East Timor women's national football team

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).

Timor-Leste
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFederação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
ConfederationAFC
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachSouth Korea Lee Min-young
CaptainMaria de Conceicao
Most capsLuselia Fernandes
Maria de Conceicao (8)
Top scorerNilda dos Reis
Godelivia Martin
Luselia Fernandes
Dolores Costa
Brigida da Costa (1)
FIFA codeTLS
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 159 Steady (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest152 (August 2022)
Lowest159 (December 2023 – August 2024)
First international
 Myanmar 17–0 East Timor 
(Mandalay, Myanmar; 27 July 2016)[2]
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
Appearances4 (first in 2016)
Best resultGroup Stage (2016, 2018, 2019, 2022)

History

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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

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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

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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

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2023

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5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 Jordan   3–1   East Timor Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 UTC+5
Report
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
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
Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium

Competitive Record

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World Cup record

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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
  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
  2027 to be determined
Total 0/10

Summer Olympic Games record

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Summer Olympics record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1996 Part of   Indonesia
  2000
  2004 Did Not Enter
  2008
  2012
  2016
  2020
  2024
Total 0/8

AFC Women's Asian Cup record

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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
  2003 did not enter
  2006
  2008
  2010
  2014
  2018
  2022
Total 0/20

Asian Games record

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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
Total 0/8

AFF Women's Championship record

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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

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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

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  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

As of 11 April 2023[9]

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

Players

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Current squad

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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 26) 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 27) 7 0   Escola Portuguesa Ruy Cinatti
11 4FW Julia (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27) 6 0
11 4FW Milenia
11 4FW Deonizia

Previous squads

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Player records

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As of 21 August 2019
Players in bold are still active with Timor-Leste.
Youngest debut record
# Player Age Debut date Opponent Tournament
1. Inacia dos Anjos
16 years 222 days
27 July 2016
2. Natacha Sarmento
17 years 221 days
31 July 2016
2016 AFF Women's Championship
3. Godelivia Martins
17 years 319 days
27 July 2016
2016 AFF Women's Championship

Current staff

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ Game notes in debut vs Myanmar
  3. ^ Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. ^ Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. ^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  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.
  10. ^ squad