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Nickname(s) | Lafaek (The Crocodiles) O Sol Nascente (The Rising Sun) | ||
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Association | Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
Head coach | Simon Elissetche | ||
Captain | João Pedro da Silva Freitas | ||
Most caps | Anggisu Barbosa (30) | ||
Top scorer | Rufino Gama (7) | ||
Home stadium | Municipal Stadium of Dili | ||
FIFA code | TLS | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 196 ![]() | ||
Highest | 146 (June 2015) | ||
Lowest | 206 (October 2012) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Colombo, Sri Lanka; 21 March 2003)[2] | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Yangon, Myanmar; 5 October 2012) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Dili, Timor Leste; 17 November 2015) | |||
AFC Solidarity Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2016) | ||
AFF Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2004) | ||
Best result | Group Stage (2004, 2018, 2020) |
The East Timor national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Timorense de Futebol, recognized as Timor-Leste by FIFA)[4] is the national team of East Timor and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL). They joined FIFA on 12 September 2005.[5]
Timor-Leste's international debut was in the preliminary round of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification in March 2003, when they lost 3–2 to Sri Lanka and 3–0 to Chinese Taipei.[6] They also participated in the 2004 AFF Championship. Timor-Leste's participation in Southeast Asia's premier international football event in 2004 was announced after an Asian Football Confederation council meeting in Petaling Jaya. Although not yet a member of the AFC, the FFTL was invited to sit in on the meeting, where they were represented by FA president Francia Kalbuadi.
Timor-Leste won their first international match on 5 October 2012 against Cambodia with a score of 5–1.[7]