East Timor women's national football team

Timor-Leste
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Lee Min-young
Captain	Maria de Conceicao
Most caps	Luselia Fernandes; Maria de Conceicao (8)
Top scorer	Nilda dos Reis; Godelivia Martin; Luselia Fernandes; Dolores Costa; Brigida da Costa (1)
FIFA code	TLS
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	159 (15 March 2024)
Highest	152 (August 2022)
Lowest	159 (December 2023 – March 2024)
First international
	Myanmar 17–0 East Timor ; (Mandalay, Myanmar; 27 July 2016)
Biggest win
	East Timor 2–1 Singapore ; (Chonburi, Thailand; 15 August 2019)
Biggest defeat
	Australia U20 20–0 East Timor ; (Mandalay, Myanmar; 29 July 2016)
AFF Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2016)
Best result	Group Stage (2016, 2018, 2019, 2022)

The East Timor women's national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Timorense de Futebol Feminino, recognized as Timor-Leste by FIFA) represents East Timor in international women's association football and is governed by Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL).

History[edit]

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team.^[3]

In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and Singapore, that were expected to field a women's football team to compete at the Southeast Asian Games in Marikina in December.^[4]

In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.^[5]

The FIFA trigramme is TLS.^[6]

First participations[edit]

The first match ever recorded by East Timor was against Myanmar. The game was held in Mandalay on 27 July 2016 and East Timor lost 0–17.

In 2016, East Timor participated in their first AFF Women's Championship, held in Myanmar between 26 July and 4 August 2016. The squad lost all their matches, being eliminated from the competition.

First international victory[edit]

On 15 August 2019, East Timor won their first international match against Singapore with a score of 2–1.^[7]^[8] Luselia made history as the first player to score a goal for East Timor, she scored against Singapore in the 59th minute which gave East Timor a 1–0 lead over Singapore in the first match of East Timor in the 2019 AFF Women's Championship.

Results and fixtures[edit]

2023[edit]

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 1	Jordan	3–1	East Timor	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 UTC+5	Al-Majali 45+3' (pen.) Jbarah 61' Abu-Sabbah 82'	Report	Nilda 90+5'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Attendance: 10 Referee: Plong Pich Akara (Cambodia)

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 1	East Timor	0–3	Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UTC+5		Report	Nabikulova 59' Zoirova 70' Shoyimova 79'	Stadium: Milliy Stadium

11 April 2023 (2023-04-11) 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 1	East Timor	1–3	Bhutan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 UTC+5	Godelivia 90+5'		Namgyel 43', 67' Choden 75'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium

Competitive Record[edit]

World Cup record[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup									FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Part of Indonesia								Part of Indonesia
1995	Part of Indonesia								Part of Indonesia
1999	did not exist, under United Nations								did not exist, under United Nations
2003	Not member of FIFA								Not member of FIFA
2007	did not enter								did not enter
2011
2015
2019
2023
Total	–	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Summer Olympic Games record[edit]

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Part of Indonesia
2000	Part of Indonesia
2004	Did Not Enter
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total	–	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC Women's Asian Cup record[edit]

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1975	Part of Indonesia
1977
1979
1981
1983
1986
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999	did not exist, under United Nations
2001	did not exist, under United Nations
2003	did not enter
2006
2008
2010
2014
2018
2022
Total	–	0/20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Asian Games record[edit]

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1990	Part of Indonesia
1994
1998
2002	did not enter
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022	to be determined
2026	to be determined
Total	0/8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

AFF Women's Championship record[edit]

AFF Women's Championship
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2004	Did Not Enter
2006
2007
2008
2011
2012
2013
2015
2016	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	0	50
2018		10th	4	0	0	4	0	33
2019		7th	4	1	0	3	2	22
2022		11th	4	0	0	4	1	18
Total	Group stage	4/12	15	1	0	14	3	123

South East Asian Games record[edit]

SEA Games women's tournament
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2001–2023	Did Not Enter
Total	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head-to-head record[edit]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

As of 11 April 2023^[9]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Win%^{[nb 1]}	Confederation
Bhutan	1	0	1	1	3	000.00	AFC
Cambodia	2	0	2	1	15	000.00	AFC
Jordan	1	0	1	1	3	000.00	AFC
Laos	1	0	1	0	2	000.00	AFC
Malaysia	3	0	3	0	22	000.00	AFC
Myanmar	2	0	2	0	24	000.00	AFC
Philippines	1	0	1	0	7	000.00	AFC
Singapore	1	1	0	2	1	100.00	AFC
Thailand	2	0	2	0	17	000.00	AFC
Uzbekistan	1	0	1	0	3	000.00	AFC
Vietnam	1	0	1	0	6	000.00	AFC

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following 24 players are named in the squad for the 1st Round AFC Olympic matches against Jordan ,Uzbekistan and Bhutan on 5, 8 and 11 April 2023.^[10]

Caps and goals updated as 21 August 2019 after match against Malaysia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Leonilda (vice-captain)		2	0
20	1GK	Madalena		0	0
	1GK	Gorette		0	0

5	2DF	Maria	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 27)	8	0	Sport Laulara e Benfica
2	2DF	Brigida		1	0
6	2DF	Natalia	(1992-12-23) 23 December 1992 (age 31)	7	0
2	2DF	Adelaide
2	2DF	Tasia
2	2DF	Idália
2	2DF	Saturnina

18	3MF	Godelivia	(1998-09-12) 12 September 1998 (age 25)	7	0	Sport Laulara e Benfica
13	3MF	Nilda	(1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25)	6	0
	3MF	Vanessa
	3MF	Liticia
	3MF	Suzana
	3MF	Joana
	3MF	Astari
	3MF	Natalia

17	4FW	Sonia	(1997-05-02) 2 May 1997 (age 26)	7	0	Escola Portuguesa Ruy Cinatti
11	4FW	Julia	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 26)	6	0
11	4FW	Milenia
11	4FW	Deonizia

Previous squads[edit]

Player records[edit]

As of 21 August 2019

Players in bold are still active with Timor-Leste.

Most capped players[edit]

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Maria de Conceição	8	0	2016–2019
1	Luselia Fernandes	8	1	2016–2019
3	Femania Babo	7	0	2016–2019
	Sonia Amaral		0	2016–2019
	Godelvia Martins		0	2016–2019
	Natalia da Costa		0	2016–2019
	Elvira Ana da Silva		0	2018–2019
8	Julia Freitas Belo	6	0	2016–2019
	Agostinha Noguera		0	2016–2019
	Nilda dos Reis		0	2016–2019
	Rosa da Costa		0	2016–2019

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Dolores Costa	1	3	0.33	2019
1	Luselia Fernandes	1	8	0.13	2016–2019

Youngest debut record
#	Player	Age	Debut date	Opponent	Tournament
1.	Inacia dos Anjos	16 years 222 days	27 July 2016	Myanmar	2016 AFF Women's Championship
2.	Natacha Sarmento	17 years 221 days	31 July 2016	Malaysia	2016 AFF Women's Championship
3.	Godelivia Martins	17 years 319 days	27 July 2016	Myanmar	2016 AFF Women's Championship

Current staff[edit]

As of August 2019

Position	Name
Manager	Lee Joo-young
Head coach	Lee Min-young
Assistant coach	Januario De Almeida
Assistant coach	Agostinho Mesquita Martins
Goalkeeping coach	Laurenco da Costa
Team Doctor	Marcelina Eugenia da Costa Ximenes
Kitman	Agapito Gonzaga Martins

Coaching history[edit]

Coach	Period	Pld	W	D	L
Gelasio da Silva Carvalho	2016–2017	3	0	0	3
Lee Min Young	2018–20??	8	1	0	7
Kim Shinhwan	2023–Present

Notes[edit]

^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places

References[edit]

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ Game notes in debut vs Myanmar
^ Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ Tom Dunmore (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ "WOMEN: Winning starts for Philippines, Timor Leste". 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "Match report: Timor Leste 2–1 Singapore" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "Fixtures Results". FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ squad

[10] Win% is rounded to two decimal places

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[2] Game notes in debut vs Myanmar

[McDougall2012-3] Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[asiangames-4] Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[world-rank-fifa-5] "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[Dunmore2011-6] Tom Dunmore (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[7] "WOMEN: Winning starts for Philippines, Timor Leste". 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[8] "Match report: Timor Leste 2–1 Singapore" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[9] "Fixtures Results". FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

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v t e National women's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon ~~Oman~~ Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia ~~Brunei~~ Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Former	Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA