Men's national association football team representing East Timor
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see East Timor women's national football team.
Timor-Leste
Nickname(s)
Lafaek (The Crocodiles) O Sol Nascente (The Rising Sun)
Association
Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation
AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation
AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach
Park Soon-tae
Captain
João Pedro da Silva Freitas
Most caps
Anggisu Barbosa (30)
Top scorer
Rufino Gama (7)
Home stadium
Municipal Stadium of Dili
FIFA code
TLS
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current
198 2 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest
146 (June 2015)
Lowest
206 (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
Appearances
1 (first in 2016)
Best result
Group stage (2016)
AFF Championship
Appearances
3 (first in 2004)
Best result
Group Stage (2004, 2018, 2020)
The East Timor national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Timorense de Futebol, recognized as Timor-Leste by FIFA)[4] is the national team of East Timor and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL). They joined FIFA on 12 September 2005.[5]
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.[6] 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 FFTL 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.[7]
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^"East Timor matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: East Timor. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^"Timor-Leste". FIFA.
^"Member Association – Timor-Leste". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Timor-Leste – Timor-Leste – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Timor Leste cause upset; Myanmar win". ESPNStar.com. 5 October 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012.
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Global Information
2 (4 April 2024)[1]
Sri Lanka 3–2 East Timor 
Cambodia 1–5 East Timor 
