Timor-Leste national under-19 football team

Timor-Leste U-20
Nickname(s)	O Sol Nascente (The Raising Sun), The Little Samba Nation, El Lafaek
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach
Captain	Agostinho
Most caps	(18)
Top scorer	Ade, Kefi (5)
Home stadium	East Timor National Stadium
FIFA code	TLS
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Maldives 2–2 Timor-Leste ; (Palembang, Indonesia; 6 August 2005)
Biggest win
	Timor-Leste 4–0 Brunei ; (Yangon, Myanmar; 28 September 2015)
Biggest defeat
	Malaysia 7–1 Timor-Leste ; (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 6 August 2009)

The Timor-Leste national Under-20 football team is the national team of Timor-Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. East Timor joined FIFA on 12 September 2005, but has never had success on the international stage.

Kits[]

Timor-Leste 's kit is a red jersey, red shorts and red socks. Their away kit is with a white jersey with black shorts and red or white socks. The kits are currently manufactured by Adidas and Nike. Timor-Leste first kit is under Tiger, when the team play for the 2004 Tiger Cup. The first kit is red jersey, black shorts and red sock and their away kit is white jersey with two black sleeves, black short and white socks.

Competition records[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	Did Not Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Did Not Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Did Not Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Did Not Qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC U-19 Championship record[]

AFC U-19 Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2004	Did not qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	Did not qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Did not qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Did not qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	Did not qualify	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Best: Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFF U-19 Youth Championship record[]

AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	13
2010	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	Third place	6	4	1	1	13	8
2014	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Group Stage	4	0	2	2	3	6
2016	Fourth place	6	3	0	3	9	13
2017	Group Stage	5	2	1	2	7	10
2018	Group Stage	4	1	2	1	5	5
Total	Best: Third place	28	10	11	12	39	51

AFF U-20 Youth Championship record[]

AFF U-20 Youth Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Group Stage	4	0	1	3	5	15
2006	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Best: Group Stage	4	0	1	3	5	15

Squad[]

Current squad[]

The following players who are call-up for the 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in Vietnam on 11–24 September 2016.

Caps and goals updated as 24 September 2016 after match against Vietnam.

Head Coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aderito Raul Fernandes	(1997-05-15) 15 May 1997 (age 24)	7	0	AS Ponta Leste
12	1GK			0	0
20	1GK	Fagio Augusto (Captain)	(1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 24)	12	0	FC Porto Taibesi

2	2DF	(Vice-captain)	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 24)	18	0	AS Ponta Leste
3	2DF			6	0	AS Académica
4	2DF	Ervino	(1999-05-30) 30 May 1999 (age 22)	9	1	DIT FC
5	2DF	Nelson	(1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 22)	12	2	Karketu Dili
6	2DF	Feitas	(1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 23)	13	0	FC Porto Taibesi
13	2DF			1	0
22	2DF			4	0	Karketu Dili
23	2DF	Agostinho	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 24)	11	0	FC Porto Taibesi

7	3MF	José Oliveira	(1997-10-28) 28 October 1997 (age 24)	14	2	SLB Laulara
8	3MF		(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 25)	6	0	DIT FC
15	3MF		(1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 (age 23)	5	0
16	3MF		(1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 (age 23)	12	1	SLB Laulara
17	3MF		(1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 23)	12	2	Karketu Dili
18	3MF			0	0
19	3MF		(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 24)	6	0

9	4FW	Rufino Gama	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 23)	12	4	AS Académica
10	4FW	Henrique	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 24)	17	3	DIT FC
11	4FW	Kefi	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 25)	13	5	DIT FC
14	4FW			5	0	SLB Laulara
21	4FW			0	0

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been selected for the Timor Leste squad and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Former player[]

Records[]

Top scorers
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Goals average	Years
1.	Ade	5	6	0.83	2013
1.	Kefi	5	13	0.38	2013–2016
3.	Rufino Gama	4	12	0.33	2013–2016
4.	Henrique	3	17	0.18	2013–2016
5.		2	12	0.16	2015–2016
	Nelson	2	12	0.16	2015–
	José Oliveira	2	14	0.14	2015–2016
8.	Carlos Magno	1	1	1.0	2013-2016
	José Fonseca	1	3	0.33	2009
		1	5	0.2	2013
		1	5	0.2	2013–2016
	Nataniel Reis	1	5	0.2	2013
		1	6	0.17	2013
	Ervino	1	9	0.11	2015–
		1	12	0.08	2015–2016

Most caps
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Years
1.		18	0	2013–2016
2.	Henrique	17	3	2013–2016
3.	José Oliveira	14	2	2015–2016
4.	Feitas	13	0	2015–2016
4.	Kefi	13	5	2013–2016
6.	Fagio Augusto	12	0	2013–2016
	Rufino Gama	12	4	2013–2016
		12	1	2015–2016
		12	2	2015–2016
	Nelson	12	2	2015–

List of Coaches[]

Coach	Coaching period	Pld	W	D	L	Achievements
??	2005	4	0	1	3	2005 AFF U-20 Youth Championship - Round 1 (First Time)
??	2009	3	0	0	3	2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship - Round 1 (First Time)
Norio Tsukitate	2013	6	4	1	1	2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship - Third place
Takuma Koga	2015	8	1	4	3	2015 AFF U-19 Youth Championship - Round 1 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification - Did not qualify
	2016	6	3	0	3	2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship - Fourth place
	2017	9	2	2	5	2017 AFF U-19 Youth Championship - Round 1 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification - Did not qualify

Stadium[]

East Timor National Stadium (2002-present)