2019 LFA Primeira

The 2019 LFA Primeira is the fourth season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão. The season scheduled began on April 27 and finished on September 29.^[1][2][3]

Primeira Divisaun

Season	2019
Dates	27 April –29 September
Champions	Lalenok United
Relegated	Académica Atlético Ultramar
Matches played	56
Goals scored	203 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Adadi (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Assalam 5–1 Atlético Ultramar (24 August 2019) AS Académica 5–1 Atlético Ultramar (21 September 2019)
Biggest away win	AS Académica 2–5 Lalenok United (3 August 2019)
Highest scoring	7 goals AS Académica 2–5 Lalenok United (3 August 2019)
Longest winning run	3 matches Ponta Leste
Longest unbeaten run	4 matches Boavista
Longest winless run	5 matches Karketu Dili
Longest losing run	4 matches AS Académica
← 2018 2020 2021 → All statistics correct as of 17 April 2021.

Boavista is the current defending champions.^[4]

Teams

There are 8 teams that played this season.

Champions

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Lalenok United F.C.	Dili	Municipal Stadium	5,000

from Primeira

DIT F.C. and Cacusan were relegated to 2019 LFA Segunda after finished 7th and bottom place of 2018 LFA Primeira.

to Primeira

Assalam and Lalenok United promoted to 2019 LFA Primeira after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2018 LFA Segunda.

Locations

Dili

Dili clubs:
Académica
Assalam
Boavista
Karketu Dili
Lalenok
Ponta Leste

SL Benfica

Atlético

Locations of the 2018 LFA Primera teams

Personnel and kits

Club	City / Area	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Other sponsor	Owner
Académica	Dili	Andi Sutanto[5]		Iurai			UNTL
Assalam	Dili	Pudji Handoko		Oweltee[6]	iANA[7]		Ipolito Soares
Atlético Ultramar	Manatuto	Francisco da Costa[8]	Glauco Trajano	BLK			Eugenio Gusmão
Boavista	Dili	Fabiano Flora[9]	Henrique Cruz	Nike	npm	MoneyGram	José Ramos-Horta
Karketu Dili	Dili	Antonio Timotio[10]	Boavida Olegario	Fitsee[11]		Obrai Unip Lda. Tanjung Motor Emanuel Residence East Gas Corp. Britas Lda. LCF Creative	Jose Adilson Ribeiro
Lalenok United	Dili	Jantje Matmey	Florencio Pereira	Cemile	Bintang Beer		Pedro Belo
Ponta Leste	Dili	Eduardo Pereira		Umbro
Benfica	Laulara, Aileu	Juliao Monteiro[8]	Nidio Alves	BLK	TL-cement		Xanana Gusmão

Managerial changes

Club(s)	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming Manager	Date of appointment
Académica	Asala	End of Contract	27 October 2018	Pre-season	Andi Sutanto	1 March 2019[5]
Karketu	Arcan Iurie	End of contract	30 October 2018		Antonio Timotio	10 April 2019[10]
Benfica	Kim Shin-hwan	End of contract	30 November 2018		Juliao Monteiro	10 April 2019[8]
Boavista	Eladio Rojas	End of contract	30 November 2018		Fabiano Flora	10 April 2019[9]
Atletico Ultramar	Andi Sutanto	Signed by Académica	1 March 2019[5]		Francisco da Costa	1 March 2019[8]
Atletico Ultramar	Francisco de Araujo	Sacked	31 May 2019	Mid-season	Pudji Handoko	31 May 2019

Stadiums

• Primary venues used in the 2019 LFA Primera:

Stadium	Location	Capacity
Baucau Municipal Stadium	Baucau	5,000
Municipal Stadium	Dili	5,000
Malibaca Yamato Stadium	Maliana	5,000

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game. Name on BOLD was foreign players who registered in mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Académica
Assalam	Boateng[12]	Daniel Adadi[12]	Julian Mancini[13]	Saddam Sudarma	Helmi Sandi
Atlético Ultramar	Bernardo Freire[14]	Fábio Christian[14]	Glauco[14]
Boavista	Antonio Jackson[15]	Marcelo Reis[15]	Rafael Marti[15]
Karketu Dili	Melkianus Wakerkwa[16]	Naftali Heluka[16]	Yance Wenda[16]
Lalenok United	Igor[17]	Italo[17]	Severino Augusto[17]	Agbozo Nathaniel
Ponta Leste	Daniel Donkor[18]
Sport Laulara e Benfica

Notes

1. ^
   FORMER PLAYER: Foreign players who were out of LFA Primera squad/left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window.
2. ^
   BOLD: Foreign players who registered in mid-season transfer window.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lalenok United (C)	14	9	3	2	35	15	+20	30	Qualification for AFC Cup play-off round
2	Boavista	14	7	4	3	28	22	+6	25
3	Ponta Leste	14	7	2	5	22	18	+4	23
4	Karketu Dili	14	6	2	6	24	27	−3	20
5	Benfica Laulara	14	5	4	5	30	27	+3	19
6	Assalam	14	5	4	5	26	29	−3	19
7	Académica (R)	14	2	4	8	21	27	−6	10	Relegation to LFA Segunda
8	Atlético Ultramar (R)	14	3	1	10	20	41	−21	10

Source: LFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Result table

Home \ Away	ACA	ASL	ATU	BTL	KAR	LNU	POL	SLB
Academica		0–1	5–1	0–2	1–0	2–5	1–2	1–1
Assalam	2–1		5–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–3
Atlético Ultramar	1–1	2–3		0–1	3–2	1–4	1–4	1–5
Boavista	2–2	3–3	2–3		2–3	2–1	2–1	3–1
Karketu Dili	3–2	3–1	0–3	2–1		1–2	1–2	2–2
Lalenok United	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–3	3–0		2–0	4–2
Ponta Leste	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0		3–2
Benfica	2–1	3–4	3–1	3–3	2–3	0–0	1–0

Source: Liga Futebol Amadora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers As of matches played on 29 September 2019. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Daneil Adadi Assalam 12 2 Rafael Marti Boavista 10 3 Fabio Cristian Lalenok United 8 4 Edit Savio Boavista 7 Rufino Gama Karketu Dili Mauzinho Bareto SLB Baulara Yohanes Kapitan Lalenok United 6 Italo Pimental Lalenok United 6 Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Rufino Gama AS Academica Karketu Dili 2–3 (A) 4 August 2019 Daneil Adadi Assalam Atletico Ultramar 5–1 (H) 24 August 2019 Notes: (H) – Home; (A) – Away 4 – player scorer 4 goals 6 – player scorer 6 goals 7 – player scorer 7 goals

See also

• 2019 LFA Segunda
• 2019 Taça 12 de Novembro

Notes