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{{short description|Men's national association football team representing East Timor}}
{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Timor-Leste women's national football team}}
{{EngvarB|date = October 2015}}
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{{Infobox national football team 
| Name               = Timor-Leste
| Badge              = Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste.png
| Badge_size         = 175px
| Nickname           = {{nowrap|''Lafaek''}} (The Crocodiles) <br /> {{nowrap|''O Sol Nascente''}} <br /> (The Rising Sun)
| Association        = [[East Timor Football Federation|Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste]]
| Sub-confederation  = [[ASEAN Football Federation|AFF]] (Southeast Asia)
| Confederation      = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] (Asia)
| Coach              = {{nowrap|[[Park Soon-tae]]}}
| Captain            = [[João Pedro da Silva Freitas]]
| Most caps          = [[Anggisu Barbosa]] (30)
| Top scorer         = [[Rufino Gama]] (7)
| Home Stadium       = [[National Stadium (East Timor)|Municipal Stadium of Dili]] 
| FIFA Trigramme     = TLS 
| FIFA Rank          = {{FIFA World Rankings|TLS}}
| FIFA max           = 146
| FIFA max date      = June 2015
| FIFA min           = 206 
| FIFA min date      = October 2012
| Elo Rank           = {{nowrap|{{World Football Elo Ratings|East Timor}}}}
| Elo max            = 214
| Elo max date       = November 2015
| Elo min            = 230
| Elo min date       = November 2016
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|  First game         = {{fb|SRI}} 3–2 {{fb-rt|TLS}} <br /> ([[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]; 21 March 2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eloratings.net/East_Timor.htm|title=East Timor matches, ratings and points exchanged|publisher=World Football Elo Ratings: East Timor|access-date=24 November 2016|archive-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123222613/http://www.eloratings.net/East_Timor.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|  Largest win        = {{fb|CAM}} 1–5 {{fb-rt|TLS}} <br /> ([[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]]; 5 October 2012)
|  Largest loss       = {{fb|TLS}} 0–10 {{fb-rt|KSA}} <br /> ([[Dili]], [[Timor Leste]]; 17 November 2015)
| Regional name = [[AFC Solidarity Cup]]
| Regional cup apps = 1
| Regional cup first = [[2016 AFC Solidarity Cup|2016]]
| Regional cup best = Group stage ([[2016 AFC Solidarity Cup|2016]])
| 2ndRegional name      = [[AFF Championship]]
| 2ndRegional cup apps  = 3
| 2ndRegional cup first = [[2004 AFF Championship|2004]]
| 2ndRegional cup best    = Group Stage ([[2004 AFF Championship|2004]], [[2018 AFF Championship|2018]], [[2020 AFF Championship|2020]])
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The '''East Timor national football team''' ({{Lang-pt|Seleção Timorense de Futebol}}, recognized as '''Timor-Leste''' by [[FIFA]])<ref>{{cite news |date= |title=Timor-Leste |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/TLS |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |publisher=FIFA}}</ref> is the national team of [[East Timor]] and is controlled by the [[East Timor Football Federation|Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste]] (FFTL). They joined [[FIFA]] on 12 September 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tls/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606225505/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tls/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2007|title=Member Association – Timor-Leste|website=FIFA.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref>

East Timor'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 national football team|Sri Lanka]] and 3–0 to [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/teams/east-timor/timor-leste/3844/|title=Timor-Leste – Timor-Leste – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-04|archive-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913170909/https://us.soccerway.com/teams/east-timor/timor-leste/3844/|url-status=live}}</ref> They also participated in the [[2004 AFF Championship]]. East Timor'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. East Timor won their first international match on 5 October 2012 against [[Cambodian national football team|Cambodia]] with a score of 5–1.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Timor Leste cause upset; Myanmar win|url=http://www.espnstar.com/football/aff-suzuki-cup/news/detail/item868331/Timor-Leste-stun-Cambodia-in-qualifiers/|date=5 October 2012|website=ESPNStar.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012083626/http://www.espnstar.com/football/aff-suzuki-cup/news/detail/item868331/Timor-Leste-stun-Cambodia-in-qualifiers/|archive-date=12 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==History==

=== Early history (2003–2017) ===
Football was established in East Timor during the Portuguese colonial era, when many of the locals and the Portuguese officials played amateur football. After Portugal ended its colonial rule, [[Indonesia]] invaded and occupied the island, East Timor eventually gained independence from Indonesia in 2002, which resulted in a long running battle against Jakarta-led forces.

The East Timor Football Association was accepted as an associate member of AFC at the 20th AFC Congress in 2002. Their international debut came in March 2003 when they participated in the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] campaign for the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup]] in [[China]]. Given their history, it was no surprise that they crashed out with defeats against the likes of [[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka]] and [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]]. They then entered the regional competition for the first time in 2004 as they played in the [[2004 AFF Championship]] as an invited member. They finished in last place, showing that they had a long way to go before they could compete even on the regional stage.

They again had no success in the [[2007 AFF Championship qualification]], with four heavy losses, including a 7–0 trouncing by the [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]]. The following year in the [[2008 AFF Championship qualification]], East Timor surprisingly drew against [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]]; this feat was reported in international news.

==== First win ====
In the [[2012 AFF Championship qualification]], the country's [[Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste|football federation (FFTL)]] reportedly selected their foreign based players, who played in Brazil, Portugal, Australia and elsewhere, to fortify the team as they also did at the [[Football at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games|2011 SEA Games]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 May 2012|title=KIMURA FOR LAOS' AFF SUZUKI CUP 2012 QUALIFYING CAMPAIGN|work=ASEAN Football|url=https://www.aseanfootball.org/v3/kimura-for-laos-aff-suzuki-cup-2012-qualifying-campaign/|access-date=22 May 2020|archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730212824/https://www.aseanfootball.org/v3/kimura-for-laos-aff-suzuki-cup-2012-qualifying-campaign/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Coach Emerson Alcantara.jpg|left|thumb|227x227px|[[Emerson Alcântara]] leads East Timor to a famous 5-1 victory over Cambodia in their first ever win in their history.]]
On 5 October 2012, East Timor won their first international match in a 5–1 victory against [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]] with goals coming from [[Murilo de Almeida]] who scored a brace, [[Adelino Trindade]] and [[Alan Leandro]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cambodia 1-5 Timor Leste|url=http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/cambodia-1-timor-leste-5|date=5 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411035051/http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/cambodia-1-timor-leste-5|archive-date=11 April 2013|access-date=21 May 2020|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 9 October 2012, the team won another match against [[Laos national football team|Laos]] in the qualification round as [[Murilo de Almeida]] scored a penalty at 43' minutes of the first half of the match. Later [[Adelino Trindade]] extended the Timorese advantage with a header early in the second half and then [[Alan Leandro]] added the third goal on the 83rd minute.<ref>{{cite web|title=Timor Leste 3 Laos 1|url=http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/timor-leste-3-laos-1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011061336/http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/timor-leste-3-laos-1|archive-date=11 October 2012|access-date=2012-10-11|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After winning the second match against Laos, head coach [[Emerson Alcântara]] stated "This is a win for the people of Timor Leste. They had to wait a long time for our team to win their first match in this competition but now we have two wins and this was an important victory for Timor Leste. "I think that about 70 percent of people in Timor Leste are poor so it is very important to get this result for them because they love football and the people can get confidence and take pride in this result. It is very important for us to motivate our people and to help to change their lives."<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 October 2012|title=Win dedicated to Timorese people|url=http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/win-dedicated-to-timorese-people|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416135557/http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/win-dedicated-to-timorese-people|archive-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> With a win needed in the final fixture, East Timor subsequently lost to [[Brunei national football team|Brunei]] 2–1 and finished in third place in the group, one point away from runners-up of the group, Laos as they went on to qualify for the [[2012 AFF Championship]]. In the [[2014 AFF Championship qualification]], East Timor secured a victory against Brunei winning them 4–2 in the process. In the next match, they caused an upset to [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]] on 14 October 2014 which ended up in a goalless draw but that wasn't enough as East Timor didn't make it to the [[2014 AFF Championship|2014 AFC Championship]].

==== 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round ====
East Timor then participated in the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification first round]] facing [[Mongolia national football team|Mongolia]] where on 12 March 2015, they secured their first ever win against a country outside of [[Southeast Asia]] in a 4–1 win at the [[National Stadium (East Timor)|National Stadium of East Timor]]. In the second leg, East Timor travelled to [[Ulan Bator]] where they won 1–0 putting them on an aggregate of 5–2 seeing them advancing to the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|second round]] however on 12 December 2017, FIFA awarded both matches 3–0 to Mongolia due to East Timor fielding numerous ineligible players. However, this was long after the Second round had been played, so East Timor advanced and Mongolia were not reinstated. East Timor were then grouped with [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]], [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]] and [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] in Group A. On 11 June 2015, [[Ramon Saro]] scored in the 90+3' minute stoppage time which cause a huge upsets to Malaysia in a 1–1 draw at the [[Bukit Jalil National Stadium]] which East Timor got their first ever point in the campaign. On 8 October 2015 while playing at home, [[Ramon Saro]] break the deadlock as they lead against Palestine however in the dying minute of the match, [[Ahmad Abu Nahyeh]] equalise for Palestine in 1–1 draw as it gains media attention from the Southeast Asia region. However, East Timor has to forfeited five of their group matches due to fielding numerous ineligible players. Since their last match against [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] on 17 November 2015, East Timor has been playing their home match overboard as their [[National Stadium (East Timor)|National Stadium of East Timor]] in [[Dili]] failed to meet FIFA standards which also see them finishing at the bottom of the table. During the [[2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round|2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] match, East Timor played their home match at the [[Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium]] in [[Johor Bahru]] playing against Malaysia. 
 
East Timor then participated in the [[2016 AFC Solidarity Cup]] held in [[Kuching]] where they snatched a goalless draw against [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]]. They were also invited to the [[CTFA International Tournament|2017 CTFA International Tournament]] where in the match against the [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]], [[Silveiro Garcia]] scored the only goal in the match as East Timor gains a win in the tournament.

=== Back-to-back AFF Championship tournament (2018–present) ===
East Timor then qualified to the [[2018 AFF Championship]] for the first time in 14 years winning the [[2018 AFF Championship qualification]] against Brunei on an aggregate of 3–2. They will play their designated "home" match against [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] at the [[Rajamangala Stadium]] in Bangkok, while their home tie against the Philippines will be played at the [[Kuala Lumpur Stadium]] in Malaysia due to the incomplete floodlighting of the National Stadium of East Timor. East Timor then qualified to the [[2020 AFF Championship]] automatically after the withdrawal of Brunei in the qualification play-off.

==Naturalised players controversy==
Since 2012 several [[Brazil]]ian-born footballers, who are not of East Timorese descent and had not necessarily played in the East Timorese League, were expressly naturalised to raise the level of "Sol Nascente".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2016/11/29/how-timor-leste-like-others-probably-flouted-fifas-eligibility-rules/|title=How Timor-Leste, like others, (probably) flouted FIFA's eligibility rules|date=2016-11-29|work=These Football Times|access-date=2018-09-04|language=en-GB|archive-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904225641/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2016/11/29/how-timor-leste-like-others-probably-flouted-fifas-eligibility-rules/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The country's recent history of naturalizing foreign players, mainly from [[Brazil]] such as [[Murilo de Almeida]], [[Fellipe Bertoldo]], [[Diogo Santos Rangel]], [[Rodrigo Silva (footballer, born 1987)|Rodrigo Silva]], [[Jairo Neto]], [[Ramon Saro]], [[Alan Leandro]], [[Thiago Cunha]], [[Juninho (footballer, born May 1989)|Juninho]], [[Heberty]] and [[Jesse Pinto]] has been criticized by many, including native East Timorese players and fans.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timor Leste naturalisation of Brazilian footballers criticized |url=http://footballchannel.asia/2015/10/03/post7106/ |work=Football Channel Asia |date=3 October 2015 |access-date=4 October 2015 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003195241/http://footballchannel.asia/2015/10/03/post7106/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/sports/soccer/how-did-east-timor-soccer-improve-so-much-brazilians.html?_r=1|title=Success Is No Longer Foreign to East Timor, but the Players Are|author=Jack Kerr|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1 October 2015|access-date=3 March 2017|archive-date=17 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817193416/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/sports/soccer/how-did-east-timor-soccer-improve-so-much-brazilians.html?_r=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a match on 8 October 2015 against [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]] seven of the starting eleven for the Timorese line-up were naturalized Brazilians.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/sports/soccer/east-timor-fields-seven-ex-brazilians-in-tie-with-palestine.html?_r=0|title=East Timor Fields Seven Ex-Brazilians in Tie With Palestine|author=Jack Kerr|work=The New York Times|date=8 October 2015|access-date=13 November 2015|archive-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906092837/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/sports/soccer/east-timor-fields-seven-ex-brazilians-in-tie-with-palestine.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the match the [[Palestinian Football Association]] made a complaint to FIFA stating that the naturalized Timorese players were not eligible to represent East Timor under FIFA rules.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jack Kerr |date=16 October 2015 |title=Palestinians Protest East Timor's Use of Brazilian Players |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/17/sports/soccer/palestine-protests-east-timors-use-of-brazilian-players.html |access-date=13 November 2015 |archive-date=12 December 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211212040533/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/17/sports/soccer/palestine-protests-east-timors-use-of-brazilian-players.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.vice.com/en_au/article/d7bmda/is-east-timor-illegally-putting-together-a-national-soccer-team-with-brazilian-players|title=Is East Timor Illegally Putting Together a National Soccer Team With Brazilian Players?|date=2015-07-13|work=Sports|access-date=2018-09-04|language=en-au|archive-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904192057/https://sports.vice.com/en_au/article/d7bmda/is-east-timor-illegally-putting-together-a-national-soccer-team-with-brazilian-players|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following a concern from some Timorese who complained to the prime minister, the prosecutor general and the minister for justice regarding the naturalisation program, [[Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste|Timor Leste Football Federation]] (FFTL) decided to drop their overseas-born legion. It meant Timor Leste would be without seven naturalised [[Brazil]]ian players for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2018 FIFA World Cup]] and [[2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2019 AFC Asian Cup]] joint qualifiers match against [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]] on 12 November 2015.<ref name="timor121115">{{cite web|title=Timor Leste set to be without seven naturalised Brazilians for UAE clash|url=http://footballchannel.asia/2015/11/12/post7867/|work=Football Channel Asia|date=12 November 2015|access-date=12 November 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033629/http://footballchannel.asia/2015/11/12/post7867/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In that match, coach [[Fernando Alcântara]] played an all national line up including six who were under twenty, including [[Ervino Soares]] who was 16. Timor Leste ended up losing the match 8–0. Alcântara took responsibility for the defeat although he also added that he had been forced to play such an inexperienced line-up by the FFTL.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/coach-mahdi-ali-cautions-his-players-that-tougher-challenges-await-as-uae-thrash-east-timor-to-get-world-cup-qualification-back-on-track|title=Coach Mahdi Ali cautions his players that tougher challenges await as UAE thrash East Timor to get World Cup qualification back on track|author=Amith Passela|publisher=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|date=12 November 2015|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116013451/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/coach-mahdi-ali-cautions-his-players-that-tougher-challenges-await-as-uae-thrash-east-timor-to-get-world-cup-qualification-back-on-track|url-status=live}}</ref>

The next match, East Timor did even worse, suffering a record 0–10 home defeat to a strong [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] side, who eventually qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Jesse Pinto, an Australian-Timorese footballer, told reporters that the FFTL gives Brazilian players Timorese passports so that they can be registered as "Asian" players and meet the quotas of teams. Pinto also added that the FFTL often takes advantage of players from poor backgrounds, but that it often did not meet its promises of allowing players to travel back to Brazil to meet their families.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-08/darwin-based-soccer-player-breaks-silence-on-fifa-allegations/6901784|title=Darwin soccer player who captained Timor-Leste opens up on team's FIFA controversy|author=Jack Kerr|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]|date=7 November 2015|access-date=13 September 2016|archive-date=31 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731102700/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-08/darwin-based-soccer-player-breaks-silence-on-fifa-allegations/6901784|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2016, the FFTL was charged with using forged and falsified documents, fielding ineligible players and bringing the game into disrepute.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports/soccer/east-timor-charges-ineligible-players.html?_r=0|title=East Timor Is Accused of Using Ineligible Players for Its Soccer Team|author=Jack Kerr|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=9 December 2016|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-date=17 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817194858/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports/soccer/east-timor-charges-ineligible-players.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref>

A decision was made on 20 January 2017 that East Timor is barred from participating in the [[2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification|qualification tournament]] for the [[2023 AFC Asian Cup]] after being found to have fielded a total of twelve ineligible players in [[2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] matches and among other competitions.<ref name="2023_expelled">{{cite web|title=Federacao Futebol Timor-Leste expelled from AFC Asian Cup 2023|url=http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases-timor-leste/federacao-futebol-timor-leste-expelled-from-afc-asian-cup-2023|website=The-AFC.com|access-date=20 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120093453/http://the-afc.com/media-releases-timor-leste/federacao-futebol-timor-leste-expelled-from-afc-asian-cup-2023|archive-date=20 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Team image==

=== Kit manufacturers ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Period
!Manufacturer
|-
|2008–2010
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tiger
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
|-
|2013–2014
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]]
|-
|2015–2017
|{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Kubba Sportswear]]
|-
|2018–
|{{flagicon|INA}} Narrow
|}
The team's kit manufacturer was [[Kubba Sportswear]] from June 2014 to February 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Timor Leste Football Federation sign Kubba sportswear contract|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/KubbaSportswear1/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1460698683943025}}</ref>

Since 2018, the kits are made by Narrow, an Indonesian apparel. The home kit is red shirts, black shorts, and red socks, with black as a secondary color. The away kit all white.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2017-18 Timor-Leste Away Shirt *BNIB*|url=https://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/2017-18-timor-leste-away-shirt-bnib.html|website=Сlassic Football Shirts|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22|archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730222525/https://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/2017-18-timor-leste-away-shirt-bnib.html|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2008 to 2010, their away kits were yellow but at [[2010 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification]], the away kits changed back into all whites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.colours-of-football.com/national_teams_kits/afc_asia/tls/timor_leste_1.html|title=Timor-Leste national team|website=www.colours-of-football.com|access-date=2018-09-04|archive-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904225627/https://www.colours-of-football.com/national_teams_kits/afc_asia/tls/timor_leste_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Their kits were made by Nike in 2012. Previous kit makers include [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]], [[Joma]], [[Nike Inc.|Nike]] and Tiger.

=== Home stadium ===
Timor Leste's home ground is the [[National Stadium (East Timor)|National Stadium of East Timor]] in [[Dili]]. The stadium capacity is 5,000. The first official match played in the stadium was a [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]] match against [[Mongolia national football team|Mongolia]] on 12 March 2015. East Timor played their last match at the National Stadium of East Timor against Saudi Arabia on 17 November 2015 and since then used their stadium as a neutral ground all over Asia.

{| class="wikitable" width=95% style="text-align:center;font-size:100%;"
!colspan=5 style="background: #DC241F; color: #FFC726;|Timor Leste national football team home stadiums
|-
!Image
!Stadium
!Capacity
!Location
!Last match
|-
|[[File:Timor Leste Nacional Stadion.jpg|172x172px]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[National Stadium (East Timor)|National Stadium of East Timor]]
|style="text-align:left"|13,000
|style="text-align:left"|[[Dili]]
|style="text-align:left"|'''v'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{fb|KSA}}<br /><small>(17 November 2015; [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]])</small>
|}

=== Neutral venue ===
List of neutral venue grounds for East Timor in the FIFA World Cup qualifications, AFC Asian Cup qualifications and AFF Championship qualifications.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" width="95%" style="text-align:center;font-size:100%;"
! colspan="5" style="background: #DC241F; color: #FFC726;" |Timor Leste neutral home stadiums
|-
!Image
!Stadium
!Capacity
!Location
!Last match
|-
|[[File:Bukit Jalil National Stadium-26.jpg|frameless|183x183px]]
|[[Bukit Jalil National Stadium]]
|87,411
|[[Bukit Jalil]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]
|'''v'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{fb|MAS}}<br /><small>(11 June 2019; [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification]])</small>
|-
|[[File:The Main Stadium for 2009 World Games panorama.jpg|frameless|193x193px]]
|[[National Stadium (Kaohsiung)|Kaohsiung National Stadium]]
|55,000
|[[Zuoying District|Zuoying]], [[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]]
|'''v'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{fb|TPE}}<br /><small>(17 October 2023; [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]])</small>
|-
|[[File:Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.jpg|frameless|182x182px]]
|[[Rajamangala Stadium]]
|51,552
|[[Bang Kapi district|Bang Kapi]], [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
|'''v'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{fb|THA}}<br /><small>(9 November 2018; [[2018 AFF Championship]])</small>
|-
|[[File:Stadium Larkin.jpg|frameless]]
|[[Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium]]
|30,000
|[[Larkin, Johor|Larkin]], [[Johor Bahru]], Malaysia
|'''v'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{fb|MAS}}<br /><small>(6 June 2016; [[2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round|2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification]])</small>
|-
|[[File:Aerial View of Kuala Lumpur Stadium.png|frameless|182x182px]]
|[[Kuala Lumpur Stadium]]
|18,000
|[[Bandar Tun Razak]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]
|'''v'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{fb|PHI}}<br /><small>(17 November 2018; [[2018 AFF Championship]])</small>
|-
|[[File:Track & Field Sports Complex 01.jpg|frameless|186x186px]]
|[[Track & Field Sports Complex]]
|1,700
|[[Bandar Seri Begawan]], [[Brunei]]
|'''v'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{fb|BRU}}<br /><small>(8 November 2022; [[2022 AFF Championship qualification]])</small>
|}

==Results and fixtures==
{{main|Timor-Leste national football team results}}
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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===2022===
{{footballbox collapsible
|format     =1
|round      = [[2022 AFF Championship qualification|AFF Championship qualification]]
|date       = {{Start date|2022|11|05|df=y}}
|time       = 
|team1      = {{fb-rt|BRU}}
|score      = 6–2 
|report     = 
|team2      = {{fb|TLS}}
|goals1     =*[[Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman|Abdul Azizi]] {{goal|18||33}}
*[[Razimie Ramlli|Razimie]] {{goal|60||90+3}}
*[[Azwan Saleh|Azwan S.]] {{goal|75}}
*[[Wafi Aminuddin|Wafi]] {{goal|89}} 
|goals2     =*[[Mouzinho (footballer)|Mouzinho]] {{goal|45+1}}
*[[Jhon Firth|Firth]] {{goal|65}}
|stadium    = [[Track & Field Sports Complex]]
|location   = [[Bandar Seri Begawan]], [[Brunei]]
|attendance =600 
|referee    =[[Warintorn Sassadee]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]]) 
|result     =L 
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|format     =1
|round      = [[2022 AFF Championship qualification|AFF Championship qualification]]
|date       = {{Start date|2022|11|8|df=y}}
|time       = 
|team1      = {{fb-rt|TLS}}
|score      = 1–0 
|report     = 
| aggregatescore = 3–6
|team2      = {{fb|BRU}}
|goals1     = *[[Mouzinho (footballer)|Mouzinho]] {{goal|45+2}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Track & Field Sports Complex]]
|location   = [[Bandar Seri Begawan]], [[Brunei]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
|result     = W
|note       = Brunei won 6–3 on aggregate
}}

===2023===

{{footballbox collapsible
| round      = [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)#First round|2026 World Cup qualification Round 1]]
| date       = 12 October
| time       = 
| team1      = {{fb-rt|TPE}}
| score      = 4–0
|team2      = {{fb|TLS}}
|goals1     = 
*[[Yu Yao-hsing]] {{goal|4||60}} 
*[[Chen Ting-yang]] {{goal|57}}
*[[Ko Yu-ting]] {{goal|88}}
| goals2     =
| stadium    = [[National Stadium (Kaohsiung)|National Stadium]]
| location   = [[Kaohsiung]], Taiwan
| attendance = 
| referee    = Ismaeel Habib Ali ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])
|report     = https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288264/400017148?gender=1&date=2023-10-11
|format      = 1
| result     = L
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date=17 October
|time=
|round=[[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)#First round|2026 World Cup qualification Round 1]]
|score=0–3
|aggregatescore = 0–7
|report=
|team1={{fb-rt|TLS}}
|goals1=
|team2={{fb|TPE}}
|goals2=[[Yu Chia-huang]] {{goal|18}}<br>[[Wu Yen-shu]] {{goal|21}}<br>[[Ange Kouamé|Kouamé]] {{goal|24}}
|stadium= [[National Stadium (Kaohsiung)|National Stadium]]
|location= [[Kaohsiung]], Taiwan{{refn|group="note"|Timor-Leste will play their home game in Kaohsiung, due to the [[National Stadium (East Timor)|National Stadium]] in [[Dili]] failing to meet FIFA standards.}}
|attendance=
|referee=
|format=1
|result=L
}}

===2024===
{{football box collapsible
|round      = [[2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round]]
|date       = 5 September
|time       = 
|team1      = TBD
|score      = 
|report     = 
|team2      = {{fb|TLS}}
|goals1     =
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = 
|location   = 
|attendance =
|referee    =
|format=1
|result     = 
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = [[2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round]]
|date       = 10 September
|time       = 
|team1      = {{fb-rt|TLS}}
|score      = 
|report     = 
|team2      = TBD
|goals1     =
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = 
|location   = Timor-Leste 
|attendance =
|referee    =
|format=1
|result     = 
}}

==Coaching staff==
{{Updated|2 September 2022}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Technical director
| {{flagicon|}}  
|-
| Manager
| {{flagicon|}} 
|-
| Assistant manager
| {{flagicon|}} 
|-
| Head coach
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Soon-tae]]
|-
| Assistant coach 
| {{flagicon|}}
|-
| Goalkeeping coach 
| {{flagicon|}}
|-
| Physiotherapist
| {{flagicon|}}
|-
| Media Officer
| {{flagicon|}} 
|-
| Administrator
| {{flagicon|}}
|-
| Official
| {{flagicon|}} 
|-
| Kitman
| {{flagicon|}}
|}

===Coaching history===
{{updated|30 January 2022}}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Manager
!rowspan="2"|Period
!colspan="5"|Internationals
|-
!{{Abbr|G|Games as manager}}
!{{Abbr|W|Games won}}
!{{Abbr|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Abbr|L|Games lost}}
!{{Abbr|%|Win percentage}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Portugal}} {{sortname|José|Luís|José Luís (footballer, born 1958)}}
|2004–2006
{{WDL|decimals=1|10
|0
|0
|10}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|East Timor}} {{sortname|João Paulo|Pereira}}
|2007
{{WDL|decimals=1|2
|0
|0
|2}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|East Timor}} {{sortname|Pedro Correia|de Almeida|Pedro Correia De Almeida}}
|2007–2008
{{WDL|decimals=1|5
|0
|1
|4}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Clodoaldo]]
|2010
{{WDL|decimals=1|3
|0
|0
|3}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{sortname|Antonio|Carlos Vieira}}
|2011–2012
{{WDL|decimals=1|6
|1
|1
|4}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{sortname|Emerson|Alcântara}}
|2012–2014
{{WDL|decimals=1|4
|2
|0
|2}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|East Timor}} {{sortname|Manuel|da Costa Soares}}
|2015
{{WDL|decimals=1|1
|1
|0
|0}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{sortname|Fábio|Magrão|Fábio Joaquim Maciel da Silva}}
|2015–2016
{{WDL|decimals=1|3
|0
|1
|2}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{sortname|Emerson |Alcântara|Emerson Alcântara}}
|2015–2016
{{WDL|decimals=1|6
|0
|1
|5}} 
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Chile}} {{sortname|Simón|Elissetche}}<ref name="simontl">{{cite web|title=Former Persita Coach Officially Handles the Timor Leste National Team|url=https://www.bola.com/indonesia/read/3142121/mantan-pelatih-persita-resmi-menangani-timnas-timor-leste|last=Bola.com|date=27 October 2017|website=bola.com|language=id|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304233122/https://www.bola.com/indonesia/read/3142121/mantan-pelatih-persita-resmi-menangani-timnas-timor-leste|url-status=live}}</ref>
|2017–2018
{{WDL|decimals=1|3
|1
|0
|2}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Japan}} {{sortname|Norio|Tsukitate}}
|2018–2019
{{WDL|decimals=1|9
|1
|1
|7}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{sortname|Fábio|Magrão|Fábio Joaquim Maciel da Silva}}
|2021–2022
{{WDL|decimals=1|9
|0
|1
|8}}
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} {{sortname|Gopalkrishnan|Ramasamy}}
|2022–2023
{{WDL|decimals=1|2
|1
|0
|1}}
|-
|style"text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|South Korea}} {{sortname|Park|Soon-tae}}
|2023-present
{{WDL|decimals=0|0
|0
|0
|0}}
|}

==Players==

===Current squad===
* The following players were called up for the [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]].<ref name="FIFA World Cup 2026, Qualifiers - Round 1">{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup 2026, Qualifiers - Round 1 |url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0H7kE6BB2PjHJff3oPa9RpfaArQZqbtBmzGzJgoMfuKBKpC7SYNfWcNW5VZTz9tdZl&id=100053445251744&mibextid=qC1gEa |publisher=Timor Leste Football Supporter |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="3位高中生進入大名單">{{cite web |title=明日世界盃資格賽首回合對東帝汶，中華隊僅兩名旅外球員，3位高中生進入大名單 |url=https://www.foootball.cc/blog/read/fifa_wolrdcup2026_asiaqualification_firstround1011 |publisher=foootball.cc |access-date=11 October 2023 |language=Chinese}}</ref>
* '''Match dates:''' 12 and 17 October 2023
* '''Oppositions:''' {{fb|TPE}}
*'''Caps and goals correct as of:''' 17 October 2023, after the match against {{fb|TPE}}

{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Junildo Pereira]]|age={{bda|2003|6|4|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=0|club=[[Assalam F.C.|Assalam]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Filonito Nogueira]]|age={{bda|2004|11|16|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Sport Laulara e Benfica|SLB Laulara]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Pablo de Jesus]]|age={{bda|2005|09|19|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[AS Ponta Leste|Ponta Leste]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Filomeno Junior]]|age={{bda|1998|6|21|df=y}}|caps=19|goals=0|club=[[S.L. Benfica de Macau|Benfica]]|clubnat=MAC}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Anizo Correia]]|age={{bda|2003|5|23|df=y}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[AS Ponta Leste|Ponta Leste]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[João Bosco (footballer)|João Bosco]]|age={{bda|2003|3|2|df=y}}|caps=7|goals=0|club=[[AS Ponta Leste|Ponta Leste]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Olagar Xavier]]|age={{bda|2003|5|18|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[Siem Reap Province FC|Siem Reap]]|clubnat=CAM}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Ricardo Bianco]]|age={{bda|2006|1|15|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[AS Ponta Leste|Ponta Leste]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Fernando Carvalho (footballer)|Fernando Carvalho]]|age={{bda|2004|2|18|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Sport Laulara e Benfica|SLB Laulara]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Cristevão Fernandes]]|age={{bda|2004|1|16|df=y}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[Angkor City FC|Angkor City]]|clubnat=CAM}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Freteliano]]|age={{bda|2004|8|9|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Emmanuel FC|Emmanuel]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Luis Pinto (Timor-Leste footballer)|Luis Pinto]]|age={{bda|2001|5|8|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Santa Cruz F.C. (East Timor)|Santa Cruz]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Luis da Silva (footballer)|Luis da Silva]]|age={{bda|2006|5|20|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Sport Laulara e Benfica|SLB Laulara]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Miguel Oliveira (Timor-Leste footballer)|Miguel Oliveira]]|age={{bda|2000|9|1|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[FC Porto Taibesse|Porto Taibesse]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Jose de Andrade]]|age={{bda|1999|12|20|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[AS Ponta Leste|Ponta Leste]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Marques de Carvalho]]|age={{bda|2007|2|25|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Sport Laulara e Benfica|SLB Laulara]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[João Pedro (footballer, born June 1998)|João Pedro]]|age={{bda|1998|6|24|df=y}}|caps=15|goals=2|club=[[PSM Makassar]]|clubnat=IDN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Elias Mesquita]]|age={{bda|2002|3|27|df=y}}|caps=10|goals=0|club=[[Lalenok United F.C.|Lalenok United]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Mário Quintão]]|age={{bda|2004|2|18|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Emmanuel FC|Emmanuel]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Luis Figo Pereira]]|age={{bda|2005|4|17|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[AS Ponta Leste|Ponta Leste]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Alexandre Moreira]]|age={{bda|2001|9|24|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[AS Ponta Leste|Ponta Leste]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Lourenço Paulo]]|age={{bda|2000|8|10|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Assalam F.C.|Assalam]]|clubnat=TLS}}
{{nat fs end}}

===Previous squads===
* [[2004 AFF Championship squads#Timor-Leste|2004 Tiger Cup squad]]
* [[2016 AFC Solidarity Cup squads#Timor-Leste|2016 AFC Solidarity Cup squad]]
* [[2018 AFF Championship squads#Timor-Leste|2018 AFF Suzuki Cup squad]]
* [[2020 AFF Championship squads#Timor-Leste|2020 AFF Suzuki Cup squad]]

==Player records==
{{See also|Timor-Leste national football team records and statistics}}
{{Updated|17 October 2023}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Timor-Leste |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/country/229/East_Timor.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref>
:Players in '''bold''' are still active with Timor-Leste.

===Most appearances===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width="30"|Rank
! style="width:150px;"|Name
!width="50"|Caps
!width="50"|Goals
! style="width:100px;"|Career
|-
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Anggisu Barbosa]]
|30
|4
|2008–2016
|-
|2
|style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Adelino Trindade]]'''
|27
|3
|2010–present
|-
|3
|style="text-align: left;"|[[José Carlos da Fonseca|José Fonseca]]
|26
|0
|2010–2017
|-
|4
|style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Henrique Cruz]]'''
|25
|3
|2015–present
|-
|5
|style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Nataniel de Jesus Reis|Nataniel Reis]]'''
|23
|1
|2014–present
|-
|rowspan=2|6
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Eusebio de Almeida]]
|22
|0
|2007–2015
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Rufino Gama]]'''
|22
|7
|2016–present
|-
|8
|style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Nelson Sarmento Viegas|Nelson Viegas]]'''
|21
|1
|2016–present
|-
|rowspan=2|9
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Ramos Maxanches]]
|20
|0
|2014–2016
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Filipe Oliveira (footballer, born 1995)|Filipe Oliveira]]
|20
|0
|2014–2017
|-
|}

===Top goalscorers===

{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width="30"|Rank
! style="width:150px;"|Name
!width="50"|Goals
!width="50"|Caps
!width="50"|Ratio
! style="width:100px;"|Career
|-
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Rufino Gama]]'''
|7
|22
|{{#expr:7/21 round 2}} 
|2016–present
|-
|2
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Murilo de Almeida]]
|6
|7
|{{#expr:6/7 round 2}} 
|2012–2014
|-
|rowspan=2|3
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Chiquito do Carmo]]
|4
|15
|{{#expr:4/15 round 2}} 
|2010–2016
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Anggisu Barbosa]]
|4
|30
|{{#expr:4/30 round 2}} 
|2008–2016
|-
|rowspan=6|5
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Adélio Guterres]]
|3
|4
|{{#expr:3/4 round 2}} 
|2006–2007
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Alan Leandro]]
|3
|5
|{{#expr:3/5 round 2}} 
|2012
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Mouzinho (footballer)|Mouzinho]]'''
|3
|10
|{{#expr:3/10 round 2}} 
|2019–present
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Emilio da Silva]]
|3
|12
|{{#expr:3/12 round 2}} 
|2004–2012
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Henrique Cruz]]'''
|3
|25
|{{#expr:3/25 round 2}} 
|2015–present
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Adelino Trindade]]'''
|3
|27
|{{#expr:3/27 round 2}} 
|2010–present
|-
|}

== Competition records ==
{{Main|Timor-Leste national football team results}}

===FIFA World Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[FIFA World Cup]]
!width=1% rowspan=39|
!colspan=6|[[FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=10|''Part of {{fb|Portugal}}''
|colspan=6 rowspan=10|''Part of {{fb|Portugal}}''
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1794}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]
|colspan=8 rowspan=6|''Part of {{fb|Indonesia}}''
|colspan=6 rowspan=6|''Part of {{fb|Indonesia}}''
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]
|-
| {{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]
|colspan=8|''Not member of FIFA''
|colspan=6|''Not member of FIFA''
|-
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]
|colspan=8|''Did not enter''
|colspan=6|''Did not enter''
|-
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]||colspan=8 rowspan=5|''Did not qualify''
|2||0||0||2||3||11
|-
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]
|2||0||0||2||1||7
|-
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]
|10||2||2||6||7||37
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]
|2||0||0||2||2||12
|-
|{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States}} [[2026 FIFA World Cup|2026]]
|2||0||0||2||0||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} {{flagicon|Portugal}} {{flagicon|Spain}} [[2030 FIFA World Cup|2030]]||colspan=8 rowspan=2|''To be determined''
|colspan=6 rowspan=2|'"To be determined''
|-
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[2034 FIFA World Cup|2034]]
|-
!'''Total'''||—||'''0/25'''||–||–||–||–||–||–
!'''18'''||'''2'''||'''2'''||'''14'''||'''13'''||'''74'''
|}

====Notes====
{{small|Timor-Leste forfeited seven matches due to fielding numerous ineligible players and was declared as 3–0 loser in six of them. Only the 7–0 loss to Saudi Arabia remained with the original result.<ref>{{cite web |title=Federacao Futebol Timor-Leste expelled from AFC Asian Cup 2023 |url=https://www.the-afc.com/media-releases-timor-leste/federacao-futebol-timor-leste-expelled-from-afc-asian-cup-2023 |publisher=The-AFC.com |date=20 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122161233/https://www.the-afc.com/media-releases-timor-leste/federacao-futebol-timor-leste-expelled-from-afc-asian-cup-2023 |archive-date=22 January 2017 |access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref> The other original results were: {{fb|Timor-Leste}} 4–1 {{fb-rt|Mongolia}}; {{fb|Mongolia}} 0–1 {{fb-rt|Timor-Leste}} (first round). However, this was long after the second round had been played, so Timor-Leste advanced and Mongolia were not reinstated. And {{fb|Malaysia}} 1–1 {{fb-rt|Timor-Leste}}; {{fb|Timor-Leste}} 0–1 {{fb-rt|United Arab Emirates}}; {{fb|Timor-Leste}} 1–1 {{fb-rt|Palestine}}; {{fb|Timor-Leste}} 0–1 {{fb-rt|Malaysia}}, all of them in Second Round.}}

=== Lusofonia Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" 
!colspan=9| [[Football at the Lusofonia Games|Jogos da Lusofonia]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|- 
| {{flagicon|Macau}} [[Football at the 2006 Lusofonia Games|2006]] ||Group stage||9th||0||0||0||2||0||10   
|-   
| {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Football at the 2009 Lusofonia Games|2009]]||rowspan=2 colspan=8|''Did not enter''
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Football at the 2014 Lusophony Games|2014]]
|-
!'''Total'''||Group stage||1/3||0||0||0|||2||0||10
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |[[Football at the Lusofonia Games|Lusofonia Games]]
|-
!Date
!Venue
!Opponents
!Score
!Year
|-
|{{dts|4 October 2006}}
|rowspan=2|[[Macau University of Science and Technology Sports Field]]
|{{fbu|20|MOZ|name=Mozambique U-20}}
|align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd|0–5
| rowspan="2" |[[Football at the 2006 Lusofonia Games|2006 Lusofonia Games]]
|-
|{{dts|6 October 2006}}
|{{fbu|20|ANG|name=Angola U-20}}
|align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd|0–5
|}

===AFC Asian Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=9|[[AFC Asian Cup]]
!width=1% rowspan=39|
! colspan="6" |[[AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|{{flagicon|HKG|1955}} [[1956 AFC Asian Cup|1956]] ||colspan=9 rowspan=5|''Part of {{fb|Portugal}}'' || colspan="7" rowspan="5" |''Part of {{fb|Portugal}}''
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[1964 AFC Asian Cup|1964]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IRN|1964}} [[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]]
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Iran|1964}} [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]] ||colspan=9 rowspan=6|''Part of {{fb|Indonesia}}'' || colspan="7" rowspan="6" |''Part of {{fb|Indonesia}}''
|-
|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]]
|-
|{{flagicon|SIN}} [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]]
|-
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]]
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]]
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]]
|-
|{{flagicon|LIB}} [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]] ||colspan=9|''Did not exist, under [[United Nations]]''|| colspan="7" |''Did not exist, under [[United Nations]]''
|- 
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]] ||rowspan=1 colspan=9|''Did not qualify'' ||2||0||0||2||2||6
|- 
|{{flagicon|IDN}} {{flagicon|MAS}} {{flagicon|THA}} {{flagicon|VIE}} [[2007 AFC Asian Cup|2007]] ||rowspan=3 colspan=9|''Did not enter'' ||rowspan=3 colspan=6|''Did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[2011 AFC Asian Cup|2011]]
|-
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[2015 AFC Asian Cup|2015]]
|-
| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[2019 AFC Asian Cup|2019]] || colspan="9" |''Did not qualify''
|14||2||2||12||9||47
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[2023 AFC Asian Cup|2023]] 
| colspan="9" |''Disqualified''
| colspan="6" |''Disqualified''
|- 
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[2027 AFC Asian Cup|2027]]
| colspan="9" | ''To be determined''
| colspan="6" | ''To be determined''
|-
!'''Total'''||—||—||'''–''' ||'''–'''||'''–'''||'''–'''||'''–'''||'''–''' ||'''16''' ||'''2'''||'''2'''||'''14'''||'''11'''||53
|}

===AFC Challenge Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[AFC Challenge Cup]]
!width=1% rowspan=39|
!colspan=6|AFC Challenge Cup qualification
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
| {{flagicon|Bangladesh|2006}} [[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006]] || colspan=8 |''Did not participate''
|colspan=6 |''Selected but removed''
|- 
| {{flagicon|India}} [[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]] || colspan=8  rowspan=4 |''Did not enter''
|colspan=6 rowspan=4 |''Did not enter''
|- 
| {{flagicon|SRI}} [[2010 AFC Challenge Cup|2010]]
|- 
| {{flagicon|NEP}} [[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|2012]]
|- 
| {{flagicon|MDV}} [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]]
|-
!'''Total'''|| — ||—||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–
|}

* [[AFC Challenge Cup 2006|2006]] – ''Was originally selected to take part, but was then replaced''
*[[AFC Challenge Cup 2008|2008]] –  ''Was selected to take part, but withdrew''

===AFC Solidarity Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[AFC Solidarity Cup]]
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
|-
| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[2016 AFC Solidarity Cup|2016]] || Group stage ||6th||2||0||1||1||0||4
|-
!'''Total'''||'''Group stage''' ||1/1||2||0||1||1||0||4
|}

=== AFF Championship ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9 style="background:#DC241F; color:#FFC726|AFF Championship
!rowspan=39|
!colspan=6 style="background:#DC241F; color:#FFC726|Qualification record 
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
|-
| {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[1996 Tiger Cup|1996]] ||colspan=8 rowspan=2|''Part of {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]]''||colspan=7 rowspan=2|''Part of {{fb|Indonesia}}''
|-
| {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[1998 Tiger Cup|1998]]
|- 
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[2000 Tiger Cup|2000]] ||colspan=8 rowspan=2|''Under [[United Nations]]''||colspan=7 rowspan=2|''Under [[United Nations]]''
|- 
| {{flagicon|Indonesia}} {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[2002 Tiger Cup|2002]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[2004 Tiger Cup|2004]]|| Group stage ||9th|| 4 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||2 ||18||colspan=7|''No qualification''
|- 
| {{flagicon|Singapore}} {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[2007 ASEAN Football Championship|2007]]||colspan=8 rowspan=6| ''Did not qualify''||4||0||0||4||5||17
|-
| {{flagicon|Indonesia}} {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[2008 AFF Suzuki Cup|2008]]||4||0||1||3||4||9
|-
| {{flagicon|Indonesia}} {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[2010 AFF Suzuki Cup|2010]]||3||0||0||3||3||15
|-
| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[2012 AFF Suzuki Cup|2012]]||4||2||0||2||10||6
|-
| {{flagicon|Singapore}} {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[2014 AFF Suzuki Cup|2014]]||4||1||1||2||6||7
|-
| {{flagicon|Myanmar}} {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[2016 AFF Suzuki Cup|2016]]||3||0||0||3||4||7
|-
| {{flagicon|ASEAN}} [[2018 AFF Suzuki Cup|2018]]|| rowspan=2| Group stage ||10th|| 4 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||4 ||19||2||1||0||1||3||2
|-
| {{flagicon|SGP}} [[2020 AFF Championship|2020]]||10th|| 4 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||0 ||13 ||colspan=7|''Opponents withdrew''
|-
|{{flagicon|ASEAN}} [[2022 AFF Championship|2022]]||colspan=8|''Did not qualify''||2||1||0||1||3||6
|-
! '''Total''' || '''Group stage''' ||3/14|| 12 ||0 ||0 ||12 ||6 ||50||26||5||2||19||38||68
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center, font-size:90%; width:70%;"
! colspan="6" style="background:#DC241F; color:#FFC726|AFF Championship History
|-
! Season
! Round
! Opponent
! Scores
! Venue
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[2004 AFF Championship|2004]]
|rowspan="4"|[[2004 AFF Championship#Group B|Group B]]
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|MAS}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|0–5
|rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|THA}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|0–8
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|PHI}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|1–2
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|MYA}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|1–3
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[2018 AFF Championship|2018]]
|rowspan="4"|[[2018 AFF Championship#Group B|Group B]]
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|THA}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|0–7
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|IDN}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|1–3
|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|PHI}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|2–3
|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|SIN}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|1–6
|{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]]
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[2020 AFF Championship|2020]]
|rowspan="4"|[[2020 AFF Championship#Group A|Group A]]
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|THA}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|0–2
|rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Kallang]], [[Singapore]]
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|Myanmar}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|0–2
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|Philippines}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|0–7
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{fb|SIN}}
|style="background:#fdd;" align=center|0–2
|}

==Head-to-head record==
{{See also|Timor-Leste national football team records and statistics}}
<section begin="Record by opponent"/>
''As of 17 October 2023''<ref>{{cite web | title =Fixtures Results | url =https://www.eloratings.net/East_Timor | access-date =30 January 2022 | publisher =eloratings | archive-date =24 January 2022 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20220124190621/http://www.eloratings.net/East_Timor | url-status =live }}</ref>

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|show_positions=n
|ranking_style=wperc
|show_totals=yes
|sortable_table=yes

|team1=BRU|name_BRU={{fb|BRU}}
|team2=CAM|name_CAM={{fb|CAM}}
|team3=TPE|name_TPE={{fb|TPE}}
|team4=HKG|name_HKG={{fb|HKG}}
|team5=IND|name_IND={{fb|IDN}}
|team6=LAO|name_LAO={{fb|LAO}}
|team7=MAS|name_MAS={{fb|MAS}}
|team8=MNG|name_MNG={{fb|MNG}}
|team9=MYA|name_MYA={{fb|MYA}}
|team10=NEP|name_NEP={{fb|NEP}}
|team11=PLE|name_PLE={{fb|PLE}}
|team12=PHI|name_PHI={{fb|PHI}}
|team13=KSA|name_KSA={{fb|KSA}}
|team14=SIN|name_SIN={{fb|SIN}}
|team15=SRI|name_SRI={{fb|SRI}}
|team16=THA|name_THA={{fb|THA}}
|team17=UAE|name_UAE={{fb|UAE}}

|win_BRU=3|draw_BRU=0|loss_BRU=7 |gf_BRU=15|ga_BRU=25
|win_CAM=1|draw_CAM=2|loss_CAM=6 |gf_CAM=17|ga_CAM=23
|win_TPE=0|draw_TPE=0|loss_TPE=6 |gf_TPE=3 |ga_TPE=17
|win_HKG=0|draw_HKG=0|loss_HKG=2 |gf_HKG=3 |ga_HKG=11
|win_IND=0|draw_IND=0|loss_IND=6 |gf_IND=2 |ga_IND=21
|win_LAO=1|draw_LAO=0|loss_LAO=6 |gf_LAO=9 |ga_LAO=18
|win_MAS=0|draw_MAS=1|loss_MAS=6 |gf_MAS=3 |ga_MAS=25
|win_MNG=2|draw_MNG=0|loss_MNG=0 |gf_MNG=5 |ga_MNG=1
|win_MYA=0|draw_MYA=1|loss_MYA=3 |gf_MYA=2 |ga_MYA=7
|win_NEP=0|draw_NEP=2|loss_NEP=2 |gf_NEP=3 |ga_NEP=9
|win_PLE=0|draw_PLE=1|loss_PLE=1 |gf_PLE=1 |ga_PLE=8
|win_PHI=1|draw_PHI=0|loss_PHI=7 |gf_PHI=5 |ga_PHI=29
|win_KSA=0|draw_KSA=0|loss_KSA=2 |gf_KSA=0 |ga_KSA=17
|win_SIN=0|draw_SIN=0|loss_SIN=2 |gf_SIN=1 |ga_SIN=8
|win_SRI=0|draw_SRI=0|loss_SRI=1 |gf_SRI=2 |ga_SRI=3
|win_THA=0|draw_THA=0|loss_THA=3 |gf_THA=0 |ga_THA=17
|win_UAE=0|draw_UAE=0|loss_UAE=2 |gf_UAE=0 |ga_UAE=9

|update=complete|source=[[Timor-Leste national football team results#Results|Results]]
}}<section end="Record by opponent"/>

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}
==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070606225505/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tls/index.html Profile] at FIFA.com (archived 6 June 2007)
* [http://the-afc.com/member-association/federacao-futebol-timor-leste Profile] at the-AFC.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161011063017/http://www.affsuzukicup.com/2016/timorleste.html Profile] at AFF Suzuki Cup site (archived 11 October 2016)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101115161336/http://www.aseanfootball.org/affiliates_03.asp Profile] at AFF site (archived 15 November 2010)
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/country.php?id=229 Timor-Leste] at National-Football-Teams.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130325142313/http://www.affsuzukicup.com/timorleste.html 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup squad] (archived 25 March 2013)
*{{Soccerway|id=3844}}

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