East Timor national under-23 football team

Timor-Leste
Nickname(s)	O Sol Nascente; (The Rising Sun)
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Park Soon-tae
Captain	Filomeno Junior
Most caps	Ramos Maxanches; Nilo Soares (18)
Top scorer	Murilo de Almeida; Henrique Cruz; Mouzinho (3)
Home stadium	East Timor National Stadium
FIFA code	TLS
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
Appearances	2 (first in 2014)
Best result	Round 1
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances	8 (first in 2009)
Best result	Round 1
AFF U-23 Championship
Appearances	4
Best result	Third place (2022)

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]

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]

East Timor National Stadium (2002–present)

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	did not qualify								3	1	0	2	5	16
2024	to be determined								to be determined
2028	to be determined								to be determined
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	Group stage	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	to be determined								to be determined
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	Did not enter
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	Group stage	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]

The following players were selected for the 2021 SEA Games.

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 Almeida^OA	(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 18)	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	Park Jeong-in 29', 32', 49' Choi Jun 32' Oh Hyun-gyu 82' Kim Se-yun 87'	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)	Zenivio 89'	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'		Elias João Da Costa 51' Jhon Frith Ornai 77'	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)	Rontini 11' Chung 56' Bedic 78' Kekkonen 81'	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)	Egy 16' Witan 52', 77' Fachruddin		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]

^ Brunei U23 Vs East Timor U23 Result | World Sportsholic

External links[edit]

[1] Brunei U23 Vs East Timor U23 Result | World Sportsholic

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