The East Timor Football Federation ( pt, Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste - FFTL) is the governing body of football in East Timor. In 2016 Timor-Leste run their own league under supervision of and Secretary of State for Youth and Sport. The name of the league is ''Liga Futebol Amadora do Timor-Leste'' ().

FFTL bodies

Executive committee

Players

Principal officials of FFTL

Chairmen

Francisco Kalbuadi Lay Francisco Kalbuadi "Chico" Lay (; born ) is an East Timorese politician and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT). He is the more senior of East Timor's two incumbent Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor, Deputy P ...

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Venues

* National Stadium,

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, Baucau * Estadio Malibaka Maliana, Bobonaro * Estadio Gleno, Ermera * Estadio Manatuto, Manatuto

National teams

Currently, Timor Leste has the following football national teams: * Timor-Leste national football team * Timor-Leste national under-23 football team *

Timor-Leste national under-21 football team 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. Eas ...

* Timor-Leste national under-19 football team *

Timor-Leste national under-16 football team The Timor-Leste national Under-16 football team 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 weake ...

Timor-Leste women's national football team The Timor-Leste women's national football team, represents East Timor in international women's association football and is governed by Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL). History In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's ...

* Timor-Leste women's national under-19 football team * Timor-Leste women's national under-16 football team *

Timor-Leste national futsal team The Timor-Leste national futsal team is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste, the governing body for futsal in East Timor (Timor-Leste) and represents the country in international futsal competitions. Competitions History F ...

Controversies and critics

Francisco Kalbuadi Lay corruption scandal

The chairman of FFTL

did not win the FFTL Presidential Race at the 2007 Extraordinary Congress; however, Kalbuadi continued his presidency until now.

, who claimed he won the Presidential Race, had not worked at FFTL office since 2007. At 2007 Extraordinary Congress Carrascalao had 13 voting members who elected him as the President of FFTL. Carrascalao alleges that FFTL members were forced to call an Extraordinary Congress in 2007 after the organisation failed to hold a regular Congress – in which a Presidential vote would have been held – in the necessary timeframe. He says members were also greatly concerned about potential corruption within the organisation at the time.

General Secretary: Amandio Sarmento Scandal

In February 2017, FIFA terminated and banned General Secretary Amandio Sarmento of FFTL. Sarmento was banned for three years of football activity. Furthermore, Sarmento was guilty of using falsified documents in connection with the fielding of ineligible players by Timor-Leste.

References

External links

Timor-Leste
at the FIFA website.
Timor-Leste
at the AFC website {{DEFAULTSORT:Federacao de Futebol de Timor-Leste Football in East Timor East Timor

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FFTL Sports organizations established in 2002 2002 establishments in East Timor