Timor-Leste national under-16 football team

Timor-Leste U-16
Nickname(s)O Sol Nascente (The Raising Sun), The Little Samba Nation, El Lafaek
AssociationFederação de Futebol de Timor-Leste
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coach Shota Tokunaga
CaptainJoão Pedro
Most capsDom Lucas
Fidel de Araujo
Filomeno Junior
João Pedro
José Fonseca
Nidio Alves
Paulo Gali (9)
Top scorerPaulo Gali (11)
Home stadiumTimor-Leste National Stadium
FIFA codeTLS
First colours
Second colours
First international
 China 0–0 Timor-Leste 
(Hebei, China; 21 September 2009)
Biggest win
 Timor-Leste 13–0 Macau 
(Hebei, China; 28 September 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Timor-Leste 0–12 Australia 
(Surakarta, Indonesia; 29 June 2024)
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2010)
Best resultRound 1 (2010)
ASEAN U-16 Boys' Championship
Appearances9 (first in 2010)
Best resultThird place (2010)

The Timor-Leste national Under-16 football team is the national team of Timor-Leste and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste has never had success on the international stage. They are currently one of the weakest teams in the world. Timor-Leste joined FIFA on 12 September 2005.