East Timor national football team
The East Timor national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Timorense de Futebol, recognized as Timor-Leste by FIFA) 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.
| 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 | Park Soon-tae | ||
| 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 | 198 2 (4 April 2024) | ||
| Highest | 146 (June 2015) | ||
| Lowest | 206 (October 2012) | ||
| First international | |||
| Sri Lanka 3–2 East Timor (Colombo, Sri Lanka; 21 March 2003) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Cambodia 1–5 East Timor (Yangon, Myanmar; 5 October 2012) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| East Timor 0–10 Saudi Arabia (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) | ||
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. 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.