has already come to the team. On the player side, Eun Ahn and Marco were the team's top three scorers last season. （Marc Fenelus and Jean Moser have left the team. Especially attacking pivot An Yi En could contribute 11 goals and 9 assists last season, ranked 1st and 2nd in the league respectively, and won the MVP of the year, but he will surely go to play in the Central League in the summer window this year. With the departure of Alim Zumakulov and Bai Shao-yu, TISCO will have to rely on defenders such as Jin Chengqian and Wang Rui in the new season. However, TISCO's international players are still the mainstays of the season, with goalie Pan Wenjie taking the Golden Gloves after giving up only eight goals in 1,389 minutes last season. This team also added five players from Peking University. This season, TISCO is eligible to challenge for the AFCA tournament. Unfortunately, it stopped the group stage in the AFC last season. For TISCO, which is playing on two fronts this season, "competing for the championship" remains the only goal of the whole team.
Season prediction: title contention
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Taiwan's Stone Tigers finished as runners-up in the Taiwanese Enterprise League last season with 41 points, the team's best finish since 2019 (including predecessor Taipei Cosmos). The off-season partnership with Bei Shi Da resulted in the signing of five players, including new signing Nathan Rilloraza, a Filipino midfielder. Meanwhile, player Naoyuki Yamazaki, who made 21 appearances and scored 8 goals and 2 assists in the Taiwan Enterprise A-League last season, also managed to extend his contract. The team's goal-scoring king, Hsu Fan-Shao, scored 11 goals in 18 matches last season and won the Silver Boot Award in the Taiwan Enterprise A. He and Yamazaki will remain the mainstay of the team's offense in the new season. It's worth noting that the 21-year-old Japanese outside back was second on the team in goals scored in 1,689 minutes last season and was excellent in the midfield. After last year's stellar performance by the entire team, can Ishigaki take the stairs up this year? Challenging for their first title since the name change? Apart from the performance of the foreigners, the local performance is also related to the record of the whole team.
Season prediction: title contention
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Taiwan Power is the only team in the Taiwan Enterprise A without foreign aid this season. However, the most important reinforcement of the off-season was the signing of free agent Wu Yanmiao. Last season, Wu Yanmiao went to challenge in China's first division. He paid 2 goals and 3 assists in 14 games, but his contract was not renewed at the end of the season. After returning to Taiwan Enterprise A, Wu Yanmiao turned to Taiwan Power, with excellent disk and direct ball, I believe that he can bring a great help to Taiwan Power in the new season. Also in one fell swoop, six players from Taiwan Sport University were added, including Lai Wei, who scored in this year's UFA final. In addition, national team defender Huang Tzu-ming, who traveled to Japan last year to challenge Kashima Brewing, has also come to Taiwan Province this season to add to the fighting force on the defense. Winger Ke Yu-Ting, who scored six goals last season, and Chen Chiu-An were the mainstays of the team, but with Ke leaving the team this season, other players, such as Kao Wei-Jie and Lee Hsiang-Wei, will be the focal points of the new season.
Season prediction: mid-table in the league
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Last season, AC Taipei finished fourth in the Penguin A League with 31 points, the best result in the team's history. However, key midfielder Wen Zhihao left the team in the off-season. Last season, he played 1,731 minutes for the team and contributed 3 goals and 4 assists. Without this national midfielder, the new season will surely have a big impact on the team. In the off-season, seven members of the reserve team came up to the first team in one fell swoop and were joined by Xie Mingyou, Yang Jiabao and Qin Wenyan to add depth to the backline. The key player for AC Taipei this season will continue to be 19-year-old youngster Huang Weijie, who won his first local Golden Boot award last year with 13 goals in Taiwan's Enterprise A League. After going to Spain on a trial basis during the off-season, many teams have shown interest in him. He also decided to go to Spain again this summer. Huang Wei Jie's performance will be crucial to keep the hot streak going and help the team do well before going abroad.
