Timor-Leste national football team

Timor-Leste
Nickname(s)	O Sol Nascente (The Raising Sun)
Association	Federaçao Futebol Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	João Pedro Almeida
Captain	Alfredo Esteves
Most caps	Diamantino Leong
Top scorer	Emílio da Silva (4)
Home stadium	East Timor National Stadium
FIFA code	TLS
FIFA ranking	200
Highest FIFA ranking	198 (November 2006, November 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	202 (February-April 2008)
Elo ranking	219
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Sri Lanka 3 - 2 Timor-Leste ; (Colombo, Sri Lanka; March 21, 2003)
Biggest defeat
	Thailand 8 - 0 Timor-Leste ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 12, 2004)

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The Timor-Leste national football team is the national team of Timor-Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. East Timor has never had success on the international stage. They are currently one of the weakest teams in the world. East Timor joined FIFA on September 12, 2005.

Timor-Leste's international debut was the preliminary round of the Asian Cup in March 2003, where it lost 3-2 to Sri Lanka and 3-0 to Chinese Taipei. It also participated in the 2004 Tiger Cup. Timor Leste's participation in the 2004 edition of South East Asia's premier international football event was revealed following 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 Francisco Kalbuadi.

[edit] History

Football established in East Timor or Timor Leste in the Portuguese Colony era, where many local and the Portuguese Official played for enjoyment. After Portuguese leave the island, Indonesia invaded the Island and took their cultured and Identity. East Timor gained independence from Indonesia in 2000 following more than 20 years of occupation at the end of the Portuguese rule, which resulted in a long running battle against Jakarta-led forces. East Timor Football Association was accepted as an associate member of AFC at the 20th AFC Congress in 2002. Their first international debut came in March 2003 when they participated in the qualifying campaign for 2004 AFC Asian Cup China. Given their status, 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 know as Tiger Cup) as an invited member. A finish in last place showed they still have a long way to go before they can compete even on the regional stage.

They were found to be lacking again in qualifying for 2007 ASEAN Football Federation Championship, stumbling at the first hurdle with four heavy losses, including a 7-0 trouncing at the hands of Philippines. In the third qualifying for 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup, their made first tied against Cambodia; it was surprising and exciting for the tiny nation to made a international news for their first tied.

[edit] Future Plan

For the future of Timor-Leste, football is a new campaign and it has potential with players such as Chris Nunes, (Marconi Stallions Football Club), and former Australian schoolboy representative Nahuel Arrarte (Marconi Stallions Football Club) who will gain their Timor-Leste Citizenship next year. Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL) (English: East Timor Football Federation has tried to invited all the East Timor naturalize that are on the foreign land to play for Timor-Leste. The team has two training camps in Brazil and Australia, every summer and winter the team will go to this camping site.

[edit] Kits

Timor-Leste 's kit is a red jersey, red shorts and red socks. Their away kit is with a white jersey with black shorts and red or white socks. The kits are currently manufactured by Adidas and Nike. Timor-Leste first kit is under Tiger, when the team play for the 2004 Tiger Cup. The first kit is red jersey, black shorts and red sock and their away kit is white jersey with two black sleeves, black short and white socks.

[edit] Kit evolution

Home Kit 2004

Away Kit 2004

Home Kit 2007

Away Kit 2007

Home Kit 2008

Away Kit 2008

Home Kit 2009-present

Away Kit 2009–present

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] World Cup Qualification Records

Asian Qualification Records
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2006	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	qualify in zone	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-		-	-	-	-

[edit] Lusofonia Games

[edit] Lusofonia Games Qualification Records

Jogos da Lusofonia
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2006	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-		-	-	-	-

[edit] Asian Cup record

[edit] Asian Cup Qualification records

Asian Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956 to 2000	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup Records

AFC Challenge Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: -	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

[edit] ASEAN Competitions History

[edit] ASEAN Football Championship record

Finals Records Only

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

ASEAN Football Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Group Stage	4	0	0	4	2	18
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Group Stage	4	0	0	4	2	18

[edit] ASEAN Youth Tournaments

[edit] AFF U17 Youth Championship record

AFF U17 Youth Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: -	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] AFF U16 Youth Championship record

AFF U16 Youth Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] AFF U20 Youth Championship record

AFF U20 Youth Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: -	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] AFF U19 Youth Championship record

AFF U19 Youth Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	13
Total	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	13

[edit] Coaches

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Honours
Ivan Cengic		Oct 2001 – ?

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.(Second Leg)

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Diamantino Leong	10 August 1986	12	0	F C Zebra
2	DF	Miguel Soares	No Date	2	0	No Club
3	DF	Eduardo P. Pereira	2 January 1972	3	0	FC Rusa Fuik
4	MF	Luís Maria Simões	No Date	2	0	No Club
5	DF	Julião dos Santos	No Date	2	0	No Club
6	FW	Angelino Ximenes	No Date	2	0	Real Ainaro Unidos
7	MF	Hélder Mota Ricardo	No Date	2	0	No Club
8	MF	Eusebio de Almeida	No Date	2	0	No Club
9	MF	José João Pereira	9 October 1981	2	0	F C Zebra
10	FW	Emílio da Silva	5 April 1982	12	4	AD Esperança
11	FW	Adelio Guterres	No Date	2	0	No Club
12	DF	Antônio Rego Goncalves	No Date	2	0	No Club
13	FW	José Soares Pires	24 April 1984	2	0	FC Cafe
14	MF	Salvador do Rego	8 December 1983	2	0	FC Cafe
15	MF	Juvito da Silva	No Date	2	0	Sporting Oesilo Fc
16	GK	Adriano Quintão	30 April 1984	3	0	Giulianova Calcio
17	DF	Alfredo Esteves	6 April 1976	10	2	Wollongong FC
18	DF	Marcelo da Cruz	No Date	2	0	No Club
19	MF	Reinaldo Moreira	8 July 1980	2	0	CF Liberty Salonta

[edit] Recent Call Ups

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Club
23	DF	Christopher Nunes	6 January 1987	0	Marconi Stallions Football Club
6	MF	Antônio Marques	No Date	2	AD Esperanca
26	MF	Nahuel Arrarte	26 November 1980	0	Marconi Stallions Football Club

[edit] See Also

Football in Timor-Leste portal

Timor Leste Under-23 national football team