The East Timor Football Federation ( pt, Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste - FFTL) is the governing body of football in

East Timor 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-west ...

. 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 ''(2002-2007)''
'' (2008-2018) * Pedro Carrascalao ''(2007-2008)'' *

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Venues

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, Dili * Estadio Timor Soul,

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Estadio Malibaka Maliana A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

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Estadio Gleno A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

Ermera Ermera (''Vila Ermera'') is a city in East Timor and a former capital of the East Timorese community, Ermera. ''Ermera'' in Mambai means "red water." It has a population of 8,907. Its geographical coordinates are , and it lies above sea ...

Estadio Manatuto A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

Manatuto Manatuto is a city in Manatuto Municipality, East Timor. Manatuto Vila has 3,692 inhabitants (Census 2015) and is capital of the subdistrict and district Manatuto. It is on the north coast of Timor, (about as the crow flies) east of Dili, ...

National teams

Currently, Timor Leste has the following football national teams: *

Timor-Leste national football team The Timor-Leste national football team is the national team of East Timor () and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. They joined FIFA on 12 September 2005. Timor-Leste's international debut was in the preliminary round ...

Timor-Leste national under-23 football team The Timor-Leste national Under-23 football team (also known as Timor-Leste U-23 or Seleção U-23) represents the Timor-Leste in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games and any other under-2 ...

* Timor-Leste national under-21 football team *

Timor-Leste national under-19 football team The Timor-Leste national Under-20 football team is the national team of Timor-Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. East Timor joined FIFA on 12 September 2005, but has never had success on the international stage ...

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

Timor-Leste women's national under-19 football team The Timor-Leste women's national under-20 football team, represents Timor-Leste is a national women's association football youth team of Timor Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste The East Timor Football Fe ...

Timor-Leste women's national under-16 football team The Timor-Leste women's national under-17 football team is a national women's association football youth team of Timor Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL), represents Timor-Leste in international women's u ...

* Timor-Leste national futsal team

Controversies and critics

Francisco Kalbuadi Lay corruption scandal

The chairman of FFTL Francisco Kalbuadi Lay did not win the FFTL Presidential Race at the 2007 Extraordinary Congress; however, Kalbuadi continued his presidency until now. Pedro Carrascalao, 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

Football FFTL Sports organizations established in 2002 2002 establishments in East Timor