Nickname(s) | O Sol Nascente (The Raising Sun) The Little Samba Nation El Lafaek | ||
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Association | Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Head coach | Almerio Isaac | ||
Captain | Nilo Soares | ||
Home stadium | East Timor National Stadium | ||
FIFA code | TLS | ||
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First international | |||
Maldives 2–2 Timor-Leste (Palembang, Indonesia; 6 August 2005) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Timor-Leste 2–0 Malaysia (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; 27 February 2012) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Malaysia 7–1 Timor-Leste (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 6 August 2009) |
The Youngs Timor-Leste is the national team of Timor-Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. East Timor has never had success on the international stage. They are currently one of the weakest teams in the world. East Timor joined FIFA on 12 September 2005.