East Timor Football Federation

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East Timor Football Federation

AFC
Founded	2002
FIFA affiliation	2005
AFC affiliation	2002 (Associate member)[1] 2005
AFF affiliation	2004
President	Francisco MCP Jeronimo
Website	http://www.fftl.tl/

The East Timor Football Federation (Portuguese: Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste - FFTL) is the governing body of football in East Timor.

In 2016 Timor-Leste run their own league under supervision of and Secretary of State for Youth and Sport. The name of the league is Liga Futebol Amadora do Timor-Leste (lit. 'Amateur Football League of East Timo').

Federation Logo[]

FFTL Bodies[]

Executive committee[]

Name	Position	Source
Francisco Jerónimo	President	[2][3]
	Vice President	[4][5]
	2nd Vice President	[6][7]
	3rd Vice President	[8][9]
	General Secretary	[10][11]
	Treasurer	[12]
Fabio Magrão	Technical Director	[13]
Norio Tsukitate	Team Coach (Men's)	[14][15]
	Team Coach (Women's)	[16]
	Media/Communications Manager	[17]
	Futsal Coordinator	[18]
	Referee Coordinator	[19]

Players[]

All players[citation needed]	Registered players	Youth Players (U8-U14)	Unregistered Players	Clubs	Academy	Officials
15,500[citation needed]	567	2,550	5,000	21	17	147

Principal officials of FFTL[]

Chairmen[]

• (2002-2007) ^[20]
  (2008-2018)

• (2007-2008)
• (2018-Present)

Venues[]

• National Stadium, Dili
• , Baucau
• , Bobonaro
• , Ermera
• , Manatuto

National teams[]

Currently, Timor Leste has the following football national teams:

• Timor-Leste national football team
• Timor-Leste women's national football team
• Timor-Leste national under-23 football team
• Timor-Leste national under-20 football team
• Timor-Leste national under-16 football team
• Timor-Leste national futsal team

Controversies and critics[]

Francisco Kalbuadi Lay corruption scandal[]

The chairman of FFTL did not win the FFTL Presidential Race at the 2007 Extraordinary Congress; however, Kalbuadi continued his presidency until now. , who claimed he won the Presidential Race, had not worked at FFTL office since 2007. At 2007 Extraordinary Congress Carrascalao had 13 voting members who elected him as the President of FFTL. Carrascalao alleges that FFTL members were forced to call an Extraordinary Congress in 2007 after the organisation failed to hold a regular Congress – in which a Presidential vote would have been held – in the necessary timeframe. He says members were also greatly concerned about potential corruption within the organisation at the time. ^[21]

General Secretary: Amandio Sarmento Scandal[]

In February 2017, FIFA terminated and banned General Secretary of FFTL. Sarmento was banned for three years of football activity. Furthermore, Sarmento was guilty of using falsified documents in connection with the fielding of ineligible players by Timor-Leste.^[22]

References[]

External links[]

• Timor-Leste at the FIFA website.
• Timor-Leste at the AFC website