Académica or Académica e Sporting de Timor is a professional football club based in Dili, East Timor. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora and was one of the original eight teams that participated in the first season of the Primeira Divisão in 2016. The club also includes a partnered futsal team that is set to compete in the Pra Liga Futsal Timor-Leste.[1]

Académica
Full nameAcadémica e Sporting de Timor
Nickname(s)Os Estudantes (The students)
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
GroundMunicipal Stadium
Capacity5,000
ManagerFernando B. Xavier
LeagueLiga Futebol Amadora
20238th, Primeira Divisiao

Squad

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As of 2020[2]
Number Name
1 Vicente Guterres (GK)
13 Antonio Ximenes (C)
8 Joel Gaio
17 Juvenal Boavida
12 Frazao Lopes
5 Jeremias Silva
14 Rivaldo Ribeiro
10 Jeronimo Freitas
9 Jose Boavida
4 Romolu Silva
16 Celso Escurial
30 Guivio Santos (GK)
3 Domingos Carvalho
2 Edi Gusmão
11 Helder Barreto
15 Tiago Silva
6 Lourenco Pinto
7 João Pinto

Competitive records

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Campeonato Provincial

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  • 1973: 5th place[3]
  • 1974: 3rd place[4]
  • 2021: 1st in Group A (Promoted). Lost in final.[10]

Copa FFTL

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  • 2020: 5th, group B[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Inaugural Pra Liga Futsal Timor Leste 2020/21". AFF - The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  2. ^ "COPA FFTL 2020 : KARKETU DILI VS ACADEMICA 2 – 0 ALL GOALS & HIGHLIGHTS I VIP TV". YouTube. 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ "East Timor 1973". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  4. ^ "East Timor 1974". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  5. ^ "East Timor 2005/06". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b "East Timor 2015/16". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  7. ^ "East Timor 2017". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  8. ^ a b "East Timor 2018". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  9. ^ a b "East Timor 2019". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  10. ^ "East Timor 2021". RSSSF. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  11. ^ "East Timor 2020". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-11-08.