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Carsae FC
Boavista Futebol Clube Timor Leste or Boavista Timor Leste also abbreviated as BFC-TL, is a football club of East Timor based in Dili. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora. History Originally the club formed in 1986 when Pedro Carrascalão was a high school student during the period when East Timor was still under Indonesian occupation. But he closed it just after the incident at Santa Cruz, which refer to as the Dili Massacre, 12 November massacre. Originally the name of the club was based on a cultural expression, Kumpulan Anak Remaja Lorosae, which in Indonesian means the ''youth from where the sun rises''. But he had trouble when he used that name as some of players were active in the clandestine movement and were being chased by Indonesian intelligence forces, so he decided to simplify things and base the new name off an abbreviation of my surname. His father was working as a governor at the time and it was the only way for him to protect his friends and keep the Indone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Stadium (East Timor)
The National Stadium of East Timor ( pt, Estádio Nacional de Timor-Leste, tet, Stadion Nasional Timor Lorosa'e), also known as the Municipal Stadium of Dili ( pt, Estádio Municipal de Díli, links=no, tet, Estadiu Munisipal Díli, links=no), is a multi-purpose stadium in Dili, East Timor. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 and is used mostly for football matches. History In 1999-2000, during the 1999 East Timorese crisis and its aftermath, the stadium was used as a makeshift refugee camp and emergency relief distribution point. On 21 December 1999, the stadium hosted the Tour of Duty – Concert for the Troops, featuring Kylie Minogue and John Farnham, for the Australian troops serving with the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET). Since 2004, the stadium has been home to the finals of the Super Liga Timorense, the Taça Digicel, and, more recently, the Taça 12 de Novembro and the Liga Futebol Amadora / Timor-Leste. In 2005, world-renowned soccer player C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |