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East Timor national under-23 football team

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The East Timor national Under-23 football team (Portuguese: Seleção Timorense de Futebol Sub-23) represents the East Timor (recognized as 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. East Timor 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]

Timor-Leste
Nickname(s)O Sol Nascente
(The Rising Sun)
AssociationFederação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachPark Soon-tae
CaptainFilomeno Junior
Most capsRamos Maxanches
Nilo Soares (18)
Top scorerMurilo de Almeida
Henrique Cruz
Mouzinho (3)
Home stadiumEast Timor National Stadium
FIFA codeTLS
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Malaysia 3–0 East Timor 
(Bangkok, Thailand; 30 August 2005)
Biggest win
 East Timor 7–1 Macau 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 23 July 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Malaysia 11–0 East Timor 
(Vientiane, Laos; 2 December 2009)
Asian Games
Appearances2 (first in 2014)
Best resultRound 1
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances8 (first in 2009)
Best resultRound 1
AFF U-23 Championship
Appearances4
Best resultThird place (2022)

History edit

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. The Timor-Leste U-23 team was invited to the 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship without any success, which is the first time that the team played in an international tournament. In 2009, the team entered the first Southeast Asian Games. Once again, they lost every match, including a 0–11 loss to Malaysia. Timor-Leste had major improvements at the 2011 SEA Games, when they used overseas players of Timorese descent from Brazil and Australia. These players contributed a lot to their successful run; especially from Murilo de Almeida who managed to score three goals. The team finished third in their group by recording their first win in their history, finishing above Laos, Brunei and the Philippines and had a goal difference of –4, which was a big improvement compared to their previous participation where the team finished last in their group with no wins from four games, scoring only once and having a goal difference of –28.

Kits edit

Timor-Leste's traditional home kit includes a red shirt, black shorts and red or black socks. The away kits feature white or yellow shirts. At the 2009 SEA Games, their home kit resemble the one worn by the Belgium national team.

Kit evolution edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home Kit 2009–2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away Kit 2009–2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alternative Kit 2011

Stadium edit

Competitive record edit

Olympic Games edit

Olympic Games record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1992 Part of   Indonesia Part of   Indonesia
  1996
  2000
  2004 did not enter did not enter
  2008
  2012
  2016 did not qualify 3 1 0 2 3 8
  2020 3 1 0 2 5 16
  2024 to be determined to be determined
  2028
Total — 0/8 – – – – – – 6 2 0 4 8 24

Asian Games Record edit

(Under-23 Team since 2002)

Asian Games
Year Result Position GP W D L GF GA
  2002
did not enter
  2006
  2010
  2014
Group stage
28th
3
0
0
3
2
13
  2018
24th
3
0
0
3
3
15
Total
Group stage
2/5
6
0
0
6
5
28

AFC U-23 Asian Cup Record edit

AFC U-23 Championship Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  2013
 did not qualify 5 1 0 4 5 9
  2016
 3 1 0 2 3 8
  2018
 3 1 1 1 7 5
  2020
 3 1 0 2 5 16
  2022 3 1 1 1 3 8
  2024 to be determined to be determined
  2026
Total
 –
0/7
0
0
0
0
0
0
 17 5 2 10 23 46

SEA Games Record edit

(Under-23 Team since 2001)

Southeast Asian Games
Year Result Position GP W D L GF GA
  2005
 Did not enter
  2007
  2009
 Group stage 9th
4
0
0
4
1
28
  2011
 6th
5
2
0
3
4
8
  2013
 7th
4
1
1
2
5
8
  2015
 9th
5
1
0
4
4
10
  2017
 9th
5
1
0
4
2
8
  2019
 10th
4
0
0
4
2
18
  2021 10th 4 0 0 4 3 13
  2023 7th 4 1 0 3 3 8
Total
Group stage
 8/10
35
6
1
28
24
101

AFF U-23 Youth Championship record edit

AFF U-23 Youth Championship
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
  2005
Group stage
 8th
3
0
0
3
1
14
  2019
 6th
3
1
0
2
1
5
  2022
Third place
 3rd
4
2
2
0
7
3
  2023
Group stage
 9th
2
0
0
2
1
4
Total
Third Place
 4/4
12
3
2
7
10
26

Coaching staff edit

Position Name
Head coach   Park Soon-tae
Assistant coach   Vacant
Goalkeeper coach   Vacant
Fitness coach   Vacant
Physiotherapist   Christopher Vieira
Media officer   João Baptista Júnior
Administrator   Fábio Gadelha
Official   Domingos Calazans
Kitman   Romualdo Sales

Players edit

Current squad edit

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Junildo Pereira (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 20)   Assalam
2 2DF Nelson Viegas (1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 24)   Boavista Timor Leste
3 2DF Orcelio (2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 (age 22)   Karketu Dili
4 2DF Jaimito Soares (2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 (age 20)   Karketu Dili
5 2DF Tomas Sarmento (2000-08-24) 24 August 2000 (age 23)   Ponta Leste
6 3MF Jhon Firth (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 21)   SLB Laulara
7 3MF Elias Mesquita (2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 22)   Lalenok United
8 3MF Dom Lucas Braz (2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 (age 23)   Assalam
9 4FW Anizo Correia (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 20)   Ponta Leste
10 4FW Mouzinho (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 22)   SLB Laulara
11 4FW Alexandro Kefi (2004-12-20) 20 December 2004 (age 19)   SLB Laulara
12 2DF Yohanes Gusmão (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24)   Lalenok United
13 2DF Gumario (2001-10-08) 8 October 2001 (age 22)   Lalenok United
14 3MF Cristevão (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20)   SLB Laulara
15 3MF Armindo de AlmeidaOA (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26)   Ponta Leste
16 2DF João Halle (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21)   SLB Laulara
17 4FW Zenivio (2005-04-22) 22 April 2005 (age 19)   SLB Laulara
18 2DF Filomeno Junior (captain) (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 23)   SLB Laulara
19 3MF Natalino da Costa (2003-08-03) 3 August 2003 (age 20)   Karketu Dili
20 1GK Georgino Mendonça (2002-03-16) 16 March 2002 (age 22)   SLB Laulara

Recent results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 October 2021 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Singapore   2–2   East Timor Singapore
Glenn Kweh   34'
Jordan Emaviwe   90+5'  
Jacob Mahler  		 [1] [2] Elias Mesquita   38'
Paulo Gali   41'   44'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 943
Referee: Majed Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
28 October 2021 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification East Timor   0–6   South Korea Singapore
17:00 UTC+8 Report
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 166
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)
31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification East Timor   1–0   Philippines Singapore
17:00 (UTC+08:00)
Report Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 251
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
29 April 2022 (2022-04-29) Friendly1 Malaysia   1–2   East Timor Selangor, Malaysia
20:15 UTC+8 Faiz Amer Runnziar   66'
Stadium: UiTM Stadium

31st Southeast Asian Games

6 May 2022 (2022-05-06) Philippines   4–0   East Timor Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ
16:00 (UTC+7:00)
Report
8 May 2022 (2022-05-08) East Timor   2–3   Myanmar Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ
19:00 (UTC+7:00) Mouzinho   52'
Soares   64'		 Report Win Naing Tun   38'
Htet Phyo Wai   41'
Aung Wanna Soe   90+5'
13 May 2022 (2022-05-13) Indonesia   4–1   East Timor Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ
16:00 (UTC+7:00)
Mouzinho   69'
15 May 2022 (2022-05-15) East Timor   0–2   Vietnam Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ
19:00 (UTC+7:00)

List of coaches edit

Coach Coaching period Pld W D L Achievements
  José Luís 2005 3 0 0 3 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship – Round 1 (First Time)
  Manuel da Costa Soares 2009–2010 4 0 0 4 2009 Southeast Asian Games – Round 1 (First Time)
  Antonio Carlos Vieira 2011–2012 5 2 0 3 2011 Southeast Asian Games – First Win with Brunei
  Norio Tsukitate 2012 5 1 0 4 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification – Did not qualify
  Emerson Alcântara 2013–2014 6 2 2 2 2013 Southeast Asian Games – First Draw with Indonesia
  Takuma Koga 2014 3 0 0 3 2014 Asian Games – Round 1 (First Time)
  Fábio Magrão 2015–2016 8 2 0 6 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification – Did not qualify
2015 Southeast Asian Games – Round 1
  Kim Shin-hwan 2017–2018 3 1 1 1 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification – Did not qualify
  Norio Tsukitate 2018–2019 3 0 0 3 2018 Asian Games – Group stage

References edit

  1. ^ Brunei U23 Vs East Timor U23 Result | World Sportsholic

External links edit

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