Timor-Leste national under-21 football team

The Youngs Timor-Leste is the national team of Timor-Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste has never had success on the international stage. They are currently one of the weakest teams in the world. Timor-Leste joined FIFA on 12 September 2005.

Timor-Leste U-21

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	Almerio Isaac
Captain	Nilo Soares
Home stadium	Timor-Leste 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 2–0 Malaysia  (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; 27 February 2012)
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.

Competition records

AFC U-22 Championship record

AFC U-22 Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy record

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	3	3
2014	Group Stage	4	0	1	3	3	12
2018	Champions	5	3	1	1	5	4
Total	Best:Champions	13	5	2	6	11	19

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy in Brunei.^[1] Players marked with an asterisk (*) were over age for this competition.

Head coach: Eduardo Pereira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aderito Raul Fernandes	(1997-05-15) 15 May 1997 (age 28)			AS Ponta Leste
20	1GK	Fagio Augusto	(1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 28)			Karketu Dili
	1GK	Fernando da Costa				Benfica Laulara
2	2DF	Julião dos Reis Mendonça*	(1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 (age 30)			DIT
3	2DF	Gumario Augusto Fernandez da Silva Moreira	(2001-12-14) 14 December 2001 (age 23)			DIT
4	2DF	Candido Monteiro de Oliveira	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 27)			AS Ponta Leste
5	2DF	Jorge Sabas Victor (Captain)	(1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 27)			Carsae
6	2DF	Nidio Ricardo Ferreira Alves*	(1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 31)			Benfica Laulara
15	2DF	Agostinho da Silva Araujo	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27)			FC Porto Taibesi
18	2DF	Armindo Correira de Almeida	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 27)			AS Académica
22	2DF	Nelson Sarmento Viegas	(1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 25)			Karketu Dili
8	3MF	José Oliveira	(1997-10-28) 28 October 1997 (age 27)			Benfica Laulara
11	3MF	Mouzinho de Lima
12	3MF	Gaudencio Armindo Monteiro	(1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 (age 27)			SLB Laulara
13	3MF	Expedito Soares da Conceição
14	3MF	Gelvanio Angelo da Costa	(1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 26)			Karketu Dili
19	3MF	Boavida Olegario*	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 30)			Karketu Dili
23	3MF	Osvaldo Lucas Baptisto Belo	(2000-10-18) 18 October 2000 (age 24)
7	4FW	Rufino Gama	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 27)			Karketu Dili
9	4FW	Silveiro Garcia*	(1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 31)			AS Ponta Leste
10	4FW	Henrique Cruz	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 27)			Boavista Dili
16	4FW	Filomeno Junior da Costa	(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 28)			SLB Laulara
17	4FW	Lourenco Ximenes				AS Ponta Leste
21	4FW	Frangcyatma Alves	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 28)			Karketu Dili

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Almerio Isaac
Assistant coach	Vacant
Goalkeeper coach	Vacant
Fitness coach	Vacant
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Media officer	Vacant
Administrator	Vacant
Official	Vacant
Kitman	Vacant

List of Coaches

Coach	Coaching period	Pld	W	D	L	Achievements
Almerio Isaac	2012	4	2	0	2	2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy - Round 1 (First Time)
Takuma Koga	2014	4	0	1	3	2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy - Round 1
Eduardo Pereira	2018	5	3	1	1	2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy - Winner

Stadium

• Timor-Leste National Stadium (2002-present)