Liga Futebol Timor-Leste (LFTL) is a league competition featuring football clubs from

Timor Leste East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-wester ...

. It replaced Super Liga Timorense in 2015. The competition initially consisted of two main divisions, the

Primeira Divisão The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

and

Segunda Divisão The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa (English language, English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a association football, football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the secon ...

, however was expanded to include a third division in 2019. As of 2020 the winner of the previous Premeria Divisão season represents Timor Leste in the

AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying s ...

. In 2020 the name of the competition was renamed from the Liga Futebol Amadora to the Liga Futebol Timor-Leste. The league did not run however due to the COVID pandemic, with the teams set to compete in the Pimeira and Segunda Divisão instead competing in the Copa FFTL. Liga Futebol Timor-Leste is also the name of the governing body of the league competition which also organises a knock-out cup competition the Taça 12 de Novembro and a super cup, the LFA Super Taça.

List of Champions

Primeira Divisão The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

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: Sport Laulara e Benfica *

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Karketu Dili Karketu Dili Futebol Clube is a Timorese professional football club based in Dili, that competes in the Liga Futebol Amadora, the top tier domestic league since its inception in 2016. The club wins the Premeira Divisão in 2017, finishing with a ...

2017 Liga Futebol Amadora Primera Divisaun
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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

* 2019:

Lalenok United Lalenok United Football Club, commonly known as Lalenok United, is an East Timorese football club based in Dili. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão, after finishing runners up and being promoted from the Segunda Divisão i ...

*2020: ''Not done'' *

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Segunda Divisão The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa (English language, English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a association football, football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the secon ...

*2016: Cacusan CF2016 Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisaun
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Atlético Ultramar Atlético Clube de Ultramar, commonly known as Atlético Ultramar, is an East Timorese football club based in Manatuto, Manatuto Municipality. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora. Ultramar is the only team to have ever won the Taça 12 de ...

*2018: Assalam FC *2019:

DIT FC Dili Institute of Technology FC or DIT FC is a football club of East Timor based in Dili. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora. They reached the 2016 Taça 12 de Novembro semi-finals before they lost 1-2 by the champions AS Ponta Leste. ...

*2020: ''Not done'' *2021:

Emmanuel FC Emmanuel FC is a professional football club of East Timor based in Dili. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora. Between 2017 and 2019, he played in the third division of the national football championship ( 2019 LFA Terceira), being promoted ...

Terceira Divisão The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Division'') was a football league in Portugal, situated at the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Portugue ...

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LFA Board Director

*President : Nilton Gusmão dos Santos *Vice-president : Alexander Vong *Director of Competition : Martinho Ribeiro *Executive Secretary : Sergio Hornai

List of LFA Presidents

*2015–present : Nilton Gusmão

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial Facebook pageYouth League Facebook page
{{AFC Leagues 1 Sports leagues established in 2015 2015 establishments in East Timor