Taipei Times
Date: Jan 01, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Sports Administration officials on Friday touted a bright future for the nation’s soccer development at the
Taiwan Premier Football League players and coaches pose for photographs at the launch of the league at the Sports Administration in Taipei on Friday. Photo: Jason Pan, Taipei Times
official launch of the Taiwan Premier Football League (TPFL), with the inaugural season consisting of competitions between eight clubs to begin this month.
Coaches and players from the eight teams, as well as administration officials and corporate sponsors, were on hand at the unveiling of the TPFL logo at the event.
The ball starts rolling on Saturday with the TPFL opener in Kaohsiung, with subsequent matches on weekends and Wednesdays, in which teams are to compete over four rounds in each half of the season.
Play is to follow a home-and-away format, with 28 games for each club, culminating at the season’s end with a playoff series in October to determine the champions, Chinese Taipei Football Association president Lin Yung-cheng said. [FULL STORY]
