Timor-Leste women's national football team

Timor-Leste
Association	Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Simón Elissetche
Captain	Maria de Conceicao
Most caps	Luselia Fernandes; Maria de Conceicao (8)
Top scorer	Nilda dos Reis; Godelivia Martin; Luselia Fernandes; Dolores Costa; Brigida da Costa (1)
FIFA code	TLS
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	157 1 (7 August 2025)
Highest	152 (August 2022)
Lowest	159 (December 2023 – March 2025)
First international
	Myanmar 17–0 ; (Mandalay, Myanmar; 27 July 2016)
Biggest win
	3–1 Mongolia ; (Chiang Mai, Thailand; 5 July 2025)
Biggest defeat
	Australia U20 20–0 ; (Mandalay, Myanmar; 29 July 2016)
AFF Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2016)
Best result	Group Stage (2016, 2018, 2019, 2022)

The Timor-Leste women's national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Timorense de Futebol Feminino) represents Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) in international women's association football and is governed by Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL).

History

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team.^[3]

In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, 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.^[4]

In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.^[5]

The FIFA trigramme is TLS.^[6]

First participations

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 international victory

On 15 August 2019, Timor-Leste won their first international match against Singapore with a score of 2–1.^[7]^[8] 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.

Results and fixtures

2024

23 November 2024 (2024-11-23) AFF Women's Cup 2024 GS	Laos	0–0		Vientiane, Laos
19:30 UTC+7				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

26 November 2024 (2024-11-26) AFF Women's Cup 2024 GS		1–1	Singapore	Vientiane, Laos
15:00 UTC+7	Natacia 90+4'		Ruhaizat 41'	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) AFF Women's Cup 2024 SF	Cambodia	3–0		Vientiane, Laos
15:00 UTC+7				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

5 December 2024 (2024-12-05) AFF Women's Cup 2024 3rd place		0–1	Singapore	Vientiane, Laos
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

2025

23 June 2025 (2025-06-23) 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Iraq	0–0		Chiang Mai, Thailand
19:30 UTC+7		Report		Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium Referee: Munirah Ha Ali (Malaysia)

26 June 2025 (2025-06-26) 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification		0–4	Thailand	Chiang Mai, Thailand
19:30 UTC+7		Report	Saowalak 6', 31', 45' Ploychompoo 90+2'	Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)

29 June 2025 (2025-06-29) 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification	India	4–0		Chiang Mai, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7	Kalyan 12', 80' Tamang 58' Kom 85'	Report		Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium Referee: Doumouh Al-Bakkar (Lebanon)

5 July 2025 (2025-07-05) 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification		3–1	Mongolia	Chiang Mai, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7	V. Fernandes 29' Da Conceição 56' Costa 62'	Report	B. da Costa 11' (o.g.)	Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium Referee: Doumouh Al-Bakkar (Lebanon)

August 7 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship	Philippines	7–0		Phú Thọ, Vietnam
-:- UTC+7	Schinaman 2' Quezada 7', 32' Long 9' Tolentin 57', 64' Wyrzynski 75'	Report		Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)

10 August 2025 (2025-08-10) 2025 ASEAN Championship GS		0–3	Myanmar	Phú Thọ
16:30		Report	Win Theingi Tun 44', 55', 62'	Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium Referee: Nguyễn Mạnh Hải (Vietnam)

13 August 2025 ASEAN Championship GS	Australia U23	9–0		Phú Thọ, Vietnam
19:30 UTC+7	Furphy 2', 30' Jančevski 11', 46' Johnston 44' Murray 58' McKenna 62' Keane 79' Brigida 82' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium Referee: Mu Mingxin (China)

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship taking place in August 2025.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Madalena Soares	(2001-05-13) 13 May 2001	S'Amuser FC
12	1GK	Gorette da Costa	(2004-05-31) 31 May 2004	Buibere FC
20	1GK	Maria Bossa

2	2DF	Maria da Conceição	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997	AD SLB Laulara
3	2DF	Júlia Belo	(1997-08-10) 10 August 1997	AD SLB Laulara
4	2DF	Idália Belo	(1999-05-21) 21 May 1999	AD SLB Laulara
5	2DF	Brigida da Costa	(2000-06-05) 5 June 2000	Maranatha FC
6	2DF	Godelivia Martins	(1998-12-07) 7 December 1998	S'Amuser FC
13	2DF	Grace Sim
14	2DF	Tasia Canizio	(2004-10-31) 31 October 2004	Buibere FC
15	2DF	Noemia Fernandes

8	3MF	Sonia Amaral	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997	AD SLB Laulara
10	3MF	Vanessa Fernandes	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998	AD SLB Laulara
16	3MF	Natalia Lawa
18	3MF	Astari Songge	(2000-04-30) 30 April 2000	AD SLB Laulara
21	3MF	Letizia Soares	(2004-06-14) 14 June 2004	S'Amuser FC

7	4FW	Dolores Costa	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991	S'Amuser FC
9	4FW	Jessica Soares
11	4FW	Marcia Chaves	(1988-10-17) 17 October 1988	Buibere FC
17	4FW	Gradiana Avelina
19	4FW	Angela da Cruz
22	4FW	Elvira da Silva	(1997-08-25) 25 August 1997	AD SLB Laulara
23	4FW	Isabelita da Silva

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Elania Godinho	(2005-04-03) 3 April 2005			S'Amuser FC	2024 AFF Women's Cup
GK	Ivania Ximenes		-	-		v. Mongolia, 5 July 2025

DF	Ferelia Soriano	(2009-02-03) 3 February 2009			S'Amuser FC	2024 AFF Women's Cup
DF	Virginia Branco	(2004-03-04) 4 March 2004			AD SLB Laulara	2024 AFF Women's Cup
DF	Natalia Ximenes	(2005-04-27) 27 April 2005	-	-	S'Amuser FC	v. Mongolia, 5 July 2025

MF	Suzana Soares	(2000-10-14) 14 October 2000			S'Amuser FC	2024 AFF Women's Cup
MF	Juleica da Costa	(2008-02-16) 16 February 2008	-	-	S'Amuser FC	v. Mongolia, 5 July 2025

FW	Mericia Barbosa	(2008-09-05) 5 September 2008			Buibere FC	2024 AFF Women's Cup
FW	Deonizia Silva	(1996-01-12) 12 January 1996	-	-	Buibere FC	v. Mongolia, 5 July 2025
FW	Natacia Pereira	(2007-06-17) 17 June 2007	-	-	Buibere FC	v. Mongolia, 5 July 2025

Previous squads

Competitive Record

World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup									Qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Part of Indonesia								Part of Indonesia
1995	Part of Indonesia								Part of Indonesia
1999	Did not exist, under United Nations								Did not exist, under United Nations
2003	Not a member of FIFA								Not a member of FIFA
2007	Did not enter								Did not enter
2011
2015
2019
2023
2027	Did not qualify								To be determined
2031	To be determined
2035	To be determined
Total	–	0/12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Part of Indonesia
2000	Part of Indonesia
2004	Did Not Enter
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	Did Not Qualify
Total	–	0/8	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1975	Part of Indonesia
1977
1979
1981
1983
1986
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999	Did not exist, under United Nations
2001	Did not exist, under United Nations
2003	Did not enter
2006
2008
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026	Did not qualify
Total	–	0/20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1990	Part of Indonesia
1994
1998
2002	Did not enter
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total	0/8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

ASEAN Women's Championship

ASEAN Women's Championship
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2004	Did Not Enter
2006
2007
2008
2011
2012
2013
2015
2016	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	0	50
2018		10th	4	0	0	4	0	33
2019		7th	4	1	0	3	2	22
2022		11th	4	0	0	4	1	18
2025 ^[9]		8th	3	0	0	3	0	19
Total	Group stage	4/12	15	1	0	14	3	123

South East Asian Games

SEA Games women's tournament
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2001–2023	Did Not Enter
Total	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head-to-head record

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

As of 23 June 2025

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%^{[nb 1]}	Confederation
Bhutan	1	0	0	1	1	3	000.00	AFC
Cambodia	3	0	0	3	1	18	000.00	AFC
Iraq	1	0	1	0	0	0	000.00	AFC
Jordan	1	0	0	1	1	3	000.00	AFC
Laos	2	0	1	1	0	2	000.00	AFC
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	0	22	000.00	AFC
Myanmar	2	0	0	2	0	24	000.00	AFC
Philippines	1	0	0	1	0	7	000.00	AFC
Singapore	3	1	1	1	3	3	033.33	AFC
Thailand	3	0	0	3	0	21	000.00	AFC
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0	3	000.00	AFC
Vietnam	1	0	0	1	0	6	000.00	AFC

Player records

As of 21 August 2019

Players in bold are still active with Timor-Leste.

Most capped players

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Maria de Conceicao	8	0	2016–2019
1	Luselia Fernandes	8	1	2016–2019
3	Femania Babo	7	0	2016–2019
	Sonia Amaral		0	2016–2019
	Godelvia Martins		0	2016–2019
	Natalia da Costa		0	2016–2019
	Elvira Ana da Silva		0	2018–2019
8	Julia Freitas Belo	6	0	2016–2019
	Agostinha Noguera		0	2016–2019
	Nilda dos Reis		0	2016–2019
	Rosa da Costa		0	2016–2019

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Dolores Costa	1	3	0.33	2019
1	Luselia Fernandes	1	8	0.13	2016–2019

Youngest debut record
#	Player	Age	Debut date	Opponent	Tournament
1.	Inacia dos Anjos	16 years 222 days	27 July 2016	Myanmar	2016 AFF Women's Championship
2.	Natacha Sarmento	17 years 221 days	31 July 2016	Malaysia	2016 AFF Women's Championship
3.	Godelivia Martins	17 years 319 days	27 July 2016	Myanmar	2016 AFF Women's Championship

Current staff

As of November 2024

Position	Name
Technical director	Paulo Mesquita
Head coach	Simón Elissetche
Assistant coach	Miro Baldo Bento
Goalkeeping coach	Derson Gusmão
Physiotherapist	Olisio Dos Santos Sarmento
Media Officer	Maria Da Costa
Administrator	Suzana Cesario
Official	Sofia Marian Marques
Kit manager	Juda Fernandes

Coaching history

Coach	Period	Pld	W	D	L
Gelasio da Silva Carvalho	2016–2017	3	0	0	3
Lee Min Young	2018–20??	8	1	0	7
Kim Shinhwan	2023–20??
Vicente Ramos Freitas	2024–2025
Simón Elissetche	2025–Present

Notes

^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places

External Links

website

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
^ Game notes in debut vs Myanmar
^ Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ Tom Dunmore (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
^ "WOMEN: Winning starts for Philippines, Timor Leste". 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "Match report: Timor Leste 2–1 Singapore" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "Singapore women's football team withdraw from Asean Women's Championship". The Straits Times. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

[10] Win% is rounded to two decimal places

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[2] Game notes in debut vs Myanmar

[McDougall2012-3] Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[asiangames-4] Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[world-rank-fifa-5] "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[Dunmore2011-6] Tom Dunmore (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

[7] "WOMEN: Winning starts for Philippines, Timor Leste". 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[8] "Match report: Timor Leste 2–1 Singapore" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[9] "Singapore women's football team withdraw from Asean Women's Championship". The Straits Times. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

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National women's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon ~~Oman~~ Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates ~~Yemen~~
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia ~~Brunei~~ Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Former	Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA