Timor-Leste
Nickname(s)O Sol Nascente
(The Rising Sun)
AssociationFederação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachPark Soon-tae
CaptainFilomeno Junior
Most capsRamos Maxanches
Nilo Soares (18)
Top scorerMurilo de Almeida
Henrique Cruz
Mouzinho (3)
Home stadiumEast Timor National Stadium
FIFA codeTLS
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
Appearances2 (first in 2014)
Best resultRound 1
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances8 (first in 2009)
Best resultRound 1

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 Belgium national team.

Kit evolution

Home Kit 2009–2010
Away Kit 2009–2010
Alternative Kit 2011

Stadium

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Spain 1992 Part of  Indonesia Part of  Indonesia
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004 did not enter did not enter
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 did not qualify 3 1 0 2 3 8
Japan 2020 3 1 0 2 5 16
France 2024 to be determined to be determined
United States 2028
Total0/8 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
did not enter
Group stage
28th
3
0
0
3
2
13
24th
3
0
0
3
3
15
Total
Group stage
2/5
6
0
0
6
5
28

AFC U-23 Asian Cup Record

AFC U-23 Championship Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
did not qualify 5 1 0 4 5 9
3 1 0 2 3 8
3 1 1 1 7 5
3 1 0 2 5 16
Uzbekistan 2022 3 1 1 1 3 8
Qatar 2024to be determined to be determined
Saudi Arabia 2026
Total
0/7
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
Did not enter
Group stage9th
4
0
0
4
1
28
6th
5
2
0
3
4
8
7th
4
1
1
2
5
8
9th
5
1
0
4
4
10
9th
5
1
0
4
2
8
10th
4
0
0
4
2
18
Vietnam 2021 10th 4 0 0 4 3 13
Cambodia 2023 7th 4 1 0 3 3 8
Total
Group stage
8/10
35
6
1
28
24
101

AFF U-23 Youth Championship record

AFF U-23 Youth Championship
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Group stage
8th
3
0
0
3
1
14
6th
3
1
0
2
1
5
Third place
3rd
4
2
2
0
7
3
Group stage
9th
2
0
0
2
1
4
Total
Third Place
4/4
12
3
2
7
10
26

Coaching staff

PositionName
ManagerMalaysia Khairuddin Abdullah
Assistant managerMalaysia Elliott Chung Bua Wong
Head coachSouth Korea Park Soon-tae
Assistant coachSouth Korea Son Hyun-Jun
Assistant coachSouth Korea Park Won-hong
Goalkeeper coachSouth Korea Kwon Chan-soo
Fitness coachSouth Korea Kwon Bo-seong
PhysiotherapistEast Timor Christopher Vieira
Media officerEast Timor João Baptista Júnior
AdministratorEast Timor Fábio Gadelha
OfficialEast Timor Domingos Calazans
KitmanEast Timor Romualdo Sales

Players

Current squad

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

Recent results

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 October 2021 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Singapore  2–2  Timor-Leste Singapore
Glenn Kweh 34'
Jordan Emaviwe 90+5' Yellow card
Jacob Mahler Yellow card
Elias Mesquita 38'
Paulo Gali 41' Red card 44'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 943
Referee: Majed Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
28 October 2021 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Timor-Leste  0–6  South Korea Singapore
17:00 UTC+8 Report Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 166
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)
31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Timor-Leste  1–0  Philippines Singapore
17:00 (UTC+08:00)
Report Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 251
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
29 April 2022 (2022-04-29) Friendly1 Malaysia  1–2  Timor-Leste Selangor, Malaysia
20:15 UTC+8 Faiz Amer Runnziar 66'
  • Elias João Da Costa 51'
  • Jhon Frith Ornai 77'
Stadium: UiTM Stadium

31st Southeast Asian Games

6 May 2022 (2022-05-06) Philippines  4–0  Timor-Leste Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ
16:00 (UTC+7:00)
Report
8 May 2022 (2022-05-08) Timor-Leste  2–3  Myanmar Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ
19:00 (UTC+7:00) Mouzinho 52'
Soares 64'
Report Win Naing Tun 38'
Htet Phyo Wai 41'
Aung Wanna Soe 90+5'
13 May 2022 (2022-05-13) Indonesia  4–1  Timor-Leste Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ
16:00 (UTC+7:00)
Mouzinho 69'
15 May 2022 (2022-05-15) Timor-Leste  0–2  Vietnam Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ
19:00 (UTC+7:00)

List of coaches

Coach Coaching period Pld W D L Achievements
Portugal José Luís 2005 3003 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship – Round 1 (First Time)
East Timor Manuel da Costa Soares 2009–2010 4004 2009 Southeast Asian Games – Round 1 (First Time)
Brazil Antonio Carlos Vieira 2011–2012 5203 2011 Southeast Asian Games – First Win with Brunei
Japan Norio Tsukitate 2012 5104 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification – Did not qualify
Brazil Emerson Alcântara 2013–2014 6222 2013 Southeast Asian Games – First Draw with Indonesia
Japan Takuma Koga 2014 3003 2014 Asian Games – Round 1 (First Time)
Brazil Fábio Magrão 2015–2016 8206 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification – Did not qualify
2015 Southeast Asian Games – Round 1
South Korea Kim Shin-hwan 2017–2018 3111 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification – Did not qualify
Japan Norio Tsukitate 2018–2019 3003 2018 Asian Games – Group stage

References

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