Timor-Leste national under-16 football team

Timor-Leste U-1
Nickname(s)	O Sol Nascente (The Raising Sun), The Little Samba Nation, El Lafaek
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Shota Tokunaga
Captain	Joao da Silva Freitas
Most caps	Dom Lucas, ; Fidel de Araujo, ; Filomeno Junior, ; Joao da Silva Freitas, ; Jose Fonseca, ; Nidio Alves ; (9 games)
Top scorer	Danilson, ; Joao da Silva Freitas ; (6 goals)
Home stadium	East Timor National Stadium
FIFA code	TLS
First colours	Second colours
First international
	China 0–0 East Timor ; (Hebei, China; 21 September 2009)
Biggest win
	East Timor 13–0 Macau ; (Hebei, China; 28 September 2009)
Biggest defeat
	North Korea 11–2 East Timor ; (Pyongyang, North Korea; 8 September 2011)
World Cup
Appearances	0
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2010)
Best result	Round 1 (2010)

The Timor-Leste national Under-16 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 12 September 2005.

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.

International Competition

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Withdrew before Qualification	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Did Not Participate	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Withdrew before Qualification	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Did Not Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	Did Not Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Did Not Participate	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Did Not Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	Did Not Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	Did Not Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC U-16 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2004	Withdrew before Qualification	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	Did Not Participate	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Withdrew before Qualification	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010^[1]	Group Stage^[2]	3	0	0	3	1	9
2012	Didn't Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Did Not Participate	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Didn't Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	Didn't Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Best: Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	9

AFC U-16 Championship History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2010	Round 1	East Timor 0 – 5 Australia	Loss
	Round 1	East Timor 0 – 1 Japan	Loss
	Round 1	East Timor 1 – 3 Vietnam	Loss

AFF U-16 Youth Championship Record

AFF U-16 Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	No Participation	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	No Participation	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	No Participation	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	No Participation	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Tournament Cancelled	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Third Place^[3]	4	2	0	2	4	3
2011	Group Stage	4	0	1	3	5	14
2012	No Participation	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	No Participation	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Tournament Cancelled	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Group Stage	5	1	2	2	9	11
2016	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	4	7
2017	Group Stage	5	0	1	4	0	9
Total	Best: Third Place	20	4	5	13	22	44

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were call-up for the 2017 AFF U-15 Youth Championship held in Thailand from 9 to 22 July 2017.

Caps and goals updated as of 18 July 2017, after the match against Vietnam.

Head Coach: Agostinho Martins

No.	Pos.	Player	Caps	Goals
1	1GK	Junildo Manuel de Castro Pereira	2	0
12	1GK	Marcio J.O. das Dores	1	0
20	1GK	Filonito R.P. Nugueira	1	0

2	2DF	Sandro R.C. Lima Quintao	4	0
3	2DF	Tonito T. Ximenes Bel	5	0
4	2DF	Jordao da Silva	5	0
5	2DF	Nelson Pinto Dos Reis	5	0
14	2DF	Deonilton X. da C. Cristovao	1	0
17	2DF	Fernando D. de Carvalho	1	0
18	2DF	Decio E. de Jesus B. Pereira	1	0
21	2DF	Jovito Monis	1	0

6	3MF	Rigelberd Lay (Captain)	7	0
7	3MF	Pascal Alves Correia	3	0
8	3MF	Natalino de Jesus da Costa	5	0
9	3MF	Jonata dos Santoa Pereira	4	0
11	3MF	Serafin da Silva Brito	5	0
13	3MF	Martinho Filipe Lopes Belo	5	0
15	3MF	Gabriel Rafi Soca S. Correia	1	0
16	3MF	Derson Da Silva Ulu	4	0
19	3MF	Antonio Atanasio Ximenes	1	0
22	3MF	Revelino do Rego F.M. Martins	5	0
23	3MF	Matias G.F.B. Guterres	1	0

10	4FW	Alito da Silva S. da Cruz	5	0

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Timor Leste squad within the last 18 months and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK

DF

MF

FW

Previously squads

2010 AFC U-16 Championship and 2010 AFF U-16 Youth Championship Squad

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club	Caps (Goals)²
Goalkeepers
Ramos Maxanches	(1994-04-12)12 April 1994 (aged 16)		7 (0)
Fagio Augusto	(1997-04-29)29 April 1997 (aged 13)		2 (0)
Defenders
Nidio Ricardo Ferreira Alves			9 (4)
Raimundo Sarmento	(1994-10-10)10 October 1994 (aged 16)		5 (0)
Olandio Alves De Jesus			5 (0)
Nelson Sing	(1995-04-10)10 April 1995 (aged 15)	Ad. Dili Oeste	7 (0)
Adelino Trindade	(1995-06-02)2 June 1995 (aged 15)	Ad. Baucau	8 (1)
Marcos Gusmao			3 (0)
Nidio Neto	(1995-09-05)5 September 1995 (aged 15)	Ad. Viqueque	4 (2)
José Oliveira			0 (0)
Filipe Oliveira			7 (3)
Midfielders
Jose Carlos da Fonseca	(1994-09-19)19 September 1994 (aged 16)		9 (1)
Amos Mario Vila-nova Da Silva Soares	(1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 14)	Ad. Baucau	0 (0)
Nilo Soares	(1994-07-18)18 July 1994 (aged 16)	Ad. Dili Leste	7 (1)
Fidel Dos Santos de Araujo	(1995-07-20)20 July 1995 (aged 15)	Ad. Cova Lima	9 (3)
Nataniel de Jesus Reis	(1995-03-25)25 March 1995 (aged 15)		6 (4)
Boavida Olegario	(1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 16)	Ad. Dili Leste	7 (1)
Jorge Sabas Victor	(1995-12-05)5 December 1995 (aged 14)	Ad. Dili Oeste	4 (1)
Strikers
Efrem Marianus Almeida Santos Jeronimo			4 (3)
Rifqi Zulfahmi Bin Salim Attamimi			6 (2)
Jose Martins do Rego			7 (3)
Rogerio Seran			2 (2)
Coach
Kim Shin Hwan

2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship Squad

Caps and goals not included 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification.

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps (Goals)²
Goalkeepers
Francisco Gusmao	(1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 14)	4 (0)
Defenders
Mioses Pina Goncalves		4 (0)
Domingos Ramos Freitas		4 (0)
Agostinho da Silva Araujo	(1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 13)	2 (1)
Ezequiel Fernandes	(1996-04-08)8 April 1996 (aged 15)	4 (0)
Candido Monteiro De Oliveira	(1997-12-02)2 December 1997 (aged 13)	3 (0)
Midfielders
Eusebio Pereira	(1995-08-08)8 August 1995 (aged 15)	3 (0)
Jorge Manuel Alves	(1996-06-07)7 June 1996 (aged 15)	2 (1)
Jose Dos Santos	(1996-07-12)12 July 1996 (aged 14)	2 (1)
Agusta Neno		1 (0)
Jacinto Paulino		1 (0)
Strikers
Frangcyatma Alves	(1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 14)	4 (1)
Januario Da Costa De Jesus	(1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 14)	4 (1)
Carlos Fatima Da Costa		2 (0)
Abel Dos Santos		2 (0)
Abrao Da Costa S. Mendonca		1 (0)
Coach
Norio Tsukitate

2015-2016 Squad

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club	Caps (Goals)²
Goalkeepers
Frangenio da Cruz Martins Tou			8 (0)
Natalino Nunes Soares			4 (0)
Fernando da Costa			1 (0)
Junildo Manuel de Castro Pereira			0 (0)
Defenders
Joel da Silva Maia			8 (0)
Jelito Corte-Real Leite Smith			7 (2)
Jose Juvindo Fatima Wain			7 (0)
Bernardino Soares de Sena			5 (0)
Juliao dos Reis Mendonca			5 (0)
Salvador Varela da Silva			5 (0)
Joao Panji dos Santos Soares			4 (0)
Leopoldo Artur Gutierres			4 (0)
Orcelio Nobelito Moises			2 (1)
Antonio da Costa Martins			5 (0)
Denilson G.F. Baptista Guterres			1 (0)
Midfielders
Dom Lucas Martins Fatima Braz			9 (4)
Filomeno Junior da Costa			9 (3)
Huger Der Spiger Freitas			7 (0)
Antonino Ximenes da Cruz			4 (0)
Roger Rivaldo Godinho Lopes			4 (0)
Osvaldo Lucas Baptista Belo			7 (0)
Strikers
Joao Pedro da Silva Freitas			9 (6)
Danilson Conceicao Araujo			8 (6)
Armindo Vieira Soares Gusmao			7 (3)
Yafet Belima Barros			5 (2)
Gumario da Silva Moreira			2 (0)
Nivio Maro Angelo da Costa Marcal Alberto			4 (1)
Unknown position
Jacinto Guterres da Silva			2 (0)
Isaac Toni Pereira dos Santos			1 (0)
Denilson Soares do Rego			4 (0)
Osorio Angelo da Costa Gusmao			4 (1)
Rivaldo Franklin Soares Correia			4 (0)
Angelo Ivo Fernandes			4 (0)
Juvencio Acacio Ximenes			4 (1)
Expedito Soares da Conceicao			4 (1)
Davidson Henrique Lopes			0 (0)
Tome Martins			1 (0)
Filomeno F.P.F. Araujo			0 (0)
Nelson Pinto dos Reis			4 (0)
Rigelberd Lay			2 (0)
Tonzo Madeira			0 (0)
Antonio de Padua J.A. Henriques			0 (0)
Zeferino Alves Nheu			3 (0)
Nelio Mesquita Martins			1 (0)
Joel Carvalho Gomes			1 (0)
Coach
Agostinho Mesquita Martins (2015) Shota Tokunaga (2016)

Former player

List of Captains

Captain	Captaining period	Tournaments
Nelson Sing	2009-2010	2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification 2010 AFF U-16 Youth Championship 2010 AFC U-16 Championship
Eusebio Pereira	2011	2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Julião Dos Reis Mendonça	July - August 2015	2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Joao Pedro da Silva Freitas	September 2015	2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Osvaldo Lucas Baptista Belo	2016	2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

List of Coaches

Coach	Coaching period	Pld	W	D	L	Achievements
Kim Shin Hwan	2009-2010	12	6	1	5	2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification - Qualify 2010 AFF U-16 Youth Championship - Third Place (First Time) 2010 AFC U-16 Championship - Round 1 (First Time)
Norio Tsukitate	2011	8	0	1	7	2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship - Round 1 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification - Did not qualify
Agostinho Martins	2015	9	3	3	3	2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship - Round 1 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification - Did not qualify
Shota Tokunaga	2016-	4	1	1	2	2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship - Round 1

Fixtures and results

Recent results

2009 Result

2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

21 September 2009	China	0 – 0	East Timor	Hebei, China
15:30 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium Referee: Saleem Ali (Maldives)

23 September 2009	Hong Kong	0 – 3	East Timor	Hebei, China
13:00 UTC+8		Report	Batista 40' Almeida 57', 86'	Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium Referee: Akbar Bakhshizadeh (Iran)

26 September 2009	East Timor	3 – 0	Singapore	Hebei, China
13:00 UTC+8	Hornai 11' Almeida 16' dos Santos 89'	Report		Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium Referee: Nitipum Kullabut (Thailand)

28 September 2009	East Timor	13 – 0	Macau	Hebei, China
13:00 UTC+8	Zulfahmi 6', 11' do Rego 14', 25', 33' Reis 19', 38', 85' Sabas 21' Coelho 49' Ferreira 53', 68' (pen.) dos Santos 66'	Report		Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium Referee: Hettikankanamge Pereira (Sri Lanka)

1 October 2009	East Timor	3 – 0	Guam	Hebei, China
13:00 UTC+8	Almeida 40' da Fonseca 56' Ferreira 57'	Report		Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium Referee: Nitipum Kullabut (Thailand)

2010 Result

2010 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

20 September 2010	Indonesia	1 – 0	East Timor	Surakarta, Indonesia
18:00 UTC+7	Antoni 90+1'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}		Stadium: Manahan Stadium Attendance: 10,000

22 September 2010	East Timor	0 – 1	China	Surakarta, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+7		Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Y. Liang 17'	Stadium: Manahan Stadium

24 September 2010	Vietnam	1 – 2	East Timor	Surakarta, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+7	H. N. Thang 57'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Nidio 23' Rogerio 75'	Stadium: Manahan Stadium

26 September 2010	East Timor	2 – 0	Indonesia	Surakarta, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+7	Fidel 50' Rogerio 56'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}		Stadium: Manahan Stadium

2010 AFC U-16 Championship

25 October 2010	Australia	5 – 0	East Timor	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00	Makarounas 14', 20' Remington 34', 79' Woodcock 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin

27 October 2010	East Timor	0 – 1	Japan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00		Report	Minamino 87'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohammad Mousa

29 October 2010	East Timor	1 – 3	Vietnam	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
13:00	Nidio 62'	Report	N. V. Hui 87' N. V. Thang 50' (pen.) 65'	Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Qi Fan

2011 Result

2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

7 July 2011	Indonesia	3 – 3	East Timor	Vientiane, Laos
17:00	Hargianto 64' Zalnando 78' Rendi 90+'	Report	2' Januario 33' Jorge 79' Jose	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

9 July 2011	East Timor	0 – 2	Laos	Vientiane, Laos
19:00		Report	Nyavong 50' Thammada 70'	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: U Win Htut (Myanmar)

11 July 2011	Thailand	6 – 1	East Timor	Vientiane, Laos
17:00	Kanoo 20', 38' Makison 40' Sukchuai 42', 64' Buntee 84'	Report	Agostinho 75' (pen.)	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Referee: Hoang Anh Tuan (Vietnam)

15 July 2011	East Timor	1 – 3	Malaysia	Vientiane, Laos
17:00	Francyatma 49'	Report	11' Akram 34' Adam 70' Zahin	Stadium: Laos National Stadium Referee: Hoang Anh Tuan (Vietnam)

2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

8 September 2011	East Timor	2 – 11	North Korea	Pyongyang, North Korea
17:00	Januário 45+1' Francyatma 80'	Report	Ri Kwang-Song 8', 52' Choe Ju-Song 12', 50', 6', 69' Ri Ryong 28', 32' Kim Il-Jin 71', 74', 77'	Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Phùng Đình Dũng (Vietnam)

13 September 2011	Malaysia	3 – 0	East Timor	Pyongyang, North Korea
13:00	Raphi 45+1' Akram 74' Hakimi 88'	Report		Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yu Ming-Hsun (Chinese Taipei)

15 September 2011	China	2 – 0	East Timor	Pyongyang, North Korea
13:00	Liu Hao 23' (pen.) Wang Jinxian 35'	Report		Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Phùng Đình Dũng (Vietnam)

18 September 2011	East Timor	1 – 8	Singapore	Pyongyang, North Korea
13:00	Januário 20'	Report	Suzliman 4' Swandi 39', 45+1', 79' Azeman 54' Ramli 77', 78' Abd Rahman 87'	Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Abdul Hannan Miron (Bangladesh)

2015 Result

2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

27 July 2015	East Timor	2 – 2	Brunei	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30	Filomeno Costa 48' Dom Braz 64'		Hanif 44', 62'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

29 July 2015	Laos	3 – 2	East Timor	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
15:30	Bounkong 26', 51' Nalin 66'		Armindo Gusmao 3' Filomeno Costa (12)	Stadium: Army Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Mohammad Hasrin Haji Samat (Brunei)

1 August 2015	Thailand	3 – 0	East Timor	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
10:00	Jinnawat 52' (76) Korawich 90'			Stadium: Army Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Thant Zin Oo (Myanmar)

2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12)	East Timor	8–0	Northern Mariana	Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
16:00	Jelito Corte-Real 45' Danilson 49' Armindo Vieira 51' Joao Freitas 66', 88' Dom Lucas 70' Yafet Belima 72' Orcelio Moises 81'	Report		Attendance: 300 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

14 September 2015 (2015-09-14)	East Timor	9–0	Philippines	Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
19:00	Danilson 18', 28', 54' Joao Freitas 38', 62' Jelito Corte-Real 53' Filomeno Junior 70' Dom Lucas 73', 89'	Report		Attendance: 200 Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

16 September 2015 (2015-09-16)	Malaysia	1–0	East Timor	Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
16:00	Arif 79'	Report		Attendance: 300 Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)	Laos	1–1	East Timor	Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
19:00	Salvador 20' (o.g.)	Report	Joao Freitas 43'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

2016 Result

2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

11 July 2016 (2016-07-11)	Brunei	0–3	East Timor	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
15:30		Report	Ximenes 26' Da Conceicao 43' Gusmao 50'	Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13)	East Timor	0–3	Thailand	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
15:30		Report	Peerapat 2' Korawich 9' Reis 45+1' (o.g.)	Referee: Talaver Linjun (Philippines)

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)	Laos	1–1	East Timor	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
18:30	Bounkong 86'	Report	Keodoungdeth 25' (o.g.)	Referee: Mohamed Javiz (Maldives)

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	East Timor	0–3	Cambodia	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
18:30		Report	Safy 6' Piseth 55', 59'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohamed Javis (Maldives)

Stadium

East Timor National Stadium (2002-present)

References

^ http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/27941-uzbekistan-to-host-afc-u-16-champs-2010
^ http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-championship-2010/29743-afc-u-16-championship-schedule
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

[1] ttp://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/27941-uzbekistan-to-host-afc-u-16-champs-2010

[2] ttp://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-championship-2010/29743-afc-u-16-championship-schedule

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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