Hang Yuan
Full nameHang Yuan Football Club
Founded2012 (2012)
GroundFu Jen University Football Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanLin Yong-Cheng
CoachHong Qing-Huai
LeagueTaiwan Football Premier League
20224th

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