Timor-Leste women's national football team
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Association | FFTL | ||
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Confederation | AFC | ||
Head coach | Lee Min-young | ||
Captain | Maria de Conceicao | ||
Most caps | Luselia Fernandes Maria de Conceicao (8) | ||
Top scorer | Luselia Fernandes Dolores Costa (1) | ||
FIFA code | TLS | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | NR (25 March 2022)[1] | ||
First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Mandalay, Myanmar; 29 July 2016) |
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 international match and first participation in AFF Women's Championship (2016)
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 win in international match and AFF Women's Championship (2019)
In 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.
Tournament Record
World Cup record
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Did Not Enter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Olympic Games record
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- Notes
- ^ Home and away tournament
AFC Women's Asian Cup record
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Asian Games record
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AFF Women's Championship record
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South East Asian Games record
Official MatchesBelow is a list of matches detailing Timor Leste's matches against FIFA-recognised teams.[9] As of matches played on 21 August 2019.
PlayersCurrent squadThe following 23 players were call-up for the 2019 AFF Women's Championship in Thailand.[10]
Previous squadsRecordsAs of matches played on 21 August 2019.
Current Staff
List of Coaches
References
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