Timor-Leste national under-19 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Timor-Leste women's national under-20 football team.

The Timor-Leste national Under-20 football team is the national team of Timor-Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. East Timor joined FIFA on 12 September 2005, but has never had success on the international stage.

Timor-Leste

Nickname(s)	O Sol Nascente (The Raising Sun), The Little Samba Nation, El Lafaek
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Gopalkrishnan Ramasamy
Captain	Cristevao Fernandes
Most caps	Candido Monteiro de Oliveira (18)
Top scorer	Adelino Trindade Frangcyatma Alves (5)
Home stadium	East Timor National Stadium
FIFA code	TLS
First colours Second colours
First international
Maldives 2–2 Timor-Leste  (Palembang, Indonesia; 6 August 2005)
Biggest win
Timor-Leste 7–2 Brunei  (Thủ Dầu Một, Vietnam; 6 August 2019)
Biggest defeat
Malaysia 7–1 Timor-Leste  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 6 August 2009)

Kits

Timor-Leste 's kit is a red jersey, red shorts and red socks. Their away kit is with a white jersey with black shorts and red or white socks. The kits are currently manufactured by Adidas and Nike. Timor-Leste first kit is under Tiger, when the team play for the 2004 Tiger Cup. The first kit is red jersey, black shorts and red sock and their away kit is white jersey with two black sleeves, black short and white socks.

Results and Fixtures

International Matches in last 12 months, and future scheduled matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022

Timor-Leste  v  Laos

3 July 2022 2022 AFF U-19 GS	Timor-Leste	0–2	Laos	Jakarta, Indonesia
15:00 UTC+7			Damoth 39' Phanthavong 44'	Stadium: Madya Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Kyaw Zwall Lwin (Myanmar)

Singapore  v  Timor-Leste

5 July 2022 2022 AFF U-19 GS	Singapore	0–1	Timor-Leste	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+7		Report	Mario Donasio 59'	Stadium: Madya Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Torpong Somsing (Thailand)

Timor-Leste  v  Malaysia

9 July 2022 (2022-07-09) 2022 AFF U-19 GS	Timor-Leste	3–4	Malaysia	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+7	Cristevao 11' Mario 55', 76'	Report	Najmudin 9' Adam 15', 62' Aliff 53'	Stadium: Madya Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Torpong Somsing (Thailand)

Cambodia  v  Timor-Leste

11 July 2022 2022 AFF U-19 GS	Cambodia	1–4	Timor-Leste	Jakarta, Indonesia
15:00 UTC+7	Soknet 86'		Olagar 23' Zenivio 26' Ribeiro 81', 90+1'	Stadium: Madya Stadium Referee: Torpong Somsing (Thailand)

Indonesia  v  Timor-Leste

14 September 2022 (2022-09-14) 2023 AFC U-20 qualifiers	Indonesia	4–0	Timor-Leste	Surabaya, Indonesia
20:00 UTC+7	Hokky 12', 30', 49' Rabbani 89'	Report		Stadium: Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

Timor-Leste  v  Vietnam

16 September 2022 (2022-09-16) 2023 AFC U-20 qualifiers	Timor-Leste	0–4	Vietnam	Surabaya, Indonesia
16:00 UTC+7		Report	Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn 10' Bùi Vĩ Hào 15' Nguyễn Xuân Bắc 83' Khuất Văn Khang 85'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Tomo Attendance: 100 Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

Hong Kong  v  Timor-Leste

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18) 2023 AFC U-20 qualifiers	Hong Kong	1–2	Timor-Leste	Surabaya, Indonesia
16:00 UTC+7	Ichikawa 10'	Report	Moniz 52' Ejivanio 60'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Tomo Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

Competition records

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1977	Part of  Indonesia
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999	did not exist, under United Nations
2001
2003	Not member of FIFA
2005	did not enter
2007	Withdrew
2009	Disqualified
2011	did not enter
2013
2015
2017	did not qualify
2019
2021	Cancelled
2023	did not qualify
2025	to be determined
Total	–	0/24	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC U-19 Championship record

AFC U-20 Asian Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959	Part of  Portugal									Part of  Portugal
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976	Part of  Indonesia									Part of  Indonesia
1977
1978
1980
1982
1985
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000	did not exist, under United Nations									did not exist, under United Nations
2002
2004	did not enter									did not enter
2006	Withdrew									Withdrew
2008	Disqualified									Disqualified
2010	did not enter									did not enter
2012
2014
2016	did not qualify									4	1	2	1	5	2
2018										4	0	1	3	3	14
2020	Cancelled									3	0	0	3	2	9
2023	did not qualify									3	1	0	2	2	9
Total	–	0/41	–	–	–	–	–	–		14	2	3	9	12	34

AFF U-19 Youth Championship record

AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	did not exist, under United Nations
2003	did not enter
2005	Group stage	9th	4	0	1	3	5	15
2006	did not enter
2007
2008
2009	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	13
2010	did not enter
2011
2012
2013	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	13	8
2014	did not enter
2015	Group stage	9th	4	0	2	2	3	6
2016	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	9	13
2017	Group stage	6th	5	2	1	2	7	10
2018		8th	4	1	2	1	5	5
2019		7th	5	2	0	3	12	13
2022		6th	4	2	0	2	8	7
Total	Third place	9/18	41	14	7	20	65	86

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Gopalkrishnan Ramasamy
Assistant coach	Weverton Mosca
Goalkeeper coach	Lucas Régis
Physiotherapist	Christopher Vieira
Media officer	João Baptista Júnior
Administrator	Fábio Gadelha
Official	Domingos Calazans
Kitman	Romualdo Sales

Squad

Head coach: Eduardo Pereira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Domingos Baptista
2	2DF	Rui Juman
3	2DF	Carol Waitilia
4	2DF	Aureo Viera
5	3MF	Palomito Antonio		Nagarjo
6	2DF	Fabrizio dos Santos
7	4FW	Luís Figo Pereira	(2005-04-17)17 April 2005 (aged 19)	Ponta Leste
8	3MF	Luis da Silva	(2006-05-20)20 May 2006 (aged 18)	SLB Laulara
9	4FW	Alexandre Vong Guterres		Santa Cruz
10	4FW	Alexandro Bakhito	(2006-05-01)1 May 2006 (aged 18)	SLB Laulara
11	3MF	Vabio Canavaro	(2007-01-25)25 January 2007 (aged 17)	Ponta Leste
12	1GK	Alexandre Quintão		Marca
13	2DF	Norbert Jonerson
14	3MF	Edencio Soares	(2005-10-05)5 October 2005 (aged 18)	Porto Taibesse
15	2DF	Ricardo Bianco (captain)	(2006-01-15)15 January 2006 (aged 18)	Ponta Leste
16	3MF	Leonio Quilton
17	4FW	Ario Melio
18	2DF	Emidio Martins
19	2DF	Francisco Assisi
20	1GK	Egidio Luro
21	3MF	Uaitila Aprilio
22	3MF	Marques de Carvalho	(2007-02-25)25 February 2007 (aged 17)	SLB Laulara
23	2DF	Claudia Faria

Stadium

• East Timor National Stadium (2002-present)