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East Timor national under-16 football team

Timor-Leste U-16
Nickname(s)O Sol Nascente (The Raising Sun), The Little Samba Nation, El Lafaek
AssociationFederação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachJapan Shota Tokunaga
CaptainJoão Pedro
Most capsDom Lucas
Fidel de Araujo
Filomeno Junior
João Pedro
José Fonseca
Nidio Alves
Paulo Gali (9)
Top scorerPaulo Gali (11)
Home stadiumEast Timor National Stadium
FIFA codeTLS
First colours
Second colours
First international
 China 0–0 East Timor 
(Hebei, China; 21 September 2009)
Biggest win
 East Timor 13–0 Macau 
(Hebei, China; 28 September 2009)
Biggest defeat
 East Timor 0–12 Australia 
(Surakarta, Indonesia; 29 June 2024)
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2010)
Best resultRound 1 (2010)
AFF U-16 Championship
Appearances9 (first in 2010)
Best resultThird place (2010)

The East Timor national Under-16 football team is the national team of East Timor 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.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Peru 2005 Withdrew before Qualification
South Korea 2007 Did not participate
Nigeria 2009 Withdrew before Qualification
Mexico 2011 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015 Did not participate
India 2017 Did not qualify
Brazil 2019
Indonesia 2023
Qatar 2025 To be determined
Total N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC U-16 Championship

AFF U-16 Youth Championship Record

AFF U-16 Championship
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Thailand 2005 No Participation
Vietnam 2006
Cambodia 2007
Indonesia 2008
Thailand 2009 Tournament Cancelled
Indonesia 2010 Third place[3] 4 2 0 2 4 3
Laos 2011 Group Stage 4 0 1 3 5 14
Laos 2012 No Participation
Myanmar 2013
Indonesia 2014 Tournament Cancelled
Cambodia 2015 Group Stage 5 1 2 2 9 11
Cambodia 2016 Group Stage 4 1 1 2 4 7
Thailand 2017 Group Stage 5 0 1 4 0 9
Indonesia 2018 Group Stage 5 2 0 3 8 12
Thailand 2019 Group Stage 5 3 1 1 15 4
Indonesia 2022 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 12 5
Total Third place 35 10 7 18 57 65

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were call-up for the 2019 AFF U-15 Youth Championship held in Thailand

Caps and goals updated as of, after the match against

Head Coach: East Timor Agostinho Martins

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Filonito R.P. Nugueira 0 East Timor
21 1GK H. Da Silva East Timor

2 2DF Fernando Carvalho East Timor
3 2DF Wilian Vong East Timor
4 2DF Danilo M. Alves East Timor
5 2DF Neldino Da Costa East Timor
12 2DF Celestino Pinto East Timor
15 2DF Mario R. Neves East Timor
19 2DF Norbert J.F. Mota East Timor
20 2DF Mourinho East Timor
22 2DF Guerson F. Belo East Timor
24 2DF Aureo Da Costa East Timor

6 3MF M. Fernandes East Timor
8 3MF Revelino East Timor
11 3MF Zenivio East Timor
13 3MF João sequeira East Timor
14 3MF Julinho da Costa East Timor
16 3MF Pascoal A. Ximenes East Timor
17 3MF Luis F.P. Ribeiro East Timor
18 3MF Matias F.B. East Timor

7 4FW Serafin Brito East Timor
9 4FW Alexandro Kefi East Timor
10 4FW Paulo Gali(Captain) East Timor

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Timor Leste squad within the last 18 months and are still available for selection.

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

DF East Timor

MF East Timor

FW East Timor

Former player

List of Captains

Captain Captaining period Tournaments
Nelson Sing 2009–2010 2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
2010 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
2010 AFC U-16 Championship
Eusébio Pereira 2011 2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Julião July–August 2015 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
João Pedro September 2015 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Osvaldo Belo 2016 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

List of Coaches

Coach Coaching period Pld W D L Achievements
South Korea Kim Shin Hwan 2009-2010 12 6 1 5 2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification - Qualify
2010 AFF U-16 Youth Championship - Third place (First Time)
2010 AFC U-16 Championship - Round 1 (First Time)
Japan Norio Tsukitate 2011 8 0 1 7 2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship - Round 1
2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification - Did not qualify
East Timor Agostinho Martins 2015 9 3 3 3 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship - Round 1
2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification - Did not qualify
Japan Shota Tokunaga 2016- 4 1 1 2 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship - Round 1

Fixtures and results

Recent results

2009 Result

2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

21 September 2009 China  0 – 0  East Timor China Hebei, China
15:30 UTC+8 Report Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium
Referee: Saleem Ali (Maldives)
23 September 2009 Hong Kong  0 – 3  East Timor China Hebei, China
13:00 UTC+8 Report Batista 40'
Almeida 57', 86'
Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium
Referee: Akbar Bakhshizadeh (Iran)
26 September 2009 East Timor  3 – 0  Singapore China Hebei, China
13:00 UTC+8 Hornai 11'
Almeida 16'
dos Santos 89'
Report Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium
Referee: Nitipum Kullabut (Thailand)
28 September 2009 East Timor  13 – 0  Macau China Hebei, China
13:00 UTC+8 Zulfahmi 6', 11'
do Rego 14', 25', 33'
Reis 19', 38', 85'
Sabas 21'
Coelho 49'
Ferreira 53', 68' (pen.)
dos Santos 66'
Report Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium
Referee: Hettikankanamge Pereira (Sri Lanka)
1 October 2009 East Timor  3 – 0  Guam China Hebei, China
13:00 UTC+8 Almeida 40'
da Fonseca 56'
Ferreira 57'
Report Stadium: Xianghe NTFC Stadium
Referee: Nitipum Kullabut (Thailand)

2010 Result

2010 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

20 September 2010 Indonesia  1 – 0  East Timor Indonesia Surakarta, Indonesia
18:00 UTC+7 Antoni 90+1' Report[permanent dead link] Stadium: Manahan Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
22 September 2010 East Timor  0 – 1  China Indonesia Surakarta, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+7 Report[permanent dead link] Y. Liang 17' Stadium: Manahan Stadium

2010 AFC U-16 Championship

25 October 2010 Australia  5 – 0  East Timor Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 Makarounas 14', 20'
Remington 34', 79'
Woodcock 90+2'
Report Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Uzbekistan Vladislav Tseytlin
27 October 2010 East Timor  0 – 1  Japan Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 Report Minamino 87' Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jordan Mohammad Mousa
29 October 2010 East Timor  1 – 3  Vietnam Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
13:00 Nidio 62' Report N. V. Hui 87'
N. V. Thang 50' (pen.) 65'
Stadium: JAR Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: China Qi Fan

2011 Result

2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

7 July 2011 Indonesia  3 – 3  East Timor Laos Vientiane, Laos
17:00 Hargianto 64'
Zalnando 78'
Rendi 90+'
Report 2' Januario
33' Jorge
79' Jose
Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
9 July 2011 East Timor  0 – 2  Laos Laos Vientiane, Laos
19:00 Report Nyavong 50'
Thammada 70'
Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: U Win Htut (Myanmar)
11 July 2011 Thailand  6 – 1  East Timor Laos Vientiane, Laos
17:00 Kanoo 20', 38'
Makison 40'
Sukchuai 42', 64'
Buntee 84'
Report Agostinho 75' (pen.) Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
Referee: Hoang Anh Tuan (Vietnam)
15 July 2011 East Timor  1 – 3  Malaysia Laos Vientiane, Laos
17:00 Francyatma 49' Report 11' Akram
34' Adam
70' Zahin
Stadium: Laos National Stadium
Referee: Hoang Anh Tuan (Vietnam)

2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

8 September 2011 East Timor  2 – 11  North Korea North Korea Pyongyang, North Korea
17:00 Januário 45+1'
Francyatma 80'
Report Ri Kwang-Song 8', 52'
Choe Ju-Song 12', 50', 6', 69'
Ri Ryong 28', 32'
Kim Il-Jin 71', 74', 77'
Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Phùng Đình Dũng (Vietnam)
13 September 2011 Malaysia  3 – 0  East Timor North Korea Pyongyang, North Korea
13:00 Raphi 45+1'
Akram 74'
Hakimi 88'
Report Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yu Ming-Hsun (Chinese Taipei)
15 September 2011 China  2 – 0  East Timor North Korea Pyongyang, North Korea
13:00 Liu Hao 23' (pen.)
Wang Jinxian 35'
Report Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Phùng Đình Dũng (Vietnam)
18 September 2011 East Timor  1 – 8  Singapore North Korea Pyongyang, North Korea
13:00 Januário 20' Report Suzliman 4'
Swandi 39', 45+1', 79'
Azeman 54'
Ramli 77', 78'
Abd Rahman 87'
Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Abdul Hannan Miron (Bangladesh)

2015 Result

2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

27 July 2015 East Timor  2 – 2  Brunei Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 Filomeno Costa 48'
Dom Braz 64'
Hanif 44', 62' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: -
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
29 July 2015 Laos  3 – 2  East Timor Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
15:30 Bounkong 26', 51'
Nalin 66'
Armindo Gusmao 3'
Filomeno Costa (12)
Stadium: Army Stadium
Attendance: -
Referee: Mohammad Hasrin Haji Samat (Brunei)
1 August 2015 Thailand  3 – 0  East Timor Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
10:00 Jinnawat 52' (76)
Korawich 90'
Stadium: Army Stadium
Attendance: -
Referee: Thant Zin Oo (Myanmar)

2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

14 September 2015 (2015-09-14) East Timor  9–0  Philippines Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
19:00 Danilson 18', 28', 54'
João Pedro 38', 62'
Jelito Corte-Real 53'
Filomeno Junior 70'
Dom Lucas 73', 89'
Report Attendance: 200
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
16 September 2015 (2015-09-16) Malaysia  1–0  East Timor Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
16:00 Arif 79' Report Attendance: 300
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
18 September 2015 (2015-09-18) Laos  1–1  East Timor Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
19:00 Salvador 20' (o.g.) Report João Pedro 43' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

2016 Result

2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

11 July 2016 (2016-07-11) Brunei  0–3  East Timor Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
15:30 Report Ximenes 26'
Da Conceicao 43'
Gusmao 50'
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) East Timor  0–3  Thailand Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
15:30 Report Peerapat 2'
Korawich 9'
Reis 45+1' (o.g.)
Referee: Talaver Linjun (Philippines)
15 July 2016 (2016-07-15) Laos  1–1  East Timor Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
18:30 Bounkong 86' Report Keodoungdeth 25' (o.g.) Referee: Mohamed Javiz (Maldives)
19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) East Timor  0–3  Cambodia Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
18:30 Report Safy 6'
Piseth 55', 59'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Javis (Maldives)

Stadium

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