Hang Yuen FC

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Hang Yuan
File:Hang Yuen FC.png
Full nameHang Yuan Football Club
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
GroundFu Jen University Football Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanLin Yong-Cheng
CoachHong Qing-Huai
LeagueTaiwan Football Premier League
20214th of 8

Hang Yuan Football Club (Chinese: 航源足球俱樂部; pinyin: Háng Yuán Zúqiú Jùlèbù) (also spelled Hang Yuen) is a professional football club based in New Taipei, Taiwan that competes in the Taiwan Football Premier League. The club was previously known as Air Source Development and is currently affiliated with Fu Jen Catholic University. Hang Yuan was the first Taiwanese team to take part in the AFC Cup Group Stage.

History

Intercity Football League era

The club formed as Air Source Development F.C. and first entered the Intercity Football League in 2013. The club struggled in its early years, regularly having to play in qualification rounds in order to preserve its top flight status. In 2013, the club finished 7th of 8 teams, picking up only 7 points. Though it won the next season's qualification tournament, it still finished with the same points tally next season, albeit at an improved 6th place due to Chiayi County F.C. finishing rock bottom with 0 points. They avoided the preliminary round for the 2015–16 season, but it proved to be their least successful season yet, as they followed Chiayi County in finishing bottom of the table with 0 points.

Taiwan Football Premier League

For the newly revamped 2017 Taiwan Football Premier League, Air Source Development changed their name to Hang Yuan F.C. and enlisted the help of Fu Jen Catholic University to improve the team's standard. This saw an immediate improvement, as Hang Yuan finished 4th in the league phase of the new top-flight structure in Taiwan. This finish allowed them to compete in the 3rd place play-off against Hasus TSU F.C. Over two legs, Hang Yuan ran out 5-2 aggregate winners to finish 3rd in the inaugural TFPL season.

Due to the failures of Taipower and Tatung to obtain AFC Club Licences, Hang Yuan were granted Taiwan's place in the 2018 AFC Cup Group Stage, the first club from the country to do so. Signing Haiti international and former Major League Soccer midfielder Jean-Marc Alexandre, the team entered into a group with Benfica de Macau, and North Korean clubs April 25 Sports Club and Hwaebul. A close fought 3-2 defeat to Benfica de Macau was swiftly followed by a heavy 5-1 loss to April 25.

Current squad

As of 14 October 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Haiti HAI Judelin Aveska
3 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Lai Ya-sa (賴亞薩)
7 FW South Korea KOR Joo Ik-seong
8 MF Japan JPN Atsushi Shimono
10 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Chou Yu-chieh (周宇杰) (captain)
11 FW Japan JPN Shunya Ando
16 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Hsieh Huang-an (謝煌安)
17 FW Chinese Taipei TPE Wu Rong-chueh (吳榮珏)
18 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Yang Jia-bao (楊佳宝)
20 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Fang Li-peng (方立芃)
21 FW United States USA Lin Benson
22 GK Chinese Taipei TPE Lai Po-lun (賴柏綸)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Tsai Chieh-Hsun (蔡介勋)
25 FW Chinese Taipei TPE Pan Yen-hung (潘彦宏)
26 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Wu Shun-an (吴顺安)
32 DF El Salvador SLV William López
33 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Wu Yen-shu (吳彥澍)
35 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Hsu Yi (徐 翊)
37 MF Chinese Taipei TPE Liu Cheng-en (魯程恩)
39 GK Chinese Taipei TPE In Chun-hua (林駿樺)
40 FW Chinese Taipei TPE Huang Yu-wei (黃侑威)
51 GK Chinese Taipei TPE Huang Feng-chieh (黄冯杰)
66 FW Chinese Taipei TPE Liu Jhih-wen (刘志万)
MF Chinese Taipei TPE Liu Shiang (劉尚)

Continental record

  • Hang Yuan's score listed first
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position
2018 AFC Cup Group I Macau Benfica de Macau 1–4 2–3 4th
North Korea April 25 1–5 1–5
North Korea Hwaebul SC 0–1 1–6
2019 AFC Cup Group I North Korea April 25 0–3 0–5 4th
Hong Kong Tai Po 1–1 2–4
Hong Kong Kitchee 1–2 0–3

See also

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