Timor-Leste national under-23 football team

Timor-Leste
Nickname(s)O Sol Nascente
(The Rising Sun)
AssociationFederação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachFábio Magrão
CaptainFilomeno Junior
Most capsRamos Maxanches
Nilo Soares (18)
Top scorerMurilo de Almeida
Henrique Cruz (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 3–0 Brunei 
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 31 March 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Malaysia 11–0 Timor-Leste
(Vientiane, Laos; 2 December 2009)
Asian Games
Appearances2 (first in 2014)
Best resultRound 1 (2014)
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances5 (first in 2009)
Best resultRound 1 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)

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 ones worn by the Belgian national team.

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

Stadium

Competition records

Olympic games record
Summer Olympic Games Record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
2004 Did not qualify
2008
2012 Did not enter
2016 Did not qualify
2020
2024 To be determined
2028
Total—0/4––––––

Asian Games Record

(Under-23 Team since 2002)

Asian Games
Year Round Placing GP W D L GF GA
2002
Did not enter
2006
2010
2014
Round 1
28th
3
0
0
3
2
13
2018
Round 1
24th
3
0
0
3
3
15
Total
Best: Round 1
2/5
6
0
0
6
5
28

AFC U-23 Championship Record
AFC U-23 Championship
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
2013
Did not qualify
2016
2018
2020
Total
0/4
0
0
0
0
0
0

SEA Games Record

(Under-23 Team since 2001)

SEA Games
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
2005
Did not enter
2007
2009
Group stage
4
0
0
4
1
28
2011
5
2
0
3
4
8
2013
4
1
1
2
5
8
2015
5
1
0
4
4
10
2017
5
1
0
4
2
8
2019
4
0
0
4
2
18
Total
Group stage
27
5
1
21
18
80

AFF U-23 Youth Championship record
ASEAN Under-23
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
2005
Group stage
8th
3
0
0
3
1
14
2011
 Cancelled
2019
Group stage
6th
3
1
0
2
1
5
2022
Third place
3rd
4
2
2
0
7
3
Total
Best: Third Place
3/4
10
3
2
5
9
22

Coaching staff
PositionName
Team Manager
Assistant Team Manager
Head Coach Fábio Magrão
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeper Coach
Fitness Coach
Team Doctor

Players

Current squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Junildo Pereira (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 Assalam FC
20 1GK Georgino Mendonça (2002-03-16) 16 March 2002 SLB Laulara
3 2DF Orcelio (2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 Karketu Dili
4 2DF Jaimito Soares (2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 Karketu Dili
5 2DF Tomas Sarmento (2000-08-24) 24 August 2000 Ponta Leste
13 2DF Gumario (2001-10-08) 8 October 2001 Lalenok United
16 2DF João Halle (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 SLB Laulara
18 2DF Filomeno Junior (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 SLB Laulara
22 2DF Nelson Viegas (1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 Boavista Timor Leste
24 2DF Yohanes Gusmão (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 Lalenok United
6 3MF Jhon Frith (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 SLB Laulara
7 3MF Elias Mesquita (2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 Lalenok United
8 3MF Dom Lucas Braz (2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 Assalam FC
15 3MF Natalino Da Costa (2003-08-03) 3 August 2003 Karketu Dili
23 3MF Cristevão (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 SLB Laulara
3MF Armindo de AlmeidaOA (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 Ponta Leste
9 4FW Anizo Correia (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 Ponta Leste
10 4FW Mouzinho (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 SLB Laulara
17 4FW Zenivio (2005-04-22) 22 April 2005 SLB Laulara
26 4FW Alexandro Kefi (2004-12-20) 20 December 2004 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'
Jacob Mahler 		Elias 38'
Paulo Gali 41'  44'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 943
Referee: Majed Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
28 October 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) 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

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

References
  1. Brunei U23 Vs East Timor U23 Result | World Sportsholic
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