Timor-Leste national under-23 football team

Football was firstly introduced during Portuguese Timor era where many local and the Portuguese colonial official played the sport for enjoyment. After the Portuguese leave the eastern part of the island of Timor, neighbouring Indonesia invaded and change their culture and identity. Timor-Leste gained full independence in 2002 after more than 20 years of occupation which resulted in a long running battle against Jakarta-led forces. The Timor-Leste U-23 team was invited to the 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship without any success, which is the first time that the team played in an international tournament. In 2009, the team entered the first Southeast Asian Games. Once again, they lost every match, including a 0–11 loss to Malaysia. Timor-Leste had major improvements at the 2011 SEA Games, when they used overseas players of Timorese descent from Brazil and Australia. These players contributed a lot to their successful run; especially from Murilo de Almeida who managed to score three goals. The team finished third in their group by recording their first win in their history, finishing above Laos, Brunei and the Philippines and had a goal difference of –4, which was a big improvement compared to their previous participation where the team finished last in their group with no wins from four games, scoring only once and having a goal difference of –28.

Timor-Leste's traditional home kit includes a red shirt, black shorts and red or black socks. The away kits feature white or yellow shirts. At the 2009 SEA Games, their home kit resemble the one worn by the Belgium national team.

• Timor-Leste National Stadium (2002–present)

(Under-23 Team since 2002)

(Under-23 Team since 2001)

Head coach: {{flagicon|KOR}} Park Soon-tae

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|round = 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

| date = 25 October 2021

| time =

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|22|SIN}}

| score = 2–2

| report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/20955] [https://www.fas.org.sg/singapore-timor-leste-report/]

| team2 = {{fbu|23|TLS}}

| goals1 = Glenn Kweh {{goal|34}}
Jordan Emaviwe {{goal|90+5}} {{yel|}}
Jacob Mahler {{yel|}}

| goals2 = Elias Mesquita {{goal|38}}
Paulo Gali {{goal|41}} {{sentoff|0|44}}

| stadium = Jalan Besar Stadium

| location = Singapore

| result = D

| attendance = 943

| referee = Majed Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

| motm =

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| format = 1

| round = 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

| date = 28 October 2021

| time = {{UTZ|17:00|+8}}

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|TLS}}

| score = 0–6

| team2 = {{fbu|23|KOR}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = *Park Jeong-in {{goal|29||32||49}}
Choi Jun {{goal|32}}
Oh Hyun-gyu {{goal|82}}
Kim Se-yun {{goal|87}}

| location = Singapore

| stadium = Jalan Besar Stadium

| attendance = 166

| referee = Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)

| report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/20957 Report]

| result = L

}}

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| format = 1

| round = 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

| date = {{Start date|2021|10|31|df=y}}

| time = 17:00 (UTC+08:00)

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|TLS}}

| score = 1–0

| report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/20959

| team2 = {{fbu|23|PHI}}

| goals1 = *Zenivio {{goal|89}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Jalan Besar Stadium

| location = Singapore

| attendance = 251

| referee = Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

| result = w

}}

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| format = 1

| date = {{Start date|2022|04|29|df=y}}

| time = {{UTZ|20:15|8}}

| round = Friendly¹

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|MAS}}

| score = 1–2

| report =

| team2 = {{fbu|23|TLS}}

| goals1 = Faiz Amer Runnziar {{goal|66}}

| goals2 =

• Elias João Da Costa {{goal|51}}
• Jhon Frith Ornai {{goal|77}}

| stadium = UiTM Stadium

| location = Selangor, Malaysia

| attendance =

| referee =

| result = W

}}31st Southeast Asian Games

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• Chung {{goal|56}}
• Bedic {{goal|78}}
• Kekkonen {{goal|81}}|team2={{fbu|23|TLS}}|goals2=|stadium=Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ|location=|attendance=|referee=|format=1|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date={{Start date|2022|05|08|df=y}}|time=19:00 (UTC+7:00)|round=|score=2–3|report=https://www.scorebar.com/live/16199-16492/timor-leste-u23-myanmar-u23|team1={{fbu-rt|23|TLS}}|goals1=Mouzinho {{goal|52}}
  Soares {{goal|64}}|team2={{fbu|23|MYA}}|goals2=Win Naing Tun {{goal|38}}
  Htet Phyo Wai {{goal|41}}
  Aung Wanna Soe {{goal|90+5}}|stadium=Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ|location=|attendance=|referee=|format=1|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date={{Start date|2022|05|13|df=y}}|time=16:00 (UTC+7:00)|round=|score=4–1|report=|team1={{fbu-rt|23|INA}}|goals1= *Egy {{goal|16}}
• Witan {{goal|52||77}}
• Fachruddin |team2={{fbu|23|TLS}}|goals2= Mouzinho {{goal|69}} |stadium=Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ|location=|attendance=|referee=|format=1|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date={{Start date|2022|05|15|df=y}}|time=19:00 (UTC+7:00)|round=|score=0–2|report=|team1={{fbu-rt|23|TLS}}|goals1=|team2={{fbu|23|VIE}}|goals2=|stadium=Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ|location=|attendance=|referee=|format=1|result=L}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070606225505/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tls/index.html Profile at FIFA.com]
• [http://the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/member-associations/816-member-associations/43-federacao-de-futebol-timor-loro-se Profile at the-AFC.com]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101115161336/http://www.aseanfootball.org/affiliates_03.asp Profile at AFF Site]

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