East Timor Football Federation

Timor-Leste Football Federation
AFC
Founded2002; 23 years ago (2002)
FIFA affiliation2005
AFC affiliation2002 (Associate member)[1]
2005
AFF affiliation2004
PresidentFrancisco MCP Jeronimo
Websitehttp://www.fftl.tl/

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

Timor-Leste Football Federation building in Dili, East Timor

Executive committee

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

Players

All players[citation needed] Registered players Youth Players (U8-U14) Unregistered Players Clubs Academy Officials
15,500[citation needed] 567 2,550 5,000 21 17 147

Principal officials of FFTL

Chairmen

Venues

National teams

Main article: Timor-Leste national football team

Currently, Timor Leste has the following football national teams:

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.[22]

General Secretary: Amandio Sarmento Scandal

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

List of originsTimor-Leste players that plays overseas
Players Club League
Elias Mesquita Kota Ranger Brunei Super League
Jhon Frith ISI Dangkor Senchey Cambodian Premier League
Mouzinho Visakha Cambodian Premier League
Zenivio Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Cambodian Premier League
Georgino Mendonça Life FC Cambodian League 2
Olagar Xavier Siem Reap Cambodian League 2
Cristevão Fernandes Angkor City Cambodian League 2
Fagio Augusto Tokyo Musashino United Japan Football League
Gali Freitas PSIS Semarang Liga 1
João Pedro Ubon United, UiTM, Benfica de Macau, PSM Makassar Thai League 2, Malaysia Super League, Liga de Elite, Liga 1
Filomeno Junior Benfica de Macau Liga de Elite
Anggisu Barbosa Sriracha, Pattaya City Thai Division 1 League, Thai Regional League Division 2


See also

References

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