Timor-Leste U-21

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	Almerio Isaac
Captain	Nilo Soares
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 2–0 Malaysia  ( Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; 27 February 2012)
Biggest defeat
Malaysia 7–1 Timor-Leste ( Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 6 August 2009)

The Youngs Timor-Leste is the national team of Timor-Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. East Timor has never had success on the international stage. They are currently one of the weakest teams in the world. East Timor joined FIFA on 12 September 2005.

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

AFC U-22 Championship record

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy record

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Did not enter	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	3	3
2014	Group Stage	4	0	1	3	3	12
2018	Champions	5	3	1	1	5	4
Total	Best:Champions	13	5	2	6	11	19

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy in Brunei. ^[1] Players marked with an asterisk (*) were over age for this competition.

Head coach: Eduardo Pereira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Aderito Raul Fernandes	(1997-05-15) 15 May 1997 (age 27)			AS Ponta Leste
20	1 GK	Fagio Augusto	(1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 27)			Karketu Dili
	1 GK	Fernando da Costa				Benfica Laulara
2	2 DF	Julião dos Reis Mendonça*	(1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 (age 28)			DIT
3	2 DF	Gumario Augusto Fernandez da Silva Moreira	(2001-12-14) 14 December 2001 (age 22)			DIT
4	2 DF	Candido Monteiro de Oliveira	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 26)			AS Ponta Leste
5	2 DF	Jorge Sabas Victor ( Captain)	(1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 26)			Carsae
6	2 DF	Nidio Ricardo Ferreira Alves*	(1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 30)			Benfica Laulara
15	2 DF	Agostinho da Silva Araujo	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 26)			FC Porto Taibesi
18	2 DF	Armindo Correira de Almeida	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26)			AS Académica
22	2 DF	Nelson Sarmento Viegas	(1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 24)			Karketu Dili
8	3 MF	José Oliveira	(1997-10-28) 28 October 1997 (age 26)			Benfica Laulara
11	3 MF	Mouzinho de Lima
12	3 MF	Gaudencio Armindo Monteiro	(1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 (age 25)			SLB Laulara
13	3 MF	Expedito Soares da Conceição
14	3 MF	Gelvanio Angelo da Costa	(1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 25)			Karketu Dili
19	3 MF	Boavida Olegario*	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 29)			Karketu Dili
23	3 MF	Osvaldo Lucas Baptisto Belo	(2000-10-18) 18 October 2000 (age 23)
7	4 FW	Rufino Gama	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 25)			Karketu Dili
9	4 FW	Silveiro Garcia*	(1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30)			AS Ponta Leste
10	4 FW	Henrique Cruz	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26)			Boavista Dili
16	4 FW	Filomeno Junior da Costa	(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 27)			SLB Laulara
17	4 FW	Lourenco Ximenes				AS Ponta Leste
21	4 FW	Frangcyatma Alves	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 27)			Karketu Dili

List of Coaches

Coach	Coaching period	Pld	W	D	L	Achievements
Almerio Isaac	2012	4	2	0	2	2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy - Round 1 (First Time)
Takuma Koga	2014	4	0	1	3	2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy - Round 1
Eduardo Pereira	2018	5	3	1	1	2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy - Winner

Stadium

• East Timor National Stadium (2002-present)

References

External links

• Profile at FIFA.com
• Profile at the-AFC.com
• Profile at AFF Suzuki Cup Site
• Profile at AFF Site
• Profile at National-football-teams.com