Timor-Leste national football team
| Nickname(s) | Lafaek (The Crocodiles) O Sol Nascente (The Rising Sun) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Simón Elissetche | ||
| Captain | Gali Freitas | ||
| Most caps | Anggisu Barbosa (30) | ||
| Top scorer | João Pedro (8) | ||
| Home stadium | Municipal Stadium of Dili | ||
| FIFA code | TLS | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 197 (3 April 2025) | ||
| Highest | 146 (June 2015) | ||
| Lowest | 206 (October 2012) | ||
| First international | |||
| Sri Lanka 3–2 Timor-Leste (Colombo, Sri Lanka; 21 March 2003) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Cambodia 1–5 Timor-Leste (Yangon, Myanmar; 5 October 2012) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Timor-Leste 0–10 Saudi Arabia (Dili, Timor Leste; 17 November 2015) Timor-Leste 0–10 Thailand (Hanoi, Vietnam; 8 December 2024) | |||
| AFC Solidarity Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2016) | ||
| ASEAN Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2004) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2004, 2018, 2020, 2024) | ||
The Timor-Leste national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Timorense de Futebol) represents Timor-Leste in the senior men's international football. It is organised by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL) which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).. They became a member of FIFA on 12 September 2005. The team's traditional home kit is primarily faded red, often paired with black shorts and sometimes accented with yellow trim. Timor-Leste are colloquially known as "Lafaek" also known as 'The Crocodiles', an animal of prominent symbolic nature to the country.
Timor-Leste's international debut was in the preliminary round of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification in March 2003, when they lost 3–2 to Sri Lanka and 3–0 to Chinese Taipei. Timor-Leste won their first international match on 5 October 2012 against Cambodia with a score of 5–1.