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.

History

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team.
In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and Singapore, that were expected to field a women's football team to compete at the Southeast Asian Games in Marikina in December.
In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.
The FIFA trigramme is TLS.

First international match and first participation in AFF Women's Championship (2016)

The first match ever recorded by Timor-Leste was against Myanmar. The game was held in Mandalay on 27 July 2016 and Timor-Leste lost 0–17.
In 2016, Timor-Leste participated in their first AFF Women's Championship, held in Myanmar between 26 July and 4 August 2016. The squad lost all their matches, being eliminated from the competition.

First win in international match and AFF Women's Championship (2019)

In 15 August 2019, Timor-Leste won their first international match against Singapore with a score of 2–1. Luselia made history as the first player to score a goal for Timor-Leste, she scored against Singapore in the 59th minute which gave Timor-Leste a 1-0 lead over Singapore in the first match of Timor-Leste in the 2019 AFF Women's Championship.

Tournament Record

World Cup record

Olympic Games record

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AFC Women's Asian Cup record

Asian Games record

AFF Women's Championship record

South East Asian Games record

Official Matches

Below is a list of matches detailing Timor Leste's matches against FIFA-recognised teams.
As of matches played on 21 August 2019.
Opponent
Games played
Wins
Draws
Losses
Goals for
Goals against
Goals difference
Confederation
1001012−12AFC
3003022−22AFC
1001017−17AFC
100107−7AFC
110021+1AFC
2002017−17AFC
Total9108274−72

Players

Current Squad

The following 23 players were call-up for the 2019 AFF Women's Championship in Thailand.
Head Coach: Lee Min-young

Previous squads

As of matches played on 21 August 2019.
#PlayerGoalsCapsGoals averageYears
1.Luselia
1
8
0.125
2016-
1.Dolores
1
3
0.33
2019–

#PlayerCapsGoalsYears
1.Maria
8
0
2016–
1.Luselia
8
1
2016–
3.Femania
7
0
2016–
3.Sonia
7
0
2016–
3.Godelvia
7
0
2016–
3.Natalia
7
0
2016–
3.Elvira
7
0
2018–
8.Julia
6
0
2016–
8.Agostinha
6
0
2016–
8.Nilda
6
0
2016–
8.Rosa
6
0
2016–

#PlayerAgeDebut dateOpponentTournament
1.Inacia
16 years 222 days
27 July 2016
2016 AFF Women's Championship
2.Natacha
17 years 221 days
31 July 2016
2016 AFF Women's Championship
3.Godelivia
17 years 319 days
27 July 2016
2016 AFF Women's Championship

Current Staff

PositionNameNationality
ManagerLee Joo-young
Head CoachLee Min-young
Assistant CoachJanuario De Almeida
Assistant CoachAgostinho Mesquita Martins
Goalkeeping CoachLaurenco da Costa
Team DoctorMarcelina Ximenes
KitmanAgapito Gonzaga Martins

List of Coaches

CoachCoaching periodPldWDLAchievements
Gelasio da Silva Carvalho2016-201730032016 AFF Women's Championship – Group stage
Lee Min Young2018–Present81072018 AFF Women's Championship – Group stage
2019 AFF Women's Championship – Group stage
First win against