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Timor-Leste

Nickname(s)	Lafaek (The Crocodiles) O Sol Nascente (The Rising Sun)
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Milan Petrović
Captain	Armindo de Almeida
Most caps	Anggisu Barbosa (30)
Top scorer	Rufino Gama (7)
Home stadium	National Stadium
FIFA code	TLS
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	198 1 (6 October 2022)[1]
Highest	146 (June 2015)
Lowest	206 (October 2012)
First international
Sri Lanka 3–2 Timor-Leste  (Colombo, Sri Lanka; 21 March 2003)[2]
Biggest win
Cambodia 1–5 Timor-Leste  (Yangon, Myanmar; 5 October 2012)
Biggest defeat
Timor-Leste 0–10 Saudi Arabia  (Dili, Timor Leste; 17 November 2015)
AFC Solidarity Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2016)
Best result	Group stage (2016)
AFF Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group Stage (2004, 2018, 2020)

The Timor-Leste national football team is the national team of East Timor (Portuguese: Timor-Leste) and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. They joined FIFA on 12 September 2005.[3]

Timor-Leste's international debut was in the preliminary round of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification in March 2003, when they lost 3–2 to Sri Lanka and 3–0 to Chinese Taipei.[4] They also participated in the 2004 AFF Championship. Timor-Leste's participation in Southeast Asia's premier international football event in 2004 was announced after an Asian Football Confederation council meeting in Petaling Jaya. Although not yet a member of the AFC, the Timor-Leste Football Association was invited to sit in on the meeting, where they were represented by FA president Francia Kalbuadi. Timor-Leste won their first international match on 5 October 2012 against Cambodia with a score of 5–1.[5]

History

Football was established in Timor-Leste during the Portuguese colonial era, when many of the locals and the Portuguese officials played amateur football. After Portugal ended its colonial rule, Indonesia invaded and occupied the island. East Timor eventually gained independence from Indonesia in 2000, which resulted in a long running battle against Jakarta-led forces.

The East Timor Football Association was accepted as an associate member of AFC at the 20th AFC Congress in 2002. Their international debut came in March 2003 when they participated in the qualifying campaign for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup in China. Given their history, it was no surprise that they crashed out with defeats against the likes of Sri Lanka and Chinese Taipei. They entered the regional competition for the first time in 2004 as they played in the ASEAN Football Federation Championship (previously known as Tiger Cup) as an invited member. They finished in last place, showing that they had a long way to go before they could compete even on the regional stage.

They again had no success in the qualifying round of the 2007 AFF Championship, with four heavy losses, including a 7–0 trouncing by the Philippines. In the third qualifying round for the 2008 AFF Championship, they surprisingly drew against Cambodia; this feat was reported in international news.

In the ninth AFF Suzuki Cup, the country's football federation (FFTL) reportedly selected their foreign based players, who played in Brazil, Portugal, Australia and elsewhere, to fortify the team as they also did at the 2011 SEA Games.[6]

On 5 October 2012, Timor-Leste won their first international match in a 5–1 victory against Cambodia.[7] On 9 October 2012, the team won another match against Laos at AFF Suzuki Cup qualifier. Murilo de Almeida scored a penalty at 43 minutes of the first half of the match. Later Adelino Trindade extended the Timorese advantage with a header early in the second half and then Alan Leandro added the third goal on the 83rd minute.[8] After winning the second match against Laos, Emerson Alcântara stated "This is a win for the people of Timor Leste. They had to wait a long time for our team to win their first match in this competition but now we have two wins and this was an important victory for Timor Leste. "I think that about 70 percent of people in Timor Leste are poor so it is very important to get this result for them because they love football and the people can get confidence and take pride in this result. It is very important for us to motivate our people and to help to change their lives."[9]

Naturalised players controversy

Since 2012 several Brazilian-born footballers, who are not of East Timorese descent and had not necessarily played in the East Timorese League, were expressly naturalised to raise the level of "Sol Nascente".[10]

The country's recent history of naturalizing foreign players, mainly from Brazil such as Murilo de Almeida, Fellipe Bertoldo, and Diogo Santos Rangel has been criticized by many, including native East Timorese players and fans.[11][12]

In a match on 8 October 2015 against Palestine seven of the starting eleven for the Timorese line-up were naturalized Brazilians.[13] Following the match the Palestinian Football Association made a complaint to FIFA stating that the naturalized Timorese players were not eligible to represent Timor-Leste under FIFA rules.[14][15]

Following a concern from some Timorese who complained to the prime minister, the prosecutor general and the minister for justice regarding the naturalisation program, Timor Leste Football Federation (FFTL) decided to drop their oversea-born legion. It meant Timor Leste would be without seven naturalised Brazilian players for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers match against United Arab Emirates on 12 November 2015.[16] In that match coach Fernando Alcântara played an all national line up including six who were under twenty, including Ervino Soares who was 16. Timor Leste ended up losing the match 8–0. Alcântara took responsibility for the defeat although he also added that he had been forced to play such an inexperienced line-up by the FFTL.[17]

The next match, Timor-Leste did even worse, suffering a record 0–10 home defeat to a strong Saudi Arabia side, who eventually qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Jesse Pinto, an Australian-Timorese footballer, told reporters that the FFTL gives Brazilian players Timorese passports so that they can be registered as "Asian" players and meet the quotas of teams. Pinto also added that the FFTL often takes advantage of players from poor backgrounds, but that it often did not meet its promises of allowing players to travel back to Brazil to meet their families.[18]

In December 2016, the FFTL was charged with using forged and falsified documents, fielding ineligible players and bringing the game into disrepute.[19]

A decision was made on 20 January 2017 that Timor-Leste is barred from participating in the qualification tournament for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup after being found to have fielded a total of twelve ineligible players in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches and among other competitions.[20]

Team image

Kit Manufacturers

Period	Manufacturer
2008–2010	Tiger
2012	Nike
2013–2014	Mitre
2015–2017	Kubba Sportswear
2018–	Narrow

The team's kit manufacturer was Kubba Sportswear from June 2014 to February 2017.[21]

Since 2018, the kits are made by Narrow, an Indonesian apparel. The home kit is red shirts, black shorts, and red socks, with black as a secondary color. The away kit all white.[22] From 2008 to 2010, their away kits were yellow but at 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification, the away kits changed back into all whites.[23] Their kits were made by Nike in 2012. Previous kit makers include Mitre, Joma, Nike and Tiger.

Stadium

Timor Leste's home stadium is the East Timor National Stadium in Dili. The stadium capacity is 5,000. The first official match played in the stadium was a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Mongolia on 12 March 2015.

Timor Leste national football team home stadiums
Image	Stadium	Capacity	Location	Last match
	East Timor National Stadium	13,000	Dili	v   Saudi Arabia (17 November 2015; 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2021

2022

Coaching staff

As of 2 September 2022

Position	Name
Technical Director	Gaspar da Silva
Manager	Juvenal Cardoso Leôncio
Assistant Manager	Euclides Carneiro da Silva
Head Coach	Milan Petrović
Assistant Coach	Weverton Mosca
Goalkeeping Coach	Lucas Régis
Physiotherapist	Christopher Vieira
Media Officer	João Baptista Júnior
Administrator	Fábio Gadelha
Official	Domingos Calazans
Kitman	Romualdo Sales

Coaching history

As of 30 January 2022

Manager	Period	Internationals
		G	W	D	L	%
José Luís	2004–2006	10	0	0	10	000.0
João Paulo Pereira	2007	2	0	0	2	000.0
Pedro Correia de Almeida	2007–2008	5	0	1	4	000.0
Clodoaldo	2010	3	0	0	3	000.0
Antonio Carlos Vieira	2011–2012	6	1	1	4	016.7
Emerson Alcântara	2012–2014	4	2	0	2	050.0
Manuel da Costa Soares	2015	1	1	0	0	100.0
Fábio Magrão	2015–2016	3	0	1	2	000.0
Fernando Alcântara	2015–2016	6	0	1	5	000.0
Simón Elissetche[24]	2017–2018	3	1	0	2	033.3
Norio Tsukitate	2018–2019	9	1	1	7	011.1
Fábio Magrão	2021–2022	9	0	1	8	000.0

Players

Current squad

The following 27 players were called up for the friendly matches against Indonesia on 27 and 30 January 2022.[25]

Caps and goals are correct as of 30 January 2022, after the match against Indonesia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Junildo Pereira	(2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 19)	6	0	unattached
12	1GK	Filonito Nogueira	(2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 17)	0	0	Assalam FC
20	1GK	Georgino Mendonça	(2002-03-16) 16 March 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Boavista Timor Leste
2	2DF	Olagar Xavier	(2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 19)	1	0	unattached
3	2DF	Orcelio	(2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 (age 21)	4	0	Karketu Dili
4	2DF	Jaimito Soares	(2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 (age 19)	6	0	Karketu Dili
5	2DF	Tomas Sarmento	(2000-08-24) 24 August 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Ponta Leste
13	2DF	Gumario	(2001-10-08) 8 October 2001 (age 21)	12	0	Lalenok United
16	2DF	João Halle	(2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 19)	1	0	SLB Laulara
18	2DF	Filomeno Junior	(2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 22)	14	0	SLB Laulara
19	2DF	Mário Quintão		0	0	unattached
22	2DF	Nelson Viegas	(1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 22)	21	1	Boavista Timor Leste
24	2DF	Yohanes Gusmão	(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 22)	6	0	Lalenok United
29	2DF	João Panji	(2000-10-29) 29 October 2000 (age 21)	11	0	Assalam FC
6	3MF	Jhon Firth	(2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 20)	5	0	SLB Laulara
7	3MF	Elias Mesquita	(2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 20)	7	0	Lalenok United
8	3MF	Dom Lucas Braz	(2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 (age 21)	4	0	Assalam FC
11	3MF	Kornelis Portela	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 21)	2	0	SLB Laulara
14	3MF	Santiago da Costa	(1999-04-13) 13 April 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Lalenok United
15	3MF	Armindo de Almeida (captain)	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 24)	7	0	Lalenok United
23	3MF	Cristevão	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 18)	4	0	SLB Laulara
27	3MF	Natalino da Costa	(2003-08-03) 3 August 2003 (age 19)	1	0	unattached
9	4FW	Anizo Correia	(2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 19)	3	0	Ponta Leste
10	4FW	Mouzinho	(2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 20)	7	0	Angkor Tiger
17	4FW	Zenivio	(2005-04-22) 22 April 2005 (age 17)	4	0	SLB Laulara
21	4FW	Paulo Gali	(2004-12-31) 31 December 2004 (age 17)	9	1	Lalenok United
26	4FW	Alexandro Kefii	(2004-12-20) 20 December 2004 (age 17)	0	0	unattached

Previous squads

• 2004 Tiger Cup squad
• 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup squad
• 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup squad
• 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup squad

Player records

As of 11 December 2021

Players in bold are still active with Timor-Leste.

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup										FIFA World Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of  Portugal									Part of  Portugal
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978	Part of  Indonesia									Part of  Indonesia
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002	Not member of FIFA									Not member of FIFA
2006	Did not enter									Did not enter
2010	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	3	11
2014										2	0	0	2	1	7
2018										10	2	2	6	7	37
2022										2	0	0	2	2	12
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total	—	0/22	–	–	–	–	–	–		16	2	2	12	13	67

Notes

Timor-Leste forfeited seven matches due to fielding numerous ineligible players and was declared as 3–0 loser in six of them. Only the 7–0 loss to Saudi Arabia remained with the original result.[26] The other original results were:  Timor-Leste 4–1 Mongolia ;  Mongolia 0–1 Timor-Leste  (First Round). However, this was long after the Second Round had been played, so Timor-Leste advanced and Mongolia were not reinstated. And  Malaysia 1–1 Timor-Leste ;  Timor-Leste 0–1 United Arab Emirates ;  Timor-Leste 1–1 Palestine ;  Timor-Leste 0–1 Malaysia , all of them in Second Round.

Lusofonia Games

Jogos da Lusofonia
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2006	Group stage	9th	0	0	0	2	0	10
2009	Did not enter
2014
Total	Group stage	1/3	0	0	0	2	0	10

Lusofonia Games
Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Year
4 October 2006	Macau University of Science and Technology Sports Field	Mozambique U-20	0–5	2006 Lusofonia Games
6 October 2006		Angola U-20	0–5

Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup										AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Part of  Portugal									Part of  Portugal
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976	Part of  Indonesia									Part of  Indonesia
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000	Did not exist, under United Nations									Did not exist, under United Nations
2004	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	2	6
2007	Did not enter									Did not enter
2011
2015
2019	Did not qualify									14	2	2	12	9	47
2023	Disqualified									Disqualified
2027	To be determined								To be determined
Total	—	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	2	2	14	11	53

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup										AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Did not participate									Selected but removed
2008	Withdrew									Withdrew
2010	Did not enter									Did not enter
2012
2014
Total	—	—	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–

• 2006 – Was originally selected to take part, but was then replaced
• 2008 – Was selected to take part, but withdrew

AFC Solidarity Cup record

AFC Solidarity Cup										AFC Solidarity Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Qualification method
2016	Group stage	6th	2	0	1	1	0	4		Play-off round 2 of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2020	Cancelled									First Round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2024	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/1	2	0	1	1	0	4	—

AFF Championship

AFF Championship										AFF Championship qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Part of Indonesia									Part of  Indonesia
1998
2000	Did not exist, under United Nations									Did not exist, under United Nations
2002
2004	Group stage	9th	4	0	0	4	2	18		No qualification
2007	Did not qualify									4	0	0	4	5	17
2008										4	0	1	3	4	9
2010										3	0	0	3	3	15
2012										4	2	0	2	10	6
2014										4	1	1	2	6	7
2016										3	0	0	3	4	7
2018	Group stage	10th	4	0	0	4	4	19		2	1	0	1	3	2
2020		10th	4	0	0	4	0	13		Opponents withdrew
2022	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Group stage	3/13	12	0	0	12	6	50		24	4	2	18	35	62

AFF Championship History
Season	Round	Opponent	Scores	Venue
2004	Group B	Malaysia	0–5	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		Thailand	0–8
		Philippines	1–2
		Myanmar	1–3
2018	Group B	Thailand	0–7	Bangkok, Thailand
		Indonesia	1–3	Jakarta, Indonesia
		Philippines	2–3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		Singapore	1–6	Kallang, Singapore
2020	Group A	Thailand	0–2	Kallang, Singapore
		Myanmar	0–2
		Philippines	0–7
		Singapore	0–2

Head-to-head record

As of 16 July 2022[27]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Brunei	8	2	0	6	12	19	−7	25.00
Cambodia	9	1	2	6	17	23	−6	11.11
Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	4	3	10	−7	0.00
Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	3	11	−8	0.00
Indonesia	6	0	0	6	2	21	−19	0.00
Laos	7	1	0	6	9	18	−9	14.29
Malaysia	7	0	1	6	3	25	−22	0.00
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Myanmar	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	0.00
Nepal	4	0	2	2	3	9	−6	0.00
Palestine	2	0	1	1	1	8	−7	0.00
Philippines	8	1	0	7	5	29	−24	12.50
Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2	0	17	−17	0.00
Singapore	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0.00
Sri Lanka	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0.00
Thailand	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0.00
United Arab Emirates	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0.00
Total	73	7	7	59	68	235	−167	9.59

References

External links

• Profile at FIFA.com
• Profile at the-AFC.com
• Profile at AFF Suzuki Cup Site
• Profile at AFF Site
• Timor-Leste at National-Football-Teams.com
• 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup squad
• Timor-Leste national football team at Soccerway

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