Taiwan Second Division Football League

Taiwan Football Challenge League

Organising body	Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA)
Founded	2020 (2020)
Country	Taiwan
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	6
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Taiwan Football Premier League
Relegation to	Taiwan Football League Division 2 Qualifiers (provisionally)
Current champions	Taichung Rock (1st title) (2024)
Most championships	CPC Corporation Andy Chen Academy Flight Skywalkers Vikings-PlayOne Taichung Rock (1)
Broadcaster(s)	CTFA TV
Website	ctfa.com.tw
Current: 2025–26 Taiwan Football League Division 2

The Taiwan Second Division Football League (sometimes called the Taiwan Football Challenge League) (Chinese: 台灣企業甲級升降足球聯賽; pinyin: Táiwān Qǐyè Jiǎ Jí Shēngjiàng Zúqiú Liánsài) is the second-ranked Taiwanese football league run by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA). 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 (Chinese: 台灣企業甲級升降足球聯賽 l). 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 8 teams competing in this league. The league has implemented a promotion and relegation system.

Teams (2025–26)

Team	Chinese name	Home	First Participation
Hsinchu Xinyi Cosmos United (pending)	新竹鑫億宇宙聯	Hsinchu County	2025–26
Inter Taoyuan	桃園國際	Taoyuan	2020
MCU Desafio	銘傳Desafio	Taipei	2024
New Taipei FJCU (pending)	新北輔大	New Taipei	2025–26
NUK Kuo Kuang	高大國光	Kaohsiung	2023
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Reserves	陽信北競預備隊	Taipei	2023
Taichung Rock Reserves (pending)	台中磐石預備隊	Taichung	2025–26
Tainan City TSG Green (pending)	南市台鋼綠	Tainan	2025–26

Former teams

• CPC Corporation (2020)
• Pakarongay (2020)
• Andy Chen Academy (2020–2021)
• Ming Chuan University (2021)
• Base (2021–2022)
• Kaohsiung (2020–2022)
• Mars (2020–2022)
• Land Home NTUS (2022–2023)
• Saturday Football International (2020–2023)
• Vikings-PlayOne (2020–2023)
• Taichung Rock (2024)
• Taipei Elite (2022, 2024)

Timeline

Current team Former team Premier League

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
2020	CPC Corporation F.C.	Inter Taoyuan F.C.	Andy Chen Academy
2021	Andy Chen Academy	Ming Chuan University F.C.	Saturday Football International
2022	Flight Skywalkers F.C.	Land Home NTUS F.C.	MARS F.C.
2023	Vikings-PlayOne F.C.	Land Home NTUS F.C.	Inter Taoyuan F.C.
2024	Taichung Rock	NUK Kuo Kuang	Inter Taoyuan F.C.