Timor-Leste national under-23 football team

Timor-Leste
Nickname(s)	O Sol Nascente; (The Raising Sun)
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Captain	Jorge Sabas Victor
Most caps	Ramos Maxanches; Nilo Soares (18)
Top scorer	Murilo de Almeida; Henrique Cruz (3)
Home stadium	East Timor National Stadium
FIFA code	TLS
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
Appearances	2 (first in 2014)
Best result	Round 1 (2014)
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2009)
Best result	Round 1 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)

The Timor-Leste national Under-23 football team (also known as Timor-Leste U-23 or Selecao 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. East Timor Football Association was accepted as an associate member of AFC at the 20th AFC Congress in 2002. Timor Leste U-23 was invited to the 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship, which is the first appearances for the team to play in under-23 international tournament despite not achieving success the competition. In 2009, the team enter the first Southeast Asian Games. Once again the team loss every matches and was humiliated after losing 0–11 to the Malaysia national team. Timor-Leste have major improvement at the 2011 SEA Games, when they use overseas players from Brazil and Australia whom their parents are exile from the Indonesian invasion in 1975. These players contribute success at the two matches of the 2011 edition; especially from Murilo de Almeida who managed to score three goals. Overall the under-23 team began to did well and was one of a new potential teams at the SEA Games. The team finished third in their group by recording their first win in the SEA Games and finishing above Laos, Brunei and the Philippines. They finished the SEA games with a goal difference of –4, with big improvement in SEA Games compared to their previous participation where the team finished last in their group with no wins from four games and a big goal difference of –28 and only one goal scored.

Kits

Timor-Leste's traditional home kit is red shirts, black shorts and red or black socks. The away kits have featured white or yellow shirts. In 2009 SEA Games, Timor Leste U-23 wear the same feature as Spain's Home kit but the away kit is Yellow-Blue-Blue. The kits are currently manufactured by Nike

Kit evolution

Home Kit 2009-2010

Away Kit 2009–2010

Alternative Kit 2011

Stadium

East Timor National Stadium (2002–present)

Competition records

Olympic games record

Summer Olympic Games Record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2004	Did Not Qualify
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012	Did Not Enter
2016	Did Not Qualify
2020	To be determined
2024
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	24th	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	Did not enter
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	Best: Group Stage	27	5	1	21	18	80

AFF U-23 Youth Championship record

ASEAN Under-23
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	14
2011	Competition Cancelled
Total	Best: Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	14

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected to compete in the 2019 AFF U-22 Youth Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Aderito Raul Fernandes	(1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 21)	Ponta Leste
12	1GK	Fernando Da Costa	(2000-06-18)18 June 2000 (aged 18)
20	1GK	Georgino Da Silva	(2002-03-16)16 March 2002 (aged 16)

2	2DF	Julião	(1998-07-02)2 July 1998 (aged 20)	Boavista
3	2DF	José Silva	(1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 20)	Boavista
4	2DF	Candido	(1997-12-02)2 December 1997 (aged 21)	Ponta Leste
5	2DF	Joao Panji	(2000-10-29)29 October 2000 (aged 18)	Assalam
13	2DF	Gumario Augusto	(2001-10-18)18 October 2001 (aged 17)	Boavista
22	2DF	Nelson Viegas	(1999-12-24)24 December 1999 (aged 19)

6	3MF	José Oliveira	(1997-10-28)28 October 1997 (aged 21)	SLB Laulara
8	3MF	Mouzinho Lima	(2002-06-26)26 June 2002 (aged 16)
9	3MF	Rivaldo Correia	(2000-03-13)13 March 2000 (aged 18)
11	3MF	Gelvánio Angelo	(1998-10-08)8 October 1998 (aged 20)	Karketu Dili
14	3MF	Kornelis Nahak	(2001-01-12)12 January 2001 (aged 18)
16	3MF	Yohanes Gusmão	(2000-10-01)1 October 2000 (aged 18)	SLB Laulara
17	3MF	Expedito Soares	(2002-10-11)11 October 2002 (aged 16)
18	3MF	Filomeno Junior	(2000-08-05)5 August 2000 (aged 18)
19	3MF	Feliciano Goncalves	(1997-02-11)11 February 1997 (aged 22)
23	3MF	Osvaldo Belo	(2000-10-18)18 October 2000 (aged 18)	Karketu Dili

7	4FW	Rufino Gama (captain)	(1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 20)	Karketu Dili
10	4FW	Henrique Cruz	(1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 21)	Boavista
21	4FW	Frangcyatma Alves	(1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 22)

Previously squads

Recent results

Win Draw Lose

2014 Asian Games

15 September 2014 Group Stage	Timor-Leste	0–7	Indonesia	Goyang, South Korea
		Report	Ferdinand 7', 11', 35', 83' Tuasalamony 78' (pen.) Novri 81' Fandi 85'	Stadium: Goyang Stadium Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

18 September 2014 Group Stage	Timor-Leste	0–3	Thailand	Incheon, South Korea
		Report	Songkrasin 23' Thaweekarn 60' Inpinit 81'	Stadium: Incheon Stadium Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

22 September 2014 Group Stage	Timor-Leste	2–3	Maldives	Ansan, South Korea
	Diogo 20' Ricardo Sousa 60'	Report	Ali 27' Yaamin 63' Irufaan 73'	Stadium: Ansan Stadium Referee: Charymurat Kurbanov (Turkmenistan)

2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

27 March 2015	Indonesia	5–0	Timor-Leste	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:00	Adam Alis 17' Lestusen 45+1' (pen.) Evan Dimas 51' Muchlis Hadi 66' Hansamu 86'	Report		Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 3,412 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

29 March 2015	Timor-Leste	0–3	South Korea	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:00		Report	Moon Chang-jin 17' (pen.), 47' Kim Seung-jun 44'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 555 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)

31 March 2015	Timor-Leste	3–0	Brunei	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:00	Ezequiel 24' Henrique Cruz 90' Agostinho 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 137 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)

2015 Southeast Asian Games

30 May 2015 Group stage	Malaysia	1–0	Timor-Leste	Bishan, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Saarvindran 12'	Report		Stadium: Bishan Referee: Foo Chuan Hui (Singapore)

1 June 2015 Group stage	Thailand	1–0	Timor-Leste	Bishan, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Rungrath 44'	Report		Stadium: Bishan Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

3 June 2015 Group stage	Timor-Leste	2–1	Brunei	Bishan, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Neto 24' Helber 74'	Report	Faiq 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Bishan Referee: Al-Kuwari Khamis (Qatar)

7 June 2015 Group stage	Timor-Leste	0–4	Vietnam	Bishan, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8		Report	Trần Phi Sơn 12' Mạc Hồng Quân 50' Quế Ngọc Hải 57' Võ Huy Toàn 61'	Stadium: Bishan Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

9 June 2015 Group stage	Timor-Leste	2–3	Laos	Bishan, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Alves 22' Martins 90+1'	Report	Sipasong 27' Khochalern 47' Sihavong 67'	Stadium: Bishan Referee: Turki Al-Khudair (Saudi Arabia)

2018 Asian Games

14 August 2018 Group Stage	China PR	6–0	Timor-Leste	Soreang, Indonesia
16:00 UTC+7	Zhang Yuning 4' Zhang Yuan 20' Gao Zhunyi 27', 47' Wei Shihao 33' Yao Junsheng 36'	Report		Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

16 August 2018 Group Stage	Timor-Leste	1–4	United Arab Emirates	Soreang, Indonesia
16:00 UTC+7	Gama 87'	Report	Al Darmki 2' Al Sharji 10' Al Ameri 19', 61'	Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

19 August 2018 Group Stage	Timor-Leste	2–5	Syria	Soreang, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+7	Gama 15' Garcia 85'	Report	Hannan 33' Koaeh 50' Shalha 42', 54', 90+1'	Stadium: Jalak Harupat Stadium Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Current staff

As of March 2018

Position	Name	Nationality
Coach	Norio Tsukitate	Japan
Assistant Coach	Manuel da Costa Soares	East Timor
Assistant Coach	Adelino Soarez	East Timor
Fitness Coach	Jorge Serrado	Brazil
Goalkeeping Coach	Eduardo Niño	Colombia

List of coaches

Coach	Coaching period	Pld	W	D	L	Achievements
José Luís	2005	3	0	0	3	2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship - Round 1 (First Time)
Manuel da Costa Soares	2009–2010	4	0	0	4	2009 Southeast Asian Games - Round 1 (First Time)
Antonio Carlos Vieira	2011–2012	5	2	0	3	2011 Southeast Asian Games - First Win with Brunei
Norio Tsukitate	2012	5	1	0	4	2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification - Did not qualify
Emerson Alcântara	2013–2014	6	2	2	2	2013 Southeast Asian Games - First Draw with Indonesia
Takuma Koga	2014	3	0	0	3	2014 Asian Games - Round 1 (First Time)
Fábio Magrão	2015–2016	8	2	0	6	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification - Did not qualify 2015 Southeast Asian Games - Round 1
Kim Shin-hwan	2017–2018	3	1	1	1	2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification - Did not qualify
Norio Tsukitate	2018-	3	0	0	3	2018 Asian Games - Group stage

References

Brunei U23 Vs East Timor U23 Result | World Sportsholic

External links

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[1] Brunei U23 Vs East Timor U23 Result | World Sportsholic

National under-23 football teams of Asia (AFC)
Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong* India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau* Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands† Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
† Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA
*FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.