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Timor-Leste

Nickname(s)	O Sol Nascente (The Rising Sun)
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Gopalkrishnan Ramasamy
Captain	Filomeno Junior
Most caps	Ramos Maxanches Nilo Soares (18)
Top scorer	Murilo de Almeida Henrique Cruz (3)
Home stadium	East Timor National Stadium
FIFA code	TLS
First colours Second colours
First international
Malaysia 3–0 Timor-Leste  (Bangkok, Thailand; 30 August 2005)
Biggest win
Timor-Leste 7–1 Macau  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 23 July 2017)
Biggest defeat
Malaysia 11–0 Timor-Leste  (Vientiane, Laos; 2 December 2009)
Asian Games
Appearances	2 (first in 2014)
Best result	Round 1 (2014)
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2009)
Best result	Round 1 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)

The Timor-Leste national Under-23 football team (also known as Timor-Leste U-23 or Seleção U-23) represents the Timor-Leste in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games and any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste, the governing body of football in the country. Timor Leste is currently one of the weakest teams in the world. They won their first match on 5 November 2011 against Brunei, scoring 2–1.[1]

History

Football was firstly introduced during Portuguese Timor era where many local and the Portuguese colonial official played the sport for enjoyment. After the Portuguese leave the eastern part of the island of Timor, neighbouring Indonesia invaded and change their culture and identity. East Timor gained full independence in 2002 after more than 20 years of occupation which resulted in a long running battle against Jakarta-led forces. The Timor-Leste U-23 team was invited to the 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship without any success, which is the first time that the team played in an international tournament. In 2009, the team entered the first Southeast Asian Games. Once again, they lost every match, including a 0–11 loss to Malaysia. Timor-Leste had major improvements at the 2011 SEA Games, when they used overseas players of Timorese descent from Brazil and Australia. These players contributed a lot to their successful run; especially from Murilo de Almeida who managed to score three goals. The team finished third in their group by recording their first win in their history, finishing above Laos, Brunei and the Philippines and had a goal difference of –4, which was a big improvement compared to their previous participation where the team finished last in their group with no wins from four games, scoring only once and having a goal difference of –28.

Kits

Timor-Leste's traditional home kit includes a red shirt, black shorts and red or black socks. The away kits feature white or yellow shirts. At the 2009 SEA Games, their home kit resemble the one worn by the Belgian national team.

Kit evolution

Home Kit 2009–2010

Away Kit 2009–2010

Alternative Kit 2011

Stadium

• East Timor National Stadium (2002–present)

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Part of  Indonesia									Part of  Indonesia
1996
2000
2004	Did not enter									Did not enter
2008
2012
2016	Did not qualify									3	1	0	2	3	8
2020										3	1	0	2	5	16
2024	To be determined									To be determined
2028
Total	—	0/8	–	–	–	–	–	–		6	2	0	4	8	24

Asian Games Record

(Under-23 Team since 2002)

Asian Games
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Did not enter
2006
2010
2014	Group stage	28th	3	0	0	3	2	13
2018		24th	3	0	0	3	3	15
Total	Group stage	2/5	6	0	0	6	5	28

AFC U-23 Championship Record

AFC U-23 Championship										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	Did not qualify									5	1	0	4	5	9
2016										3	1	0	2	3	8
2018										3	1	1	1	7	5
2020										3	1	0	2	5	16
2022										3	1	1	1	3	8
Total	–	0/4	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	5	2	10	23	46

SEA Games Record

(Under-23 Team since 2001)

Southeast Asian Games
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Did not enter
2007
2009	Group stage	9th	4	0	0	4	1	28
2011		6th	5	2	0	3	4	8
2013		7th	4	1	1	2	5	8
2015		9th	5	1	0	4	4	10
2017			5	1	0	4	2	8
2019		10th	4	0	0	4	2	18
2021			4	0	0	4	3	13
Total	Group stage	6/8	31	5	1	25	21	93

AFF U-23 Youth Championship record

AFF U-23 Youth Championship
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	14
2019		6th	3	1	0	2	1	5
2022	Third place	3rd	4	2	2	0	7	3
Total	Third Place	3/3	10	3	2	5	9	22

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Juvenal Cardoso Leôncio
Assistant Manager	Euclides Carneiro da Silva
Head Coach	Gopalkrishnan Ramasamy
Assistant Coach	Weverton Mosca
Goalkeeper Coach	Lucas Régis
Physiotherapist	Christopher Vieira
Media Officer	João Baptista Júnior
Administrator	Fábio Gadelha
Official	Domingos Calazans
Kitman	Romualdo Sales

Players

Current squad

• The following players were selected for the 2021 SEA Games.

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

Recent results

  Win   Draw   Loss

31st Southeast Asian Games

List of coaches

Coach	Coaching period	Pld	W	D	L	Achievements
José Luís	2005	3	0	0	3	2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship – Round 1 (First Time)
Manuel da Costa Soares	2009–2010	4	0	0	4	2009 Southeast Asian Games – Round 1 (First Time)
Antonio Carlos Vieira	2011–2012	5	2	0	3	2011 Southeast Asian Games – First Win with Brunei
Norio Tsukitate	2012	5	1	0	4	2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification – Did not qualify
Emerson Alcântara	2013–2014	6	2	2	2	2013 Southeast Asian Games – First Draw with Indonesia
Takuma Koga	2014	3	0	0	3	2014 Asian Games – Round 1 (First Time)
Fábio Magrão	2015–2016	8	2	0	6	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification – Did not qualify 2015 Southeast Asian Games – Round 1
Kim Shin-hwan	2017–2018	3	1	1	1	2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification – Did not qualify
Norio Tsukitate	2018–2019	3	0	0	3	2018 Asian Games – Group stage

References

External links

• Profile at FIFA.com
• Profile at the-AFC.com
• Profile at AFF Site

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