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Taiwan

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Current Elo

1060

Rank #197

Matches played

246

since 1950-04-16

First international

1–3

vs South Korea · 1950-04-16

Taiwan are 0.40 AFC Asian Cup titles short of what their record projects — genuine bad luck, though not the worst of it: China, who are 1.21 short and still have never won it.

Elo journey

Peak Elo

1687

1960

Best year

2017

+125 Elo

Worst year

1966

-126 Elo

All-time record

Record (W-D-L)

68-33-145

246 matches

Goals for / against

321 / 615

Home record

35-12-37

Away record

33-21-108

Biggest win

10–0

vs Guam · 2007-06-17 · EAFF Championship

Biggest loss

0–10

vs Kuwait · 2006-11-09 · Friendly

Highest-scoring match

7–4

vs Philippines · 1959-03-31 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Biggest upset win

1–0

vs Thailand · 2022-12-14

1084 Elo vs their 1542

Rivalry

Hong Kong

3-4-8 in 15 matches · head to head

Nemesis

Australia

0-0-9 in 9 matches · head to head

Longest unbeaten run

1962-07-27 → 1964-08-30

AFC Asian Cup history

xCC total

0.40

Titles won

Luck diff (actual − expected)

-0.40

Best AFC Asian Cup

1960

0.27 xCC

1960 AFC Asian Cup

0.27 xCC

Won by South Korea

1968 AFC Asian Cup

0.12 xCC

Won by Iran