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)
Head coach Norio Tsukitate
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 East Timor
(Bangkok, Thailand; 30 August 2005)
Biggest win
 Timor-Leste 3–0 Brunei 
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 31 March 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Malaysia 11–0 Timor-Leste East Timor
(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

Competition records

Olympic games record

Summer Olympic Games Record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Greece 2004 Did Not Qualify
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012 Did Not Enter
Brazil 2016 Did Not Qualify
Japan 2020 To be determined
France 2024
United States 2028
Total0 / 4

Asian Games Record

(Under-23 Team since 2002)

Asian Games
Year Round Placing GP W D L GF GA
South Korea 2002
Did not enter
Qatar 2006
China 2010
South Korea 2014
Round 1
28th
3
0
0
3
2
13
Indonesia 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
Oman 2013
Did Not Qualify
Qatar 2016
China 2018
Total
0/3
0
0
0
0
0
0

SEA Games Record

(Under-23 Team since 2001)

SEA Games
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Philippines 2005
Did not enter
Thailand 2007
Laos 2009
Group Stage
4
0
0
4
1
28
Indonesia 2011
5
2
0
3
4
8
Myanmar 2013
4
1
1
2
5
8
Singapore 2015
5
1
0
4
4
10
Malaysia 2017
5
1
0
4
2
8
Philippines 2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
Best: Group Stage
23
5
1
17
16
62

AFF U-23 Youth Championship record

ASEAN Under-23
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Thailand 2005
Group Stage
3
0
0
3
1
14
Indonesia 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 2018 Asian Games.
  • Match date: 19 August 2018
  • Opposition:  Syria
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Aderito Raul Fernandes (1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 21) East Timor Ponta Leste
2 2DF Julião (1998-07-02)2 July 1998 (aged 20) East Timor Boavista
3 2DF José Guterres Silva (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 20) East Timor Boavista
4 2DF Candido Monteiro (1997-12-02)2 December 1997 (aged 20) East Timor Teouma Academy
5 2DF Jorge Sabas Victor (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 20) East Timor Karketu
6 3MF Nataniel Reis (1995-03-25)25 March 1995 (aged 23) East Timor Boavista
7 4FW Rufino Gama (1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 20) East Timor Karketu
8 3MF Boavida Olegario (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 23) East Timor Karketu
9 3MF Silveiro Garcia* (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 24) East Timor Ponta Leste
10 4FW Henrique Cruz (1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 20) East Timor DIT
11 3MF Gelvanio Costa (1998-10-08)8 October 1998 (aged 19) East Timor Karketu
12 3MF Jose Fonseca (1994-09-19)19 September 1994 (aged 23) East Timor Cacusan
13 2DF Gumario (2001-10-18)18 October 2001 (aged 16) East Timor Boavista
14 2DF Nelson Sarmento Viegas (1999-12-24)24 December 1999 (aged 18) East Timor Boavista
15 2DF Armindo Correia (1998-04-18)18 April 1998 (aged 20) East Timor Académica
16 3MF Mouzinho Barreto de Lima (2002-06-26)26 June 2002 (aged 16)
17 3MF Kornelis Nahak Portela (2001-01-12)12 January 2001 (aged 17) Spain Málaga B Juvenil
18 3MF Filomeno Junior da Costa (2000-08-05)5 August 2000 (aged 18)
19 3MF Frangcyatma Alves (1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 21) East Timor Cacusan
20 1GK Fagio Augusto (1997-04-29)29 April 1997 (aged 21) East Timor Porto

* Over-aged player.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been selected for the Timor Leste squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Augusto Caballero (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 0 0 Japan Falcao Fukuoka 2016 AFC U-23 ACQ preliminary squad
GK Juliao Monteiro (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993 2 0 East Timor U.S Lospalos 2014 Asian Games
DF Henrique Glasman (1994-08-20) 20 August 1994 0 0 Indonesia Persiko Dynamo Kupang 2016 AFC U-23 ACQ preliminary squad
DF Jose Guterres Silva (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 0 0 East Timor 2014 Asian Games
MF Joao Pinto (1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 0 0 East Timor Teouma Academy 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
MF Adelino Trindade (1995-06-02) 2 June 1995 11 0 East Timor Teouma Academy 2016 AFC U-23 ACQ preliminary squad
MF Eujebio Pareira (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 5 0 East Timor FC Nagarjo 2014 Asian Games
MF Marcos Morais Gusmao (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 2 0 East Timor 2014 Asian Games
FW Januario (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 3 0 East Timor Teouma Academy 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
FW José Almeida (1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 1 0 East Timor Teouma Academy 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

Previously squads

Recent results

  Win   Draw   Lose

2014 Asian Games
2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
2015 Southeast Asian Games
2018 Asian Games

Current staff

As of March 2015
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
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
JapanNorio Tsukitate 2018- 3003 2018 Asian Games - Group stage

References

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