Timor-Leste national under-21 football team

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

AFC U-22 Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
Total	Best:Group Stage	8	2	1	5	6	15

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy in Brunei.^[1]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Celestino Xavier Dias Da Costa	20 September 1996
	GK	Francisco Ronaldo Exposto Gusmao	22 October 1996
	GK	Fagio Augusto da S. Pereira	29 April 1997
	DF	Anggisu Barbosa	15 June 1995			Sriracha F.C.
	DF	Candido Monteiro de Oliveira	2 December 1997
	DF	Ezequiel Fernandes	8 April 1996
	DF	Jose Guterres Silva	24 April 1998			Teouma Academy
	DF	Jorge Sabas Victor	5 December 1997
	DF	Nidio O. das Dores Neto	9 October 1995
	DF	Filipe Oliveira	14 May 1995
	DF	Agostinho da Silva Araujo	28 August 1997			FC Porto Taibesi
	MF	Eujebio Pareira	8 August 1996
	MF	Carlos Jovania C. de A. Magno	29 May 1997
	MF	Nataniel de Jesus Reis	25 March 1995			FC Porto Taibesi
	MF	Adelino Trindade	2 June 1995			Dili United FC
	MF	Marcos Morais Gusmao
	FW	Frangcyatma Alves Ima Kefi	27 January 1997
	FW	Januario Da. C. M. C. de Jesus	4 September 1996
	FW	Jose dos Santos Almeida	12 July 1996
	FW	Boavida Olegario	24 October 1994
	FW	Rufino Walter Gama	20 June 1998			SLB Dili
	FW	Jose Fonseca	16 June 1995
	FW	Henrique Wilsons Da Cruz Martins	6 December 1997			Teouma Academy

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

Stadium

• East Timor National Stadium (2002-present)

References

1. "Timor-Leste Squad List". Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Official Website. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

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