East Timor national football team

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Timor-Leste
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Lafaek (The Crocodiles)
O Sol Nascente
(The Rising Sun)
AssociationFederação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachGopalkrishnan Ramasamy
CaptainArmindo de Almeida
Most capsAnggisu Barbosa (30)
Top scorerRufino Gama (7)
Home stadiumNational Stadium
FIFA codeTLS
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 198 Increase 2 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest146 (June 2015)
Lowest206 (October 2012)
First international
 Sri Lanka 3–2 East Timor 
(Colombo, Sri Lanka; 21 March 2003)[2]
Biggest win
 Cambodia 1–5 East Timor 
(Yangon, Myanmar; 5 October 2012)
Biggest defeat
 East Timor 0–10 Saudi Arabia 
(Dili, Timor Leste; 17 November 2015)
AFC Solidarity Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2016)
Best resultGroup stage (2016)
AFF Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

On 5 October 2012, Timor-Leste won their first international match in a 5–1 victory against Cambodia.[8] 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.[9] 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."[10]

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".[11]

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.[12][13]

In a match on 8 October 2015 against Palestine seven of the starting eleven for the Timorese line-up were naturalized Brazilians.[14] 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.[15][16]

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.[17] 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.[18]

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.[19]

In December 2016, the FFTL was charged with using forged and falsified documents, fielding ineligible players and bringing the game into disrepute.[20]

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.[21]

Team image

Kit manufacturers

Period Manufacturer
2008–2010 Japan Tiger
2012 United States Nike
2013–2014 United Kingdom Mitre
2015–2017 Singapore Kubba Sportswear
2018– Indonesia Narrow

The team's kit manufacturer was Kubba Sportswear from June 2014 to February 2017.[22]

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.[23] From 2008 to 2010, their away kits were yellow but at 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification, the away kits changed back into all whites.[24] 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

Main article: Timor-Leste national football team results

  Win   Draw   Lose

2021

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) AFF Championship qualification Brunei  Cancelled  East Timor -
Note: With the withdrawal of Brunei due to the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, Timor-Leste qualified for the tournament automatically .
5 December 2021 (2021-12-05) AFF Championship East Timor  0–2  Thailand Kallang, Singapore
Report Pathompol 51'
Supachok 81'		 Stadium: National Stadium
Referee: Al Hatmi Kassem Matar (Oman)
8 December 2021 (2021-12-08) AFF Championship Myanmar  2–0  East Timor Kallang, Singapore
Than Paing 16'
Maung Maung Lwin 50'		 Report Stadium: National Stadium
11 December 2021 (2021-12-11) AFF Championship East Timor  0–7  Philippines Kallang, Singapore
Report Steuble 21'
Nazari 31'
Guirado 35'
Reichelt 40'
Nyholm 45'
Marañón 45+1'
Ingreso 78'		 Stadium: National Stadium
14 December 2021 (2021-12-14) AFF Championship Singapore  2–0  East Timor Kallang, Singapore
Adam 4'
Shakir 70'		 Report (AFFSZ) Stadium: National Stadium

2022

27 January 2022 Friendly Indonesia  4–1  East Timor Gianyar, Indonesia
20:00 UTC+8
Report
Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Referee: Sance Walita (Indonesia)
30 January 2022 Friendly East Timor  0–3  Indonesia Gianyar, Indonesia
20:00 UTC+8 Report
Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Referee: Aprisman Aranda (Indonesia)
28 May 2022 (2022-05-28) Friendly East Timor  2–2    Nepal Doha, Qatar
Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
2 June 2022 (2022-06-02) Friendly Cambodia  2–1  East Timor Phnom Penh, Cambodia
19:00
Stadium: Morodok Techo National Stadium
16 July 2022 (2022-07-16) Friendly Philippines  4–1  East Timor Bali, Indonesia
 Report
Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Referee: Sance Lawita (Indonesia)
5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) AFF Championship qualification Brunei  6–2  East Timor Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Stadium: Track & Field Sports Complex
Attendance: 600
Referee: Warintorn Sassadee (Thailand)
8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) AFF Championship qualification East Timor  1–0
(3–6 agg.)		  Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
 Stadium: Track & Field Sports Complex
Note: Brunei won 6–3 on aggregate

Coaching staff

As of 2 September 2022
Position Name
Technical Director East Timor Gaspar da Silva
Manager East Timor Juvenal Cardoso Leôncio
Assistant Manager East Timor Euclides Carneiro da Silva
Head Coach Malaysia Gopalkrishnan Ramasamy
Assistant Coach East Timor Weverton Mosca
Goalkeeping Coach East Timor Lucas Régis
Physiotherapist East Timor Christopher Vieira
Media Officer East Timor João Baptista Júnior
Administrator East Timor Fábio Gadelha
Official East Timor Domingos Calazans
Kitman East Timor Romualdo Sales

Coaching history

As of 30 January 2022

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Junildo Pereira (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 20) 10 0 East Timor Assalam
12 1GK Filonito Rodrigues (2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 19) 0 0 East Timor SLB Laulara
20 1GK Natalino Soares (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 23) 1 0 East Timor Karketu Dili
2 2DF Almerito da Silva (1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 (age 30) 0 0 Free agent
3 2DF Juvito Moniz (2003-12-08) 8 December 2003 (age 20) 1 0 East Timor Ponta Leste
4 2DF Candido Oliveira (1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 26) 9 0 East Timor Ponta Leste
5 2DF Olagar Xavier (2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 20) 2 0 East Timor Ponta Leste
13 2DF Yohanes Gusmão (2000-10-01) 1 October 2000 (age 23) 8 0 East Timor Ponta Leste
16 2DF João Bosco (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21) 4 0 East Timor Ponta Leste
22 2DF Pedro Vicente (1998-06-29) 29 June 1998 (age 25) 0 0 Free agent
6 3MF Jhon Firth (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 21) 11 2 East Timor Assalam
14 3MF Kornelis Nahak (2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 23) 3 0 East Timor SLB Laulara
15 3MF José Pereira (1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 (age 24) 1 0 Free agent
19 3MF Mario dos Santos (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Free agent
7 4FW Elias (2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 22) 8 0 East Timor Assalam
8 4FW Zenivio (2005-04-22) 22 April 2005 (age 19) 6 0 East Timor SLB Laulara
9 4FW Anizo Correia (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 20) 4 0 East Timor Ponta Leste
10 4FW João Pedro (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 25) 10 2 East Timor Lalenok United
11 4FW Mouzinho (captain) (2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 21) 9 2 Cambodia Angkor Tiger
17 4FW Mário Quintão (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 20) 1 0 East Timor Emmanuel
21 4FW Alexandro Kefi (2004-12-20) 20 December 2004 (age 19) 0 0 East Timor SLB Laulara

Previous squads

Player records

See also: Timor-Leste national football team records and statistics
As of 11 December 2021
Players in bold are still active with Timor-Leste.

Competition records

Main article: Timor-Leste national football team results

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
Uruguay 1930 Part of  Portugal Part of  Portugal
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978 Part of  Indonesia Part of  Indonesia
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002 Not member of FIFA Not member of FIFA
Germany 2006 Did not enter Did not enter
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 3 11
Brazil 2014 2 0 0 2 1 7
Russia 2018 10 2 2 6 7 37
Qatar 2022 2 0 0 2 2 12
Canada Mexico United States 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.[27] The other original results were:  East Timor 4–1 Mongolia ;  Mongolia 0–1 East Timor  (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 East Timor ;  East Timor 0–1 United Arab Emirates ;  East Timor 1–1 Palestine ;  East Timor 0–1 Malaysia , all of them in Second Round.

Lusofonia Games

Jogos da Lusofonia
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Macau 2006 Group stage 9th 0 0 0 2 0 10
Portugal 2009 Did not enter
India 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
Hong Kong 1956 Part of  Portugal Part of  Portugal
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972
Iran 1976 Part of  Indonesia Part of  Indonesia
Kuwait 1980
Singapore 1984
Qatar 1988
Japan 1992
United Arab Emirates 1996
Lebanon 2000 Did not exist, under United Nations Did not exist, under United Nations
China 2004 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 6
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 Did not enter Did not enter
Qatar 2011
Australia 2015
United Arab Emirates 2019 Did not qualify 14 2 2 12 9 47
Qatar 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
Bangladesh 2006 Did not participate Selected but removed
India 2008 Withdrew Withdrew
Sri Lanka 2010 Did not enter Did not enter
Nepal 2012
Maldives 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
Malaysia 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 Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Singapore 1996 Part of Indonesia Indonesia Part of  Indonesia
Vietnam 1998
Thailand 2000 Under United Nations Under United Nations
Indonesia Singapore 2002
Malaysia Vietnam 2004 Group stage 9th 4 0 0 4 2 18 No qualification
Singapore Thailand 2007 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 5 17
Indonesia Thailand 2008 4 0 1 3 4 9
Indonesia Vietnam 2010 3 0 0 3 3 15
Malaysia Thailand 2012 4 2 0 2 10 6
Singapore Vietnam 2014 4 1 1 2 6 7
Myanmar Philippines 2016 3 0 0 3 4 7
ASEAN 2018 Group stage 10th 4 0 0 4 4 19 2 1 0 1 3 2
Singapore 2020 10th 4 0 0 4 0 13 Opponents withdrew
ASEAN 2022 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 3 6
Total Group stage 3/14 12 0 0 12 6 50 26 5 2 19 38 68

Head-to-head record

See also: Timor-Leste national football team records and statistics

As of 8 November 2022[28]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Brunei 10 3 0 7 15 25 −10 30.00
 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 75 8 7 60 71 241 −170 10.67
Source: Results

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External links

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