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East Timor Football Federation

Governing body of football in East Timor

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The Timor-Leste Football Federation (Portuguese: 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 (lit. 'Amateur Football League of East Timo').

FFTL bodies[edit]

Executive committee[edit]

Name	Position	Source
Francisco Jerónimo	President	[2][3]
Falur Rate Laek	Vice President	[4][5]
Germano Da Silva	2nd Vice President	[6][7]
Aleixo Da Silva Gama	3rd Vice President	[8][9]
Nelyo Isaac Sarmento	General Secretary	[10][11]
Eulalia Araujo Dos Reis	Treasurer	[12]
Fabio Magrão	Technical Director	[13]
Norio Tsukitate	Team Coach (Men's)	[14][15]
Lee Chung-ho	Team Coach (Women's)	[16]
Rogerio Pires	Media/Communications Manager	[17]
Henrique Da Costa	Futsal Coordinator	[18]
Nivio Da Costa Fernandes	Referee Coordinator	[19]

Players[edit]

Principal officials of FFTL[edit]

Chairmen[edit]

• Francisco Kalbuadi Lay (2002–2007^[20] and 2008–2018)
• Pedro Carrascalao (2007–2008)
• Francisco MCP Jeronimo (2018–present)^[21]

Venues[edit]

• National Stadium, Dili
• Estadio Timor Soul, Baucau
• Estadio Malibaka Maliana, Bobonaro
• Estadio Gleno, Ermera
• Estadio Manatuto, Manatuto

National teams[edit]

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

Controversies and critics[edit]

Francisco Kalbuadi Lay corruption scandal[edit]

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.^[22]

General Secretary: Amandio Sarmento Scandal[edit]

In February 2017, FIFA terminated and banned General Secretary Amandio Sarmento of FFTL.^[23] 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.^[24][25][26]

Players that joined Overseas club[edit]

See also[edit]

• Liga Futebol Amadora

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Timor-Leste at the FIFA website.
• Timor-Leste at the AFC website