East Timor women's national football team

Timor-Leste
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Lee Min-young
Captain	Maria de Conceicao
Most caps	Luselia Fernandes; Maria de Conceicao (8)
Top scorer	Luselia Fernandes; Dolores Costa; Brigida da Costa (1)
FIFA code	TLS
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	159 (16 August 2024)
Highest	152 (August 2022)
Lowest	152 (August 2022)
First international
	Myanmar 17–0 East Timor ; (Mandalay, Myanmar; 27 July 2016)
Biggest win
	East Timor 2–1 Singapore ; (Chonburi, Thailand; 15 August 2019)
Biggest defeat
	Australia U20 20–0 East Timor ; (Mandalay, Myanmar; 29 July 2016)
AFF Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2016)
Best result	Group Stage (2016, 2018, 2019, 2022)

The Timor-Leste women's national football team, represents East Timor in international women's association football and is governed by Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL).

History

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team.^[3]

In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and Singapore, that were expected to field a women's football team to compete at the Southeast Asian Games in Marikina in December.^[4]

In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.^[5]

The FIFA trigramme is TLS.^[6]

First participations

The first match ever recorded by Timor-Leste was against Myanmar. The game was held in Mandalay on 27 July 2016 and Timor-Leste lost 0–17.

In 2016, Timor-Leste participated in their first AFF Women's Championship, held in Myanmar between 26 July and 4 August 2016. The squad lost all their matches, being eliminated from the competition.

First international victory

On 15 August 2019, Timor-Leste won their first international match against Singapore with a score of 2–1.^[7]^[8] Luselia made history as the first player to score a goal for Timor-Leste, she scored against Singapore in the 59th minute which gave Timor-Leste a 1–0 lead over Singapore in the first match of Timor-Leste in the 2019 AFF Women's Championship.

Results and fixtures

2022

5 July 2022 2022 AFF Women's Championship	East Timor	0–7	Myanmar	Biñan, Philippines
16:00 UTC+8			Naw Htet Htet Wai 17' July Kyaw 19', 33' Khin Marlar Tun 39' Wai Phoo Eain 45+1' Myat Noe Khin 60', 83'	Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium Referee: Sunita Thongthawin (Thailand)

7 July 2022 2022 AFF Women's Championship	Laos	2–0	East Timor	Biñan, Philippines
16:00 UTC+8	Vady 14' Aphatsala 85'			Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium Referee: Jhesa Mae Kaatz (Philippines)

11 July 2022 2022 AFF Women's Championship	East Timor	0–6	Vietnam	Biñan, Philippines
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Biñan Football Stadium Referee: Keomany Phengmeuangkhoun (Laos)

13 July 2022 2022 AFF Women's Championship	Cambodia	3–1	East Timor	Imus, Philippines
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: City of Imus Grandstand

Competitive Record

World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup									FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Part of Indonesia								Part of Indonesia
1995	Part of Indonesia								Part of Indonesia
1999	Did not exist, under United Nations								Did not exist, under United Nations
2003	Not member of FIFA								Not member of FIFA
2007	Did not enter								Did not enter
2011
2015
2019
2023
Total	–	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Summer Olympic Games record

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Part of Indonesia
2000	Part of Indonesia
2004	Did Not Enter
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total	–	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC Women's Asian Cup record

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1975	Part of Indonesia
1977
1979
1981
1983
1986
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999	Did not exist, under United Nations
2001	Did not exist, under United Nations
2003	Did not enter
2006
2008
2010
2014
2018
2022
Total	–	0/20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Asian Games record

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1990	Part of Indonesia
1994
1998
2002	Did not enter
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total	0/8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

AFF Women's Championship record

AFF Women's Championship
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2004	Did Not Enter
2006
2007
2008
2011
2012
2013
2015
2016	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	0	50
2018		10th	4	0	0	4	0	33
2019		7th	4	1	0	3	2	22
2022		11th	4	0	0	4	1	18
Total	Group stage	4/12	15	1	0	14	3	123

South East Asian Games record

SEA Games women's tournament
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2001–2021	Did Not Enter
Total	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head-to-head record

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

As of 13 July 2022^[9]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Win%^{[nb 1]}	Confederation
Cambodia	2	0	2	1	15	000.00	AFC
Laos	1	0	1	0	2	000.00	AFC
Malaysia	3	0	3	0	22	000.00	AFC
Myanmar	2	0	2	0	24	000.00	AFC
Philippines	1	0	1	0	7	000.00	AFC
Singapore	1	1	0	2	1	100.00	AFC
Thailand	2	0	2	0	17	000.00	AFC
Vietnam	1	0	1	0	6	000.00	AFC

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2019 AFF Women's Championship in Thailand.^[10]

Caps and goals updated as 21 August 2019 after match against Malaysia.

Head Coach: Lee Min-young

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Agostinha	(1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 29)	6	0
2	2DF	Brigida		1	0
3	2DF	Trifonia	(1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 28)	5	0
4	2DF	Martinha		3	0
5	2DF	Maria (captain)	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 27)	8	0	Sport Laulara e Benfica
6	2DF	Natalia	(1992-12-23) 23 December 1992 (age 31)	7	0
7	3MF	Femania	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996 (age 28)	7	0	Sport Laulara e Benfica
8	3MF	Luselia	(1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31)	8	1
9	4FW	Marcia		3	0
10	4FW	Dolores		3	1
11	4FW	Julia	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27)	6	0
12	1GK	Leonilda (vice-captain)		2	0
13	3MF	Nilda	(1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25)	6	0
14	3MF	Da Silva		7	0
15	2DF	Ervina	(1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 28)	4	0
16	3MF	Letizia		1	0
17	4FW	Sonia	(1997-05-02) 2 May 1997 (age 27)	7	0	Escola Portuguesa Ruy Cinatti
18	3MF	Godelivia	(1998-09-12) 12 September 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Sport Laulara e Benfica
19	4FW	Virginia		1	0
20	1GK	Madalena		0	0
21	4FW	Isabel		1	0
22	2DF	Zonalia		1	0
23	3MF	Rosa	(1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 31)	6	0

Previous squads

Player records

As of 21 August 2019

Players in bold are still active with Timor-Leste.

Most capped players

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Maria de Conceição	8	0	2016–2019
1	Luselia Fernandes	8	1	2016–2019
3	Femania Babo	7	0	2016–2019
	Sonia Amaral		0	2016–2019
	Godelvia Martins		0	2016–2019
	Natalia da Costa		0	2016–2019
	Elvira Ana da Silva		0	2018–2019
8	Julia Freitas Belo	6	0	2016–2019
	Agostinha Noguera		0	2016–2019
	Nilda dos Reis		0	2016–2019
	Rosa da Costa		0	2016–2019

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Dolores Costa	1	3	0.33	2019
1	Luselia Fernandes	1	8	0.13	2016–2019

Youngest debut record
#	Player	Age	Debut date	Opponent	Tournament
1.	Inacia dos Anjos	16 years 222 days	27 July 2016	Myanmar	2016 AFF Women's Championship
2.	Natacha Sarmento	17 years 221 days	31 July 2016	Malaysia	2016 AFF Women's Championship
3.	Godelivia Martins	17 years 319 days	27 July 2016	Myanmar	2016 AFF Women's Championship

Current Staff

As of August 2019

Position	Name
Manager	Lee Joo-young
Head Coach	Lee Min-young
Assistant Coach	Januario De Almeida
Assistant Coach	Agostinho Mesquita Martins
Goalkeeping Coach	Laurenco da Costa
Team Doctor	Marcelina Eugenia da Costa Ximenes
Kitman	Agapito Gonzaga Martins

Coaching history

Coach	Period	Pld	W	D	L
Gelasio da Silva Carvalho	2016–2017	3	0	0	3
Lee Min Young	2018–Present	8	1	0	7

Notes

^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ Game notes in debut vs Myanmar
^ Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ Tom Dunmore (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ "WOMEN: Winning starts for Philippines, Timor Leste". Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "Match report: Timor Leste 2–1 Singapore" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "Fixtures Results". FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ "AFF THAILAND WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 – TIMOR LESTE PLAYERS & OFFICIALS" (PDF). ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

[10] Win% is rounded to two decimal places

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[2] Game notes in debut vs Myanmar

[McDougall2012-3] Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[asiangames-4] Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[world-rank-fifa-5] "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[Dunmore2011-6] Tom Dunmore (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[7] "WOMEN: Winning starts for Philippines, Timor Leste". Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[8] "Match report: Timor Leste 2–1 Singapore" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[9] "Fixtures Results". FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[11] "AFF THAILAND WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 – TIMOR LESTE PLAYERS & OFFICIALS" (PDF). ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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v t e National women's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon ~~Oman~~ Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia ~~Brunei~~ Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Former	Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA